Star.
London, England, 1802-11-15 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTION.

Commalion in the Invernefs, Banff, Elgin, and
Nairn Regiment of North Britifh Militia. Dated
November 1, 1802.
Su James Grant. Bart. to be Colonel.
BANKRUPTS.

Jame,' Aicew Inch, of Jewry-ftreet. Aldgate, London, wine
and brandy-merchant, to furrendes Nov. so, at one, Nov. 30,
and Dee. 25, at ten, at Guildhall. Attar:lcy, Mr. Luckett,
Baiinghall•ltreet, London.
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John Stnith, of Wikcfacid, Yorkihire, hatter and holier, Nov.
26, 17, and Dec. 25, at ten, at the Woolpacks Ina, Wake-
field. Attornks, Mr. Evans, Furnivars-Inn, London ; or
Meffrs. Robinfon and beaver, Wakefield.
Charles Welfborne, late of EVCII2IIII, Woreclterfhire, grocer,
Nov. 29, at five, Nov. 30, and Dee. 25, at eleven, at the Far-
riers'-Arms, Evelham. Attornies, Mr. John Stanley Smart,
Staple-Inn, London, or Meer& Lavenders, Er( num. .
James CrAlk. of Union-court, Broad.itreet, London, infuranee.
broker, infuser, dealer and chapman, Nov. 20, 27, and Dec.
26, at one, at Guiklhall. Anomie., Meffrs. Douce and Riving.
ton, Fencloirch-Sulklfrigs, Fenchureb-fireet.
Thomas Williams and William Pondered, of Little Sutton.
(tree, (;k:kenwell, Mitkilefes, tin-plats-et irkers, partners,
de krs, and chapmen, Nov. t 6, at twelve, Nov. 20, and Dec.
c, At ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Mciks. Winter, Kaye
Frefhlickl, and Beckwith.
DIVIDEND.

Dec. z. John HMI. of Sawerhy, part& of Halifax, Yorlifhire,
corn-radar, dealer mid chapman, at ten, at the Mack-8011,
in Birftall.

SEIVESTRATIONS, &e. IN SCOTLAND.
Creditors or William Celia, merchant, Arbroath, meet in
john'• Colfeaboure, Edinburgh, a3th Nor. la o'clock, to
auk. ttufice.
Crediton of Thomas Todman, merchant, Glafgow, meet in
Black Bull inn there, szdNov. I o'clock, on matters of im-
porance.
Mrs. Millar, alias Sbeddan, haberdalber and mereltant,Paifley.
to be examined moth MA. iatd 3d Dec. 12 o'clock, in Sheriff
Clerk's (Mace there.—Creditors meet ►n Orr's 'Cavern dine,
4th Dee fame hour, to isiltrua trultee.—Clalms to be made
b 7 toM Jnly. . . . . . _

bUPLIM

COMMISSION TNTELLIGF.NCE, NOVEMBER 3.

Sylveller Farrell hood indicted on fix count's.for
forgery on the 4th of Augutt lah.
Mr. GKEENE, Counfel or the Crown, hated the
cafe. He prefaced a narrative of the tranlitaion
by laying down the law on the crime of forgery,
which,notwith handing the many unhappy inhances
where its feverity has been neeefrarily applied in
this and a neighbouring country for a feries of
years pall, hill kerns not to be univerfally under-
hood. The law is not only flrong again( the ac-
tual fraud committed by fubfcribing the names of
real and living parties to negotiable inflruments in
writing, as well as many others where the pnilibilay
of fraud and impofition exi hs,but equally fevere on
the fame principle of juflice againft the fraudulent
fignature of any fietitious perfon when executed
with a criminal intent. Though the latter Ipecies
of forgery has nut been fir frequent as the former,
yet it teems equally, if not more pregnant with
public milt:hie. Of the latter defcription was that
in which the prifoner hands indiaed, and it would
be feen in the courfe of the evidence to be adduced,
whether its fatal influence in a commercial country,
fhould not be as anxiously refilled by the falutary
but neceffary application of legal punifhment, as
any other defcription of public offence bearing on
all the interelts and properties of a civilized people.
It would appear in evidence that the prifoner at
the bar did, on the day laid in the indictment, carry
to the houfe of a Mr.Alteeler, who keeps a Lottery
Office in Dame-hreet, a genuine bill drawn by a
Mr. Luby, of Bridge-ltreet,on Mr. Edward Stanley,
of Stephen's-green, for 601. This bill was made
payable to a correfpondent of the drawer's in
Drogheda, and was fent to the houfe of Mr. Stan-
ley for acceptance, with the indorfement of the
payee ; as cuitomary in mercantile houfes, the bill
was left for acceptance with Mr. Stanley, with in-
tentions as ufual to call for it next day—in thein-
terim, a melfenger did 'call for the bill, and carried
it off, with the genuine acceptance of Mr. Stanley,
who left orders to have it fent by any meflenger of
Mr. Luby's ; but when on the following day the
real mefrenger of Mr. Luby did call, the-bill was
not forthcoming-.-on which an explanation took
place between Stanley and Luby, who took every
precaution in their power to hop the negotiation
of it ; they were however too late—as on the 4th
of Auguil, the day after the bill was drawn, the
prifoner Farrell did pats it to Mr. Wheeler, taking
Come flares of lottery tickets, receiving fome ca(h,
and a draft on the Bank of Finlay and Co. for
281. ifs. being the amount of the balance due.
Mr. Wheeler, not fufpeeting the acceptance of li
Mr. Stanley, readily entered into the negotiation,
though the prifoner, Farrell, was totally unknown
to him, who, on being defired to indorfe the bill,
did write OR the back thereof the name of Jof.
O'Brien, No. 37, Church-ftreet. The prifoner was
accompanied by a man who he faid was inhantly
going to the country with the Lottery-tickets, the
cafh, and Wheeler's draft, whom he, the prifoner,
alfo caufed to indorfe it. On making enquiries for
O'Brien, no fuch perfon could be found—but the
prifoner was traced to a wretched dwelling in
Watling-itreet, and a bill of rol. paired him by a
Mr. Dalton, of Franci -ftreet, with whom, in a
purchafe of fome cloth, prifoner difcounted
Wheeler's draft on the bank of Finlay and Co. was
found on him—the cafh and Lottery (hares were
alfo found in his poireffion—and fuch other tefli-
mony would appear as warranted him in antici-
pating the conviaion of the prifoner by the verdia
of the gentlemen whom he addreffed.
The whole feries of evidence appeared to fub-
ftantiate the itatement of Mr. Greene.

Baron GEORGE charged the Jury and gave his
fandion to the law opinion laid down by that
gentleman touching the forgery of fiaitious names.
and a verdiet of guilty was inftantly returned.

NOVEMBER 4.
Michael Byrne, John Pidgeon, alias Browne,
and John Mitchell, were capitally conviaed for
highway robberies committed on the 20th and
Auguß laft, on the perfons of a Mr. Mahon and
Mr. Browne, Lottery-Office Keeper, at the Circu-
lar Road, near Summer Hill, who were feverally
robbed of their watches, gold chains, and feals.

NOVEMBER 5.
Win. Shields, Thomas Kinch and Thos.Watfon,
flood arraigned for the wilful murder of Thomas
Ryan, at Kevin's-ftreet, the 14th of July lat.
The indiament (taxed that William Shields had
wilfully, felonioufly, and of malice propenfe, killed
and murdered Thos. Ryan, by difcharging at him
a musket loaded with !lugs, and (hot, wounding
him thereby in the forehead ; that the (hot had
penetrated through the Sack part of the head of
the deceafed ; that the brains ailed out of the
aperture it had made, and that infant death was
the immediate confequence. Kinch and Watfon
were indiaed for being prefent, aiding, counfell-
ing and abetting the Paid Shields in the perpetra-
tion of the alledged murder.
Mr. Berm EL opened the cafe.
Mr. M,/slai.Ly Mated the cafe, after an interefl-
, ing preface, in which he briefly recapitulated the
law, in charges of murder, refpeaing principals
and their abettors, who, he faid, were alfo princi-
pals in the fecond•degree, and equally culpable
as the immediate perpetrators, if the evidence of
their aid and concurrence ihould fupport the fad
of homicide.

The 14th of July LA was the anniverfary of one
of the molt awful events that hiftory has recorded,
the French Revolution. He would not affea to
jullify an as highly improper, indecorous, and
ft aught with much public danger, as the celebrat•
ing of that anniverfary in this country by any fpe-
' cies of popular rejoicings or acclamation; but fome
perfons, not affectionately attached to the Conftitu-
don, did on that day inftigate ceremonies of this
very reprehenfible nature, at Kevin•ftreet, where a
bonfire was lighted near the fountain, and nearly
oppofite to the houfe of a Mr. Seagrave.
The deseafed, Thos. Ryan, a peaceable, lumen,
loyal, and well-affeited man, had been, however,
palling that way without (hewing any fenfibility to
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his mailer's honk a little before to o'clock, and
about that hour, having arrived at the fatal fpot
where he loft his life, he (lopped to enquire into
the nature of the fbleronity before him, when a
body of men, armed, were perceived to proceed
from Cathedral-lane, in a threatening manner, and
approaching this bonfire •under cover of the dead
wall which furrounds the Primate's Palace, fhelter-
' ed themfelves under an angle that projeftsfiom the
wall. From this fituation orders were heard to iffue
forth, when four (hots were immediately difcharg-
ed indifcriminately through the crowd. Evidence
would appear on the table, who received come fwan
drops in different parts of his body, and the fourth
(hot it would be proved by certain expreflions
which fell from Shields, had been deliberately
dircharged from the mufket be held, and the con-
tents lodged in the head of the deceafed, who
inft.intly fell and expired.
Six witne(fes on the part of the Crown, concur-
red in depofing that Shields fired the lall (hot, after
a kind of volley from his party, by which the de-
ceafed fell and inftantly expired. He ufed certain
oaths and imprecations, while encouraging the
others in thefe words, " come boys, we'll make a
lane among thefe people at the fountain."
The other prifoners, Kinch and Watfon, were
alfo identified, as of the parry who fired the diffe-
rent (hots.

On the part of the prifoners it was advanced,
that mobs confining of four or goo men had been
in a riotous and tumultuous manner parading the
vicinity of Kevin's-ftreet, from the t Ith until the
gth of July ; that the yeomen were particularly
obnoxious to them, and many houfes of loyal men
attacked, and their windows broke ; that thole
mobs were armed with fwords, bludgeone, hones,
and mufkets ; that (hots did proceed from parties
of thefe mobs, on the night of the 14th July before
the fhot took place which killed Ryan.
Baron GEORGE recapitulated the evidence, on
which he commented with his ufual perfpicuity.
The Jury retired, and after the Court waiting
fome hours, and no likelihood of their agreeing to a
verdia,it adjourned to nine o'clock in the morning,
leaving the Jurors locked up.

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NOVEMBER 6.
The' Jury after remaining in until near two
o'clock this afternoon, acquitted Kinch and Wat-
fon,but not agreeing in a verdict relative to Shields,
was difcharged—the prifoner is accordingly to be
tried anew, the next Commiffion.
Patrick Smith was indicted for wilful and cor-
rupt perjury.
The prifoner was inflantly found guilty, and fen-
tenced to tranfportation for feven years.
William Bellingham Swan, Efq. indifted for
fhooting at Peter Foey, was acquitted for want of
profecution.
James Griffin, indided for a burglary and rob-
bery committed at the houfe of Michael Brady, of
Kilkea, in the County of Dublin, pleaded guilty.
He was fentenced to be hanged, but the Court
obferved that certain Magiftrates having under-
taken to folicit Government for his pardon, the
prifoner fhould be allowed fufficient time to try the
event of the folicitation intended for him, which
thefe Magiftrates would advance without the inter-
ference of the Bench.
John M'Kay, found guilty of affaultin the
Under Sheriff of the County of Dublin in ale ex-
ecution of an Habere, was fentenced to three
months imprifonment and fined iol.
Denis Daly, found guilty on the ftatute of un-
lawfully having in his poffellion copper plates for
forging Bank of Ireland notes,to be tranfported for
life.

William Brophy, and Mary ReadXound guilty
of llealing thirty bottles of Port wine and five
bottles of Madeira, from the dwelling houfe of
James Davis, of Merrion-areet, EN. received fen-
tence as follows: Brophy to be tranfportcd tor
feven years, and Mary Read to be imprifoned three
months in Newgate, and burned in the hand.
Mark Travers found guilty of felonioull yr receiv-
ing the above wine, knowing the fame to be flolen,
to be imprifoned fix months in Newgate, and aand
in the pillory, with a label defcriptive of his of-
fence placed on his back.

John Knowles, found guilty of felonioutly re-
ceiving a watch, gold chain, and feats, of which
Mr. Brown, a lottery office keeper, had been rob-
bed on the high way, to be whipped from James's-
gate to the Caftle, and Rand in the pillory ; to be
alfo imprifoned fix months, and tined 51.
Dan..Swinny, found guilty of a highway rob-
bery, committed on James Collins, of Kevin-ftrect,
to be hanged.
In pronouncing fentence on Dan. Swinny, Judge
FINVCANE obferved, that he was convicted on the
cleareß evidence—that he might fay he was ap-
prehended in" the very fait. That he had been
conneeted with a defperate banditti, which had
been , for fame time, the terror of the inhabitants
living near the Circular Road, where it was lately
dangerous to walk out in the evening. That this
banditti had been recently broken, and a number
of their principals apprehended, by the aaivity
and perfeverance of Mr. Jutlice Bell, a refpc..l-
- Magiftrate of the County of Dublin.
Wm. Hudfon, a youth of about eighteen years of
age, found guilty of uttering forgeries on the
Bank of Ireland. to be hanged. He teemed much
affected, pleaded before fentence his youth and in-
experience in life, alfo that this was his firft crime.
The Court, however, held out no hope of mercy
to him.

John Foye, who pleaded guilty to three feparate
indiftments on mail robberies, to be hanged.
John Pidgeon and John Mitchell, for robbing
James Browne, of Capcl-Rreet, to be hanged.
Michael Byrne, for robbing John M'Mahon, Efq.
on the highway, to be hanged.
The three tall were the gang whom Knowles
harboured in Thomas-ttrect. The Grand Jury
made application to have them executed on the
Circular Road near Summer.hill, where they
committed the robbery.
Thomas Edward Bellamy, found g►►ilty of pail:
ing to a Mr. Sparrow, a bill on Meths. Cox and
Greenwood, of London, army agents, for 301.
&i dine,. with the names tg theft gentlemen forged

holding np a writt,:r, paper, c...
would permit their oilicf.r to re:iA
from the agitated Rate of
pable of addreiling the Eci.Ll: t.
per with content of the Cow t w,.,:
I.`
ading Clerk of the Crown. ifsi
the following effect.
" That the culprit had hcen jtiftiv fwand -tiiity. ,•••• which dittrenz% in hi, family, :intuit inn_s t;:,1.1,t,
moment of defpair, compel'. II
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the army as cot nti Nonce, taiicer in the yeas 79.;, !il -4
remained in adtive fervic.., principally in
heads of the late rels,-;inin teen; cc.ifilt....—t:d
quainted with his prefent sititaed tis sir :
t.
from a !UMW(' attaCbltielit V.1:1C11 te..rrice.
growing family wits the confequence, t.: inispon
a long time (Jed every hoots. and a.dtivee-er eni lei•
finding the army too Lapt:lifive, be rteitntti
Come decent civil employment, the hiliest J.:rt
tion—for this purpole he procured letters ot t,,::n,._
to Lord Wentworth, and to Mr. Hem. i
a diltant relation of his feverai
for employment, he uniformly tailet:, nista or
difappuintments his tiumly had heel% ee,.
calamity and dittrefs—he was at length sieliged
gnfign's commthon in a tincible reginient,
maimed for fome time, ftruggling with troll of . •
had inereafing accumulated debts, I W.144k . tile liLikitor)
of his family induced, when, to avoid tits hose r, .
which he law inevitable, he quitted the army
thrown on the world, without a tingle ur 4
—the ettitreifes of his family were loch, that :hey ACrc iiislii
to live for a confiderable time deprived sit ,al fu,' nose
what they could derive front leant). petearious ni
bread and tea—that the !aft time his w :sesta. col:hate ni
t till
tcd, a ttngle fhilling they did nottit:bhi an nlifcere
garret, the was delivered without torsi,.(' t:tl dilitetc
of
every fpecies of thofe convenieneies
females in her condition, befog lierfeit etntl.et,
procure a covering tor her new-Lunt eli their it:foun.t,
were exhaufted, and in this iitea:ion L. v.iic ana chai
have inevitably Barved were it not ter the loan ot,is.
walked from London to Blackheath to :.sorrow; ;.: !77.ad,.
mutt fu!einu appeal to liz.tv EN as to the trinii of ,vtry rarti-
cular he ttated—and that fn tar ;min c„ a
fingle fact, he lupprefred many mere of c.aiaii.y
fcarcely to he paralleled, which delicacy Lint ti
however t xcufable the relation of them int:tht pre:etit
fituation—that after the difgracc spin ht this
tingle tranfaction, life could not Le a beim lie would ht isexitses
to lolicit, but that nature pleaded in hi:. hrcalt far 4
wife anti helplefs children—it was not f t»ii a p:4.:1,.:111.:
tinted pride that he vas ()Wiwi,' to sierlare we: ':tnilezo-
man reared in affluence, with refined ientinients, u,, evsry
amiable propesifity—the was at prefer: in tar advai.c.., in lit:
pregnancy ;la to expo( to be tirlivi.reti in l'cbruary n:l.-- .0
therefore) humbly fupplicated the humane interpulaiun
Court, at 'salt to have the execution (Alit ft:Tent:Ll
until after that event, as othetwik he had jolt reanai to . re-
fhpeinridt
st,h4ati thed
t,
tliibvocsriol unhappy
Crime."

Mr. M'INIALcv, as Counfcl for the Crown, al.
dretfed the Cuurt on behalf or his ciient, Mr. S.`4l.
row, who initruCted him to avail hinudfor
opportunity of fluting to their Lortithips, that 3.
fence of public jultice alone had compelled him to
inititute this profecution—that he f r this un-
happy Gentleman's diftrelfes, which he knew to
have been Inch as few in lite encounter, any that his
Itaternent of them was far short of the actual
ferings of his unfortunate family.
At the reading of this calamitous cat, their
Lordfhips teemed in a peculiar manner to be
(truck with that fympathy which the lubjea had
univerfally excited. Judge F N UCA N E addrelfed the
prifoner in a very feeling tiyle, informing him,
that the Court felt it their duty not only to
ward to Government for his MAjelty's pArdoil, the
recommendation of the Jury in his favour, but the
affecting ftatement of his cafe, together with the
reprefertation which Mr. M'Nally nude from the
profecutor. He hoped he would be more tiprtn-
nate than °diet sin fintilar cull:dances !Ltd been,
in applying for Royal Mercy in Great i4ita,n,
where the crime of forgery is held in p.,n Ocular ab-
horrence. He exhorted the pi hinter, however, t:)
prepare for tile \mill, and lamented the
of pronouncing the fatal Lntence oldie .e..1.4:2
was death.

The prifoner's whole demeanour was truly at:
feeing. He had the addrefs of a Gentlernau,-al
the alped of one whole heart and fielingb were
borne down by compunction and adrerfitv.

BIRTHS.
Friday, the 29th ult. ,he lady of Thomas roulk..!s, El+ cf
Gwernygron, near St. Afaph, of a datight....
At Newton Pery. th Lady of Math-x Canny, Efi. of Cl'
tkfergus, c:nir.ty of Clare, of a