Star.
London, England, 1824-11-27 00:00:00

HIGHWAYS AND FOOT PATHS RATE.

This Rate was estattlished for the an amourit as that of the
last year.
A motion was made for a rate, to be :applied to the purposes o'.
the Chapel of I?..tse. The rate proposed was the same as that of the
last half year ; and the rate was agreed to without a division.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the Meeting separate!.

By the arrival of a vessel at Holyhead; a letter has
been received from Pernambuco of the 10th of October_
It contains no political information, but states that per-
fect tranquillitjareigned there, and business in general
was reviving. The sugar market was dull, and a de-
cline of 6 per cent. had taken place; this fall was attri-
buted to the new crop, which was expected to be brought
into the market by the beginning of November.
By a private letter from Madras, we are sorry to
learn that, in consequence of a drought of nearly eigh-
teen months, a famine is ravaging that Presideiwy, and
the people are actually dying in hundteds daily. This
dreadful calamity is the more to be deploted at this
particular time, as Madras cats only be supplied with
provisions from Bengal ; and as all the shipping of la-
dia is at present occupied by the Burmese expettition,,
great havoc must necessarily be made among the popu-
lation before any relief can be given.—Mornang Paper.
The Plymouth Paper says, had not the Breakwater
presented a bulwark against the terrific sea and tide
coming in from the southward, the lower part of Ply-
mouth must have been almost demolished, and scarcely
a ship in port could have survived the hurricane.
Few cases have undergone mole investigation and
scrutiny than that of Edward Harris, who was capitally-
convicted last October Old Bailey Sessions of highway
robbery. The prisoner, in his defence, at temptechto esti •
blhh an alibi by the evidence of his own children, ::,ad!
two persons who swore they saw him at the window of
his house at the time the robbery was committed. The
Jury, however, rather credited the testimony of the pro-
secutt ix, and found him guilty. The prisoner, after ha
conviction, invatiably persisted in declaring himself to
be innocent of the crime, and strong -reptesentatims
were made by his Solicitor, at the Secretary of Stateia
Office; in consequence of which, the Magistrates of
Worship-street Office were directed to pay most parti-
cular attention to the circumstances of the case. Ole of
them, Mr. Osborne, went to the pond in Hackney-fields,
into which the young woman was thrown. He was ac-
companied by an intelligent Gentleman of tag- district,
who has for a long time been actively useful in cup-
pressing.crime. They both minutely noticed every ca-
cumstance of time and place alluded to on the
The Recorder of London also, much to his credit, took
the trouble of going in company with the Gentlenon
alluded to to Spitalfields, for the prrpose of viewing :hr.
relative situation of Harris's house, and that of tie vs:t•
ness who appeared on his behalf, and also to make in-
quiries connected with the affair; but it is said that the
impression produced in the minds of these Gentlemen,
after all they had seen and heard, was not very laceo
able to the prisoner. Still, however, the whole nta:ar
mainly rested upon the testimony of one witness, mimeo..
the young. woman, as to the identity of Harris ;
character is unimpeached, nor does it arpear how o=
could have any motive for falsely bringing a charge of
so serious a nature against this man, yet it is u t im-
possible but she may have been mistaken; however, the
matter has received much consideration. The postpone-
ment of the report of the case is said to have been pm-
cipally occasioned by an affidavit having been made, aril
forwarded to the Secretary of State, by a person who
states that he was near the spot in London-fields, Hack-
ney, at the yet y time when it was alleged that the as-
sault and robbery were committed; it is also intimated
that there is some discrepancy in the evidence of the
prosecutrix beim e the Magistrate, and that given by leer
at the time of the trial, which escaped the notice el the
a Counsel of the prisoner on the latter occasion.

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