Star.
London, England, 1825-04-07 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, APRIL 5.

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Among the recent arrivals at this :place are Lord and Lady
Berwick, Mr. Horace Claggett, Mr. Hobhouse, M.P. and
his friend, the Honourable Douglas Kinnard; Lord Glen-
gall, Ste. John Wilson Croker, and John Barrow, of the Admi-
ralty, are also here; and yesterday, with a party of Ladies and
Gentlemen, went to Newhaven, about nine miles distant, for the
purpose of paying a visit to the Hyperion frigate, stationed in that
port. The Hyperion is under the command of Captain Mingay,
And her officers and crew. like those of the Severn. are attached
to the Coast Blockade. This is a new regulation, the whole line
of coast having, until very lately, been under the superintendance
of Captain MiCulloch.

Mr. Secretary CANNING, we regret to say, is confined
at Gloucester Lodge, with a slight attack of the gout.
The Austrian Ambassador, Prince PA UL ESTER-
UAW, left town for the Knro's Cottage, in Windsor Forest, yester-
day afternoon.
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND'S Hotel, at Rheims,
ii already taken. It has twenty-five windows in front, and is by
far the most magnificent mansion in that city. The Duke's dr
parture will not take place so soon as was expected : the end of the
month of May is the period now calculated upon.
Lord and Lady CoMassMERI and suite arrived yes-
terday evening at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Ireland,
for a short time previoue to their going to India.
A duel vas inught yes erday, on Wimbledon Corn-
olon, between a bit. F—•a—,. and Lieutenant C—L—v, which
originated in a dispute respecting a Lady. Two shots each
were exchanged without doing any mischief, when the friends of
each ran/ interfered, and no further animosity took place.
Ye.terday a Court of Directors wa, held at the East
India Houle. when Captain Jon,. MAINMAST, was sworn into the
cofr.4nand of the ship Marqu6 of Wellington, consigned to Bengal

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TRIAL OF 'ROBERT'.
OLD BAILEY lIRSSIONE4THIS DAY.
These Sessions commenced this morning,. before the
Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT and Mr. Justice PAWLS, the
LORD MAYO*. and usual Officers.
TRAL Op WILLIAM PROIIIIIIT.
On the Jury being sworn, Williams Proberg, knoWn RD'
his connexion in the ask of Thurtell and Weares was
brought to the Bar, and put in charge, on an indict-
ment charging him with stealing a Mare, vain. 851.
the property of Andrew Meredith.
He was dressed in a black coat, drab breeches, and
top-boots, and looked remarkably stout and well. He
firmly pleaded Not Guilty, and desired the witnesses
should be in Court one at a time.
Mr. BOLLAND stated the case to the japy, and then
called the following witnesses :
Andrew Meredith, sworn—Stated he was a miller,
residing at ReArdon. Gloucestershire. lie knew the
prisoner at the Bar. Oa the 10th February lasti he had
a mare, which was locked up in the close by his son
on that evening ; on the following morning the mare
was stolen. The prisoner had called at his louse twice,
but the witness had not s-en him for ten days before the
robbery. He suspecting him called at his (the pri-
soner's) mother's, but she knew nothing of him. He then
took horse and proceeded through Cheltenham to Lon-
don: The witness described his rou e and the towns he
passed through. On arriving in town he gave informa-
tion at Bow-street, and on the Saturday iollowing the
tobbery, he saw his mare in the possession of Ellis, the
officer. The tail was cropped, and she appeared to be
roughly used.
Cross-examined by Mr. BARRY—The c'lour wts

black, and lam positive it is my mare; I could pick
her out from among a thousand.
Probert here handed a paper to his Crnwel, oho
asked the following question, o hether Mrs. Meredith
ever said she had lent the mare to Prober: ?
The witness denied this, declaring to the best of his
bent!, she never had.
Ma,sy Meredith, the wife of the last witness, stated
the prisoner came to her house three or four times, on
the Bth February : the pi isoner saw the mare; he went
into the fold with a candle and lantern; he then asked

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her if the mare was kept there? she replied, sometimes
it was turned into the orchard; he, after asking these
questions, entered the house and remained some time.
On the 10th of the same month, the witness again saw
the prisoner at his mother's house.
Mr. BARRY here had a communication with the Loan CHIRP
JUSTICE, as to putting a question on the case, which, however, he
waived doing at the present stage of the case ; consequently Mrs.
Meredith was directed to leave the Court.
Andrew Meredith, son of the prosecutor, confirmed
his mother's evidence as to the mare being in the fold ;
be had seen the black mare, and was convinced it was
his father's.
Nothing was elicited in his cross-examination.
Richard Stamners, ostler to the livery stables of Mr.
Francis, Phillimore-place, Kensington, proved that the
prisoner came to him early in the month of February
last, with a mare, which appeared very fatigued;
begged him to take care of the mare, as he had rods'
her 40 miles that day. He, when going away, said it
was not likely he should call for the mare himself, and'
asked the witness's name, observing he would send for
her. On the following day, a man brought a note for
the delivery of the mare, and paid for its keep.
Cross-examined.—He had never seen the prisoner before.
Richard Pruen stated, that he had known the prisoner
by the name of Thompson, and he came to him, at his
residence in Carnaby-street, and asked if he could pet
him a lodging ? witness directed him to a house in
Cross-street, where he engaged a lodging at No. 8.
The witness believes this occurred early in the month
of February. On the day after the witness had first
seen him, Le sent for him, and said he had a mare to
dispo-e of, and desired him to inquire when the sale
days at the Repository were ? Having ascertained,
Probert told him the mare was at Kensington, and he
desired him to carry it to Dixon's Repository, and have
it put up for sale, and he would give him a sovereign ;
prisoner at the same time gave him three notes, one
for Mr. Couzens, at Kensington, the other for the Ostler,
and the third for Mr. Dixon, at whose Repository he
directed the mare to be sold: he also gave the witness
directions to make a circuitous route, as the feet of the
mare were bad. The witness, in obedience to these
instructions, went to Kensington—gave the note to
Mr. Couzens—received the mare, and took it to the
Repository, where he left it. On his return to the pri-
soner, and informing him of what he had done, the
prisoner said, " I have opened my mouth too wide;"
in allusion, witness supposes, to his having put too
great a value upon the mare. The witness afterwards
saw the mare put up, and sold for 201. He told pri-
soner that it fetched 181. as he wished to surprise him.
Cross-examined.—There was nothing remarkable
about the mare.
David Laughton, a servant at Dixon's Repository,
proved that the note produced was the one brought by
the last witness with a black mare, the note said, " I
think her worth thirty guineas r—but the witness said
she never would bring that ; the man said, then sell her
for what she will fetch, and the mare was sold to a Mr.
James Eames, for twenty guineas. The witness after-
terwards saw a black m4re at Bow-street, which was
the same that was brought to the Repositdry by the last
witness and sold.
Mr. James Eames proved the purchase of the mare
I for twenty guineas.
Mr. William Couzens, linen-draper, of Kensington,
stated, that about the 17th February, the witness
Pruen brought him a note, signed Thomson, but he told
the man be knew nothing of the person, and destroyed
the note. The witness knew the prisoner's hand-writing,
and is of opinion the notes to the ogler and to Mr.
Dixon, were in his hand-writing.
"".,tined.—Destroyed the note, not knowing

the person.
Andrew Meredith, sen. recalled and examined by the
JUDGIG—I watched about the prisoner's house when the
mare was stolen, and I never saw the prisoner after.
THE DEFENCE. _ _ _

The CJIII F Jessica here called upon the prisoner for his defence.
Probert stood up and said, with the permission of the Court, he
would address a few words from himself, although he considered,
situated as he was, they could not by any means alter or affect the
case.—He theta produced a large sheet of paper, and proceeded to
read in a very low tone of voice. As well as we could collect, he
commenced by observing, that he had no: pleaded guilty to the in.
dietment, in order that he might have an opportunity of defending
himself from the general calumnies of the Public Press. He im-
plored the attention of the Jury to the misfortunes and unex-
ampled calamity which had befell him in his career in life, which
had removed him, as it were, without the pale of human aid, and
rendered him the object of the scorn and mockery of mankind.
Wherever his forlorn and unhappy situation obliged him to ay to,
he still found that every eye was directed, and every finger was
pointrd at him; and had he made any effort to retrieve his character,
or obtain an honest livelihood, that attempt would have been most

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dand'lgi citashad bar the dialevulente df• #ressoll
What was be tido under theie circuitstanees, in an absolute stets
of misery, with a wife and starving family? He appealed to 441
Jury, what would they have done under such circumstances? TM
Jury well knew, that it was (tom his most unfortunate, but totally'
guiltless cdnneeion with a melancholy business, that what he com-
plained of had originated; but as that had passed, and ought now
for ever to be binied in oblivion, be begged them to remove the'
former from their minds, end fit their attention Upon the present ;.;
and if any fact or ciratmstanee arose which could be construed '
his favour, be begged his Lordship to point if; out to the Jury, that
he might have the advantage ,he was entitled to by law. He
thought it necessary again to allude to his former misfortunes, and
point out how he had actually been driven thus before them.
On his discharge from Heitford jail, the Daily Press pointed out
wherever he wailikely to be found, and to mark him for the scoffs
of a merciless Public, gate iris route wherever be went, and when
this was done, bow was it possible be could obtain employment' and,
when so situated, a reformation was totally impracticable. a The
Daily Press actually, my Lord (said the prisoner), held up republic
reprobation any person seen with me or even rendering me ass.fist-
ance ; they caused every door to be abut against me, and even spoke
of the secalicy of ridding the world of one of my description, thus
encostaging the passions of lawless and brutal violence." He, un-
der such cirecnstances, was driven from place to place, bunted Ilk.:
an animal of prey, against whom every coven was closed.—
During this dreadful probation, Heaven knew the poignancy of his
grief, and that he was a prey to the deepest, acutest, and most in-
tense feeling. He could confidently appeal to the tit.sticHTT fur the
truth of what he had said, and to bear testimony to the sincerity of
his repentance, and to his wish again to become an honest member
of the general community. He mentioned those fans, in order that
the Learned Judge might express, in the proper quarter, the causes
which had driven him to crime : and he begged to add, that even
on his being taken for this offence, the :attacks of the Press were
renewed, and so far excited the populace, that on hi; way to Newaate
his ears rang with the deafening sounds of their execrations. These
were things which might have over thrown the common fortitude al-
lotted to man,and shook the firmest principles,and he must have been
sustained by the ALMIGHTY, in a peculiar degree, to have survived
them. Ile begged to offer in extenuation his forlorn and miserable
situation, and that of his wife, who was reduced, in this trying
extremity, to a state of absolute starvation. She was now pregnant,
and had no person in that trying extremity to assist her. What
then was he to do but commit offences, to which only the despera-
tion of his circumstances drove him? He concluded by appealing
to the Learned Judge for a merciful representation of his case to
his Majesty, and threw himself upon the Jury for a recommenda-
tion of mercy.
The Loan Otter Jusvies then commenced summing up the case,
and as he proceeded remarking upon the evidence, he observed, the
ease was perfectly clear against the unhappy prisoner, and the Jury
could only, upon such evidence, form one conclusion. With respect
to what he had formerly been accused of, that formed no part of
the inquiry, and of course they would banish it from their minds.
The Jury, atter a consultation of a few moments, found him
Guilty—DEATH.
Probers received the sentence composedly, although be looked
anxiously forward as if in expectation that the verdict would have
been accompanied by a recommendation to mercy; but in this
expectation he was deceived.—He was removed from the Bar with-
out uttering a word.
Mr. BAL' who is one of the Junior Counsel, and who pos-
sesses considerable talent, undertook the defence of Piobert gratui-
tously, on understanding that he had no Counsel, and was too poor
to fee any Gentleman of the Bar.

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Mika INTELLItiViek
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The Anna SOP Ma; liAvest, >VO n London to agratiii
Honfieur 2d inst. tons)), on a bank at the
Seine, and would 4 obliged to uiscbarge to repair.
Fatwousw, Arati IL. light airs; and fine
Arrived the Duke Item packet, from Li,bou—salled
Passed on the 24 instint, off Scilly, six British ships
rimental squadron); _steering southward. Also
packet, front Lisbon---sailed u7rh Nlarch. Left in
Majesty's ships WILLUNLIt, OCUN, SUrINI, ACIII-
- Boating cutter; and Magnet 'varlet': Ai 'rivet'.
cbinness of Qwensberty pakket, from the Medlteriar
from Corfu. 25th February; Malta. Bth Match Gibraltar,
and Cadiz, 2;.c1. Arrived the Hibernia Steam Picket, I
pool, bound to the brazil!. Pit back the Cyrus,
London.
PLYsenurn, Aran. S.—Wind M—Salfed the Wai.
Goose, fur North America; Lucy Davidson, Wit.t.taxs,
Janeiro; and Priscilla, nincHat., fer Sc. John's (N.''
Puanstourn, Aram 6.—Wind E.—Sailed
Or.ingv,• Jameson, and Hannah, Pisluirs, for Mit;.
Hannah. Dixon, for Quebec. The Atasta,--., front
New York, passed by for Cowes, to take un board passengers.
Drag., Aran. 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the -
SMAI.F., front )lessina. Passed through from t,
Abeona! Davison; Arethuta, Limnos; Puitleiraite,
Mary, Gamma.

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is of the weather,
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no former occa-
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the Subscription
own in the world
t time on his way
I was unattended.
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t. 7:b. R. M.
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of mares covered.
h ; colts, fist. 71b. •
raried stallions or
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71b. D. M.
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men on the ground,
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Muleteer nett; but
irrow. If he wins
din the estimation • •
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and afterwards on 1 '
re the business was
e Duke's Stand, at
the Races, they ad-
heavy betting ensued
lweepstakes, both of
s's further claim to
I, in consequence of
mmediately after the
atriage of Miss Can-
re starting to-day.
again on the Course,
by his Phantom colt.
ables the Dukes of
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unwich, J. Fitzroy,
&c. Sirs J. Shel.
, De Roos, 0. Pow-
els Walpole, Aubrey, •
Messrs. S. Wortley,
lent yesterday, is in
Orville started close
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rimed 'between them, t
Ind the Phantom My
xlison • Booduca, by
e weighing-post, Day
haw bolted, which,
e, and only an excuse
1, who expected Bon-
a stirrup, came in to
I was, &induce had
off; being dead beat.
:ach, was a true run
Clarendon •s colt came
three made line run-
was finely contested
, when Hogarth shot
leverly. The winner
Day; Mr. Worthy's,
and /dr. Rush's, by
the lead at starting,
of the lands he was
bed hard by Carnival,
It alternately getting
to bead. In this way
f home, when Long- • I
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