Star.
London, England, 1813-07-28 00:00:00

THE EVENTING STAR

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, JULY RS, 1813.
?atm OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Red. 54 57 57i—Cons. 56111—for ace. 57}j—Bands Is.
4 per Ct. 72U-5 per Ct. seiti—Omnium off pr.
Long M.1.14* 5-16tha--Exch. ills Ss. pr. par.

The Gaza: of last night brings down Lord VirEir
LINSION'S proceedings to the 10th instant, when his
Lordship was at Zubieta. The extract given in the
Gazette contains no fact of which our Readers had
not been put already in possession by the Bulletin
which we published on Monday, viz. the successive
dislodgemetits, from all their positions in the valley
of Bastan, of General CrATAN9S three divisions of the
Army of the Smith by Sir ROWLAND HILL, who, his
Lordship is made to say, has been relieved from the
blockade of Pampeluna. Lord WELLING-cox is al-
ways perspicuous, and must certainly have acquainted
Ministers with the circumstances which left General
HILL disposeable for field service. Is the blockade
of Pampeluna converted into a siege ? Has this for-
tress fallen—or has its reduction been entrused to
another General ?

The consternation is' general in France at the
entrance into it of the Allied Army. It is many
years since an English army entered France as con-
querors. In their retreat the French have pillaged
the whole country and laid it waste for twenty miles.
It is said that the Spanish refugees, who have accom-
panied JOSEPH, as well as his Spanish troops, are every
where in France contemned and maltreated. Up-
wards of tight thousand Oanish Ladies have accompa-
nied the French into France.

We have letters from Lisbon down to the IStb.
They state positively that a junction had been formed
b'tween CLAUSaL and Smarr. Our letters from the
army exhibit some symptoms of relaxation, and ,de-
tail some acts of insubordination produced by the late
licence to plunder, to which our-army in the Penin-
sula has bees so little used. We trust, however, that
the Court-martial under orders has no immediate re-
ference to these proceedings. General Pm has es-
caped into France with the convoy which General
GRAHAM was detached to intercept. The following
is one of our most recent private letters from the
army:

LETTER FROM AN OFFICER WITH THE ARMY UNDER
YIELD MARSHAL WELLINGTON, DATED
" Hernani, July 13.
44 Extremely harassed as the army has been by an
incessant march for the last two months, the true
British spirit pervades them, and their only thought
is in findi;ig out a French army. With the mountains
of France now fairly in our view, we think of nnthing
but crossing them, and the days of EDWARD 111. and
HENRY IV. and V. seem revived under the immortal
WELLINGTON.
" Nothing in nature can be more beautiful than
the kingdom of Navarre, through which we have
been journeying : of late there is abundance of the
beautiful and sublime to admire in almost every part
of it. What would your pleasure-hunters in Eng.
land—they who visit the scenery of Cumberland, of
Wales, the Isle of Wight, and Monmouth—give, to
traverse this delightful country ? Even those who
have travelled into Switzerland declare, that in beau-
ty and magnificence of scenery Navarre far exceeds
it. At the same time that the country is extremely
picturesque, and the wild beauties of nature are every
where met with, the soil is rich in the vallies, and the
hills covered with umbrageous foliage to the tops.
The most delicious wine is abundant, the fruits are
plentiful and delicious, and the vegetables and herbs
excellent.

• The streams and rivers abound with trout and
other fish. Corn, particularly Indian, is very plen-
tiful, as well as beef and mutton. Abundance of fish
is brought from the sea coast in quiet times. Our
greatest complaint is of English articles, which are
really hardly come-at-able by a junior Officer :
English cheese, ss. per lb.; Irish butter, 4s. per lb.;
barn, 4s. per lb. ; pickles, 6s. a jar ; sauces, 6s. a bot-
tle ; dried tongues, Ss. each; tea, 12s, per lb. I sugar,
51. per lb. ; coffee, 9s. pa lb.
" The Navarrese, though they are more than half
French, and though their country has been almost
ever an appendage to France, rejoiced to see us, as
delivering them from the French, who, as usual, left
their marks behind them, in the destruction of every
thing that came in their way. They have carried
with them almost all the young women into France."

FIFE House.—His Royal Highness the Pamir,
with the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, and all the
Cabinet Ministers, partook, yesterday, of a splendid
banquet, provided by Lord LIVERPOOL, at Fife House.
THE DUKE OP DEVONSHIRE'S FETZ.—Yester4ay the
Duke of Devorrauraz gave a public breakfast, at his
delightful seat at Chiswick, to the less sworsok in town
and its vicinity. The treat was conducted in style,
and the company participated in every pleasure the
arrangements provided.
The following personages passed through Dumfries
last week—the Duke and Duchess of Boca.zuon,
for their seat at Drumlanrig ; the D 'chess of MON.
1 ROSE and family, for the same pace; the Duke of
PORTLAND, for his estate in Ayrshire; and the puke
,f ATHOL, from a visit to the Noble Family of St.
Mary's Isle.

N4YAJ INTELLIGENCE.

PENZANCE, JULY g 5.

Arrived the brig Susannah, Geonoe Woonnouss
PARROT, master, from Madeira for London : she was
taken yesterday, in sight of Scilly, by the Anierican
privateer Argus, who had taken the Salamanca,
itow, from Fool to Newfoundland, and burnt her.
The Argus is cruizing within four hours sail of the
land, and has lately taken dispatches to France from
the American Government.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 211.
_

Arrived the Pitorecron gun-brig, with a convoy
from Villa Nova and Gibraltar, together with ten sail
of transports and merchant-vessels under her convoy.
They have been 22 days from the Rock. Nothing
sailed to-day.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27.

Arrived his Majesty's ship VULTURE, from Guern-
sey ; and the MINSTREL sloop.of war, with a convoy
from Gibraltar, and is put under quarantine. Sailed
his Majesty's ship DErriutous, with a convoy for the
Downs.—Wind West.
DEAL, JULY 27.

Arrived and sailed for the River the schooner
Nassau, from New Providence and Bermuda. Came
down from the River the Margaret, W ATM, for
the Isle of France. Sailed the Flying'Fish schooner
for off Flushing. The outward-bound are still de-
tained.—Wind S.W.
HARWICH, JULY 27.

Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with passengers
only, from Gottenburgh : she sailed on Sunday, the
18th instant, and on Monday passed a convoy of
about 100 sail, bound for England.—Wind W.N.W.

Yesterday an unusual bustle prevailed on the
River, in consequence, as it was said, of an unex-
pected order from Government to take up as trans-
ports almost every empty vessel in the Thames. The
rate of freight accordingly rose considerably, and so
high as £25 per ton per month was given for un-
sheathed vessels. Various rumours arose out of these
circumstances—by some it was said that the vessels
engaged were for an expedition to the Coast of
France in the vicinity of Bayonne Sand Bourdeaux ;
by others it was stated, that a landing of British
troops was to be attempted in Holland. We have
reason to believe, however, that the sensation excited
in the public mind by the bustle of yesterday, was
occasioned by a false importance being given to a cir-
cumstance of very common occurrence : Government
yesterday merely received tenders for freight for the
usual supply of provisions for our fleet in the. Med-
iterranean.

It has been generally stated that Sir Jowl B.
WARREN had issued orders for the blockade of all the
American Ports from Rhode Island to the River
Mississippi ; this statement is not corre,t, Sir Joao's
Proclamation for.the blockade of the American ports
is dated Bermuda, 26th May, and appeared in the
Bermuda Gazette of the 29th, which Gazette has
been received in this country. The blockade is con-
fined to New York, Charlstria. Port Royal, Savannah,
and the River Mississippi. The Proclamation was
issued by Sir JOHN WARREN by direction of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty.
American privateers continue to infest the coasts
of the Western Isles. A very fine vessel, belonging
to Mr. Macdonald, of Lochinver, with salt and other
stores for the herring fishery, was captured a few days
ago, within half a mile of his dwelling-house.
A valuable American brig arrived in Leith Roads
on Thursday evening, loaded with silks, &c. from
Amsterdam, bound to America. She was taken by
the CHARLES armed brig on Tuesday list, a little to
the northward of the Buchanness, after a chase of
16 hours.

The Pallas, NNE% of Aberdeen, arrived at Gaffee
in Sweden, her port of destination, on the .21st ult.
One of the convoy, a foreign vessel, was captured by
the Danes, who, on being discovered, set the vessel
on fire, which could not be extinguished until the
vessel was burnt to the water's edge. •
The Ruby, ROWE, and Catherine, EssoN, both of
Aberdeen, arrived at Riga about the 26th May.

Monday se'nnight, nineteen Dutch and Danish sea-
men were brought into Aberdeen from Peterhead, as
prisoners of war, and immediately put on board the
tender to be sent to Leith. They were taken by the
Charles armed brig, out of two fishing/essels, off the
Dogger Bank.

A new frigate, called the JAVA, 15 ordered to be
built at Plymouth Dock-yard, of the following ex-
traordinary dimensions: Gun-deck 172 feet, keel 145
feet, breadth 43 feet, and tons 1450. She will be
rated 50, but carry 64 guns ; SO on her main-deck,
and 92 on her flush-deck.

We learn from Chatham, that Government are
going to send all the Prussian subjects, among our
prisoners of war, to a Prussian port in the Baltic.
ldr. Glum the Prussian Vice-Consul, has bean down
on board the prison ships, and made the selection.
The ship Industry, of North Shields, Capt. POTTS,
from Gottenburgh to Yarmouth was struck by light-
ning of the Naze of Norway, in an awful thunder
storm, on the evening of the 3d instant. The cook
of the vessel was killed, the foremast shivered to
pieces, the compasses and every thing on deck da-
maged, and three planks in each bow blown out. She
arrived at Shields on the 9th instant to refit.

Among the first proceedings of the American Le-
gislature, was the election of Mr. CLAY as Speaker
of the Lower House. He was last session a violent
supporter of the war. On the first meeting of the
Senate, the Vice• President GERRY delivered a furious
philippic against this country.
Sir Romer WILSON lately passed through Berlin ;
and according to report, was going to survey the line
of the Oder and of the Vistula, before he returned
nto

Friday, a man named Lacey, who has assumed
the character of a master in the navy, was apprehen-
ded and committed to Winchester jail, on the charge
of forgery on the Navy Pay Office. When taken,
he was on the point of leaving Portsmouth for Ply-
mouth by the box.

BARBAROUS MURDER AND ROBBERY.

Yesterday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was held
at the Prince Regent public house,in Sidmouth-street,
before GEORGE Howson, Esq. Coroner, on the body
of the unfortunate man (mentioned in our last) who
was found muedered on Monday morning in a brick.
field at the tip of Sidmouth.street, Grays Inn-lane.
11114 am Broughton, a brick-maker, residing in Pa-
radise-street, Battle-bridge, stated, that he worked in
a brick-field at the top of this street. About a quarter
past five o'clock on Monday morning, when he was
at work, a little boy came to him, and told him there
was somebody drowned in the pool, for there was a
shoe and a hat on the brink of it. He went with the
boy to the pit, and seeing something in the water, he
went in and pulled up the deceased, who had all his
cloathes on except the shoe and hat ; his waistcoat
was open, be had dreadful marks on his skull, and
was quite dead.

Mr. Umen, a Surgeon, deposed, that on his exa-
mination of the deceased, he found a fracture over the
left eye—the back part of the head was also frac-
turedin several places, and &edam:. water was ruptured.
A hat was produced, evidently cut through with
some sharp instrument.
Heyman Barnet, a hatter, residing in Field-lane,
stated, that the deceased came on Sunday to his shop,
and requested to have a cheap hat. He sold the de-
ceased the hat now produced for 4s. and gave him
change for a al note. The deceased's wife came in at
the time, looked over the money, and then gave it her
husband, who put it in his pocket, and they both went
away.

Catherine Champion, sister-in-law to the deceased,
stated, that she went to deceased's lodgings, No. 4,
Church-lane, St. Giles's, about seven o'clock on Sun;
I day evening. James Leary and Catherine, his wife,
both now in custody, were then there ; they had been
drinking together. Leary, his wife, and the deceased
walked out together,and shehad not seen the deceased
I since, until she saw him dead. They arrived in London
only last Wednesday three weeks from Ireland ; they
lodged, the first four nights they came, in the room of
James Leary, in New-court, Saffron-hill ;—from
whence they removed to . No. 4, Church-lane, St.
Giles's. The deceased got no work since he arrived
in town, and was determined to return to Ireland be-
fore he spent what money he had, as he sold a little
property before he left Ireland, in order to settle with
his family in this country.
Charles Cooke, an officer belonging to the Police
Office, Hatton-garden, stated, that in consequence
of the report of this murder, he, accompanied by
other officers, went to the spot on Monday morning,
where they met two little children of the deceased ;
the wife came shortly afterwards. On hearing from
her that James Leary, who resides hi George-court,
or New-court, Field-lane, was the last person seen
with him, they went to his house, where they found
the wife ; she told them, on being asked, that she
did not know where her husband worked, and then
took hold of another woman by the band, and put it
to her breast, saying, u 0 ! feel how my heart beats."
This circumstance induced them to take her into cus,
tody. They carefully examined the room, and found
'no money, nor any thing that could lead to a disco-
very,
except a shoemaker's hammer, that lay on one 1
side of the fire place. Thinking it was like an instru-
ment to commit the deed, they took it with them,
and found that the sharp flat edge matched the cut
cm. the hat, and the other blows on the head ; the
hammer had some whitening on it, and there was
also some white on the part of the hat where the blow
was given. After securing the wife they returned,
thinking to find the husband at home, and learned
that he worked at Mr. Heistone's, in Cock-lane ; he
was coming down a ladder from a building when
they went there, and lest he should be alarmed, they
inquired if Mr. Helstone was in the way ? He an-
swered, u you do not want Mr. Helstone, you want
me." They told him he was right, and he went with
thetn very quietly. On the way he said " this is on i
account of the murder of Ed ward Clifford." On
being asked how he could tell that? he said, he heard
that morning what had happened. After he was
taken to the House of Correction, they examined him
closely, and found en ti.e I.:gilt thigh of his breeches
several spots of blood, one of then, petty large, and
which it appeared had been attempted to be rubbed
out-with lime. Those breeches he denied wearing on
Sunday, but it was proved he did ; hiistockings also
appeared full of mud.
I Samuel Stephan, surgeon, of Warren-street, Fitzroy-
squ are, saw the deceased ; and the dreadful wounds
inflicted on him, he was confident, were the cause of
his death.

Mary Word, wife to the deceased, who was
brought in a coach, and was expected to lie in every
hour, stated that her husband, the deceased Edward
Clifford, disposed of a small piece of ground he had 1
near Cahir, in the county of Tipperary, and the money 1
he got for that and a horse, he exchanged in Cork for
Bank of England Notes. Her husband, herself, and
five children, arrived in London three weeks last Wed.
nesday ; he came in order to get work as a labourer;
they lodged the four first nights at James Leary's;
New-court, Field-lane, where be has a room; they
then removed to No. 4, Church-lane, St. Giles's. Her
husband get no work since he came to London, which
made him very unhappy,and he was determined to re-
turn
to Ireland before the entire of his little money was
gone. Last Sunday morning her husband got up un-
known to her, and went out; when she awoke she missed
him, andgot up and went in quest of him to J. Leary's,
between seven and eight o'clock. She did not find
him there, but she asked Leary and his wife if they
had seen him ? they bid her stop, and that he would
shortly be in; he did come in shortly after, and after
buying a hat they returned home together; he stayed
in all day till between five and six o'clock in the even-1
ing. James Leary and Catherine his wife then came
in, and stopped drinking till near seven o'clock, when '
Leary and his wife took the deceased with them. She
remained behind with her sister, who just came in. '
Between nine and ten o'clock, finding her husband
did not return, she grew uneasy, knowing he had his
money about him, and that he was not very sober;
she then went to Leary's to look for him, and found
Leary and his wife at the top of the stairs, whisper-
ing to each other. She inquired for her husband,
and they told her he was in the room. She desired
them to call him out to her; he came out himself,
and she asked him if it was not time for him to come
home ? he answered, 44 Come along!" and they went
off together; her husband was very tipsey ; they were

followed by James'Leary, who stopped them at the
!.end of Field-lane, and insisted they should have a
parting glass; she begged him not to press her hus-
band to drink any more, as he was very far gone in
liquor ; they went in and had a glass of gin each,
and she had some peppermint;—Leary said to her, '
you seem very uneasy, but you need not, my hand
and word to you, your husband shall be at work in
the morning ;—Leary paid for the liquor, and her
husband and her came up Holborn. James Leary
followed them, overtook them, and went with them
to the top of Holborn. He desired her to make her-
self easy, that he would take her husband to his mas-
ter, and see Ifpn before he went to bed, and he should
be at work in the morning. They (Leary and her
husband) then walked on, but too fast for her; she
begged her husband not to walk so fast, as she could
not keep up with him. Leary desired her to take her
own time, and that they would go on before her.—
When they went a shortway her husband sttyped until
she came up. She laid hold of his coat ; Leary pulled
him away, and said they would be in before her and
have a gallon of beer, and she might go on leisurely.
They then left her, and she went on leisurely until
she reached home. She looked up to the window
expecting to see a light, thinking they might be in
before her, but neither were there. She went and got
a light and placed it on the table, and sat on the win-
dow until twelve o'clock, but her husband never came
home. She then went to bed, but could not sleep :
she got up when she heard tbp clock strike two, and
sat on the window again until she heard the clock
strike three : she then went back to Leary's room ;
she found the door locked and the key outside; she
said nothing, but unlocked the door and walked in ;
Leary's wife was in bed, but Leary was not there;
it might be then better than half past three o'clock.
She asked her where her husband was ? she said he
was gone to work : she asked her where, that she
might go to him, to know where he left her husband,
who was with him last night; Mrs. Leary said no,
she would not. She then returned, and was inquiring
for him about St. Giles's, in the public-houses, think.
ing as he was a little in liquor, Le might then be
drunk 1 and she knew nothing of her husband's mur-
der until about 7 o'clock, when she was informed by
the officer who came to her. She did not see Leary,
until she saw him and his wife in custody in Hatton-
garden. She counted the notes in ter husband's
hands, when he was buying the hat; lie had six one
pound notes, a five pound note, two guineas in gold,
and sixteen shillings in silver ; he had it again at
night, as he pulled it out in the public house—she
put the notes, the guid and silver into his curse, and
made him put them into his pocket. When she had
finished her evidence she was near tainting.
The Coroner then delivered a very impressive charge
to the Jury, who unanimously returned a Verdict of
Wilful Murder against James Leary.

Monday se'nnighr, or early on Tuesday mornlng,
some altercation having arisen between Serjeant An-
drew Cullen, or Cullins, of the 21st Regiment, now
stationed at Fort George, and his wife, he seized a
chisel, with which he stabbed her in different parts
of the body, and thereby occasioned her death. He
afterwards inflicted sevet al wounds rn himself, from
which he is not expected to recover. Collins, it is said,,
had been more or less intoxicated 'for several days,
and in this phrenzied stare committed these dreadful
acts, from which the mind r‘.iyolts with li:rror. The
murderer is in custody.
Mr. Oakley, the gentleman who was shot at and
dangerously wounded near Weymouth-street, Wal:
worth, about a month since, is, we are liap,iy to state,
so far recovered as to be considered out of immediate
danger.
The dreadful pestilence now afflicting the inhabi-
tants of Malta, is said to have been introduced into
that island by a shoe-maker, who went off to a vessel
laden with leather, in the night, to obtain some of
that article under the regular nvirket price, which he
purchased and took to his house, Himself and fa.
mily were the earliest victims of his thoughtless eri- .
minal conduct. The vessel was at that time under
quarantine, she having recently left a port in the Ar-
chipelago where the plague prevailed some time.

Monday, about two P. M. there Wilt a most De.
mentions storm of thunder and lightning experienced
at Harlow, in Essex. The fluid entered Mr. Cowett.'s
house at the one pair of stairs window, vi,:iich hap-
pened to be open; it rushed against. the side of the 1
wall which separates the rooms, tore away and tin-
stripped the wall near the passage door, and left it
bare for a considerable space ; split the (.ak beam that
supports the tieing, and in the same direction broke
two panes of glass at the back part of the house. The
fluid ran along- the bell wire against the side of the
room, forcing its way to the hell wire in the parlour
below, and to the bell-pull there, and at this place,
where it ended : it made the wood vite black, from
being burnt ; and the whole of the wire in each room
(the wire communicating to each other) was.drore
from its position, and hanging down by the sides.--...
Mrs. Cowecc and her daughter, and one of the ser-
vants, were near the spot at the tiro, but being out
of the immediate direction of the wire, providentially
escaped unhurt. Miss CoweLt. felt something of its
effects, and saw a ball of fire rush across :he room.
On the 16th instant, an attempt was made by some
French prisoners to escape from the depot at Penicuik.
They contrived to get a false bottom affixed to one of
the carts which carries away the dust from the 'pri-
son, in which three secreted themselves, and got
without the walls for some way, when the driver
being accidentally stopped by an acquaintance, they
came from their lurking hole, and were proceeding
to a wood, which they had nearly reached, when they
were met by a soldier, who immediately seized one,
he drew a dagger which he had concealed about him,
and wounded the soldier in the neck, and afterwards
stabbed him in the left side. The soldier having been
allowed to go to work in the neighbourhcod, when
off duty, was unfortunately unarmed at the time ;
fainting through loss of blood, he was obliged to let
1 the prisoner go, but the whole three were afterwards -,
apprehended, owing to the alarm raised by the scuffle.
CORN-Ext.:FLANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 28.
Since Monday we have had no fresh arrivals of any Grain,
and but few buyers of Wheat appearing, scarce any sales wets I
effected, and our prices remain as en last market day. Oats are
very dull sale, and on die decline, In coosequeoce of our last
supplies from Ireland, as well as our owls coast. Beans arc better
sale, and fine handserne samples obtain rather more money. bt
Barley, Malt, and other articles, there is no variation.
Fine Flour, loss. 110 s. per Sack.—AroariCan Flour, TOL to 735.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, mLY 27.
LISRL.--.NOY Iv. ROSS.

The defendant is this action was formerly a mer-1
chant cif eminence in London, but who had become
a bankrupt ; the plaintiff was an eminent solicitor,
and was solicitor under Ross's bankruptcy. The:
action was brought to recover a compensation in da.
nines from the defendant, for the injuries which the
character of the plaintiff had sustained, in consequence
of certain libels which had been circulated respecting
him by the defendant. The libellous expressions com-
plained of, were contained in a letter, written by the
defendant to one of his creditors, a Mr. Richards,
residing in Cornwall, imputing to Mr. Noy that he
had, in the course of his conduct as solicitor under the
commission, defrauded the creditors of several large
sums of money. Although the letter .was ad Irassvd
to Mr. Richards first, it was also directed, that if Mr.
Richards should be absent from home, it should be
delivered to any one of certain other creditors of the
bankrupt, who were named, residing at the same j
place. . This letter stated, that new assignees were
about to be chosen; and that such a step had become
necessary, upon an examination of the accounts of
Messrs: Noy and Pope, the sciicitors under the pre-
's-mit assignees, as it appeared by those accounts, that
though, Oa a former occasion, they had, in one in-
stance, allowed the receipt of a sum of £2OOO, they
had only given the estate credit for X 682 They had
• 'also, in varicus other instances, defrauded the estate
of thousands, under pretence of necessary proceedings
'Mt law ; and had brought no less than sixteen actions,
in.all which they had failed. By these means they had
so exhausted the funds of the bankrupt, that, though
originally hi could have paid a dividend of 10s. in
the pound;the estate would not now afford a divi-
dend at all. This dividend of 10s. would have been
paid, but that the solicitors had prevented it, and j
prevented it for, the purpose of enabling themselves to
appropriate the money in such a manner as should
benefit themselves. This was the substance of the
letter, and was the lib l ccmplained of. The de-
fendant had justified on the record; but this day no
defence was made.
A Juryman wished to know what were the circum-
Stances of the defen tint ?
Lord Ei-Letosottouott said, that could have no effect
on the neasiire of their damages. Poverty was not
to s'rve as a shield to 1 r'tect a man in such a case
as this. It was a rule of law, that he who could not
pay, in his pocket most pay in his pets in, otherwise
every one who was poa•r might definite with impu-
nity. Verdict f r the plaintiff—D images £lOO.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 26.•
CAI MOLL V., DE TASTET.

This was an action brought by the assignees of 1
Latham and Parry, to recover 0'76 puncheons of rum, !
200 puncheons of gin, 117 pipes of port wine, and 45
puncheons of braritly, transferred by the bankrupts to
defendant, in contemplation of bankruptcy.
The first witi.ess called was Mr. W. Mardall, who
swore,- that in January last (rhe 14th day) in. conse- I
quence of some information which he received of a
forgery 'limn himself, he went to the house of De
Tastet, in 13road-street, accompanied by Mr. Gorst :
they saw Parry and De Tastet in conversation to-
, getter ; he told the cause of his errand, namely, that
he unuerstood De Tastet had a bill drawn on his (the
witnt Esds) house,f4 R 22,000,14 Latham and Parry:
Pe Tasted said he had such a bill ; and that there
had been another for .418,000, which had been paid
by Latham and Parry, on the ground, that the wit-
ness was anxit us that the bill should not pass through
the. Bank. Mr. Mardall said, the hills were g:oss
forgeries, IT lie had never made such acceptances.—
After some conversation De Tastet exclaimed in
great agitation—s. Parry, what have you done with
my property ; where' is my rum, ray gin, and my
brandy i" Parry answered it was all sate in his pos-
session, and proceeded to mention several quantities
of rum and gin, which Mr. De Tastet said would not
• cover the affair, and reqiiested Mr. Gorst-to accomi,
piny Parry, as a, broker, to see a regular transfer
made. Parry stated that he had 1500 puncheons of
rum, and 200 puncheons of gin, which might be trans.
ferred. Mr. Goist agreed to do it, and went out with
Parry..
Mr. Gorst was present at the above conversation,
• and went with Party to make the transfer. He found
570 puncheons of rum, '2OO puncheons of gin, 117,
pieces of wine, and 45 puncheons of brandy—all or
which were transferred to Mr. De Tastet. He pre-
sented the order for these goods to Mr. De I'astet,
•who said., he had been grossly deceived by Parry in !
the whole of-their transactions.
Henry Bagster had been clerk to Latham and
Parry. They became insolvent on the 14th January, !
as he had since learned ; on the 16th Parry disap-
peared, and he had not seen him since. The rum
was at the London Docks, and made part of the ge-
neral capital of Latham and Parry : it had no distill-
guirlable marks about it. He said, that about
£EIOO,OOO had been put into Parry's hands to pur-
chase rum for Mr. De Tastet. The brandy was nor
purchased for Mr. De Tashi, though he thought it
might be with his money ; for Parry at that time
might be said to receive all his. money from De
Tastet. The gin was transferred the since day that
it was bought; he did not know that any of it was
Dc Tastet's. If any person had asked -him for Dc
Tastet's rum, he should have said he knew nothing
about it, as all the rum was Latham and Parry's.
Mr. Scrjeant SIIENIERD said, the transfer was not -
made in the contemplation of bankruptcy, nor a vo-
luntary act, but done under the apprehension of pro-
secution.
Sir J. MANSFIELD, in his summing up, said, that
Parry, who was ita,-are of the clime which he had
Committed, could contemplate nothing else than ab-
sconding, or an'act of bankruptcy, at the time of the
transfer. It was a voluntary act, for there was no
evidence of any threat of any kind. .
The Jury, in a t'Lw minutes, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, for all the goods except the 570 pun-
cheons. of ruin.

IMPOSITION.—A middle-aged man, dressed in a
shabby naval uniform, by a LAle of woe, was permit-
ted to sleep in the house of Mr. Hammond; of Pad-
dington, on Sunday night, and he decamped in the
morning with a watch and some silver spoons. He
said he was Lieutenant of a sloop of war, which was
refitting at Sheerness, and had leave of absence for
Cortuight.

•
4)0/.CE.
HAIIoN dARDEN...-Yestetday several` poor per-
sons. retailers cakes, and other small articles, were
fined, at the instigation of the Societe for the Sup-
pression of Vice, for selling their cornmodtties on
Sunday.
GUlLDRAl.l.—Yesterday Eatabeth Lloyd was.char-
ged wiih uttering counterfeit money. Mrs. Filancis,
of the Three Jolly Butchers, in Warwick-lane, stated,
that on Friday last the prisoner, Aiccompanied by two.
other women, came to her house during a heavy
shower of rain, and called for some gin, and one of
them tendered a bad half-crown in payment ; it was
returned by the clepontot, and handed by the woman
who had uttered it, to the. prisoner. They then paid
for the gin, and had some ale, which the prisoner was
kit by the others to pay for 6 this she for a long time
refused to do, until Mr. Francis at last made her
empty her pockets, and in a rag were found 2-2 bad
shillings, btu no good money. An officer was then sent
for, who searched her, and found ten more bad shil-
lings in a paper : but it being impossible to find the
woman who actually uttered the bad halt-crown,
the prisoner was of necessity discharged s being
merely an accessary before the fact. .

A nest of coiners have been discovered at Wool-
wich, and committed to Maidstone jail, for trial.
Lady A..son.t was accosted by a well•dreved man
at the late Vauxhall Fete, who pretend-d to be an in-
timate acquaintance, but being info, med that he was
unknown to her ladyship, he at length withdrew, but
no► till he had snatched a viol from her person, of near
one hundied guineas.value, with which he got off
amidst the crowd undiscovered.

A ft* nights since the house of Mrs. Lacnn, in
Bruton-street, Berkeley•sqnare, was broke open by
entering a v..indoss •nn the first floor, supposed to be
by yten lilting etch other nn the lamp iron and
forcing the bats of the window ; and the alarm bells
having unfortunately been forgot to be hung upon
them; they were not beard, and they made off with
primrose satin silk net sarsnet, gold lace, ostrich
feathers, and others, a quantity of muslin dresses, and
a v:o iety of articles or &male dresses to a considera-
ble amount.

Sl' it LAR EFFECTS Or Limerxism.—Saturday last,
ab,,ut five o'clock' in the evening, this subtile fluid
entered the parlour window at the George public-
house, Balaam-hill, Clapham, Surrey, at which a per-
son was sitting smoaking ; his hat was thrown oil,
the pipe broke, and a glass he was drinking from de-
stroyed in innumerable pieces ; but fortunately he
escaped any personal injury. It then took the direc-
tion of a bell-wire which led to the upper floor, al-
lotted to a club held there ; here it consumed some
paper, on which some rose-leaves were drying, and
; burnt small holes in the baize cloth which covered the
table; two corners of a looking-glass frame were fired ;
the pipes which led from the bar to the cellar were
also attacked, and that which communicated 'to the
I ale butt was burst. A pipe leading to a liquor-cask
I felt the same effects in a different situation, and it
dissolved the gilding of a picture-frame. Yet various
as these tracks of its progress were, no one suffered
by it.
Wednesday evening the neighbourhood of Stour-
bridge was visited by a heavier storm of rain than has
been known for some years past, accompanied with
tremendous thunder and lightning ; the claps of thun-
der were awful at times; the lightning struck dwell-
ing house, near Brierley.hill, dcmobshed the chimney
and shattered the roof, but did little other injury, a;:d
happily the people were not at home. Another Rash,
near the abuve place, demolished the windows of a
cottage.
Thursday aftfrnoon, the neighbourhood of Harro-
gate was visited by a most tremendous storm of
thunder and lightning. The rain fell in such torrents
as to inundate several of the houses at Harrogate;
and the hail-stones, which were of uncommon size
and fel! in vast quantities, shivered numbers of the
windows in the neighbourhood. While the storm
was raging with its utmost fury, a valuable horse, the
property of Mr. GEORGE JACKSON, of Pannal, was
killed by the lightning.
Cottosea's INovesT.--A hocking aceiJent oc- ,
curred on Friday morning last, in Barnett Ter. ace ;
a little girl, about five years old, danghur W. Mr.
Williamson, a cabinet maker, whilst leaning out of '
the window of the second floor, tell oat and pitched
with her head on the stones, by which her skull was
fractured in a shocking manner ; she was instantly
taken up, and expired immediately. A Coroner's
Inquest sat at the Falcon, in R ing-street, who retur-
ned a verdict of—Accidental Death.
Friday, a young man, a coachman out of place,
applied for work at the Regent's Canal, near Prim-
rose-Hill, which, unfortunately for him, he obtained : I
he was employed in filling a cart, when the bank,
which was 22 feet high, fell in, and crushed him to
death.

A few days ago a young man, a native 4 the large
Island of Arran, having been let down by a rope, for
the purpose of killing puifins;as is usual at this se.i:
sr-in, over one of the clefts, he incautiously untied
the rope by which he was let down, after having
landed in one of the crevices ; and in attempting to
st"n on a solid rock, as he imagined, it unfortunately
ir.i.,pened to be a splinter, which gave way, and he
was dashed to atoms on the rocks underneath, a
height of upwards of 850 feet. Boats were imme-
diately employed for the purpose of picking up his
mangled remains, which were brought ou shore and
interred.

CHILD DROPPING.—A female child, very respect-
ably attired, was left at the door of a Gentleman's
house in the New Cut, on Saturday evening. The
little innocent was. discovered by the maid-servant on
answering a knock at the door, who went and in-
formed her.master of the event, when the Gentleman,
with great humanity, ordered that the child should
be brought into the house and taken care of. The
infant appeared to be about four months old.
Boxim.t.—A spirited and most determined pitched
battle was fought on Monday, on Lea Heath, a few
miles from Dorchester, for a stake of 100 guineas, be-
tween Rk1,,:4 Foists, an athletic young farmer of six-
teen stone, and Jacob Eastwood, a publican and barge-
owner, of equal prowess. They fought for an hour
and ten minutes, until neither could stands but they
refused to yield, and a parley of twenty minutes took
place. After their renewing the battle hr a quarter
of an hour, Ealen was obliged' to resign, with two
broken ribs, ;aid his adversary was very badly hurt.

LYCEUM 7HIs4TRt.

' Mr. CooitE, of the Dublin Theatre, made his
'first appearance last night on the London boards
in the'part of the Sera:Litt-, in the Opera of The Siege
of Pdgratie,ana met a m ,st flattering reception. He,
possesses a fine and f!exibk tenor veice, aided by a
thorough knowledge of the science of music, and
seems perfectly acquainted with what is technically
termed stage effect. • He wa, most rapturously en-'
Limed in a serenade of his own. •composition--.. Li
1'0:: down to me," which he sang behind the seem:,
accompanied on the piano-forte only ; and in WIN..
TEIt'S popular duet, "" roes thore leavteoos rr,ar rm.
Otani eve," which he sang with Mrs. Cooxii (fate Miss
Howeta.s), formeily of Covent-garden TheaLre. This
Lady warbled the airs :allotted her, in the part of
Lilla, with great sweetness, and 'was encored in seve
cal of them. In a word, both Mr. and His. Cowen
bid fair to became greet favourites with the Public,
and to rank high in the Musical World.

The ettranrdinary Animal at the Surrey Theatre,
which, by an apparently intuitive po:ver, preserves the
life of a child trom the reckless fury of an Assassin,
amply repays the spirited ex,nsions of his master,
EwsroN, by nightly tilling this elegant Theatre with
the most fashicn.ible company.
The PRINCE REGENT has been graciottsly pleased
to coder on Mr. MILLAItD, the Proptietor of the
East India Warehon,es, No. ! i, Chearside, the Royal
Letters Patent, for his valu ble.discovery of the new
Cotton Twine B:linings and Shectin4s.

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