Star.
London, England, 1812-04-01 00:00:00

MO :41114r AGRICULTURAL kIPORT.

. wetness and chatireablenert of. the weather
have occasioned a catching and difficult-seed season,
wh4b %11l pyletti.i. be two or three weeks later, in
no ,iarts, this.spring, than usual. The latedrought
wa .o, • quickly followed by wet and otherwise onfa-
Able weather. Nothing yet sown but beans, peas,
and A few glee* or early oats, of which little is said,
fronr,the.r not being forward in growth. Wheat in
general 1.-uks excepeing.where it is too forward
in Elie grass, and upon cold wet soils,- where much
of 'he plant has paisbed, from the too great 'mois-
ture of the winter season. Accounts, from 'rations
quarters, at s distptwohation of spring wheat; in some
few, of a breadth of Wheat unusually large. Broad-
cast wheat extremely foul Ind weedy. where the land
has been at all neglected. The spring catthacrops
cortinue'toimprove. •
Turnips, upon the whole, hare held out well, and

hay hAs been in great pknty ; btraw short in cravtity.
It has been an'unthrifty season for:di out-docn• stock,
H -and the rot in slieep.have prevailed, more or less,
throughout ; the lambing. in course, has no: been at-
teuded with the pular success.- Store ca.tle rather
scarce and dearer, preference generally given to the
Scotch. Fat suck dearer. Store pigs declining is
price, limn the advancing prke of corn. Cows be-
yot,l all former price. From the vast prices deman-
detl for good cart horses, the custom of substituting
bullocks is gaining ground in many parts. The wool
trade cont.nues as before, excepting some additional
briskness in.the demand for fine fleeces.

Spirit of tar, laid on the bark of apple-trees with
a c:imel s hair brush, has been fotind ewemely bene-
fic6l, it; destroying the insect that has of late years
been•!a extreniely destructive to them.
Kit. Rvthert Kelly, gardener, at the High Church,
Glasgow, prac:ises a very intzenious mode of destroy.
ing c iter pillars, which he discovered by accidgnt.—
A piece of woollen rag /had been blown by the wind
into a ctitrast bush-; and when taken out w,s found
overed by the lelktevouring insecu. • lie i meth.
ately placed pieces of woollen cloth every bosh in
his garden, and found next day that .6n caterpillars
bad universally taken to them for shelter. In this
way he destroys many thousand caterpillars • every
morning.
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A valuable discovery has been lately made by some
German travellers in the Isle of -Egina, under the
ruins of the temrle of Jupiter panLellenius. They
have found 18 ma-1)1e statues, nearly: as large as life,
and in the most antique Greek Ayif.
An eagle, of an extraordinary size and fierceness,
was beely lolled at Moyenvre, department of the
Moselle. It attacked a man who had alighted from
his horse to trick up something from iite ground, and,
notwithstan;ling he repeatedly stuck it, aid called
out for assistance, would not rtlinquish its bold, wail
_some peasants ran up and dispatched it.
Sunday sennight a girl, about seven years old,
daughter of Mr. Ellis tallow-chandler. of North Male
street, Cork, was amusing herself with the rest of the
children in lee drawing-rnom, in the absence of her
parents, her frock caught fire, by which she wai so,
dreadtully burnt, that she, baffled all Medical aid, and
thelittle innocent terminated her sufferings the fol.,
loving „morning.
Yesterday, asfour soldiers were escorting two de
setters up Ludgate-hill, one of them, a remarkably
stout young know, contrived to slip his handcuff,
and tg,rt.With great precipitation tip the Old Bailey,
On whiCh one nt the esc.,rt fired his piece at hint, the
ball or which Went• thrtnigh the.windovk of a respecin-
ble inhabitant. -the report, of the .musket br.ught
iteveral if the turnkeys from Newgate, who, aided by
the guard f a mail-coach,succeededhr stopping him,
after much resin; ince, during which he threw several
of them down in the mud ; nor did he submit till one
of the escort came up and presented his piece, threa-
tening to blow him to Atoms. He was then taken
into. the prisont and, being properly secured, was
safely conducted t-) the Savoy.
A few nights since the house of Mr. Finche, on the
Edgew.tre-road, was broke open, and robbed of a
quantity of plate and cash.
Last Thursday night, as a Gentleman was passing
near the basin in Hyde Park, he was knocked down,
and completely stunned, by four men. When he
came to himself, he 1( and his mouth tied with a
handkerchief, and a pocket of his pantaloons, con-
taining £3.60 in bank notes, cat out. The contents of
his other pockets were also taken away.
Sunday night Smith and Flannagan, in confine.
went in New Prison, Clerkenw.ell, charged -with ut-
tering forged bank notes, attempted to escape, by
forting their Will through the cieling of what is ter.
tried the guinea-room, and getting on the top of the
prison, whence Smith jumped to a tree, with his it ot.s
en ; but the turnkeys were on the alert, and secured
them before their plan was complete.
GuaDfle te. —Yesterday J. Smith, alias Taylor,
Country Billy, and .Mary Brown were examined, be.
ing apprehended by Nicholls and two other Officers
the preceding night, near the end of Lombard-street,
after having been observed to feel the pockets of the
persons passing to and from the Mansion-house.—
Nicholls said, Ile had frequcntly seen the male priso-'
ner irr the c.;xnpany of reputed thieves, and never wit
messed any thing so completely audacious as the eon-
duct of the two prisoners on Monday night. Unfor- '
tunately, however, he did not observe that either of
them had succeeded intheir intentions. Smith said,
in his defence, that he, like others, stood in the street
from motives of curiosity, but had not the slightest
intention of c,mmitting any act of impropriety. He
obtained a living by going into the country to pur-1
chase horses. They were both committed for farther
examination.
Mar 9, Stewart, an elderly woman, of most deplora.
ble appearance, was sent to Bridewell for one month,
charged with breaking the winc:ars, of the Thatched-
house public-house, in Field-lane,
Joseph Exile, alias White, was executed at Ayles.,
bury on Saturday se'nnight : his own father stood
with the utmost composure, and witnessed the awful
'scene : he himself. had been tried several times,: and
was acquitted of horse-stealing at the Reading As-
..
stars. The• populace were so incensed at the unfeel-
ing wretch, that they handled him very roughly ;
and had it not. been for the interlertwe of the con-
stables, in all probabilitylhis-life would have been in

41SSIZES. -

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William Wyatt, aged 4.0, for the murder of Isaiah
Folack Valentine, by drowning him in Fowey har-
bour, was found guilty, and received sentence of
death.

The prisoner kept a public house in Dock. called
the Jolly Bacchus, from whence he 'removed in No-
vember last, to the Rose and Crown at Fowey. The
deceased, a person of the Jewish ?ersuasion, was in
the habits of intimacy with the prisoner. About the
16th of November, two. letters were addressed to
Valentine (then in Dock) by the prisoner, desiring
him to come down to Fowey, whine he (the priso-
ner) had some butions, or guineas, to dispose of. Re..
lying on this statement, Valentine accordingly went
down on the 19t1a.of the same month ; but on his ar-
rival, instead of introducing Valentine as he had pro-
posed, to the persons whom he had stated as dealing I
in coin, the prisoner contrived to amuse and deceive
him, in various ways) until Monday evening, the
23th of November, when, under the pretence of
taking him (Valentine) to Captain Best, he led him
to a place or quay called the Broad Slip, in Fowey,
and pushed him into the water, were he first suffoca.;
ted, and then robbed him of 8260, which he after-
wards deposited in a heap of dung on his own pre-
mises. No doubt whatever could be 'entertained of
the prisoner's guilt, from a long but strong train of
circumstantial evidence ; and after a trial of eleven
hours continuance, on Thursday last, he was found
guilty of felony and murder, and sentenced to be hung
at Launceston, en Easter Monday. The unhappy man
exhibited the greatest indifference on this solemn oc-
eason,. until the Jury,turned round to decide on their
verdict, when he became agitated, and seemed
.to
feel the horrors of his awful situation. Soon after
the Judge, Sir ALAN CIIASIBRE, Knight, passed the
awful sentence, he fainted awali. and was with diffi-
culty conveyed back to the jail.

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SALES BY AUCTION.

WATERFORD, MARCH 111.
Thome: Keimagh, a private in ' the Coldstream
Guards, was arraigned for the murder of Mary. Dog-
herty, on the sth of January, at Newrath, in the
county of Kilkenny. The prisoner is a handsome`
Man, thirty years of age, and of rather a genteel ap-
pearance. Upon coming to the bar he had a cheer-
ful stitiling air, which scarcely forsook him during
the trial. When called on to plead, he answered, with
a smile, Guilty. The Judge told him, that, how-
, eve r sincere his contrition might be, it was morepru.
dent in him to allow the laws to take their own
tnurfie in vindicating themselves, and that he might
find that they were not deficient in mercy. He re-
plied, with good humour, mixed with resignation,
that he wanted no mercy but the mercy of Gon, and
persisted in his plea. The humane Judge renewed
his request, when the prisoner withdrew his plea, and
answered, Not Guilty.
The only witness called was Michael Evelyn, Esq.
•
Coroner, who proved that the body of a woman, A ith TO PAWNBROKERS, BAKERS, Sm.
EAGLE-STRELT, earner of RPD LION-STREET, Hos Boa se,
several marks of violence, was found at the period, with immediate possession,
and in the place mentioned in the indictment; ; By Mr. STEWAR
saw the prisoner afterwards in custody. Prisoner, At bis Great Room, 194, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, April 8,
without the least suggestion of hope or fear, acknow- at 'Podia,
!edged himself to be the-murderer, and said that be .AN excellent HOUSE and. SHOP just rebuilt
gave hp- the first blow with a stick, and afterwards sit for a Pa=otkeer, lialseanrd worel-al aynishe
enenst binualst desiNme. I
finished her with a• stone. She was not his wife, as Eagle-street, and within one door of Rued gLion-street, Holborn,
had had at fi:st been supposed ; he first met her in the. held for a icon of 61 years,' at a ground rent of £2l petannsue.
packet, in which they came over from Bristol. She -"Maybe viewed. Particulars had at the Premises; the Medea
induced 1, nt to live with her, and to desert, sayino., Mot; and of Mr. Stewart, No. 194, Piccally.
she %V.V, entitled to some property, which he slitrird THREE HOUSES, SEYMOUR-PLACE, ;.irri.s
have. She said she was married to a soldier of the By Mr. STEWART;
At his Great Room, 194. Piccadilly, en Wednesday, April 11, at
66th, who was probably dead. On the day of the Twelve, in 'I liree Lois,
murder he had taken much liquor. 'they had guar- A VALUABLE LEASCEIOi,D ESTATE, most
relied, and site had used galling wards to him, and a—a. pleasantly situated, stirr.)uoded by gardens and agreeable
threatened to get him arrested as a deserter. Provo- walks, being Nos. 10. 12, ant 13, Seymour-plat Little Lhelts,
ked at being threatened by the advi.wr of his mis- .wel"siltd audaneatly Meshed; held for a term of 97 year;, at a
condlict,- and mad.!ened Iby liquor, he struck the 'array rbe:tviewod62..
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aru cobra had on the premises ; of John
faal blow which led to her murder. From that in- Evans, Esq. Solicitor, Mildre.l's-.nun, Poultry; and. of Mr.
sstant peace of mind fled, nor did he enjoy a moment of Stewart,./in. 194, Piccadilly.
reliel until he made a full coafession to Mr. Brad- HEMUn TERRACE, COTTAGE RESIDENCE, CHELSEA
shaw. at Carrick. By Mr. stEwART,
After a short charge from the Judge, the Jury re- At his Gress Room, 1,4, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, Apkil 11,
turned a verdict of Guilty, at the satne,time unani- at Twelve, •
mously recommending him to mercy, which the- I A DESIRABLE and pleasant RESIDENCE,
Counsel ter the Crown instantly concurred in. J.-1L No. 2, Hemus Terrace, College-walk, adjoining the King's-.
Baron GEORGE in addressin the road, Che Lees, fitted up in the most tasteful style of modern d.-
g prisoner, said, gance; held for a ti-rut of U.; years from Miusummeri lell, rit a
be would transmit the humane recommendation of ground rent of nine guineas; let to a most respectable tenant at
the 3tuy and the Bar as favourably as truth would ;50 guineas per annum.
allow. After a short exhortation, his Lordship sen-1 May be viewed, with. leave of Ole tenant. Particulirs had at
fenced him to be executed on the 19th icor. but im-
the Cadogan Arms, Sloane-ereet ; the Auction Mart; and of
)Ar.
mediately alter respited him to the Ist of April. jStewart, No. 194, Piccadilly.
CARR ICK.FERGUS.
Montgomery Brown, late master of a vessel belong.
iug to Irvine, in Scu land, WAS to have been tried for
ihe murder of Charles Mgt, re, late butcher in Bel-
fast. He however applied to the Court that his trial
, might be delayed till next Assizes, stating. in his
affidavit as a ,vasan for this delay, that a maierial
witness, whc:ti I,e expected from Scotland, had not
arrived. although his Attiirney, Mr. Robert Montgo-
mery, had been there, and engaged him to Come over.
The Court having taken the aifici.tvits into.con-
siderationi agree d to delay the trial till next Assizes.
The mome..t that . the Court had so decidi_d, the
*widow of the deceased rushed forward through the
'crowd, and came upon the table in front of his Lord-
ship. She then, in great agitation, fell down upon
her knees, and with much vehemence cried out, " 0,
my Lord, give me justice against the man who mur-
dered my husband ! , I entreat you my Lord, that I
may have justce done for the murder of my dear
husband ! His murderer has got time, but he gave
no time to my dear good husband I" Having so
expressed het self, s'ie then silently withdrew. She
was-dressed in deep mom ning, and her state of agita-
tation and her screams excited very painful sensations
in the whole audience.
'LAUNCESTON.
At the Assizes at Launceston Pierre Francois
Xavier La Roche, aged 30,. (a Frenchman) was found
guilty of forging a Bank of England note, and re-
ceived sentence of death.

TWO Lilt ANNUITIES, of .ClOB, and see.
By Mr. sTLwART. •
At his Great Room, 194, Piccadilly, on Wedoeday, April 8, at
Twelve, in Two lostv,
rI'WO LIFE ANNUITIES, amply seemed on a
Freehold Estate, in t! County of Fts.x, durirg the lives of
two Gentlemen, one aged 41 and theotLer 44 years.
Particu'ars had of ,Nlr. Price, Solicitor, Warwick-street, Gol-
den-square; the Auction Atirt ; atad of Mr. titewart, No. 194,
Piccadilly.

CO VENT GARDEN THEATRE.
ASUBECRIPTION SHARE of AVE HUNDRED POUNDS.

By Mr. S IJ WART.
At his Crest Room, 04, Pice.sdill), on Wednesday, April 8,

at Twelve.
A SUBSCRIPTION SHAREof di'.soo in the
Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, making an auvaal income
of .e 2.5 clear of the Property Tax, and a tree &laths:on to the
Theatre, fii; a term of 85 years.
Particulars had of Messrs. Dawson and Wrati,law, Saville.
place, New liiiiiington.stre4; the Auction Mart ; and ti Mr.
stevrart, No. 194, Piccadilly.

I
FREEHOLD Eti'fAlT., ALBEMARLE-S 1' 2 LET ,
PICCAD Li .LY. _
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By Mr. STEWART,'
' At his Great Room, 19 I, Piceaddiy, on Wednesday. April S,
at I w Ave, in Iwo Lots, -
Lot 1. A CAPITAL FREEHOLD FAMILY
HOUSE, with double vtainveate, No. 3i, Aibe-
. merle-street, kt to Mr. Pay:en, on lease for an unexiirA tern)
of 28 year,, at the very Ice.v rent of .R.so per annum, end now to
the occupation of Mr. B aa, at a rent of 4180 per annual.
Lot Y. A:, este but freelt id Cowls Resid:noe, No. Bi. Albe-
marle-street, with double st di case, now unoccupied, and sup-
posed to be worth a rent of £llO per annum. .
May be viewed every day (Sunday excepted). Particulars had
of Cordall lirookes, Esq. Solicitor, Great George-street West-
minster; at the Auction Mast; ad of Mt. Stewart, No. int,
P:ccadit.y. .
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V alu:lble and wry distinguished *Collection of Original DRAW.
INGS, POR I RAI I'S, PRINTS, and BOOKS of raiNT4.

By Mr. SI:FAVART,

At his Great Room, 191, Pieced l'y, on Monday, Apr:l 13, and
six following days (Sunday excepted),
ARARE and VALUABLE COLLECTION
2-e,f PJR IRAITS, original Drawings by Raphael, Titian,
Dontinichino, &c. the Works of Albert purer, Luca% Van Ley-
den, Israel Van Mechlin, Mare Antonio, P:c a numerous and line
assemblage if the Italian, German, and French Schoo's, btilliaot
impressiuns; the Bible in Imin beautiful manuscript, on White
vellnru,exquisleli Mom :wed ith numerous miniature paintings,
a splendid and unique article; Tooke of. Prints, &c. collected
with great taste by the distingaishel Family of Ricardi, at tilo•
relict, and late the property of the Marge s of Itteardl.
May be viewed three days previous to the Sale. Catalogues
now had of Mr. Stewart, No. 191, Picealliy.

GENUINE COLLteIION OF PICI LYRES,
From the Marquis of Ricer* Gallery, at Florence.
By Mr. STEWART,
At his Great Room, 194, Pic=dilly, on Thurslay, April 21, and
fallowing day (without reserve),
ACAPITAL COLLECTION of PICTURES
of the Italian School, from the well-known Gallery of the
Marquis of Ricardi, of Florence; comprising fine Specimei.s of the
early•period of the Arts, end the Works of the. following esteemed
Masters : Giotto, Mantegner, Masaccio, Raphael, A. Durer' Ti-
tian, A. Delsarto, Baroccio, Caracci, Dominichino, Guido, C.
Dolo, &c.

May be viewed one week pn.vious to the Sale, and Cataloguei
bad.

CHEPPING WYCOMBE BUCKS.—By Mr. BOLLS,
On Friday, the 3d of April next, at the Red Lion Inn, it: High
Wycombe, in lots, unless previously disposed of by Private
Contract, of which due notice will be given,.
ACOMPACT and very valuable ESTATE,
called TO ITERIDGE FARM, comprising about 15d
Acres of Land, of which 28 Acres are Freehold, 40 Acres or
thereabouts are Copyhold, and 78 Acres are Leasehold, together
with a moiety of 24 Acres of Leasehold Meidow, Arable, and
Wood Land. A good commodious Farm House, Farm Yard,
Barns, Stabling, Cow-house, and other convenient Building.,
necessary for the rise and ac..ommodatlon of the. Farm. The
whole within a ring fence, situated In the Parish of Chopping
Wycombe aforesaid, and new in the occupation of the Proprietor
and Mrs. Lawrence. The Leasenold part of this desirable pro-
perty, may at a very easy exp.nce, be converted into Freelsold.
Also a Copy Close of rich Arable Land, ne4 or contiguous to
the 'Town of Wycombe, containing eight Acres, snore or less,
uow in the tenure of the Proprietor.
Particulars mty be known of Messrs. Nash and Son, &ditto»,
Wycombe; or of the Auctioneer, Great Marlow, Bucks, who
will give orders fora view of the Estate. Letters (post paid)
will l.c duly attended to.—March 10, ling.

THE COIMERCTAL-HALL Win Cow
RisisfY, Skisver-street, Laudon, beg leave to saheb them.
tendon of the Nobility, Gentry and Pub! c in-genetal, to their
very loir l'r c i for the choicest Wines, ge,ralne Spititunes li-
quors, pr.mest Battled Porter. Ale and doubt,: ?root' Stout, for
Ready Money o-lyi which vill be dekvercil to order, fret: eta-
pencv.. to ails pat t of Loudon.
Fi to Port Wine, per mite -
_
11.11 f ripe ,E4o, Q i.r.t-r Pipe .
•Curi,us old Port, of the Vtnageat 1806, of the tnon it
e.titti+ite flavour .
Half Pipe Lb, quarter Pipe • - -
Co 41 Sherry, per Butt • -
HAI: Butt ,C.:6, QUAttel Butt - •
•Vt ry line old ditto, 4 yrsin the Wood. per Sam :
ti -II Butt Lie, Quarter Butt -
*Foie old WtrAt* India Madeira, per Pipe
Half Pipe ,C;fr, Quarter Ppe

'C"

125
Si
110
le
Ith
ao •

. 30
Pc: this,
Finest port Wine, warranted to have been 6 years in (la L ,i.
Wood, new in Ilut:L•s, 13 to the Drwen - SO a
*0os:cold Pot, 13 to the Warn, no: cruved . Lt v
•Cor.ons old Pori, %art-anted to have been 5 years in Bet-
els, 12 to the Dozen - - 67 t,
Good Slivery, 13 to the Doren - -
'Very fide told ditto, warranted to have been 3 roan losu ip
the Butt, 43 to the Moen . .
54 Fine T. meiff w
e, 13 to the Dozen - . Su 0
*Fn.*. old Brot.ti Madeira, 13 to the dizen ss •
*num okl West India do. 13 to este dozen . • tat 0
*Curiously fine liesa.kulla Madeira, wammted to bv Is
years aid, 12 to the dozen . . - 84 •
*Ditto Sherry, 12 to the dusts. . 711 o
'Claret a the finest quality and favour, 13 to the dozen SS 0.
*Very fine rich and dry Lisbon, 13 to the damn 45 0
Ditto ditto Mountain, 13 do. ' . .
' 46 0
Finest White Noyeau, II 40. • • . so o
'Ditto Pink ditto, 1= do. I, , , . Si ts
Ditto old Rum Shrub, Is 41.6 .
. •
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vi •
Per Cal.
10 6
• 12 a
16 g
44 0
3i 0
ur,
Beet BA:led Porter, 111 tithe doses . Pa 6
6
*Dtio double Brown Stout, 12 do. - - 7 6
Fine Cockagee Cycle, - - - to g
Duo Squa4h Perry i • - . 21 0
'Finest old Ale warranted 23 months old before btrtled 9
°Finest Burton Al.-, to. - . 16 6
•Very curious Comm Brandy, warranted to be 10 Tun
old, per gallon - - 44 6
'Ditto curious fine flavoured old Ruin . is 6
Fine oi4 B. Brandy - . 16 o
Thote Articles marked • are what the Company recommend
as being Of a more superior Qual:ty tLau svi•at is gine:lll46A
and of the finest flavLur.—Wine Mr,eliam., in,ik„„ptn. and
Publicans, served at the trade-yrices' as usual

Fine item:red Cenora
°Div° old stiong do.

Ditto do. Jamac-a ...tuft!
• Ditto do. Coniac Brandy
Di to do. Hollinds

For the convenlency of those Families who prefer theirWilifs
in YIN ES, and for Connoisseurs in supecior Aricies, the Cox-
raw, have seketed the most curious Winer, B.e. and offer the
following as tne most ,:boice Oat can be produced :
Fine West ttdia Madeira, 12 Pints to the Dozen . Ist.
Old East India Ditto of the mog exquisite Crow and
12 d uo
Old East India Sherry of the most curious and scarce T.
Erg; 12 ditto -3%
Fine old dry Lisbon 12 ditto
Port Wine, mai), I>erlett- from.the finest selected Pipes of
the favourite Vin-.mgt of 1806, 12 d t o Hs.
Ditto of the most rare .or.t., bottkAT •ons the melt airbus oil
Wine in the Kingdom; that has Igo In a bad? nearly a*
years. This article has all the &atoms; and LAvoar of the
most rare Wine, and is worthy the attention of 4e first
CunnoiNseurs, 12 chtb
Luscious Sh rtsb, made 1. urn he finest flavoured old Rstn,l2 do 24i.
Ripe full flavou-rd Douhle Frown s totr, 1 t ditto • 4,,641.
Curious Mellow Ale, warranted 2 yi ars okl before bot-
tled, but of the softest flavour, lx ditto. • fo. Gd.
January 1, 1812.