Star.
London, England, 1812-06-11 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S BOOKS.

The Unice, from New York to Oporto, is Stranded at
Sandy Hook.
The Hamlet, —, from Tortola, I% supposed to have arrived
at Ghsgow, letters having been rec.nved marked by her.

under the head-of “ —neous Services"—For of Bridport, one of his pupils, to fig-ht on some spot
his Majesty's Foreign and other Secret Services, between Exeter and Hannon, for 500 guineas. ,
£151,539. 14e. 3d. I Among the last arrivals at Bath are—
The gross amount of the tax upon hackney-
Lady Elphinstone, Hon. P. Piarrepoint, Sir J. Caldwell, *4-
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coaches and chairs for last year, is iSO,9o9.—the
rnatntivre:t: La
Addy, and illiss Onaluw, Admiral Aylmer,
General HAdinl.
charges of management, ie3,182. Is. Sd. and the net General and Mrs. Powell, Hon. Cal. Calrlean, Col. R. aZvopeeT,
produce, £27,726. 18s. 9cl. i and Lieutenant Colonel Stewart.
The expences of the establishment of the horse An investigation has taken place in Plymouth-yard,
patrole, for the better security of the public roads relative to the causes of the late calamitous fire, but
leading to the metropolis, for three quarters of a' nothing satisfactorily has transpired. Some ashes
year, amount.to £1,640. 1 Is. of lightning were observed on Monday morning, but
c.:lit is not believed that the fire originated from these.
the reports which have reached the Admiralty,
The sum charged under the head of 44
secret snothing has transpired to justify an opinion that say
vice" money, from the 23d of April, 1807, to the Ist i From
November, 1809, while Mr. CANNING was Foreign
Secretary, amounted to £284,627. 16s. 7d. incendiary was concerned.

Greenock, June e.
I Yesterday, Motet McDonald was executed here, for
The Middle. Regiment of Royal Bucks, or King's the robbery of the shop ofJames Jelly, grocer, Laigh-
Own Local Militia, under the command of Lord street, in December last, in this town. He had been 1
NUGENT, completed their 14 d tys training at Ayles. tried and received sentence of death at the last Circuit '
bury, the beginning of last week, . Court of Justiciary in Glasgow ; but the Judges
The heavy baggage, convalescents, and recruits, thought it must add to the effect of the example to
belonging to the sth Regiment, lately embarked for order their sentence to be put into execution in the
place where the crime was committed. In addition Portugal, have been ordered from Leland to Kings.
bridge, in Devonshire. to the detachment of the Ayrshire Militio which has
been stmioned here for some time, four cimpanies
There are four lists forming for the ensuing loan,
namely—
, arrived from Paisley, on Thursday, of the same re-
Messrs. ROBARTS CURTI4, and CO. I giment, at present quartered in that town. The gib-
Messrs. lisaiNG, 'Bac) ruKas, and Co. I bet was erected early yesterday morning, on the
Messrs. RCM, IrtviNo, and Co. with JOHN JACKSON, and Co. square, about six yards from the front of the church.
Messrs. 13A.stocs, RICARDO, and Co. of the Stock F.icbange. lAt twelve o'clock the military were drawn out round
Sir R. STRACHAN, since his matrimonial alliance, the scaffold ; at a quarter past two, this Sheriff, the
has struck his Flag. two Magistrates, with white staves in their hands,
The statue of Mr. PITT, about to be placed in the the Town Council, Town Clerk, Rezennd Mr. Steel,
Senate House, at Cambridge, is by NOLLEKINS, and Dr. Gilchrist, Reverend Messrs. Hereus and Bryan,
cost four thousand guineas. 1 . his father and sister, all dressed in black, together
The beautiful seat of Wall-hall, in Hertfordshire,
with the town officers, the executioner from Edin-
late the property of Mr. Tusr.tessom, uncle to Lord
burgh, and the criminal, attended by a party of sol-
R ENDLESHAM, has been recently purchased by Mr. diets, came down from the Bridewell, and walked
TILNEY LONG POLY WELLESLEY. -.11,) unc'er the portico at the church ' • the criminal then
Sir LEONARD THOMAS WORSLEY HOLMES, Bart
i received some wine from the hands of his sister.
....: h I continued in prayer and singing psalms un-
M. P. for Newport, Hants, will shortly lead to
by ten minutes past three o'clock, when he took fare-
the Hymeneal Altar the beautiful and accom-
wel of the Magistrates and Clergy, and ascended the
plished Miss MURRAY, youngest daughter of Lat'y
scaffold with a firm step, by a stage erected out from
Geoeoe MURRAY, and sister to the Countess of
the Church railing; the executioner then pat the rope
loculalTEß.
round his neck, chew a white cap over his face, then
'To select the ingenuity and improve on the taste withdrew, and at a quarter past three, he gave the
of every country, seem to have been the aim of the
signal by dropping a handkerchief; the drop fell,
Proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens this season ; who when,. dreadful tn.-relate, the rope broke, arid he tell
have happily united Chinese elegance with Grecian i to the ground ; his sister, who was near instantly as.
beauty, and adorned the Gardens in a manner that sisted him in rising, (his arms being tied) he ins.
at once excites and attracts the admiration of the No- mediately got up, and walked steadily, without the
bility and Gentry ho honour the Gardens with their least attempt to escape, to the Church-door ; h..! was
presence every evening. I then taken into the Church, and turned tai..t ' • the
Monday night the Count De Lint ( LotrisXVl II.) back of his head vas a little bruised by the fall—
and Duc De BERRI, arrived at the George Inn, Ports. ! another rope was procured, the drop was sukported
mouth, on their way to the Isle of Wight. Honour- I underneath by a plank, he again mounted the scaf-
able Commissioner GREY, and Admiral Sir R. Bic- ! fold with a firm and quick pace, the executioner put
steamy, Commander-in-Chief at that port, on Tues.' the rope round his neck, tied the other end on the
day morning attended them to the Dock yard. They ' hook above, and drew the cap over his face. He
proceeded yesterday to the Island. I then went below, and, on the signal being given,
Sir FRANCIS MOLYNEUX, Gentleman Usher of the knocked the prop away, when the drop fell, and he
Black Rod, died on Tuesday morning, and Sir was launched into eternity at 20 minutes before four
o'clock.—He made three or four feeble convulsive
THOMAS TYRWHITT has been appointed to that Office
by the Lord Chamberlain (Marquis of Hmerroar.) 1 throes, and was apparently dead in three minutes,
The estates in Cornwall, the property of the late The body was taken down at 20 minutes past four
Earl put into a coffin, and given to his relations,
Earl of ORFORD, but now in possession of Lord CLIK-
Ton, are, we understand, claimed by Earl CHOLMON- who carried it up to the Bridewell. Macdonald was
DALLY, and measures are in train for an appeal to the I a stout man, about 35 years of age, a native of Ire.
Courts of Law. land, but has resided here for a number of years,
By a Gentleman who has reached London from I wrought as a jobber about the quays, said furnished
with ballast. He was dressed in biz common
Prussia, we learn some singular advantages under : ships viz. a short blue coat, blue vest, white
which re French Commissariat contracts for corn. i clothes,
All vessels containing this commodity in the Prue-1 tr.owsers, and grey stockings. He seemed very pe.
sian ports are seized ; a valuation is made of the
and duly affected with his awful situation.—
In
di iof
tent, iHe has left a wife and five children. There was a
cargo, at the discretion the French, and the sellers great number of spectators, but no accident happen.
a. e paid in bills on the Treasury at Paris, which are ;d. s—A this was the first execution that ever took
to become due in the year 1816 ; but this is not suf.!
[lace at Greenock, we sincerely hope it may be the
ficient. Before payment is given, both the old con.' last, and that the recollection of ource that pro-
ttibutions and the new contributions are deducted duced such an awful spectacle to the crowd assem-
from the amount, in proportions adjusted by the same
. bled, and painful task to those more immediately
discretion. The bills so applied are already at a die-
count of 72 per cent. charged with stens the law pot in exe,utio.i, may
serve as a warning and admonition to that part of the
Molineux has received a challenge from Gaffey, community, who by their heedless or determined
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course of life, render such dreadful examples necessary.

There are immense number of counterfeit Su Bank
tokens in circulation. On a minute inspection of
them it vrill be found they may easily be discovered
by attentively examining the figure 8 in the date.—
The figure upon those of a spurious descripti in is so
small and so fine, that it appears to be ahno.t in two
distinct parts, but on these that are genuine the mid.
dle line, is proportionably strong and legible. Ano-
ther criterion for judging of counterfeits, is, that, la
the genuine tokens, the dashes from the rim touch
exactly on the upper part of the letter r in the word
Res is the atergue, whereas in the counterfeits the
J dash goes between sbe • an Graua sad the rip Itez•

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