Star.
London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

ROPEERT OF THE LEEDS MAIL.

FARTHER PARTICt/LARS.
Yesterday the deposition of the Guard was taked
at the Mansion House. The examination was pri.
vac, of course the particulars were not suffered id
transpire ; bin we understand, that on Monday night,
While the Leeds Mail coach was proceeding at A
sharp pace between Kettering and Higham Ferran,
the coachman spoke to the guard, and not being
able, or pretending not to hear what he said in ans•
wer, requested that he would leen forward over Ve
coach. The guard did so, and continued about five
minutes in conversation with him ; when, on resum.
ing his seat, he found, to his astonishment, that the
lock of the lid of the hind part of the coach, where
the bags are deposited, had been forced. He in-
stantly ordered the coach to be stopped, and coma
municated to the driver the extraordinary occurrence
that had taken place, and his suspicion that more se-
rious injury had ben sustained. The coach having
pulled up, the guard and the coachman proceeded'
to examine the repository of the mails, and missed no
;less than sixteen bags. A list of the bags missing
will be seen in the advertisement from the Post Of-
fice. The only bags which arrived were the Higham
Ferran, Hitchin, and Bedford. The Lone MAYO
sent off Police Officers in all directions, to apprize .be
Bankers in London and Westminster of the robb ;ye
and to stop such persons as should present big ..sad
I drafts of payment from the towns whose mail had
not reached the Post Office yestei 'lay morning; twins
ted circulars were also forwarded by post to ev r y
post town in the United Kingdom for the same pin.
pose.—lt will perhaps be recollected, t';at a few
years ago the Leeds Mail-coach, in its progress fro&
town, was robbed near Barnet ; but it being the
evening of a fast-day, there was scarcely any money-
or remittances in the bags. On the present occasion,
the amount is said to be great.

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On I‘l,..iblay, the 12th. instant, a Special Gzneral
eeting of the SOCIETY FOR MISSIONS TO AFRICA
ND Tut EAST, was held at the New London Ta-
ra, Cheroeside, fur the porpo'se of addressing-and
ismiss nt to their labours, the Rev. LEOPOLD
motive, one of the Society's Missionaries, on his
tura to Africa, accompanied by eight other persons,
•ordtr to strengthen . nd extend the Society's Mis-
os oil the Western Coast of th.tt Continent. The
esiaent, the Right Hon. Lord GAI4IIIEII, was in the
• it ; and there were present between three and
ur hundred Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Secretary, the Rev. JOSIAH PRATT, delivered
e instructiuus of the Committee to the Missionary
d his companions; and the Rev. HENRY BUDD,
bairman of the Committee of Correspondence, ad-
essed them on the subject of their duties and en-
tiragements. Mr. BUTSCHER, who has been six
sap Sn. ACrica, and has become thoroughly ac-
uainted witri the character of the natives and has

fined the confidence of the Chiefs, replied to these
arena in a spirit of simplicity and prudent but
etermined zeal, which greatly impressed the Meet-
b"►,. Two Settlements have been formed on the
20 Polska t and a third, named Gambier after the
4''l.4e Presiderit of its lieciety, is about to be formed
'p the Rio belobia. - Mr. BUTSCIIEIt takes but with

im three Laymen -; Who will contribute to the ste-
m; of the Miision, by conciliating the natives and
dvaricing their -eivilizstion in the exercise among
liem of various useful. arts.
The Meeting_ was addressed by the Secretary, the
ev. HENRY BUDD, the Rev. DANHM. WILSON* the
' ev. Dr. J. Pvt: SMITH, and the Rev. J. W. Cux-
'INGHAM ; and much interest was. excited by:4he
.rospects opening before the Society. •Seven' Ln=
Tan Ministers, five Lay Settlers, six English Stu:
• ems, eight. wives of Missionaries and Settlers, and.
bout l `GO African children, are dependent on the
ociety. The income of the Society having fallen
sort of. its expenditure, last year, by the sum of
6(Y); and being wholly indequate to the exertions
,inch. the Committee are now making ; the Noble.
resident added liberally to his former ample contri.;
.utions to the funds : and, as many persons present
ave regretted. that they were not distinctly invited
t the Meeting to follow his Lordship's example, it
s hoped that they, and others, will fulfil their kited
necking.. 11 sending their Cont7ibuiions or Sub-
riptions ehAeS to the Rev. Joswi PLlATTrlloughtY-
reei Miry Begre.tory, . Mr. THOMAS
s:MITH; 19, Little Moothelds ; or to
,the Treasurer
LNEY TuoitaroN, Esq. M. barthOlornew.latie.•
A. u lelaii.of Church Missionary A ssaciatiorts ".was
. istributed at the Meeting ; in which the Committee
point out the method and •the advantages of ass°•
diking, in support of the Society, the inhabitants of
largo towns, or of parishes, or the Members of Con-
egations, or a circle of private friends. The first
ilkasoci inch, will be formed in a few weeks at Bristol ;
when Sessions will be preached on the occasion by
'.different Clergymen from London and other parts.
Other Assdciations are in preparation in various parts
of the kingdom : and all Clergymen and others, who
are friendly to the designs of the Society, are earnestly
requested by the Committee to assist in. rendering
these Associations as general and productive as
possible.

Tuesday night last three French prisoners escaped
from the San Nicholas prison-ship, in Hanioaze, and
swam to a mooring-lump. On boarding the latter
the prisoners awokethe man who had charge of the
lump, and who was sleeping with his Wife below, and
demanded the sails of the boat lying at the stern.—
The keeper, who is an old man, told them that he
could not get out, having the gout; hut said that the
- sails were down the tore-hatch .vay. The Frenchmen
instantly proceeded forward, and went down, where
they were kept by the brave old man, who, maugre the
gout, had followed them silently; and producing a
hanthpike, prevented their ascension ; notwithstand-
ing their threats and their large knives, which they
flourished at him. His wile, a heroine of the true
English breed, staanded him with a bludgeon of no
• 5m..11 dimensions; and a boat arriving to their assis-
tance the prisoners were safely lodged in the arch°, of
- the an Nicholas.
MaNsmar,Hoosc.-.—Yesterday, the two little bro-
thers who were, on Friday last, charged with corn-
i-mitting a forgery on the house of Messrs. Fry and
4'Cia. were yesterday broUght up for reLeataminatiorn
11/Ir. Fry, however; having' declined terialtlisking, on
account of their tender age, the .litoltD Martut,dis-
. charged them, with a severe adnicnPon.- ft further
-appeared, that Mr. Fry bad 'seen the mother of the
little elfenders, and had, with her'arranged a plan
' fa- the suture care of the elder boy:. . •.:
A Gentleman was summoned by a haelney coach-
•anan for not paying him the fair he demanded. • The
.Gentleman, who was attended by a Counsel, pleaded
• the ovcr•charge, he having only his wife and family
with him, three 6f 'Phan were children under thirteen
years af age, and which the coachman wished to
prove ddolts, and liable to the over-charge of ls.
each over four. ,The coachman said he understood
any child who could sit alone was an adult. This,
howeiier, was denied by the Counsel, who said, no
• persons were adults till they were grown to the s;ze
amen or women, pr who were 21 years of age. The
Act of Parliament being produced, the Loan MAYOR
*was of the Connsel'i opinion, and gave it against the
coachman, adding, that he hoped. his would serve as
: a precedent for the future:
' MA#II3OROUGII-STREET.-Illie medical student,
wl o was in custody firs' sending threatening letters
to Mrs. T. Long-Wellesley Pole, with a view of ex-
totting £lOO, was brought-up for rereramintion. The
facts, which were not made pultlic at the last exami-
nation, were as follow :—ln the first letter he urged
distress, and no answer having been obtained, he
threatened revenge, by shoot?ng her. J-lis last letter
• was noticed, and a paper, purporting to be a cheque
• for sEIOO was inclosed in a letter addressed to the
• prisoner at 'a coffee-house in the City. The cheoque
remained several days at the coffee-house, where an
Otiicer was in attendance, before the prisoner fetched
it ; and on his doing so, he was taken into custody in
the act of presenting it at the banking-hnuse. The
prisoner having been brought up, Mr. Pole sent a
letter to the Magistrate, declining further proceed-
ings, as the law would take away the prisoner's life,
but raprested that he might receive a severe repri-
woad ; which was done, and he was discharged; '