Star.
London, England, 1812-06-02 00:00:00

CHSS7'ER, AtAr so.

The Court has this moment finally broke up, the
Judge having passed sentence of Death on the fol-
lowing prisoners concerned in the late riots, &c. viz.
Cohn Lindon, James Wilson alias Roach, Forster Roach, James
Bonnet, Richard Wool, James Tomlinson, and William Thomp-
son, for obtalaisg money contrary to the King's peace fror t J uka
Parker, Esq.
Richard Lowndes, James Torkinvon, and John Hendon, far
rioting at Powintil Fee and lityall, and obtaining several stuns of
money with force and violence. •
Joseph Thampson, for entering the dwelling house of J. Good-
air, of Edgeley, and stealing the/remit silver spoons and other sr-
tides, and also setting are to the same.
' W. Greenough, for entering tine shop of Eltce Berry, at Tints
wide, &Wishing away a quantity of astir.
limos Orossimid, for throstossitig the Has it Rabin
a ritantifaeturer at Tiatwhie, andbreaking and destroyini=
John Temple, for brsoking and entering the dwelling hoes*
of Samuel Wavtaff,and stealing five silver tea-spoons and other
articles ; and _ _

John Heywood, for riotously userobling and breaking the far..
tory of Messrs. Sideho. haro,and breaking and ckatz eying. machine.

Eight were ordered to be transported for seven
years :
John Jackson, William Stubbs, and Thomas Lbredey, for
riotously astemb'ing and continuing together at Macclesfield, up-
wards of as hour, after Proclamation had beets made to dis-
perse.--The two former to be unpr.setstd three years ; ttie Mate
one year.
l'nomas Whitaker was convicted on the evidence 0f... Per.
r ell, of administering an unkrerfel orb to eighteen or twenty, la
which they entered into a solemn olbligsthm to destroy stems-
looms, !kn.—Whitaker was sentenced to 7 years tnussporiatlens.
His Lordship passed the awful judgment of Death
upon 16 ; and, in a most impressive addreas, held
out not the smallest hope of mercy.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.
Thursday morning at nine o'clock, HI prisoners
were put to the bar, charged with aiding and consent-
ing to the administering of an unlawful oath to Hol-
land Bowden, a see east in the Bolton Regiment of
Lancashire Local Militia. Their trial lasted till near
seven o'clock, when the Jury retired for above half
an hour, and brought in a verdict of Guilty against
Christopher MedcaFf, James Brierley, Hen ry Th wa ite,
Thomas Pickup, John Hurst, Samoel Radcliffe, who
was acquitted on Wednesday of seti mg 6re to thegctory
at West Houghton, and Joseph Greenhalgh. Hunt
was one of the persons who went by the appella:ios
of Geseral Luta
THURSDAY, 6 o'cLocz, P. M.—John Howarth, John
Les, and Thomas Hoyle, have been this day found
Guilty of rioting, and stealing provisions out of John
Holland's shop, in Deansgate, Manchester ; Henry
Ashton, Richard Southern, and Phebe Smith, chart.
ed with the same offence.—Acquitted. John Ken-
yon, AbrallAm Ogden, Paul Greenwood, Robert Og.
den, John Scoles, and James Taylor, chargiii
having been concerned in a riot at Middlem, during
which riot the dwelling-house and stable of Mr. Ema-
nuel Burton of that place were set on fire and destroy.
ed.—Acquitted.

CARLISLE, min-ft

The Watch and Ward Act has been acted upon
here since the 22d instant ; but many of the house-
holders, we understand, complain of the heavy ex-
pence which will be incurred by it :—they recom-
mend the numbers to be ieduced, and out of the
saving to increase the fund already subscribed for
assisting the inhabitants who are most distressed.
—Notwithstanding the exertions of the military
procuring the arms from the inhabitants, for which
they give a receipt, to prevent their falling into the%
hands of the Luddite:, the latter have stolen several
gstands from persons who had peremptorily refused to
ive them up to Major Gonoon.
At the County of Dublin Quarter Sessions, held
at Kilmainham, on the 20th ult. notpos Boalter was
tried, found Guilty, and sentenced to be hanged, for
robbing the house of Mrs. O'Niel, of Chapeliaod, on
the 6th of ApriL

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