Star.
London, England, 1824-02-09 00:00:00

ANOTHER MuiIDERSEAR MAREatiloritiri:
glinday, the 25th of Janttary, Mt. Prigg, gardener;
of Knaresbrough, set out, with three of his friends, for
Kirk-Deighton, a village about five miles from that
town, by an appointment made in a letter which he had
received from a person (whose name we shall not at pre-
sent mention), to whom he had lent the sum of twenty-
five pounds, which purported, that if he, Prigg, would
meet him where they were last together, he would repay
him. Prigg and his companions accordingly went to a
public-house in Kirk-Deighton, at which place they had
not been long before the former said he must leave them
for a short time. He did so, but soon returned, saying
they need not wait longer, for he should not get his
money that day. when they immediately returned to
Knaresbrough. On the following day (Monday, Jan. 26)
Prigg again went to Kirk-Deighton, received his money,
and returned to Ribston, where he stopped at a public.
house. It was then about six in the evening, and he'
said, that he had come along with a person who had
gone to the Hall, and he would wait his return, for he
had promised not to be long. He felt rather alarmed
by two suspicious-looking men having come into the
house when he had received his money. (The two men
were seen by a labouring man of North-Deighton, on
the road to Ribston, about half-past five, the time when'
Piigg saw them ; and at three o'clock next morning,
the same man recognised them returning, which men
had passed them on the road two or three times.) After
waiting at the public-house for about two hours, and
the person alluded to not having i ettirned, he, with much
reluctance, proceeded to Knaresbrough alone, it being
then about eight o'clock and dark—and since that time
he has not been heard of. A few days atter this oc-
currence, Mr. Prigg's pocket-book, and neckcloth,
marked with his initials, were found in a wood near the
road-side, about one mile from Ribston, and not more
ill in one hundred yards from the 'river Nidd.
In the pocket-book was a memorandum of the loan
of the money, and underneath was noticed the receipt
for the same, dated Monday, January 26. A short dis-
tance from that on the road, two letters were found,
one of which contained the appointment of the meeting
at Deighton, and near it was found a gardener's knife.
The discovery of these excited strong suspicions that
some dreadful deed had been committed. Search and
inquiry were therefore immediately commenced, though
we are sorry to say without effect, as respects the body ;
but it appeared, however, that Prigg had not received
the money at the public-house at Deighton, neither had
he been seen by the landlord nor his inmates. Infor-
mation has since been received, that an inhabitant of
Deighton, who has some very bad connections, left his
family on that day (Monday,) and has not since re-
turned, at whose house Prigg is supposed to have re-
ceived the money, and who accompanied him after-
wards to Ribston. W. L. T. Scott, Esq. attended at
Deighton and Ribston, to take depositions, when, hav-
ing obtained the last information, he immediately issued
a warrant for the apprehension of the supposed offender,.
wln it is believed is in the neighbourhood, and who we
trust will soon be in the hands of a police officer.
Several other circumstances of a mysterious nature
relative to the above have been communicated to us,
but we refrain from publishing them at present,'
fear of defeating the ends of justice.
We have just heard that the body of Mr. Prigg was
found on Thursday evening, concealed in a field near
Knaresbrough, with sevetal marks of violence upon it.
York Herald.

The Duke of BEDFORD has for some time been se-
riously indisposed, having twice experienced a paralytic affection.
The first drew his face on one side; and the second, extraordinary
to relate, restored his face to its natural position. His Grace is at
present an invalid, observes a strict regimen, and was unable in
consequence to enjoy the company of the Duke of YORK, at his
Royal Highness's visit to Woburn, till after the dinner. The
Duchess presided, in the Duke's absence. Among the party pre-
sent to meet his Royal Highness, were the Duke of WELLINGTON
and the Marquis of ANGLESTA.
Two covered waggons passed through Liege on the
31st alt. loaded with bonds to the amount of 30 millions
of florins, addressed by the Court of Austria to that of
London, proceeding from the loan contracted fur by the
howe of Mr. ROTHSCHILD.
The following are the particulars of Mr. O'CoN-
NELL'S new plan for increasing the ft lends of the Ca-
tholic Association. He proposes to collect from a sup-
posed population of seven millions of Catholics, in 2,500
Parishes in Ireland, a sum of fifty thousand pounds a
year, by a subscription from each of one penny a month,
or a shilling a-year. This sum to be thus apportioned,
yearly ; for expenses attending getting up petitions,
5,0001. for the support of the liberal Press in England
and Ireland, 15,000/. for procuring legal protection for
the Catholics against Orange oppression, 15,000/. for
the education of the poor, 5,000/. to assist Ca'holic
Priests, and enable them to go to America, 5.0001. for
building Chapels, taking farms, &c. 5,0001. Motion was
agreed to, and two Committees named.
Although there has been some misapprehension of
what the Minister said respecting the discontinuance or
Lotteries, when he brought in the last Lottery Bill, he
certainly announced officially that Government did not
intend to apply to Parliament for another ; this s nnel
people misconstrued, and imagined the Lottery then
ensuing would be the last, whereas the 20,000 Tickets
now on Sale formed part of those allowed by the pre-
vious Year's Act, but this is the last Part, and it seems,
from the eagerness with which People buy, they are
fully aware or the few opportunities which remain, and
a brisk Sale would probably have occurred with one of
the usual Schemes, but when we consider the irresistible
attraction of SEVEN .120,000 Prizes which Mr. SIVE•
watc;HT has introduced, being mote than double the
number in the last, it would really be surprising it there
was not a brisk sale.
Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence of Mr. W.
LEA RMOUTH, Currier, of Loudon, received by the Com-
mittee of the Honourable House of Commons on the
Leather Tax, and the Excise restrictions necessary to
collect it printed by Order of the House :
Q " How much do you conceive a pound of curried Leather is
advanced in price in consequence of the whole Duty and Restric-
tions ?"—Ans. " My idea is, that it is from 7d. to Bd. a pound on
average, in consequence of the Restrictions and the Duty, that is,
only upon curried leathes."—" I consider tha tour-fifths of the
leather tanned in this country is curried."
The duty upon rough leather at the time this evidence was given,
was 31. per pound, it is now l id. which is equal to 214. per
pound upon leather when curried, therefore it appeals that for every
2d. paid to the revenue, the manufacturer is put to the expense of
from Sid. to 6id. and ibat the Public pay for this Tax three times
as much as the Government receive. This cannot be less incousi3...
tent with the prosperity of our Leather Nlanufactures, and parti-
cularly the Export Trade, than it is injurious to the general interests
of the Country. Reside which, it was proved the Excise Restric-
tions prevented Leather being made of the hest quality, and caused
it to crack and tear in the wear, and other great evils arose from
them ; fad we are assured, that at the present time they are more
complicated and injurious than at any former period.—Ste Reports
.11813 and talti.