Star.
London, England, 1802-07-23 00:00:00

COUNTRT NE/I'.Y.

MORTLAKE FAIR.—From long cuflom, a fair
had been held annually at Mortlake, in Sorry,
till about four year s !lace, when the church being
robbed of all the valuables, and !hong fufpicion
entertained that the robbery had been committed
by (rangers concerted in the fair, the Gentlemen
of the parilh came to a determination to prevent
the fair being held there in future, and the follow-
ing year the pet font who had been in the habit of
appearing with their gingerbread flails, toys, raree
thews, &c. &c. alfembled on Barnes Common, and I
held the fair there, which was much difiktd by
the refpthable inhabitants, and it was confidered
by them as a nuitance. year, when the fame
perfons affembled to hold the fair on the Common,
an attempt was made by the Magiarates to drive
them off, but they did not fucceed, and the fair
was held for three days in defiance of the Magif—
tra'e,. Lail Monday, being the return of the day
on wl,;e11 the fair tiled tcr be held, the Magiarates
came to a refolution to tile naive 'matures to pre-1
vent any perfons affembling, and accordingly ::p.
plied at Bow-ilreet. In consequence of which
Smith and a party of the officers went on Monday'
morning, and by their exertions prevented the
fair from being held, and the perfons who were
about to offemble with their thews, gingerbread,
&c. &c. difperfed in a very orderly manner. A
number of rural (ports, however, were permitted
to take place. On Tuefday afternoon three girls
ran for a Holland fhift round a large pond about
a quarter of a mile in circumference, which was won
by a Shropfhite girl, about eighteen years of age :
the prize Ihift was ornamented with a cockade of
Mr. Byng's on one fide, and one of Sir Francis Bur-
dett's on the other.—A gingling match likewife
took place for a cheefe, and various other coun-
try fpo: is were *exhibited in the courfe of the af-
t:raw-a.

O 2 FORD, JULY t 7.—dn Tuefday laft an incrneft
was held at New College, by the Coroner of the
Univerfity, on the body of Thomas Brickland,
whole death, it appeared, had been occafioned that'!
morning by the bulling of a gun.
Yefterday Thomas Cammel, alias Gregory, was
brought to our Caflle Gaol, by Habeas Corpus,
from the county of Berks, to take his trial at the
next affixes for having, together with Henry Her-
bert and 'Thomas Carpenter, in the year 1798,
committed a burglary in the houfe of Mr. Benj.
Parlous, of I)orchefter, in this county.
Hum..—Singular and daring burglarp—About
two o'clock on 'ruefday morning, Mr. Richard
Northern, watchmaker and optician, at the corner
of Bowlalley-lane, in this town, was awoke by the
noife of fomething falling down the chimney of
his bed-room, which at firft was thought to have
been the chimney-board:—on liftening, however,
be could dillinaly hear a perfon breathing and
Itruggling within: inquiring, "Who's there?"
the perfon replied, " I have got down the wrong
Chimney ;" which, he raid, he had mistook for
Mr. Winfhip's, a neighbour; but it appearing that
this was nothing more than an excufe, the alarm
was instantly given in the ftreet, and the fellow,
after making his way out at the top of the chim-
ney, and clambering over feveral of the adjoining
'mules, ran acrofs Bowlalleylane, and was clofely
purfued by Mt. Cowley, printer, and Mr. NlTood,
boiler, through Cook's•buildings, Broadley.nreet,
and the pafrage leading from Mr. Shaw's, fmith,
to the Dock, where he was fo hard preffed by the
former of the above Gentlemen, that, after crolf-
ing two or three (loops, he fwam acrofs, and con-
cealed bimfelf in a boat. The watchmen on the
oppofite fide being alarmed, he it as again difco-
vered, and took the water a fecond time ; hitt,
being purfited by Tome failors in a boar, he was
taken about the middle of the Doc!:, and conveyed
'to the !lode of Corredion. He proves to be a
chimney-fweeper (or, as he called himfelf on his
Lift trial, " An Upright,") tif the name of Banks,
tvho was flogged through Hull, but a few
months ago, for theft, and had only returned from
a Greenland voyage on Saturday laft. Previous
Ito his going down the chimney, it is fuppofed he
had attempted the (hop, as a large hole was found
cut, through one of the 'butters, and a pane of
Oafs broke ; but was unable to accomplifh his
purpofe, (As iag to a piece of (fleet iron being nailed
on the infisle of the fhutter.—Another perfon, we
underftand, is taken into cuftody, on fnfpicion of
being an accomplice in the above tranfadion.
EDINBURGB, JULY 19.:—Wednefday afternoon,
as carter riding on the top of his cart, which was
loaded with grain for Partick Mill, fell to the
ground at the well end of Anderilon, when one of
the wheels went over his head and broke his right
leg. He was immediately carried to the Infirmary
with little hopes of his recdvery.

At the Rink fair, on Monday, there was a confi-
derable thew of lambs, which found a ready fale at
high prices.
A variety of thefts having within there la a fix
months been committed tinder night, from bleach.
2; • r.cns, wafh bottles, &c. in the neighbanrhood
of this city, various efforts were made by the Ma—
giaratcs and Sheriff to obtain a difcovery of the
offenders, hut they were unruccersful, until Wed.
uiftiaLlaa, vikapart °idle goods lolcavcre dif•

covered in a broker's poltirion, which lea to a ail-
covery of the thief, who was found to be Ann
Herd or Lyon, an old offender; After this a va•
riety of tloien articles were recovered, and clear
proof being brought of her guilt, and thoti: who
I related the goods, the Sheriff fentence.l her to
twelve months imprifonment in the Baidewell for
this county ; and adjudged the refetts to pay not
only the value of the other goods flolen and not
recovered, but alio fined them in tot. payable to
the floule of Indullry-51. ss. to the Atylum for
the Blind, and 51. ss. to the public Dilperrfary.
A very melancholy accident took place in the
neighbourhood of Kelfo, on Wednefday
Two perfons, of the names of Scott and AVilfon,
were attempting to crofs the Tweed, at hemp-
feed-ford, a little below that town, in a one-hut le
cart, which, being old and crazy, was overturned
at the top of the ftream, Previous to the acci-
dent, Scott, who had Peen it impending, jumped
from the cart into the river, and, for a few fe-
conds, was leen by Wilfon (landing •cry deep in
the water, itruggling to keep his balance. But
the current was too rapid ; :ma after a tingle CK.
sclaniation to his comrade of Loan have mercy
i upon us ! We are loft !" his flrength failed—he
I fell forward, and was carried down the river.—
Wilfon, meanwhile, clung to the cart, and was
fortunate enough to gain the bank.
On Friday laft a poor woman bought a pound
of butter at the Crols of Aberdeen, but cutting it
up at home, found that the lump confifted of
flummery boiled hard, and a very flender covering
of butter on the outfide. She had, before (he bought
it, oblerved the country woman felling feveral
pounds, which we may conclude were made up in
the fame fraudulent manner.

On the night between Tuefday and Wednefday
Tome perfon or perfons, with the molt wanton
cruelty, cut off part of the cars, and.otherwife mu-
tilated a horfe, inoffenfively pafluring in a park on
the fouth fide of Blackhall-street, Greenock.

James Fleming, farmer inWefter Rowntree-hill,
in the parifh of kilmacolm, had two of his flacks
burned to the ground laft Sunday fe'nnight. With.
in this month his houfe was fet on fire in two dif-
ferent places, and not long before his barn and its
contents were confuted.

On Toeillay 101 l the High Court of Jußiciary
met at eleven o'clock, when Walter M.Far-
lane, late accomptant in the General Excife Office,
accufed of fraud and falfehood, was fugitated for
not appearing to !land trial.
The Court then proceeded to the trial of Richard
Allan, late weaver and telidenter in Dalkeith, and
Mary Hood or Allan, his wife, accufed of three dif-
ferent ails of theft, and alfo of refet of theft.—
Richard Allan pled not guilty as to the theft, but
guilty of the refet. His wife pled not guilty to the
whole libel. The Lord Advocate, on account of
certain circumflances in the wife's cafe, defaced
the charge againif her altogether, and the was
difmilfed from the bar. His Lordlhip alfo rebid-
ed the libel with refped to Richard Allen to the
refet of t,heft, and to an arbitrary punifhment. A
Jury was then choral, and the prifoner having ju-
dicially confefled his guilt, was enclofcd, agree-
.oble to the ufual form, and in a Ilion time return-
ed a verdift, finding him Guilty.
The Court fentenced him to be hanifhed from
Scotland for (even years, from the gth of Auguß
next, under the ufual certification.

Wm. Hood, cooper in Loanhead, brother in law
to Richard Allan, accufed of breaking into the
wank mill of Dalkeith, was then put to the bar.
The libel being read he pled riot pay, but the
further proceedings in this cafe were adjourned to
the t 2th November next, and Hood was admitted
to bail.

The General Qarter Seilions for the minty of
Surry, held at Guildford, doled on Friday 'ail,
when John Farrington was fentenced to fevers
years tranfportation, for pilfering at Bleechingiy
a large quantity of brals furniture and other
articles.

George Ottaway, on a charge of robbing, from
the premifes of Sir WILLIAM ARM Bart. at Cob-
ham, a large quantity of meat, which was for the
ufe of the family, was fentenced to the like term
of tranfportation.
John Hervey, alias Clements, alias William
Judd, was fentenced to one year's hard labour,
on a charge of flealing, at the village of Richmond,
a number of articles belonging to poor people.
A number of other prifoners were ordered, for
a limited time, to the Penitentiary Honks, and
others difcharged by proclamation.
At the Salons for the Borough of Leiceßer on
Tuefday, J. Pares, a printer, was convicted of
puhliffiing a feditions fong,and fentenced to twelve
months imprifonment.
Seven perfons have been committed to Ipfwich
gaol in the courfe of the week ; they are raid to
be part of a gang of fourteen, who lately broke
into a houfe at Debben, and Role a quantity of
wearing apparel.
At Exeter &Mons, Sarah Shapley was fined
tol. for ill-ufing her daughter, a child 12 years of
age, and not allowing her fufficient food.
I The Gen,ral darter Seffions for Wilts were laff
week held at Warminller, when the Grand Jury
made prefentment of certain atrocious outrages
lately committed in that town and neighbourhood,
fuch as burning ricks, barns, &c. and by the moft
atrocious and unprecedented attempts (in no lefs
than five inflAnces within the lati fortnight) to
commit murder, by firing bullets and lhot into
the bed-chambers of feveral individuals in the dead
of night. The fpirit of difcontent, which has at
length produced fuch dreadful excedes, is under-
Rood to have been generated by a jealoufy in the
workmen at the ufe of machinery in the cloathing
bufinefs; thefe people not duly confidering, that
without fuch machinery their labour would not
merely be abridged, hut the bufinefs be wholly
loft to that part of the country, fince the mann-
faattrers could not fell their goods, if not enabled
to go to market on the fame terms with thole of
other diftrids.

As Mr. join Pieree, Comptroller of the Cuf-
toms at Abery(twith, was returning from Mel.
cynlleti fair, he waa,thrown from his both, and
died in ganfeweuce of the btmifes he receiVe4