Star.
London, England, 1802-03-18 00:00:00

COUNTIir NEWS.

OZ FORT:r MARCH I 3.—This morning a reprieve
vas received by the of Oxbotifhirc for jo-
feph Smith, conviaed at the lafl Mimes for this
county of uttering a forged note 'for 51. purport.'
ing to be a note of the Governor an.l Company of
the Bank of England, with intent to defrand.
On Monday an inquifition was taken at the Rad.
chile infirmary, before Mr. Bockland, one of his
Majefly's coroners for this count•, on view of the
body of John Wife ; the deceafed had received a
contulion on tile head, and when interrogated in'
the infirmary as to the cattle of it, declared is was
occafioned by a fall whiff he was at work in a
cow-pen belonging to Mr. Rolls, at Welion on
th• Green. Jurors verdict—Acci.lental death.

The following melancholy accident happcled a
days in the Ili:4ll.iireet. th.ford : As
Mr. Haynes and his fcrvant were ridinz down the
Itreet, in a cutricle, the horfes•turning ?port down
King-lireet, and the curricie going ag tinit a large
Rone, it upfet, and Mr. H. and his servant were
thrown out, when the head of the former came
againft a Rone, which cut him fo feverely as to
orcafion his death the next morning. The Coro.
roner's Jury f.tt on the body, and brought in a wer-
di,cl of—Accidental Death.

HULL, MARCH 16.—0 n Saturday fennight, a
terrible fire broke out in the cotton and errn mill,
called Hudfon Mill, belonging to Mr. inilin
fon of Blackthaw find near Ileponflall, w•l.i:h
raged ,with great fury, and entirely confirmed the
fame.

Lall week, a party of the Nottingham militia
marched into Newcafile, on their ruut, 1. gat ;:eot.
land to their native county.
Lail week the intended new drop, r•r the exe-
cution of criminals feutenced to fufter death, v-as
begun to he ere&ed in a c(.llCpiettotts fituation on
the welt 112 e of the Ca:lle of York, and facing the
road leading from that city to Selby.
An innkeeper at York was on Weclnefday fen-
night fined in the mitigated penalty of fifty thillings,
for having taken away hay from the racks of dra-
goon honks after they had been fed for the night.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—0 n Thurfday even-
ing, about a quarter Daft fcven o'cl,,ck, as Mr.
Gore, linen-draper, of this town, a Mr. Griffiths,
of Leeds, and a Mr. Meffenger, of Manchefter,
were coming to Liverpool in a poft-chaife from
Prefcot, they were flopped about a quarter of a
mile beyond the Infirmary, by three men, armed
with piflols, one of whom ordered the driver to'
flop, which not being immediately attended tn, he
was fired at by the ruffians, but fortunately miffed,
they then prefented each a piflol thinugh the
chaife windows, demanding mcney ; from one
gentleman they got ten guineas, and from another
a one pound note, during which Mr. Core having
fecured his pocket-book, containing .property to a
confiderable amount, under the feat of the cha;tl:,
and having dropped his watch into his boot, pre-
tented one of the robbers with half a gu:nca, wrap-
ped up in a piece of ufelefi paper, laying it was a
bank note fur 501. in which was all the cafh he
had, the robbers then ordered the chaife boy to
drive immediately off or they would blow his
brains out, and then made their &ape ; in a few
minutes afterwards they met feveral people pafling,
but unfortunately none were prefent during the
robbery, which was completed in about three
nai-
uutes.

LINcoLN, MARCH 11.—At the A(Tizes which
terminated in this city late lad night, the follow.
ing prifinters were tried, viz.
George Gilley, for burglary in the honfe of 4
Mrs. Ann Robinfon, of Bolton—Guilty, Death.
Role Cooper and Ann Sufh,lk, charged with pick-
ing the pocket of Mr. Hammond, of Fe.f;!i,:c—
againft the former no true bill was found, the 'tat-
ter acquitted. John Brown, for flealieg a horfe,
the propetty of Mr. Pantry, of Springthrope—
Guilty, Death. Sulannali Evifon, charged with
the murder oilier newly-born female child, at Wel-
ton—Acquitted. Herbert A Ilifon, Cohn Maddi-
fon, and Grantham Button, for rabbit-flealing—
no true bill found. John Kirk, for healing a black
cart mare, belonging to Mr. Croft, of Wolcot ;
as alto on another indiament for a fimilar offence
—Acquitted.
Before the Judge left the city, he was pleafed to
meliorate the fentence of Gilley and Ilrown to
tranfportation for life.
G LA SCOW, MARCH t 2.—Wednefdity Janet York-
(tone or Mrs. M'Lellan, paid 601. to the Procu-
rator Fifcal of Glafgow, the expence deer; ned for
by the Lord Ordinary, in the bills of aclvocation
and fufpenlion of the Magifirates' fentence againft
her for cruelty to one of her tambouring girls,
and that in addition to the fine and expellees men-
' tioned formerly in our paper.
Yeflerday morning,betwixt nine and ten o'clock,
while the clerk was gone to breakfatt, a counting-
houfe near the Exchange was broken into, a delk
forced open, and about fifty fliillings carried off ;
nothing elle has yet been miffed.
Lalt night, while a woman was purchafing fome
articles in a fhop at the head of the Gallowgate,
the laid upon the counter a napkin containing
her all, 2;s. 6d.: in the mean time, a Lady, with
a large muff, came into the fhop and bought a
trifling article, and, being elegantly drelfzd, (he ,
ferved &ft, when off fhe fet, carrying along with
her the poor woman's napkin and money.
On Monday lall a female child, four years of
age, having gone by herfelf into a neighbour's
houfe in Greenock, when the people were out, by
fome accident her clothes caught fire. The cries
of the child at length brought a woman to her af-
littance, but unfortunately it was too late ; for her
clothes were nearly confumed to allies, and a table
and (tool near which fhe was (landing were in
flames. She languithed in great difirefi until the
next morning, when (he expitcd.
On the 28111 nit. the body of a male child was
found near the lionfe of Robert Thompfon, black•
finial, at Netbermill, in the paid}, of Kirkmi-
chael, which appeared to have been Itrangled, as
a cord or wheel band was tied round its neck. A
precognition has been taken, but the unnatural
J mother has not yet been dikovered.