Star.
London, England, 1814-12-27 00:00:00

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et ME ARMY.
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The Royal. Artillery Barracks, on the Topsham-
road. near Exeter, are immediately to be abandoned,
and to be converted into a depot, under the care of-,
Captain Seaward, with about twenty men. The whole'
of the artillery now there, are to march for Plymouth
immediately, and the artillery horses are to be used,
in the carrying on the new fortifications erecting at
that place; wbich will do away the necessity of work-
ing hired horses, as was formerly the custom.
Rear-Admiral Hau.owatt., who is just arrived
from the Mediterranean, is• the principal witness on
the approaching trial of Sir J. Murray, The Rear-
Admiral having commanded the naval part of the
operations at Tarragona, and having been close in
shore at the time, is supposed to be extremely well in-
formed on the whole subject.
We are requested to state, for the information of
subalterns and surgeon's mates of the militia, that by
an Act of Parliament lately passed for granting cer-
tain allowances to such officers, while disembodied,
it is enacted, " that the oath therein set forth shall be
taken before a Justice of the Peace for the county to
which the regiment belongs, which oath must be cer-
titied as is therein directed, before the allowances can
be paid.
Ali the subaltern Officers of disbanded Militia Re-1
giments, are necessitated to go to the County Towu
of the Regiment to which they belong, to take the
necessary oaths which entitle them to receive their
Peace Allowance.
The Officers of the Hospital and Regimental Me-
dical Staff lately serving in the Peninsula, having
subscribed a service of Plate a$ a mark of respect and
esteem for Sir JAMES M4GREGOR, M. D. Inspector.
General of Hospitals, the same is now• complete at
Messrs. Rtmom.x,, BRIDGE, and RUNDELL'S. The
• centre nwathent is after thcmuch-admired Warwizlc
' vase, upon an appropriate pedestal, with the follow-
• ing inscription on two sides :
JACOIIO MiGittGOß, liquid, M.D.
Colt. Keg. Med. Eden. Soc.
Societ. Reg. &lin. Sod.
Noseonaloruns Regallum Inspector! Cenerali
• Vero ailmoduni insignito.
• Sive acumen ingenii nativum ruspicias.
Siva stranuani Wain atqua indefessant.
Muncribus inspectorits uavatam sperm;
in quibus, spud Luti:aniairt, Hispaulam, Gatram,
Longe lateque fungendis,
areibane Winn Publico cunt integritate prope singular!.
Verum edam sodis suns co•operautibus
Contitate quatfant et benignitate propria
gunquani non consulnerit ;
Cu! iienique bum% Hygeice finites aperire
Argue an Medellin Divine swills
Vim antulain Ingimizs apud seientias enciendo.
Promovere relater amnia° contigerit ;
Monuntentum, quale pignus!
Summit in ducuin *mint digniisituttua
Observant,s.
Sac-um ac parenne cult
Status Major Nuscomiensis
Welitustonianus

Last week Frederick Formallo and Catharine Trani,
alias Kitty Bishop, were both committed to Winches-
ter gaol, the former for forging the hand-writings of
General Porter and George Purvis, Esq. two Magis-
trates of Hants, to certain passes or routes, called sol-
diers' wives passes, in order to defraud his Majesty,
and the latter for assisting Formillo therein.
Bow-mum—Yesterday. A. Stephen:, a soldier,
was charged with a highway tobbery. Mr. G. Clubb,
of-Collingwood-street, Chelsea, stated, that on S ttur.
day night, about twelve o'clock, he, in company'
with a Mr. Winn, on their war home, called at the
Chelsea Hospital public-house, when three soldiers
suddenly rushed Out of the Souse, and knocked them
down, and robbed Mr. Winn of a coat and waistcoat
which he had on his artn, and other property. He
got up as soon as he was able, but was knocked down
again, and they ,were going to knock hint down
third time, when 1. Wilkins, a parole, came up and
prevented i!.. Wilkins stated, that he WAS returning
home from his duty, when he met the prisoner at the
bottom of Hangman's-lane, running with a bundle,
which induced qim to stop him, and ask him what
he had got ? to which he received no answer;--ht,
asked him a second time, when he replied that it was
a coat and waistcoat belonging to his brother, wl)
had stripped to 'fight ; he then turned round, an •
called John, three times, pretending it to be his b i
ther whom he was calling, but which no doubt wa
a false pretence. He took the prisoner into custody;
and as he was conveying him down Jew's-row, he
saw two soldiers running away, one of them armed
with a crutch and a stick, and the other with a blud
geon ; who proved to be the companions of the pri-
boner, and were knocking down and ill-treating Mr.
Chitin, the prosecutor, till they saw the patrole ap-
proaching, when
.they made off, and unfortunately
escaped. The prisoner was fully committed. -
UNtaxllata.—Two soldiers, J. Kelly and T. Sheaf,
were brought before Mr. Chambers, charged with
maliciothly firing at and wounding Mr. Sattcriey, on
Sunday morning List. Itappeared that Mr. Satter.
ley was passing by a field, in the lient-ioad, in which
the prisoners were apparently engaged in sh•toting at
a mark. Mr. &weary was on the top of a Deptford
stage, and a gig, in which was a gentleman, was
running by the side •of the coach between that and
the field in which the prisoners were. Just as the
coach came opposite tile prisoners, one or bc,th of them
fired, the balls passed over the head of the gentleman
in the gig, hilt Mr. Satterley was not so fortunate, as
nne of them struck him in the hip; as he was sitting
on the roof of II e coach, and wounded him in a dan-
n-
r.mais rn,:nner ;. he was immediately taken to Guy's
,I
Hospital, where. he still lies in a dangerous state,,
though the ball is extracted. The prisoners said it
was an accidental circumstance that Mr. Satterley
was wounded ; they were shooting at a mark in the
field, and had no idea the ball would have passed over
the hedge, nor did they perceive the stage passing at
the time. They were both committed for re-exanii.
nation, and ordered to be brought up again, when
Mr. S. should be considered out of danger.. i
GuILDHALL.—The neighbourhood of Bridewater. I
square; Barbican, was thrown into the utmost con.
.fusion oft Sunday, in consequence of the ametubliag 1
of a party of Irish people, who, with bludrtu;s, and'
stick*, mid pnlcers,attacked and atskultcd each other
in a most dreadful manner. ,sevoiral .men were se-
verely en% and bruited. About half-past twelve
o'clock, tivring the time of Dtvine Seivice,. s party,
of aUpt, , demanded *dinittirce into the. Douse of
: _
4tfe'llh; dsle'sihtfiglqebeiteJc4%;cipli:Yrnii:aryitlarCrokes
in the,paanels of the door, and rushed into the house,

brandishing their weapons, and bidding defiance to
,all who opposed. At that time three persons were
sitting in the parlOur, one of whom Burke, one of the
party,: knocked him down with a poker, and cut his
head dreadfully. Mr. Eait got the assistance or the
(*Saito rs of Cripplegate Ward, and some of the
hours, and secured 13 :nen and a woman, the latter
having aided the men in their attack. 'r!ey were
brought before Sir R.. CARR GLira yesterday, and
eight of them and the woman were committed,
.to
take their trials for a riot and assault. The names
of those committed are P. Foy, W. Darken, T.
Burke, J. Ryan, M. Flaherty. 'F. Coleman, J.Tay'or,
P. Morley. and Margaret West. The other five
(nuthing very criminal appearing against them) •sere
discharged. Their names are, J. Cawley, A. ilague.
P. Cassidy, J. Patton, and J. Macdatiald. It ape...r-
ed, in the course of the examination, that they went
twice to Mr. East's house. the first time at halopast
twelve, the second time at five o'clock in the after-
noon ; that they assadlted and beat, in a most savage
manner, all who came in their way, particularly a
man of the name ot P. Burke, whose head was dread-
fully cat, as was also the head of another man, nam-
ed K. Howley. They also broke into the hons 4 of a
man near the spot, named Morris, tearieg down his
window shutters, and throwing brickbats into the
house. The woman, West, supplied them from un-
der her petticoats with shill:dies. Sir R. GLYN, when
he discharged the fitrmen, desired them to be tate-
ful of their future cAduel. and observed, that fuur-
-der had very nearly been committed. They were
not to practice with impunity, on these
attacks of this kind. If they were again botught
before hifin they would be taken care of.
QURRN;EQUAR6.-71 NON. alias Caged,. alias Sara,
and • Miry Clarke, were again charged with swind-
ling, when Gilmore, the officer, stated, that he had
discovered four locigiags !bat the prisoner had, in one
of which, iaSt, George's•sitidi, he Wend, a variety
of Articles, obtained trean different tradesmen, and
all the fortuneaeliinglipparOus made use of by rise
prisoner. while residing in Lock's-fields; also ad-
dresses ti the Ladies, in which he stated himself to
,he the most perfect adept in the sublime science of
,astrology that ever existed. From these papersoit
also appeared that he had been in the habit of giving
lectures in this science to Ladies at ss. each. nacre
was also a tolerably long list of the names and resi-
dences of those fair dupes who ,had attended .these
lectures, and an account of the verification ot many
predictisus, which had been exhibited as proofs of
Mr. N.'s ability in his profession. In these lodgings
were also found a large partrait of Nott, elegantly
framed, and a small eugraving of his coat of arms,-
with the motto, " Ciseribus rennet Peal," stating his
descent frcrn John Nott, of the Manor-house, Great
Shelsley,Lincolnshire;the Lord and Patron to whom
those arms were granted, August 10, Anno Christi
1575. -- Cobham then stated, that he had taken
one of Nott's bills from one' Burgess, for XlO. 2s. 6d.
which Nott said would; ceitainiy be taken up; and
ti,ltt living in great style in the City road at the time,
andbeing represented as doing a vast deal of busi-
ness in Doctors' Commons, he had no doubt, but it
was never paid. No criminal charge. however, could
be preferred against him on this account. T. Reda-
way, of the Strand. bunt maker, stated, that on the
29th ultimo, Nott went ta his sltna in the evening.
and fitted hifisselt with boots alai ‘Vc•llingtous, and
ileslred the boots to be sent home tai him that
;tight, when they should be paid for; his name, he
said, was Phillips, and he lived. at 36, Southampton-
street. The boots were accordingly sent, the buy
being desired not to leave them without the money,
but on his.arrival Nott had just knocked at the door,
and took the bouts from thu-boy, saying, 4. There ;
that's right my lad ; now go and fetch the Welling-
tons. and then pay for the whole." The boy did
: but on returning, no Mr. Nutt was to he found.
The person at No. fki said, that no Mr. Phillips lived
there ;. that the man (Nett) who.haa knocked, had
also asked if one Phillips did not live there. Nott
stoutly asserted that the charge was false ; and said.
enoukh washanging over his head alt. a.ly without
falsehoods. He did ncit care two-pence ~brut the
charge, but he loved the truth ; and the boot-maker
had indulged himself in a nonsensical stir y, like all
' the rest that had appeared against him. Mrs. Miller.
of Sttouldam-street, Mary-la-bonne, stared, that Nutt
and Clarke took lodgings, of her as man and wife, of
the name of Smith, he being an Agent in the City.
Mrs. Smith alias Choke, sown began to behave most
wantonly, beckoning men into the house and the like ;
and when Mrs. M. spoke of such improper proceed-
ings, the Lady instantly behaved most outrageously,
forcing open (hors and windows, and endeavouring
to get into Mrs. M.'s apartments. l: sled in this.
Clarke and Nott proceeded to Marl'arroffenstrcet,
and preferred, most falsely, a charge o: assault against
Mrs. M. and afterwards an indictment ; and she had
been put to great expense and trouble, as the indict.
atent had been postponed without cause. She had
received notice of trial agaia for the rext Session.—
Mrs. isliiler had no doubt. from what had taken place
that it was a conspiracy to get money from her, but
teeliag that she was innocent, she was determined to
meet her late. . •
Mr. COLQUIrOUN assured ber that she should not ex.
perience any further inconvenience Item this'scanda-
lous attempt to ruin her, anal he and the. Officers
-
wonld protect her interest at the Sessions.—The pri.
tenser was ordered to be brought tip on Thursday.
The Gentleman we nicatioued on S iturday last.as
having been discovered lying froeitsioie in ;he road
near Clifton, proves to be Colonel fearoy, who it
seems was just arrived from Ireland ; he craw lies at
NIANGEON'S Hotel, but is still unaale to give the least
accothst of what has befallen him t his servant has
been examined under a'supposition that he might be
the robber. but he clearly proved an alibi; the only
property he bad about him when discovered, was
three shillings and sixpence in his waistcoat pocket.
Some, incendiary set are to the barn, bzionging to
Mr. Diana., Lear Taunton, a few days. agp, which
was entirely consumed, with the whole of his out-
houses, and valuable contents.
EsrlY on Thursday morning, the 15th instant, a
fire broke out at Mr. Rogers's boarding acheol,„ at
Chieveley, near Newbury, which was aoters. uncle:
till the school-Wow and a pars of the alw kgrbuatke
were cqnsumed.. The same dal, jaccit
was one of the most active in endeavouing,to
guish the flames, was fully committed to the county
gaol; on a charge of having himself willulljand ma-
liciously set fire to the above premises.