Star.
London, England, 1813-01-09 00:00:00

THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

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Sits—As a constant reader and admirer of your
Paper, I think I am entitled, without favour, to make
a few observations through its respectable channel.—
I have observed the encreasing Subscriptions for the
suffering Russians with considerable delight, but not
altogether unmixed with feelings of a different nature.
'life conduct of the Russians, from the General to
the private soldier, calls forth our highest admiration:
.—shay seem indeed, of all our Allies, to have a just
abhorrence of the principles of their Enemy, and a
fearless contempt of their boasted courage. That they
may be the cause of the final overthrow of that dia-
bolical miscreant, who disgraces the sacred name of
Majesty, is my most fervent wish. But, Sir, I can-
tos, without some degree of pain, see this abundant
relief granted, when we have so many thousands in
our °vett Manufactories feeling all the miseries of
want, which is generally the sole parent of crime.—
tiet us be generous' but let us be just also ! Let the
hand of Charity be cheerfully extended to those of
our own Countrymen who may be objects worthy
of it, till Peace restores our Trade to its wonted
prosperity, and affords the Manufacturing Poor the
means of gaining their own livelihood.
With sentiments of the greatest regard for the wor-
thy Russians, but with feelings of a little Warmer na-
ture for my own countrymen, I am, Sir, &c.
(Signed) JAMES CARTER.
Barton-street, Gloucester, Jan. 7.
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TORK, WEDNESDAY, felAr. 6.

MURDERERS OF MR. HORSFALI.

George, Mellor, Longthyd-bridge, cloth-dresser,l
• aged 22; William Thorpe, of Huddersfield, 23 ; and
Themes Smith, of Huddersfield, 22 ; were indicted for
the wilful Murder of Mr. Wm. Horsfall, of Marsden,
merchant and manufacturer, at Lockwood, in the.
West Riding of the county of York, on Tuesday the
28th of April, 1812.
It appeared from the evidence of John Armitage,
Who lives at Crossland Moor, arid keeps a public-house
there called the Warren House, that Mr. Horsfall
had, on the 28th of April, been at Huddersfield mar-
ket, and on-his return called at witness's house about
a quarter past six in the evening. He stopped at the
door, got a glass of rum and water, treated two per-
sons who were there, paid his reckoning, and rode'
away ;—did not stop twenty minutes at witness's, nor
did ha rt off• his horse. Between -witness's house
and Marsden, there is a plantation belonging to Mr.
Radcliffe, and about a quarter of a stile from the
Warren House. About a quarter past seven o'clock,
witness heard some children say, that Mr. Horsfall
had been shot. Witness, and the two persons whom
the deceased' had been treating, went out together,
and found Mr. Horsfall about twenty or thirty yards
below the plantation, sitting on tLe road-side, bleed.
ing very much. They got him down to the Warren
House as soon as they could. Mr. Horsfall died
there.
Henry Parr, another witness, said he was at Hud •
dersfield on the 28th of April last ; was upon the
road between Huddersfield and Marsden, and after
he had passed the Warren House, heard the report
of fire-arms ; saw a person riding before him; report
seemed to come trifn Mr. Radcliffe's plantation; saw
smoke arising at the same time, and four persons were
in the plantation in dark coloured clothes ; the per-
son who was before witness on horseback, after the
report, fell down on the horse's chine, and the hot se
turned round as quick as possible : this person, who
it appears was Mr. Horsfall, raised himself by the
parse's main, and called out molder. As soon as he

called out murder, one of the four men got on the
wall with one hand and two feet, and called out—

44 Have you got enough yet ?" and he (Part) set off
to Mr. Horsfall at full gallop. Mr. H. said, " Good
plan, you are a strariger to me, I'm shot ;" and was
then going to fall off his horse. Mr. Horsfall grew
sick ' • witness took hold of his arm ; blood began toi
flow from his side. Mr. H. desired witness to go to
Mrs. HorsfalPs:
Bannister, a clothier, met P.irr on the road gallop-
. ling, who told witness that Mr. Horsfall was shot.
'Witness found Mr. H. on the road-side very bloody.
Mr. Horton, surgeon, gave his testimony proces-
sionally : he extracted a ball from the deceased, and
found several wounds in The deceased's body, and
had no doubt they were the cause of Mr. Horsfall's
death.

Benjamin Walker, an accomplice, stated that the
prisoners, George Mellor and Thomas Smith, worked
with him at Wood's; and in a conversation about the

attack on Mr. Cartwright's mill, Mellor said, there
was no way to break the shears—but shoot the
master: Mellor, on the day Mr. Horsfalf was shot,
'brought a loaded pistol, and gave it to witness, and
said be must go with him to shoot Mr. Hotsfall.
The pistol was dcinble-loaded. Witness and the
three prisoners went to the plantation. Smith had a
pistol, which he shewed to the witness. Smith and
Walker went together, and got to the plantation first.
Thorpe and Mellor came afterwards. Mellor ordered
itness and Smith- to fire, if they ( Mellor and Thorpe)
missed Mr. Horsiall. Witness did not fire, but heard
'Mellor say Mr. Horsfall was coming, and soon after
heard the report of a pistol; witness was about `.!O
yards off ; they waited at this distance till the job
was done. Witness, and several others who were
examined upon the trial, proved, that the murderers
were well known amongst those taubkdeits, and an
loath was taken not to reveal it.

The prisoners attempted to prove an dill. The
Jury withdrew for about 15 minutes, and returned a
verdict of Guill against all the prisoners.—The trial
commenced about iiine o'clock, and lasted till eight
iiin the evening. The Court was excessively crowced.
!The prisoners were ordered to be hanged on Friday.

iLast week, a Serjeaut of the Aberdeenshire Mi.
itia, was jostled in the Salt-market, Glasgow, and
obbed of ,816.

Tuesday night, Ashmore's Birmingham and Bris-.
1 waggon was robbed of a quantity of goods v:hilst
nding in
,a yard at Newport, in Gloucestershire.—
'he villains forced the gates, which are very strong,
6ind conveyed away their plunder in a cart.

A few days since, at Maldon, in Essex, a child,
about six years of age, was so dreadfully bur❑t, in
:be absence of its mother, as to survive but a short

trESTATISTEit StSS/ONS

THE KING v. HOENCASTLE.
Till's was en indictment for a libel, published by
the defendant aga hitt the Queen's Lying-in-Hospital
at Bayswater. The action was brought by the Go-
vernors and Directors of that Institution.
Mr. ALLEY, for: the prosecution,,opened the case,
by stating, that the defendant .was a publisher of
pamphlets, and kept a kind of picture-shop in Titch-
borne-street, Haymarket. He was the publisher of
a sixpenny pamphlet, which he held in his hand, and
which was a most gross and libellous attack on an
Institution, which was one of the most beneficial and
liberal that the country had to boast of. It was loan-
ded upon charitable motives, and supported by the
votnitary contributions of Noblemen and Gentry of
the highest rank, including the Royal Family, who
were its patrons. Its Governors, Managers, Physi-
cians, &c. were selected from amongst the first in
rank, and the most respectablgof the Community.--
Was it then to be sufferEd, at an Institution like
this was to be brought into disrepute, disgrace, or
infamy, at the hinds of in unprincipled, wicked, and
malicious libeller ?. he libel in question was of that
nature, and was pretended to have come from a
Clergyman to the publisher, describing the utmost
deprav:ty and wickedness to have existed in the
Members of the Institution, or thOse entrusted with
the management of it. He should read some ex-
tracts from the pamphlet, mid leave the Jury to de-
cide, whether any thing could possibly have been ut-
tered, of a tendency more malicious, mischievous, and
wicked ? It was impossible to descant with too much
-severity upon the atrocity of the defendant's conduct.
The title of this pamphlet Saturday Morning ; or
7 ruth." It begin.+ with these capital letters—B***
****R. and then Lying-in-Hospital. The letters
B. W: R. were divided by stars, making the number
of letters in the wtSrd Bayswater It was impossible
to read it otherwise, and he would leave to the Jury
whether this was not the only construct on to be put
upon it ? The publication then proceeded to state,
that the Institution was little better than a scene of
depravity--. 0 disclosing acts which stain the blush of
modesty. That the nurses received bribes to admit
certain persons as spectators at the actual time of
--." (This blank meaning delivery.) It then
proceeds-4, Such conduct is in every respect inde-
cent and inhuman, and, in a nominal sense, it may
be truly believed, that this Institution is nothing but
a recepticle for lust and f—..—n. I trust this circum-
stance, which I have faithfully represented to you,
will lead to other conduct, and operate as a check
upon this Establishment in future. This is dictated
by no improper motive from your friend and well-
' wisher."

Mr. Hinckley, one of the Committee of the Hos-
pital, was then examined. He said that he called
at the prisoner's shop, in company with several Gen-
tlemen of the Committee ; that he told the prisoner
he had been guilty of a libel, and requested him to-
give up the name of the author, in which case they
would abstain from prosecuting him ;- he declared,
that rather than be guilty of such baseness, he would
suffer himself to be torn into ten thousand pieces).—
They -asked him his motive for publishing the article
in question he said he had acted in conformity to
the principles of his paper, which consisted in ex-
posing the vices of the higher as well as the lower or.
ders of society. He said he bad the article from a
person of great respectability, and he believed it to
be true ; they told him such a statement would tend
to the destruction of the Hospital ; he said he knew
it, hut he thought it better that it should be crumbled
into dust, and scattered to the winds of Heaven, than
that such enormous immorality should be suffered to
t.xist. This was all the, material evidence, no other
witness being called.
The prisoner was then called on for his defence.—
He stated, that he was, by a variety of misfortunes,
rendered unable to-fee Counsel, and he did not know
whether he was right, in taking exception to the
number of the work being omitted in the indictment.
[This objection ivas overruled.]—He then read the
Prospectus of the publication, and a paper intended
as his defence. He said, he believed the article
charged as a libel to be true, although he did not
know it to be so of his own personal knowledge ; but
if we admitted nothing to be true, but what we our-
selves
kneW, we-could not admit the existence of a
Deity, or any of the most important facts in the di-
vine writings. He asked, if he had been base enough
to betray the author, whether he should not have been
execrated by the world ? He said, he had a wife and
a large family dependant on his efforts for support,
and who, in case of his imprisonment, must seek re-
lief and support from the parish. He had already
been confined three days and three nights in Tothill-
tielLis Bridewell—yet, whatever might be the verdict,
be should bow to it with the most profound respect.
He would not call any witnesses.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
Court sentenced him to be imprisoned twelve months,
and to 'cotter into a recognizance for his good beha-
viour for two years, and to. find security, himself in
,CSOO, and two sureties in £lOO each.

A quarry-man who had his leg amputated at the
Infirmary of Glasgow, on Wednesday se'nnight, in
consequence of a part of the quarry falling in upon
him, died on Saturday evening.
A few days ago, at a Ball given by the Duchess of
DORSET at Knowle, Lord ST. ASAPH had the misfor-
tune to rupture a bland-vessel. Medical assistance
was immediately procnred, and his Lordship has
since been pronounced out of danger.
Monday se'nnight, the Officers and Troop of
.Wy-
mondham Yeomanry Cavalry, under- the command
of JOHN DARRELL, Esq. gave their annual ball to
the ladies of Wymondham and its vicinity, at the
King's Head. The company, which was numerous,
began to assemble at six, and the dancing com-
menced at eight o'clock, which was opened by Cap-
tain DARRELL and Miss PILGRIM, and kept up witt
great spirit till six the next morning. The tea, cof-
tee, and supper accommodations afforded great satis-
faction. The dance was supported by 49 couple :
the gentlemen, mostly in the uniform of the corps,
gave the assembly a truly military appearance, while
on the part of the ladies, a more brilliant assemblage
of beauty and fashion could hardly have been con-
ceived, who hailed with smiles of heartfe;t satisfaction,
in the persons of their brave. defenders, each. a hus-
band, a parent, a loner, a brother, or a friend.

TIM Wit fall

RMITHrLELD, isonary x.
Beef 4s 10d to is ad Veal 6s 4d to Is 01
Mutton 4s 6d to is 10d Poet Ss 4d r Is- Od
• Beasts, about 540—Sheep and Lambs, 3,500.
Calves, 140—Vigs, 200.

PRICE OP HAY AND STRAW IN SMMIFIFI.D.

Hay 31 10s to 51 10s New Cloves 51 to to pl 5
New Hay 01 05 to 11 Os Straw 11 ltis to ^l 8:

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET.

Ss Sd tolls Od Vest se eel to '7s ad
Mottos 4s Od to Ss. 114 Pork as Od to 6! B.t
PRICES OF HAY. AND STRAW.
ST. Jaime f . Vint recuarrt..
Hay 21. ids. to 61. 6.. ed. Hay 41. Os. to SI. 12.
'lnns 11. 19.. to 21. B+. chi. Clover 61. 10.. to 71. 10.
Straw 21. 4s. :o 21. 10%
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
Kent 101 Os-to 141 Os Kent 111 tls to 161 le
Susses

W 9s to 131 Os Sussex 101 101 to 111 .13s

Essex 101 Oa to 141 Os Farnham 201 'Os to 301 Os
?RICE OF LEATHER IN LEADSNI-lA,LL MARKET.
Butts 22d 25d Calf Skins 32c1 311 d
Ditto 26d 28d Ditto 38d. 46d
' Merchants' Backs 224 24d Ditto 3bd 4.5 d
Dressing Hides 20 Id 2241 Small Seals ssa 344
Fine Coach Hides 22d 24d Large ditto, per doz. loos .1808
Crop Hides for cult. IBd 204 d Tanned Horse Hides 21d 23s
Ditto ltd 23td Goat Skins 34s 62s
RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers and "Steers (pet Ordinary Is. ed. to Is. 10d
stoue) 2s. 84. to as. 04. Markft Calf 17s. Od. each
Middlings 2s 04. to 25. 44. English Hone Its. to 16s. Od
Lamb Skins Os. Od. so Os. 04. 'Shoaling' 3s. Od. to ss. Od.

PRICE OFTALLOW.
St. James's Market 5s 2 d Tuwn Tallow . 89s 04
Clare Market Ss 2d Yellow Russia 99s od
Whitechapul Market Ss. 24 White ditto 691 od
per stuue of sib. Suap ditto . AU od
• • less 6d Melting Stuff 70. Oil
Average . 54 2d Ditto rough 49$ Od to 001
Craves 28s od. Good Dregs 9. Od
Yellow Soap 1001--Mottled, 110s—Curd, ro4s—Palm 00s.
Price of Candles per diaaea, 135. 6t!,—Moulds, ISe Od.

UASRADGE, Jan. 7.—Wheat ptf load, £25 10s. to £37 Hu
Barley-, per qr. 58s. td. to 63s I Beans 101 s. od. to 121 s. (Id
Oats 46%. ed. to 58i New ditto 61s. Od. to 72s Od
Rye COs. Od. to 00s. Peas 86s. Od. to 695. 04
"
tAXFARD, JAN. 2.—The •scond best price of a bushel of
Wheat was 15s. 9d. according to which prier, and a due allow-I
'ante made to the baker, the assize and price of bread are as fol-
low, viz.—The peck loaf household. to weigh 17 lb. 6oz. is 8s ltr
TLe halt peck 2s. 61d. and the smaller in proportion.
ASHFORD, JAN. 5.--Btd, 12. 6d to 15s Od per score.--
Mutton, 5s Od to Gs 01 ker stone.—Beasts 230—Sheep 61:0
Pigs 45—Calves 16.

The Portuguese markets are literally glutted with
grain. • In the first 25 days- of December no fewer
that 116 American vessels entered the Tagus. Their
cargoes were estimated at 1•18,000 barrels of flour,
100,0(X) bushels of wheat, and 24000 barrels of In-
dian corn.

PRICE OF COALS—COAL MARKET, JANUARY 6.
Ships at Market Sold Prices.
44 Newcastle SO 455. .)d. to SSa. 6d
S Sunderland I 4145. Od. to 004. Od
i Stone Coal i 569 ad. to 00$. ad
I Cinders 4. Ft-s 03. to 00$. ctd

HIGH WATER A f LON lION BRIDGE TO- MORROW.
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Afternoon... SS :mamma after 7

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