Star.
London, England, 1820-08-12 00:00:00

THE GREENOCK AFFRAY.

The following are the names of the- sir soldiers
who have been committed as guilty actors, or art
and part, of the homicides in the fatal occii• rence of
Saturday se'nnight :—John Dempsey, Robert Sur-
rage, Patrick Lynch, Joseph Elliot, John Beck. and
Malachi Clinton. The other person, apprehended
along with these immediately -after the outrage, has,
since the precognition, been liberated, it being found
that he was no way concerned in it. We have al-
ready made mention of the good terms which sub-
sisted between the detachment of the 13th, to which
these men belonged, and the inhabitant., of :he town,
previous to this melancholy occurrence; and as• a
proof that its consequences were no less dee,:ly felt and
deplored by the former than by the latter. and that
this feeling has pervaded the whole Regiment, we
have great satisfaction in annexing the following
manly an.: ingenuous letter from Cplonel WILLIAMS,
to the Chief Magistrate, accompanying the
libti-
ral donation of £lOO, voluntarily subscribed by the
()dicers, Non-commissioned Officers,, and privates,
rfor the relief of the families of those who lo•.t their
lives on the occasion :

" STMLLVO CASTLE, 3f AUGUST, 1820.

" learnt with the most heartfelt sorrow and
regret that two memo` the 13th Regiment. forgetful of every .
principle towards themselves and the corps to which they be-
long, did, on the morning of the 30th ultimo, as I am informed,
ill a state of intoxication, lire from their quarters, by which pro.
ceediog some lives were lost—the Officers, Non Commissioned
Officers, and Privates, deeply deploring the circumstance, have
earnestly requested to subscribe towards the relief of the sur-
viving families of the deceased. I have, therefore, to transmit
to you the suns of One Hundred Pounds, to be distributed in
such manner as you may judge most advisable.
" I beg to apologize for the trouble lam causing you.—l have
the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
" W. . WILLIAMS, Colonel,
" Lieut.-Col. Corn. 13th Regt.
" To the Chief Magistrate, Greenock."

At Hereford Assizes, Richard Carpenter, the young
man who was in custody, on suspicion of setting fire
to the College of that City, is discharged, there be-
ing no Bill found against him,
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• What •is called the Independent Interest at White-
haven has just achieved a great triumph, in the Elec-
tion of fourteen. Trustees of the Harbour. The per-
sons elected were all in the Independent intereht, and
have been nominated by a majority of four to one
over the other nominees, in the teeth of the whole in-
fluence of the House of LOWTHER. " The Act of Pat-
liament," says the Initehaven Gazette, which has
been mainly instrumental in bringing about this
triumph, " by which the manner of con lucting this
Election is directed, has been the law for one hun-
dred and eleven years. This is the first instance in
which the sight of the inhabitants to vote has been
publicly exercised, and the result is most trium-
phantly satisfactory. We are proud to !:.wc been the
first who gave the Public a knowlel eof their rights,
and induced the exertion of them.'

The state of the Corn-market is at this moment a
source of great anxiety, management, and ‘l,ecula.,
tion. Upon the amount of the return of the average
price of Oats, for the present and next week, depends
the circumst-mce whether the ports shall open for the
importation of Oats, or continue shut. The teturns
for the last four weeks %vete—

in Week - - 2Ss. 2d. 13d Week - - 265. 5d.2d ditto - 255. 11d. I 4th ditto - - 275. 6d.
So that, unless the two last weeks of the period shall •
each exceed 28s. 7d. the average price for the six
weeks will not amount to 275. the price above whichh.
the yens will open. They will probably be kept '
shut, or will open by the difference of Id. The con-.
tension between the speculators- who have quantities
of Oats in granary to bring nut if the ports shall
open, and the farmers, is excessive, and the vigilance
exercised on _both sides to prevent fraud, is favour..
able to the Public. •

Between ten_ and eleven o'clock on Thursday after-
noon, a fine young horse, drawing a cart up Luc!•
gate-hill, opposite the Old Bailey, fell, and a wag-
gon passing at the time, the near fore wheel passed
and rested on the hind leg of the animal, which kept
kicking at a desperate rate with the other. After some
time he was released from his situation, shockingly
cut and bleeding, the bone being exposed from the
knee down.

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MORE EXECUTIONS FOR FORGERYTWO -Of the
three unfortunate men left for execution at the list
Assizes for Kent, viz. Thomas Saunders and Joseph
Wilkes, for uttering forged Bank of England notes,
suffered the sentence of the law on Thursday, it
Penenden Heath. They behaved, as they had con-
[ducted themseltes since their condemnation, in the
most becoming manner, and paid the utmost atten-
tion to tile religious instruction afforded them by the
Rev. Mr. HARKER, the Chaplain of the Countyjail.
A reprieve was on Wednesday received' for Joshua
Ati4, the Other unfortunate man who was lett 'for
execution At the same time with the above, for cut-
tin Off theliand Of John Cook, at Charthatn.,:The
;oylul intellr was received 'with every mita of

joyru,
gratitude by the unhappy culprit. We understand
a Petition, numerously sigaed, had been presented by
the inhabitants of Char:than), in his behalf.
Tolima' 'Publ rsHmENT.The Turkish frigate,
which sailed from Gillingham on Monday, left one
of her sailors on the Marsh, at -a cOnsiderabje dis-
tance below HOo, confined to a stake driven into the
ground, with his arms and legs chained in such a
way that it was impossible for him to extricate him-
self, and the flowing of the next tide would have
drowned him i • fortunately, this poor creature was
found by a lad belonging to the Dock-yard, who
went on the Marsh to shoot curlews: the man made
signals of . distress to him, and the lad by himself,
and the aid of others, preserved his life. It is said
the man had been guihy of theft, and for which his
countrymen had put him in this situation iu order
that he might perish. The-same man, it appears,
had been observed en Sunday morning by Jame,-
Clark, a caulker of Chatham Dock-yard, in walking
over Hoo Salts, sitting on the mud. The unfortu-
nate man, perceiving Mr. Clark, beckoned with his
hands, as well as his miserable situation would allow.
On approaching him, he found the poor fellow's legs
chained, his hands bound, and his body lashed to a
stake, ip such a situation that the tide might flow
over hid), Mr: Clark succeeded in forcinglim,from
the cords, and dragging him to the Marsh, beyond
the reach of the tide; but being alone, and in sight of
the Turkish ship, he was fearful of zneddhlig farther.


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