Star.
London, England, 1803-09-28 00:00:00

Bor.dNr BIT.

FROM THE SYDNEY GAZETTE AND NEW SOUTH
WALES ADVERTISER.
Pub!Med by Authority.]

[No. I.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5.
Anna, es.-.lnentmerable as the obftacles were which threaten-
s& to oppofe our londertikking, yet we are happy to affirm, that
the r were not informountable, however difficult the talk before us.
I".ie utility of a Pima in the Colony, as it m uft open a fierce
of Solid information, will, we hope, be univerfally felt and ac-
krowlcdped. We have courted the Milts= of the ingadoos and
intelligent We open no channel to political dikallon, or primal
anlmaiverfizn Information is our cal, taupe& ; that ocean,-
Si flied, we kafi confider that we have done our duty, In an cur-
don to merit the approtadoa of the Public, and to Secure a liberal
potroame to the ST LINTY GAZITTTA
To COMM ITOND TNT 6..TW0 flip boxes will be pat up lo the
coerce of the =ruing week (inse in front of the I Mainz Store at Sydney,
the other in a window of the Court-houfe, Parramatta), for the re-
ception of loch article' of Information as peifone who are poffieffed
of the means may think proper to contribute.
• It is hereby ordered, that all ode/ailments, ardeesakc. which
runder the official feature of the Secretary of this colo-
l:of any other officer a Government, properly eatharifed to
pil& them in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Ad.
vertikr, are meant, and mat be deemed to convey official and
fuident Notifications, In the Sonic manner as if they were pref.
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have a referents. _ _ .

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By Command of HL Excellency the Governor and Ccananandcr
Cittd. Wilaam Neste Chapman, Secretary."
Sydney. Much 3, an.
Fnoirevas.—On Tuefday, the tsth ult. fifteen la-
bouring men fled from the Agricukural Settlement
at Celle Alin, after hiving committed many aas of
violence and atrocity. They at firft forcibly entered
the dwelling-houfe of Mr. DECLAIM which they
ranfacked, and ftripped of many articles of plate,
wearing apparel, tome fire and fide arms, provifions,
fpirituous and vinous liquors, a quantity of which
they drank or wafted in the houfe. They next pro-
ceeded to the farm-houfes of BRADLEY and Bear! at
Balkham Hills. Mrs. BILIDLIT'S fervant-roan they
wantonly and inhumanly difeharged a piflol at, the
contents of which have fo °tattered his face, as to
render him a ghallly fpeaaele, in all probability,
during the remainder of his life. In Mrs. Bias's
boat the gave a look to fenfuality, equally brutal
and unmanly. Refillance was of no avail, for their
rapacity was unbridled. Numerous other delinquen-
cies were perpetrated by this licentious banditti,
whofe ravages, however, could not long efcapc the
certain tread of jullice.
Two of the depredators were taken into euflody
upon the fecond day after their flight near the Hawkef-
buty.road, by Mr. Jarmo'', tun: Allied by A.
THorson, chief conflable at Hawkelbury, and a
party of the military, who had been difpatched in
purruit of them. Upon there men were found leve-
ret articles of property that had been taken from the
dwelling-houfe of Mr. Dictates ; as vele alto two
snufkets. On the day following they underwent an
examination before a rnagiarate, by whom they were
fully committed, and fent to Sydney under an efcort.
On the 23d ult. eleven more of the defperadoes
were fecured by a party of the military and confla-
bles, between Hawkclbury and the mountains. In.
formation had been given of their haunt by a body
pf natives, fhortly after they had broke into the houfe
of a fettler, where they bad flopped to grind a quan.
City of wheat at a fleet mill, haying prgvioufly le-
cured the 'family, and afterwards ftripped the houfe
f all fuch provifion as they could conveniently earl y
• ff, together with two (lands of arms. They were
alto taken before a magiflrete, fully committed, and
Lrnught to Sydney under a fuXcient guard.
jut.ice to the prifoners at large in the colony re-
quites that w; Mould obferve, that this banditti is
entirely compored of Ira prifoners, brought by the
Het-Cities and Atlas.
rummy, MUCH IS.
A Criminal Court this day affembled, and pro-
ceeded to the trial of the delinquents, who had ab-
fronded from the Public Agricultural Settlement of
caftla Hill on the 15th day of February left, for fel°.
l',/mtfly entering the dwelling houfe of M. Deducts,
near that place, and taking therefrom divers filver
(poops, a fake, piflol, lci-glxfsv it quantity of wear.
int; apparel, and divers other articles, his property.
Pariricl Gastsee2 and Frosteii S;typfso *ere firil indiet-
ed. on a ch4rge of having been prefent at and adively
coeFgat:4 in tic raid felenvi and with bluing a put

of the above property, viz. (even Inver (post, found
upon or near them when they were taken into coat).
dy on the 17th of the fame month.
The evidence for the Crown being ealled,•
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' Mary Tirley, fervant to Mr. Dielamb,4le6ofed,
that on the evening of the isth of February, the law
two men approach a hut in which one of Mt. De.
clamb's men-fervants then was, and that at a little
dillance further the perceived another man, whole
appearance alarmed her—in eonfequence of which
the made fall the windows, and the inner door of the
haute. Shortly after come perfon knocked at the
door—the deponent Aced who it was ? and Macder-
mot anfwered from without, " It is I ; open the door,
for here is a conftable with a letter from my mailer."
The deponent opened the door accordingly, and le-
veral men entered the houfe—fhe anted for the letter,
and one of the party anfwered, " You'll have enough
of the letter bye-and bye." By this time (even or
eight of them were in the houfe. They demanded fire
arms and ammunition, which fhe was compelled to
(hew them. They loaded a piliol which they found
in the houfe, and one of them exclaimed, " fire it
down her throat if fhe lays a word." Several of
the offenders then opened a trunk, out of which
they took a quantity of wearing apparel, which the
deponent pofitively affirmed had been tied up in a
bundle by Francis Simpfon, one of the prifoners then
at the bar. They had alto demanded a telefcope and
compafs, neither of which was in the bode. The
fpoons found on or near to Gannan the deponent iden-
tified, as being the property of her mafter.
The witnefs was crofs-examined by the Court, but
did not deviate in her teftimony.
Upon her being aced what were her reafons for
fo pofitively identifying the perfon of Simplon, the
anfwered, that he had compelled her to fill two !tides
of wine for him, during which interval the had taken
much notice of his countenance.

Mr. Declamb identified the fpoons, as being a part
of the property taken out of his honk during his ab-
fence on the 15th of February.
Mr. John Jamiefon depofed, that he went with a
party in purfuit of the above delinquents, and that
he affifted in apprehending the two prifoners then at
the bar, on the 17th of February—that when he ap-
proached them they were afleep, near a party of
natives, but that when they awoke, they offered a
relittance.

Mr. A. Thompfon depofed, that he had of filed
in apprehending the prifoners, and that about the
fpot where Gannan had lain, the filver fpoons were
found, that were then produced in evidence.
Henry Lamb's teitimony correfponded with the
others.

The evidence being doled, the prifoners were elk-
ed if they had any thing to fay in their defence ?
They acknowledged having had the property. but
denied the aft of taking it out of the houfe them-
felves.

The Judge Advocate fummed up the evidence, and
upon a deliberation of about 15 minutes, the Court
returned a verdia Guilty—Death.

Laaretice Dempfey, Patriei Moderatos, Miebael if=
boa, jobs Lynch, Maw Shank, jade Morzes,
/ma Ifeik, Timothy Malabo', 7.6. Ancor, jams Ceara',
and Peter Role, were indiaed for having alto been
prefent, on the aforefaid ;sth of February, at the
houfe of Mr. Deciamt), for having affilled in commit-
ting the aforefaid felony, and for having divers Cr.
ticks found upon them when they were apprehend-
ed, his property, among which were a fufee, a pittol,
and a fpy-glafs.
Mary Tuley again depofed, that on the 15th of Fe-
-bruary, the prifoners at the bar, feveral of whore the
pofitively (wore to, had entered the houfe as before
Rated. That Michael Woollaghan was one of the
men who had entered the houfe with Macdermot,
and that Laurence Dempfey was the perfon who had
taken away a pair of razors belonging to her mailer.
Being ordered to examine the property produced in
Court, the identified the greatett part of it.
Here one the prifoners (Dempfey) begged to in-
terrogate the witnefs, to whom he put the following
quelhons . . _

Q. Had you ever.feen me prior to the Isth of
February ?—A. No.
Q. At what hour did you fee me on that day ?
A. Fcannot tell mealy, but it was in the evening.
How can you fwear pofitively to my perfon ?
—A. You came into the bed-room, where I was,
with a lighted candle in your hand t you (aid, " we
may as well take all as not," and I few you take my
matter's razors.

Mr. Declamb here identified his fufee, pillol, and
molt of the property before the Court, and declared,
that when he had gone from home on the 15th of
February, he had left thole articles in his houfe, but
when he returned, none of the articles were there.

Matthew Locke depofed, that he had affilled in
apprehending all the prifoners at the bar, between
Richmond Hill and the Mountains—and that they,
in endeavouring to efcape, had dropped fome of the
property produced in Court. He farther depofed,
that two of the prifoners had mules, but that none
of them offered any refinance. Brown, Malahoy,
and Dernpfey wore fome of Mr. Declamb's wearing
apparel, when they were apprehended.
A. Thompfon and D. Brown gave evidence to the
fame sffeet.

Being called upon for their defence, one of the
unhappy men declared. that he had embarked in this
fatal expedition with no other view, than that of
croffing the Mountains, which the judicious and well
equipped. have found irnpafrable, and thereby re-
turning to his family.
The evidence WAS then Rimmed up, and the Court
after a courultation of codiderable length returned
the following verdia :
Lawrence Dempfey, Michael Woollaghan, and
Patrick Macdermot. Guilty—Death.
AU the others were acquitted upon this charge. but
detained upon another indiarnent 1 and the Court
adjourned till ter to morrow.