Star.
London, England, 1811-12-20 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAB.

LONDON,

FRIDAY, DECENFER. 20.
PRICE 01. STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOtk
3 per Ct. Cons. for money shut--D Itto for opg. 64f
S per Ct. Re,luced 62ff—s per Cont. 7G
Navy 5 per Ct. sltut—lioodslii.lss. pr.—Omnium ft dita
Esch. Bill. (3d.) Is. 2s. dis.—Ditto (31d.) 23. to Ss. pre.

We have great pleasure in being able nbt merely
to 'alleviate but to remove tl.e distressing apprehen-
sions that were entertained for the safety cf the TIGRIS
East Indie.man, which sailed fr,lin the Downs on the
11th inst. irid was expected to have reached Ports-
mouth some days ago.
11.cccunts have been received at LLOYD'S, that the
Timm brought up in Margate Roads yesterday
morning, after having been driven on the French
coast, within a league of Calais, by stress of weather.
She has met with little other damage than the loss of
an anchor and two cables. While she was in jeopardy
the CRACKER gun-brig fortunately joined her, by
which means she got off, otherwise she must have
been taken, as six privateers came out of C4ais to
attack her.

We this day received New-York papers to the 17th
ult. but at so late an hour that we can only notice a
part of their contents. They contain copies of some
of the documents which accompanied the PRESIDENT'S
Message to Congress. The first of these is a com-
munication from Mr. MUNROE to Mr. Fos-rEn, dated
23d July last, which we shall lay before our Readers
to-morrow. Then follow the
ADJUSTMENT OF THE AFFAIR OF THE CHESAKAK

ANOTHER MOST DREADFUL MURDER!

It is our melancholy duty to record another most
woeful calamity,. in- which:a whole family has been
again most savagely butchered
Last night, between derail and twelve o'clock, an-
other most sanguinary and horrid murder wait com-
mitted at No. 81, Gravel-lane, Wapping, but a few
yards distant from the farmer scene of blood in Rat-
cliffe Highway. The following narration has been
taken from a person who was on the sp)t a few mi-
nutes after the dreadful affair ; it may therefore be re
lied on. Between eleven and twelve o'clock last night,
the neighbours opposite the house just mentioned
were alarmed by a cry of " Nur& r 1" coming from
a person in his shirt, who was descending from a two-
' pair of stairs window by the sheets of his bed knotted
together. On his reaching the street, he informed those
who were assembled by his cries, that there were mur-
derers in the house, in the act of assassinating the
whole family. An alarm was instantly given, and
two resolute men, one named LUDGATE, and the other
HAWES, armed themselves with axes and pokers, and
broke open the door, when, dreadful to 'relate, they first I
found the mistress of th• house and the maid-servant
lying upon one another by the kitchen fire, with their
throats cut from ear to ear. On continuing their
search, they proceeded to the cellar, where they found
the master of the house quite dead, one -of his legs
broken, and his head nearly severed from his body.
The scene of this horrid affair was the King's Arms
public-house, and the unfortunate persons murdered,
are Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, the landlord and land-
lady, and their servant-maid Biddy, an Irish girl.—
The person who made his escape by the window, as
above described, was a lodger—his name is Turner.
From him we have learnt the following additional I
particulars :—He states, that when in bed and asleep,
he was alarmed by a great noise below ; he then went
cautiously down stairs, where he saw two men, one in
a large watch coat, and the other in a flannel jacket,
rifling the pockets of the landlady, Mrs. Williamson,
who was then lying near the kitchen fire, apparently
lifeless. Turner then came to the resolution of get-
ting out of his window, which, by the aid of the
bed-clothes, he effected, leaving Mr. Williamson's
niece in bed.

The unfortunate sufferers were all drested and go-
ing about their usual business when they were mut%

dered, and- it is supposed that the savages who corn. [
mitted the barbarous act had entered the house upon
pretence of obtaining refreshment, a short time before
the Landlord shut up his house for the night.
We lament to sly that the villains escaped—they
got out at the back door, and were seen running
over Dock-hill, Wapping, in great perturbation.
All Wapping was immediately in an uproar. The
drums of the Volunteers beat to arms, the fire-bells
were rung, and every person flew in consternation to
the spot. The Police searched every house around,
and every boat in the river, with every cart, waggon,
and carriage was stopped.
A great number of suspicious characters have, of
course, been stopped ; and the Magistrates are ac-
tively employed in examining evidence.
We shall stop the press, if any further particulars
of this dreadiul affair should transpire in the course
of the afternoon.
The general conjecture at present is that the mur-
derers are the same desparadoes who assassinated Mr.
Marr and his family ; and it is still asserted that
both atrocities have been perpetrated by foreigners.
—We trust, therefore, that every foreign villain,
of whatever rank or degree, throughout the country,
will be instantly taken into custody, and kept as hos.
rages for the security of the lives of his Majesty's sub-
jects.