Star.
London, England, 1810-09-05 00:00:00

POLICE, &c.

GUILDHALL.—A legion of pickpockets from Bar-
tholomew Fair were brought up by the officers ap-
pointed to superintend the morals of the visitants to
that delectable scene. They were all well known
characters, and, in order to keep them out of the way
of temptation, they were ordered to be confined until
Friday, by which time the attractions of Smithfield
will have vanished.

Mr. Saunders, the Manager, Proprietor, Treasurer,
Prompter, Sceneshifter, Puffer, Critic, and General
Superintendant of the Horscmanical Circus in Barth°.
lomew Fair, attended, in compliance with a Magiste-
rial summons to answer a grievous charge laid against
him for a violent assault.

The complainant in this important case stated,
that about five years since, he had acted the part of
Don Grimacieriano, in a Spanish Melo-drama, perfor-
med before the Royal Family of the People at Ed-
monton Fair, for which performince Mr. Saunders
became indebted to him in the sum of £1 19s. 6d.—
He had frequently made personal application for the
money, but he invariably received ill treatment, and

IRELAND.

EXECUTIOX.—On Friday the 24th ult. the dread-
ful sentence of the law was put in execution upon
.Mn Cherry and Charles Ile, erwood, for the murder of
John M'Clure. The prisoners were escorted by a
strong guard of several corps of yeomanry, and a de-
tachment of the Derry militia, from Carrickfergust
which they left at five o'clock A. M. to the towilland
of Procliss, in the parish of Drumaul, the scene of the
horrid crime, which is hitherto unparalleled in the
annals of this country.
On arriving.= Antrim, Underwood was permitted
to have an interview with his wife, which was extreme-
ly affecting. This young man, who had scarcely at-
tained his 21st year, was married only one week pre-
viously to his apprehension, and not a month before the
termination of his life. John Cherry was attended by
three of his sons. Upon reachiag Randalstown, the
party halted for above half an hour, when the prisoners
being brought into the Court-house, and Underwood
introduced into an inner apartment, he there in the
presence of Mr: Aiken the Magistrate, Dr. Henry,
and one or two others, made a full and ample con-
fession of his guilt. While 'Underwood was in one
apartment, the old man was in another, where he was
exhorted in the most earnest manner by the Rev. Mr.
Pratt, Vicar of the parish, and by Mr. Fulton, the
Sub-sheriff, to acknowledge the justice of his sentence,
and to confess his guilt ; but, sheltering himself un-
der the casuistry, that 66 not having struck a blow,
he was not criminal," he persisted in continuing deaf
to every argument, sitting with his legs across, and
taking snuff in quantities, with the most hardened
composure.
On the arrival at the fatal tree, the Rev. Dr.Hcnry
offered up an energetic prayer, to which the youth
paid the utmost attention ; but the aged criminal
seemed stupidly obdurate. Immediately afterwards,
Underwood stood upright cn the car, and with calm
firmness addressed the multitude in nearly these
words :

not unfrequently a good hdng. On Monday, he was
walking through Bartholomew Fair, and observing
his debtor in the full pride of a markt coat, he again
demanded his money, when, instead of obtaining the
expected boon, Mr. Saunders jumped from his booth
by a sort of Auffling comerset, andi with the fury of a
tiger, fastened on him, and committed a gross assault
on his person.—This was the head and front of his
offending," and for this satisfaction was demanded.
Mr. Saunders, on being called on for his defence,
made one of his most reverential bows, and in soften-
ing tones beseeched the Magistrate to withhold his
opinion until the plain unvarnished tale was told,"
as facts alone would warrant. He then proceeded to
rebut the charge of the plaintiff; he denied owing
him a farthing, and observed, that he had refrained
from approaching him until his offensive language
became insupportable. He then came from his Thea-
tre for the purpose of removing him, when a mutual
scuffle ensued.

"You see me here, my friends, brought to this shameful end in
the flower of my youth. 1 beg of you fur the love of Goo, and if
you would Wish to escape my fate, to avoid bad company of All
sorts, particularly shun cock-fighting, drinking, and swearing; and
above all things pay attention to the Sabbath•day, and never 'emit
attending meeting, and hearing the word of GOD :—For the love
of GOD mind what I say. 1 deserve to die, for lam guilty; but
it is a consolation to me that I did not rai►e my hand; beet I might
have saved the man. I take it upon my death, that it was my
uncle John Underwood who struck McClure upon the bead,
and Robert Courtenay who stabbed him with a bayonet: it was
this unfortunate old man who caused it all—Galway was as bad e
what he swore was•partly true, and partly false—he did not oilzr
his daughter in marriage.

Then turning to Cherry, he addressed him in the
most earnest and pathetic manner, nearly as follows :
"And nor, John Cherry, for the love of GOD and your own
soul, confess your guilt !" Here the hardened old man looked up
most impudently, interrupting him, as if offended, and muttering,
" What would you have me to say ?"—" You have been a very
wicked old inan, and have been the means of bringing roe here.
My (ion ! when so young a creature as I, am so cast down with
the weight of my sins, what must be your case, and you so old ;
for you know you always bore a bad characte;? For my part
am now light, and am rejoiced that I am going to die ; for having
begun so young, my sins would have been encreased, if a had not I
been cut ofr. The devil had g•it hold of me. Come ! b&gin for
Coo's sake, and state all your sins from the first. May Gut) fur-
give you ! .1-do and every one."
' • A shroud, &c. being produced, Underwood with
the greatest fortitude and deliberation divested him-
' self of his clothes, even including his shirt ; and hav-
ing put on the shroud, distributed his clothes amongst
his friends, and then said he hoped what he had said
before was heard by every one.—" I spoke as loud as
I could," said he, " and 1 hope you remember it ;"
and whilst the dreadful preparatioa was making, he
continued his address, repeating and enforcing nearly
the same sentiments. At length, on the car being
driven away, the unfortunate men fell to the ground,
every thing having been ineffectually done by the mi-
serable executioner.

Above twenty minutes elapsed in re -adjusting; the
ropes, during which time Underwood stood steady ;
and being told that he had a few moments longer, be
replied 44 Goo is still good to me, and I have always
been ungrateful," and then employed his time in ex-
horting the crowd ; but Cherry only muttered as be-
fore ; and while every heart throbbed for Under-
wood, not a feeling of pity was excited for the hoary
villain, neither did he seem to feel for himself. The
scene at last closed.

Underwood was a fine erect youth of abotit six feet
high, light hair and complexion, long visage, and
bad a very sensible and rather a gond countenance. 1
Cherry was a set old man, about five feet seven inches
high, with a weather-beaten countenance, expressive of
low cunning and assur►nce—he could neither read a
nor write.
While Underwood was dictating what was written
down at Randlestown, he exclaimed with great feel-
ing, " Oh that ALNIIGIITY Goo would soften the •
heart of that old man. He has hid much experience)
and I am but a young man and have been led away."
It was noticed, titat when Underwood was exhort-
ing Cherry to confess his crimes, though his sons
were near him at the time, none of them joined in that
request, but preserved an expressive silence. It is
asserted that Cherry has loft seven freehold properties
worth from 8 to £lO,OOO.
When at the place of execution Underwood asked
for several of his acquaintances, and they were called
fron, among the crowd and told that the organ wan-
ted them. Many went forward to him. He shook
hands with them and bade them farewell. Previously
to being tied up the second time, he held up his right
hand and declared that he never struck M'Clure.
The bodies were suspended about 35 minutes, and
after being taken down, that of Underwood was con-
veyed to the County Infirmary at Lisburn, for dissec-
don, but on account of the contrition he had manifest.
ted, it was given to his father-in-law and his other
friends who applied for it. The body of Cherry was
delivered to his sons, who took it away on a car, but
on their way home they got drunk, and had a violent
quarrel about the division of their father's property.

These facts were corroborated by an officer, who
saw the whole transaction, and the complaint was
dismisse4l.

A man named Champion, was accused of stealing
£lO from the person of Richard Dummit, on Satur-
day night, in Blackhorse-alley, Fleet-market, but for
the want of satisfactory evidence to substantiate the
fact, he was remanded until Wednesday.
MANSION HousE.—A veteran of the light-fingered
corps, named Francis, was yesterday charged before
the Lord Mayor with diving into the pocket of a gen-
tleman named Hinde, on the preceding evening, in
, Leadenhall-street, and taking from thence a silk poc-
ket handkerchief. It appeared that Mr. klinde was
standing at the window of a print shop, when the
prisoner came behind him and committed the theft.
Mr. Hinde feeling the motion of his pocket, turned
round, and saw his handkerchief in the hand of the
prisoner, whom he immediately seized, and gave in
charge to an officer. He was committed for trial.
John Nowlan, a porter in the service 01 Messrs. D -

:vey and 'Roberts, chymists in Leadenhall-Street, was 1 BARTHOLOMEW P4i :R.
next put to the bar on a charge of felony. -
It appeared from the.testimony of John Walsh, a ' After .the ceremony of proclaiming t artholom- 4
clerk in the same house, that the prisoner had long Fair, on Monday, the Lord Mi•yor :and SistriT, t,„l
been suspected of dishonest practices, and was yester- into their carriages, and returt.ed to the It.lans, ~
day watched, when he was detected with a bottle, House. . Mr. Sheriff Wood received the huzzas Glut;
containing seven pounds of quicksilver, concealed in spectators from the moment of his arrival in smith.
the top of his hat. field until his departure. The monteilt the hair
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The prisoner confessed his guilt, and threw himself proclaimed, a loud and surprising peal burst on the
on the mercy of his employers ; but, from the fre ear. Drums, gangs, horns, cymbals, fiddles, cracked
quency of this description of crime, the Lord Mayor, trumpets, broken bassoons, and salt boxes, producel
with great propriety, committed him to take his trial, a concert sufficient to distract 8.21ial himself in di,:
as a warning to others. ;,Hall of Pandemonium. Emperors, Kings, Hark
•• .
, : quins, Punch, and the Devil,,were immediately in „c.
tion, arrayed in splendid attire. T:ie Lord 111.0. •
lisued an order, previous to the Fair, for the stalls t:,
be erected outside to the foot-path, and the avenues
to be kept clear. Richardson, Saunders, Scawto.i,
and Polito are stationed in grand style. An elegan..
refectory, or genteel suite of apartments, for the sal.
of sammes, black puddings, and other dainties, W 4
prepared in the centre of the sheep pens. Amon.,
the most prominent rarities were a scientific elephant,
capable of opening locks, unbolting doors, and miny
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without arms capable of performing works of art.—
The City Marshal with his Constables took up ;lair
Right Steward
through Piccadilly,
Hon. Lord
and Kensingtonthe inhabitants, were thrown into great consternation
on Sunday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, hr
the escape of a leopard from a caravan which w 4.;
conveying it to B irtkolemew Fair. The animal ran
into the lower part of one of the houses which are re•
building on the South side of the street between the
Church and the Haymarket. The keeper, who soon
discovered the escape of the animal, ran about in
great agony, calling for a blanket and some ropes;
but when the people heard the purpose fo. w?tich
they were wanted, they retreated from the spot with
the utmost precipitation. Two monkies maimd at
the same tune, one of which was taken in an oyster
shop on the spot, the keeper of which closed his 4one
immediately, lest the monkey might be followed by a
more formidable visitor. The leopard, we are sorry
i to find, was not taken without injury to one of the
men who were employed on that hazardous service.
The animal bit one of them so severely that the pent.
man was obliged to be taken to St. George', Hoyt-
-1 tal. The way in which the animal was secured
by placing a den before the door of the cellar
in which he had sheltered himself, but it was with ro
ii small difficulty that he was induced to enter it. Tie!
horses, which drew the caravan, it seems, took fright,
ran off full speed and overthrew it ; the cage which
contained the leopard was thrown out, and so 'hat-
' teted in the fall, that the animal easily escaped:

On Wednesday a young man, named R. Gore, was
drowned while bathing at Margate. The boat of a
Revenue cutter hastened to his assistance, and in about
five minutes got him ashore, where he was observed
to move his eye-lids ; but owing to the mistaken mq,e
of holding drowned pefsons np by the heels, it is sup.
posed that the small spark of life which had been kit
within him was rendered extinct for ever.
Friday evening, as the Hon. Mrs. WALPOLE was
returning to Waddon, near Croydon, in her carriage,
the horses tank fright, front the very vivid lightning
which then prevailed, and gallepped furiously along
the road. The-coach in a short time ran against a
hank, by which it was upset. Mrs. W. had her !tilt
arm broken by the concussion, above the elbow ; s!iit
was otherwise much bruised. The coachman escaped
with some slight.contusions..,
' List Friday evening, as one of the Worthing
coaches was on its journey to Brighton, it was over.
turned near Buckingham, and some of the passengers
materially hurt. A gentleman named Cole, a sohci.
tor of NVindsor, who has been sojourning at Brigh
ton a short time, was'thrown from the roof with such
violence that his right leg was dreadfully broken,his
left leg lacerated to the bone, his right arm cut, the
wrist put out of place, and the shlulder disloca-
ted. Another gentleman, named Taylor, also an
outside passenger, received a severe contusion on his
forehead ; and the coachman and two others %veep
hurt, but in A much less degree. Another Worthing
coach that was 1.-Bowing took up the two unfortunate
gentlemen most injured, and on their arrival at Brigh-
ton, Mr. Cole was attended by Messrs. Hall, Born,
and Baker, who, we arc happy to state, after reducing
the fracture and dressing the wounds of their patient,
left him in a much better state than could have lam
expected. .
A plumber being lately employed to repair tie
pipe of a pump, belonging to Mr. Bond, of Chad-
leigh, found the carbonic gas from the well (which had
Inot been opewd since the dreadful fire at that place,
in 1807) so powerful that he would not venture in:
two miners, rho had been at work in the neighbour
hood, coming by at that instant, one of them •1101"
i tee' ed to go down, (a ladder, 19 feet in length, had
I previotisly been fixed), but before he had descended
' half that depth, fell otf and sunk to the
bottom, aba t
forty feet. His cf:mptution followed, and shared de
came fate. A joiner, named Nosworthy, causal
rope to be I:i.ed round his wititit, and was let 111'4'
but on his senses going off, the nonw. of the rer
slipped, and he was likewise precipitated to tie b•'•
tom. Another man had the rope fastened hetweeT
his legs and round his waist, but had not proceed.;
ten feet before his senses left hint, and he was Jr.oo
'up nearly lifeless. After this they procured a go?:
I piing; iron, by which the three bodies were extricat,'
from the well, but the life of each was estinst.

M AR RTED.
At Liverpool, CA Monday se'eLight, Win. Douglas, Esq. 1-" v
tenant-Co:onel of Its Majesty's istb Rtgotunt, to :slarra.,;f.
daughter of Thomas Trtters3l:, Esq. of Evertoa l lilt.
On the 30th tilt. at Retrial, the Rev. 1)aohl %Venom r
of Rontsey and Troubto y, to Mn. Iluorr., withal. 4 my I'4'
Major Mourn, of the Royal Mantles.
Sunday. at East Ti.bury, Ensign Francis Larsigornr, r'!"4
York Rangers, to Mary Ann, only datghter ut ;I'..aja I
Midgley,

1)IED.
On the 21th ult. in the 33d ymr of his av, Cargo J."
/tubby, of die Royal Navy.

.ONDON: Pranicd and p•lbl.+shrd by LEVEL
STA tics, No. 1, Carey-tweet, and at the
24141 e-flu.

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