Star.
London, England, 1821-08-18 00:00:00

MURDER IN IVHITECHAPEL.

August 16th, 1821.

SlR—Your highly benevolent Press, always ready to sympathise
wish the afflicted, induces me to pray you will give publicity to
the dreadful case of Nathaniel Wild (late of the house of Messrs-
Cohen, St. Helen's), who was so barbarously murdered on Fri-
day evening last, in Union-street, Whitechapil, and urge the
humane British Public to render some pecuniary relief and as-
sistance to the distressed Widow and three poor Childrefr (the
youngest only two months' old) who are unhappily left without
pmtection or support. The most trilling sum will be thankfully
received by Mr. Burt, straw-warehouse, 73, Holborn, near Red
' Lion-street ; Mr. Ilayne's (late Mare's), Ratcliffe Highway; Mr.
I larris, haberdasher, opposite the Parsonage-house,Whitechapel;
or by the disconsolate Widow, 6, Crescent, Union-street, who
will gratefully acknowledge the benevolent aid afforded her.

LIMERICK, AUGUST 6.—MURDER.—Lieut. KENT,
of Clare-street, a most indulgent landlord, called on
one of his tenants, in Francis's Abbey, a few days
since, for some arrears of rent, for which keepers
had been previously placed on the premises. Lieu-
tenant KENT having heard that some property had
been secretly removed, repaired on Saturday night,
the 4th inst. to the premises, to warn the keepers to
be more vigilant, and, while in the act of pointing
to some loose boards, through which he said the
property had been taken away, the boards were raised,
and Mr. KENT was instantly shot through the head.
The perpetrators of the horrid deed have for the pre-
sent escaped.

MY. WEBSTER WEDDERBURNE left town on Wed-
nesday last for France, with his Solicitor, Mr. SMART,
in order to appear to answer personally any process
which the French laws may subject him to for the
(wounds said to be given in defending himself from
the late attack of a servant at Boulogne.
At a Meeting of the Vestry of the United Parishes
of St. Magnus the Martyr and St. Margaret, New
Fish-street, by London-bridge, which tools place on
Thursday evening to take into consideration the pro-
priety of putting the church in mourning, out of
respect to the memory of her late MAJESTY, it was
resolved unanimously, that the pulpit, reading-desk,
and clerk's desk, together with the altar, organ-loft,
and Churchwardens' pews, should be hung with black
cloth, and the front of the pulpit decorated with an
escutcheon. The Thanks of the Vestry were like-
wise unanimously voted to the Churchwardens for

calling the Meeting.
A fire broke out on Thursday night at the house of
Mr. SMITH, Northumberland-street, Strand, which
consumed the interior, but was providentially pre-
vented extending to the adjoining houses, by the
timely arrival of the engines. It was occasioned by
Mrs. SM 1111, who was sitting up waiting the return
of her husband from the Theatre, and being fatigued,
fell asleep, leaving a candle burning, which, from
some accident, unfortunately caused the above me-
lancholy circumstance, by which the different lodgers
(the house being let out in separate apartments) will
suffer an irreparable loss, as it is feared few, if any,
were insured. The audience at the Haymarket
Theatre were thrown into great alarm by the ser-
vants announcing to Mr. Sstrrn that his house was
on fire; the last words only were heard, and being
understood as applying to the Theatre, an universal
rush towards the doors tack place, and a considerable
time elapsed before the mistake was discovtred, and
order restored.
Friday se'nnight a fire broke out in the premises
occupied by Mr. Enoch Bunn, at Eaning, which for
rapid destruction has not been surpassed by any of
the conflagrations in that unfortunate village. The
alarm was given about half-past ten o'clock, at New-
market, from. whence the engines proceeded with the
greatest alacrity ; but from the distance at which
water was situated, the flames could not be subdued,
and the dwelling-house, a barn, stables, 'outhouses,
three fine horses, and poultry, all fell a sacrifice.
A curious circumstance occurred in Whitechapel
ion Tuesday evening, at the time the Queen's funeral
was passing. A bullock ran into the entry of a baker's
shop in one of the bye-streets, went up two pair of
stairs, and in laying down upon the landing-place,
burst open the door of the front room, and frightened
two or three women who were sitting at tea ; some
drovers with ropes dragged him down ; but just as
he got to the bottom of the stairs, he broke loose, and
'ran up stairs into the garret, and the window being
open, he put his head out, and appeared to be looking
at the Funeral Procession, which was then passing the
end of the street; he was at last got down; and,
?hough a large beast of the Holderness breed, and
the stairs very narrow, very little damage was done.
Thursday, whilst a young man named Richard
Manning, was employed in the repairs of a house in
South Audley-street, the scaffolding on which he
stood unfortunately gave way, and he was precipi-
tated head foremost to the ground with great aro-
lence. Some persons, who were passing by at the
time, picked the man up in a state of insensibility,
and carried him to the Middlesex Hospital, where he
died immediately after his arrival.
The celebrated horse Young Whiskey broke his leg
last week, at Clifton Park, and was destroyed in con-
sequence.
Tuesday night the Parish Church of St. Luke,
' Old-street, was entered by thieves, and robbed of a
quantity of black cloth and other articles.