Star.
London, England, 1818-08-08 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

• TRIAL FOR LIBEL, OCTOBRR 1317.
The information was filed at the instance of the
Rev. Samuel Marsden against J. T. Campbell, Esq.
Secretary to the Government, charging the defenda,a
'with having written and published, in the Sydney
Gazette of 4th January 1817, a letter with the signa-
ture of Pirdo Free ; which leiter the Rev. prosecutor
alleged to Contain libellous matter against him in his
clerical and magisterial capacities, and as the agent
and representative of certain religious societies in
England. The trial occupied three entire days. On
Thursday the 9.3 d October the 'ury pronounced their
verdict, finding the defendant guilty of having per-
mitted a public letter to be printed in the Sydney Ga.
zette, which tends to vilify the public character of the.
' prosecutor, as the Agent of the Missionary Societies
fo..- propagating the Gospel in the South Seas. Judg-
ment was deferred till the Tuesday following. The
defendant attended the Court on the day appoir.ted,
and moved by his solicitor for judgment ; but the
prosecutor's solicitor intercepted the motion, by sta-
tin.g, that he stood instructed by his client to say, that
it was not his wish to chit for judgment. The defen-
dant's solicitor, however, pfsrsevertd itt his motion,
prating for judgment instanter. Whereupon the
Court retired to deliberate ; and, resuming, declared
that they did not consider themselves warranted by
the practice in England to grant the defendant's mo-
tion for judgment, seeing that the present snit was
abandoned ; and therefore disn.issed the matter be-
fore them, by granting the defendant permission to
depart the Court and discharging his rscognizances.

Last week the Lord nishOp of SALISEGRY Con-
firmed- about 4000 persons, Men, women, and chil-
dren, at the different parish churches in the Island
of Jersey. The condescension and affability- of this
Prelate have given universal satisfaction the inha-
bitants throughout the Island.
Saturday, the Bishop of Lomoca held a Confirma.
tion at Chelmsford. when more than MO persons of
different sexes were confirmed.
The landed property bequeathed by the late Earl
of Kielty to the Marquis of Lagaitiowur, who suc-
ceeds to the title, iz quite inconsitierable, it consists
only of a farm in Ireland, whlelt was reserved tiy- the
late Earl when the remainder of the Kerry estate was
sold, in consequence of having upon it the ancient
burial place and monument Of the fiords of Kerry.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF FEMALE INTREPIDITY
AND PRESENCE OF Mitso.--The village of Brie, in
France, has recently been the theatre of the follow-
ing extraordinary circumstances :—A pedlar and his
wife presented themselvet, at night-fall, at the door
of a little farm some distance from the high road,
and asked a bed. The farmer (named Pinaud),
whose wife had recently lain in, granted their re-
quest, and they passed the night quietly enough.—
Next day, being Sunday,-the farmer and his servants
went to Mass at a neighbouring village, and the ped-
lar accompanied him, leaving none in the house but
the farmer's wife, a child six years of age, and the
pedlar's wife, ulio pretended to be ill. Hardly had
the people quitted the house when the latter, armed
with a knife, went to the bed of the farmer's wife,
threatened to kill her if she did not give her her
Money. The poor woman, unable to resist, gave up
her keys, and desired her little boy to chew the %so.
man her chests. She rose, however, softly from her
bed, and following the pedlars wife, beckoned her
own child out of the room, and double-locked the
robber into it. She then directed the child to run
into the village, and bring his father to her assistance.
The poor little fellow lost no time ; but by a dread-
ful fatality he met the pedlar, who, no doubt, was
returning to join his wife. The child ingenuously told
him he was going for his father, as the house was
being robbed. The pedlar took hint by the hand, and
told him, there was no necessity to go for his father,
as he would go back and protect his mother. When
they arrived at the farm, the farmer's wife refused to
open the door, as she did not hear her husband's
voice. The peaks tried in vain to persuade her to
open it ; and at last, threatened to cut the threat of
her child if she did not. Finding even that in vain,
the diabolical villain actually pet his horrid menace
into effect, almost under the eyes of the mother, who
heard, without the power of succouring, the last
cries and sobs of her unhappy child. Haring pespa
Stated this useless crime, the monster, with horrid
Menaces against the life of the mother, got upon the
roof, and was descending through a chimney, when
sire collected all her strength, dragged the pillasse
from her bed and threw it on the fire. Tire smoke
instantly enveloped the assaksin, who, being unable
to re-mount, fell into the fire, half suffocated. in
;his state she struck him several blows with the fire
shovel, which effectually disabled him ; and then,
exhausted by fatigue and anguish, she fell senseless
on the floor, and was found in that state when the
farmer and his men returned from church, by whom
die guilty wretches were secured. It is thought the
, pedlar will recover so- as to meet the reward of his
lborrible atrocity. The Our wsrtian sir:, b; clue,
bran& to hbe te-atet.

Tin bated! between Painter Ind Spring fir 100
tilir.fts a side, and that between Crawley and a Clare-
market butcher: took place yesterday, on the Russia
Farm, between four and five miles from Kingston, is
etwenty-toureeet roped ri ag. Spring and Painter are
well known pugilists. On this combat stinging sums
of money have been lost by the very fin Aest of the
ten noseenti, as those who tricked Spring before backed
him again heavily at 3 to it, aid Painter's former
bneicers, with few exceptions, were brought over to
Spring's' side.. The Commissary and the whiter
Lag
men Were alert on :heir duty at an early hour, and the
usual cavalcade of ()loads and pipers, speculators in
readers and raineriles, were all in motion, presenting
a spectacle wh'ch would have alarmed the sagas at
Guildford, and who h the gaol delivery tam: fret will
not match. In the .tbsence of the great Captain the
ring was tolerably menaeed. The men threw their
castors into the ring, ii;:lt,wc:l by their seconds, Bel-
cher and Harry Haimer fur Painter, and Cribb and
Clark for Spring.
THE BATTLE.
Edna/ I. Between four and five minutes was occupied in
form and measurement, twill hlyring made play, but his let
hand was will parried. Painter was aiming to get well in at
distaece, and having done-so, be made a left-handed feint, and
slew out his right hand with the full Iva* of his body, and
. •his adci r....ry by a heavy hit OM the left eye, which ee-
rids d iLiad with the knock down.—Even betting on Paiute:
front 5 to e against
2. Painter in great confidence from the stream of claret whicli
Sowed from hi; adversary's eye, made play, and light hits were
exchanged.—itoth down, Pain/..r under.
5. Painter cn the side of the bead with his
acivarssry'sl.lt band, aunt In closing bo:h went down.
4. Thu-re was no hitting, but Siring was strongest at throwing.
S. After exchanging counter hits Painter got his adversary:a
head locked under his left ..run, and milled with his right,-1
Spring had too ranch experience to stand this, and be trizal
Painter's weavins hana, Mal basing his left kg rased agaibst
his adversary': lehrsi, Painter reeehird a smart fail.
4. Then mans more lighting In thieround than in any preced-
, ing it. Seveial hits were planted on each side, but Painter's
object seemed to be.to do will what he did yerform, that is, to
make his &dyer...aryl-Lel Ilia right hand. Spring had rather the
best Of the round, and in striving to give the fall he succeeded.
7. and 9. No mischief was dose he mess were piping and
scheming, what in.the ring phi ase is termed 0..3.mi-wending,
for more ruffianing operations. They accotr.modated each other
and went down nicely.
9. Here was some mischitf cut out, and the men met man-
fully, and luvned-to in earnest. At the close of a taiga rally
Spring received a chancery right-handed lugger upon the ear,
which made the claret run out, Indic was a strong omen of a
speedy victory.-7 to 4en Painter.-
10. Spring got up groggy and fought his best but Painter,
al.hongh hit in the rally, broke mesa with much 4.!roitneu to
get his right Land to work again. lie was thrown in a close.
11. 12. 13. There was but little fighting, but Spring's nob
was mortgaged by contusions, although be stood manfully to his
adversary, and fought gAnte.
14. Spring had the best of lighting, and bk his adversary of'
his ITo egconvey the latter part of the battle best to the,
sporting reader, we need not go over the whole of
the rounds, as there was much hugging and but little
execution until the e2d sound, when a rally tack
place with rec;erocal advaetages. Reinter had the
best cf the round, by getting his adversary's head
under his arm again, and dropping him when tired
of weaver Spring was now much reduced, and
his h-ad had suffered severely: but although he
fought with much courage and fairness, Fainter out-
generalled him, and the latter brought Spring down'
a bit in every round. In reund 31, after some smart
hitting, Spring received Peinter's heavy right hand
upon the jaw. Ir. teas even betting that he did not
come again, but be stood up unt:l the 42d round,
and his game caused him to be severely punished.—
He gave in, not by word, but from helplessness, after
fighting one hour and four minutes.
REMARKS.—Painter fought this battle with much
judgment, and he led from the first round. After'
the detail given, we have only to add, that he out--
geeeralled Spring, who hrs-aperoeel game !
Crawley heat the Clare-tr.erket butcher in two or
three felling hits.—Carter threw up his hat to fight
my man in England.

CElClCZT.—Saturday se'n,.ieit, at Winchester, dur-
ing the week of the College Llection, the young men
of the College. with two Gentlemen of New College,
Oxford, played the T.Aen Gentleneen, with two given
players, at Cricket. on Twyfo:d Down. The. match
was decided in favour of the College Gentlemen by
seventy-one runs. The company on the ground was
very numerous, among whom were several elegantly
dressed Ladies, who seemed highly delighted with
the diversion.
Caz.IInCINIAx CANAL-4n coneequenee of Fort Au-
gustus and Fort William having, been discontinued
as Military Establicl,ments in Scotland, the Perliamen-
tary Commissioners have made as application to the
Paterce Reeler, through Lord SIDIIIOOII% to trans-
fer the possession of the buildings and the adjoining
land, as objects of great importance for the purposes
of the Caledr.ai.in Canal, which is now nearly corn-
, pitted. The Commisiioners, iu their Report, state,
they had every manta to expect a favourable answer
to their application.
Tuesday night Mrs. Monk, the wife of a butcher
in Long-alley, Fnsbury-squart, sat up to have her
husband's .breakfast ready at the early hour he in-
tended to go to market. About two o'clock, Selling
asleep, she dreamed that one of her children had
fklie.i out of the window, which terrified her 90
mach, that she suddenly started to save him. and un-
fottunately fell out at the third floor window into
the street, by which she was dreadfully cut in vacates
parts of her head and body. She was conveyed into
the house in a serneless state. Hopes, however, are,
entertained cf her recosery.
'lnc importance and value of Salt as an introduc-
tion into food, becomes continually more evident, as
its meJiciaril properties are rendered more distinct
and fully :crown. Among other salebrious virtues,
may be mentioned its rrathein.inthick properties,
which have been rendered.very evident by the pub-
lication of some late cases. It appears that vhsnever
rah is denied to the human being, diseases of the
`stomach are general. and that worms are engendered
in the body ; and in one instance, where a person,
from aversion tothat substance, had refused it either
in food, or in any Other form, they appear to have
been the consequence,,and remained for many years.
In Ireland, salt is a well known remedy for bets us
the horse ; and among the peer people, a dose of
common salt is e,,,?c:.:c.c', a cure for the w•ora:s.
PRICE or BULLION.— Portugal gold, in coin, and,
forcig-n gold, in bars, were yesterday at £4. Is. 64.1.
new doubloons at :124. —t e w dollars at ss. Sid.—and
silver, in bars, standard, at ss. sd.*