Star.
London, England, 1826-08-05 00:00:00

NAIDSTONE,Auavn S.

John Peek, alias George Watson, described in the
calendar as a merchant, who pleaded Guilty yesterday
to four several indictments, charging him with having
forged and uttered, in this county, tour different bills
of exchange, purporting to be respectively drawn by
certain foreign houses, and accepted and endorsed by
trading firms of this country, having, beeirhumanely
allowed by the Learned Judge time to consider until
this.rnorning, whether he would abide by Ills plea, or
retract it, and take the chances of a trial, was, at the
sitting of the Court, placed at the bar, wheii
- Mr. ADOLPHUS stated, on his behalf, that since-yes
terday some friends of the prisoner had arriveE •iit the
town;_and having advised him, in so serious -1 case, to
stand an investigation of the various chirieat againit
him, he now respectfully claimed the liberty, ornyailing
himself of the indulgence which the Learne4..loilge had
so tenderly allowed him permission to-seeks &he•should
be so minded. The prisoner now -wished to withdraw
his plea of " guilty," and take his trial on the plea of
" not guilty."
Mr. Anonaws and Mr. BIIIODUCL, Counsel for the prosecution,
said, they had no resistance to offer to the prisoner's'request ; but
owing to the absence of witnesses, it was ordered that..the trial
should stand over until the next Winter Assizes.

Robert Renton, a person of most respectable appear.
ance, was placed at the bar for the purpose of being
arraigned on the Coroner's inquisition, charging him
with feloniously killing and slaying Robert Renton' the
younger, his son, a child of tender years, by striking him
on the head with a leather strap, armed with a buckle,
at Bromley, in July last. A Bill of Indictment had
been preferred against him for the same homicide, but
it was ignored by the Grand Jury. Before he was put
to pleat to the inquisition, a conference took place be-
tween Mr. Adolphus for the Crown, and the Learned
Judge, as to the sufficiency of the record. It seemed
that the Inquisition omitted to state any venue, .either
'in the margin or in the body of the record, and conse-
qoently, the Learned Judge being of opinion that this
was a fatal objection, directed the inquisition to be
quashed. There was another objection to the inquisi-
tion, which would also have been fatal, namely. as to
the mode by which the death of the child was stated to
have been. occasioned.
The prisoner, who appeared to be broken down by inward anguish
11 and remorse, bowed respectfully to the Court, and was immediately
restored to liberty.

Accounts from Madrid state, that the
•Cletgy have
made a proposition to the King of SPAIN, to raise an army for him
of 40,000 men, and to pay them, provided the KING will give them
permission to appoint their own Officers. This was refused by his
MAJESTY. It was also reported at Madrid that the Kinn is on the eve
of issuing a Manifesto, she particulars of which have not transpired:
Dispatches were sent, off yesterday from the Secre-
tary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs to the British Minister at
Paris, and also at Gottenburgh.

. -
EARL OF WINCHRLSRA.—His Lordship was in his
74th year. His titles were—Rarl of WRICIULSILA, KG. Viscount
31rtorrons, Baron Fixot, of Daventry, and Baronet ; Lord Lieu-
tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Rutland. His Lord-
ship held the different offices of Lord of the Bedehamber and
Groom of the Stole to the late Kuta, for nearly thirty years, and
wrs Comptroller of the Windsor garish:haunt till the decease of
his Musser.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House
for the determination of the following question, viz.
" That this Court confirm the Resolution of the Court of Mery
ton of the stb July, whereby the Commander and Owners of the
ship Royal George are fully acquitted from all imputation of neglect
or misconduct in respect to the loss of that ship."
At six o'clock,the glasses were closed and delivered to the scru-
tineen, who reported the question to be decided In the allirmstive.
The Shareholders of the Cornwall and Devon Mining
Association Company held a meeting at their offices,
Lombard•street, yesterday. None but Shareholders were
permitted to attend, as it was strictly a pirate meetinig.
Yesterday an elderly woman named Granlow was
found dead on the floor of her apartment in Little
Galway-street, Et. Luke's. Her husband, a baker„was
some time ago transported, since which she lutsgbeen
in the habit of immoderate drinking, and float- the
position in which she was found, it is supposed she had
fallen from her chair in a slate of intoxication, and was
suffocated.