Star.
London, England, 1818-01-09 00:00:00

ce occurred yesterday
two o'clock a respec-
t into the Office, and
of the attendant, ad-

. Mayor. The latter,
unexpected a visitor, deman-
The Gentleman, in a loud
trepidation of manner, answered

e pun tianely warning against ate
uurhith Mr befel a great City. I
are the Father of that City,
dm* notice to the pespic
Lord, I am come here to
ton an earthquake is shortly,
City. The sans and svitk,,d-
-: heavens, and judgment is de-
assuredly take place, but I sat
wanting may be saved. The
• from the east of London
he western extremity on a
therefore, Within those bounds-
never before witnessed ; the
he drstruction of Sodom and
in comparison, to the dreadful cals-
. The Atonement, aye, the
• ever--ivad

4 pbantur—no raving of the
•itW justice ►as swans to ac-
\ illad your telluVr-citilosii to

Myself, Sir, thank yoo from
. against impending nun ; but
!Woos and Gomorrah, we may
, the City of Lowden, for
may be averted ?
slightest hope es to that,
Sodom and Goradrria, the
Wilata• • part of Lon-
-Al to destruction.
allowed to know abttie.more of
• neat as possibdo, with the
ie earthy to take place ?
about Wm o'clock, a few

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.Ytiltle.parid Jeleriss.
/It doe liumpulms, Co-

pink wire some of any
as to the oecessity.of
+ apes the eastern falai-
mad ehid. op thee front

raostmarseise awn na the East,
picariee set towards a
moos, wrath
, front. Dar.
..wass Istatoa--+' Demme ! BE*
Jefferson Maynard ; and clasp
upwars: s, it darted off, ird
Archibald M:NasOtow,
Once mote with notous
04re-house, in Oxford-
it. The proprietor stated,
_ himself in the coffebeoOm
andcallecl for a glass of brandy
• be. piunded up anti
A liberty. cif-the subjec*t
loaf ,X he.puiled.oil,
watek-binst; Yhtdcf4
on.dining the Ajolst..and
the Magistoite,:with,
.sealking ,thigh the
dirty
ant his enccin°R4,l/4*
' boat confined.ti icold
calidle,
204mWhic)kwp_ t fiy
This ~t,14 -4ifesidakit said.
of Kant Henri having beeii
aU night. These fel-
. constables) keep. themselves,
withholding fire from the priirners;
widsout fire, you would have
-e alscont witk'your boots."
in the sameineolte-
tt bring an action against
damages at ten thousand
lock-up place below,

investigations took place
' - and yesterday Which
. ten o'clock at night,
who was wounded and
Tuesday night, at a late hour.
Adelpin public-house, in
Millard, the landloid of
brought froth the
pro►ided with sufficient
Ail to answer the charge
him when the gate of
is decided.
tou.--Tuesday se'nnight
Mary, his wife, were
of base money found
suspicious characters,
means of subsistence.—
: his defence, denied all
contended, that the fact
the place where they
idence that it belonged to
his having been coo-
ought not to be stated
that offence already.
your b sithood, 9i►
Oct convenient tor nve to

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. _ -• . ,-1441,-------1-- eloSed, and that to literary fame is crowded with ' '-: ' ma.ijaat ' • NOLICE.
tant, when not 'one quarter of tti alms now given in numerous and most deserving candidates, yet is there • . . cf_ r v.
the street would 13e required to relieve the destitute. one path which will always be ore, . eat which, • An e_slauulthaery circumstance
Thepresent state of the mendicants must be felt as however full, can never be too crowded-I"—a thetraci, et thellansion House. About tv
1 . ' in evil by all dailies, and the opulent, espectolly fa that leads to the Temple of Mercy, and in ethic.? thmt table looking young man rushed
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malts,, were besieged in their carriages by the wog can be no struggles but those of benevolence. efieragauting the interrogatories a
. ) Mr. Featecis moved that Mr. Williams be ap- vested Mthe side of the
. Lest
; claimants, who would not desist flew 3
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• ' till they received mosey, with,* *kw Tetasurer. sua-pnsed at seeing so ur.expectee
thefolemo any possibility of discriminate; whether ' Mr. FRANI), in secondfng this motion, • said, thee ded to know his business ? The G
they wake
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- it objects of ttlida--Resoiution eipoodto. this was a political question, and a political question tone, but with some trepidation o
• Ids Hoist said, a Resolution had bienlait.,i nto of the very highest importance. It went to the root his Lordship as fellows :
bie.baud4 which he should propose with much plea- of all society. Society, according to the Scriptures, My Look I ism Um is re youth@
when one meta- a tires was *NOW carats which ever
, e Ilati, though he had not been one of those whet on- Mks connected together as one body : , . to. to 00. !ovum, imicguse
you
are
1 members suffered with it. •in a did
ginally culled the Meeting. The plans for the relief her was afflicted, all the sod a you alum' circulate dm
of the poor were almost as miens- u the persons Society was a pyramid whose basis was the lower of what is about to take place. my Lot
who had given the matter consideistiem. There was Classes. If the basis should be diminished, the whole announce to you did nothing Ira than
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even this mom. to MIA this greet City.
I thing in which all had agreed.that the plan fabric would tumble clovrn—(Amlireve).--This wasnets of the
( one
Pnt have risen to the heave
i ') . eldiuld 6e general, and that any Committee for a
temporary or partial purpose, was not.what hums- only the beginning of the measure; if wisely con- on ott: •at vitiation will ~,,,
ducted, it might be attended with the Tint benefi- =say, that those who take ward
1.. nity looked to, The ptirpose which they had in view dal effects. •
mast be attained in a gradual manner, and there was
a difficulty is taking any decisive plan. When the Mr. W. H. Bodkin was then appointed Secretary.
Mr. HARRISON denied that their intention was
. yo- nes beware i sn
is appointed to extend only Ire
on a line with the Monument, to die 1
line whit Temple lair. Let aIL thanks.
ch degastauon was neve
subject was under. the consideration of a Committee laical They had no intention of interfering in any ravages by fire in 1666, and even the de
way with civil Government. He was anxious that Gomorrah. will fall short, in comprises
tel the House of Commons, in JBl4, they found the
difficulty so great that they did not recommend any this should be distinctly understood, and pubtamhous -
mkt' Wha.ch
lonalraitst ivied', willoo .
ink night.fnrT
4 specific measure. This was a proof that the evil lished: "He saw there gentlemen who could state it 0 Like the baseless fabric of a
4 . 9ould not be easily removed, but every friend of hu- better than he, and lay it immediately before the Leave not a wreck behind !"
maniCy, if he -could not do all the good which was public. By doing so, they would essentially serve —Believe me, my Lord, this is no Oa
to be wished, would at least attempt to do some society. He, for one, did think that mendicity could
c.brain,. but a solemn awful truth which i
, and I humbly implore you am
good. There was a great mats of information laid be put down altogether. He concluded by moving take warning,
and save you Ives.
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1 befere the country by the Committee on the Pcor thanks to Mr.pttey, for the gratuitous use of the room. The Lou) Maroa—'lle City and oar
Laws, and as various plans might be suggested, he It might, indeed, be said rooms, for the Committee- our heart, for this timely caution again
sliouhl not enter into details. The institutions al- room was also given gratuitously—(Applaaae.) He m.anyfin" snoe„ be hopee
d i that, unlike '4`"i'm
• reedy existing in the country, if their powers were took that occasion to say, that the personal services of still
sakenthisin ore' he persons"eoue 1
intin
.Imo e calamity ,
1 psiaperly exerted, would, as he should be able to those who could glee information or assistance would The Stranger—l cannot give you the s
• ( . *Pt by a few hints, go a great way to remedy the be more Valuable even than money, and he there- and recollect, that in die case of Sodt
fore solicited such gentlemen to put their names in whole of those places were destroyed, i
( opt An object of the • Society, therefore, he con-
caived, shriuld be to lend their assistance, by a sub- books provided for that purpose. don, wicked London,. only is destined to
The Loan Msvcra—May I be ;Would
I. • • citaitibt of labour, to the various existing establish- Mr. Rowcaorr said, they could now separate with futurity, and be made acquainted. as m
' meats. Sub-Committees should be btablished, as as much satisfaction as the occasion allowed. The
time when this dreadful yawning of the
it wits,impossible that one Committee could do all beginning was the most difficult thing. That diffi- Sersager—l am authorised to olv, sb
. sums before or after
the business which would be necessary to effect any cult was now removed. It remained that every one nu— Ike
Loan Ma vo I have now only I
thin towards the suppression of mendicity. The should contribute for the objects in view. Their bu- indebted far ail, divine warning ?
Sub-Conunittee shriuld eo.operate with the Parish siness was not to deal out pattietic praises, but to tell Stranger—l am (rem the Nona, safe
Officer' s and with the general Committee. He should simply what were their hopes, and what should be MAynard, and lam at present red*.
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.. • . IL.. alluderto one or two classes of prominent beggars, their endeavours. He moved thanks to tho Chairman. vent Gardanen.
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whom the Committee might easily remove frbm the Mr. Hume, in seconding this motion, mentioned, gbikwaphicai and taucktataw
• . streets. One class was formed of the inhabitants of what he had formerly omitted, but what was very issadng a general imamate*, 411116. u
Asia—eh/My Lascars. Every person who brought important, that at Bath they were before them on this tams of the oletrorglie. Pm% ologlosla I
~their, habitations to a plane of safety.
• these individuals to Europe, was obliged by the In- subject. There mendicity was in a great measure sup-
Mr. Maynard—l fear you have mew
. dia Company to give security in 1,000 rupees to pressed. The•example was cheering encouraging. 30d 10, those who ke tab* care that she
. . convey them back to their own country, and there The Caratamow said, he had unwilling to district, called St. Giles's, for there, big a
r' hal been a depot of the Company for receiving them, take the Chair, not becauseate was unwilling to co- ihout to he Powell oat may we'd ltd
till they were sent back. If this depot did not exist, .operate in the deign, of the but because he " °mop*" P"'" I" said the Leah 2
ware! Bruner!" said Mr. Liasid Jeffers'
• . there was no doubt that the Company would pro- w, wished' a gentleman of greater name and superior ins Ms hand, sod directing kb cps mpg
. vide one, if applied to. At little or no expense, talents to preside in a business of such imports we. 'has not beam heard of Ante.
therefore, this class of persons might be removed. By the nett time they met, he felt assured that they: Maatsoaouoit-srarzr.--Ara
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There were also a number of Africans, who were should have not only a gentleman of rank and talents Esq. was yesterday charged Ono
' . among the most distressed ix im rtunate mendicants. to
There was a Society existing, • hich directed its ex .' preside, but that they could select one from many .conduct at the Stratford Coffee
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who should applT for the chair which he now °ciao street, on Wednesday ht. Th,
• ertious to the cause of that %in ortunate country— pied.—The Meesnirthen broke up. • that the delibiedentauW- Newell
Africa.. That Society would, he hoped, open an • about taw o'cisek, and called fa
iii asylum for distressed Africans, to send theag back to Mr. Dimmest* owe the late banker. of Pall-mall, and water. Hart :tank. it; i
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their own country. As for the Sails there had having been for sooselime missing from his family,. down the room, aal•• gaf the.li(
been. formed a sooiety expressly for their relief.-- very melancholy repents have prevailed, concerning the dearness of the quartern loaf
). ° Another branch of the mendicants were discharged him, and a body, which -has been found in the; his boots, which.ffieln-andislied .;
soldiers, they had often small pensions, and the Corn- Thames, rear Putney Bridge, is supposed to be his. he was sent by force to'the watch
1 puttee would find, by investigation, whether they Sumitrot Weeencraft, daughter •of the keeper of duct refused to pat hishoots and
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.'i required an addition to their means of. support. His Tynemouth ligfft-house, has lately experienced a very •he cut a ludicrous figure. before t
, Royal Highness the Duke. of York would perhaps extraordinary resuscitation from -apparent fleath. his •worsted . etatkint after Jet
adopt some measures which would afford them tem. This young person (aged 15 years) had been for some .streets, his plaid don and 1--. diet
porary relief; by applying a Barrack for their recep. time in a rapid decline ; medical skill bidbeen ex- huge red tassel on theaop,and I
I %ion. Another essential part of the duties of the So- haustecl in her behalf; the body was• laid out fer.M. He con:fitted of having been
• • eiety would be the detection of impostors. With ferment, and the coffin. bespoke ;by the assiduour :hole, wi fin and candle,.ed
• these impressions ai to what it would be possible to and persevering attention .Of her apodmeary,•how- as act uillerup VIII. This Act,
d i, he should present the second Resolution, " That ever, re-auimatiog took place, -and her: recovery 'is'jn was madecoosequence ofKank
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.- a Society be established, to be entitled, the Society now no longer doubtful. This -very . singular case locked urt. in a-watch-house Al
for the Suppression of Mendicity, and that a sub- ought to encourage hope, induce exertion, end awe- lows, (pointing. to the constable
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warm enough y withholding fin
s,:ription be raised to defray the expenses." The sub- vent premature interment. . ,
scription was .proposed, because though all existing Faris--Between six and seven o'clock, on Bfeesiay Constable.— if I had been without
iustieutions would be made available, yet pending the evening Jost, a most destructive fire took place at Jai" me warm '6°44 by banging me a
The defendant here continued
- examination of applicants, expenses would be incur- Rensington, in Buckinghamshire. It first originated
rel. lie trusted the subscription would be adequate, in the cottage of 3 labouring man, named Robson, rent strain, and said he would bri
• the constable, and lay his derma;
Is!evasse large fonds would not be necessary. Every whose wife had gone for a few minutes into a neigh-,
man should cacti himself in his parish, and he hoped hour's house, leaving her cot in the care of three pounds. He was taken to the Ic
in default of bail:
••. the public papers would make known the objects cf young children ; when one of them unfortunately
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tlte -Society. Though he did not contemplate the threw some live embers on a small quantity of furze. Bc""Td(Idl•--Several invest."
a isolute suppression of the evil, much good might, that lay on the floor, which immediately caught fire. at
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.thisrOffi... Office during Wed. in_ day
h :thought, be done. A neighbour passing by at the moment, seeing . a did not finish till about
of half-Fau,_
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The L. Mr. Ruooz, as Minister of a very pops- blaze, went in just time enough to rescue the chil- ".,""Pcl..`T% the state man who
Adam-street, Adelphi. - Mr. Milli
• Mr. 'IOOKE rose next, to move the appointment of thatched), and only about fifty yards distant, to which
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I. • bus parish, considered it his duty to second the mea-
sore.--The• Motion was carried unanimously.
a Committee, lie observed, that whenthe Commit- dren. The cottage being thatched, the flakes of fire•• m`"
were carried to the house of Mr. Ilubbert (also
it communicated, and burned with such rapidity,
be to supply Gentlemen with tickets, to be given to all they contained were consumed. sea in ab. yen Tuesday r
which originated at the ' Adelp
the Adelphi pubhc-house, was
watch-house, and he being prov
sureties, was admitted to bail t
tees should be established, theproper course would that the whole house, with the adjoining premises and
• mendicants. Instead of bestowing their charity in
money, which was too frequently spent idly andpro-
melancholy accident occurred at Stamford, at the John Barton, the wounded man,
fligately, they would give to the beggar who soli-MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT,--Friday morning a most
newly erected magnificent hotel there, during the PIA TR COURT, EDINBURGH.—
cited relief one of those tickets, referring him to a time Sir ROBERT IlEftox was lodging in the house, Barny Wood, an Irishman, and A
place where his case would be investigated. To fa- accompanied by several of his friends on their can-
cilitate the investigation a list of queries should be vats. The party had dined at the hotel on Thursday, that may be pte&se against hi
charged with having a quantity a
in their possession, they being sit
.. •. prepared. The result in general would be the trans- and sat late, so that some of the servants of the inn and having no visible lawful roes
ter of the mendicant to his parish, or the assigninf were not able to retire to rest till about half past two Wood being called upon for his
- , knowledge of the bag, and comehim to sonic place to which he was entitled to loco. o'clock on Friday morning. At that time, Sarah
tar . t for relief ; fur . there was scarcely any individual in Holden (a niece of Mrs. Priest, landlady) 17 years of its having been found in th
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distress who might not be referred to some Body or old, and a char-woman, named Mary Hibbino 30 lodged at the time was no evidenc
•.them : he also contended, that h
Institution on which he had a preferable claim for i. irs of age, took up stairs a pan of coals from the
•Meted. formerly by the Sheriff ou
• . relief. The appeal which was now made to the pub- kitchen grate, and put them into the fire place of
•1 • lie rested on the best foundation, namely, that of their chamber, for the purpose of warming th • against him, as he had paid for t
their feet ma
I —llow do you gain y
economy to themselves ; for whatever they subscribed before they got into bed. Unfortunately, the fl of • lidalkstrate
de wood your Honour,
it
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would be applied for the purpose of ridding them of the chimney had been stopped up, and consequenty 1 explain bow. •
an enormous burden. He therefore anticipated com- the vapour from the bunting coals circulated through
plete success. He regretted to see the room so thinly the chamber. The unfortunate women, exhausted W"d'—i"nct II" I'd '
• • t attended on an occasion of so much importance. by a long day's labour, sat down by the fire they had busineoshoW Itegain my hveletond,
, When they recollected the numerous meetings which provided, and were soon (as it is supposed) overcome lived
by uizon
other mean than ni
byobssrved, that= I
if visiouary plan had produced last summer, the pre- by drowsiness. They slept, to wake no More !—for roonel- u
nt attendance seemed to prove, that the influence when, at eight o'clock, Mrs. Priest went sip to the „W.,..,,..."1—CiPuLn..„1bc"'",... o__Lllll isp°_,l*
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i of romance was much more powerful than that of chamber to call them, they were dead, suffocated by 1 banish'.--..
v—e.— —Thin, 11r, -"boimil.'aypounZ
. mister of fact. Still, however, he had full confi- the exhalation from the coals. The -.'"l NMI
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young woman visible means of subsisthlce.
d nce in the accomplishment of the views of the sat in a chair near the fire-place, her head reclining. Woed.-.-For how long, please your I
Society. He then moved the appointment of a on her breast : the elder sufferer lay on the grounxr; • Mayistrote.—For ever, Sir ; return I
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Committee. both, it is supposed by the medical gentleman who fro; "tem You came'
ood.—Then fare you well eves
Mr. Faetze seconded the resolution, and observed, was immediately called in, had been dead for several ou ' ‘• all my for
that it was unnecessary to urge Gentlemen to contri- hours. The distress occasioned in the inn by this Pen L.—NI
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Bean
ac. your face again. Mr. Wood.
bute their aid, as their presence there sufficiently de- cident can be but faintly described. Both the lifeless The prisoners were then orders
dared their intentions. That mendicity constituted persons had been on the previous night in perfect the bounds of Police.
a a great evil was manifest. The only question was, health and activity, and the younger was perhaps as A few ,
t I how this evil could be remedied ?He who could fine a woman as ever was seen.
ing Duffield and Feerittl
nights_ ago as the Rey.
alkswer this question might feel peculiar satisfaction wife of Mr. Priest's head man on his Ketton farm, he was attacked by two fellows,
'•,. • / from the remembrance of it on his dying aa If and has left a husband with three infants. . y. Out of D he had about him, c
f• ( they could not comprehend the whole gigantic plan, respect to so melancholy a visitation, the ' the
' canvas ble golnleWt•Yatch, a silk purse con
. yet they ought to do what they can. He was one of in-Stamford was suspended, and Si; R. Halo
who originated the measure, and he called his friends quitted the town. The Coronet's II
an
" one Spvereign, three 51. Bar
Inquest, and a quantity_ of silver, with wa
qrughothri7tres
ptaothasrsoist inirathryer treomendwn .ouss t duty—. held in the course of the day, ,returned a verdict—! lea .
presint Died aecidenially by suffocation. nag. Mr. W. lying on the iron
his bruises to pursue them.
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