Star.
London, England, 1810-04-03 00:00:00

DUMFRIES, 1111:1RCH 28.

ly evening last, a very large an -I most re.
spect..l%le meeting took place at the George Inn,
Duinfri:•s, of the opponents to the Tonnage and Po-
latol; presented to Parliament by the Ma-
r;•.ll.l!es and Town Council, Colonel DE PEYSTEIt in
rae Many loyal and appropriate toasts were
given ina style of peculiar exultation, and the ardent
.:mire of ail present -appeared to be, to repress all
partial and selfish interest, and to promote by every
possible means, the improvement of the town and
irrounding country. In the course of the evening,
Convener liavr.axn, in the name of the incorporated
trades, presented to JamEn M,Witta, Esq. the freedom
of the Seven Trades, as a toi,cit of the high estimation
in which lie is deservedly held by them, for his indefati.
gable exertion, both ::tDanifri,:s and in London, ill suc-
cessfully resisting tiic renewal thw e bills, which have
bezai so generally condemned, as calculated to check
the improvemel:t of the town and country. Mr.
it, in a very neat spe,..ch, rcturaed thanks tor
the honour which had been conferred on him, and
stated, that, from the powerful support met
with in London, it was impossible to have expected
any other result in ParEament ; and that from the
many and powerful friends the community had ob-
tained, there could remain no doubt of gaining the
desired object next season. The meeting was con-
ducted with the greatest order, and free from all party
and personal considerations. We gladly anticipate an
Act of Parliament next Session, which, with the en-
terprising spirit of our commercial men, may again
riise Dumfries to a respectable rank in manufacture
and commet ce, and regulate its police in such a
manner as shall secure the comfort and property of
the inhabitants.

ASSIZES.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 17.

A singular I. j ctment Cause of some importance was tried at
these assizes, before Mr. Justice Ghost:, and a special Jury •;
wherein - Robinson, and others, were plaintiffs, and Jona-
than Tyson, dCendant. The ejectment was brought by the
plaintiffs to recover the possession of divers estates in the county
•f Cambridge, as the heirs at law of Jolin,Wrangle,Eq.deceased;
on the grout'), that John Wranile,his natural son and devisee for
life in hi:: will, was dead without issue. The fact assumed
that 1:1 was &owned in the Gair Loch, adjoining the river elyelc,
near Ile]: nsburg, in the north west part of Scotland, in the
ir on t 1.; of September, 1808. To ascertain this fact presumptive
evidence only was rehed on, as the body had never been found.
Several witnesies from Scotland were run:bilk and their evi-
dence was rt markohly chi rect. The evidence of Mr. /VPGregor,
the eta .t. r of !inlifc.iyla Inn, from whence Mr. Wrangle had
taken a was sati..laztory, and evinced the most
f:ienel;y citations conduct reoviirds the unfortunate sufferer;
his hdisttp:int conduct too was deserving of great credit. The
ocal Fituation or the Row Point, in the Gair Loch, where the
uinerturwe event was supposed to have taken place, was adductd
by ;:c,..;;;:ate dt%switigs, de picttirrg the situation of the unfortu-
nat man when seen in a boat, in the Clyde, naking signals of dis-
tr-ss, which f•r the rea tons anted by the witnesses were not an-
swered, and concluding with a representation of theboat as found
sin the following morning, Epset, in the Gair Loch. The circum-
stance ef the body not having been found was satisfactorily ac-
c'':nted for, by the evidence produced; and the identity of the
presomed to i:avc heen drowned clearly ascertained t2y
reference to particular documents found in his portmaxteau.M
Amongt them were three ten pound Bank of England notes ; the
numbers of which were taken down on the spot, and upon
comparing thein with the numbers of three notes previously sent
from England, addressed to Mr. Wrangle at Inverness, they were
found to agree, and proved to he the same. Further evidence
was propesed to be called, but the Judge observed, the evidence
already given, appeared to him perfectly satisfactory; the cause
had been put upon the proper ground ; he had never witnessed
one more handsomely conducted on both sides. The special Jury,
after a short charge from the Judge, found a verdict for the
Plaittiffs.

Enis Bell, a Ver in the_llth Veteran Battelle!, was indicted
for the wilful murder of Thomas Ketble. It appeared, that on
the 25th of October last, the prisoner, with other drummers and
Eft-rt. of his regiment, having become intox;cated in celibrating
thy• Jubilee, paraded the streets of Wirchels:•a in the evening,
drumming and hfing, the prisoner havir.g a drawn sword, which
he brandished about, and threatened to run through several per-
sons. On coming near :he New Inn, where several of the' East
Suffolk militiamen were standing, he d—d them, and said they
were a disgrace to the regulars, and thrust his sword at one of the
men, who avoided the blow ; in consequence of which the sword
penetrated the lower part of Keeble I* body, who was standing
close by.

To prove this six privates in the militia were called ; but as none
of them could swear positively to the pri,oner, the Judge directed
an acquittal.
Michael O'Brien and Wm. Pugh, two soldiers, were indicted
for the wilful murder of a man of the name of Jones, by beating
his head against a wall. The prisoners and Jones had been drink-
ing, and disputing about religion, on which subject they differed.
In returning home to their barracks they beat Jones, who became
very ill the next day, complained of his head, which he said the
prisoners had forced against a wall of a house, and after lingering
a short time died.

No witness was present at the commencement of the affray,
and the surgeon, when called, would not undertake to say that
such violence would occasion the appearance in the interior of the
head of the deceased, and which had caused his death. The pri-
soners were of course acquitted.

Samuel Vidler was convicted of bigamy, in marrying Eanny
Lusted on the 18th of December last, at Hurstmencaux, having
been married to Jane Lapister, at Brighton, the 6th of the same
month, and who is still living.
H. Donelly and J. Good, artillery drivers, were indicted for
stealing a sheep. On their return home to their barracks, about
twelve o'clock at night, on the of October last, they called
with a sheep 01/ a fellow soldier, of the name of Brown, which
the y proposed to him to kill and skin, and that he should have
part for his trouble. On his refusal, they put it into an adjoining
hut, drld left it. Information hairy given the -next morning, by
Brown, they were taken into custody, and the sheep proved to
belong to a Mr. Payne, and to have been taken out of a field near
at hand.—Guilty—Death.
W. Lansden was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of
W. Miles. The prisoner, under pretence that he was a mercan-
tile traveller, hired the horse of Mr. Miles, who is a postmaster
at Lewes, to go to Shoreham. He, however,proceeded to Worth-
ing, where he sold it to Mr.•Lintup, a farmer, for seven gui-
ners. Not returning at the expiration of his time, Mr. Miles's
ostler was sent in pursuit, and in a day or two discovered hint on
the top of the Portsmouth coach. On being taken before a Ma-
gistrate, he was sent, with the ostler, to the New Inn, at
Worthing, where he pretended he had left the horse until his re-
turn front the Isle of Wight ; but, on their arrivel, he confessed
he had 3..4d it.—Guilty.
J. Gravett was indiLted for a burglary in the shop of W. Slat-
ter, at Bartle, and stealing 4elb. of candles. Early in the room-
ing of the 2:ith of January, J. Slitter, son of the prosecutor,
went to work in the premises, and discovered a quantity of can-
dlt :. removed from where he had left them the night before, and
about cOlb. stolen. The shop bad been entered by a window
Ile and some others then pursued the footsteps of two p ersons
hi the snow, which led to a tree, where it appeared. front the
broken tall tw, that the parties had divided their booty. The
footsteps then separated. and, on pursuing one set across several
fi.:1.1,, they leneth came to the prisoner's house, where two
boxes, coetaining 381 b. weigh', were found confusedly huddles!
tegether.—Guth y.