Star.
London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

MURDER.

At the Quarter Sessions for the City of Chichester,
which commenced on Friday, Corporal Holloway, of
the SI st Regiment, was tried for the murder of J.
Parr, a private of the 9th Lancers, at Chichester.
It appeared in evidence, that a quarrel took place
between the prisoner and the deceased, at the An-
chor Tap, about a woman, in which dispute a private
of the 35th Regiment' and another of the 31st,
joined, and about which they fought. After this,
Holloway struck Parr several blows with his fist,
upon the head ; and, on the other men attempting to
interfere, the Corporal cried out to his men—" Stand
to Arms," and, thereupon, the two men ran away ;
but Parr, either from being in liquor„or from the ef-
fects of the blows on his head, could not move more
than about 40 yards. Holloway overtook him, with
a musket, and beat him with the ramrod until it
broke, and afterwards with the small end of the mus-
ket. He left him, but hearing him groan, he looked
back, when seeing him attempting to rise, he ex-
claimed, " his eyes, he is not dead yet !"
He struck him most violent blows with the butt end
of the musket, which lie held with both his hands.
Parr cried out for mercy ; Daly (a comrade of the
prisoner) begged prisoner not to strike him any more,
when prisoner threatened to serve him (Daly) in the
same way, which induced Daly to leave hini, and go
to his quarters. When the prisoner returned there,
which he did with his stock broken, he desired Daly
not to say any thing to the Colonel, as he would tell
him it was done on duty.—Mr. F. Guy, Surgeon,
proved the nature of the wounds : the fatal one was
a concussion in the brain.—The REcoaDEft recapitu-
lated the evidence, when the Jury deliberated a quar-
ter of an hour, and returned a verdict of—Wilful
Murder.—The RECORDIM, in the most impressive
terms (which affected a crowded Court), passed the
awful sentence otthe law nn the prisoner, and direc-
ted that his execution should take place this morning,
and that his body be dissected.

ESSEX QUARTER SESSIONS.
FORGED WALKING PissES.
For some time past several of the parishes in the
counties adjoining to Middlesex, have experienced a
species of visitation, which, though not very novel in
its kind, has become an alarming evil, from the great
extent to which it is daily arriving, namely, the ex-
tortion of money by travelling vagrants, by means of
forged and counterfeited walking passes. A few weeks
since a swarm of persons of this description settled at
Barking, Hockley, and other parishes of Essex,
nearest to the metropolis. The parish of Hockley
was visited by a party of upwards of 69, consisting
of men, women, and children. They applied to the
parish officers, and produced no less than 59 certifi-
cates and papers of the description already men-
tioned, demanding relief on their route to their r.-
spective destinations. Little suspecting any thing si-
nister in the proceeding, the officers immediately
paid to one party of them £4 ss. whilst others went
to the neat parish. A visitation so unexpected na-
turally some curiosity, and the officers sus-
pecting that all was not right, followed the party
same distance, hanging upon their rear. At the next
place they came to, the passes and certificates were
examined more minutely, and upon inspecting the
supposed official seals to the certificates, they turned
out to he impressed with the reverse side of a new
shilling upon black wax, the Court being then sup-
posed to be in mourning for the lamented death of
the Princess Charlotte of Wales., The fraud being
thus detected, the party were induced to deliver up
certificates to the number of 59 ; ant the next step
was CO secure, if possible, the whole of the offenders.
But this was not found so easy a task. Perceiving
that a masked battery was about to open upon them,
some began to defile off with a quick step. By this
time the officers had collected to their aid a few con-
stables, and several of the inhabitants, anal endea-
voured to make some prisoners. A skirmish imme-
diately ensued, in which a desperate resistance was
made, and in the result the officers were only able to
secure eight of the party, the rest having contrived to
make goad their retreat. Those were conveyed to
the Barking lloase of Correction, and were detained
for the purpose of being disposed of at the County
Quarter Sessioms, which commenced at Chelmsford
last Monday.

On Thursday they were brought up on the motion
of Mr. WALroan, in order to be adjudged rogues
mid vagabonds, under the Vagrant Act. 17 Geo. H.
c. 5. The names of the offenders were,

M'Joy, Edward O'Dunnell, the elder, Ed-
ward. O'lknneli, the younger, Mary• Brennan, Mary Lovell,
Mary M'Quiory, Vat y liAkr, Elizaheth Smart, the elder, and
laizabeth Smart, the yourg, r, a gi,l abaut I 1 years old.
The Court, won hearing the testimony of the of-
ficers, adjudged them all to be rogues and vagabonds,
except M'Joy, Mary Miller, and Mary Lovell, the
officers being unable to identify them with sufficient
certainty. It appearing upon the evidence that
MTane and the two O'Donnells were most active in
the resistance made to the officers, the former was'
sentenced to six months, and the latter two to three'
months imprisonment in the House of Correction at
Barking. Thu women were directed to be passed to
the nearest port in Ireland, pursuant to the statute.
Mr. MERRY, jun. son of Mr. :llxustv, Deputy Se-1
cretary at War, attended to disprove the signature of
his father, which purported to be attached to the
certificates.

Lady HAREWORD'S house was broken open on Sa-'
turday night last, and robbed of several dozens of
silver-spoons ; fortunately, the plunderers were un-
able to ascend. to the upper part of the house, in con-
sequence of the doors being well secured.
Friday night the coach-house of Joint TURNER,
Esq. of Putney, was-broke open, and the carriage-
glasses were carried off by the robbers. On the same
night a similar depredation (supposed by the same
parties) was committed in the chaise-house of Mr.
CHAMPION, of the Red Lion, Putney.
The Liverpool Courier says--" We stated a few
weeks ago, that the cebrated Abraham Thornton had
arrived in this town for the purpose of emigrating to
the United States. Me has experienced more diffi-
culty than he had anticipated in getting a passage
thither. It appears that he had engaged one in the
Independence, but when the other passengers became
acquainted with his name and character, they unani•
mously refused to go in the same vessel with him ;
and a new muster-roll was in consequer.ceznaile out,
in which his name was omitted."