Star.
London, England, 1817-01-01 00:00:00

MAURITIUS-SLAVE TRADE.

By the late arrival from the Mauritius, copies hate
been received of the Official Correspondence between
the Captor of the •numerous Colonial Slave Ships,
Capt. Cytaari, of his Majesty's ship Tyne, and Mr.
FARQUHAR, Governor of the Mauritius. It does tip:,
pear, that it was from the application of Governor
FARQUHAR* that Captain CURRAN was induced to
run down the East coast of Madagascar, and that he
was enabled to seize at Tamatave the three • small
vessels alluded to by the Governor, ,ias waiting for a i
cargo of Slaves ;" but the captures of the two yes.
sets with the victims on boaril, were made on the 'l
high' sea.
We rejoice, for the sake of humanity, to learn that
the unaccountable contineance and impunity that has
attended the nefarious Slave-speculators, English as
well as French, at the Mauritius, has met with a sr-
sand exposure, and that the local authority, so enabled
by the orders of his Majesty's Government to repress
it, has been at length awakened to its existence; that
the imputations are no longer (to use its own words,
when some of the very guar now seized by Captain
CURRAN were &aimed on a similar charge, by a ser-
vant under the local authority at Bourbon), consk
dered as., divested of all authenticity,
.and the mere
uffspring of general rumour and indisciiminati sur-
mise." The truth is, that the growing and bound-
less enormity had in those colonies exceeded all cal-
culation ; to be proved by the very circumstance de-
monstrated by Captain CURRAN'S seizure of the very
vessels that-hive been continually, for the last four
years, engaged in the Madagascar trade, and denoun-
ced as Slave.dealers three years before.
A humane public will estimate the intensity of its
cruelty and horror from one short extract of the dis-
patch of Captain CURRAN to Mr. FARQUHAR. in an-
nouncing his capture of a Slave-schooner, with one
hundred and thirty-seven Negroes on board :-
14 To us, Sir. who have witnessed their crowded
state, it is a matter of surprize that such A number
could have existed so long, respiring a Most suffo-
cating and impure atmosphere in the hold of a small
veseri. in which so many were heaped 'nether.
41 Upon their removal to the Tyne, they were
many of them in a state of extreme debility and
emaciation. The transhipping this cargo of human
wretchedness, I could, Sir, cordially have wished had
been witnessed by the philanthropic founders of the
Institution in Englaud fur carrying into effect the
Acts of Abolition, and by those who have conferred
such honour upon themselves by giving it every sup.
port, legislative and ministerial; nun at least they
could not have failed to have enjoyed the solid reward
of their.lalsours. The extent of the Negroes' suffer.
ing, even in these -short voyages, may be inferred
from the extract of her log, which 1 transcribe :•••
Fresh breezes and squally—at four the sea rising,
put on the hatches—A. M. more moderate, took off
the hatches, Arai Aar oldie Slava dead, beia siffseated
far wane of air.' "
We haVe not patience to prolong at this moment
our extracts or remat ks ; but surely, surely, the Noe
Earl at tine head ut the Colonial I)epartmeat will
feel that the rescue of these unfortunate victims arose
from the casual arrival of an active and benevolent
officer, through an accident at an ; and that these
horrors and ontrages, to the dishonour of our cons
m:rcial wia be repeated, ulna some strung and
ne:es;.it y example of the offenders shall be made by
a inC4l Government, impleased with that necessity,
and zralrus ani sincere in obeying those commands
so creditably given by Earl Battiuser, f• of not suf.
Icriml the hunoine Laws of the British Empire to be
violated by any individual with impunity, or to be
relaxed in favour of any particular Colony."
It cutnot be prrtended that this command has
been obeyed, when the captured vessels have only
be•re condemned. while the Captains anal Owners have
heeii lett to enjoy impunity and repeat their crime.
Indeed. in the correspondence of Captain CURRAN, it
a pp-dr s that the Master of one of his late captures was
Master of the Egremont Slave-schooner, a few mouths
before condemned as a prize at the Mauritius.
But what comes of the poor wretches who are
rescued front the fangs of their merciless entrappers ?,
This is a subject to which the friends of Aftican
emancipation should pay immediate
Should they not be always, as soon as possible, re.
turned to the shores whence they were carried away ?
This would answer a double purpose. It would be
ari intimation to the kidnappers of the place, that
.their victims were no longer legal merchandise,
while it would spread through the people. sentiments
favourable to our future intercourse with them. Let
this be persevered in. and we 'hall .hear no more of
the natives massacring such Europeans as chute to
settle among them.

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We have the satisfaction to state, that the late
Mrs. ANNE ELIZABITU MEYRICR, of Westminster,
has bequeathed the sans of One Hundred Pounds to
that excellent charitable Institution, the Quicit's
Lying-in Hospital at Limon Green, Paddiogton.
Coax EXCHANGE, JANUARY I.—W• had very little
Wheat fresh in this morning, but there was a tole-
rable large quantity at Market that was left over from
Monday's arrivals, for which there was no demand, but
prices may be considered the same 'as on Monday.
—Tine Barley being scarce, what little appeared to
day was readily disposed of at an advance of 2s. per
quarter.—Our supply of Oats is very abundant, both
of our own coast and Holland, the sale of which was
very heavy, at a redaction of from Is. to 2s. per
quarter on the ordinary samples of newt but good
old supports Monday's prices. to Peas, Beans, and
other articles, no alteration. •

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Poira.

I

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIESANO DISCOVERY OF A

MURDiR.

MAIMS Porace o,thcr.—aft will be remembered,
that between seven and eight sears ago, the murder
of Lieutenant Johnson, of tfic Royal Navy, took
place neat the China-hall, Deptford, on the Kent-
road. All the efforts of the P4l.ce, for a long period,
to discover the murderers, proved- unavailing : no
probability existed that they would hi ever brought
-to justice. Conjecture fixed it upon several who have
since been punished for similar offences, or who have
put an end to their own lives it! consequence, it was
supposed, of the terrors occasioned by their crime.
At length it has been found, that the Murderers are
no other than a gang of robbers, who have been,l
since the dreadful act which proved them desperate
enough for any undertaking, however hazardous,
living upon -plunder. The circumstances which led
to the detection of the murderers are so interwoven
with those which attended the robberies, that we
cannot do justice to the de.t.ription of the fatal event
without mentioning some of the particulars of the
robberies.

About six weeks ago two men, named Cara and
Gitidoar, both of infamous characters, were appre.
hended upon various charges of felonies They were
afraid of each other; and when in custody, volun-
tarily confessed that they were guilty of several rob-
beries; that they bad been together working hand in
hand ; and that the dead of night always produced
what made the day comfortable.
The police of this office have been within the last
'five or six weeks oil the look-out for several men sus,
spected of being concerned in extensive raberies in
the East and West India Docks. Corns and Gid-
dons readily admitted, that they had been a party in
'those robberies, told the names of others of the prin--
cipals, and also of the receivers of the goods stolen.
In the course of the investigation, irhich.wat canied
on with great privacy, a man named Hetbe. against
whom a warrant had been granted, was beought to
the office, and immediately pointed nut by Guidons
as having been• a principal in a highway robbery
committed not long since. Giddons also stated, that
Hatton had been concerned in another highway rob-
bery, at the last Epsom-Races, upon, a Mr. Holmes.
Even while the esareinstion of ISatton was going
forward, the very hat which Mr. Holmes wore on
the night on which he w_s rfhlsed was taken from
Hatton, and iJentified as Mr. Holmes's property.
• Curtis was admitted King's evidence in art earlier
stage of the business, in consequence of the very im-
portant circumstances I,sitess brought to light respect-
ing the robberies in the East India Docks. lie was
the principal eviden .e against Baler and Gam. lately
convicted at the OA Batley for robbing a iiPle•bUr-
tier at Limehouse.
thdJons will, it is supposed, be admitted. King's
evidence, in consequence of the disclosures he made
Matins; to the murder of Lieutenant Johnson.
Mr. 111SNAIRD ordered up the? prisoner Curtis, who,
upon entering the office, said he should make an ac-
knowledgment of every bad affair in which he was
concerned. He mentioned the names of several per-
sons. besides those whom. e already spoken uf : but
it will be seen by his information, that the greater,
offenders, With the exception of One, are all in cus-
tody. The follosiriag,parts of his evidence will shew
the system with which the plans of this formidable
band was conducted. ‘‘ Giddons and Hatton, and
I," said he, vc were concerned in stealing a quantity
of silk handkerchiefs, on board a ship, of which he
did not know the name, in the East India Docks, in
the month of July. last. We agreed to meet at she'
end of Cnr-throat-lane, which leads to the Docks :
we were punctual, and were all together at the place
appointed at twelve o'clock at night ; we went into
a potatoe-field, adjoining Elder Hedge-lane. Gid-
' donsand Hatton said they had a ladder, and we went
across a field and found it, and immediately pro-
ceeded across the marshes towards the East India
Dock wall. We put the ladder up, and got upon
.the wall, we then pulled the ladder over, and went
down into the Duca, in which a skip lay, to which
we directed our steps in silently as possible. We
went on board, raised up the two hatchbars of the
main hatchway, with pieces of wood called gluts, by
which means we were enabled to take off the hatches,
and by that menus to get into the hold. We were
then sure of our prey ; we struck a light with a tin-
' der bog, which Giddons always carried about bin,
ler such occasions; looked about the hold and found
a chest of, Bandana silk handkerchiefs, whfch ap-
peared all wet and damaged. We pot them is three
bags, which we had provided for the purpose, and
got them up the hatchways we then put the batches
on as cleanly as we had taken them off, and came
away. Having left the ladder on the wall, we were
secure of getting away without trouble, As snon,as
we got to the safe side, we took the ladder, together
with our newly acquired property, and used it in
crossing the marshes, which were difficult to be
passed. We soon met Mrs. Giddons and her son,
John Gardner, with a can; we pm the bags into the
cart ; Giddons drove the cart to the road leading
from Bromley to the Commercial•road. Hatton and
I brought the ladder to the place from which we
had taken it. Upon going home, we lotted the hand-
kerchiets into three parcels, each of which contained
about sixty or 70 pieces, some of them were' very bad.
Gates came, soon after we had committed ,the rob-
herb to me, and gave me SSs. a piece for those that
were good for any thing. I must not forget to men-
tion, that the person who gave us the information
was named Murray, a labourer in the docks. For
this job we gave him amongst us ale. upon receiv-
ing which be told us he should let us know when
there was any thing more to be had. We were im-
patient for more work at this time, •for our success
gave us a spur; but Murray gave as frequent iatel-s
ligence that there was nothing worth while, and that
watchmen were on the inside. At last he came to
us in September, and bid us to brighten up, for the
watch had been taken off the inside, and a ship of
teas was at work. He however said, if we did not
go that night there would be no chance, as the ship
would be cleared out nest day; we prepared for the
business, but upon going to our posatoe field, we
found that it bad been dug up, and that our ladder
had been stolen; we soon suppled its place with
another; went to the Dock wall, and got into the
yard as before, and got on bOard the tea ship which
had been marked by our informant; got down the
hatches, struck a light, and found the chests of tea

rite i 6 flinch desried; *e empthd tofti two
I ben- three bag:, and returned, leaving ester/ thing in
the neatest order (*hind us ; my share antrihnted to
Ithcut 76 or //pounds of tea. [Some 1e:4,6440nd
green, being produced in the office, Cutest s aid, ft
i was part of that stolen by him and his ' patty front
It
the ship is the Decks.] Bat our ptofits (continued
Curtis) amounted to generally more than estt be
easily conceives. t via concerned hi getting hold
of some gold, silver, and muslin,, about three Or foie
years ago, in the Exit India Docks, and evert body
hot ourselves was in the dark about it. Hatton,
Giddons, Btown, and I, met Ctsrby At the Cherry
Tree at Brcmley, one day, and agreed to.gtt over
the Dock-wall, to see what could be got. We
opened dp a ihip, in which we found, to our great
delight, gold bars, silver, and muslin. We lashed a
chest of the mastitis, and took them, together with
the pieces of gold and silver, to Corby's ho-ase, se re
we divided the sprit equally. I took my gold to a
man named Cohen, r •siding near the Brietir era.'
Arms, who gave me upwards of £l4O for it.
the first case in which I *as engaged in the
India Docks, WAS a little More than lot* years .
There was a large party of us at that tiale. Brown,
Corby, Hatton, Pegg, who was-homed, Cliddons,
Mills, Turner, and I, were all in it: We met at
Cat-throat-lane. Mills and Turner watched outside,
so that we were more cautious than we have been of
hue. Success made us confident. We got hold of
some bofes of taw silk, which ley packed up amongst
bales on the quay. We unpacked the bales, and re,
greeted that we were not able to take them all away,
We, however, took as much as we were able. Our.
bags not being large enough to contain such a roan-
city, we packed up the bales in the resola-r orders
woe of with what we coald•carry. returned the next
on which, being Staitlay night. we knew no
watch would be set, and took away the rest. It being
hard to get this silk ofrour hares, we intrusted to Mfas
Turner to dispose of it for as ; but she was some tin*
since exch:quered for I tying it in her possession, and
of course we made little by this enteprize" • .
Curtis acknowledged many•robberies of this des-
cripticn, and mentioned accomplices, softie of who*
have been executed for felonies of different Linda.
His intelligence is in fact so voluminous that oar
columns would be filled by the evidence which he
offered against himself and those with whom ht was
concerned. .

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Giddons shewed a similar disposition to erimmtini-
caw to the Magistrate his knowledge of the East
India Docks' robberies- but Mr. Stenatan told' h ibt
chat if he intended to make a coefenion calculated
to prejudice his own arse, he must take the 'tense-
quencee, wahout expecting to have the benefit cf an•
influenced acknowledgmeht.
Thomas Giddons then t lid, he had other things to
speak of otich were of vastly greater cortieqlteneet
than his life, or any thing that had taken place dur-
ing the gist India Docks robberies, which Might put
that life in danger.
The httoisraafe having expected, from the re.
prated assurances cf Giddons, that 1-e had he-%t c.:n.
cerned in some enterprize of a darker nature thin
;slued I", questioned him upon the subject of the mys-
teriods promises he had beers making.
Giddons then replied—../ will give roe Wdrsl,ira
my voluntary information, and tell you what inA
little expect to hear. I was concerned in the murder
of Lieutenant Johnson, (lithe Navy, in the Kent foul,
between seven and eight years ago. James Hatton,
who is now in custody; William Rain-s, who was
'lately working as a burnboat man ,ac Chatham; 'and
another man, who is a stranger to me, were eencelhed
with me in that murder. 1 then lived at Deptford.
About two o'clock in the afternoon of the day on
which the °Tense was comninLed. Hatton. Reines,
and the other man came to me at the lower water-
gate, where I was sitting on a lynch. They asked
me why I was nut at work ? I said I had noneto go
to. They told me they were doing to-L indoor to get
impressed on board an Last Indiatnari, and that
might go with them if 1 liked. I did go with them,
and we went to the Swan in Leadeithall-street where
we had three halt pints of gin and • some beert
Jew crimp came in, and Raines asked him it he knew
of a ship for four people? The Jew said, No; and If
lie did, be Would say nothing about it, for Raines
would take the money and run away when heshould
get to Gravesend. After the Jew had n,, loafers
said he'd let it drop, and take um: 2 y 'n•
Alter staying a good while, we left the d
went on our way to Deptford. We called at a
liquor-shop after we got along London-bridge, on the
left hand side of the Borough, where we had a glass
of rum each. We next called at the Swan, on the
right hind side of the Kent•road, where we had ans.
tier glass of rum each. When we got below ens
Half-way house, Raines picked up a walking slick.
We went on, and heard a man coming behind- us. I
should think it was near upan 12 o'clock. Raines
said, gi Here is somebody coming ; wlt it do you say
for having his
,money from him ?" We' all agreed,
and when the gentleman came up to as, we stopped
him, and asked him for his money : be replied, he
had none, and if he had he would not give it use •
Raines said, It you don't give it us, I'll knack you
down with the stick." The gentleman snatchedthe stick
outot hishand,and madea blow atone with it. I put my
hand up, and received his hlo w on my wrist which broke
it. He then gave me another blow under the right eye;
and across the temple, and knocked me into the ditch.
I have the mark still under my eye. I in the
ditch about a quarter of an hour, when Hatton, •
Raines, and the other man came to ate, and picked
me out of the cinch t they then told me they had
done the job, and got his money c they said they hall
palled him iato a place oet of the toad and done hit
job, by which I understood they had killed
They asked me if, I could walk, I told them no
they took me into a field 20 or 30 yards off, and there '
left me : they told me they would call- on me the
next night. I staid in the fields about two or threall'q
hours, and then was able to walk 'same. I did not ."."
meet any one on my way. Hatton, Raines, and tfre'l44
other man came to me next night at my lodgings‘‘ .
and gave roe £2. They did not tell me whit the
Gentleman had : said they were going to Notthfitet,' •
to see if they could get work oa board-an Indiaman,
and went away. Hatton came back again in a little •
while, end asked me if I had beard.any thing I I
said, 44 Nothing partictder.P' When they met laity
house, Hatton and. Raines said they killed the man.-
I saw Hatton in the coarse of a week or two after,
and be had returned to his work as usual. Some-
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anseersew=snrg=l/111=11ppeci===.,
tries-he worked. az Deptford, scijnetlasta at Black.
fill, an- doonsetinses he went dawn TAW. I did
• not ;et Raines Until ab-ut tour or five years ago,
when I met him at Chatham. He asked bow time,
. were at Derford ? t replied very bad. He told
• me if P•d;go to Chathansi, 5h01.14-Aet a living there,
and thafl 'should have priri of his, boat if I could get
WlJney'io bny things to bruin with. I accotopanied
e:ind worked with him a god whtlr i but finding that
••• it would not answer,. I came to Rotheritithe shout
"'three or lout years ago. Raines lived at Slicker's.
hill I was not then married to me present wife,
whose name was Gardener, she has been present
when I spoke of the murder. I went to a Chymist's
'in Butt-lane, and got sume stuff lur my arm ; I did
not chew it tNany person. except int wile, and my
'arm was never set. .1 believe when Hatton. Raines,
and the other lett m..; they went awa.j.' together....
We p eked up a worom at the BI icklAyere Arms,
and she went down the road with Os : she was with
us when the Gentleman was :tipped. but 1 did not
see /Iry afterwards."
liaise: ( who was apprehended in conseq•tence al
the informailha.given by the last witness) was then;
put to the bar.
Mr. Kteekiner told him that-Giddons had Wren"-,
torily sworn, that he ( Raines) was not only coo.
cerned in the murder, but that he was the ,person.
who had first suggested the rubbery of Lieutenant
Johnsory
The prisoner asserted, in absolute terms, his entire
innocence of the charge imputed to him. and 'said he
could prove that he had been industriously employed
from the age of 17. He admitted his acquaintance
• with Hatton, but denied that he had ever bees vi-
saged in any act with him, or any other person, of
winch he hail reaihn to dread the consequences.
a' If," added the prisoner, " I was accused of rob.
bery, 1 should not feel as 1 now do : but to be di-
rectly charged with the foul crime of murder, is
'more thaa can well be endured by any palm- bewail
man."
' The prisoner (Raines) did not througbotit the ewe.,
Usination betray the slighest agitation &inn this wai
not the case with Hatton, who turned pale at the.
mention of Lieutenant Jobason's.niwne.
The prisoners underwent private examinations at
the New Prison,Ckrkenwell, beforethey were brought
to the Office. Hatton has been sent to tbs House of
Correction as a place of greater security.
The above is the extent to which we are at liberty
to go in the preseht stage of the investigation. It is
• . needless to say the prisoners were sent back to prison.
IHe RIOTS. .
MANUOW-Housz.--Yesterday morning the LORD
Mixon received a letter lrom a Clergyman and
Magistrate at Northampton, stating that two snspi.
ciuus characters had entered that town, and had been
beard to declare that they were concerned in the late
riots. They were in consequence apprehended, and
edansined before the Magistrates, when they each
acknowledged they were “ in the thick of the mob"
at the Royal Exchange on the 2J of December t and
from some !wilier remarks that fell hems them; it
was understood they bore arms on that day, and afters.
wards tarried them into the country.
The Loan MAYOR having consulted with the City
Solicitor, instructed Mr. Hnsuut to. return such an
answer to the letter as its contents demanded.
Ifesler.—This man was at.length brought up t•
be bailed, and the parties who took upon themselvelk
the responsibility were, Mr. Thomas Hasrison. pee.
of the Cock public-house, Graftoomitreet.i
sobo, and Mr. Richard Angel, grocer, of Prince's.
met Newport-suarbst. The former periOn had been
pteaiostsly approved as eligible by the City Solicitor,.
and the latter was now interrogated by him and by
die Lord Mayor.
Ks stated, thatie kept a small chandler's shop,
Itadernerally paid ready mousy for his goads. He
clofessed that he was in anear of payment five quar-
ters of King's taxes, but said that this was 'the fault
. of the Collector, who did nut demand it: ip also
aeliaciWledged that he was indebted to hie landlord
foil two .quarters'.renti but this, be. likewise stated,
was not ialled for 1. and he assured the Lord Mayor
house, far exceeding in
called upon to swear
iyment of his debts. He
policy of insurance upon
-t the County Pite-Office.
be occasionally made
independent of his bn-
proßt.
whether be Was se-
upon what principle he

that I have been much
Meg that he had been
about," I came forward
41 between the City So-
the bail was accepted,
' ;ago sureties of rif.so.
100. to appear at the
was set at liberty.
drayman, was then brought
up, and underwent a final examination, when Charles
Griffin appeared, and gave the following evidence :
4, I *as witness to the mob which assembled before
Mr. eckwith's shop, in Skinner•street, on the gd of
December. The prisoner •WPS (14 of the foremost,
among them. He had a broomstick in his hand,
and I am positive that with this he was the first man;
who broke the shop windows of Mr. )lackivisb. Pre-
vitals to this, a man dressed in a drabAreat coat, an- i
- „
will not'
raw Eser:',
•31, leveed
descrit
them

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felt it his duty to CORM* him for trial in default of
bail t and desired, if he procured the latter, to give
the necessary notice to Mr. Newman, ip twenty-tour
hours.
The prisoner was removed in custody,
The Louts Karoo ordered that two double barrel-
led guns, a carbine. and.pistol, lately lodged at the
kdansionrhonse, should be delivered up tit Mr. Beck.
with. A musket also, which had burst, was also
given to that Gentleman. This piece, it appeared
upon brioi proved, was discovered to have been
loaded Oa eight times the ordinary quantity of
powder. ft was discharged in the Minories, by a
man whose tinier wu carried away by theexplosion;
but the Officer who witnessed the transaction w.s
unable to secure him, engaged u he otherwise wrs
at the moment.

It is now said by Old Watson, that when he was
stopped by the horse-patmle at Highgate, he and his
companions mistook that olficet for a highwayman,
and on that account 'endeavoured to avoid him. He
asserts, that the patrole, when he first came up to them,
called.triern gentlemen, and apologized for his coq-
duct; but s:iid, as it was such a late hour, he must
know who they were, and where they were going ?
to which they replied they were going to Northamp-
ton. The patrole observed. he presumed they were
mechanics ; they replied, they were, and were going
to Northampton to seek for work—and at this instant
the patrole saw the projection in Old W.tson's breast,
and thrust his hand at it, and discovered it to be a
pistol—he theft said; .4 Y•iu d—d rascals, if you
move I will blow your brains out."
Fomotar.—Telassiu Sewer was finally examined,
charged with utwring as. true. i draft for £57 ss.
Upon that house of Barclay. Tritton, and Co. bankers,
purporting to be drawn by Mr. Card; of Broad-street-
buildings.--The prisonefhad had an offer made him
'of leaving the country for life, if a 'prosecution was
not persevered in ; but protesting in the most solemn
manner his innocence, be preferred being sent before
a jury of die country, and was fully committed for
trial.

Wostsum-snigt.—.Mr. John Hilt of Old-street-1
wad, WAS finally examined on a charge of intermar•
.tying with Anne Walker, whilst his first wife, Ca-
thefine Lawson, was still liiing.—Robert Cloves,
the clerk of St. Mary's Parish, Lambeth, produced
the book of registers. and it was ascertained that the
solemnisation of the Owner's first marriage took
place in January, 1788 —John Harrison, parish clerk
of St. George's, Bloomsbury. produced the registry.
of the second marriage to Ann* Walker, on Sunday
morning. the 28th of February, •J OB. Robert
Monday, hutches. at Battle-bridge, proved the so-
lemnization of this second marriage. The prisoner
declined saying any thing in defence. His son, by,
the first wife, a very senteel young man, proved his
mother being still living. He appeared very much
affected, and remained with the prisoner during the
examination. The charge being clearly proved, the
prisoner was fully Committed for trial.

Bow-sTeen,....Yesteeday Nears Perlin:. a lad of
genteel appearance, about 16 yea* of age, was
charged with stealing a Eye pigeon frOm the shop of
a poulterer at the corner of Hampstead and the New-
roads. It appeared, that the pristinee went into the
poulterer's shop on Monday evening, for the purpose
of looking at some pigeons, and after be had gone
out( the one in question was missing s he was pur.
seed to his father's house, but streauoesly denied the
theft. At length he confessed it to a servant of the
proem:tor, and restaged the pigeon. The youth
ac-
knowledged the fact to Mr. Bolus, and stated that
be could not think, what urged him to the commis-
sion of the fact. The prosecutor humanely declined
pursuing tht matter any further, and the pawns:
was discharged, after receiving as admonition from
the Magistrate.
Edward Mendel, charged with a highway robbery
in Essex, was brought up For re-examination, sod re-
manded.

PEDESTRIUSISL—A mile was done within ve
minutes and six snoods, on Monday morning. b a
baker named Hatt iagt nit in consequence of a bet of
two pounds of steak., and half a gallon of porter,
made oo the preceding sight.
MAGHITIC Negate... The statement recently im-
ported from Petersburgh, of the juice of the onion
destroying or changing the power of the magnetic
needle, was shewn by Dr. Viructesou at the last
meeting of the Bath Literary and Philosophical So:
ciety, to be unfounded.

- -
A few evenings sinee'Ti—s Mn. Cerrino, of IGeorge-
place, Holloway, Was returning home ht a cart,
through the Lower Road, Islineon, about half past
sir o'clock, she was stopped by three men dressed as
sailors, who robbed her of a basket of linen and other
property, with which they got clear off.
Wednesday the prisoners confined in Perth Tol.
booth, who are very numerous, formed a design to
beak the prison, but the attempt was frustratedb
°Monday es'oolight a amber of convicts for trans-
portation were coueeyed through Belfast for Carrick-
fergus Jail, in two. carts, under a military escott.--.
Among these were Joseph Medan, the niuslin.wea-
ver, convicted of being concerned in the dreadful
outrage on the house of Mr. Francis Johnson, in
Febtiary
Wednesday night; a ire broke out hi a japanning
work.house. in Jobs-street, Glasgow, belonging to
Mr.. DRZW, tinsmith.. Before the fire engines could
pusdbly arrive, the premises were nearly conwmcd.
In consecluence of the sudden thaw on Saturday,
and the rain which fell on Sunda) and Monday ben-
night, the rivers-Clyde and Avon well swollen to
within a foot of their height. on the 12th March, 1782,
covering the berths. to a great extent. About ten
o'clock on the Tuesday morning, the wooden bridge'
across the Avon, opposite to the estate of Ross, was
swept sway by the impetuosity of the -stream. A
''Coasseleiabile number at- sheep have idso peen swept
away by the current.
A new and dreadAd instrument of war was tried
on Wednesday last. at Chailliro t and thee:peat:mut'
completely succeeded. It is designed for the purpose
of annoying en minty entrenched before a fortified
gown. It.coniiists of a hoc, or barrel, filled with gee.
bades, and abased with powder snscient to bursti
the barrel, and scatter its okker Content's. The foss
of this machine being lighted, it was rolled down the
'slope of the parapet Ude the trenches, wheire it ex-
ploded. and threw the grogodes in every dimities%

bud iniii;ure in his ho
aniiium the sum which be was
be,onta worth after the paymes
pestdoced, in addition, a poi*
Millais. for £lOO, made at tio
In Conclusion be stated, that la
beeps foe a ikft. Barry, which. is
• aintes,'Ofoduced biro a decent c
Illfirisnao /faros inquired
quintad with kicaper, and upt
cametbriiard to be his bail
Mr.! Angel.—l cannot say thi
acquainted with him, but serial
tantalised and knocked abou
voluntarily:l .
4fler same little. consultation
Leiter and the Lord Mayor, the
and the parties bsvireg entered i
eaclt, and Hooper himself in dl
ensuing Sessions, the prisoner w:
Inflow :Gtemsell, the drayman

swilling the 'descripti9n of Hooper, but I will not
Val be, erkd. out to the mob, 6 Follow me—
g, it and as scamee the place was broken, several
persist ((wee of whom I have already described)
embed Is, reined the fire.arrns, and brought them
earn to the mob."
LOAD Slam said, thajudepeadem el this
antligaireidesee, there was enough previously to pot
she - on ht trial at least fOr the misdemean-
our, owl sited Gunnell whethe: he had any defence
evniurket-.
oeteetL-1 denrever having touched the win•
dewi q(.lk. pabwoh, or having used fire-arms. A
nivel*,7rats.4entsaiskly given so me by a Gendeousn.
imirapl.ntreet, but I delivered it up spin.
I,44mMeircek-milon do not' deify that you
aervie4 eisfulioneskLen day is
Psi. k tal 1.0,41‘. •
11e1,44 Kona then inhumed him, list se'