Star.
London, England, 1819-08-04 00:00:00

WEST-END FAIR•

Yesterday Mother investigation took place at the
Police Office, Bow-street, respecting the outrages
which were p ated at the above Fair, when
James Whitaker, who was apprehended by Charles
Read, jun. on the morning of Tuesday se'nnight, with
a stolen hat, which he offered for sale, near liamp•
stead, was re-examined. He was then identified by.
a woman of the name of Bean, residing in Charles-
street, Somers' Town, who said the prisoner had
robbed her of a handkerchief.—Ordered to find bail.

Walter Ellis, upon whom two skirts were found at
the aforesaid Fair, was discharged on account of his
general good character, and no person now appear-
ing to identify the skirts.
William Farmer, John Spunk, Frank Purden, Tho-
mas Topley, Alfred Piereell, and John Young, arrived
at the above Office, from the Mansion Mouse, hay-
ing been sent by the LORD MAYOR, being identified
as part of the daring gangs who attended West-End
Fair.—Robert Dare, one of the City Officers, stated,
that Topley, Piercey, and Young, were among the
crowd, on Monday afternoon, near the Shades, at
London-bridge, when the boats were about to start
from the Old Swan-stairs for Dogget's Coat and
Badge; and the prisoners were apprehended and se-
cured, at the very time they were in the act of at-
' tempting to pick pockets. -Witness knew them all to
be reputed thieves. The whole of the prisoners were
identified as having been active in committing de-
predations and outrages at West-End Fair—particu-
larly as to Thomas Lunis, of Carter-lane, Doctors'
Commons, a milkman, who was knocked down, an'd
wounded from head to foot. He also heard the cruel
villains call out" to those who were close to biro to
murder him. He knew several of them at the time,
as residing in Old-street, and belonging to a most
dreadful gang. He was at the same time robbed of
his watch, his hat, one of his shoes, Sec.—Thomas
Partridge, another of the City Offiefirs, statet that.
William Farmer, John Spencer, and Frank Purden,
were observed among the crowd on Blackfriars-
bridge, on the London side. At the time the boats
engaged in the rowing-match were approaching, the
prisoners were pressing against persons, when he,
h4ving no doubt it was for the purpose of commit-
ting robberies, and knowing there all to be reputed
thieves, took them into cuAotly. The LORD MAYOR
would have convicted them as rogues and vaga-
bonds under the Police Act; but this being a minor
offence, in comparison with the outrageous crimes
they were charged to have been guilty of at West-
End Fair, his Lordship sent them to answer to that
charge.: They were committed to New Pi i,on, to be
lirougllt to the above Office again on Friday ; when
John lainis, and ethers who were robbed and M-
il cated at
Vest-End Fair, will attend to identify their
porous.

I,:v.' week Jane Young and Ann Twindall were
comnated to the House of Correction at York for
wi:lve calendar months : the fin mer for having had
Nate, and•the latter two bastard el: rid ren, all of whom
have become chargeable to the parish of St. Martin,
in Coney-street, in that City !
In the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, A.
Bramwell, Clerk to a Merchant of Glasgow, was
found guilty of erni;ezzling s4air of money, the pro-
perty of his employer. He was arso indicte,i for set-
ting fire to his master's premises, with the view of
burning his books; but of that he was acquitted, and.
for the fraud he was sentenced to one year's impri-
sonment in Glasgow Jail.
At the Winchester Assizes, two bills of indictment
were found true by the :ity Grand Jury" against
William Burraston, a bankrupt—the one for coficeal-
ing and embezzlir:ga part of his estate and effects,
which is a capital offence, and the other for wilful
' and corrupt perjury. The bills were preferred at
the instance of his creditors. Warrants have been
issued for the appr.!liensionof Barr.won.

Yesterday, at ncon, Wiliam Manley, a most incor-
rigible young thief, aged only 1.2 years, was pub-
licly whipped at Kennington-Cross, for iepeated acts
of delinquency in that neighLourhood; lie had been
only twelve days discharged from jail, where he had
been under sentence on a charge of felony. He was
apprehended by Smith, the con'stable of Lambeth.
Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, the
Greycoat School in Tuthill-fields was broken into,
and robbed of a great quantity of plate, linen, &c.
Monday morning, the. dwelling-house of Mr. JA tol es
BROWN, of Long-lane, Moorfielis, was entered by
breaking in at the kitchen window, and rob!-..ed of
nearly 4:200 in Bank of England notes, gold watches,
silver snuff-boxes, and a variety of other proFelty.
Monday night, Mr. Williams, tailor, of Drury-
court, Strand, in going towards home, across St.
James's Park, sat down to rest himself on one of the
forms in the Mall : he had not sat long there before
two -men came behind and seized him, at the same
time attempting to rob him; he rushed from the seat
and made some resistance, when he was surrounded
by about a dozen villains, who seized, kicked, and
beat him in a barbarous manner, and robbed him of
his watch and what money he was possessed of. The
sentries immediately went to his assistance, when the
villains ran off in various directions. They were pur-
sued, and two of them were taken into custody, one
of whom had Mr. Williams's hat in his possession._
They were both lodged in St. James's Watch-house,
preparatory to being examined.
One of the men of the Regiment of Horse Guards
quartered at Windsor Barracks, fell out of a three-
pair of stairs window on the night of Monday s'en-
night, it is supposed in his sleep, by which both his
arms were broken, and both his knee-pans. Surgical
aid was immediately procured t and, notwithstanding
he was otherwise much bruised, hopes are entertained
of his recovery.

Friday se'nnight all the out-offices and part of the
dwelling-house of a Gentleman at Butler';-grarge, in
the county of Wicklow, were burned down, and pro-
perty to a large amount destroyed.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Friday last, about the
middle of the day, a very large flight of wild ducks
was observed on the river Severn, between the on
and "New Passages, ten of them were taken by some
of the boatmen, and found to be in very good con-
dition, and about five o'clock in the same afternoon,
the neighbourhood of the Passages was visited by a
whirlwind of the greatest violence; it appeared to
proceed from the towns of Newport and Thornbury,
and created no trifling consternation ; it was not ac-
companied either with thunder or rain.

GOSEVERCE.

LONDON MARKETS, AUGUST 3.

Cisiatokr.-The demand for Cottonlas been brisk
nosi extensive, both hate and, at ils° outposts ; the
pycksises last week in London exceed 3400 ban, at
Liverpool 20,100 bags, and at Glasgow 2146 lags ;
tl‘e prices are generally id. to 11'per pound higher ;
it is also to be remarked, that the chief of these sales
ate, to the manufacturers ; of 20,100 bags at Liver-
pool last week, 17,000 went for immediate home con-
sumption ; the purchases in London since our last
consist of 306 Pernambuco 18id. to 18/d. 140 Ceara
17d. to 171 d. 108 Boweds 11i d. to 14:id. 150 Deme-
rara ltd. to 163 d. 22 Berbice 120. to 16d. 53 Car-
ricou 151 d. to 16-Id. 50 Grenada Sid. to 15td. 41
common West India damaged Sid. to 12d. 30 La-
guira llid. 2070 Bengals 61d. to ltd. a few 71d.
400 Surats 61d. to 9d. The demand for Cotton this
forenoon is not so brisk or extensive as last week ;-
the prices are, however, fully supported ; a public
sale, consisting of 144 bags, was brought forward to-
' day-120 bags very good St. Vincent's. and of a very
favourite rrfark, sold steadily at Ittd. to 151 d. `29
bales foul Surats we believe were taken in at 6d.12
Trinidad at 12/d. The importations of Cotton since
our last are 37 bales Bengal and 377 West India
Island-Importations of Cotton in 1819:-55,863
bales Bengal, 24,325 Surat, 3058 Madras, 348 Bour-
bon, 6311 Brazil, 1858 American, 2906, West India
Islands, and 98 Smyrna. •
Comae.-There were extensive public sales of Cof-
lee brought forward last week ; on Thursday prices
12s; to 3s. higher were obtained for fine Coffee ; the
demand by private contract became immediate and
extensive, and few holders would sell except at prices
' considerably higher ; Friday's public sale was in
.consequence well attended, the whole went off with
great briskness at 4s. to ss. advance, good ordinary
Jamaica realized 1085.6 d. tine ordinary 114 s. and
fine ordinary Berbice and Demerara 1175., and 118 s.
since then the request by private contract has subsi-
ded. The public sales this forenoon consisted of 600
casks Coffee, chiefly Jamaica descriptions ; the good
and fine middling sold at prices 2s. to ts. higher than
any previous sale ; the middling supported the pre-
vious currenty, the ordinary aad fine ordinary sold
Qs. to is. lower ; good to fine middling Jamaica sold
at 1395. 611. middling 117 s. fine ordinary 110 s. good
ordinary 107 s. The greater proportion of the sales,
consisting of good and fine ordinary, may, in some
measure, account for the decline in the price of these
descriptions ; the Coffee went off with some spirit
of the CofFee market it may be stated, that the fine
descriptions are mate, ially higher than last week, and
go off at prices much above the general proportion,l
on account of the scarcity ; the ordinary qualities are'
3s. higher than on Tuesday last, yet the sales to-day
of the latter have gone 2s. to Ss. lower than Friday.
• SVGAR,--Tlie demand for Muscovades during last
week continued limited ; the finer descriptions folly
Yooprted the previous currency; the few sales of
low Brown Sugars were upon terms a shade lower. I
forenoon there n as a considerable attendance of
buyers ; but, from the heavy state of the market,
•
they still declined purchasing, unless lower prices I
w: re submitted to; the sales to-day are more gene-
ral than last week, yet inconsiderable, and at prices
fully is. per cwt. lower ; free Brown Jamaica selling
60s. to 625. the finer descriptions are also heavy at a
similar reduction. The pu'>lic sale of Barbadoes Su-
gar, this forenoon, consisted of 150 casks ; the whole
went off very irregularly, but at good prices, good
white 85s. to 87s. 6d. yellow 795. 82s. The refined
market is still indifferently supplied with goods ; the
wholesale grocers took off considerable parcels of the
finer descnptions ; single Loaves were much wanted
for shipping, about 98s. large Lumps were in steady
demand for crushing. Molasses were heavy, and
were to be purchased at a small reduction in the
prices. On Wednesday a public sale of Brazil Sugar
was brought forward, it consisted of 118 bags 111
barrels and 80 chests ; a very small proportion was
disposed of ; one lot fine strong yellow 335. 6d. the
remainder were all soft Sugars, and in bad condition;
brown 28s. sd. to 30s. soft yellow 31s. to 375. This
forenoon an extensive public sale of Foreign Sugars
was brought forward, consisting of 360 boxes Clayed
and 300 hhds. Muscovado Havannah Sugars -fine
white Clayed, with much strength, and parcels 3s.
and 4s. inferior, were all taken in at 575. 6d. good
yellow sold 38s. to 395. 6d. brown 335. 6d. and 345.
the first lots Muscovades were of good white colour,
but no strength, sold 395. and 395. 6d. the inferior
and grey colour sold high in proportion, going off
freely at '36s. and 38s. 6d.
lIRMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The prices of Tal-
low have again declined considerably ; the market is
heavy. One reason for the depression in Tallow is
staled to be the difficulty in money negociatiens and
in credit. Hemp is in steady though limited request.
Flax is without variation. The letters from Peters-
burgh state the Exchange had fallen to 10d.
Fatirr.-There was a considerable public sale of,
Fruit brought forward last week ; the whole sold
heavily ; Valeutias 455. to 535. Denia 30s. to 445.-
The greater p:.•,aortion was taken in.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There are few

purchases of Rum since our last ; the holders evince
much firmness, and will submit to no further depres-
sion to facilitate sales. The accounts of the vintage
in France continue favourable ; Brandy is, in conse-
quence, heavy, and few sales lately effected. Geneva
is still little enquired Acr, the prices are unvaried.
We understand Mr. LAX, of Bristol, is the for-
tunate Purchaser of Messrs. DEPPELL and Company's
fine Rums.