Star.
London, England, 1818-02-13 00:00:00

DUEL.

- A meeting took place on the 9th instant, at Calais,
between Lieutenant FINCH, of the 20th Dragoons, and
Lieutenant BOILEAU, on the hall-pay of the 41st
Regiment. Lieut. F. was bound over at one of the
Police Offices, some time ago, to keep the peace in
E*and. In consequence of which he proceeded to
Calais, accompanied by his friend Capt. BUrt.ER,
where they were followed by Lieut. 11. and his friend
Lieut. HARTLEY. It was settled by Capt. B. previous
to Lieut. F.'s taking his ground, that he was bound
in honour to receive Lieut. B:s fire, as he had given so
serious a provocation as a blow. This arrangement
was, however, defeated by Lieut.-F.'s pistol acciden-
tally going off, apparently in the direction of his op-
ponent, which would, probably have led to fatal con-
sequences, were it not for the implicit reliance placed
by Lieut. B.'s friend'on the strict honour of Capt. B.
whose anxiety, steadiness, and gentlemanly conduct,
on this, and every other occasion, was too well-known
to leave a doubt on the minds f the opposite party,
that Lieut. F.'s pistol going off was entirely accidental.
A reconciliation therefore immediately took place.

Money has been, and not inaptly, compared tp ma.
nure, which, whilst it lays in heaps, produces no good,
but rather encumbers the soil ; but when scattered,
fertilizes and improves it.—Bisit, the Lottery Con-
tractor, may therefore lay claim to the title of a good
hushandinan ; for al' late he has been scattering the
golden manure most liberally.—lt may be seen by his
Advertisements, in which he gives the names of the
places, (and of his Agents who sold them), that he
shared Three Prizes of £20,000 in the last Lottery,
(hehe names of thefortuaate purchasers he of course feels
names
bonnet to withhold) and we dou'bt not, irom
the unparalleled success which attends his Offices,
that he will be able to give as good an account of the
Three Prizes of £30,000 which the present Lottery
contains, and also of the majority of the, other 97
Capitals.
• Wednesday se'nnight, a fine boy, about 12 years
of age, skaiting with two others on the ice in Aber-
deen harbour, unguardedly going with great velocity
towards the middle of the channel, ran into the open
water, and was drowned.
Friday night, a man, aged about 30, died in a pub-
lic-home in Saltmarket-street, Glasgow, in conse-
quence of intoxication. Two professional gentlemen
were called, who employed in vain every means in
their power to resuscitate him.
The hurricane of Tuesday, the 23d of January,
'was severely felt in Sutherland. In the parish of
Looh a house fell and crushed to death an old man
Ind woman while in bed. A young child in the same
bed was found alive in the morning, a beam. having
supported the roof immediately over him.
following are the melancholy circumstances
attending the death of Mr. DUNDAB, at Cambridge :
'Mr. Duanas was a student of Trinity College. On
Wednesday se'nnight, he dined with some friends at
Downing College, and, on his return home, mistook
his way, and got into a large field called Parker's
Piece, where there is a ditch which does not contain
more than six or eight inches of water, but is also
very muddy. It is supposed that he fancied himself
in his room, as he was found quite naked, and his
clothes by the side of the ditch, and by the marks of
his feet in the mud, it appeared he had .walked up
and down in it, and probably. was unable to get out,
again for some time, till at last he reached the side,
where he was found quite cold and stiff early on the
morning of Thursday se'nnight, by a man going to
work. The melancholy fate of this young man has
Produced a strong sensation in the. University and
town. The body was carried to the Prince Regent
House for the Coroner's Inquest, which has since been
held, and the verdict brought in—Died by being et-
poled to the inclemency of the weather.
A Coroner's Inquest was held on Monday, at the
Light Hone, Orange-court, on the body of Mr.
Woodhouse, formerly a respectable silk dyer, in Mai-
dap-lane, who dropped down in a fit of apoplexy, in
Duke's-court, St. Martin's-lane, and expired almost
instantaneously. Verdict--Died by the Visitation
of Gon.—Yesterday an Inquest was held at the
Gein South-street, Berkeley-square, on the body
Chesterman, coachman to Sir W. ADDY,
*rho, "while cheerfully conversing with his fellow ser-
vants, siaddicity exclaimed, "Oh, Sally 1.. Sally r And
fell down a lifeless corpse. Verdict—Died by the Vi-
sitation of Gen.—Another Inquest was held on the
body of Mr. James Parsons, at Harrow. It appeared
that the deceased was travelling from Harrow to-
wards Wimbly, on the 27th of January last, at night,
it being very foggy, a gentleman in a one horse chaise
drove against him ; he was knocked off his horse, his
leg was broken and had mortified, which caused his
death. Verdict—Accidental Death.—An Inquest
has been held, at Shoreditch workhouse, on the body
of Mary Pitson, aged 26. The deceased had received
from the parish 2s. per week ; but, after a fortnight's
Olness, application was made for her admission into
the workhouse, and a chair was sent to her lodgings
to convey her, in which she was placed ; but on open-
ing the door on her arrival, she was discovered to be
a corpse. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of GOD.
Monday a man, named Daniel Parish, who had
been in Shoreditch workhouse, from distress and illness
for some time, on getting his discharge, and leaving
the place, dropped down dead.
Wednesday as Mrs. Parker, of Homerton, aged 76,
was reading by the fire side, her clothes caught, and
though immediate assistance was-procured, she was
so dreadfully injured as to cause her death in a short
time ; and on Tuesday, J. Prudence, five years old,
being in a room with a brother but a little older, his
clothes caught fire, and he was iurnt sio shockingly
as to be taken to the London Hospital, where he died.
Verdict, in bcth car,zs—Accitlental Death.

MURDERS A -ROBBERY it GREENWICH.

UNION -HA LL.-141ie Officers (May, Goff, and Hall)
have received such fifforrnation as will most proba-
bly lead to the apprelension of the murderers of Mr.
Bird and Airy Simmonds. The persons suspected
(who have absconded) are named Bray ; the cause
why they are suspected is, that they have a sister
who was slime time since in the service of Mr. Bird,
whom they occasionally-used to visit at the deceat..ed'i
house, and are supposed to have a knowledge of the
iremises. They are also suspected of various rob-
beries committed in Kent and Surrey, along with a
noted character now in custody. Yesterday the
mother and sister of the Brays were examined, but
their examination threw 'no light on the horrid'
transaction.
THANIT.3 Pouce.—Yesterday Mr. Edmonson, of
Wapping, and his nephew, attended at the above
Office, and gave the following information:—They
stated that about eight o'clock on Sunday' morning
last, as they wore waiting for a boat in order to cross
the water from Elephant Stairs, near Deptford, a
man of middling stature, dressed in a light green
coat, light fustian small clothes, light hair and whis-
kers, with two fingers on one hand, but which they
could not tell, and had the appearance of a brick-
layer, came and asked the waterman when he was
going to cross ? The waterman answered, directly ;
the man replied, it might as well be in ; fortnight.
and went away in great haste ; he a d either
drunk, mad, or • much confused :—liePPlTlboth
hands in his pocket at the time, but on turning round
to go away he took them out, when witness observed
they were all over blood, and likewise the pocket-
holes of his coat, and his clothes had several spots of
blood ; the blood was dry, and appeared to have been
on him for some hours. The waterman also noticed
the same circumstance, but not hearing of the mur-
ders of Mr. Bird or his housekeeper, they 'permitted
him to proceed, otherwise he should have stopped
him. On his return home to his uncle's at Wapping.
he mentioned the circumstance, but after hearing of
'the dreadful murders at Greenwich, he was induced
to give the present information, and he has not the
smallest doubt, from the time and circumstances of
the case, but that mar. was one of the m•irderers,-and
he could positively swear to him ; by his manner of
acting, he imagined that he had other persons in wait-
ing for him, as he returned the same way he came.
One of the Clerks took down a full description of .his
dress, and the officers were ordered to exert their ut-
most vigilance fur the purpose of his apprehension.

MAW 110ROC:11-6111,ZET.,..-4 St. Anne's Constable sought ad-
vice how to act respecting a bundle which had been left at St.
Anne's Watchhouse by Dr. Watson on Monday evening. The
Doctor stated at the 'Watchhouse, that he was passiig throne'
Soho-square on Monday night, on his way to procure bail fur
Thistlewooct, when he beard the cry of "Stop thief!" and soott
after he picked up a bundle, which he deposited. at the Watch-
house. The Constable was desired to keep the bundle until it
was claimed. . .

Thomas Earl, a hackney-coachman, was charged with exact-
ing 3s. from Mr. Freeman, of Broad-street, Carnaby-market.
Tht Defendant was hired to take the Complainant and a party
cirtadies from a ball at Willies rooms. His fare was iv but hr
'demanded as. and on refusing to take 21. wha.h was °tiered to
him, the tratortion was complied with. The defence was that
the lime in waiting, &e. was more than an hour, but it was
proved on the other hand, that no time was lust, with the ex-
ception of about ten minute* in waiting, and the I/le.:dant was
consequently convicted in the penalty of 10s. and costs.
Woasmtrxrreexr.--Urraituda Foacsam Norse.--Wilieros Goys
was charged with uttering a forged 11. Note of the Book of Ms.:
land, at the shop of Mr. John Carrie, grocer, in Brick huh:. • It
appeared that the prisoner went into the shop to purchase some
trifle, and that he tendered the note. The shopman took it to
his master, on which the prisoner ran out of the shop without
the change. Shortly afterwards he went into the sign of the
Turkish Spy, where Mr. Cama happenea to be sitting, and he
detained him, on suspicion of uttering a forced note.
Ilsrms-oaannr.---A young man of colour, named Louis Vitt;
cent, who has lately arrived in this country from St. Domingo,
applied to the Office to be furnished with some means of finding
the only person whom he knew in England: this person was
Captain Robert Clark, master of the brig Robert, in which
Vincent bad come to LiverpcoL Clark had received from Vin-
cent 1551. in the presence of Mr. Allen, ef Water-street, Liver-
pool r he afterwards brought Vincent to London, to a house it
is supposed in the neighbourhood of Charing cross; the latter
went out to take a long walk through the parks with a stranger,
and could not find his way back ; nor has he by any inquiries at
'Llojd's Coffee-house, been able to find Captain Clark. The
Magistrate seemed to fear that (lark was the assumed name of
some impostor,-but Vincent would not assent to this ; he was
quite clear that Clark was Captain of a ship. The Msgi.trate
then undertook to vrrite,to Alien, of Liverpoak

Yesterday morning the house of Mr. Jones, of
Abel-place, Paddington, was privately entered and
robbed of property in notes, &e. to the amount of 49!.
Two houses in Shouldham-street, had their larders
plundered, and several others in the parish were rob.
bed in a similar manner, supposed by a gang of boys
that infest Mary-la-bonne and Paddington, who ate
about 200 in number.—On Monday morning Mrs.
Cranch, the wife of an Attorney, of Bonnor s Hall,
Bethnal-green, went out on a visit, leaving no person
in care of the house ; when she returned, about ten
o'clock, she found the house had been broken into,
and a large quantity of plate stulen.—Monday night
the house of Mr. Joseph, m Sandys-street, near Spital-
fields, was entered by thieves, and robbed of silver
spoons, three gold rings, two shawls, and other pro-
perty.—The same night, the house of Mr. Turner in
West-street, Spitalfields, was broken into, and'll. in
new and 15s. in old halfpence stolen.—A few days
ago, as Mr. Gould, of Oxford-itreet, and of Cranham,
in Essex, was coming to town in a one-horse chaise,
between Bow and VVhitechapel, a bundle, containing
a new suit of clothes, a roasting pig, a quantity of
eggs, &c. was dexterously stolen out of the chaise.—
About six o'clock yesterday morning, as Dyson,
a news-vender, was passing through Bride-lane, Fleet-
street, he met two ruffians, who accosted him with
44 Well, old Chap, what news ?" He made no reply,
and was hurrying on, when one of them seized him
by the throat, and held him against the wall, while
the other picked his pocket of 3s. 9d. (all the money
he had) ; they then snatched his bundle of News-
papcts, and ran off. •
Wednesday morning an elderly Gentleman sud-
denly dropped down at the door of Mr. Parsons,
coach-maker, in Hanover-street, Long-acre, and soon
afterwards expired. He was carried to the nearest
public house, and searched in the presence of seve-
ral persons. A gold watch was found in Es fob,
and a pocket-book, containing writings, bank notes,
and cards of address, in his great coat pocket ; from
which it was discovered that his name was Stewart,
and that he lived in Cavendish-square. A messenger
WAS immediately dispatched to his family, who or-
dered the body to be removed, and are ih the greatest
affliction, in consequence of the meljncholy event.

BIRTIM
Frb. 0, at Eaftburgh, the Lady at Major-General Joko Hope,
of a sou.
Feb. 64 tie Lady of the deceased Sit John Cannlckael As-
strutter, Bert. of a posthumous son.
At she Governor's house, in ortsmouth garrison, the Leal
Howard, of aingitsm, of a stiii-boral-child. (.1

MARRIED. •
4,
Yesterday, Archibald Constable ' .of Edinburgh, w Char-
lotte, daughter."( the late John Neale,:
er
Saturday se ' nnight Colonel Sir Bryce, Centro"-
dant Engineer in Portsmouth Garrison, Conini,cder of St. Fer-
dinand, an: Companion of the Bath,ro Emily, daughter of the
late John Porker Esq. of kluswell Hall.
Jan. 31, at Enfield, Andrew 'Millar, Esq. to Sarah Louie
Ward, widow of the late Judge Ward, of the island of Nevis.

DIED.
Jan. 31, at Glasgow, after two days illness, Mr. David Mann,
ancthanser.
Feb. 2, at Kilmarnock, aged 711, Mr. J. Mennons, printer.
Thursday se'nnight„ at Whams. in Marion-square, Dublin,
the Right lion. Sackvifle Hamilton, aged 87. .
Jan. CS, at Lauder, after i few days illness, Mr. Robert V si-
lence, late Chief Magistrate of that Bunt.
Jan. 51, the Rev. Richard rinds/ Archbishop of
Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland.
Jan. 22, at 'Miniberin, Elgin, Ana Barrow, at the very ad-
vanced age of 105 yeari. Although her sight failed her for some
years back, her recollection was perfectly unimpaired to the day
of her death.
Lately,. at C.olcford, Somerseuhlre, the Rev. W. Ashman,
aged 'Bs' upwards of 40 years a preacher in the cavitation of
the late Rev. John Wesley.
Feb..l4, at Glmforsa, island of Mull, Lachlan Macqvarie, of
Macquarie. This venerable hospitable Chieftain was scleom
contiTed by any aicknen til the time of his det.th, and he died
at the age of 10.5.
Jan. 24, at Edinburgh, Robert Beatson, Esq. LL.D. late Bar-
rackmaster at Aberdeen.
Jan. 28, at Iledford,.having attained the extrww‘!iriary age of
.106, Mr. Philip Thompson.—ln the course of I:tat suntwier he had
the misfortune to lose his wife, with whom for upwards of 7o
years he had lived in the most perfect &tummy; and on that oc-
casion he walked a distance of half a mile and back as chief
mourner in the funeral procession.
Feb. 4, at Dumfries, Mrry Brown, daughter of Mr. J. Brown,
hatter. On the next day, Mrs. Brown, the mother, haying an
infant child, only three weeks old, at her breast, on returning
from kr neare.t !wishbones' and attempting to lock up one of
her drawers, dropped downdead without a groan. The infant
fortunately escaped without injury..
The 7th of December last, at 'Jeremiah, James Robertson,
2red 20, Midshipman on board his Majesty's ship Rifleman ;
Capt. Duff; an the 12th of May last, John Wilson Robertson,
aged 18, at. Banff; and on the 10th of June, George Alexander
!Robertson, aged 15, Midshipman on hoard the Jaidy Campbell,
radiaman, was drowned off St. Helena ; SOUS of Mr. Wtn. Ro-
bertson, merchant In Banff, and all promising young men.
Feb. 5, at WoOdeott, Charlotte Cooper, aged 10 years.—
The deceased, in company with other girls id' her age, was play-
ing at Madman's buff, near a pond at the end of her father's
house, when, in running after her playmates, she unfortunately
descended the bank into the pond, and though immediate anii-
tancedwas procured, and she was taken out within a few minutes,
every effult to restore animation proved ineffectual.
During the storm on Thursday se'nnight, a lad of the name
of Drayton, of Cowes, coming over from Leap, in company
with a waterman, was so exhausted and terrified by the thunder
and lightniag, that he expired in the boat, and was brought on
shore at Cowes on Friday afternoon.