Star.
London, England, 1828-10-08 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

John lonian, the bombardier in the Royal Artillery, who was
last week charged with administering arsenic to his wife,• with intent
to bill her, was yesterday brought up for anal examination and
u fully cummitsd for trial. On the morning of the 29th of !Sept.
.she poor W 04114141 filled her tea-kettle, as usual front the water-butt,
and sat down to breakfast. She had no sooner swallowed a cup of
tea than she vomited. The stomach pump was applied, and the
Surgeon extracted from her stomach a quantity of liquor strongly
hapregnated with arsenic. In the tea-kettle, also, a quantity of
•iirwitic was discovered. The hu.band was seen by her at the Ire
place, with the lid pf the kettle in his hand.

A contract has been made with a respectable home at
Plymouth for the supply of 600 suits of regimentals for
the l'orfoguese soldiers how stationed in that town.
The Cot nisi: miner undergoes, in all respects, every
, hardship to s hick criminals condemned to the mines in
Orel, countriei are suhlfct, yet with him it is a Volun-
tary employMent, cheelfull) undertaken; and such is
'the force cif habit, that very rarely does any other oc-
Cu.sation tempt him to change. it.
A most'impucient,,daring, but yet ingenious robbery
was tom:flitted on la.c Monday night at ;he Coventry
Cross puirlic-house, Br. mien Middlesex. The house
I was entered through one of the bed-room windows, and
Ir m an apartment on the first floor, in *which the pto.
'petty was deposited.rcakh to the amount of SOL in sove.
reigns, a bag of sillier containing over 101. a 20/. Bank
.of England note, two SI. nares,-a quantity of plate, and
•it•ssitret watch With two gold chains, Were stolen. Thii
robbery is one peculiatly distressing, the ruffians who'
haVe accomplished it having by their depredations di-
'piked an industrious widow and her large family Of the
profits of many years hard and honest labour.
'There is now in one of the prisons at Bremen a fe.
'Male, in the bloom of youthoind very handsome, who
it Charged with having prosoned sixty-five Orion.,
amongst whom were three husbands and five lovers.
Inc motives for these crimes were' love,' jealousy, MO-,
botion or avarice. One of the victims was a physician,
.who, after having examined one of the persons poi:
s• ned, and pronounced the cause *of the death, was
!ti!mseif pOisOned on the following. day. On being
-apprehended by the police and examined, poison was
found concealed io'tire hair papers. of her head, and
the acknowledged thirty of the murders.—Courrier des
`Tiibunalis. •

MOndii evening, about eight o'clock, nfellovi went
into. the shop of Mr. Pitman, jeweller. Strand, and made
choice of e very handsome three-row watch-chain and
a Chilled seal. After agreeing for the price, he requested'
they-might be 'sent to tie Pear Tree; Cursitor-street,
Chancery-line, Of which he *said he Was landlord. The
fellow met the boy at the &cif, and gave him a piece
of silver paper folded up, and said it was a Si. note; to
go and get change. The boy gave the parcel to Mm,
and wect to get change, when he discovered the tri k.
Ind returned to the. house. We need not say the fellow
was not the landlord, and escaped with the property. •
A Reverend ,Divine, about the period of the late
Doncaster Races, preaching to a congregation in which
he knew Pere would he several sporting characters,
chose for his text the tollowing ofords-s-i. So run that
ye may obtain;" and in the course of his sermon stated
'that the." rules of ihe course were so clear end intelli-
gible, chit thote'who tin might read." .
'A match has'been made for 2 000 sovereigns a-side,
p.p. that a Gentleman, Weli known on the turf, will ride,
on horseback, from London to York in ten hours; of
course there is no restriction as to the number of horses
to be died: The match is to be decided in the month
of April"oefat= York Herald. '
One of thosehmiractlons 'escapes which sonletinseo
:occur the human mind to -a just sense of an
overruling Providence, took' place last Wednesday at'
Bembridge, in .rhe•tsle of Wight. A labOttrer was
-digging an a well, excavated nod dog to the depth
Of 43 feet, when the lower part of the brickwork bulged
in, and' an extent of 12 feet- of the bricks, with a quan-
tity of earth, to•the amount of abiout three tons, fell on
Ithe poor man. The assistant laboureri above were
!hotrified—they knew not wham do. Afraid to de-
scend, kit the teniaind6 of the brickwork should give
way, and bury them also, they remained two hours
without making an effort to determine the hardly to be
doubted fact of their tellow labourer's destruction, when
the prOprietior arrived, and securing the remaining
brickwork by a wooden cylinder of the diameter of the
well, at length induced some of them to descend.a-
The preparation occupied two hours, and after eight•
hours further nation they extricated the man, who in. •
stead of being dead as they expected; was not onlyalive
but uninjured;' and in a state of calm composure that
was even mote astonishing than his. wonderful escape
from death. The proprietor qtrestioned him on the state
ef kis feelings during the twelve hours he was in the
irefully perilous state. He replied his reason never for-
gook !him, and that his confidence in' his Attatowrt
iPerrxeron, who had' rescued' him in many imminent
assured-him of relief. His habits of life were
thriael of regularity; always constant in his attendance at
:cittitClr; and be nester closed or openedtis eyes without
feelings:of gratitude to his MAKER, nor entered on his
zwork without imploring his Blessing. • And during the
!tvtilitilmbri he las buried in the well he continued in
;rwentat'prefer co. 'HIM who alone could preserve him.
`A tow hours oral) elapsed after this happy deliverance
'before the whole ma.s of brickwork fell in with a dread.;
'ful us:b.—Hampshire Advertiun

SPORTING INTELLIGENCRe
WREEHA NI ;RACES, Oct. 2.
A Gold Cop,- value 100 p. the aerpiw in specie, a Suhaelptleu*
10 gs. each, for all ages, four dines round. Fourteen Subscriber,,
Mr. Mytton's ch g Euphrates, aged, 9,t 31b
Mr. White's hr b F.uston. 5 yrs, or ▪ I
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Mr. Guard's br c Sampson, 4 yr. Ilst slb •
3 • Mr. Thumpson's eh h Predictor, 5 yrs. NM lab
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Sweepstakes of 25 gs. each. ;for three olds; eolts,•ll4 71b; el*
Silks, list 41h. Twice round.
Lord Grosvenor's b e Pelion
Sir W. Wynn's b e Courtier •••
Sir W. %V. Wynn's b e Master Watkln •-• a
Maiden Mate of ieso, given by the Town ; far three yr 01d5,.61t
12lb; four, Sat; Gee, tist 10Ib; six, Ost; and aged, 2st nib. Oat
mile heats.
Sir 'l'. Stanley'. ch g by T:resias, s xrs
Mr. W. Charlton's ch f Car "" yrs

..Jr. .—"sch f canielia, 4
Lord lh-rby's hr f Slanto, g yrs
Sir W. Wynn's b g Young Cymru, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Thompson's b f Minerva, 3 yrs
Sir W. W. Wyou's b c brother to Mayfly, 3 yrs
A Cup, value SO sots. the gift of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. addegt
a flandicag Sweepstakes of 15 sovs.•each, 5 ft. if declared, 4..
Thrice round.
Lord Grosvenor's Pe lion, 3 yrs,-15st 12Ib
Sir W. W. Wyrin's eb h Mayfly, 6 yrs, Bst 31b
Mr. Thompsoo's br g Orthodox, aged, Est 13Ib
Mr. Keitel's b c Tom Thumb, 4 yrs, 7st 13Ib
• - Three Subscribers paid 5 neva. each.
A Plate of £3O for all ages. Two mile heats.
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Ur. Giffard's br c The Weaver, 4 yrs; Set 41b
Mr. Dunu's b Brenda, 4 yrs, sat 71b •.• 12
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1' Sir T. Stanley's els Is 6i enadier, aged, 9st 91b
Lord Derby's br a Necromancer, 4 yr., Bu 71b dr
Sir W. Wynn's b m Signorina,' yrs, •.t 12!b dr
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 gs. each, h ft. with 20.115. Wed. Two
monk heats. Seven Subscribers.
Sir W. Wymiribi Rfae, 4 yrs, 7.t 121 b ... 4 y
Mr. Gilfard'ib to Susan, 6 yrs. 121 b . I s
Sir W. W. Wyntes ch is Mayfly, 5 yn, Sit put ... 22 de
Sir T. Stanley's be c. 3 ?n, 6st lolb . 3 *
ItIiCRNT SALES OF RACE• HORSES.
At Wortley Hall, on the 40th of September, the follow* his
were sold by auction—
Yearling filly, shier to The Dragon, to Mr. Payne, for 100
Yearling colt, by Sam, ro Mr. Orde Powlett
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liehecea, to ditto faijo
Colt foal, by Whisker, to Lord Sefton . ygo
Calypso, to Mr. Nowell
Mare by Wakon, to Baron iiiel ..
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The first day of the neat Sprieg Newmarket Meeting a grand
march will be run for 500 mots. it ft. between Mr. 11.4ild.vrorth's
Lanibtimian. Ist 7111; and Mr. Pawie's.e by Walton, ssr 212.
Mr. Perkins', Red Rover is tr.atched against Mr. Lyrae Srevens's
f. by Nichol.), On 41b each, at the sleet Newmarket July Meeurig,
for 200 sous. h ft.
SHOOTING FOR A GOLD MRDAL
Yesterday afte ration.. a number of the principal t /Seers belonging
to the City light Infantry. assembled at (la.! Farm, to .hoot for
a valuable Gold Medal. The target was pitched at two o'clock,
fine competitors ifood at i.O yards from it, and the tiring com-
menced. The Colonel and the Serjeant ()Elbe corp. fired with suck '
precision, that they rarely niis.ed the mark, and it soon beanie
apparent that pone of she other competitors stood even the re-
motest chance. The struggle foe the prize w.O theteore entirely
bet Ween these two Gentkinen, who fired a number of rounds with
equal success. was, however, ultimately erns by the fierjearit,
amidst shouts of applause front his friends. A nonsber dot*
prizes were afterwards shot for.

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As Mr. THOMAS NACOCE, a tattle dealer, was pre..
,ceetling, about half.past ten o'clock on Monday night,
, to his lodgings in Islington, he was overtaken by elle
or four men in Canonbury-ficlifs, and thrnwn Upon his
back. While down, his eyes were covered hi one of the
party with mud, another tied his legs, whilit a third
rifled him of 0001.-4001. of which sum was in sovereigns,
and the remaining 5001.insBank of England no:es. fie
attempted to scream cat, bin Was prevented by one of
the robbers, who placed his hatid upon his inr•uth, and
swore he Would bloW nut *his brains if he said a word.
DaseAzieku. Aceineit.--Yesterday mdining an .
only ten months old, the diughteh of a man named
Blythe, met its death in the Moil it Manner s=The••
father of the child, who is a ma• ufactirer of
stones and Flanders bricks, was employed sawing frit.
stones in a shed near his 'residence in Appleby-004
Bermondsey, surrounded by his children (the infant in
question, and a little boy and girl), When t'‘C Oita*.
which weighed between six and seven hundred hlt.
fell upon them. The infant was killed upon tlle*Ot.
the gi:l's thigh was fractured, and the boy's leg as
seriously injured. •
MONMOUTH 'Mumma, Ocr. 6.—The supposed -sw.
deter of the wretched woman Hester Ste.thens has this
instant been brought here in a gig by Fuller the con-
stable. and an assistant. He seas taken a few miles
fr3m Liverpool, and has on the same, trousers and Wide.
coat in which he is said to have committed the murder;
* pair of shoes which he begged at the, turnpike at Irma
Chester, in Herefordshire, not wnr:h twopence. abe
not worth 'a penny, and a tolerably good dark g•apn
coat. He appeared fatigued and dejected, but answered
questions put to him withotit'much tes.tation. Thisie
the day of electing the Xlairr, old a large throng 0(
people being assembled at the Town hall, the ;Ivry.
room was crowded to suffocation, when t',e Corronar •
entered and ordered that he should he temoved to the
prison. No examination will therefore t tie place thin
morning.
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Thursday mining a quarrel took place at the Pena
Mill Inn, near Yeovil, between a journeyman glover.
named
.Allen, And an itinerant dealer in• corks, named,
gmith, in Corisequen:e of which the Cornier cliallenget„.
the latter to 6g-ht; Smith, who was in tome degsee., r.•
iotoxicated;lwas at firss unwilling to comply. l'ut.pcct
voicami by -his antagonist, and urged by' 448 wife! be it,
length entered into the contest, and an the second soon!! ..
rekervedsa on in the neck, which' in the state of. bi-. .]
attenuant; Arising from liquor anitanger, he was in it.
the mo4entl caused instant death.--A: Coroner's In.
sliest was. ?Acton the body on Friday evening, by Mr..
Ueari.i, Oen a verdict, of 4, Maqslanghtee was ee
Turned' against Allen, WhP has absconded.
Accsnisrt AT Iherroan.—At the Chemical. Factory.
ethir. I3s situated by the Creek at D-pttarcl, oa
Monday ifiernpon, between three and four o'clock t,seo
men named Picket and Waters, Who were eMployecito
elm out the imnonnial vat, were suffocated by.thefssuk
air it contained. It appears that nue of tl e sufferers
was appointed to cleanse the vet, and not teturning se
tibon' as might be expected, his fellow-worAman went ro •
llOok for him; on his reaching the top of the ladder,•he
VIN him extended at the.bottnm, and immediately de.
agended .to render him some assistance, when unfortu-
nately he 4kewite fell a victim to the suffocating vapour,
Mr. AliC,pcpa4c, foreinaa of the works, missing the
men,4lli4 kanaing what business they were upon, bec4Rl4
alarmed, end went to ascertain the reason, and he nq
'sooner reached the vat than he at once discovered the,
cause; but thinking thatlife might not be quite extinct,
Mr. M'Cprmac.attemptea to extricate them from their
perilous situation, in which attempt he almost perished;
but by powerful exertion, he saved himself, though riot
withciut being a considerable sufferer.