Star.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

RlNGuniamr REtENGR.

The fullostinit is the examination of eetle, Bleat.
tempting to murder Mr. John Junes (his brother-in-
law), Mrs. M4rgaret Jones (ni: sister), and Mary
Berry (their a -.vont), on Frothy. the 26:h of Sep-
tember last. Although it was not exactly known
th it 'the prisoner would he examined yesterday, yet
for hours previous to the examen ition, eel:foils of per•
suns assembled at Union-hall, and the business of the
OfEce Alias much interrupted. The Magistrates,
therefore, thought proper to mike the prisoner in
the private toy m.

About one o'clock Mr. Jones and Mary Berry ar
rived in a backney-coach Iron St. Thomas's Hospi•
cal ; the, were in the care of two nurses, and were
very weak. About two o'clock the primer was
brought into the room, and confronted with Jones
and his servant. The servant fainted as soon as she
saw him, and it was with difficulty Mr. Jones was
roused to sensibility ; 'when tie recovered, he el-
claimed --0 Oh aid ! T thou4ht I saw him with a
knife in his hand." The Magistrates ordered the
prisoner to be taken out of the room, as his presence
so much agitated the prosecutors. About two o'clock
Mrs. Jones arrived in a hackney-coach from her house.
She is still in a very weak state.
Mary Berry sworii.—She is servant to Mr. Jones,
.sod a single woman. On Friday, the 26'h of Sep-
I teaber, about one o'clock of the day, she was at
home with her master and mistress, and heard a noise
at the front doer; she went and opened it, and saw
the prisoner, David Owen, standing at the door.—
As soon as she opened the door be forced himself by
her into the hou.e. Her master was in the hack
room, and she called out to him, Mr. Owen is
here." Her master came out of the back room into
the passage. adore became the prisoner had bolted
the door, which by the time be had doodler master
came to the tar end of the passage. The prisoner
opened his coat. and took a large sharp pointed knife
out of his coat pocket. and struck at her master with
it. Not a. single word passed between the prisoner
and her master until atter the prisoner cut him with
the 'wile.. The first blow he received was on the
back ut his band. Her master called out as soon as
be was attacked. and her mistress C 41146 out of the
back room to assist him. She (witness) also we tto
his assistance, and they struggled with the prisoner.
She grasped the knife aid be drew it through bar
hand. She bled very much. and was going to the
door, whea the primmer became desperate, and cut
and carved at all three of them. He cut her tight
miss, stabued her in the neck and on the forehead.
She got from the prisoner and ran to 'the door the
blood was running down her clothes. She saw a
young man at the door and called to him she ran
into tile house again, and was very taint from her
arm bleeding so profusely. She saw the prisoner sad
her master on the ground straggling; the prisoner
had the knife in his hand, aid the blade appeared to
her to be in her master's side, but fortunately it was
between the clothes and the Seib. The young man
elms she called came into the house. and as the prir
MAW was struggling with her master she took hold
c the prisoner's arm, and the young man seized the
Wit and forced it out of his hand. She saw that
be; master was cut and bleeding : she did Dot see at
that tine what was become Of her IlliWren. She ran
out of the boon wbe* the knife was taken from the

,„ and was taken to a house itgthrmtiihbaat -
nd itiketkluie to )It. Thomas's Hospital.
Jabs hefts of Gibraltar-row, Prospett-place,sworti.
Heheard a knock .t his door on the 26th et Septan•
bet, about be o'clock in the day; Mary Berry went
to the dour, and called to hint, as soon as she had
opeacd it, and said, a Mr. Owen is come." He got
up and went towards the door ; be met the. prisoner
in the passage; he took a knife out of an inside
pocket of his coat, and struck at him with it. He
defended himself with his arm, and the prisoner cut
his left hand ; he rushed upon him to get the knife
front him, and they struggled very much, and fell
in the ground; he was undermost. He received se-
veral Saba in the throat and on his head ; part of his
left ear was cut off 1 his neck was cut very bad, and
bled profusely. He remembered seeing his wife and
arvant endeavouring to assist him ; but he was so
eoutesed, that be scarcely recollects what was done
to them. He lust the use of his band. He and
Owes had a law-suit in 1815; he gave up the lease,
which was the cause of their contention, iu August,
lslB, and never spoke to him since until the day that
be was attacked.
Marg.aret. the wife of John Imes. of 140. 6, Gi-
braltar-row. Prospect.place, sworn.—On Friday. the
rah day of September last, she beard a knock at
the front door, about dinner time ; she know her hus-
band was in, the back room ; the servant, Mary Berry,
went to the deer, and wben she bad opened it, she
called.out to her husband, a Mr. Owen wants you."
Her husband went towards the door : she remained
at the diigaer table, but had an opportunity,- in that
ittlation, to see Owen, who was in the passage ' • she
saw lion takes knife oat of his coat vault, and es-
ti l • to her husband, -- a You --, lam come to kill
a
y .. " She then saw bin strike bar husband on
era
of his hands, which he put up to guard his body
fran the knife; she ran to assist bingo the prisoner
alibi% it her wills the knife. aid cut her ea the bead;
be ibis forced die knife into her mouth, and drew it
Mir throat, then turned it round-and cut in another
direttioa from her pooh to her eye, and cut her
imalmo*my mods ; the primmer then stabbed her
husband in the-side.—( Here die witness grew so faint
it was mese time belore she meld proceed with her
evident:4llw servant case to her and her has-
band's assisting* I Owen got her -husband down, and
her skis; she grew so faint from lea of blood, that
she did not recollect what took pleas after, until she
was it die care of Mr. Dicksin. rayon, who dres-
sed her wooed:, sai she was conveyed to bed at her
own balsa, where 'helms been ever since. •
Charles Hopliss, 'hamster, Ns. 11, Gibraltar-
saw, Putsral-pisee. owtoin..--He was is his house on
rriq the lath of September, and a little after one
tfcloc tailteard the cry of a Murder," severAl times.
'He went to the deer, and saw that Mar Berry was
bleeding at 'Mr. Janes's house, calling la Masder."
He ran am to 'Mr. Lines's house, and saw bias lying
no the. ground iu the passage, and the prisoner,
OWN. was lying across his body. Owen had a knife
is his hand, and the blade of it was between Mr.
Jines's vide sod arm. Mrs. Jones came up at that
mom. • Mr. hoes called out to them to take the
knife 4ont.gli wen.. 9 eel faked himself up a little,

Rind Mrs. Jones b 1 leer spina, Ind dtagßod hie
down, Mtry,Brrrythen -teak hold of Owen's arni.
andhe (thigotitiess) ‘iitilt ttv &tile oft of sTwen's
hind. When I:r h. 4.1 taken the ...if:: trim hint he
assiste.t NIT. Imes into the front roolii and trim
thence t s Mr. Kum' s, surgeMl, in the. INtrdonatnid.
and he went with him and Mart, Berry from thence
to St. Thomas's- H TU. knie he ;:roduced
was that which lie t.ook from the prisoner.
John Francis • Holmes. Constable of Bt. George's,
S 4sth wari;sworn.— On Friday, the 26.1 a of Septette.
her. he was iaiormed of the prisoner's :laving no
tempted to murder three trersins, and proceeded td
Mr. Jones's house He put the handcuffs op that
prisoner at the door ; 4e had been previously secured,
and the knives taken frAm him. A young man gave
him a knife, which-be sail the prisoner had in his
plisession, after the former knife had been taken
trons hint. Oa the prisoner's person he found two
small knives (p_icket-knives), a bunch keys, and a
eaz.br ease. He took him to Unistin Hall, arsi be
was committed to Horsemonger-lane pan,.
The prisoner, Who is a very robust man. abont Bvc
feet ten inches in height, dark emnidezion. and
fifty years of ar, was then brought into the tunas
*fain, and the above evidence was read over to him.
'the prisoner bowed when he entered the room ; he
seemed rather agitated at first, but soon became quite
calm, and during the remainder of the time his Ws*
tenant. atsumed an appearance which multi not be.
misunderstood ; he looked at the victims of hfs re.
venge with stern malignancy, and never uttered a
word during the whole time. He was remanded 1c
snakier oaeanination. as the surgeon could suit at
yesterday.—The parties who gave evidence ent
into recognizance. to prosecute the prisoner, at trust
next Assizes at Kingston. .
It is supposed that the knife the prisoner took wits
him to Jones's house, was carried in the razor case,
which was found in his coat pocket when hr was sp.
preheoded. The fatal instrument was pttuln:ed by
Holmes, rusted with blued; it was a carving-knife 14
inches long, and tfie blade about an inch and &hall
wide. The Magistrate said it was a trausaction as
horrible as ever disgraced a.Ciriliza country.

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Tba-state-prisoners in the gaols at Derby and Not.
tingbaes,-who are to be tried Andet the spec.al corn.
ruibisons tor high treason, were served on Thursday
sit'uttight _pith copies of the indictment, tins of the
Crewe witnesses and panels, mad tat Jurors to ,be
returned for their

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We regret to say. that ode of the state prisoneri
confitied 'at York Castle, of the name of Riley, has, we
suppose.ib a paroxysm of issanity,destroyed-himsaf.
Monday a man applied to Mr. Scot:rut., b, rshola
der, of Maidstone, to apprehend two deserters, one
from the 6th and the other from the 48th Regiment.
The officer accordingly accompanied the inforinamt
to a clothes shop, and there apprer.ended the two
men, and in a snort time afterwards a Serjeant and
party from Canterbury (whence the deserters had
come) mai; into the shop• and recogniied the pria
Bonet. to be the men. of whoa, they were in pursuit.
They all went to the barracks, when it turned out
that the fellosi (a discharged soldier) who gave the
information, hall actually persuaded thel two soldiers
to desert, and had changed clothes with one of them
to assist .in disguising bias, and after so sedue:nep
them had the villadly to be the cause of theilipappau.
bepsino. • He twat accordingly keptittcustody. and
lilt be severely punished for his wicked and treicfse-
refis conduct.

A lire broke ont on Sunday morning, hetweeu the
hours of one and two'o'clock, in ..lohit'i'street, Tho-
mas-street; Dublia t it cornineneed "its the stables of
Mrs. Novawn, of New-row, and burned woh so much
violence, that two horses were destroyed. The fire,
after consuming some stables, and I leteateoing 'the
whole neighbourhood with destruction. *as cum-
pletely got under by half-past foot in ihe ninening„
The Dock Company at Hull, we uncle nisod, have
given notice to the several proprietors of houses
(built on the Company's ground, between. Wllittiriar
and Mytongates) to quit possession of the said ground
before the 25th of March nest.—Thos is deemed a
preparatory step to the making a conimusocdtion be-
tween the Humber and Clid Dock
In the Nassau Suits, saysthe Spires ,rarttal, among
other beautiful riot c plants; 'the, ,3.,! in. ti part
are still sickly, there blodnis also the airb/i Aloe of the
Lases of the Pew. koreiga attempts• i oy this
sple ,did flower, have side ed been made, bat they
have not succeeded with our Ruler, end) is vigilant
for every thing good.
Mr. SiVawiiialiT has rendered a' great service to
his Brother Office-Kyepees, by setting the ex impleof
moderate Prices, for the Public now buy twice .s many
Tickets and Shares as they used to di.; he has much
man, also. in having introduced a new team, into
&beaus, whereby the Public are oriel) benentied.
for the number of Blanks are deereaatd, and the value
of .the 'rackets eacreared. to the Lottery. which is to
commence 7th of November, there are Six Prizes of
4110,000 I a number quite unprecedented, and it will
be feCollected ids Lem £20,000 was sold in Shires at
SaaWitlONT's Offices.
HOAX AND Riulr IN GOLDICD-SQUARL—It having
been given out in printed statements yesterday, that
a man was to stand on the pillory opposite his
house in Upper John-street. for crock, to a ,fetnale,
several hundred persons assembled there:at'twelve
o'clock, and the confusion was so great that
people were obliged to put up their sloop-shitters.
Information was given at Maribontugh-street Office
of what was passing, and the whole of the officers were
sent thither to keep the peace. On their anival in
Galdervoquare,the populace were amusing thinsclves
with throwing dead cats, rotten eggs, Etc. at one auto-
ther, to the annoyance of females and (Ayers p rising.
One Lady we.. covered with filth. Foy apprehended
Jolla Daley or Davey, who. stared himself, it the
calico, to be a lighterman out of employ. "rhis man
VMS clearing his way swinging a dead cat by she neel.r.
He Was committed .n.detattit of bail.—Plan ,:harged
a second person, named Jrna Al•Qtaite, wit!, aavmpt-
ling to rescue Daley On his way to di. office, and with
Creating a riot before the office door. The deiri,Jime
.rated himself to be a soldier by trade, and that he was
on his way ni get a petition signed, when Ile also
wined in the fun. and for which fun 14 sv.gs also lock.
o:d up in default of bail.—Another man, named ILL
tontine, was charged with refusing to leave the door
of the office; but there being nothing more agemet
mm he was liberated. ,