Star.
London, England, 1803-01-04 00:00:00

COLONEL DESPARD.

It is now fixed that the Special Comm;Mon for
the trial of Colonel DES PAULO and thr•other Perim,
cummittsd on charges of High Treai,n, /ball be
opened at the New Setlions I Joule, in the Borough
of Southwark, on the 1711 i init. when Lord E it M.
BONOVGH, who is at the head of the Conimiainn.
will deliver. Lis Charge to the Grand Jury. The
other Judges carved in the Commiflion are, Baron
THOMPSON, Mr. ultice LE BLAN c, and Mr. Juftite
CHAMBRE.

As an inftance of the clemency of the fcafon
there is now an apple tree in blodom in the gar-
den of Mr. Burge, of Southampton.

As one of the many proofs of the mihineft of
the feafon, a Gentleman has growing in his gar.
den, near Reading, red drawiserries, though [ser-
ially expofed to the weather.

There is now at Mr. John Midfork's. Ellerby,
about eight miles from Hull, a brood of young
geefe.hatehed on the loth in*. from under a hen;
and what is fill more remarkable, the vac hxs
laid every other day an egg (ince the Sth of Olt.
to the prefect time.

Green peat e and raddithes were lan week ga-
thered in the open garden of Mr. HARDWICK, at
Bolton. •

The t.ccident, that prevented PAX :tppe:,r -
ance to Saturday, was occarioned by the WI of a
ladder 3o feet high, while fhe was (landing on die
Star waiting for the commencement of the re-
hearfal. She was much bruik:ci on the thoulder and
hack, and unfortunately on ber foot, which was bc-
fore hurt at her benefit.

Mr. BAR I'LIt.TT, Riding Surveyor of the Dart.
mouth and YealamptooDiftria who was fo cruelly
beat and maltreated by Come fmugglers, on the
12th ult. died of his wounds laR Sunday. The
Coroner, Mr. WITITFORD, took an Inquell on rho
body, at Super's-bridge, and the Jury found a
verdia, after a aria examination of fevcral hours,
again tt a per fon or perfons unknown. Fou r (mug-
llers are in enitody, and under examination of :..e
atices of Plymp.on dlrlfrom

The Dover mail 'coach broke chfam on Friday
morning near Otlaringe: the pailengah received
confiderable injury.

Monday fennight, the mail from Carsick ro
Clonmel, was scotched near Killbee!an, by four
villains, and a fhot was -fired at the efcort, by
which he was wounded with cavern] dugs, in his
arm. The poa boy and efcort, howtver, caved
with the mail.

Friday fe'nnight the lamp-lighter who trimmed
the light direetly over the receiving hole, at the
General Poli.ollice, Dublin, dropped a fpark
from his torch into die balker beneath§ by which
a few letters were fccaard, but as ferious injury
Cone.

A few night. ago a Gentleman's fervant baying
taken a chafing.ddh of coals to Ms bed-room, was
unfortunately found fuffocated in his bed.

Satutday fennight, as a butcher and his wife
•ere returning from the market of Clonmel, Fe.
thard, where they reticle. they were fet upon by
fe•eral ruffians. near Lifronan, who beat them in
the moll inhuman manner.

Lan week a young man, who had been to fee
the wild beans in the Botanic GArden. in Paris,
'being imprudent enough to put his hands through
the burs to carefs a young lion, was moll dread-
fully punithed for his temerity ; the lion haring
fattened on him, and fo bitten his arm that imme-
dime amputation was found neccifary in order to
fave his life.

On Tuefday morning, between three and four
o'clock, fume noOurnal depredators attempted to
break into a houfe in South Hanover-fireet, Edin-
burgh. They picked the lock of the area gate, 3.13
were cutting away the woo, that received the b. It
head of the loirer door, when forttinae!y the
fervants awoke and alarmed the family, w!lich
obliged the rogues to run of

Oa Friday morning, aSout two o'clock, a (harp
affray took place between two excifernen, and two
(muggier' whom they overtook in the lane between
Weil and North-flreet„ in Chicheller, with a one
horfe cart, laden with tobacco and liquors. The
(muggier' fought with bludgeons, and the officers
with -fibres and piaols. Viary at length declared
in favour of the latter, who remained mailers of the
cargo.

On Wednefday feinnight, between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night, Mr. Jona Btacastres, a
refpetlable fanner at Colby, in I.incolnfbire, bay-
Mg been at Winterton at_ a public meeting, PA
after he had mounted his hot* the animal reared
and fell back upon him in the attn, by which ac-
cident he was killed upon the fpot.—Mr. B. was
in the both year of his age.
On Wednefday afternoon, in coafequence of a
quarrel between John Jervis Banks, a felon, and
William Luke, a deferter from the Royal Artil.
lery. both confined in Hull gaol, the latter re-
caved from the former a wound on the back, with
a pair of large !hears, which penetrated about Gt
inches into the chett ; in confequence of which he
now lies in the utmott danger.
The inhuman pratice offorcing little chimney
(weeps to climb up a nich on the ontfide of St.
George's Church, Hanover.lquare, f ill continues.
for the porpofe of teaching them the trade. A
, nue was on Thurfday employed for nearly two
hours in forcing a child, at the rifk of his life. to
climb up, fornetimes by fending another lad to
poke him up, by potting his head underneath him,
and at others by pricking him with a nisi fattened
to the end ofa Rick. The poor child in his liruggles
' to keep himfelf from falling, hod rubbed the fkin
from his knees and elbows, while the perfpiration
arifing from fear and exertion covered his fact.
The humanity, bowever,of fame by-fiaaders relin-
ed the boy from his fituation. Why so*
the fame method be enforced by the Legillatunt
for (weeping narrow Chimnics that prevails ge-
nerally a Scotland ?—This is performed by a large
irifp of (law or hay (Alerted to a rope, anal draw.)
i'from the bottom to the top of the cbiaramy, :tusk
will completely aufwer the r Drpok-