Star.
London, England, 1826-04-15 00:00:00

THE INDIAN ARMY.

The under-mentioned Officers of the General Staff, and composing
the suite of his Excellency Lord Cummins's's, General, and Com-
mander-in-Chief, have proceeded to Agra, via.
Major-General Sir S. Whittinglum, Quarter Master General;
and Captain Elliot, Officiating Assistant Adjutant General—
King's Troops.
Colonel Stevenson, Quarter Master General; Lieut. William
Garden, Assistant Quatter Halter General; Captain N. Penny,
Officiating Deputy Assistant Quarter Muter General;
Colonel W. L. Watson, Adjutant General n Major W. S. Beatsnn,
Deputy Adjutant General; Captain J. J. Hamilton, Extra Assis-
tant Adjutant General; I.ieut. Colonel Cuncliffe, Commissary
General; and Lieut. Colonel Bryant, Judge Advocate General—
of the Army.

SUM 07 NIB

IHS COMMAIIDFIL-111

Brevet Lieut. Colonel the Hon. J. Finch, Military Secretary.

Captain T. Macao, Persian Interpreter.
Captain F. H. Dawkins, Brevet Major Kelly, and Captain
Archer, Aidea-de-Camp.
Captain Godfrey C. Mundy, and Captain William Agnew,
Extra Aides-de-Camp.
Assistant Surgeon Hugh Smith, Surgeon to the Commander-
in-Chief.

DREADFUL MURDER IN MARY-LA-BONNE.

A dreadful murder was committed last night in
the parish of Mary-la-bonne. The individual who has
lost his life is Mr. Cooper, a brush• maker, and one of
the most respectable inhabitants of High-street. It ap-
pears that Mr. Cooper had received into his house a
woman, named Bicknell, who had been on terms of
intimacy with a man named Pollard, a journeyman
butcher. Pollard is a man of depraved habits, and it is
said she sought protection in Mr. Cooper's house from
Pollard's violence. Cooper, in fact, was her relation.
Pollard, supposing that Cooper exercised a controul
over her, and by coercion prevented her from visiting
him, declared to several persons in the neighbouthood
that he would seek satisfaction for his supposed injuries,
and that nothing but blood, and the death of one indi-
vidual, should satisfy him. Yesterday afternoon, he
was particularly violent in this respect—carried about
with him a large knife, which is used by slaughtermen
in the process of dressing beasts—flourished it about in
the various public-houses where he was drinking in the
course of the day, and swore in the most horrid man-
ner, that a person from whom he had received a serious
injury, should that night suffer death. Being half in.
toxicated, his threats were but little heeded by his
companions, who did not for a moment suppose that
he intended carrying his meditated design into execution.',
About half-past seven o'clock, Pollard went to Mr.
Cooper's house. He was about entering the ship, when
he was met by Cooper, who opposed his entrance, and
told him he should not enter the :hop. The villain
immediately drew his knife, and plunged it, into
Cooper's heart ! The unfortunate man feU upon his face
outside his shop door, and the wretch again stabbed
him in two other places. He then sprung over the body,
and meeting with Mrs, Cooper, uho was hastening to
her husband's assistance, he stabbed her in the neck and
in the side, and inflicted two dreadful cuts on the arm.
Mr. Cooper's four children, who were in the
alarmed at the dreadful sight they beheld, screamed
out for assistance, and Pollard at that moment flew at
them in the most savage manners but he was prevented
from committing any violence upon them by the inter-
ference of Mrs. Bicknell, who then received three stabs
in her right she older. The dreadful spectacle attracted
the attention of several persons to the spot, but before
any one could enter the shop; Pollard had wounded his
victims in the manner already stated. It happened that
at this moment a party of the watchmen had come up
from the watch-house, and were going to their respective
stations, when, on passing the opposite side of the way,
they saw Pollard standing in the dour-way, flourishing
his knife over his victim. The watchmen endeavoured
to enter the shop, but Pollard used the most horrid
oaths, floutished the knife about in a most terrific man-
ner, and swore that whoever dared to oppose him should
share the same fate as the individual they saw before
them. Several officers soon arrived from the Police
Office, and finding that it would be the sacrifice of any
man's life who endeavoured to wrest the knife from
Pollard's hands, although he was then much exhausted
from the loss of blood, having stabbed himself in the
body, two men went round to the back part of the
house, and coming upon him unexpectedly, they
wrenched the knife from his hand, but it required but
little exertion to secure him. It would seem, that atter
he had murdered Mr. Cooper, and stabbed the two
females, he plunged the knife into his own belly. The
wretched scene which the shop at this moment pre.
sented is beyond description.
Mr. Cooper was taken to the shop of Mr. Crawford, a
surgeon, in High-street, but life was wholly extinct.
The children were hurried from the place, and conveyed
to a neighbour's house. A Medical Gentleman im-
mediately attended Mrs. Cooper, whose wounds do not
appear to be dangerous, and she was put to bed in her
own house. Mrs. Bicknell was able to walk-to the
Surgeon's house, where her wounds were dressed. Pol-
lard was taken, in the custody of the officers and watch-
men, to the Police Office. He was then placed before
Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, but he was then in that
reduced state, that he could not answer a single ques-
tion, and Mr. Rawlinson directed him to be immediately
conveyed to the Infirmary. There he was attended by
Mr. Goodger, the house surgeon, and his wounds
having been dressed, he recovered sufficiently to an-
swer a few questions which were put to him ; and he
then declared, that so much had drink prevailed over
him, that he was unconscious of having -committed the
dreadful offence with which he was charged. Mr.
Goodger afterwards waited upon Mr. Rawlinson, and
expressed his opinion that Pollard would not live until
the morning.
Mr. Cooper was about forty years of age. His body has been
taken back to his own boom, where it now remains to await the
the dedala of the Coroner's Impost.

An importation oftwenty-three Flemish horses, of the
cart kind, were landed last week at Woodbridge; they
appeared in fine order. Eleven of them were sold in).
mediately on their arrival.