Star.
London, England, 1828-02-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The James, SILIALD, from Madras, has arrived of Brighton.
The Elizabeth, &Maw, from Sligo to London, was on shore
at the island of Ramsey on the loth instant.
Mum, FItaILUAILT to.—Wind S.E.—Arrived from London the
Frederick, FilitSIAL for Jamaica ; Manning, Lewis. for Leghorn;
Sarah, HANN, for Nevis; Harriet, Moszer. for Messina; Fame,
Yortea, for ioston ; and Duchess of Athol, fur India : the two
latter remain. The outward bound began to turn away at eight
ss. with the Abercrombie Robinson, and nearly the whole of
them sounded the Foreland before the good-tide made.
Poatastouvis, FIBILUARY gi.—Winsi S.S.E.—Arrived the Fink,
Tarzoa, from New York.
FALMOUTH, F/1111171111Y 2411...W1114 g W.—Arrived from London,
the Australia, Berson, for Jamaica; Canning, PLII/ORD for Car-
diff; and Magrete packet, Porters, from Lisbon—sailed on the.'
10th instant.

Pirmonvw, FIUIRVART 20.—Wind S.—Arrived from London
the Barbados Plantar, STEWA IIT, for Barbados; Maria, 1.111411 t,
for Sierra Leone, last from Cork. Put back leaky, also from
London, the Trident, LAWSON, for Santa Martha. Off port, tke
Australia, Ram, for Jamaica.

•
1120/1 Tat PLTI2O2T2 JOURNAL.
In Hamoare—,lhe Britannia, Jason., Pylades, Reyaard,'Leve-
ret, Royalist, Niiktingale, Antelope, and Industry.
In Barnpol—The Leije Dutch corvette.
At the Island—The Erebus, Brkomart, and Bramble.
In Catwatur—The Cato and Maria transports.
In the Sound—The Maidstone.
The Industry (tender to the Itamihes) arrived 02 Tuesday for
ones for the Coast Blockade Service.

The Britomart 30, Commander R. It Meeting, came in also
on Tuesday morning, baying parted from the British and Portu-
guese ships bound to Lisbon, on Friday evening last, about 200
miles S.W. of the Land's End, the wind at that time blowing strong
from the S.S. W. and the squadron making little progress, in con-
sequence of the dullness of the Perla and Teyo. The Gloucester,
Capt. Horton, joined the squadron the day after they left this port

On the Kiwc's rising from his dinner on Wednesday
evening, at the Royal Lodge, he received a dispatch
from Mr. Secretary HUSICISSON, to which his MAJESTY
sent a reply by one of his Messengers, commanding the
attendance of Mr. Hnsusson at the Royal Lodge,
Windsor Park, yesterday afternoon, for which purpose
the Right Hon. Gentlemaa left town yesterday about
twelve o'clock.
The KING received a dispatch yesterday morning at
the Royal Lodge, from Earl DUDLEY, supposed to be
upon the subject .of dispatches from Constantinople.—
His MAJESTY also received a second box of dispatches
from the same Noble Earl, about five o'clock in the
afternoon, containing the communications sent by Lord
ViscountGaanint.t.s, his Majesty's Ambassador at Paris.
Yesterday a notice was stuck up at the Jamaica
Coffee House, announcing that Montego Bay (Jamaica)
would be immediately declared a free port.

OLD BAILEY—THIS DAY.
TRIAL OF WILLIAM JONES. •
The Court this morning at a very early hour was
crowded almost to suffocation ; and considerable con-
fusion occurred from the great pressure of a number of
persons•ansions to obtain admittance.
At half past nine o'clock William Jones was potato
the Bar, to plead to an indictment, charging him with
the wilful murder of Mrs. Betty Jeffs. in Montague
Place, on the 31st of December last. He was genteelly
dressed in black, and had a most respectable appearance.
Hr pleaded Not Guilty in a firm voice.
He was then put back, and again arraigned for steal.
ing, in the City of London, a coat, the property of
William Hussey.
To this charge the prisoner pleaded Guilty. He was
then put back. Sir Richard Birnie and Mr. Halls, the
Magistrates of Bow•street, were on the Bench. At ten
o'clock Mr. Justice Bailey, Mr. Baron Vaughan, and
Mr. Justice Gaselee, came upon the Bench.
The prisoner was then placed at the bar.
Mr. ADOLPHIIe (with whom was Mr. Law) opened
the case, and said this was an important case, as upon
it-decided the question of the life of the prisoner, and
he hoped •they would dismiss from their minds any
thing they might have, heard read, or surmised upon
.the subject, and detailed the evidence in support of the
chargesornsi called the fullowinewitnesses:
P.m Dent examined by,the Learned Racomatte,.—l am in the
employ of Messrs. Robinson, ill QuAtkQueen-street, Lim:Fitt's Inn.
fields. About four o'clock in the afternoon of Ist January,ls2ll I
went to the house; I could not get admitted ; the shutters were
closed; I went to the next house. Mr. Strit:llV BOSAMOZT"'
And got into Mr. Lett's house by the back way ?—Wlsea'brot in-
side, with Thomas Hawkins and another person, we went up stairs,
with another person named Bonnick, and found no bed which had
been used; it was extremely dark; having procured a light, they
searched the house. and in the front kitchen the dead body of the
deceased was found. The witness described the position of the
°body ; the umfortuuate woman's throat was cut; there was a quan-
tity of blood lying about the room; I observed a razor-case and a
pair of scissors lying on the right side, but net in the blood ; the
left hand pocket was turned out.
Cross-examined by Mr. Coasamos.—The razor case was shoot
two feet from the body; a work box was upon the table; I did
not observe any thing else upon the table ; I went into every room ;
the drawers in the bed-room were open, but no locks appeared to
have been forced; the things appeared to have been disturbed, as
U they had been looked at or turned-over.
Alexander Bootlick, the person alluded to by the last witness,
went to the house of Mr. Lett. accompanied by him. He gave
nearly the same account.—ln cross-examination the witness said
it might have taken a person an hour to examine all the drawers.
Thomas Hawkins pave similar testimony.
Samuel nine:min.—l am a constable of St. Giles s. On the lst
of January, a short tins* after six o'clock, I, lu company with
Gardener. Kent, and Robinson' examined minutely the House. Ie
the kitchen I saw the deceased, lying on her right side • I saw the
lower part of a razor-sheath close to her; I left it there. I then
went into every room of the house, and ha a drawer in one of the
bed-roonts I found a military glove,u hick bad the mark of fresh blood
upon It, and a part of a newspaper, which was also stained with
blood. I saw several bandboxes disturbed, and drawers turned
inside out. All the rooms were then locked up, and the keys were
put into my possession. In a day or two after I again examined
the band-boxes, and discovered several stains of blood upon some
papers and feathers they contained. I subsequently west on the
sth to Mitre-street, Lambeth, and euquired at No. 11, in that
street, for a person named Jones, 1 made a search in that home,
and in the back room up one pair of stairs, I saw Salmon take up
a shirt-collar from the bed, and in the table-drawer I found a
razor, which I now produce. I also found an umbrella;
there was no other raw in she room, neither was there a sheath or
part of a razor sheath. I continued some time after looking for
the prisoner, and on the 13th of January I found him in the Comptert
lie was there in the name of William Edwards. I said to him.
your name is Jones ; he &aid " No it is net," and afterwards said
It was his name. I examined his lac band in consequence of some-
thing that bad before passed in my mind. There was a cut
on the thumb near the naiL I asked him when it had been dope?
be said six weeks. It appeared to be a fresh cut, and I told him
so. I asked him how he had cut the thumb ;he replied that It
was caused by cutting some wood with a knife. I then examined
his clothes ; be wore a blue frock coat ; be had not a shirt upon his
back, and said he bad pawned it the Saturday before which I
ascertained to be the fact, and examined the coat ; the sleeves ap-
peared to have been recently sponged, outside and inside, down as
far nearly as the bend of the arm ; the front of the coat was also
sponged ; he said the person from whom he had borrowed the coat
had sponged it; he was left In possession of the coat until last Sa-
turday ; I left him in the Compter, and on Monday, the 14th, he
was taken for examination to Bow-street. On the 45th of January
I went to the House of Correction, and I again searched him ; in
the right hand pocket is a stain, but what that stain is I cannot say.
The witness then produced the band-boxes, and pointed out the
stains of blood upon the leathers, its which they contained.
Mr. John Vickery, keeper of the House of Correction, pro-
duced the blue frock coat, which was sworn to by the last witness..
Furaeman in cross-examination said. that upon the razor he die.
severed a stela towards the hilt which be panted out. The razor
appears to have been wiped, and the handle appears to have been
walked, because it is so clean, I think rubbing and washina
might have got that mark or stain upon the blade off.--
There is a stain in the handle opposite the mark on the blade.
My suspicions lighted upon the prisoner three or four days
after the murder: That was before we went to Mitre-street;
that was before I had seen the razor, coat and trowsers, or had sees
the prisoner. Under all that I have done, I have certainly acted
under a strong impression of his guilt. My judgment was, that the
cut upon his finger was not recently done ; it was quite red, and
only seemed to have been done six or seven days. I did not
inquire as to how the coat had been sponged. I never said
I made a remark upon the waistcoat before I saw it, but when I
had seec it, I said it had recently been washed. The prisoner's
boots were in very bad condition. I asked the prisoner where Le
had been living? and he told me, 35, Mitre-street, and said with
Charlotte Berry ; he also mentioned Windmill-court. I also found he
has passed by the name of Rdwatds for months. Charlotte Berry
bas been living in the watchhouse since the prisoner's apprehension.
I never denied access to the prisoner's attorney.
Re-examined by Mr. Assotenus.—The only effect the discovery
of the stains had upon me was to be extremely vigilant and correct
in every circumstance I could collect. Suspicion was first directed
towards Mr. Knight, the son of the deceased; he was in coned),
and was discharged.
Elisabeth Evans, swern—lhatd the sound of a scream ate. t
half-past nine o'clock, from the direction of the house of Mr, Lett.
This was on a Monday night, but did not take any further notice of
the circumstance, until after the discovery of the murder.
William Bagwell, who was with the last witness at the time,
confirmed her testimony. He looked round, bat saw no person in
the street. •
James Hannan', the watchman In Montagu-place, stated,
that on the evening in question he was calling the hour of
half-put tea, when he saw a man and a woman talking
to Mrs. Jeffs at the door, which be held half open. They wished
each other a good night, and the man and woman went away.
Mrs. Jeffs went in doors. Witness was not on duty on New
Year's Night. The man wore a blue coat, but witness could not
say whether he had an apron on.
Cross-examined—h must have, been nearly a quarter to eleven
o'clock when witness saw the man and woman leave.
John ;Knight sworn—Knows the prisoner at the bar; his
name is William Jones. The prisoner had formerly lodged
with witness; he was intimate with the whole of the family.
Had called with the prisoner in the month of December on Mrs.
Jeffs. The prithoer,about that time,went to live with Mr.Duncesebe.
Witness and prisoner called on Mrs. Jeffs about the time that the
former was engaged in making up some books for Mr. Robinson,
the Vestry Clerk.
Thomas Halls, Esq. the Magistrate of Bow-street. was examined
from the Bench. On the 14th of January took an examination of
the prisoner. The notes of the examination were here produced. No
threat was held out to the prisoner—so far from that he was par.
ticularly cautioned as to what be said. On Saturday last a verbatim
copy of the examination was read over to the prisoner,which be A.
dined signing, observing that there wet. many inaccuracies in it.—
Witness asked the prisoner if he would sign it, subject to a remark
relative to the inaccuracies, but he still declined to sign it, sad also
refused to state what the inaccurades,were. The very words sled
by the prisoner were put down. Occasional questions were put to
him as to where he had beets at the time of the murder, and also
to draw his emotion toasty nsaterial paint. When the paper was
banded to the prisoner, his Solicitor, Mr. Bonita, said," If you sign
that you do It on your own responsibility." ?belabour often said
the statement was inaccurate. The depositions had bees takenolined,
and returned to the Court pursuant to the statute. The prisoner
admitted that the statement contained exactly what he had stated
on the occasion of Its being takes; and merely added, "there ate
many inaccuracies in It !"
[At this period of the examination our Reporter left the Old
Batley, but we shall report the further progress of the trW at di&
fount periods in the course of the evening).