Star.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

EXECUTION.

This morning, at seven o'clock, the Shiervv for
the County of Surrey, accompanied by his Officers,
attended at the Gaol in Horsemongenlane, and pro-
ceeded to demand the bodies of the several ,convicts
who had been tried and left for execution at the last
Guildford Assizes, when the following unfortunate
criminals were summoned from their cells, to undergo
the sentence of the law :

William West (aged 24), for uttering as true, well
knowing them to be forged and counterfeit, two
Bank Notes, purporting to be those of the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England, to Mr. Philip
Butler, of Barnes, in the County of Surrey.
William Park (aged 28), for a burglary in the
house of Mr. Broomfield, at Lambeth, with whom
he lived as journeyman baker, and stealing 3241. in
Bank notes.

William Cook (aged 40), for breaking and entering
the dwelling-house of Mr. John Dudley, at Leigh,
and stealing various articles, under circumstances Of
peculiar atrocity.
The prisoners were conducted to the Chapel of the
prison, where Divine Service was performed in the
most solemn manner by the Rev. Mr. Moroi, in which
he was mast fervently joined by the unfortunate cul-
prits. After having spent some considerable time in
devotion, the cavalcade proceeded to the yard, where
the proper officer was waiting with the apparatus for
knocking off the irons, which being done the crimi--
nals were pinioned; and, accompanied by the High
Sheriff, the Reverend Divines, &c. &c. ascended the
stairs leading to the top of the entrance to the Jail.
On their reaching the fatal platform, West was first
placed under the gallows, Cook next, and Park came
up last. The Executioner then proceeded to perform
the awful duties of his situation, during which time
the Rev. Mr. MANN and the Rev. Mr. KNIGHT, ad-
ministered the consolations of religion to the unfor-
tunate men, who all behaved with great steadiness
and composure, and acknowledged the justice of their
fate. At a few minutes past nine the fatal signal was,
given, the drop fell, and they were launched into
eternity. An immense quantity of persons attended
to witness the melancholy ceremony.

The unfortunate man, William West, was born at Kingston,
of poor but honest parents, who brought hint up to the business
of a butcher, at which calling he for some time procured au
honest and respectable livelihood, but unfortunately getting im-
plicated in the criminal traffic of dealing in forged Notes, it
brought him to an ignominious death !
William Park, who was a remarkably well-looking young
man, belonged to a very respectable family, and has been long
known in the neighbourhood of Newington, Lambeth, &c. &c.
where be always bore the character of an honest man, till the un-
fortunate stair for which he suffered.—Williarn sok appears
to have been a labouring man.

Wednesday night, no fewer than six forged Notes
were tendered at Vauxhall : they were detected by
Inspectors who attended by order of the Bank Di-
rectors.

Last night a dreadful fire broke out on board a
west-country. barge lying in the London Docks. It
was occasioned by the carelessness of one of the boat-
men : the devouring element spread to the adjoining
ware-houses, caught a bottle of phosporus, and blew
up the whole of the adjoining premises.
_ _ _

-Friday se'nnight, a child cf six years old died at
Balfron, after a few hours illness, after eating a quan-
tity of berries of the rowan-tree, or mountain-ash.

Thursday afternoon the scaffolding erected about
the church of St. John, Westminster, gave way, and
three men were precipitated from nearly the summit
of the building. One was killed on the spot, and the
other two were taken to the Westminster Infirmary,
in a state so dangerous as to afford but little hope of
recovery.

A dreadful calamity happened, at six o'clock on
Saturday evening, in the Canal near Croydon, to
NICHOLSON DUNDAS ANDERSON (son of the late Ro-
NERT ANDERSON, Isq. late Superintendant of the Ma-
rines of the Hon. East India Company at Bombay)
a student at the East India Company's College a
Addisccombe, near Croydon ; whilst bathing with
three of his fellow-collegians he sank and was drowned.
He was speedily taken out, and every effort was made
to restore animation, but without effect.

Last week the manufacturers of Preston raised the
prices of weaving Is. per cut, or about 10 per cent
on the sort of goods most generally manufactured in
that neighbourhood.
CORN-EXCHANGE, MAR[-LAVE, AUGUST 31.
Having a continuance of foreign arrivals of Wheat,
and a good supply from Kent and Essex this morn-
ing, the sales were heavy, at last Monday's prices,
although the major part of this day's supply, from
the above Counties, consisted of samples of New, In,
the buyers purchased but sparingly, in consequence
of the large arrivals from abroad. A few samples
of New Barley appeared, which were readily disposed
of for Malting at 70s. per quarter ; and fresh gt find-
ing Barley was in demand at an advance of 2s. per
quarter. Old Beans are `3s. per quarter cheaper, and
heavy sale at that reduction, the quantity at Market
being large. Oats are 2s. per qr. lower, owing to the
magnitude of the supply both of English and foreign.

8)IITII YIELD IVlAarrs, AUGUST 51,—Betf, GS. Od. to Si. od.

stone of albs.; Matton,is. to Ss 6d. Ws!, 54. to Ss. 411. Park
to St. tod. Lamb Ss. to 6s. Cattle at Nlarket—ilenit. 2920
Calves, 210; Sheep and Lambs, 19,620; Pigs, 240; day, •
Iced, 51. to IL 81. Cl•ver, 54 t• 91. On Bttaw f-I. Si. to V. I is.