Star.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

lAFAL INTELLIGENCE.

stet, X. has arrived in the River from

PORTS \MUTH, AUGUST 9.

E.—Yesterday arrived his Majesty's ships
VEscsus, RAMILLIES, and PROME-
a cruise. Sailed the Royal George
hton. And to-day arrived the schooner
tsaow,flom St. Michael's, out 34 days,
visions and water; spoke on the 2d of
t. 47.3. North, long. 8. 51. West, the
—, of Stockholm, from Tenerife,
ks, all well, was boarded by an Inver-
. schooner two days before, who plun-
U casks of w ine—arrived also the Anna
'Halifax, with troops, last from Cowes;
non, from London for India.
PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 7.

Edward, PEMA Nt, of this port, that
nce on Wednesday last for Prince Ed-
WAS run down the same night off the
ink, by the Zephyr, off and from Liver-
red.
'ALMOUTII, AUGUST i.

—AiTiveci his 111.tjesty's ship SHAM.
Huize.—Sailed the Duke of Kent pie.
ul for Lisbon.

DEAL, AUGUST
—His Majesty's ship HucwAitg.irriTeo.
stead of the NonTnumnaaman, and
Tning for Chatham, which tialsatad
Anived avid sailed the Orietit:Qiiitir
,evicavle for Gibraltar. The DefenC'e,
i,fium Calcutta, is now coming into the

DOVER, A TTC: USt 8.
is day the Lord Duncan packet, Captain
Laly 1111e1.1111e5, CAptilift FIATWART),
ceLeopold, Captain ROGERS, for Calais,
;en: abo the Laid Duncan packet,.Cap-
with a Mail and passengers for Ostend,
evening the King George packet, Cip-
Ind the Flora, Captain WATSON, from
passengers.
. .

.—Arrived this morning the Princeis
:let, Captain HALLANDS, with a
rs horn Ostend. Sailed this morning
3rge, Captain Nlznczn, for Calais, with

TibLL, AUGUST 6.
e Cherub, from Greenland, with 33 fish,
urora, from ditto, with 7 fish, 240 butts;
Bth, the Lord Barham, PARKIN, from
I fish, 280 butts.

transport, from Halifax, on her passage,
Henry, of North Shields, water-logged,
:d—slie was timber-laden.

LEITH, AUGUST 6.
Percy, of Kirkcaldy, arrived here on
the Greenland fishery, with 12 fish, 155
Captain CUNNING!! AM spoke the Royal
eith, 23d June, with 4 fish ; and Juno,
of the same place, on the 15th of July.
11l fish, 11.5 tons. The Active, GRA4,.
ll fish, about 130 tons, and the Enter-
tg, with 8 fish, are arrived at Peterhead.
NTABLE CASE OF SHIPWRECK. •
(From a Jamaica Paper.)
tto state the fuss of the schooner Jam
vt (Kingston) to New Orleans. The_l44--
italars are derived from a letter fteip
iscsrox, dated the flavannah, May 20=
treat regret I communicate an ac:ount of the
.'deT isLe, which upset in a white squall half an
ay, 6tl the 23d of March, about two leagffes
rdof the Isle of Pines. Nothing could possibly
ring to the eruct or cargo. Mrs. Shaw, the se.-
Lune Yako, being both in the cabin, were in-
d, u or, assistance whatever could be renderd.
%net did lot immediately go down, but our boat
0 leeward we could not get at her • we there-
raft, and all the men, and Messrs. Corney, Ki-
ra got on it. Patrick Flanigan was washed off
eltry one the got ashore on the south coast of
foes about four o'clock of the morning of the
UV been upwards of sixteen hours in the water,
ith we were up to the arm-pits. On the &I-
lse L. Carney, and notwithstanding we made
Staudt we could not find him. He was, how-
Nay preserved, himself, as well as Thomas
Deo weakness, remained behind, having been
'dog to a horse, not far distant from where we
t whi h, ft. our anxious state, we never di/co-
eliac appeared a misfortune proved a benefit, as.,
kis Ie their weak state, have undergone the fa-
did for five days afterwards, without my suite-
-14.10,We meta fisherman, who relieved our
as tinint power. We were sent from the
If the ntient the Wand, on the suppo-
"Kmffiki al, li.Thrisoit vessel, and were 1t..-pt in
Sate sou.e dty. before we were released.—
t to.say, was lost io the wooda, and, so clouhes

mat
theßeviZie7; the last three
rielded au excess of upwards (ol #150.0001-
ivilt4 ;Le like pea iud iu die preLedisz you

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The Rev. Mr. Roma, of Limehoust, has, agteeably
to the call made upou him, furnished the following
statement :

" number of contradictory statements having
appeared respecting Hussey's confession; it has been
judged advisable to give, in an authentic shape, the
whole of what really passed from his lips in his cell
lon the morning of his execution. It must be admit-
ted that the situation in which I was placed with re-
spect to this wretched man, was one of great dilS•
culty, and of peculiar delicacy. I had been requested
by a number of respectable persons to go down to
Maidstone. He had himself strongly urged me to
see him. I was sensible, that if any confession ac-
ceptable to the people at large, and satisfactory to
the inhabitants of Greenwich in paricular, could be
made, much would depend upon the manner in
which the conversation was conducted, and the ques-
tions were put on my part. That there was some-
thing which burdened and troubled his mind, 1 had
every reason to conclude, from what I discovered at
my first interview wi;h him on the day (Sunday) pee-1
vious to his execution. I went, for the first time, sc-1
companied by the Chaplain and jailer of the prison.
When the humane and worthy clergyman had con- I
eluded the prayers, and reading a sermon, he and
the jailer retired, leaving me alone with the prisoner.l
in the course of a long and interesting conversation,)
chiefly on religious topics, I saw enough to give
force and strength to the conviction, that if he were
aot the actual perpetrator of the horrid deed, he was
possessed of that which would be of the utmost im-
portancc to have communicated to the public. I had
recourse to every means of persuasion : I pressed dis-
closure as a matter of religious duty—as one of per-
sonal favour ; but they had no avail ; and I saw the
time • as not yet arrived in which I should succeed
.
in carrying my point. One observation which he
made, in reference to the murder, was remarkable,
and heightened extremely all my anxieties on the
subject, What good will it do for me to disclose
any thing I know of the murder, now I am going
to suffer for it ? The secret had better die with me.
You must not—must not press me further. lam
innocent of it !' In the course of this day I was fre-
quently with him, but in company with the chaplain
and jailer. On the Monday morning we settled with
him to administer the Sacrament of the LORD'S Sup-
per at an early hour. On some person coming into
the cell, and entering into conversation, he told me
he had slept little in the night, and that something
so troubled him, that he could not compose himself
to rest. It had a reference to the Sacrament, for which
he thought hi:nself not duly prepared, though he said
he waim Charity with all men, and had made,lie hoped,
his peace with that Goo before whom he was shortly
to be summoned. I thought it might now be pro-
'lductive of good, if, after having shortly explained
the nature, and pressed the importance, of this duty,
enjoined by his dying SAVIOUR, I was to avail my-
self of the opportunity of urging him to disclose the
state yf his mind, and make a frank confession of
.my thing which either interrupted his peace or trot-
bled his conscience. The words, as far as I can te-

1,6 collect, in which I addressed him, were theses—
And now, Hussey, before, we communicate, and
le this-Sacrament to our comforto request you to
declare as a dying man, for the satisfaction of the ,
public at large, and of the inhabitants of Greenwich
in particular, did you or did you not perpetrate this
horrid murder? or, if you did not, do you know
who did? Tell me as a matter of personal favour.'
His answer was, ' As. GOD is my judge, and you are
my witnesses, these uplifted hands were never stained
-with the blood of Mr. Bird or his servant: He was
now on his knees, and giving me a keen and expres.
sive look, he added, in a tone scarcely audible I
know—but—more presently !'
" After the Sacrament had been administered,
which was done by the Rev. Mr. Argles, with great
solemnity, the chaplain and jailer took their leave,
and left me alone with him. We were together up-
wards of an hour. Immediately as the door of tl.e
cell was closed, I entered into a religious conversation
with him---41i4coared on the state of the soul after
death, on a future judgment, and on such other to-
pics as were calculated to affect his heart, and to Fro-
duce within him true repentance beibre Goo, and
faith in the LORD Jesus Ciintsr! I thought that
my endeavours seemed now to be pre-eminently sue-
.cessful. Hussey himself said that this was the hap-
piest moment he had yet experienced. I seized the
favourable symptom, for 1 saw that the. heart was
disposed to be communicative. After exhausting al•
most every other topic of address, I descanted upon
the comfort of possessing a true friend to whom we
could unbosom our heart, and reveal our sorrows.
' You,' said he, ' are that friend that I ought to coif-
cell nothing from ; I never can make you any return
for all your goodness to me.' ' Yes,' Hussey : there's
one return which you can, if you will, make; it will
be a sufficient reward; tell me all you know!' He
cast a look at the door, and listened for• a moment;
and then began to address me in the following words,
'to which I have strictly adhered, giving the name.
tive, as far as my recollection will enable me, in the
very same language in which it was related. The
scene was a melting one; and he was occasionally so
agonized, as to be obliged to take a little breath, and
give vent to the feelings with which he was agita •
There was a moment, indeed, in which I almost de-
spaired of his being able to proceed, such was dm
difficulty he experienced in embodying in language
the horrid narrative : -
HUSSEY'S CONFESSION TO MR. RUDGE, IN HIS CELL.
u All along have I resolved never even to my dearest I.
bons to divulge the secret, but to let it die with me. Trerrisil•
ter staggered my resolution, but I got over the &Kathy. las
not the murderer, but I planned and instigated the robbay-7
The At ismerr gives me the power to declare this, and to ay, des
in the blood of Mr. Bird, his servant, or any one else, my Loses
were never imbrued. A man of the name of A with one B did
it. We had accientally met at Greenwich, and we became inti-
mate with each other. We had learned that Mr. Bird was very
fah, and that he sometimes wan to London to receive large
sums of money. It happened the same day as I was sitting with
A and drinking st the Tiger, we observed him sitting in one of
his rooms at a table, whereon was a good deal of geld, and a
number of what we thought were banknotes. I observed this
.would be a fine job. This led to something further being said,
ii..d I proposed the robbery, saying, let us meet this evening,
anal we will see what can be done. It happened, however, that
seething was attempted that night, nor was any thintfulally set.
alai upon, we not being synod as to the parts we *auk pike

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rt the rot4ey, . We iegatl so; be aim* t Weilk after
an my adult: sus, that We shot& try that very evening, anti
that I had pi welded sham:der to opels the door with. We wont
all three, about half-past eleven; but finding no anetiel *as re*
turned to our knocking, and as there was a great many people
pawing and reputing, we became disheartened ; and recollecting
what my washerwoman had said about Mr. Bird'searly hours,
we all agreed to meet In the path at a Cettiiiii spot ; and to go
from thence to Mr. Bird's house, which we accordingly did, be-
tween sight and nine of the evening of the murder. The plan
was this :—lt was to knock at the front-door, and B to get
over, or break open the tide door, and to proceed round to the '
back window. While this was doing, A was to engage the se,..
'ant in eonverution, until such time as he found B bad got in.
I understood afterwards B had great difficulty in doing It, but
he at last did, when A immediately knocked down and kMed
the servant with a ma/let he had provided himself with, and B
rushed through the passage, and strangled Mr. Bird, whom be
soon did for with the hammer I bad given him. Whife this was
going on, I was standing out close to the Tiger's Head, and was
to whistle It I saw any one was coming, which I did twice, is
there were two,persoos that passed—but as the night was very
foggy, and it was a little before eight in the evening, they seemed
to take no notice of the light of the candle which the servant had
in her hand at Mr. Bird's door. I kept watch for about twenty
minutes, and thinking them a long time, and that they might be
discovered, I crossed the street, and gently tapped a: the door.
No one answered, nor did I hear any noise. Thinking this
strange, I went to the side door, and tried to get in there, but
Ibund it quite fast. I then returned to the (rent die , but could
nsit van it. I knocked again, and was at hat tat in. I forget
now by which of the two, but be said, " We were at the top of
the Mine, looking over what we had found, and you alarmed
us." I went in, and in going up stairs, stumbled over the body
of the servant, which we then moved out of our way. I was
shocked to learn from them the fate of Mr. Bird and the maid-
servant but B said It could not be helped, as they found them
(and particularly the old man) so resolute. After being In
the house about five minutes, It was agreed that I should go out,
and in ten minutes after they both came to me, I was then ln
the middle of the street, nearly opposite to Mr. Bird's house,
and it was so dark that no one could see me. We now went into
the park, and by the light from a dark lanthern, which A had
brought with him, we berm dividing the property, which was
tied up in a sheet. There were a great many articles, but the
smallest part fell to my lot. They said that in the bureau a great
many guineas were found, whici it was agreed they should
have, and I the bank notes, and watches, Ike. We then sepa-
rated, and I went and changed myself. When I had done this
I came down privately, and went to a pond Dear Vansittart's.
place, where I threw in bath the mallet and liammer, which
bad been tied up in my bundle, and which the other two men
requested me to take with me. I met A and B only once or twice
afterwards. Their ship waist the*** of the murders about to
sail for the Bast Indies, and in going to look after them about
four or live days afterwards. I learned that the ship was gone.
This was on the litb or 12th of February last."

The above is, to the best of my recollection, a cor-
rect statement. (Signed) . Jamas ALTDQZ.

Limehouse, lids August, 1818.

Immediately after the execution, the Rev. Mr.
Ruacie transmitted copies of Hussey's confession to
Lord Sinuiitrut and to the other authorities, that
steps might be taken to ascertain how far his decla-
ratroq attributing the guilt of murder to others might
be relied on; and that. if true, speedy measures might
adopted. by stsdiag 'such proper instructions
abroad, as would lead to the apprehension of the crir
The names of the two men are not men-
tioned, as their public designation thus early might
frustrate their seizure. The sa e praiseworthy motive
induced the Rev. Mr. Rust to withhold. for a few
days, the above statement from publication.
Mr. SMITH, a Magistrate at Greenwich, has as-
sumed to himself the arduous task of ascertataing,
by inquiry at the Docks, and eAamining various ships
registers, whether the men named by Hussy ac-
tually sailed from England for the East Indies, or
any other destination, shortly after the murders.

The following are the letters written by M. Rudge
to Hussey, while in prison, aad which produced the
desired impression upon him, as stated in his confession:
TO CHARLES MDSSEY,MAIDSTONE GAOL, MAIDSTONE.
• 0 Limehouse, July 24, 1818.
4 Charles Ilutazy—The period approaches in which you are
to be tried on a charge of baying been concerned in the murders
of Mr. Bird and his housekeeper. his my present intention to
visit you in Alaidstone Gaol on Monday; but as it is possible
that I may be prevented, on account of my numerous prelims-
airmail engagemeats, I am anxious to write a few words to you,
to thew the interest which I take in what concerns your tempo-
ral and spiritual situation. You will recollect the circumstance
of my having visited you, when iu eoninement in one of our
London Prisons. I was pleased with the candour with which
you opened your mind, and asserted your innocence; and I am
bound to believe that what you stated to me was the troth. I
c.une to you from no vain curiosity, or from any desire to ones'
tire. you on paints which are between you and your Goo ; but
•
simply and sincerely to offer you my advice, and suggest the
course of conduit which I was anxious for you to adopt, during
the long pericd of your confinement in prison. I hope you have
adopted my advice literally, and hare derived strength and mat-
fort f.ons the COMO of leligiali, discipline Upon which I strongly
in gee( you to enter. As to your temporal situation, allow me to
suggest, as a friend, what appears important for your most serious
cussideration. I think you told nut yoe should take.no step to
make chair your innocence. My advice, on the contrary, is that
you take every step to prove it; for, to deal fairly by you, you
cannot but be sensible that appearances are against you, and that
therefore it is your duty to meet by facts on your trial the state-
ments which will be preferred by those who conduct the prose-
'cution against you. Weigh the point seriously in your mind,
and give to yourself no cause to weep bitterly for having ne-
glected the advice which I have thus kindly tendered to you.—
As to your spiritual situation, I speak with the same kindness,
though with less reserve. You avowed to me. that though your
hands had never been stained with the blood of a brother—you
bad, notwithstanding, been guilty of many offences. For, the
same, repent--haartily repent. Think of tie mercy and good-
ness of GOD, and blush and weep for your ingratitude and re-
bellion. Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eye-
lids, till you have made your peace with hint. Remember, that
all dissimulation with him is of no avail ; that if you die with
one sin unrepeuted, or one transgression not confessed, what
must be your fate hereafter ! 1 write with affection to you,
and I tell you frankly, that were I in year case, I Should avow
with candour all my offences and that, did I keep back the de-
claration of them, from a 'mistaken motive of shame, I should
act the hypocrite. and throw myself out of the pale of futons
mercy. I should not, perhaps, think myself hound to tell every
inquisitive person my guilt • but what I should do is this: were
imy crime one, which would hereafter, if lot avowed. be likely
to implicate or endanger the life of a fellow-ceatule, I should
then deem It my duty, both to Goy and to Society. to reveal it.
I What would the world be to sue, or what should I care for its
I judgment of me? Were I brought to a true state of penitence.
, 'I should despiser it, sod thiuk of mithiug, but of propitiating
! the favour, and averting the wrath or, Goo, my Serious and
my Judge. Weigh this in your mind ; and may the Hoer Srs-
sur direct you to make the properApplicatinsi. I have mitre%
thusto you, and, in the 0411 e spirit, fall not to answer this by
return of poet, and . reveal the into mote of • your .lathtd. .11 1
'gm beet any write to you, Isil xis Rs sad I will do my best

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'to iseirieo4 Too, The Lea• ha* *eel *afar *MOO
ID dtaZerity, 4 amen abbot
TO CHARLES likilitt, 111A1DSTOWE GAOL, lIIAIDsTGIOis
I " Limehouse, 50th of July, tall.
I " Dear Huesey+-An apected death In my farnffy prettaita
od my coming down to see you, as I promised, on Monday last,
' but I hope I shall be with you either Saturday or Sunday neat.
I I was pleased to hear from you, and to End, that, It om the tool
i sad collected manner in whi h you wgo;:, your spirits Were
I cheerful, and your mind resigr.ed to the will of Goo. I am ft
to own, that you have prepossessed me In your faeour; wad ..
! am disposed to receive with credit the acktount you give of rut
I innocence. lam h tppy to Lair that you have taken evory step
to make it appear satisfactory to the world; and hope in Gee
the event will be successful. You have my wry best wishes. '
assure you ; bat Say advice all along has boen prepared for do.
wont:- If innocent, you have nothing to fear hereafter fiord
a just and merciful Goo. If guilty, snake all the repafadou
your power, by having consecrated the whole of your time
prison to the, exercise of your religious duties. limey, even
that ease—l dare not to decide—may not be withdrawn from
you • and the reflection, that you would be happy hereafter,
would take the sting out of death, and make you lock with a
holy sort of indifference on the opinion of the world. You mast
not regard it one way or the other, Whether it considers yor
guilty or innocent. You may be innocent, and yet a verdict (
guilts be adjudged.
" ;rue event will then be the sacrifice of your life ; yield it
with meekness of spirit, and with resignation of mind, and
your conduct be that of • Christian throughout, in the cell ;
upon the scaffold ; and remember in your dying momenta,
as and passion of the meek and crucified Jesus, who
for your 5.:k.., and suffered for your sins ! Should, on the s,
wary, the verdict be different, and your life be spared, conakkr
that you w:11 owe it as a debt to your GOD, and henceforth leod
it in a sincere and godly manner, cultivating the spirit of devo-
tion, and walking daily In the paths of true religion. I Mould
hare approved of your taking the blessed Sacrament on the -
e oa upon which the Chaplain solicited you; sad 1 hope
wt I not refute when he wain asks. Ire the then frame of
m d, it would have been proper. Write to me to-roomier
kw wards, informing me of the result of your trial, which ,
pray Con may be as I wish. I hope GOD Aura:ante will sup-
port you through it, and enahle you to conduct yourself with
proper decorum, and with a resigned spirit. Your 's faithfully,
" J. Rumor."
" The person of whom you spoke to me, suffers much on your
account, and desires to be remembered kindly. Let me know
if there be any way in which I can serve you.

. It is rather singular, that the sitter of Hussey
destroyed herself in a fit of insanity at Mr. &was's,
at Highgat, last stimmtg ; and that Hussey's brother
and uncle are at present confine.) inßethlem Hospital..

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LAW EiTELLIGENCE•

COVET CHANtIatT, AUGUST a.
• DRS ICV-LAINI TIFFATRE.
At the sittint; of the Votirt Sir S. Rosittti moved
far an injunction to restrain the Sub-Committee of
Drury-lane Theatre, consisting of Colonel Douglas,
Lord Yarmouth, Mr. P. Moore, Mr. It. Wilson, and
Mr. Walton, from proceeding to enter into new con-
tracts with Performers, &c. on behalf of the gene-
ral body of Proprietors. His Lordship was pro.,
bably aware, that after the late conflagration of
Drury-lane Theatre, an Act was passeti, enabling
ten persons named to take a suns of 300,0 )01.
ihj
shares of Mg. each, for the purpose of its recon-
struction; and the Proprietors of Shares were con-
stituted a joint-stock Company. Not long aftes-
wards, the Theatre having been rebuilt in the mean-
time, another Act was passed by the Legislature, in
o•disr to vest the poorer of .management in five in:li;
viduals, to be selected by the Proprietors, and who
were to form a Sub-Committee, whose powers were
restrained within certain limits, and their duties con-
fined to certain acts, as engaging new Perfor-
mers, and other purposes connected with the ,repre.l
sentations. The affairs of the House, however, be.l
came embarrassed. and much difficulty was in con-
sequence experienced ; and-in June last, on an inves.l
tigation of the accounts, it was found that the debts
of the Company exceeded 80,0001. On the sth of
that month a Select Committee was nominated to
inquire into the solvency of the Company, and to
report to the general body of Proprietors upon the.
subject ; and accordingly, in a very short time, they
laid before them a statement, from which it was evi-
dent that until some mode was adopted for paying
the debts incurred, the performances could not pro-
ceed. By a subsequent Report made upon the 16th
July, it appeared that it w:is indispensable that a
sum exceeding 17,0001. should be paid without de-
lay, and it was suggested that this amount should
he raised by loan: it was also recommended that an
active and competent person should he appointed to
• anperintend the whole concern, and to take upon
himself the duties of management, instead of the
Sib-Committee, whose efforts had proved ineffec-
tnal t various causes of the failure of the project
were also noticed in the Report, and among them
Ole numerous free-admissions. This Report was
duly laid before a general meeting of the Proprietors,
and its recommendations and suggestions were agreed
to. and carried by a large majority of 54. votes.—'
this being the condition of the affairs of the Corn.
rany, am alteration of the whole system was consi-
- tiered expedient, as all the capital was expended,
and large sums remained due to the Tradesmen and
Performers, most of whom had, however, -consented
to take such a sum as the Proprietors were able to
give. The Affidavits on which the motion was made
went on to state the various transactions that are be-
fore the public, and to quote more particularly va-
rious-posts of . the Repoits, and such clauses of the
Acts of Parliament as related to the point now be-
fore the Court. The Learned Counsel added, that
it appeared that, notwithstanding the ruinous state
of the concern above detailed, the Sub. Committee,
without anv authority from the Proprietors at large,
bad proceeded to 'make arrangements and prepara-
tions for opening the Theatre in the ensuing sea on,.
and Were actually engaging new Performers, before
any steps had been taken to pay what was due to the-
old. Amogg the individuals with whom they were
in -treaty w Mr. Stephen Kemble, who, it was un-
derstood, was to be appointed • Stage-Manager, and
to whom a contract had been offered. The object of
the present application was, thesefore, to restrain
them from proceeding without the consent of the
general body of Proprietors first obtained.
The Lobo CHANCELLOR asked, if the Sub-Com-
mittee of Drury-lane Theatre had had notice that
this motion for an-injunction was to be made.
Sir S. RoafttLY said, that though they had not
had forrrial notice of it, yet they were acquainted
with the intention of the Proprietors upon the subject.
The Loam CHANCELLOR asked to be allowed to
inspect the two Acts of Parliament. and, after look-
ing at them, observed, that it seemed to him a mat-
ter of great doubt whether the motion would be pro-
ductive of advantage to any of the parities: at least.
it could be no benefit to the Proprietors that the
'fheatre should be closed in the approaching season:
and if open, it appeared that the losses Were very
considerable. In the present state of the business,
be saw no objection to granting the injunction as
prayed, kart care should be taken that immediate no-
tice be given to the other tide that no unnecessary
delay might take place, but that the parties might
appear to oppose it, if they thought fit, as early as
possible: postponement in a case like this might be
extremely injorious.
Sir S. ItOMILLY added, that he had not foreseen
that any objection could be made to the application
in the first, instance: he would take care that the
proper notice was given its soon as possible. --•
• ..Ate' LORD Cuisnegtton granted the injunction.

Tuesday; An Lasses was executed at Salisbury,
far a burglary in the house of Mary Stevens, of Broad
Wilts.
Qx.eonn, 11.1tri 7.--. Monday, Richard Wiggins and
.7));), Brasacy were executed at thefroat of the county
Fain. pursuant to their sentences at the' last Assizes,.
lne I.3rmer yea convicted of sheepsseealing, the lat-
ter.of robbing, and attempttag as murder Thomas
izakinson, a Serjeant of tbe 52d kegirnent. The,"
both were very'penitent, and acknowledged the jus-
tice of their sentences. -Wiggins was 95 years of-age,
bora at Piddington, in this county, and the eon of a
respectable farmer. Bradley:was only 28 years old,
ar..4 chewed an uncommon degree of fortitude on the
scaffseld. He was born at Bicester, k this county.
was a soldier, and engaged in the battle of Waterloo.
—Thursday night, about nine o'clock, Mr. Jobsy
Higgins, of this city, coal-dealer, was returning from
Watlington, he was stopped by three men near -WA-
lingford Mill: they knocked off his hot se, beat him,
and robbed' him of five pounds in notes, and font
s flings ; they afterwards threw him into the mill-
stream, and-decamped with the horse; the water
- low, he fortunately extricated himself from his
and early yesterday Morning found
JlcVnear Watlingtnn, but the villains
with the saddle. It is strongly sus-
robbery was perpittratid by three of
retry who riiiiad our rms.

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REKURRLCTION II EN.
. Thomas Thiffirs and William Merthal were indicted
for assaulting John Sharpe, on the 50th of.Novem-
her, in the pari'.h of Lambeth, with intent to kill and
murder him. There was a second count for a com-
mon assault.
The prosecutor stated, that he was Sexton of the
parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, and was in the habit
of employing the defendants as watchmen to guard
the burying ground against the depredations of per
sons engaged in the unpopular occupation of procu-
ing subjects for the Hospitals: Suspecting that the
defendants, under the colour of their official employ-
ment, were themselves engaged in this obnoxious
traffic, be determined to put an end to his doubts
npon the subject, by trying kn experimerr On the
day mentioned in the indictment, he to.: them he ,
could dispense with their services for that night ;
and, in fact, desired them not to attend at the btirial-
ground. It appeared that on that day five bodies
had been buried in the church-yard. In the mean
time he collected other assistance for the purpose of
watching what might occur in the night. The traps
which were usually placed in the burial ground were
set, and the prosecutor and his friends took their sta-
tions on the ground. During their walk, they heard
the gate of the burial-ground unlocked, and opened
more than once. A trap went off; as if removed by
some person who knew of its being placed there.—
About midnight, they heard the door of the tool-
house broken ; and presently afterwardi collected,
from the discourse of two persons in the burial-
ground, that they were boring the different graves in
search of subject:. At length, they heard them, in
the course of their employment, strike against a
coffin, Their interference now became necessary—
they Invited from thcir concealment, and recognizing
the prisoners, cried out to them to surrender or they
would be shot. The depredators, however, com-
menced a resistance, and in the course of it made se-
veral desperate blows at the prosecutor with a cutlass.
With much difficulty they were overpowered and se-
cured; and these facts being most clearly and satis-
factorily ?roved, the Jury, without hesitation, found
them Guilty of the assault. They pleaded in miti-
gation of punishment. the long imprisonment they
had undergone ; but
Mr. Serjeant LENS sentenced them to two years'
imprisonment in thecnunty jail. There weretwo other-
- indictments upon which no evidence was offered.

. DOMESTIC TREACHEET.
Peregritie Clark, a haiulsomse young 'man of co-
lour, apparently about 21. years of age, was charged
on two indictments, with stealing a large quantity of
linen, wine, a gold watch, and many other articles,
the property of James Harris, Esq. in his dwelling-
house, at Barnes, in this county. It appeared from
the opening of Mr. Botwiun, the substance of which
was afterwards proved in evidence, that the prisoner
bad been brought from the settlement of Trinidad by
a widow lady,-with whom his mother and other re-
l Axions lived as favoured servants. Being desirous of
leaving her employment, she recommended him in
very favourable terms to the prosecutor. Soon after
corning into his new service, ill health obliged Mr.
Harris to retire into Suffolk, and the prisoner from
that period_ commenced his course of depredations.
These he had carried to a very great extent, making
his late mistress a present of a gold watch, wine, and
other things which he had purloined from his master.
At length, to conceal his guilt, as he thought, in the
most effectual manner, he wrote a letter to is mas-
ter, stating very circumstantially, that the house had
been broken open in the night ; that he had been
slightly wounded in a conflict with the robbers, who,,
at length, had effected their escape, after plundering
the house of a great vany valuables. To give more
effect to his deception, he went, at the same time that.
he wrote his letter, and laid an information at Bow-
street. Taunton, the officer, repaired to the spot, and
discovered that the house had never been broken
from without, but that all the injury had been done
from within. Pursuing the investigation, to which
this circumstance served as a clue, the officer soon
discovered where the false servant had concealed
some of the property ; and by a letter which he had
received from a young Lady, which was in the pri-
soner's possession, discovered where he had deposited
it great deal more iu a trunk. The property was
produced and identified, and the Jury loud him
Guilty upon both indictments.
Arm Raderhom, a fellow servant of the last pri-j
soner, and who appeared to have been sedu:ed
him into malpractices, was also indicted for stealing
'some other articles, the property of Mr. Harris, but
from some circumstances which were disclosed in the
evidence by Ann Dodson, a fellow servant of her's,
the Jury were induced to find her—Not Guilty.

CIVIL SIDE.—AUGUST e.
111/RMITAGI O. WILLIAMS AMD 01111 MS.

'This was an action against the owner of the stage-
coach called the tivran, to recover a compensation in
damages for the injury done to the plaintiff, in con-
sequence of the overthrow of the coach, through
gligence of the defendant's servants.
Mr. GURNEY and Mr. Mumma conducted the
pl
, .
atilyti Mnase, and ._ MA RRTAT and Mr. ClnTfl
-the defendant's.
It appeared•thit the plaintiff wu steward to Lord.
Ashburnharn, and on the 90th of March last he was
an outside passenger of the defendant's coach, driven
.hy a man nicknamed Stupid Ned, otherwise Edward
Maseldon. Lord Ashburnliarn's eldest sou was an in-
side passenger ; and when the couch (which had ten
or twelve outside passengers, and a considerable
quantity of luggage on the top) arrived at the corner
of the new Dover-road, close to'the turnpike, it was
overturned, in consequence of the coachman driving
of the crown of the road, which is covered with
broken flints, towards the side. The effect upon the
'unfortunate plaintiff was a compound fracture in one
of his legs, and the dislocation of a shoulder, from
the effects of which he lingered for upwards of sir
week, under the care of Sir Everard Rome, who gulf
it as his opinion that the plaintiff might feel the e.ffecta
of the aecident for the remainder of his life.
Mr. MARRTAT made a very sensible and judicious
appeal to the Jiffy, in mitigation of damages t• and
Jury, under the Learned Judge: directinu;
I found a milk' kw the plaintig.r.Damegesvaio.

b.:og tow, he fort'
pirilous situation,
hOrse in a fiel
had decamped vit
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