Star.
London, England, 1803-01-11 00:00:00

Al I DPI. IS .V S-:SSNA'S.

Ye 11 Craa 74'1 a confialle and head•
borisii:r;h to the ratith ,f Saint Pancras,
~nd a it:cL, for
a vi:7lent atlatilt co:um:tied upon .I.lriimas Nllit-
ttnithant.
Mt. 11hittinidaim flrt.cd, that Lc N. is partner
With Nlt. hnhali; . . 3.1.1 h.t l I,:en
v hint .•11 the 17:11.,f l.:ovcmher
Ile titat.k tallier freely, a. throe W;ts a metre
party thete that d y ; and did not c,ine awa). l ii
eleven o'clock at lie is is fo,:ceeding to
his ;knife at :•'s‘ ; but I...q.C'TC he go!
bore, he was molt violently a'nifed and heaven.
Ile had not vet recco-e:cd Item the bruiles l c TZ
ceived, and ht did not ki.m. tha: he ever fhould
as w:11 a; 1-,!. had been 1)::Core this event.
He c. nfrired himfelf to hat e been fo ninch in:oli.
cated at the time, that he It id no reeolleaion ut
the patties is ho had aii!::cti him, nor could he tell
how the affair orig,im.ted, cr what it was, that had
provoked or ir.ductd ;he parties to (hike. him.
Two women, a mother and dangh:er, refiding
at Kentilh •rown, fwore, that about to eke o'clock,
on the night in queilion, as they were pariloga!-rg
near a public called the Nag's Head, they
faw the Defend in.s (landing about a mar. who
was lying on the Freund, and Wethrook was
beating him violently with a (lick ; he gave
him feveral blows, and the women thought he in-
tended to minder the man. peeing a Gentleman
pals at the time, they ran to him and beg,7,ed that
he would c,me to five the man's life. The Gtn•
tleman at ti::*l wilhed to decline interfering, and
teemed delitotts :n get awa) 1:•tm the quartel
he was at Lill p-ev.:ded on to come up Well
brook then laid he was conflal7l.,, and infided on
taking the man he had been beating to the NVateli-
boufe. The women afterwards law Mr. 'Whit
tingharn c:tnduaed to his houle, and th.! remain•
der of their evidence exanly coincided with that
given by the Gentleman whom they prevailed on
to intetlere on the occalion.

blr.Lawl,,r raid, he was a teacher of the French
language, that he refilled at Kentilh Town, and
was going home on the right of the 17th of Nov.
It was about twelve o'clock. when he reached
Bentifh Town: at that time he heard a violent
noife, as if flume people mere fighting; one man
was lying on the ground, ss bile another was firik
ing him vidertly, and 11,-.• dill:ally heard fix blows
appearing by the fonnd, as if given by a flick up-
on a man's lea. He rccolletled that the two wo-
men who gave their evidence, came up to him,
and begged of him to go and fave a man from
being murdered. For tome time he withed to de
cline interfering, left he might fultain lonic in-
jury, in what he thought a drunken quarrel.—
liowever, when he came up, he found the pet-fon
who had been fo cruelly treated, was Mr. Whit
tingham, his neighbour and particular acquain
t ince. He defired Wefbrook inflantly to defifl,
Paid he knew who the Gentleman was, and would
convey him to his houfe. Wellbrook laid he was
a confiable, that the other was his prifoner ; and
be infifled on taking him to the Watch•houfe.—
The Witnefs on the other hand infified on taking
him home, he being in loch a dangerous (late, as
to require the immediate care of his family ; in the
me to time he held Mr. Whittingham, who was
then in a hate of infenfibility, in his arms, and
whit • in that fitucion, Weflbrof.k again lifted up
his flick and gave him fevtral fevere blows, fo as
to knock him down upon the ground again; and
be continued to perflft in his determination to
carry him to the Watch houfe ; until Mr. Lawlor
told him he would give him feven Millings if he
would (offer him to be conveyed to his own houfe,
and Aft in carrying him thither. On this offer
being made, Wefibrook accepted it, and Mr.
Whittingham was taken home, in fuch a dreadful
Hate, that the Witnefs thought lie never could re-
cover. We(lbrook and the two other Defendants
entered the bottle, and demanded the (even (hit- 1
Zings, but Mr. Lawlor defired the fcoundr els to go
about their !militias, and told them, fo far from
being entitled to any reward, they (hould he fe.
verely punithed for their baibarity. Hall and
Wicks were prefent with Weftbrook aiding and
allilling, while he was beating Mr. Whittingham ;
who, during the following day had hardly reco-
vered his lenges.
The manner in which the three defendants :In-
fwered the above charge, was by preferring what k
called a crofs-indiantent, by which they in their
turn charged Mr. Whittingham with having tirll
made an drank noon WeSthroi k ; and for that
purpofe they were ailowed to give their evidence.
In I,mc circurntl.inc!.s they diflcred in their tto:y ;
but they all agreed in fuel; a flatemcnt as ciiii-
•inccd the Court that they had committed a glOi!
pctjury„
I'Velthrook's account was, that on the night in
quclii.m he had been (landing at his own d,or,
ne ir the upper end of Tottenham court-road, is
c.mrany with the other defendants, %%hen Mr.
Wh;tt:t;gl.am up, quite dinnk, with a !lick
in his kind, and cried nut-" ishAt bit;inef. have
you herr, you e• ? al:at are you ? tell me
who ton ale, or 1'• ail Ih.'ot you with a
gitn,"—
IL: IVellbtook by the cliar, and pn
hsing infot m,J a peace officrr, he 3 IL!,
d you's e." Jelired he might be
t tk.!.l o the watch !;o,:E, no which IThittingil ten
d—n ti, I'll watch !Inure you," and at
the fame time male a bit w at him with his Hick

Wcflhrcf. k tlicn ha% en t'ec two othcr
dercild int. to aid .:;71.1 him in the King's
had 1 fr. Xi he. ti•.:•;..on cnnvcycJ to the
w3tsh hi.olc. I I. ,
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thce 111'11 •111 d 11•••nli..•1 to tli:
t•. a pi .;,•(..11:ois in:4 .1 f), it
Ft: w. uIJ c h.ni I'..ci;hrook,
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and ennain7 np to the r:itnefs, rad be would brelk
every bone in ilk tkin. The witnefi in the Itruggle
tail down, and his finger was very much cut.—
Wit'stringham ran; Welthrtok purfued, and
threatened to k k hint down if he did not flop;
It. ovettook and struck him twice, once on the
atint, and the keend time on the head. Ile then.
1.11 dot' is, and .Ir. I. twlor came np. Wcithrook
Iwiat: Lc di i not link,: him after Mr.
Lawlot canr: mid in tit. elsrlatation he v..a,
j died by the 0,0 other Dc cad tins. When :`,lr.
to In. own !mule, he went to
the p e, took .1p tl:e parr, and threatened
Vl"...nHo.d.'s ikon ; and Mr. Laolor alh.
laid, if It: ii t.I a props weapon, he would do the
Came. The three 1...-\•actidar.ti then made the belt
at their way (tilt oldie hottfe.
Mr. MA:N WA I:1N G in his charge, laid, tl:efe
three defendants committed the groif:ti and
; and it mitt reit 1.41.
'l'''.l"Y to e. Miler lo.w tar the tetlimony of filch
men was to be et edited with r,..-;;ard to th-of pat to
if the tram:ink:l :hat ocenrred before Mr. Law.
:or interfered, 7.1.1 t f which Mr. \Vhi:tingham
'had no recoi:t.,lHn. One thing, however, was
evid:m*, that IVeltbrook mid thankfully aboled
his tire_ and atithor,y of Contlabie, by cruelly
and unntccliu:ily beating a man who was in a
(la:: of iatnxicatkn, from is horn he eltild have
apprel'ankled no vi, fence, and et horn it was his
ditty to have condttertcd will the lead putTible in-
jury to mom:: plac,:. of i:d:rya
The Jury found 'A'e:tbrook guilty, and acquitted
all the °Oka s.

This trial occupied near die whole of the day.

&e.

eff l'lLD!lAt.t..—Yalerc!.ty a man of the nime of
and another per fon, were examined on
flirtation f itcaling Solb. weight of beef, the pro-
petty Mellifir, in Nesvgate.mar : the tirti
was fully committed fr'r trial, and the I..tter, who
o.l:ed hil.tf:if to be only a porter on the occafion,
was committed for rc examination.
A failor, who was charged do fufpicion of heal-
ing a !torte, was examined for the laft time, when
he gave a very fair account of himielf. and of the
property that he bad about him, as not proceeding
from the file of the hcrfe, but hard earned at lea.
He was, therefore, difcharged.
Us IVN HALL.—Saturday the c ;Tiles in curio.
dy for the murder of the Dulwich Hermit, were
again brought up, and underwent a long, and, in
every fettle, a private examination; all that pro-
priety will allow us to hate is, that the boy pri-
loner, Robert Bower:, was examined at confisLia-
ble hngth, and that his evidence did not by any
meats elucidate this myfterious and nefarious
tranfaelion. After the examination doled the par-
ties were all remanded for a further hearing.
Yefterday Sarah Need, the wife of a celebrated
pugilia, was examined on feveral very ferinus
charges. The firlt was that of unlawfully pawn-
ing a quantity of linen and wearing apparel that
was entrußed to her care to want ; the timid, for
a fimilar bufinefs, as to the bed furniture and linen
of her ready furnifhed apartments ; and a third
charge, for having, under pretence of being ex-
tremely fond of fume young children, carried off
feveral of them, and (tripped them of their frocks.
She was fully committed for trial.
MAIL1101000H• STlLllT.—Yefierday John Gil-
Ix/ was charged before the Sitting Magirtrate on
fufpicion of robbing Mr. Creighton, with whom
he lived as fervant. He was remanded for a fur-
ther heating.
WHITtCHAPIL.--Yellerday yaw: Hoolway and
!Fawn Aldritfp, Garland, were exa•
mined on fufpicion of healing a large quanti:y of
kerfeymere, fuppofed to have been stolen out of
waggcns coming to town on the Whitechapel-
road. Brrh committed for re-examination.

Yefierday morning a ynung man, of refpatable
appearance, underwent a long private examination
at the Secretary of State's Office, before Sir
RICH•RD Foals, on a charge of being concerned
iu counterfeiting the coin of Denmark. He was
committed to Tuthill•fields Bridewell, for further
^samination.

On Monday fennight William Noble, fm'th, in
Glalgow, was committed to prifon on a seal rant
flout the Magiflutes, for flriking and abufing his
stile to Inch a degree that the was obliged to be
carried to the Infirmary, where little hope is ai-
-1 tei rained of her recovery.
On Thurfday evening la% as Mr. and Mrs
Cckwaa, were returning home to Miley, from
• Bilhop's Waltham, about eight o'clock, they were
flopped near the gibbet, by a man with a liandker-
chict aertils his face, who held a pistol to Mr. C.
:Ind demanded his n oney and watch ; he gave his
purfe, and Mrs. C. gave him what money the had
abont her, neither of them had a watch. The
man feemed much agitated.
Several attempts at burglary have been m tde
in Gofport within there few days; at one hook on
Brandy Mount they fuccecdcal in forcing off the '
window &titter, and footfleps were heard afccnd•
inn the (lairs, when the villains made a precipitate 1
retieat on hearing a noife, made by ilriking a
lighr, and in their haste left a kitchen poker behind
thcro.

Laff week feveral farmers ih Mit:: were roSlied
-11:•trre, Iheep and black C:Clie. On Friday lall
Mr. Wood, of Wapping Wail, bad a moll valua-
hle mare flolcn from him, at Clitgwell tow Fields,
which it was fulpeined tr.ts rode tti Oolchetler, as
t mire anfvrering her de'cription was teen three.
In tl.e evening of Sunday the 26th tilt. as a la-
housing man was crotling from reverlham to
• Burpliam, he was flopped between Ltightiin and
Lewes, near the Mud hooks, by two men badly
nit•tintedosho (rink his watch, a bundle of appa.
an,l twarly firippcd him, , illy
:cattin; to his entreaties his tmocki tock. The
p,...1 it i. but jit 'ties to mentittr. WO. kindly
ItCl.lVed fOl the night, b% the pubhcati, at I 'lnter.
flit: tame villains hal been vbfcrveJ 41:,d I. tiled by
th 4. 1 -!--coaches. which thry had nc.t the courage
k.

nitive Arne, fotind Jea4
rev:, NV.r:limicnt:.• in the
p“verty, hot (di ht ire Ittipped,
vv..% Al Ja Jt. 6.:1. WAS la'..t;:j i.". 1 ul, la LAILArCd

cloatlis, which a woman claimed as her property,
alleiging that the &cc:de,: was I.,Lr direa nacre:
a difpute aiiling with another pcifon, as to the
claim, blows enfited, and the begpr dill lies unin-
tertcd till the allinity can be aiceitained.
A few days ap,o, a very melancliory accident
happe!!e2 on Mt. 11 tee's Warren, near Di itield.
A h: ic!.layer's labourer, in re m-Ili:4: ficrn his
woe I:, havin7 unfortunately 101 l his way, got illo'
ntatt•trait that was placed for the put pole of de-
Ending th.: warren from poachers: not witli.±.ind-
-1:17 Li, thins, he remained there for hours
bet Ore Le was found by one of the wane:ter:, who
was g,.ingl.is round. When conveyed to ri!:field.
his !hi!. h was in LlCerel:ed by the trap, that he died
in comerprence.
iaay le'nnight the body (.1 Hugh M'lntyre,
ester in Glaitrow, who head been miding luxe
V.',:diiclday, was found in die Clyde, between the
old and r:sv bridges.
Sunday Afternoon a boat belonging to the Nep-
tune, with chi Lt perfons in it, tire belong:ng to
inch ,at and duce patrengers, two of them young
Gentlemen of Gofport, who were going to the
Neptune to fee their brother, was upiet in a goli
of wind near the hr fpttal, and all drowned, es,
ceptl:-,g three of the boatmen. Four dead bru'ies
were immediately picked up, two of them the
young Gentlemen aforementioned, who had held
by the boat until exit:mil:A and driving on the
!bore, were heat off and pen:heel in the turf.
The fire which broke not at Gottenbutgh, on
the morning of the 201)1 of December, with itre.
tiftible fury, was not entirely got under until the
26th at night. All the build inks bet wren the
Great South Haven-areet and Latt and IVC(1 Ha.
yen Ilreets, and Wall-greet, together with the
Gymnalium and School, have become a prey to
the flames, which have dcftroyed the beit built
quarters of the city. The magnificent Cathedral,
the Epircopal Palace, the foil houfe, and Town
Printing-Officc, are all laid in allies. Among all
the fires, by which this town has coffered for many
years, this has been the moll deftruCtive:
Early on Sunday fe'nnight in the morning, a
fire was dilcovered breaking nun in one of the :ta-
bles belonging to the George Inn, in Cluilichinch,
Hants, which was happily foon exiinguilhed try
the vigiianee and aZtivity of the men belonging to
the horle at tillery, and the inhabitants of the town,
but not till the ltable tie entirely confirmed, and
eight- of the principal horfes belonging to the ar-
tillery wete burnt to death.
CAMBRIDGE.—Lag week the barn and flack.
yard of the Rev. Mr. Line, of Brinkley, in this
county, were confumed by file. Being lintated at
the dilfance of neatly two miles from any other
them is not the leaft doubt of the tire
being wilfully kindled by Tome villains. The da•
mage is eitimated at 50001.
On the 28th ult. S. Toon, a poor men of Afli•
by.de-la-Zotreh, upwards of 85 years of age, ha v
iig in the evening 101 l his way on his return from
Weafharn to the aforefaid place, where he had
been for par ifh relief, unfortunately per HILT&
And on the 30th two colliers, emphsved at
Denby, in Derhyfhire, unfortunately 101 l their
lives by the breaking of the rope by which they
were afcending from one of the pits.
A duel was fought a day or two ago, between
a baker, of Caille-ilreet, blary-la-bonne, former
ly of the Mary lad:tonne Corps of Volunteers, and
a ferjeant in the Weßminfler Infantry, the tatter
of whom is reported to be killed.
The firth newfpaper publifhed in Enzland, is
dated July 28, :588. It is called •I he knglih Ater
cury, a copy of which is preferved in the Britilh
Muleum.—Another private newfpaper, entitled
The Weekly Courant, was printed in London 1622,
and in 1639 appeared one by Robert Baker,New.
eadle. The next was called Diurnal uerstrreseet of
Parliament, November t 64.1; this was fucceeded
by the Mercuries, which appear to have com-
menced with the lifer-curls!, ; or, the Coun-
tries complaint of the barbarous Otitrages begun
in the year 1642, by the Secretaries of this once
flourillting Kingdom, &c. This jarrrnal of horrid
outrages (the eife&s of violent fevolutionifts) was
edited by Bruno Ryves, and is faid to have been
originally publifhed in one, and firmetirnes two
florets quarto, commencing the led of Angull,
1642. It has lince gone through four editions, tire
fall publilhed in 1723, with a curious frotitifrieee,
reprefenting a kind of Dutch Mercury in the cen
tre, and ten other compartments, with fancied
views of places where tome of the diabolical fcenes
were aled.

The Mercurius Adieus was publifhed at Oxford
by Berkenitead, in January 1642. This was con-
tinued in a weekly quarto (beet, until about the
end of 1645, after which time it only made an oe-
cafirinal appearance.
Some other papers of this kind were publifhed
with the following titles :—/Werrurists Britancieue,
communicating the affairs of Great Britain, for
the better information of the people, by !klatch.
mint Pragratitur, by the
fame pen. Mercurius Perstirst appeared every
Wednefday, in two (beets quarto, commencing on
the gth of June, 164 g, and ended en the 6'h of
June, r 6.36, when the editor commenced with a
new let iei of numbers, and continued till the mid-
dle of April, iC6o. At this time an order hem
the Council of State prohibited the Paper, and
Henry Muddiman and Giles were authorized to
publith the news every Monday and Thurfday, in
Ihe P.-.r.5.m.-niarj Intellizturer and filercu: isa
In 1663 Sir Roger L'Eltrange commenced two
prlirical journals in tich.lll of the Crown, entitled,
11:e Pulhe Inielbseneer, and Tit A cur:. 1 bele were
put/ailed twice a week in quarto (beets; the fi, a
commencing on the 3 of Auguft, and the other
on the 3d of September 1663. Tiee Gazette
feems to have fuperfecled thefe, for L'E Irange
dilcontinued his papers upon the appearance LI
'rite Oxford Gazette, November 7, 1665. It cab
rained th;s appellation in confequence of the Eng.
IA Parliament bring then held at Oxford. The
King and his Curt returning to the metropolis,
was accompanied by the official paper, which has!
rctaioed the name of 71,e London Glsette, from the
;th of February t 566 to the prefant time. Th:
rirß daily parr After the Revolution was called I
The Cleave Iniairseer.