Star.
London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

=TRACT FROM DIVISION ORDEBB, BY
GENERAL SMITH, C. B.
" Camp, near Leroor, Jan. 7,
The Commanding Officer having had the offitial
accou.sts of an attack made by the Peishwa's army
on a small detachment, commanded by Captain
Staunton, of the 2d Battalion Ist Regiment Bombay.
Native Infantry, at the village of Korrygaum, has
great satisfaction in publishing the particulars for ge-
neral information, and in holding it up to the forces,
as one of the most brilliant examples of gallantry and
perseverance recorded in our Indian annals.
" This detachment, consisting of a detail of Madras
Artillery, and two 6-pounders, 2d Battalion Ist Re.:
girnent, about 500 strong, and about 300 auxiliarr
horse, 'the whole under Captain Staunton, marched
from Leroor for Poona, at eight, P.M. on the 31st'of'
December, and reached the heights overlooking Km-
! rygaiim, about ten o'clock in the forenoon of the Ist
or January, from whence the whole of the Peishwa's
army, estimated at twenty thousand horse, and se-
veral thousand infantry, were discovered in the plain,
south of the Beema river.
Captain Staunton immediately moved upon the
village of Korrygaum; with the intention of occupying
it, and had scarcely succeeded in reaching it with
his detachment, when he was attacked in the most
determined manner by three divisionsof the Peishwa's
' choicest infantiy, supported by immense bodies of
horse, and the tire of two picces of artillery.
" The enemy's troops were stimulated to their ut-
most exertions• by the presence of the Peishwa, on a
distant height, attenied by the principal Mahratta
Chiefs, who flattered his Highness with the prospect
of wines-ing the destruction of this gallant handful
of Briti•li troopi.
" The enemy obtained immediate possession of.
the strongest parts of the village, from which it was•
found impossible to dislodge them, and the possession
of the remaining part was most obstinatelYcontested,
'frem noon till nine, P.M. daring which time almost
every pagoda and house had been repeatedly taken-
and retaken, and one of the guns was at bile timeht
the possession of the enemy. 'cowards the close of
the evening, the detachment was placed in the most
trying situation. At this period, nearly the whole of
the artillerymen were killed or wounded, and about
'one-third of the infantry and auxiliat y horse.
'‘‘ The exertions which the European Officers had
been called upon to make, in leading their men to
frequent charges with the bayonet, had diminished
their numbers. Lieutenant Chisholm,
.of the Artil
lery, and Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Wingate, 2d Ist,
were killed; and Lieutenants Swanston, Pattinson,
and Connellan, were wounded, leaving only Captain
„Staunton, Lieutenant Jones, and Mr. Assistant-Sur-
geon Wylie, nearly exhausted, to direct the efforts'
of the remaining pall of the detachment, who were
nearly frantic from the want orwater, and the almost
unparalleled exertions they had made throulertout
the day, without any sort of refreshment, a
fatiguing march of 23 miles. Under cover of the
night they were enabled to procure a supply of
water, and at nine, P.M. the enemy were forced to
abandon the village, after sustaining. an immense
loss in killed and wounded. The British character
was nobly supported throughout the whole of this
arduous contest, by the European Officers and small
detail of Madras Artillery. The Medical Officers
also led on the Sepoys to charges with the bayonet,
the nature of the contest not admitting of their at-
tending to their professional duties; and in such a
struggle the presence of ,a single Europear. was of
the utmost consequence, and seemed to inspire the
native soldiers with their usual confidence of success.
" At day-light on the 2d, the enemy were still in
sight, but did not renew the attack, although it pre-'
vented the troops, whose ammunition was nearly ex:
pended, from procuring any supply of provisions.
" Captain Staunton, however, made prepara-
tions for moving, according to circumstances, and
the.manner in which this Officer availed himself of
the few resources which remained,to him after such
a conflict, to prosecute his march and bring away
the numerous wounded of his detachment, is highly
praiseworthy.
" The detachment moved, during the night of the
2d, on Leroor, which they reached at nine o'clock in
the forenoon of the 3d, having had no refreshment
from the Si st December. Captain Staunton brought
in nearly the whole of the wounded, and both the
guns and colours of the Regiment, which the enemy
had vainly hoped to present as trophies to the Peishwa.
" In concluding these details, the Commanding
Officer begs to offer to Captain Staunton, and the
whole of the European and Native Commissioned and
No -commissioned Officers and Privates, engaged at
Korrygaum, his best thankf, for their noble exertions
and exemplary patience, under every species of pri-'
varion, which he will not fail to bring to the notice
of Government, and his Excellency, the.Comrnander-
ia-Chief.
• " The Commanding Officer deems it proper to re-
cord the names of the Officers engaged in this bril-
hunt affair:
" Madras Artillery—Lieutenant Chhhahn,kined ; illasitessw
'Seneca %qui-
" sd Venal:Da gat Re:lama lismbey *ode hthortry--0.-

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etch StliMillidelitliMitesidatirDelneemeent Lienteetant end
*aft Pastimes, Wow*/ t; ad); betateNnt Counellan,
wounded; LlestMentltinee,7ptt Reglmeot, doing duty; As-
sistant-Surgeon" Met
" Mather,' IfrLieliesnenf Swanstbe, Madras Eats. •
bbshment, wounded. (11Inned) " I. Tover' ,
Deputy Adjatant:Gensnal„ Poonah Subsidiary Force:
When the above interesting document reached
head-quarters, his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir
-Thomas Hislop was pleased to address his Excel-
4ency the Most Noble the Governor-General and the
Army, ih the following elegant dispatch, *ad General
rders, of the 21st and 22d January last :
GENERAL ORDERS, t .
IT THI COMKANDEft-IN-011a5r.
" Head-qtiarterkof the Army of the Deccan,
Camp near Msheidpoor, Jan. 51, 1818.
" It Is with feelings of inexpressible gratification that the Com-
mander-in-Mel has to announce one of the most heroic and bril-
liant echievements ever recorded in the annals of the army,
which took place at the village of Korrygaum, between Leroor
and Poonah, on the lit Instant. -
" The °nail details of this glorious affair reached the Corn-
osander-in-Chief from Brigadier-General L Smith, C. B. com-
manding the 4th or Poonah Division of the Army of the Dec-
can, and his Excellency is pleased to publish the Brigadier-Ge-
' petal's orders Issued on the occasion, that the army nay be
placed in full pessesdon of every particular of an event displaying
so bright and distinguished an example of devoted courage and
dmirsble

_ _...c constancy.
" The Commander-in-Chlef having published the foregoing
orders, in the sentiments of which he most cordially participates,
tobe feels unable to do greater justice to the merits of Captain Staun-
ton and his gallant detachment : but on conveying to that Officer
and his brave troops the expression of his thanks and highest
admiration, his Excellency entreats them to believe that the dis-
tinguished intrepidity and enduring fortitude they have so nobly
'hewn under circumstances of the most trying privation, will for
ewer ?main desplytigressed as his heart, and be recorded as
of thebrightelt deeds id the annals of our Indian Wiry.
" It will be his Excellency's most gratifying duty ininid6
saely to bring to the special notice of his Excellency the Meat
Noble the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in India.
the particulars of this brilliant and glorious event.
" T. 11. CONWAY, Adj.-Gen. of the Amy"
Copy of a Dispatch from Lieut.-General Sir Thomu ifiday, In
the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, dated Head--

rArmy of the Deccan, Camp at Mahaidpoor. Sid
ry 1815.
"MY LORD—I have extraordinary satisfaction in
transmitting for the information of your Lordship,
the official details of one of the most heroic ac-
tions which has ever been fought and gained by a
handful of men over a large Army. The accom-
panying transcript of Brigadier-General Smith's Dis-
patch, and of the General Order which I yesterday
published to the Army on this brilliant occasion, will
place your Lordship in full possession of the particu-
lars of the battle in which the 2d Battalion of the Ist
Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, aided by a
small party of Madras Artillerymen,with two 6-poun-
ders, and about 300 Auxiliary Horse, have nobly
sustained during a whole day, and finally repulsed
the unceasing and vigorous efforts of the Peishwa's
Army, wider circumstances of peculiar difficulty and
privation, which render the exploit altogether unparal-
leled. I need not again, in this place, recapitulate the
names of the Officers who aided the intrepid Captain
Staunton in gaining the victory of Korrygaum; their
'individual merits are brought to your Lordship's
notice in the accompanying documents, and they will
be certain to receive from their Government, and
their country, that admiration of, and gratitude for
their devoted gallantry, to which they are so highly
entitled. I most sincerely congratulate your Lord-
ship on an event which has, if possible, heightened
the renown of the Indian Army, and from which L
capnot but anticipate results of the highest political
insportaace,.iince such a defeat must inevitably tendi
to paralyse the future exertions of the enemy, and
prove to him the hopelessness of continuing a war
with any success against a Power which has such
troops to oppose to him.--I have the honour to be,
(Signed) " T. aIiLOP, Lieut.. Gen."

BRIGHTON. Dec. 27.—After the performance of
Divine Service at the Pavilion, yesterday, the Patrice
ItR3ENT enjoyed his favourite equestrian exercise in
the Royal Riding School. Nothing of material inte-1
rest has occurred at the Pavilion since the residence
of the RIOENT.
A Civil Grand Cross anc----'l=.iibbon, of the Order
of the Bath; becomes vacant by the death 6f Sir
PBILIP FRANCIS.

•Lord CASTLEREAOH was so much indisposed with
the gout, yesterday, thatit was necessary to lift him
in and out of his bed.
The Bishop of Lorrnow `has taken a house in Old
Palace-yard, adjoining Poet's Colter, until the re-
latifs of his Lordship's house in St James's-square
,shall be completed.
Mr. ERSKINE, of Mar, with his wonted liberality,
sent 40 tons of coals, as a donation to the Royal ln•-,
firmary, last week.
Wednesday, the Ladies NOEL gave their Annual
Christmas bounty to the poor of North Luffenham,
near Stamford, consisting of a fat or, weighing up-.
wards of seventy stone, and two hundred quartern
leaves of wheaten bread.
Lord HAMPDEN gave a dinner, on Chrismas Day;
at his seat, Glynde Place, in Sussex, 'of roast beef
and plumb-pudding, to 99 poor children of Glynde,
and the adjacent parish.
• Monday se'nnight were distributed, amongst the
rpoor of Collyweston, Northamptonshire, 150 yarde
of talico, and 76 yards of mixed woollen, the donaFp
tion• of the Rev. Wrxr.resa MANSFIELD, Rector 6E3
that. Parish.
life industrious and infirm poor of Chobharn' in
surrey, were supplied on St. Thomas's and the fol-
lowing day, with mote than £lOO worth of cloches,
from the Benevolent Fund, established seven years
amongst them ; towards which the poor contribute a
weekly sum of 2d. each family.
The Bishop of MAN, has obtained a grant of 1:300
from the Society in London: for Building and En-
larging Churches and Chapels, in aid of the New
Chapel at Ramsay.
His Excellency Baron FAGEL, returned to his
house in Scotland-yard, yesterday morning, from
Bromley Hill, where he had been since Saturday
last, on a visit to the Right Hon. CHARLES LONG.
A numerous meeting was held at the Guildhall, in
Nottingham, on Wednesday, to petition the House of
Commons for the repeal of the Corn-Bill. The
IMayof, ISAAC Wooturt, Esq. was in the Chair. The
Petition and Resolutions were voted unanimously.
ThiLstep is intended to counteract thebaneful effects
Of the .• Agricultural Petition." .'
During the fag on. Wednesday night, some thieves
surrounded a litde.catt which was going along thief
AfigtwareTroad, -and having cut she harness, and
iotoesed. the animal from the tart, ace of them
mouutedit and. rude away with It.

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. atinday,, second brood of sprirrprgi,
a window in the office Of :he Caledoni
Edinburgh; took win-,.-=iliars4y,
mild and clear, and towaris
beautifully dappled, as to bear a much ..conger
semblance to the genial weather Sometimei
in by April or May, than the storms
that usually follow in the train of gloomy
—lnstances of the effects of this
ness so far from diminishing as the ,
its close, seam rather to increase, and
us from such a variety of quarters,
most tired of recording them. Lan
was scared from her nest, ong hill
hoed of Whitecroft-house. The nett
eggs, one of which was broken by V
ani found to be perfectly fresh. 4.
the immediate neighbourhood of this
two pear-trees in full blossom, which,
with the leafless hedge.rou s and
they are surrounded, exhibit
'lnd interesting appearance. In addition
.stances, there are Io be found in the gar('
place, belonging to Sir James Dalrymple
upwards of a dozen gooseberry-bushes
with gooseberries upon. them, quite lar
make tarts, and in the greatest abundance.
quantity of ripe strawberries, which
air, without being forced in any way
A short time ago, as a poor woman,
Galloway, was oa her way to Glasgow
husband, she became suddenly
safely delivered of a fine infant in
of Clouden. This circumstance 'ha'.
municated to those under whose roof
tortunely found shelter, the poor woman
with great humanity, and soon enabled
on her journey. But on he arrival
found, to adopt the commn phrase,
band had taken up with another
whom he refused to estralrge himself.
tressing circumstances, the poor woman
to a state of perfect despair and destitution,
ing no claim upon any parish in Glasgow,
forced to beg her way back to Dumfries,
arrived on Wednesday ; but the f:
mency of the season having proved
tender frame of her poor infant,
arms-just as she entered the town.

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Bakes
rw h 4. tchid abOri
tonion Aterswry; iti •
the ski was sit •
id-day became so ,
such stronger re-
rometimei ushered •
rms and tempests . •
:loomy December. • •
uncommon mild- •
e year advances to
mid have reached •
s, that we are al.
•
t week a partridge
1 in the neighbour-
rest contained forte
r Mr. Sommerville, ~
At Brownhall, in
his town, there are
which, contrasted •,
sapless elms with •
it a very grotesque'
iddition to these m-
ho garden of Park-
lrymple Hay, Bart.
rushes in full leaf,
ite large enough to
abundance. Also a
Jr grew id the open
ray whatever.
roman, a native of
iilasgow to join her
unwell, and was
a barn on the farm •
having been com-
roof she had so op-
woman was treated
enabled to proceed
val at Glasgow, she
•
rase, that her hus-
i'
her woman, (roes •
nself. In these dis-
woman was reduced •
restitution, and hay- • •
Glasgow, she was
Dumfries, where shi
fatigue and incis-
ed too much for the
. it expired in her
a.
./GENCE. •
)OM, Dne. ss, 14111.
PSOM, lute.
agst Iris
1 apt Wildfire (t.ken) •
I apt nue Swain
apt any °then
tots. .;
l apt Card. Wolsey (tah.)
•
In Thursday, at Oswel
rsday, at Braminghesm;
hursday, at Tedde...stek;
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to-enuerow, 11-vratess
lay, at Unimak tread
11
rug° I •
to of Bethnal Oxen *eta
to ruffians brought a mad
m-road. Mr. James htay,
Parish, immediately pro. •
'aye been swan in as spe-
he respectable inhabitants
ntis of robbers, who, un-
unit every kind of dope-
ten of hisktother I
se of action, god at wee •
, animal from their pima.
t desperate resistance, and oi
sad missiles of every de-
s attack with determined
lomevrood, and Mr. Lan- •
he occasion. The bullock
f numbers, rescued from
r are sorry to say that Mr.
d from a brick th t was
rough, his eyes blackened,
e of the headeorousha vr.a
d narrowly escaped death.
ered for the apprehension •
rare attack en Mr. Mr.y.-- 1:k
ly hurt by she bullock ; a
-prey Church-yard, and so
d of.
on from the Herald's
expires. It ii not ex- -
wear black, but that,
I general, they should •
its. All Dandies and
imselves out as belong-
-11 mourn !
ivied at New York, ca
st tempestuous voy'are.
her debut in Isabeaa,
iced for Falafe. '
lately done by fire, in
rs. CRAW and Bowes-
-eland. •
clock, a fire broke oat
rpoeite to the statue of
were soon got under.
Leishman, whose stock
-as much injured. 4 J
rsday night, an alarm.
ses of Messrs. K Nowtee
is,- in Bury-street, Sal-
a in the engine-house,
valuable contents, was
)rcpt arrival of the en-
ply of water, prevervd i .
reaching the adjoining
time in imminent dap-
ccasioned by the remo.
•or of the inhabitants in
was truly distressing.
morning, a fire broke
easel, situated near the
. It raged with con&
the great terror of tree
who apprehended the
es ;but the speedy ar-
active esti-Lions of the
rssful in subduing the
had maimed much
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did
ISt.

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wife

consequence
' in the
'Guilty.
•d him,
imps
and
•ears,

the
be-

Magistrate
John

to,
above-,
. as
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401
410:1,1
madei
cked
if at
lar.

trey at

:kingly
body
the

collier,
tnd,

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wife

Davis, a
• Edin-
conse-
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was

is of
taken.
-,si,
fight
. plat;
hundred
family
robbery
offer-
of-
name

offered a
tra-
minds
proceed-
the
in a
wear-
been
, but
of the
the
were
py E. J.
Stiiford

ery specious
relief n aid

whibcK

boys , steed to
, these fabricated petitions
liberal contribtktora, 'the name! .of some
respectable characters in that plaseeinst neigh-
which
ate 41 forged.

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- TO .Tlll2 MEMORY OF A YOUNG LADY.
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. Cow ye to trace the retards o'er
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Osmi yethe history to Implore
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...' If front thrashes asks- deed
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• A mon' lemon ye would lowa,
Parse boo—eqoe heifer can be tad -
Than that which speaks from dmaa's Urn!
The' young, truth relen'd within he; breast ;
; A
bean she had, oh! how dean; •
• Hot woe*, who knew her, a eallessl,
1 • ',- - * Ass *on self bidew'd her Mee!
• 4 . . ; Atria by the wand of quick decay.
4 ' On her his robe Death testy cast;
i 1 Yet, like the rainbow's fading ray,
. Her life was lovely to the but!
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nIGHCOURT•IJUSTICIARY,EDINBURGI
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Tuesday se'nnight, the Court proceeded to the tril
r. 3 • of Mx Liddk, hackney-coachman, accused of cu
i • ,pable homicide, in so far as upon the 13th day of NI
vember last, he being in a state of intoxication, di
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drive a hackney-coach from the High-street into S
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Mary's Wynd, Edinburgh, in such a careless and c%
.pable manner as to throw down Margaret Barrie, wi
t 1 - ,of Win. Grant, tanner in the old Play-house Close i
tanongate, and regardless of her life, did drive on tl
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„., ,staid coach after she was so thrown down, so that SI
received one or more mortal wounds, in consequeng
whereof .shet in a few hours thereafter died in ti
..R •Tal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
. The Jury returned an unanimous verdict
,of Guilt
The LARD JUSTICE CLERK then sentenced hir
after a suitable admonition, to eighteen months imps
.sonment in Bridewell, and kept at hard labour, al
to find security for his food behaviour for five yeal
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.under the penalty of 1.40.
The Jury gave their allowance 1.7. 7s. 6d. to tl
. . panael's Counsel, to be by him paid over for the b
hoof of a child of the woman who was killed.
' A mittimus was last week signed by a Alagistra
- of LiAcoln, to commit to BouthWell prison, Joy
4 !I -.Gtigi'ES, late of Laxton, huckster, for stealii
ii k . fowls, The delinquent having one hand pinione
with the appendage of a leg chain, was delivered
- . a deputy' cons: able for safe conveyance to the abov
mentioned place ; on the road, however, John, wi
geese adroitness, contrived to mingle with his d
course such- a proportionate quantity of gin, &c.
• to overtop the brighter faculties of his keeper. a
1 r ••e!.l at Southwell, by well•fgeined pretences,
1 persuaded him to alight at a public-rouse, oil(
.
under the i retext of wartniag themselves, he ma
his
Mr. Deputy so miserably drunk, that he pick
i i
I t is pocket of the key of his manacles, set himself
liberty, and absolutely trammelled his sleeping gut
.dean with the same, anti got clear off.
. ..,. DEATH FROM EICT.S- ITC DEIN E ING.AIII Ineui
akin was taken last night, at the Lemon Tree, Be
fordbery, on the body of Constantine Moligy, ag
32 yearsi late of Tullamore, Ireland, whose dea
was caused by continued intoxication from drinkii
neat gin and other spirits. He drank a quart of t
within six hours prior to his death. Verdict—Dr
by etcessive drinking. -
Three Inquests were held on Saturday, on f
bodies of persons who were drowned during the la
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la, .
fog, viz. on the body of C. Reed, of Woodbridge,
the Duke of larlborough's Head, Catherine-stair
another, on the body of J. Thompson, at the Eli
India ock-house ; and a third, c a the body of J.
Arbet, at the sign of the Old Rose, Ratcliff-hig
way. Verdict on each—Accidentally Drowned.
1 .ACCIDENTS—Tuesday James Macvey, a labourer
St.-John'i Church, Ghe.gow, fell fron. the Tower,
1 . height of 100 feet, and got himself most shucking
sihurt, several of his bones were broken, and his boi
dreadfully bruised. He was immediately taken to t
Royal Infirmary, where he died next day. This
4 ' 4 the second accident at the same place.
. Thursday se'nnight, Richard Duncan, a collie
• while at work in ene of the coal-pits at Lane tr
was so dreadfully bruised by a fall of coals as to cat
his death in the course of that day, leaving a w
and several children.
i A Tew days ago, a man of the name of Davis,
discharged soldier, residing at Lane End, near Ed
burgh, was so violently agitated by passion in con
quence of his dog fighting with another, that he a
4 - ' instantly taken so ill as .to survive but a few hot
li 1 i after being conveyed to his lodgings.
One night last week, the giant:keeper of Cyr
sear Ecatsos, Esq. M.P. of Ilebburn-hall, m
• , shot jo the thigh by a young man, oneOf a gang
i. .1 poachers whom he detected. The offender is take
STATFORDSIIIRI3.—.The house of Mrs.CHATTER Li
r i at Shelton, in the Pottery,was broken into in the n 4
1 of Sunday se'nnight, and a large auantity of pla
linen, wearing apparel, and upwards of one hunch
pounds in cash and notes, stolen therefrom. Thefam
A i was not alarmed, but on a discovery of the robbi
• ' i on the Monday morning a hand-bill was issued, off
jug a reward or fifty pounds for detection of the
i Si• 1 fenders ;in the course of that day a man of the n.z
r , of john Moreton, a modeller, of Burslem, offers
.
1. 4 quantity of plate beat into a mass for sale to two t
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i• I yelling Jews, which created suspicion on their mil
that it was-stolen, and they took the needful procei
4 jogs to have Moreton's premises searched, when i
) • plate was found concealed beneath a saggar in
1 workshop, and also several articles of linen and we
apparel ; it appeared as if much pains had bi
taken to erase the initials engraved on the plate, I
•aome of the letters are yet perceptible. In cen
(ponce of this discovery, Moreton and two men of i
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.., .aames of Jonathan Lecke and John Whitehurst, i
' former a partner and the latter a journeyman, w
taken into custody, have been examined by E.
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N: • ltycaxxxe, Esq. hand are fully committed to Stiff
Joil to take their trials for the offence.
. On searching two men lately committed to Gl,
;ester Gaol as utteeers of base.coin, two very speciq
petitions were found upon them, craving relief in
alved distress, said to have. been occasioned
; ~ I
a Area ful coal-mine disaster, near Dudley, by wh
i ;•• i occident eight men and four boys were staled
, t
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1 1* • ' aloe lost their Lees. To these fabricated petitii
in,q y,dded, as liberal contribute/al
th
Vie uames of so
highly respectable characters in at placeandpeij
bourhood, which are all forged.
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