Star.
London, England, 1820-10-13 00:00:00

THE DISTRIBUTION OP SEDIMPOS'

Yesterday) Mr. Psalm( and other Gentlemen
waited upon Mr. Blasts at Bow-street, and having
Lad some conversation with the worthy •
Vickery was sent to fetch-Mr. WiLmems, per-
son who became answerable to Sir It. Limes fur the
appearance of Wiliam Franilix, alias Fkkier, alias
Pother, on Sunday last.

Mr. Williams, on his arrival, was shewn into a
private room, and Mr. Pearson was about to interro-
gate him, when Mr. Williams objected to .being exa-
mined, except Mr. Bram; was present. Mr. Pear-
son told him that Mr. Brame was engaged, that he
would take his examination, and Mr. 13. would after-.
wards administer the oath to him. 31r. Williams
said, he would rather that Mr. Bums were present,
and having waited some time the Magistrate came in.
Mr. Siam said—Mr. Williams, I do not know
what to make of this business, which has assumed a-
touch more serious aspect than at first. Pray tell me"
have you or not seen Franklin since Sunday night?-
Mr. Williams.—l have not.
Mr. Stamm—Have you or your wife received any
communication from him ?—My wife took in a letter,
the envelope of which was addressed to Mr. or Mrs.
Williams, and within was inclosed a letter to Miss
Franklin, his daughter.

Mr. BIRNIL—Do you know whether the letter
came by the post?—No.
Have you the envelope or cover?—No ; I have
destroyed it.
When ?—Yesterday, I believe.
Who delivered it at your house ?—I don't know.
Did you know it came from Franklin at the time
you received it?—l did not.
Did you suppose it came from him ?—I did not ;
though when I saw the address I might have sup-
posed it came from him.
Have you been in the habit of being a letter-car-
rier between Franklin and his family ?—No ; this is
the first time.

Mr. Brutus—You may remember, Mr. Williams,
that when you were at my house on Sunday, with
this Gentleman (with emphasis), whom I never saw
or heard of before in my life, I asked you what he,
was ? You said he was a Gentleman ; knd I asked
you if he was a retired tradesman ? You said no—
you had known him a long time as a neighbour.
Now, did you ever hear him say be knew me, or was
known to me?—l never did.

Mr. lit RNlE.—Because it has gone forth to the world
that he told you he was well known to me, and if he
came before me, all would be set straight at once.—
I believe you will do me the justice to say, that his
introduction to me was entirely owing to the circum-
stance of my knowing you as a respectable fellow-
parishioner ?—Certainly, it was entirely so.
Mr. BIRSIE.—WeII, I am glad you are come, as
it has prevented the necessity, on my part, of taking
some steps that would have been very unpleasant.
There is one part of your conduct that, with my long
knowledge of you as a respectable man, strikes me
with wonder. When you were leaving my house on
Sunday, I called you back, and seriously warned you.
not to h've anything to do with this man. Now,
having given you this advice, how do you account
for going directly to Sir Robert Baker, who knew
nothing about you, and becoming answerable for his
appearance? It is to me inexplicable how you could
have done so.

Mr. Williams seemed much confused, and said—
I did not exactly understand you. I thought you
said," We can have nothing to do with this busi-
ness." I did not comprehend it.
Mr. '3'm:ie.—You could not suppose that, for I
told the officer to keep him in custody. However, I
have sent for you now to say, that it behoves you, as
a good subject, to do all in your power for the ap-
prehension of this man, and the more open and com-
municative you are with thime Gentlemen the better.
Mr. PEARSON examined Mr. Williams as follows :
What time did the letter you have spoken of come
to 'your hand ?—About twelve o'clock on Tuesday,
but whether by the post or not, I cannot say ; my
wife, however, I think, told me it had the Gerrard-
street post-mark.
Did you not suspect it was from Franklin ?—I did.
Had you any previous understanding either with
him or his daughter, that you were to be tke medium
of their correspondence ?—No, I had tot:
Did you receive another letter, under cover, on
Monday morning from him?—Yes, I think there
was one.
Did you not know that that also came from Frank-
lin?—lt appeared to me so.
What time was that?—Between ten and eleven
o'clock on the Monday morning.
Now, Sir, try and recollect if there was not another
letter besides these two ?—I really do not recollect.
Has Mrs. W. never mentioned that there was an-
other ?—I don't recollect hearing about another.
Will you swear you have not ?—I can't swear, but
I have no recollection of it. There might have been
a third letter. One came by post, another not by
post, and a third might have come some other way.
. Now,. Sir, do you not know he had another name
besides Franklin?-1 never heard of any other.
Nor his wife, son, or daughter, by any other name?
—Never.

Did you ever see his sons at their father's house?
—Yes. They also went by the name of Franklin,
and I never knew them by any other.
You have seen them both ?—I have frequently.
What situation does his second son hold?—I have

heard he holds a situation at the Board of Contronl.
• Do you know - by whose influence that situation
was procured for him ?—Not directly.
Directly or indirectly, do you know ?—Why, I
have heard Mr. Franklin say as much as induced me
tohelieve that it was by the influence of Mr. Can-
ning ; as a proof of which, you may remember, Mr.
Pearson, secling.a.portrait of Mr. Canning over Frank-
lin's chimney-piece.
Mr. PIIARIPOSO.4 do; but you know that the plc-
tare could not give the situation, Mr. Williams.
Have you ever understood by whose interest his
other sou got into the aswiy?..-14O; bite I believe he
got his communal by purchase. -
I believe you have dined with Franklin at the
house of Mr: Deuis O'Bryeu 7—No, never. I saw

Mr. View ants for a gutter of an hour at Lank.
lines liana;
Now, 04 year oath, M. Williams, have you not
bim since Sunday ni.ght?..4 swear I have not.
Nor had any communication with him directly or
indirectly ?.—I have not.
Tou have known him,. I think,. four years ?—No,
.only two. it* he had lived in furnished
i:ayaa
dngi in Edgware-road, before he came to Cla-
r -I:4vati kn6w his hand-writing so as
to be able to.swiea; se 4L:
A paper was.product:ll to 'Mr. Williams, and he
said the hand-w on it aptieired to be Franklin's.
Have you looked for the envelopes of the two let-
ters spoken 02—rhave, but could not find them.—
They may be at home now. I did not hear from
Miss Franklin where the letters were written from.
Do you wish we should understand, that having
received these letters from Franklin, and having
pledged your honour for his appearance on Monday,
you did not think it necessary (your respectability
having been made his shield) that you should inform
us of the letters ?—I did sot think it necessary. I
bad that sort of confidence in hiin that I'did not,
think it necessary.
What sort of confidence could you have in a man
whO had so deceived you ?—Mr. Williams repeated
the former answer.
Do you. know a Mr. Cranbourne or Knivett ?—No.
Here a Gentleinaa came in, almost breathless, and
said a letter had just been received from a Gentle-
man at Dover, wholmew Franklin, and it stated, that
the latter was there on Wednesday afternoon, and
had procured a passport for France in the name of
Harrison.
Mr. PEARSON instantly dispatched a letter to the
French Ambassador, to acquaint.bim with the cir-
cumstance, and went himself to 'Lord Castlereagh's
Office where he applied for and obtained the pro-
mise Of two letters, one to the English Ambassador
at the Court of France, and another to the Secretary
of Passports, in order to the detention of the fugitive.
After some further conversation, Mr. Williams was
sworn to the statements he had made, and Mr. Pear-
son and Vickery were, it was understood, to start'
immediately for Dover in pursuit of Franklin.
To prevent the possibility of error, a new warrant
was drawn up and signed, in which he was desig-
nated William .Fktcher, alias .Franilia, alias Forbes,
who was supposed to have taken out a passport in
the name of Harrison.

The following Addresses are to be presented to her
MAJESTY on Wednesday :
From the Coachmakers ; Cricklade, Greenock, the Roman
Catholic Congregations in the Mempolis, Leitholm, N. B. the
Ladies of Camberwell, Population of Camberwell, St. Andrew's
Holborn; Maidstone, Southampton, Newlyn, Cornwall; Le:
minster ; Clifton, near Bristol; Yeovill, Witney, Hull, Ciren-
cester, Kiddern:inster, Sawyers of the Metropolis, &. John's,
%Yapping ; Tradesmen of Spalding, Horsham, Bridgwater, sad
Paisley.

The following is her MAJESTY'S Answer to the
Address from the Inhabitants of North Petherton :
'• I gratefully receive, and sincerely approve, this loyal and
affectionate Address from the Parish of North Petherton and
its vicinity, in the County of Somerset.
It is highly satisfactory to me to find the Inhabitants of this
place, as well as the rest of the kingdom generally, impressed
with a conviction of my innocence, eveu after the witnesses for
the accusation had been heard, and b?fore I had produced any
evidence to refute the charge."

The following is her MAJESTY'S Answer to the
Kensington Address:
u I return my cordial acknowledgments to the Inhabitants
of the Parish of Kensington for this loyal and affectionate Ad-
dress. I have not forgotten, and shall not readily forget, that
period of my life which I passed in the Palace of Kensington.
The Inhabitants of this Parish were then more closely united
with me in the charities of the neighbourhood ; and those chari-
ties I never suffer any change of place, or any lapse of time, to
efface from my recollection.
" Every locality to which our residence is transferred, is as-
sociated with particular cireunts:aaces, by which it is more or
less fastened on the memory, or made interesting to the mind.
Bat every change that we make, every locality to which vie re-
move, seems to remind us of certain portions of life that have
glided away. To look back on the scene where we have passed
any portion of our former years, is to be reminded that fine,
though invisible in his motion, is rapid in his flight.
" The interval which I passed in the Palace of Kensington
was not one entirely composed of calm and sunny hours, of
which no part is railed by inquietudes, or obscured by clouds.
No portion of my married life has been of this kind, and this
formed no exception to the rest ; but in the period to which I
am alluding, death had not made that ravage in my domestic
scene that he has since occasioned. I could then, though less
often than I could wish, yet I could, at doles, enjoy the sight of
one, who has since been for ever torn from my embrace.
" The brightest prospects, in the short space of human exist-
ence, arc often short as a dream, or momentary as a sound. If
my prospects have ever been bright, the illuminated speck, in
which Hope is painted, has been speedily evanescent, My ene-
mies have been incessantly plotting how to darken my days;
but, perhaps, if the noon of my life has been tempestuous, the
evening may be clear."

Wednesday last, when it became rather dusk, a
formidable gang of pickpockets, about 30 in number,
commenced their depredations by robbing persons,
most barefacedly and publicly, on the return of the
various processions from presenting their Addresses
to her Mo.:erre. Between l3randenburgh House,
and Knightsbridge, they bustled, tripped up, and'
knocked down several persons, whom they robbed of
pocket-books, money, and watches. They turned the
women's clothes over their heads, and forcibly tore
their pockets from their sides! The ruffians were
armed with sticks about two feet long, which had
been concealed under their coats, and with which
they absolutely set 'the officers and constables at
defiance. Several of the constables tried to collect
in a body, for the purpose of apprehending some of
the leaders of the gang ; but, being observed, they
were set at open defiance by the villains. Between
Knightsbridge Barracks and Hyde-Park-Corner, they
stopped a Gentleman on horseback, whom they struck
at, and attempted to pull off his horse, when George
Taylor, a constable' of Clerkenwell, Thomas Thomp-
son, Charles Reid, Edward Bryan, and four other
constables, rushed upon and attempted to seize loose
of the villains, when they were, in turn, attacked by
the gang ; Edward Bryan was knocked down, dread-
fully cat, and robbed of his hat; and a dreadful con-
flict took place between the officers and thieves.—
During this affray the Gentleman set spurs to his
horse, and escaped. The villains being so numerous,
would in all probability have murdered every one of
the constables, had they not been provided with cut-
lasses and pistols, which, in their own defence, they
were obliged to use. George. Taylor pulled out a.
pistol, which he fired over their. heads. When, how-
ever, he villains found the officers carried fire-aims,
they mede their escape without one of them being
appoloaded.

• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

VE,Ong4 ear% lb—Captain Josnaw, of the schooner Smith-
114d, whir strived here aa Saturday fries St. Baitholoraew's,,
states, that the brig kraistible, under the command of Cont-1
modere Damns, under the Vamoose= Sig, had arrived at the i
Five Islands, about the nth August, having captured a fleet et
five sail, consisting of a ship, three brigs, and a schooner. One
of the brigs was heavily armed, and acted as convoy. The cap-
ture was made of Madeira; the fleet was from the Havannah,
bound to Spain ; and the action lasted about an hour and a
quarter. The brig (as convoy) had 55,000 doubloons on board,
and Commodore Damns landed them at St. Bartholomew's.
Captain Joanna saw the fleet at the Five Islands, and had wine
conversation with Captain.DAMILIII.
Farman*' Omens: 10.—Wind N.—Arrived the Duke of
Marlborough packet,-,with a Mail from Lisbon, in nineteen;
days. -The Princess Elitiabeth packet arrived thereon she 19th
Septelnber,and sailed for Gibraltar on the 21st.
PLYXOUTII, &roasts 11,-.-Wind E.—Arrived the Nautilus
tran from London, to take in troops • Duke 81 Manches-
ter Smoke, out 71 days. Passed by the Rosaline,
from Arclqatsgel for Falmouth.
PORISKOWnt, Ocr. 12.—Wind N.—Arrived the London and
Berwick Packet, from Dantzic. Remain at Spithead, his Ma-
jesty's ship Hum, aid the Bombay Merchant. Sailed the Eli-
zabeth, Rooms, for Rotterdam.
• Dear, Oor.l2.—Wind N. N. W.—Came down from the River
last night and sailed, the Dick, HARRISON, for New South Wales,
with the male convicts ; and, this morning, the Forbes, Bsowz,
for Madras and Bengal.
Livaaroox, Ocr. 11.—Arrived the Thomas Gilbert, -Baowz,
from iliramichi; John and Thomas, CHANT, from Oporto.
Miasma, Ocr. 12.—Arrived the Lord Nelson packet from
Holland, and the Henry Freeing ditto from Cuxhaven; each
with a Mail.
The Christopher. Rows, has arrived at Poole, from New-
castle, very leaky, having ,track en the sands near Yarmouth,
hound to Newfoundland. _ _ _

Lamm, Ocr. 6.—The Prince of Wales Excise cutter, BENIA-
sax Ouvaa, Esq. Commander, has taken and brought into this'
port a galliot called the Elizabeth Frederick, bound from Chris-1
elan Sound to Sligo, with a cargo of battens, &c. The Prince
of Wales boarded her in Scrabster Roads, under suspicious cir-;
cumstances; and after rummaging, found 2221b5. of tobacco,
which is now lodged in the King's warehouse. The crew are
on board the guard-ship. Saturday .e night, in a hard gale
from the South to S.S.E. the sloop Delight, Main, of Aberdeen,
was driven ashore from her anchor in the bay of Wick, and
having fallen on her beam-ends was nearly full of water, had
her rudder unshipped, and it is feared was bilged. The smack
Rose, Leith trader, not being able to purchase her anchor, Was
obliged to cut her cable' and in running for the harbour, struck
the pier. by which her bowsprit was carried away, and her bow
damaged. The brig Harmony, Miramar, of Aberdeen, with
both anchors down, and two or three other vessels, rode out
the gale. Friday, the Fortuna, Resuming, of and from Fleckie-
ford, in Norway, arrived at Aberdeen, after: a boisterous pas-
sage of 15 lays : on the day after sailing, when about 10 leagues
off the land, if blowing hard from S.S.W. with thick weather,
saw a brig, to appearance about 130 tons' and seemingly timber
loaded, with her main-mast gone and in distress: in a short
time anotbar•brig. bore down upon the disabled vessel, and got
out the crew; soon after which, the fore-mast also went over-
board, and the distriaated vessel was abandoned to the violence
of the storm.

Alums:in—At Gibraltar, the Acasta, Keen, from China;
Scipio, Copal° from Mime Video; Mary and Eliza, Beck-
ford, from Rio Janeiro ; Cadmus, Ives, from Pernambuco ;
Pleiades,West, from Philadelphia; Joseph, Glanville, from Cork;
and William and Mary, M‘Cubbin, from St. Michael.

Dr. KYLE is appointed Provost of Trinity College,
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Wednesday, in the insolvent Debtors' Court, it was.
publicly announced, and wished to be made public,
that, by the new .Act of Parliament, persons living
in the country might save the expense of coming to
town, by sending up their affidavits.
SMITH FIICLD MARICET, OCT. 13.—Ikvf, 4s. Od. to 4s. 10d. per
stone of Sibs. ; Mutton, 4s 6d. to ss. 6d. Veal, ss. Od. to 6s. Od.
Pork, ss.od. to 6s.od. Lamb, os.od. to Os.od.—Cattle at Market
Beasts,649; Calves, 160; Sheep and Lambs, 6,100 ; Pigs, um—
Hay, 31. 10s. to 41. 4s. Clover, U. Os. to 61. Os. Straw, 11. 6s.
to 11. 14s.

Rama AAAAA x Coracintsca.—The Ticket No. 3645, drawn on
Thursday last a Prize of £lO,OOO, has been a Capital in THIEL
different Lotteries, within the List three years, visa on the sth
December, 1817, it was drawn a Prize of .£98,1310, and then
sold in Shares by RIM ;On the 9.3 d 'March it was drawn a Prize
of £2OO, and then sold in Shares by 111311; and on Thursday
last this same Number was drawn a Prize of £lO,OOO Money,
and was again sold by Bun. It is also a curious circumstance,
that, in a Lottery drawn on a plan similar to the present, where
the Blanks drawn the Siut day were afterwards re-drawn this
identical Number, having been drawn a Blank on the First Day,
was re-drawn on the Second Day of tie same .lieuery, a Prize
of £.10,000.
BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY.
AASDIN STALES,
I 7 to 2 air Antar.

2 to I agst Miss Juda
i to 2 apt Glow-worm

misr.

15 to 1 sgst Parasol 118 to 1 apt. Truth.,
Oats.-7 to 1 apt My Lady.
The Duke of PORTLAND'S horse Low, Bst. 51b.
matched against Mr. UDNY'S AYer, Bst. 41b. at the
next Houghton Newmarket Meeting, for 200 gs. h. ft
Mr. G. L. Fox's Striplimg is matched against Mr.
LAMIITON't Malcolm, Bst. 41b. each, at the Doncaster
Meeting next year, for 100 gs. h. ft.
Mr. Mu.sza's Comas, Bst. is matched against Mr.
G. L Fox's Maobeth, Bst. Slb. at the Doncaster Meet-
ing, 1822, for 100 gs. h. ft.
On the last day of the same Meeting, Mr. LAMI•
TON'S Leopold will r tin against Mr. G. L. Fox's Mac-
beth, Bst. Slb. each, for 200 gs. h. ft.
Friday, an unfortunate accident happened in the
Pleasance, Edinbdrgh : a child fell into a tub of wa-
ter, where it was suffocated.
• We are authorized to state, that Sir FRANCIS Co.
Lostsma Mares, M.D. has accepted the appoint-
ment of Treasurer to the Medical Board established
by Messrs. COOPER and Co. of Charlotte House,
Great Charlotte-street, Surrey.—Messrs. COOPER and
Co: have frequently inserted letters from various
inffleiduals who have been radically cured, not
Only: of Ruptures, but of other dangerous diseases,
too often deemed incnrairle by Professional Men,
whose practice is confined. The late Duke of Bed-
ford unfortunately lost his life in a few hours, by
a strangulated Hernia ; Mr. Mills, of the Kent-
road, also lost his life in a few hours ; Mr. Shear
man, of Mile-end, was also afflicted for many years,
and was cured ; and many, many others, whose
names will never appear withouttheir request.--Mr.
Johnson, of the Borough, who had been seven-
teen months under the care of several eminent Sur-
pens, with tti most dangerous disease, and whose
life was given over, as appeared by his Affidavit
before Mr. Alderman Wood, then Lord Mayor, and
whose case has been seen by more than one hundred
Surgeons, was in afew weeks restored to perfect health.
—Such are the proceedings at the Medical Board,
Charlotte-House Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-
road ; and Woodssock-Honse near Bond-street, un;
der the immediate direction of Messrs. COOPER and
Co. who are consulted daily from Eight in the Morn-
ing until Eight in the Evening.—Mechanics have ad..
vice Gratis *very evening,"from Six to Eigitts stud
on &Mir Mornings ttaW Twelve o'Clatlt. "f,•ro

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