Star.
London, England, 1816-04-06 00:00:00

THE AR}IY.

The Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia, after an
absence of IS years, having returned to the county on
Monday, the 13th of March, for the purpose of being
disembodied, the Earl of GLASGOW, Lord Lieutenant,
when present with the regiment at Paisley, on the
21st ult. directed a very honourable testimony from
his Lordship to be inserted in regimental orders.
The valiant corps of Scotch Greys, stationed in
Canterbury, were drawn out in the Barrack Field on
Monday morning last, and these brave men who were
present at the glorious battle of Waterloo, were each
presented with a Silver Medal, to commemorate their
gallantry in that well fought field. Lientenant-Co-
lonel I. B. CLARK,. K.C. B. in presenting these
badges of merit, addressed the regiment in an
appropriate speech, calculated to excite the most
impressive feeling on the event. The medals, to
the number of 313, were alike distributed to the offi-
cers and men, and are to be worn on all occasions.
They are about the size of a A. Bank token t on one
side is a fine likeness of the Regent, on the other Fame,
with the wreath of Victory—above the figure Welling-
tom—under ii." Waterloo, while on the exergue, Is
stamped the nears of each man whose valour entitled
him to this honourable distinction, from a grateful
and admiring country.
Hone Guards, Mareh.9.
At a Genera) Court-Martial, held at Fort Amster.
dam, Curasoai on the 6th October, 1511.5. and conti-
nued by adjournments to the 16th of the same month,
Lieutenant Thomas Parker, of the 7th West India
Regiment, was arraigned upon the undermentioned
charges, viz.—
let. For unolfictr-like conduct in being drunk, when in corn.
timid of the main guard, in the town of WiUiamstadt, Curacoa,
oa the evening of the 24th September, ISIS.
ed. For misapplying or making meat with a gum nr sums of
money supplied to bun by the Regimental Paymaster fur thw
subsistence of the company entrusted to bis charge, amounting to
about one hundred and six pounds, eleven shillings, and one half-
penny sterling, all 'Ouch conduct is subversive of good order and
military discipline, antra breach of the Art eles of War.
Upon which charges the Come came to the fol-1
lowing decision :
64 The Court having most maturely and delibe-
rately weighed and considered the evidence brought
forward in confirmation of the charges, as well as
what has been offered in extenuation thereof, is of
opinion that the prisoner, Lieutenant Thomas Parker,
of the 7th West India Regiment, is Guilty of the

first charge.
." The Court is also of opinion that the said Lieut.
PARKRR is Guilty of the second charge. and do there-
fore sentence hirh, Lieut. THOS. PARKRR, of the 7th
West•lndia Regiment, to be cashiered, and farther to
make good the bum of al 10 144. J. sterling, there
appearing a deficiency on his part to that amount."
Confirmed by the PRINCE RF.ORNT.

The general answer at Carlton-house yesterday, to •
the inquirers after the PRINCI RaCIIIIT'S health was,
" His Royal Highness continues better."
Yesterday, about two o'clock. her MAJeSTY and
the Pan:cusp left-the Queen's Palace for Windsor.
According to a statement in Parliament, the poor-
rates of the kingdom amount to eight millions. We
have no doubt that it will be found that the money
raised, as poor-rate, amounts to that sum ;—but we
very much doubt whether eight millions, or aoy
thing Near eight millions, are actually expended on the
poor; and we , hope the Churchwardens' accouhts,
given in last year, will be very strictly scrutinized be-
fore the House come to any determination on the
subject. Some of the accounts, which we hate seen,
are drawn up in a manner calculated to hide 4e
real ezpendityre of the money raised. • .
Oaa..romos..---The Covent Garden Oratorios closed
last night with a brilliant bumper, and amidst uni-
versal and deserved applaUse.
'LRAM is gone to Glasgow, to perform ten nights,
• for which he received £lOO6 before he left town yes-
terday. He is also to perform a few nights at Edin-
burgh. .

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KINGSTON ASSIZES.

At the tingstoe Assizes, yesterday, Mr. Droolq
was tried for shooting Mr. Thompson, in Ball•alley,
Lombard-street : the particulars of which have bet%
in recently detailed in this Paper, that it is unneces,
airy to repeat them. The Jury, after a patient ;ores.
tigation, and on receiving a most impartial charge froiii
the Judge, brought in their verdict—Am:bug/um
The Court immediately sentenced him :0 ,ix moi,r;is
imprisonment.—The maid servan) el Mr. NtorstaN,
the butcher, of Kennington Croce, was also tried,
charged with poisoning her master's child :—this
case had created a great sensation in the reigl,-
!botsrhood of Kennington, and the respectab:e
inhabitants of the place had espoused the cause
. _
Of

the gill, from the circumstance of the master
aavicg sworn that no arsenic, to his knowledge, was
in the house, when the contrary was proved to to the
act. The trial occupied a great part of the day,
iv
nd the Jury instantly acquitted her. The verdict
as received with acclamations, and her friends
conveyed her back to.Kennington, where she was
last night carried about the neighbourhood in truttiph,
The Learded Judge recommended a prosecution for
face imprisonment. We• understand, so indignant
wee the inhabitants against Mr. Newman, for his
conduct on this occasion, that they had withdrawn
their custom from him, and he had been under the
necessity of quitting the neighbourhood.

OLD BAILEY.
Yesterday John Paiftter was indicted f►n man.
.Plaeghter, in having inflicted a wound on benjamio
Painter, the infant son of Mary Painter, his daughter.
Mary Painter deposed, that cm the cl 4! mention 4
in the indictment, prisoner asked her-brcther to gn to
market, on which the brother used some foal lan-
guage. Prisoner took op a knife, and in going to
throw it apparently on the table, it fell on the held oc
'the child. The knife was kept for lolling cank.—
The child survived only till the following morning.
Cross-examined.—Her father was very fond of the
child ; it was only two months old.—Edward Pain-
ter corroborated that part of the evidence which
proved the quarrel between him and his father.—The
surgeon who attended the child, said, that its death
had been occasioned by loss of blood from a blow in-
flicted by a sharp instrument on the scalp. Verdict

—Guilty.
Susannah Newman stood indicted for stealing one
gold watch case, a brooch, and other articles, value
4110, the property of John Ladd, in his dwelling.
house. Guilty—Death.
John William: was capitally indicted for breaking
and entering the shop attached to the dwelling house
of William Bridges, with intent to steal. Gu►lty—.
Death.
Henry Mill: stood indicted capitally for stealing a
gelding, the property of Sir Aorallant Hume, Bin.
on the 14th of Match. The prisoner dii not offer
any thing in his defence.—Mr. Brron Worn) briefly
recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury, %without the
slightest hesitation, found him Guilty—Death, but
strongly recommended him to Mercy, on account of
his youth.—Aged 24.
S9phia Brown stood itidicted for stealing a silver
watch, the property of George Brown, on the fith
of
January.—Net Guilty..

We understand, that in the Scots Appeal to the
House of Lords, which involves the internal economr
of a female boarding-house, and has excited can.i-
derable curiosity, the LORD CHANCELLOR has directed
the Counsel to send their arguments in writing to his
Lordship, who will then deliberate on them, aud give
his decision also in writing.
Oa the night of Tuesday, the 2d inst. as Captain
WILLIAM Bi.aug, of the Nimble revenue cutter, and
four of his men, were on duty in the vesca's galley,
in or near Dover Roads, the boat was upset, and the
whole met a watery grave.
On the evening of Saturday the I Gth ultimo, abut
eleven o'clock, three young men belonging to East
Wemyss, Scotland, in attempting ta cioss the water.
at Leven in a boat without oars, were carried away
by the rapidity of the. current. When nearly out to
sea, one of them leaped into the water, and cv.am
ashore; the other two not having courage to follow
his example, remained in the beat, and were caviled
out to sea. In this perilous situation they remained
till next forenoon, when they were picked up by a
sloop between the Bass and Elk Ness, and e2ff;ta
into Largo. They had been in the greatest danger,
as the boat was leaky, and they had nothing
.to cast
out the water with but one of their shoes,bavtng lost
the other . three, and both their hats ; they were be
sides almost dead with cold.
Further particulars of the late dreadful Fire at St.
John's, Newfoundland :
" The fite broke out on the 12th of February, about debt
o'clock in the evening, and consumed between 130 and 10
houses. What increased the danger, and added to the event rf
this calamity, was the way in which the sown of St. John is
buiit. The houses are entirely of wood t not a brick being use 4
except in the chitunies. We are sorry to say that the lower ordtt
of the populace gave themselves up to plunder, instead ot
ing their wretched fellow-creatures, of whom 1500 to" "
rthadered destitute, during a rigorous and inclement season, by
this artist visitation. 'A heir houses and rrovision4 ate 'l'll°l4
and what augments their distress is the impossibility of troth
entering the port with Lomita s, in consequence of the ice. Ito
other ialtabitants share their store with these unfortunates, be
so heavy a loss must be felt by all. A libelsl subcriptiee
*a
entered upon, which afforded temporary relief, and there air:
doubt but It will be benevolently aided by a siniilar meJsidt
this country. The raptdtty with which the tioti,es were cowsr,
is described as almost inconceivable ; many ot their innate,"
barely time to escape naked, or merely covered with bbeisot
and 'mod shivering m the storm and snow, while all they In-.t
the world perished before their ryes. R d Report speaks only v-
ide lost on the melancholy occasion."
morning,
egr
soMmenieitvlaily.meivnedneidngp,erosorneoarrlypeonrsonTs Isresttir67!
to the coppice growing on the Vetcliery, in the pa trvi
of Maresfield, Sussex, by which infamous act,
nderwood standing on between thirty and forty

underwood summit; in. ~....-... ___ •
of ground. was burnt and destroyed.
HUNTING.—'rhe Fox-hounds of R. S. Lloyd, Es'
T
meet on 'Tuesday, April 9, at Eastwod, ( W
fig
country), and on Saturday, the ISth, at stoke
each day, at six o'clock.
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Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price.
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