Star.
London, England, 1811-08-26 00:00:00

KERRY MELTtNG.

Satui.day, the Catholics of the COnnty bf Kerry
pursuant to public notice, Assembled at Tralee. The
Meeting was held in the New Ch.►pe!, wh,cl► is a large
and beautiful building. Never was their in that county
in attendance so num.:- ins, or so remarkable lor rank
and respectability. The Cli ,pel v‘ AS crowded, and IA
the galleries appeared a galaxy of female beaUty.—
We are happy to ptrcei►e oar lovely countrywomen
take so much interest in the public cause. More than

twenty Magistrates w‘re present, and in eVcrl part
of this grt'at aggregate ilbsembly were to oe setts
many of the mos: ie..l ectat,i. Piotestants of tl:e
County. Among others were the Right Henour.tble
Maurice Fitzgeratd, Reptestiitative of Kerry, Ar-
thur 13Ienner has t of Eim Glove, Esq. Contisehor

Colles, Messrs. chute, Cr.rsbie, Ssinde-s, Bleane►has-
set, Hewson, Twist, Church, Hi. kson, Collis, Pim;
don, Fitzgerald, Evar, &c. Ste. We have not si,rce
to insert the names of all the distinguished and Irberal
Protestants present. The Chair I'. as filled by that
highly respected character, Dostisick tatetc, Lsq.
Barrister at Law, and the business of the day ,was
opened by Counsellor of O'Cosmacc, whose eminent
services in pursuit of Catholic Emancipation cats
never be too highly appreciated.
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While Counsellor (kennel, in an abk and luminous
statement, was explaining the object of the meeting;
John Weeks, Esq. Chief Constable of the Barony, en-
tered and addressed the Chairman.—He begged tts
be understood as coming there, not iii his individual
capacity, but as Chief Constable ordered by the f'-o=
vost of the town avid Crdwn Siolicilor,.to disperse-the
Meeting. He was instantly asktdi whether he had A
warrant from any Magistrate who had received infor-
mation on oath ? In reply he declared, that he had
no warrant, nor were there any information upon oath.
The Chairman then with dignity and firmness ad-
dressed him and said, we have met here for a legal
and constitutional object, and we shall not disperse.
The constable stood abashed—hit countenance fell—.

his eyes fell—a momentary hectic flushed or. his cheek
—again it vanished, and a tremulous confusion ap.
peered to run through his frame. Here the loud
laugh of the Protestant Magistrate and Gentlemen
present became general, and poor Weeks tottered out
of the Chapel, amidst the ridicule and merriment of
the Assembly I•
Many of the Protestant Magistfates attended for ,
the purpose of protecting the Meeting, should any
legal outrage be offereds and the most cordial unani-
mity of all sects prevailed on this interesting occasion:
After the Resolutions proposed.by Counsellor O'-
Connell had been carried unanimously, Wm. HART.
NETT, Esq. a Magistrate of the County, came fititc.
ward, and proposed a Resolution of Thinks t(i Conn:
sellors O'CouNet.t. and HUSSEY ; lie was seconded by
WALTER HUSSEY, Of MiltOWR, Esq.

Thanks to these respected and distinguished Mem-
bers of the Catholic Body were then passed unani.
mously and by acclamation. The Protestant Gen:
tlemen present were extremely indignant at the u&
constitutional interference of the constable, but this
was in some degree abated by the merriment whicll
his silly appear ince had created.--=Etyning Poiif
The name of Mr. GEORGE Ltowit.t. h.ts been struck
out of the Commission ot the Peace for the several
counties of Tipperaty, Kilkenny, and the Queen's
County.

His Excellency the Duke del IBtaAnTAtto arrived
at the Clarendon Hotel late on Saturday night. The
Marquis WELLESLEY arrived in town yesterday morn.
ing from Ramsgate, and immediately visited his Ex•
cellency at the Hotel, where his Lordship remained a
.tonsiderable time. Ihe Marquis entertain* his Excel•
lency at dinner this day. Tile Duke's mother comes
in the Coen% to Sheerness, and is to land there.
The AMERICA /4, Captain JoslAs it)WLEY, is fit-
ting for the Mediterranean.
The LITTLE BELT, Capt. Bincatast, which arrived
at Portsmouth on Thursday, left Halifax on the 31st
July. On her passage, off the Banks of Newfoundland,
she fell in with the American ship Traveller, from
Bourdeaux, out 30 days, and after a chase of eleven
hours brought her to. The cargo of the Traveller
cost, at Bourdeaux, 80,000 dollars, and consists of
brandy, claret, quicksilver, and silks. During the chase
the Traveller threw overboard two of her ruts, her
boats, spars, &c. and cut away her bulwarks. The
following passengers came home in the Little Belt:
Captain Pechell, late of the Cuerrier ; Mr Fasting, Chief Jur
tice ulf Bermuda ; Mr. W,llara, of the nth Regiment ; Mr. Mar-
tin, late Purser of the Centurion; Mr. Elliot. late Surgeon of
the Indian ; and Mr. C. Head, of the SIM Raiment.
Thursday se'nnight, one of the powder houses at
Ballincollig, near Cork, blew up with a terrible ex-
plosion, by which, we regret to say, one poor man
was actually shivered to atoms. No cause is assigned
for it.
On the 20th inst. as E. Green, a boy 10 years of
age, was riding to Bromyard, 'Herefordshire, on cross-
ing the race-course, the horse took fright, and set off
full gallop, when he was thrown from his seat, and
his foot hanging in the stirrup-leather, the horse
dragged him along the ground, till the staple of the
saddle gave way, and left him lifeless.
Saturday night died at his house in Great Scotland•
yard,'Whitehall, JOHN THOMAS Geovss, Esq. many
years architect, under Mr. WYATT, to the Board of
Works. On Thursday this Gentleman, in his official
capacity, attended at the lsreastey, examining the
repairs under his direction, where he was seized with
an apoplectic fit, and remained, speechless till his de-
mise.. In his profession, 'few gentlemen could rival
him.
CORN-MARKET. To-day the fresh arrivals of
Wheat coastwise, with a few foreign, make but an
inconsiderable supply ; the trade brisk in sales, and
last prices fully supported—Barley again in short
supply, and about 2s. per quarter cL.aier—Malt ra.
then so—White and Grey Peas and Tick Beans like.
wise highcr—There are few arrivals of Oats, and fins
samples fetch a somewhat better price—,Flour
out variation.
014CRAL CIitILINCY As VWDZI.

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Mien 755. 511 s. 1041. lessee, 461. 513.
Fine ditto, lobs. 110 a. - 'Tick ditto, 351. el&
Rye, 40s. 445. . Oats, 11s. 3611. 30s. •
Barley, 571. 435. OIL Poland ditto, 31.. SO. a
Malt, 611 s. 751. Potatoe ditto, We td.
White Peas (Boilers) 40s. Ob. Rape Seed 8558541
MIR glow , Us. M. 9040-..s•••nds, lac t• Sae.
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him. Alexander not being attentive, did not hear this
but several fellow-prisoners did, and ranto the prisons
to prevent him. The prisoner, however, came up to
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KENT ASSIZES—wow-rola, AUGUST A. Alexander before anyone could reach him, and taken,
'TIM KING 4. .VIGOR. him round the neck with his left arm, stabbed him
this WAS an indictment against the defendant, Vi- ' twice, once in the right breast, between the second
ger, a contraci or for the barracks at this town, f'r and third rib; which penetrated the chest, and again
furnishing the soldiers with unwholesome meat, not on the left breast, a little lower, but which lattef
St for the foOd of men. wound was superficial. The, prosecutor fell, and bled
Mr. Serjeant.Ssteeneab stated the defendant to be profusely. He was taken to the Military Hospital
a butcher, who had contracted to supply the soldiers on shore, where lie WAS cOnfined 31 days. The pri-
in barracks with meat, and that on the 30th day soner was secured, and the knife was faund.upon him,
of January last he sent in a quantity of beef, which covered with blood.
several witnesses who had seen it would prove was In his defence the prise! er said, that the prosecutor
not fit for human ford ; but he was also in a condi- was very harsh to the pris. ners, and had ttireatened
tion to carry the evidence still farther, for he should him with a sabre, and that he was so exasperated he
prove that the defendant had bought the beast film drew his knife, and in hi: rage he did not know what
which the meat was taken after it had died of the he did.
murrain, or of disease of some kind ; for be should The Serjeant of Marines on board being called gave
call his apprentice, who would state to them, that the the prosecutor an excellent character for humanity to
day before this meat was sent to the barracks, he the prisoners, and completely falsefied the insinuation
fetched home a dead bullock which had not been of the prisoner. The Jury found him Guilty—Death.
slaughtered. but had died a natural death. i The Assizes and.the Home Circuit here concluded.
The contract for the defendant's supplying the bar-1
racks from March, 1810, to March, 1811, was put in
and proved.
William Bryce, a soldier in the 25th Light Dra-
goons, proved that he received a quantity of beef
on the 30th of January last, 'which was very black,
and 'finked unwholescme ; it had a faint smell, and
seemed approaching to putridity. He chewed it to
his Officer, and it was examined by several butchers.
The butchers who examined it were called, and
they agreed in stating that it was not wholesome food.
The late apprentice to the defendant was next call-
ed, who stated, that on the 29th of January he was
sent to fetch home a bullock which had died by being
blown of over-eating clover. They flayed it, and
cut it up ; one side was very black and given to the
pigs, some was given •to the dogs ; but he did not
know how the whole had been disposed of ; he could
not say that any part had been seat to the barracks.
The defendant, by his Counsel, Mr. GURNEY, con-
tended, that the meat sent to the barracks was fro-
zen by the intense cold, and being conveyed into a
warm room, the sudden thaw occasioned putrefaction.
The Jury foend the defendant guilty.

ROME CIRCUIT.

TII KING V. lIAMBILOOK.

Merstox-Roust,.--Friday a man, suspected of
having manufactured the fictitious nutes winch have
lately appeared in the Fleet Prison, underwent an
examination before the Lord Mayor, and was com-
mitted for trial. The offence is a misdemeanor.

BOW-STREET.—Saturday Robert Taylor, who states
himself to be a clergyman, was examined at the
Public Office, Buw-sneet, on a charge of having
obtained from I‘"ajor Cartwright, of James-street,
Westminster, £2, under false pretences. He ap-
plied to the Major in February last, for assistance for
a poor widow, who lived near Hertford, whose situa-
tion he described in a most affecting manner ; and at
the same time stated that he was vicar of Hertford,
and that Mr. Brand and Mr. Plomer had each given
£2O, and that Sir Francis Burdett had also subscri-
bed liberally, but wished the amount not to be known
publicly. From the very plausible manner in which
he mentioned these circumstances, and frequently in-
troducing the very helpless situation of the poor wi-
dow's distressed family, the Major Was induced to
give .£2 towards the relief of this pretended Vicar's
object of compassion He, however,' obtained about
the same period, from Lord Grenville, 410 upon a
similar representation ; but his Lordship having some
doubts whether the money would be properly ap-
plied. made some further enquiries, and found he had
been imposed on. His Lordship, in order to deter
other unprincipled characters from • defrauding the
benevolent, had him indicted, and he WAS tried at
Hertford Sessions for the offence ; but, owing to
some irregularity in the law proceedings, the priso-
ner escaped; and it now appears that on the day he ob-
tained the money from Major Cartwright, he was a
prisoner in the King's Bench, and out an a day-rule.
As it is a bailable offence, the Prisoner said he could
procure the most respectable witnesses to his charac-
ter, A warrant on the information of the Major had
been issued against him for some time, and given to
Adkins to execute ; but it being discovered that he'
was still a prisoner in the King's Bench prison for'
debt, and the Insolvent Act about to take place, it
was determined he should remain there till the time
of his coming out under that Act, and Adkins hav-
ing received information that he was to be released
on Friday last, went and took him into custody.
Edward Faulk,- was charged with uttering a forged
draft for 410, in the name of Mr. Robert Roberts, of
the East-India Chambers, and was committed for fur-
ther examination. -

This was an information against the defendant,
Hambrook, for.aidireg and assisting the six following
French prisoners of war to escape, viz. Prine Bonet,
Jean Saddy, J. NALLIi, G. Giessileux, Martin,
and -- Chamont.
The following were the circumstances of this case :
—On die 2e.ii of September last, Lieutenant Christie,
of his Majesty's ship Cordelia, being crilizing in the
Channel during the night, saw a boat standing in for
the French coast. They hailed her, and received an
answer in broken English that she was a Foikstone
boat. Upon which they fired at her and brought her
to. On hoard her they found the six French prisoners
of war. By the agent of prisoners, it was proved that
they were on their parole at Chesterfield, from which
place they absconded on the 18th of September last;
en the 20th they arrived in two post-chaises at the
countain at Canterbury, and from thence they went
for ward to Folkstone. The first chaise which arrived
was told by the passengers to drive to the Blue An-
chor, a little public•house kept by the defendant. As
soon as they arrived, he told them he had got beds
Out of the house, and went away with them ; when
'he returned, he asked the chaise-boy if any more were
coming ; he answered him, he did net know. The
ether chaise arrived later, and drove first to the Folk-
gone Arms, and was then directed to the Blue An-
chor. The boy .could not identify the persons he car-
ried ; but he spoke to a large deal box they had with
them, which box was afterwards found on board the
boat at sea with them when they were picked up by
the Cordelias

The Learned Judge told the Jury it was for them
to consider, whether the circumstances under which
they came to a little public-house, did not furnish
ground for them to say that the landlord who kept
it was privy, and if so, aiding to their escape.
The Jury found the defendant guilty.
THE KING W. GURNEY.
This was an information against the defendant for
attempting to bribe two Custom-house Qflicers, of
the names of How and Day, to relinquish a seizure
which they-had made. By the evidence of the Offi-
cers, it appeared, that one night in March, suspecting
a cart contained some contraband spirits, they stop-
ped it, and found their suspicions verified, for it con;
rained a cask of foreign spirits. The cart had the
same of William Gurney, Chishelim, Kent, upon it.
The defendant, Gurney, begged they would not seize
he cart, as it did not belong to him, and it would ruin
im if they toek it, and he would give them 420 not
o take it. There was another man in company,
rho, while they were talking took the opportunity of
;utting the traces, so that when they attempted to
drive the cart away the horse run forwards, left the
cart behind, and himself ran away. They seized
the spirits, but could not take away the cart. A
few days afterwards, they found the defendant, Gur-
ney, at Chishefim.
The Learned Judge observed that perhaps it would
be too much to convict the defendant of an attempt
at bribery, merely because in the distress of the mo-
ment at having his cart seized, he had exclaimed he
would give £2O if they forbore to seize it. Verdict,
Nut Guilty.

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DARING ATTACK ON A MAIL COACH.-.--An attack
Of a very singular and desperate kind w as made upon
the Gloucester Mail Coach at two o'clock on Satur-
day morning last, by the side of Nettlebury wood, not
far distant from Henley-upon-Thames, as it was
coming up to London. A shot was fired from be-
hind the hedge of the ‘Vood, which, from its report,
was supposed to have been from a larger piece than
a pistol. One of the balls, from its whistling sound,
was heard to pass between the coachman and Mr.
Stockdale, jun. of Piccadilly, who sat upon the box
with him ; the coach was full within side, and had
three other outside passengers on the roof. The
object of this extraordinary mode of assault was evi-
dently, by killing the coachman, to render the horses
so unmanageable that the carriage would soon be
overturned, and thus the guard, passengers, and mail,
be easily brought within the power of .he desperate
assailants. Mr. Stockdale had nearly £lOOO in Bank
of England notes in his pocket-book, and the several
other passengers had also considerable property about
them.. The men who made this desperate attempt,
are supposed to be three highwaymen, who, the day
before, robbed several carriages on the same road, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon; and who, to avoid
discovery of their persons, wore crapes on their faces,
and had throws oil their coats, which were probably
concealed in an adjoining wood. The General Post-
Office. with their accustomed vigilance, the moment
that they heat d of this outrage, sent eff various ex-
presses, and adopted every other possible moans that
could lead to the discovery of the daring offenders.
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to their original purity, entirely eradicate the scurvy
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side, corner of Paternoster-row; and retail by Belam

CROWN SIDE. I
Parr Wood, a French prisoner of war, was charged I
• with having cut and stabbed Ebenezer ♦lexander, a 1
private marine, in the breast, with intent to murder
him. In this case it appeared that Alexander was a
sentinel on duty on board the Canada prison-ship, in
the Medway, on the 12th March last, and that he
was stationed near the entrance of the cooking.room.
The prisoner was desirous of going into that room,
but this being in breach of orders, without leive, the
prosecutor prevented him, and desired him to go to
the serjeant, and get leave of him. The prisoner
went away, but soon returned, saying the serjeant had
given him leave to go in, and therefore required to
be permitted. Alexander told him, if the serjeant
had given him leave, he would have sent a corporal
to inform him (the sentinel) of it; and not haling so
done, he did not believe the prisoner, and should not'
therefore let him go in. Upon this the prisoner drew
a knife from his pocket, and two or three times called
Alexander by a vulgar nanbes and said he would kill

and Sharp, Portsmouth; HAI and Johnson, Gosport;
Allnutt, Weston, Mallory and Jones, Portsei • Trew-
man, Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert and
Holland, Plymouth ; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and
M'Donald, Glasgow ; Smith, Manderston, Scott and
Cargil, Edinburgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck,
Hull ; Gregson And Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains and
Lynch, Manchester ; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and
Lloyd, Iti,.liarn ; Gregory, Brighton ; anti alum
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