Star.
London, England, 1819-05-01 00:00:00

large
veal lacerated wounds
few days afterwards Ile extracted several small peb-
bles from his forehead which wert produced in Court,
and attended the prosecutor for nine weeks.
Mr. Wilson, keeper of Hertford jail, fully ccnifirmed
the latter part of the prosecutor's testimony.
The prisoner attempted to prove an alibi, by a no-1
torious character, but in this he failed.
The evidence being stated to the Jury, they almost
immediately pronounced their verdict Guiliy, Death.

tit- n :n, relieved
in the years 1b1; :M1814:
1817.

05 Aril 1 ......
F .... ICU
96 92
......
2'2 ..... tr?'.l

From the above statement,. you will perceive tat in
the last lour weeks the greatest number relieved a%
one time has been 91 ; Now then will your inforrnat:
make it appear that applications for relief have re,
cently been more numerous than at any former period?
for we see that in 1817 there were more than &Ale
the applicants ; and further, in the year 1816, there
were two hundr'd and twenty-two person; relieved at
the work-house in one day !

If we are to judge of the trade of a place from the
comparative number of paupers (which is a mode of
reasoning the writer in question seems to adopt).
would it nut appear that the inhabitants of Tewkes-
bury, instead of being on the brink of ruin, were ra-
pidly advancing to the height of prosperity ? for I
trust I have satisfactorily proved that the nunit)er of
our burthensome poor has been gradually diniinish.
ing during the last three years.
I rely upon your known impartiality to give this a
place in your respectable Paper: my nu•tive in
troubling you is merely to correct a statenic-r ,;.) to-
tally unfounded, that 1 can scarcely believe it c•iuld
have been written without some object %slit h is at
present hidden from our view. 1 am, Sir,
Your obedient servant, JAMES BE•sNETT.
• • We give the most ready insertion to 11r. Bennet's Letter.
.The article to which hr alludes did not originate M the Sus,
but was cupted from a respectable daily raper, the Awning

Coma.—Quantity exported from the Port of Landon in the
year ending the sth of January, 1819—
Cwt. qrs. lbs.
British 7844;3 5 12
Foreign (to Asia) 99 5 27
Total quantity Exported from Great Britain in the said year,
British, 121,592 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lb.
Total quantity Impacted into Great Britain in the said year,
23,843 cwt. 1 qr.—Of tie above, 23,483 ctn. 15 qru were in ore.
Maass—Number of On, Cow, and llorse Hides, which have
paid the Import Duty in England for the Year ending sth of
January, 1818, all raw, 401,081.
For the Year ending sth January, 1819—Raw, 711,215
Tanned, 3,11471b5.
SURCHARGES ON ASSESSED TAXES.
It *appears, by a Pafliamentary Return, that in
England and Wales the total number of Surcharges
on, the Assessed Taxes, since the sth of April, 1818,
has been 139,699, and of Appeals against such Sur-
charges, 48,772. Of these Appeals there have beea
wholly confirmed, 17,480 ; partly reversed and partly
confirmed, 12,131 ; wholly reversed, 15,642; remain
pending, 3,519.—1 n Scotland, the total number of
Surcharges within the same period, has been 740, of
which 158 have been appealed against, and one
wholly reversed ; the rest remained pending on the
20th of. February, 1819.

NEWGAT,Kono LEADENHALL MARKETS, April 30.
(By the.Carcaae.)
See 4s Od to Ss Od I Veal ... ...... 4, 44 to es ed
Mutton os id to So 8d Pork 54 sd to 6s M
Lamb Ss Od to is 84

NAY AND STRAW PKR LOAD.

Hay SS Os to 166 64 Straw ios to ,65
Cloves 6 Os to B Os I Roma ... Os Os to AO N

PRICE OF HOPS.

SIM SIAM. NNW ?OMITS.
Kent - 5 l 5l Ss to 61 104 [Kest
Sussex 5l Os to 01 Os Suarez ...... 61 10s to 61 Hs
Few'
Foreign

PR 'B OF CANDLBS—From Tallow Cbandkra' HaL
Candles, per doz. 12. 6d—Moulds, 14. od; 6d. per data
allowed for ready money.

RAW HIDES.
Rest Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary ..._ Is Yd to it 104
stone) 2s 114 to es Id Market Calf iii. od to Os Od
kU4Elings tis Od to Is 44 Eng. Horse os Od to Out Id
Sheep Skins—Polled; Ts 04 to Is Odd—Downs, Ss 04 to 6t Od.

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Butts, 50 to 561bs each 20d to 22d per 112
Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs each 44d to od
Dressing Hides 161 to 121
Fine Coach Hides N
Crop Hides, 25 to 401bs or cutting ... 16k to led
Ditto 45 to 501bs . lBd to 20d
Calf Skins, 30 to 401bs 24d to 27d
Ditto 50 to 701bs 30d to VA
Ditto 70 to 801b5...—.... 33d to 24d
Small Seals (Greenland) ..... 294 to 264
Large ditto ..... ............ ----per dozen 70$ to 20a
Tanned Horse Hides l6d to 194
Spanish Horselikles lBd to 2441

, COURSE OF
Amsterdam ll 6 C.F.
Ditto at sight 11
Rotterdam... ll 7 °SU.
Antwerp, ez-no. 11 $
Hambursh......., 54 0 2111.
Altona
Paris, 5 day's date 25 50 U.
Ditto . ......... 24 10 21).
Rourdeaux do. 24 10
Frankfort
Maine l4l es-mo.
Madrid, effective 581
Cadiz effect. 39

EXCHANGE
Seville 3S
Eil)raltar
Inherit
Genoa 4'4
Venice Ital. Lie. 23 0

Yalta ........... 30,

..... 411
.....1134 WO&

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ar.a,chlthe,yard.. and &sae Tow ae them. he ow P Ler, and corrpitrin_., i vit'i
cognised the prisoner kin jia rlll‘. .'" four corresposiiing week ii
11::atior, a surgeon, of Orme, 'stated, that he. , mut:' 830":„ 9a math uI4I
L._
WIS up on the nig*t e accident happened; • April 6 ... 85 April 7 .
when the prosecutor's face was mach wounded, and is ... 91 14
a large quantity of powder in his eyes, and found se- 90 ••• •5 el ,
veal lacerated wounds is his forehead ; and that a 351