Star.
London, England, 1803-12-20 00:00:00

&c.

H&TTOW-Cotta.—Yeilerday Whula) Sxz was
re-examined, for robbing the Nowak trail of a
box, containing a drefs vig, value 41. addrsfred to
Colonel Leighburn, at Sunderland, and was fully
coma itted.

Ann Brown was committed, charged with robbing
her ready.furnithed lodgings.
WORSH I P Scaa IT.—Yekerday Etkrtra was
charged with tlealing several articles of hardware, in
the neighbourhood of Old•llreet, and committed for
reexamination. •

Yeflerday, about five in the afternoon, fome
hnl-
lock drivers purfuing a bead, broke the wiudows of
a filverfmith in Barbican, for the purpofe of plunder;
but one of them was caught in the fad, and imme-
diately fent to theCompter.
Farrell and his accomplices, who left this country
tome time ago, for the purpofe of circulating forged
'notes on the Bank of Lifbon, and who were appre-
hended on board the packet, jolt as they were going
on fhore, in confequence of a con,munication from
the Portuguefe Ambafrador refident in London, have
been tried at Lifbon, found guilty, and fcntenced to
be confined in feparate dungeons for life.
Sunday fe'nnight, as Mr. JaNictss, fhoemaker, of
Llangaren, was difmonnting from his horfe, the
fiddle flipped, and his foot hanging in the ftirrup the
horfe took fright, by which be was drawn to a c.,n-
(Wei-able dillance, and fo feverely bruited, that he
died in an hour in great agony.
An alarming circumftmce, which was very near
being attended with fatal confequences, occurred on
Thurfday at Brighton :—three boufes in Four inch.
row, fo called in confcquence of the buildings which
form it being erected in the moft flight and unfafe
manner, the main walls being only of the fubftance
of a fingle brick, fuddenly gave way, and in an in-
ftant tie whole of them became one rude heap of
brick and mortar. A carpenter who was employed
in laying the flooring in the attic Rory of one of them,
though almoft buried in the ruins, efcaped unhurt ;
and though feveral people were palling and repalling
at the time the alarming accident took place, within
a few yards of the fpot, providentially none of them
received the flighteti injury.
On Saturday Jassrs WAPSHAIItt, waiter at the
White Horfe Inn, Romfey, was found drowned in
the river there.

On Wedn;fday laft as W. SISSON!, of Aldborongh,
in Holdernefi, was out a fnipe (hooting, his gun
burg, and carried away feveral of hit fingers, and
fhattered his hand stud arm fo much, that recourfe
was obliged to be had to amputation below the elbow.
About twelve o'clock on the night of Saturday,
as CHARLES Muaaay, belonging to the Doncafler
(loop Dove, was returning on board that vtffel in
the Old Harbour, his foot flipped, and falling into
the river he was drowned before any affillaace could
be rendered him.

On Friday one of the Coroners of Harnpflrire tuck
an inqueft at Maiden Bradley, on view of the body
of Benjamin Bergeson, whofe death was occafioned
by the kick of a horfe. Verdiet—Accidental Death.
On Saturday an inqueft was taken at Mai tin, on
the body of Jona SCAIIIIIILL, who fell under the
wheels of his mailer's waggon. and was killed on the
fpot. Verdia—Accidental Death.
On Monday an inqueft was taken at the Druid's
Head, on the Devises turnpike, on view of the body
of J. SW/LTV!, who was found dead on the road :
no marks of violence appeared on the body. Verdi@
—\ if tation of God. •

iiscic.iitbe fame day he toot an inqueß at Od
Rock, on the body of NATSASISL EarnsAa, a
butcher, who died on his return home from Sali(bury
market. Verdift—Vilitation of God.

In thofe ages when fimplicity of manners and re-
gularity ofliving were the refult of mankind's incli-
nation, difeafe had made little progrefs on the race of
men ; perhaps it warfront this cattle Scurvy bad not
mask its rapid progrefs till about the time of Hippo-
crates, whole aphorifros wove he knew the difeafe.
When Disarm, Aasow, and Coosa extended their
route in mnexploreol feat, their hillories prove fuffici-
ently its fad exigence. The United Kingdoms of
Great Britain would teßify this fconrge on land with
out (catching the hiliory of campaigns. When ana-
tomy taught that the human body was capable of ab.
forption, they partially buried the afflieted. The foe-
cefs of this treatment gave the idea of a complete an-
tidote, and a vegetable and mineral preparation was
Ito be the remedy appropriated by medical experience.
Onthisprinciple,SPlLSl OILY'S All INSCORSUTIC DROPS
obtained the fanSion of Europe, has gained his bla•
jelly's Letters Patent, and held fuch an eftimation -in
every county of the United Kiagdorn.—For the truth
of the ailertion of its anion on Scurvy, vide Spil-
fbury'sTreatife and Cafes of Scurvy, &mph ula,G out,
&c. price is. 6d. fold, together with the Drops, No.
Sr, Soho-equate, in bottles of ss. 6d. tot. and 11. rat.
with a black Ramp affixed to each.