Star.
London, England, 1817-01-02 00:00:00

11-.IT.SON 1'111: ELDER.

The elder iVatson was this day broaght up for
exaniinatitm; hefOre Sir NATHANIEL CONAN r, at B'
street. The cli.irge as laid against him is for •• being
concerned with toed other.persons, not yet taken, in
feloniously, unlawfully, wilfully, and maliciously
shooting at Charles Ka, (the parrolc) with intent
in so doing to kill and murder the said Charles Miell
agaitist the statute." The examination was private;
hut the result was, Dr. Wasion's commitment to
Newgate> to take his trial at the ensuing Old Bailey
Sessions.

Whatever bthei objects m;gl,t o?er tte to produce
the late visit tit the I)tike r,t ELLINUTON to I.9n=
dun, we cannot doubt that the conspiracy discovered
at Boursleaux, and which probably rmhr tced many
rami&oations of which we are not yet inlfirrired, wai
one of them. All the Captains of Pd::krti concur in
stating, that an unusual degree of agitation And ter;
ment has been conspictithis in parts of Norniandy,
particularly at Reu,,n. The, clay, at three eiclnck,
a Council meets by sumnions at the Pavilion, Brigh-
ton, at which most of the Ministers are expiFted to
be present.

Lord and Lid,. G. H. CAVEKDISII, and Lord
Moni.rm. are among the ditringuished visi!:irs at the
Duke of DLYONStiIIteS seat, Chatsworth, D?rbyshire.
JOHN YE1.1311451, EMI. has resigned the Receiver.:
Generalship of the Eastern division of the county of
Essex, to which ttust CHARLES Rot:xn, Esq. of Birch
Hall, has been appointed.
A subscription, amounting to about £2,000 hat
been entered into by the inhabitants of Tavistock, to
supply the means of labour. His Grace the Duke of
&mum munificently contributed £l,OOO, and the
two Borough idembert, with Mr. CAItPfiATEK, of
Montavy, £lOO each.

In compliance with the benevolent bequest of the
late Dowager Countess of CONEN(111.111 to the poor of
the parish► of Minster. in Thank, the sum of CU) WAS
distributed by the churchwardens and principal inha-
bitants, on Saturday, the 'list instant. being Sii
Thomas's Day. and a further sum of £5O, on
day last, the 26th instant.
On the way to Stirling, the Grand Doke IslicitoCts
and* suite visited the Carmn Foundery, wheie they
minutely inspected the process of every thing, frorn its
rut* state to its highest finish. His Imperial
ness was as much astonished as gratified with the
sight of such extensive works, where upwards of 2000
' men are daily employed. His Highness left a hand-
some sum to be divided among the men, and on his
retiring rectived three cheers.
Sir Wiwast
.MAXWELL has purchased the brown
yearling coltThusiden of Mr. G. HAMILTON DoNbss.
The Marquis 61 QUEXNSIBERRY has also purchased this
bay colt foal Sir I 'Joky Whagg (elharghadibume.
With the exception of the ,e 40,000 Consol Prize,
sold by Bisu, in a whole 'Ticket, all the Capitals of
the Ast Lottery were shared, and a great part of them
sent for sale, to the Agents in the Country) by these
means there was scarcely a town of any consequence
but what partook of the favours of Fortune.—lf it be
asked, why there should he such a demand fir Tick-
ets and Shares in the present Lottery? it Pray be an-
wered, this acconnisolor it."

The largest and most handsome Theatre of Eu-
rope, the Theatre-Royal of Saint Charles, at Naples,
which WAS entirely Lonsumed by fire on the 14th of
February last. has arisen from the awes as if by en-
chantment.

M. A—, Secretary of the Embassy of France to
the Court of Rome, lately experienced the greatest
dangerpn his retuin to Paris. lit the morning, about
three o'clock, ss he was travelling post in his carriage
on the side of a forest, five robbers ruNhed out, stop.
ped the holies, and knocked down the postillion :
the glasses of the carriage were broken, and the rob.
hers presented their pistols, ordering M. A-- to get
out immediately, and surrender himself and his mo-
ney, when the moon, which had been obscured, shone
forth, and the courier, who perceived some other
robbers who called to their comrades to shoot—with-
out being perceived, got behind, and fired a large
blunderbuss loaded to the top, which so 'frightened
1 the robbers, that they immediately Bed : the hems
niched cm without a conductor and overturned the
carriage in a ditch. Having succeeded in getting
out, they drove on to the next relay, and they escaped
from danger. Nothing has been heard of the un.
fortunate postillion. It is affirmed that the courier
has received a pension of 60(1 francs.
Advice from New South Wales, we are sorry to
say, represent the Settlement tube iu a very disturbed
state, and lamentably retrograding iii pilot of pros-
perky. Wretched as ate the elements of which tli,s
establishment is, in great part, composed, we cannot
wonder at the slow advances it has hitherto made,
nor even at its actually falling back, as is stated now
to be the ease. The civil ;toil military Auilea ities
'unhappily disagree; and the limits of ei?,g re.
Ileacint
siveofpoiwnverassiobeninfg hut ill clsfi red, each cam-
ront the other, and retnott
strances are Arta home accordingly. The corvles,
but little affected with the leniency by which they
are treated by the present Governor MACQI: mar,
a man, it is said, of mild and amiatile
have fallen into a state. of great insubordination',
which, it is much feared, may spread its contagion to
the sokfery. Hence it has been determined to eh, nee
the regiment stationed (the 46th), which is to be sent
to Madras, and-thesOth is to be dispatched in fs
place to S dory: Tiaosports were yesterday taken
op for the Purpose of carrying out she latter eezi.
ment. - Bidder the inconveniencies occasioned by the
t rbelence of the convicts, there are ushers
fr im the perpetual disagreements of the ~1.1 and
Was ; of whom the latter, coming out in great num-
bers, and banished with better nle.ins of cultivAtiOa
than the former, excite their jealousy ; en that, trim
one cause or another, the Colony may be said to by
'going very much to decay.