Star.
London, England, 1817-10-01 00:00:00

A private letter, from the Havannah. dated the

17th of August, says, " By our price current you
will observe the continued unfavourable prices for
foreign articles. The depression ton, 1 fear, will be
lasting, particularly for goods of European manu-
facture, with which we are excessively stocked. Rice
may be quoted at St a 9 dollars; Sugars hold at
high prices, exports have not ceased to be large, the
best qualities have become scarce, the mid,iling and
inferior sorts mote abundant, and at prices more rea-
sonable in proportion. Coffee has risen t,a 13 al4
dollars per lOU for the prime, of which there is very
little, the other classes are equally scarce and high.
No large quantities can now be procured without
much delay and difficulty ; to short, should tl,e de-
mod for it last, our stuck will soon be entirely ea.
bausted. Molasses very short and inferior,”
The Huvannah Diario of the 17th of August con-
tains an official return of the slaves imported into
that port from Africa, from the ht el December,
I 1816. to the last of July, 1817, amounting in the .
*bele ta 11,161 !!
Count Futile D'EnerNc, fcrrnerlY Grand Master
of the Household of the A:rhaluchess I!coeouneft,
no* Princess Royal of Bunitt„ h4v;ng set out on the
'l3th instant from. Vienna to Sclioenhrtuk, where•he
'bad' been invited_ to dine with the Hereditary Prince
.
.013AUiTittA, and having chvisen, as WO; his custom,
to drive trwehelrtiesticless lt. tssa fr, when .1)e came to that
,en
'nun by'.inches awn
the great, ro:sd of Bucliersdorf, the,reins fell from his
bands, whethcr.from his' being i,ll,7cAeil 'wiih
fa nt-
bess or a lit of 'apept.:!;y is' notlik!.wn....llae
being Withmat conuoul, bicaine farriOns. pee
.. • oe • • • .
ppataiing themselves toward= the, side struck v;:e of
. •
the posts of the toad with thr 'of-sfle *psi i age so.
Violently, that the Count was tip otipout otkihs road,
where !,e svairound lying ionefet'N and most severe*.
woulided. He was immaoliately conveyed to the
nearest house, and attended .6y. the suagr-on and
curate of the ite;:a,lihourifig village, but L. Ls. then a*
quarter of an hour he-expered.„ Hia body was eon.
veyed to Schoentiriin',. and flutin:e to the. CCount'shotel at'Viennt.
_'ha pltrmh '
i much est:flied,
and hit: disastrous eadlia 'a sybrait: of •great and gene-
ral erg r t.

O,LO BAILEY SESSIONS, SEPTEMEM 30.

At the close of the business in this Court on Satur-
day, it adjourned over till to-day, yesterday being
Miehaehnis, and therefore a dies au.

John GrOths, aged 14, was this day indicted for
stealing 12s. from the person of Bridget blarney, on
the 2d of August last.
Bridget Marney described the circumstances under
which she lost the money on the day in question.
Her occupation was to sell fruit in the streets; and
she had 14.. loose about her, when she felt something
in her pocket whilst standing in Covent-garden market
buying fruit. She did nut turn round immediately,
but a boy asking her whether she had any money in
her pocket ? she felt and found it was all gone. The
prisoner was pointed out to her, and charged with
tie theft. On being searched he bad three half-
crowns, some shillings, and Ss.6d. in his mouth. She
could net swear to any particular piece of money, but
she had three half.crowns among the 14s. On her
cross-examination she said she had pawned her hus.
band's clothes to get the .1 Is. She was obliged to
pawn something every Monday, as her family was
large, and her husband's wages small.
A boy, who was standing near the prosecutrix
whilst she was engaged in buying currants, saw three
boys close to her, and soon after a hand drawn out
of her pocket. He could not say whose hand it was,
but he saw the prisoner taken, and three half-dnwns,
four shillings, and a sixpence were found upon him.
A Bow-street officer, who was in the ma.ket, heard
the cry of " Stop." Saw Mrs. Marney overtaking
the prisoner. He denied having any money. He
found, however, Bs. (hi. in his pocket, and 3s. 6d. in
his mouth Prosecutrix said she had lost 14s: Saw
no other boys running away. Prosecutrix also said
she had put the money in a fair bus, but that it had
gi unscrewed. Prisoner observed to him, that he had
put the money in his mouth because be knew that the
*Seer intended to rob him and swear his life away.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared that the
money was his own, and that he had no friends to
give him a character.—Verdict—Guilty.
The Common ST.RJEANT intimated to the prisoner,
who was a lad of rather interesting appearance, but
had been tried for a similar offence about a year be-
fore, that he would certainly be transported for life.
Frederic' Currie', aged 21, was indicted for break-
ing and entering the dwelling.house of John D'Arcy
Preston. at Merton College, Oxford, and stealing a
desk, a Bank-note value 420, and other Bank of
England notes.
The Rev. John D'Arey Preston stated, that in
FebruAry last he had apartments in Merton College,
Oxford ; he knew Mr. Gambier, likewise a resident.
Mr. Gambier on the 13th paid him £4B; lie is sure
that one of the notes was a 420 note; the rest small
notes At half.p.ist fire on the 14th he left his apart-
Mimi to gr, to dinner ; he left his desk in his apart-
ment ; the notes were in it ; the desk was double
locked ; c innot say whether he locked his door ; he
returi.ed about eight o'clock the same evening, and
found hi, Jesk had been taken away. In consequence
of Isis I ss he applied to Mr. Gambier to get the num-
ber of the notes. Next morning he saw his desk in a
public-house on the London-road; it was broken
open apparently with• a clued ; he sent information
of the number of the notes to the Bank of England ;
be lost entirely 475.

T. Capper, a bricklayer, at Oxford, was employed
on some work at Merton College, on the 14th of Feb-
ruary, clearing a drain. He worked till six o'clock, or
later, to inclose the drain. About five o'clock he saw
the prisoner come out of Merton College, with a desk
under his arm. The prisoner was a cabinet-maker.
He came down the stair case leading from Mr. Pres-
ton's apartments; the prisoner pmt the desk nn his
shoulder, and passed the, quadrangle with speed.
After that in a short time, be saw the prisoner stand
by the College-lodge, bat bad no desk with him.
Witness asked him if be was in the College ? He
said No; witness then asked him if be was at work
in the College ? The prisoner said be wanted to
fetch some goods from a Gentleman's rooms, but did
not want the Gentleman to see him. He asked him
if he was moving goods for any Gentleman in the
College? He said No. Witness asked him what he
was doing with the desk ? The prisoner said, ‘• What
desk d 4 you mean ? I have seen no desk. Do you
Mean to get me transported The prisoner then
went away up the other stair-case of Merton College;
and witness called for the under porter, but he did
not answer. The prisoner then abused him for call.
ing any one ; and witness said to him, If that is
l'am temper keep it ;" and went away. Soon alter
be saw the prisoner again by the ball steps, with a
desk ; and witness asked if he was going to repair it 1
When witness spoke to him he seemed much agitated,
and nearly dropped (he desk un the ground! but he
recovered it again on his shoulders; and put it be-
twin two buttrejses, neat the chapel. He then went
towards the gateway, three or tour times; he re-'
turned to the desk, and began to pull it about. Wit-
one again asked him what he was doing with it ?
The prisoner said, 's 13—n the mane why does he twit
come r' Witness then went to work behind a but.
Vest, sad the prisoner left the desk, but returned in
Ewe minutes, and took it out of the gateway. Wit,
gigs never heard of Mr. Preston being robbed untik
be saw the prisoner's examination is the neersospers,
about three weeks or a month ago,

Cioss.ezeinined.—He beard of a desk being fonuA
near the turnpike b.iuw, but be supposed that it was
taken from Corpus Christi College. as be bad hue*
one bad been stolen from there. He had no sus**
of the prisoner, as be was ,a cabinetmaker. eltbough.
he watched him for an hour, and thought at first Abe
was about no good.
The note was traced into the possession of the pri.
. saner by a clerk at the Paddiaron Cape], to whom
he bad paid it. for the conveyance of goods by that
canal; and it was eventually stopped at the Book.
The COMMON Samson?, in summing up, the oi.
deuce, considered the testimony of , Capper as too
vague to justify the Jury in.gonvicting the prisoner.
_Verdict—Not
Diana Whakr, aged 27, and Afar, Smith, aged $6,
were, indicted for stealing plra pairpt worsted stockr.
value,3s. the goods. of W. Bradley. The de.;
fence ifflacif both the prisoners made was, that they
haa.been intoxicated. Verdictr—Both Guilty.,
kirhuni, Baehr, aged 117, was indicted for stealing
Shia doling, Table £S, die luVerf Of .William

Phi!pot. The proselyte: stated. that the doubts
were le his poses:slue saw tee 3d of Jul', on whidr
day he missed them. He caused inquiries to be made,
and the next day they were found in the possession
of the prisoner. The prisoner could not account sa-
tisfactorily for the circumstance. and the Jury without
any hesitation found him—Guilty.
Frrierici Waring, aged 17, was indicted for having
' embezzled £44 10s. 6d. the property of Thomas
Prot*, his employer. Thomas Prout, a perfumer in
the Strand. stated, that he had the prisoner employed
in carrying parcels from his shop, and in receiving
money in the shop ; he entrusted the; prisoner with a
tan of exchange (or £44 10s. 64. to receive the
amount, and bring it to him. Prisoner never either
returned it, or gave the amount, or any part of it.
Here the prosecutor produced the bill, it was signed
by the prisoner as received. Prisoner lived with wit-
ness about five weeks before this.

John Lawson, a clerk at Messrs. Sykes's, stated,
that he had paid the amount of the bill to the person
who wrote the receipt on the back of it, but he could
not say whether the prisoner was that person.
J. Jackson, a police officer, stated, that on the 3d
of July last, the prisoner gave himself up to him, say.
ing that he was much troubled in mind, and that he
would wish justice to have its course.

The primet made no defence. He was decently
dressed in a blue coat and grey trowsers, and wore a
black silk handkerchief round his neck. He appeared
deeply sensible of the crime which he committed ;
tears frequently fell from hint.
Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character.
The Reconnan summed up the evidence, and the
Jury, after a few moments consultation, found the
prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy.

GUILDHALL Girds", the baelteepeosehntio ttiuged
with driving his comb over the body•la woman In Fleet-market,
was brought up for farther examinatton, when. certificate hating
been produced front the surgeon of Bartholomew's Hosp Eal, de-
dating the woman to he est of danger, the prisoner was ad.
mined to bail.
C. Clicksion was charged with pasting k forged Banknote
at a shop In Barbican. On being detected, the prisoner htuttllPP+ll
to destroy the note. He was ramaaded•

Monday night arson villains broke open the gra-
nary of Mr Fausarr, s farmer, residing near the
Blackbird, at Lowlayton, and robbed it of twelve
sacks of wheat ; they also broke open his stables, and
harnessed the horses, which they put to a cart and
loaded it with the sacks, and drove into Eppiog
Forest, where they emptied the sacks, and put the
a Ilea into others brought there for the purpose, and
carried it away in another cart, as Mr. Fausturr's
cart, horses, and sacks were found in the Forest next
morning. Nu trace has yet been discovered of the

Exclusive of the straw which was maliciously de-
stroyed on Sunday se'nnight, at Bird Hill., the pro-,
perry of Anima Onsisar, Esq. sear Litherick, a
considerable portion of timber, and all ttit farming
utensils on the ground were consigned to the times.
The loss sustained by G. W. Biwa, Esq. by a mali-
cious burning on the same night, at his estate .Witer-
paik, exceeded considerably what was first nported,
as the quantity of hay consumed was thevproduce of
sixteen Acres.

We have been informed that the person murdered
in the Bunny of Tyrerach, in the count, of Sligo,
as stated in the STAR of Friday, was a pedlar and a
pensioner—he was on bis way from C.astlebar to
Sligo, and. as is supposed, took up his lodging for
the night in the house of Anne Kilreaglel, where
he met (according to the verdict of the Coroner and
Jury) with his untimely end.
Thersday Edward _Mike., a pi4vate in the 66th re-
giment. was apprehended on a charge of stealing a
portmanteau from the Commanding Officer, sad'
committed to Winchester gaol.
MGnday se'nnight two boys, the sons of Mr. James
Smyle, of Warringstrect. near Malone, went to spend
the day at a friend's, while hay was drawing home.
and on the return of one of the cars, after discharging
its load, the youngest. Joseph. a fine boy of about
nine years of age, gcit upon the back of the horse
along with the boy who drove him. but this horse
being unaccustomed to such an incumbrance, became
restive and made off, when boils the boys were pitched
upon the ground. The driver was severely hurt and
stupified by the fall. but the poor infant, Master
Smyle. was killed upon the spot.
Monday, as the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Wseusoa, of
Fawley. was out bunting, on endeavouring to leap a
five-bar gate, his horse threw him, by which accident
be dislocated his shoulder.

DREADIOL Err= or JIALOVIST.-... On Tuesday
se'nnight, about nine o'clock in the evening, as
Mrs. Jane Prevost, of Richmond, was taking leave of
a young man, known by the name of Geer:, Mills,
who was paying his addresses to her, and who had
just supped with her at her house, he suddenly drew
a dirk,, which he had previously taken out of a tuck-
stick, and with violence stabbed her under tbe left
breast, at the same time exclaiming, with a laugh—
,. I have done for you." The blade remained in the
sound till she pulled it out herself, when she imme-
diately faiited from loss of blood. Her -servant,
seeing what was done, ran into the street, crying
~ murder s" and in a. moment the house was filled
with her neighbours, vski secured Mills, and deli-
vered him into the custody of a constable. At first,
from the great effusion of blond. the life of Mrs.
Prevost was thought to be in imminent douger, but
,stroog hopes are nos entertained of her recovery, as
it is ascertained that' the instrument, which had been
;sibarpened for the purpose, fortunately took an oblique
itenktio turned,. perhaps, by Xha bones of her strys,
eMd conaequestly did not enter so deeply as the mask
of.blood swigs blade at first induced 01l to suppose.
Ott Friday aluttneoa,Mrs- Prevent was able to give,
bet deposition,- whoa the Rev. Dr. SAISPeoN, of Pe-I
cash's, attended for that purpose ; and bav?bg taken
her information, .together with those of some other
persons, and having examined. Mills, who said that
his intention was. not. to give Mts. Prevost • mortal
wound, but only mita one as might disable her from
keeping the appointment which she had made with a
Geptlesuan of Chelmsford, Dr. SAMPsON fully coo-
*god Mills to take his trial at the., neat. AsSiaes.for
The county of -Surrey. It seems that jealousy-was the
cause of this dreadful act, Mills bating the day pre.
ceding intercepted a letter addressed by Mre.,Prevost
to a person at Chelmsford. Mills is only seventeen
or eighteen years old, Mrs. Prevost at trait terenty-
five. She basenteved into recognisance to prosecute.