Star.
London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

MURDERS AT GREENWICH.

Hussey, the person accused of the murders of Mr.
BIRD and his Servant at Greenwich, has at length
been taken into custody. He was apprehended yes-
terday morning at Headington, about two miles from
Oxford ; and will arrive in Town this aftern3on by
the Oxford Coach, at the White Horse, Fetter-lane.
He was in Oxford on Saturday, and by writing and
directing a letter to a person in Greenwich, and after-
wards skulking in the neighbourhood of Oxford,
excited the suspicion which, happily for society, has
terminated in his being taken into custody.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the following Commanders
took leave, previous to departing for their respective
destinations, viz.
Captains T. W. Luch, of the Orwell; J. Stewart, of the
Lady Melville ; J. Dalrymple, of the Cabalva; J. B. Sotheby, of
the Scaleby Cattle; and IL. Templer, of the Perseverance—for
Chi diva.
On the Ilth of March the ship Adventure, Capt.
lavitic, bound from London to Hamburgh, strarded
off Fanoe. The cargo is estimated to be worth a
ton of gold (100,000 dollars).
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Saturday evening Sir T:IOMAS and Lady BELL
entertained a select party to dinner, amongst whom
were General Sir F. WILDER, y.P. Lady and Miss
WILDER, Sit It. STEELE, the late LORD MAYOR, Mr.
Sheriff ALDERSON, &c. In the evening her Ladyship
had a Quadrille Ball. The assembly was composed
of elegant company.
Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in a farm at
Kirktown of Banchory, which destroyed a barn and
cow-house, with some stacks of oats and beer.
TWQ oaks, one of which measured fifteen tons four-
teen feet, and the other twelve tons one foot, were
blown down in the park of the Marquis of BATH, at
Longleat.
It appears from an exact census, that the popula-
tion of the department of Charente has increased by
10,000 within the last twelve years.
The surface of a certain track of ground in the de-
partment of the Meurthe lately sank down. A simi-
lar phenomenon, and no less afflicting, has just taken
place near Vic, in the department of Cantal: thirteen
houses have already disappeare.l. Others are threa-
tened with the same fate. The road to St. Flour,
from Aurillac, is in equal danger. The surface, in
many places, is already considerably depressed—so
far even as two feet. Such occurrences were more
rare whilst the land was more wooded. -

A disastrous event has plunged into the greatest
affliction the inhabitants of the commune of Villiers-
le-bel, four leagues from Paris. On Wednesday last,
between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, pre-
parations were making to take down from the parish
belfrey a bell weighing 5000 pounds, for the purpose
of re-casting it, because it was cracked. More than
forty persons had gone up into the belfrey to see the
operation. The cordage having taken fire from too
great friction, broke ; upon which the unsupported
mass made a large opening in the belfrey, and came
down with a tremendous crash. Nineteen persons
were dragged along in its fall, of whom sixteen were
wounded and three killed. The lives of many of the
wounded are in danger. The commune is greatly',
indebted to the Curate, who had the foresight to send
away a great number of the inhabitants and other
spectators from the church. One woman only who
remained there was grievously wounded. The car-
penter who directed the business saw his own son
perish among the victims. The zeal of the inhabi-
tants and gensdarmerie in affording succour cannot
be too highly praised.—French Paper.
Monday night some villains broke into the dwell-
ing-heuse of Mr. CHARLES PAGE, at Crouchend.—
They entered at the dairy window, which they forced
open with a post they pulled up in the lawn. From
the dairy they entered the larder, which they robbed
of a round of beef, a harn, a quantity of flour, four
teen pounds of plums, an equal quantity of currants,
fifteen pounds of sugar, and a quantity of tea. They
also entered the kitchen, whence they carried away
four pair of shoes, a pair of boots, and a tablecloth ;
the cook's drawer, containing a large quantity of
plate, which they left untouched, being alarmed, it
is supposed, from hearing some noise made by the
coachman, who slept in an adjoining room, as they
left a candle lighted in a lantern, and the kitchen
clock packed up, ready to be taken away.
REBELS.—The remarks of Lord BOLINGBROKE on
the troubles in Hungary are very applicable to those
in South America—" Whatever they became in their
progress, they were caused originally by the usurpa-
tion and persecutions of the EMPEROR ; and when they
were called rebels, they were called ,o >or no other
reason than this, that they would not be slave."
DUEL.—A dispute arose respecting a Lady at Co-
vent garden Theatre, on Monday night, between
Captain N. of the Royal Navy, and Lieutenant L.
of a Foot Regiment. A meeting was appointed at
Chalk Firm, at sit o'clock on Tuesday morning. At
the appointed time and place, the parties, with their
seconds, attended; the ground was measured, eight
paces being
.the distance fixed. The parties fired to-
gether by signal, but both shot? proved harmless:
they fired again, when Lieutenant L.'s ball grazed
Captain N:s head, but fortunately did not seriously
injure him. By the interposition of the seconds, an
amicable adjustment of the affair took place, and the
parties left the ground friends.
The Thirty Thousand Pound Prize, Drawn Thurs-
day the 26th ult. we find was sold by BISH, in Six
teen Sixteenth Shares ; and we are happy to learn
it has been well distributed. One Sixteenth is the
property of two maid servants, in Cornhill ; one Six-
teenth belongs to a butcher's boy, at Hackney ; one
Sixteenth, some servants at Clapton ; one Sixteenth,
a journeyman tailor, at Lambeth ; one Sixteenth to
a family, Clare-court, Drury-lane ; one Sixteenth, a
club. at the White Hart, Thetford ; one Sixteenth, a
journeyman baker, Hereford ; one Sixteenth, a far-
mer, at 11‘‘liellis, Wales ; one Sixteenth to Norwich ;
one Sixteenth to Dublin ; cne Sixteenth to Edin-
burgh ; one Sixteenth to Foy, Cornwall ; one Six-
teenth to Liverpool ; one Sixteenth to Plymouth ;
one Sixteenth to Bristol ; and one Sixteenth to Maid-
stolle.—Birm also Sold ia the present Lottery, all the
Wine yet decided, and Twenty-four other Capitals.
Next Thursday the Lottery finishes, when the Two
nines cf 7:irty Thousand Pounds, and Thirty-four
othcr Capitals, must be Drawn.