Star.
London, England, 1827-05-14 00:00:00

TH E WAK t• RELbS.

Ft iday right,- Edward Gibbon Wakefiell end Wm,
Wakefield, arrived at Manchester on their way to LA.
don to receive sente, ce. They ivere accompanied by
Mr. Higgins, the Governor of L-ncaster Gaol, and a
turnkey. They remained in Manchester all night, and
stt off on Smerday morning at !foe o'clnck.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH—Tram DAY,
ARDVCTIONI OW MIS 6

This being the day appointed for the apnearance rf
Edward Gibbon Wakefield and William Cake 1.1, .
receive the judgment of the Court, for rums rg e„.,,
with Miss Turner, the Court was ersvidei t , exce„,
long previously to the arrival of the Judge,. As emir
as nine o'clock, the galleries were occupied by eleg.woy
dressed Ladies, and every sp• t from vs hich a slew of
Ilse persons of Messrs. Wakefield could be obt-ined was
taken possession of. . _ _

At ten o'clock the LOPED CIIIET JUSTICE, NIT% Justice
BATLEY, and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, took their semi
on the Bench. Edward Gibbon Wakefield and William
Wakefield were on the floor of the Court.

The LORD CHIRP Jusricz—Brother Cross, 113,e you
any motion ?
_

hir.Cßoss—Yea, my Lord ; 1 have to pray the judg.
meat of the Court on Edward Gibbon and William
Wakefield.

LORD Cwirr Amnon—There were two indictments,'
on which d 4 you move ?

Mr. Sergeant CROSS—On that for the consyiracn
my Lord.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE (in the absence of Mr.
Justice Holroyd) read the notes of his Learned Brother
who tried the case, the facts of which have already folly
appeared in our columns. Having concluded,

The defendant, Edward Wakefield, addressed the
Court at considerable length.
Mr. Sergeant CROSS, Mr. BROUGHAM, the ATTORIEY
GENERAL, and Mr. STA RIC te, severally addressed the
Court in aggravation.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY dwelt with much energy on t'e
crime of which the defendants had been found guilts,
and concluded by sentencing the defendant, East a•cl
Gibbon Wakefield, to be imprisoned for the term cf
three years in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate ; and
William Wakefield for the same period in the Ca Ale ot
Lancaster.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Diu, Ifav 12.—Wind N.E. by E.—Arrived the Cameras,
TOM). from London to Berbiee; the Breadaibane, &know, from
Jamaica ; and Agnes, liarran, from St. Domingo.
MAT 15.—Arrived the Congress, Tnomrson, tram New York;
Peter, PIOMOR, from Dominica; and George 4th, Warm, from
China.

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FLYBLOWN MAT 11.—Wind N.--Arrived the F.mulator,
sou, from Oporto; and Henry, COCK. from Figuera. Sailed du
Henry and Harriet, SmsLts, for St. John's, New Brunswick; and
William and Mary, WILLS. Fur Newfoundland.
MAY IS—Arrived the Wildman, Boariar, from Otahei!e.
. .

FALMOUTH. MAY 11.—Wind N.-12, Varible.—Arrived the
Elisabeth, Gomm, from Liston; Susannah, CARPENTER, fine
Measina; and Rinaldo packet, Mooce, from Jamaica. Sailed the
10th April, and from Crooked Island, 19th.
lavaarocu, Mar 11.—Arrived the Ganges,MITFOID, frog
Calcutta. .

Low aeon, MAY 15.—The Hope, from [Myth to Harrrr,•!radt
on Corton Sand this morning, and unshipped her rudder ; sae Ira
assisted of making much water, and it is supposed must proceed n
Harwich. _ _

The Euterpe, from Demerara, is supposed to he arrived at Cleti.
I'IIITSMOUTK, MAT It and 13.—Wind N.E—Arrived dt
William Harris, transport,Bcacaorr, from Aseetplin ; Wiriness,
Jouusirost, from Madras; sailed Slat Dec. and from St. Helm
Itch March; spoke the Palmyra, 4th Feb. In Lat. 26. to. S. Lyn
53. 11. R. out twenty-seven days from Colombo to London. On N.
17th spoke the Helen, from the Mauritius, for London; and 1
March 28th, the Otter, from the Bight of Benin, in Lat. 6.11 al
Loog. 18. 47. W. His Majesty's ship GAWT►A arrived (tofu de
Downs. Sailed the Regulus, Dizott, from St. John's.
AWFUL EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.

Lsysaroot, Mar 12.—The packet ship New York, Captis
Bennett, which arrived here on Thursday last, from New Yin,
was struck with lightning three days after sailing from that retool
experienced a truly wonderful deliverance from a peril of so Rrssl
and awful a description, as any of which we remember to bale
either heard or read. The lightning, having struck the mammal.
. . . . . _

mast head, ehattered the mast bead, and, descending thence, pest-
trated the deck into one of the store rooms, the belittle:di and
Attings of which it completely demolish.d. Then sepia tog ros
part,was conducted by a leaden tube to the side of the sttip, throes
which it passed out between wind and water, startirg teem& of
three Ave inch planks. Another portion from the storeroom pWing
into the Ladies' cabin, shivered to atoms the plate of a large nitro,
leaving the frame uninjured. From the looking-glass te duple°.
forte was an easy transition; it touched the instrument with so
delicate impulse, dismounting it, and leaving it out of tune. Theme
it passed through the whole length of the after-cabin and out at eat
stern windows. The mast head was bound by four iron boos.
hem two to three inches wide, and nearly half an inch thick. Ike
attracting the fluid, and being themselves insulated by other ki
powerful conductors, naturally at the instant accumulated a 1:7
repletion of the fluid, which, by the violence of its action, burst IS!
Mops asunder, and shattered the mast head and rap. Intss the ohm
store room it seems to have been conducted by a leaden pipe n.sr
the mainmast under the deck. The quicksilver on the back in :k
mirror was sufficient to attract it thither, when it diffused over tli!
whole surface, which was thus shattered into countless pieces.
fine
passengers were all in their births, enveloped in beds and bedl
of non.cooducting materials, and reposed in comparative sat!,
while the deadly bolt careered around them with fierce and (nut.
less energy.

The Tweet) frigate, Captain HUNS recently returned
from the West Indies, is ordered to be p iJ off At
Portsmouth, and prepared for being te commi's"'
Lord J. SPENCIIR CHURCHILL if appoint:d Ciptain.
Placards having been put up in the neighbourhrod
of Covent-garden, inviting the inhabitants of %Vey'
minster to a public Meeting this day at I'2 o'clock. :°
offer a congratulatory address to his MAJESTY. NI the
recent change in the Ministry, a small hustings wa,
erected on the usual spot, opposite St. Paui%
and long previous t r the appointed hour of nteetison
immense crowd thronged the (Teo spa from the wilth
to the south sides of the square, as it was expected s.llbSir
F.BURDETT and M .HOBHOL'SE would appear en thew
Icasion, and much curiosity was excited, to hem. these
Gentlemen's sentiments c-ncerning the new Nl;oi'uT'
Before the affixed time, however, it was onder.tood Ot.
the Meting would not take place, in consequence et
the High Btiliff of Westminster withholding hi, saq'
tion for that effect. Messrs. Hoar and COIHILTT, b 01"
ever, would not be disappointed in their favouriteto;:ki
of invective against Sir F. BURDETT, and they dreg, IT
infront of the church, mounted in the blacking collo,
and commenced speechifying, but a strong pus e sftli
Bow street patrol soon interfered, and obl.ged t!pe oral"?
to move off. A number of people hurried to Lincol'i
Inn-fields, expecting the caravan would drive Lbw'
but it was atter wai di ascertained the above Geelaao
tad gone to Waterloo-bridge, where they Were ba"
I nib g the mob when we went to press.

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