Star.
London, England, 1826-02-17 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANK, FERAu.aar 17.

There are tolerable goad supplies of most kinds of Grain this
week. Wheat sells very heavily, and supports last quotations.—
Barley, Beans, and Peas meet the same dull trade as lately re-
ported, with no prospet of amendment. Oats find buyers slowly,
and with difficulty support the terms of Monday last.--Arrivals:
English Wheat, 4,500 qrs. Harley, 6,300 qrs. O►ts, 11,800 qrs.
Flour, 10,700 sacks. Irish Oats, 3,500 qrs. Foreign Barley, 200 qrs.
SMITHFIELD MARKIiT, FIaRUART 17.
Our market is gloomy this day, and Muttoti may be voted 2d.
per stone lower. In the Reef trail.: the variation is of Gale moment,
although trade is rather dull. Veal remains nearly as in last
market day; anti in Park the price has nut varied materially.a--
Beasts, 534; Sheep, 8,141; Pip,9o; Calves, 110.
B. et, 31. to ss. pet stone ; 111,attott, 3s 4d. to 5.. Veal, 55. to Cs.
idt Pork, 44. to 61.—Ilay per lo All ss. to £4 121. 6d. Clo-
ver, ..e.l 10s. to 4.5; Straw, ,fl 14s. to 4l 185.

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STANZ AS.

'Mien silent time "Di' lightly foot
trod on thirty years,
lanzght
_my lang•lost Lame agate,
wr itiOnt hnpes and fears.
''ha kens lithe dear hinds I left,
Cnittinue mine;

Or if I e'er again shall see
The friends I left lang syne ! -
Ai I came by my father's tow'rs,
My heart lap a the way ;
Ilk thing I saw put me in mind
0' some dear former day.
The days that followed me of r,
Those happy days a' mine,
Which gars me think the joys at hand
Are naething to laug sync.
The ivy'd towers now meet my e'e
Where minstrels us'd to !slaw;
Nae friend cattle forth with open arms—
' Nae *eel kenn'd face I saw,
Till Donald totter'd free the door,
Whom I kft In his prime,
And pat to see-the lad come back,
He bore about lang sync.

I ran thro' every weel-kenn'd room,
In hopes to meet friends there;
I saw where ilk ane lied to sit,
And hung o'er ilka chair;

7111 warns remembrance's analog tear
I)id dim them een e mine.
I steeled the door. and ached-aloud
As I thought eo lang sync.
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WRIT OF INQUIRY.

GENT'S INN COFFEE-HOUSE, Feu. 15.
• This was a writ under the Great Seal, directed to W.
Welfitt, tYm. Philliroore, and Thomas Carr, Esqrs.
Commissioners, to inquire whether Thomas Ayletr,
Gentlematt, be .f sound mind, or a lunatic. A Special
Jot?, Sit Poser Laurie, Foreman, assembled at three
o'clock this afternoon. The nature of the inquiry hav-
ing been stated to the Jury by the first Commissioner,
evidence was called on the part of the heir-at-law, to
prove the insanity of the alleged lunatic.
Mr. James Roberts, a tobacconist, residing in Tower-street,
knew the deceased from a boy.
Several witnesses having been examined for the writ,
The lunatic, a respectable looking man, dressed in
black, about fifty years of age, was called in and ex-
amined. He exhibited very considerable weakness of
intellect is his replies, though his powers of recollection
sere sufficiently strong to enable him to describe the
mode of his being conveyed, in Isl 9, to the Lunatic
Asylum, and his 'lAN:gotta treatment. He had sus-
pected that something bad was put into his food, and
the meat was so bad, that not only himself, but others
in the place bad complained of it. If he had, five hun-
dred pounds a year he did not know what he should do
with it. He lived very comfortable with the female.
near Ratcliffe-highway, and did not knoit the reason
of his being taken to Horton. He never refused to
take food at Hoston, fur twenty-four hours together;
a strait waistcoat was put on him, and also on others;
his sister, Mrs. Holloway, visited him once; he did not
wish to see her, for she brought him nothing ; he had
only Is.'while he was at Hoxton; if he were set at
liberty he would go to the last,place where his father
lived ; he did not know if his father was dead: he had
been told so; be never said he was an ; he
cone from hetford, in Norfolk.
The Cum Cosoissasomm left the case in the hands of the Jury,
who returned a verdict, " That Thomas Ayktt, Gentleman, had
been of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his affair„ Mace
June, l 819."
Evidence was given, proving thot a widow lady, named Hollo-
way, a sister of the lunatic, was beir-dt-law-

We are happy to state intelligence of a favourable'
nature has been received relative to the African expedi•
tics% as will be seen by the following extract from a
letter received in Edinburgh from a friend at Malta :
d, My letters front Tripoli are dated 21st October last,
Major LAING had arrived in good health and spirits at
Gadames, where he was met by AT niA the chief, who
is to accompany him to Tinilsoctoo. It may be grateful
to you to inform his friends, that every thing forbodes
a fortunate and successful issue to his mission. The

Major was received with great hospitality, and treated
with gic at kindness at Gadames. He proceeds to
Timbuctoo under such favourable circumstances, thati
:there can be no doubt of his teaching that celebrated
city in the course of December. He was more than a
$
tumuli in reaching Gadames from Tripoli (a jourdey of
12 Or*T4 days) 'in ennssqaence of a rebellion in the
thountaint I hopehe will meet Captain CLAPPIRTON,
on the Niger. Onr friends at Tripoli are all well,
though they hid been a few hours frigh'ed by the puny
'bombardment of the Sardinian tqu-adron."
"An Ordinance has just appeared at Berlin, which ex•
poses to. tine and imprisonment every individual of a
certain age, who has not had the small-pot naturally,
or: has not been ♦accinated.

An article from Rome, states, that the Carnival pro.
eteds With great spirit, and several English tamilie, are
cles.ribed' as giving splendid balls. Madame CATALANI
is the great object of attraction.
The acknowledgment of the independence of Brazil
;b have Inspired the Portuguese with confidence,
"'for evdr.'olo that arrives at Rio is said to be filled
passellgtekt The ()mono, from Oporto, brought'
P'ent upsVards Ar'-k2ft• and:the ships which are to follow
Are fully engaged.. - The natives naturally calculate that
II is of strangers will enijcb their country.
torporation, or the improvement committee of
corporation of Liverpool, have recently succeeded in
making an amicable pt:rchase of a very large portion (.1
the prciperty in Lord-street, with a view to the projected
important improvement of that line of street. This
property, rececently purchased. belonged to the family
of the late Mr. Rigby. The value was als..ut 40,00.11.
The parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, has been for
these last two days much agitated by an election in the
vestry of the said parish, for the invariant office of
inspector of slaughter-houses and places where horses
ate tilled, Fi% e candidates have started for the situation

—dews;;ldentiles% Humes are opened' fur their
respective friends, and placards anclelection squibs are
flying in all directions; in short, it has every resemblance
•to a cOnte.Ved borough election f< ran M.P. The per-
qqisites annexed to the situation are supposed to be
?.3(.1. or 3001. a Oar.
The application made to Government from N erwich.
for two general gaol deliveries in the year, has been
reksed, on the ground that 3lagiarates at the Sessions
pci:.::ess the smut puwer as tl the NA, et of their petition
wet e granted.

LAW REPORT.
•
COURTN, KlNdlit BlNtlf, Frs. se.
PA RON- O. SON LIIPPO.
This was an station of debt to moo* the
1321. odd, from the Marshal of kite King's Bench
in consequence of his suffering a prisoner named
Paul, to escape frim his csstody. It appeared •
Paul was detained in the custody of the M,
execution at the plaintiff's suit, but being alloAeo
liberty of the rules, she 'was constantly in the habit of
breaking them ; and the questions now were, whether
she broke the rules on the 19th of October last, and
whether the bill against the Marshal was filed before
she returned to the rules ? It was agreed on all hands
that the bill was filed at ten minutes past twelve o'clock
on the 19. h of October.

Thomas Tunstail is in the employ of the plaintiff; in
the month of October, he was directed to watch Mrs.
Paul; on the 19th of October, he saw her in St. Mar-
g4ret's-hill; witness first saw her near the Obelisk, at
five minutes past eleven; she then went to the King's
Bench prison, and from thence to the Marshalsea prison ;
she then went on to ,Leadenhall market, and stopped
at Queen's Head Passage; she went into a public-bouse
called the Queen's Head, and sat there for some time;
witness saw her in the house. She then came out and
went to Cullum-street, and there staid about ten
minutes. She then went to Fenchurch-street, and after-1

wards back to Cullum street, and then went along Lon-
don Bridge into the Borough ; witness followed her
and when they both got to St. George's Church it
wanted twenty minutes to two o'clock.
The clerk of the plaintiff's attorney confirmed the restmouy of
the last witness to a certain extent.
For the defence it was contended; that although Mrs.
aul had broken the rules upon a former occasion, she
did• not break them on the 19th of October, and in order
to shew that the plaintiff's witness was mistaken, either
in the day, or as to the person of the prisoner,• several
persons were called, who spoke to having seen Mrs.
Paul on the day in question within the rules at several
tittles within the period fixed by the witness Tunstall at
the time that he was watching har.
The Loss Cuter Jess= summed up at great length, and the
Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

put it la your pocket.
Witness—l will not, Sir; or if I must thew it to Ton, it will
surprise you.
Mr. Snotwasen—lf it is Dot nett* of evidence you shill not
skew it.

Witness—But I will stew it now, as you spoke so.
Mr. Boomoiscit.—You shall nut, Sr.
Mr. Justice Gasatmi here ordered the witness to put the paper
in his pocket, which he did.
Cross-examination continued.—He alwßys knew that
the female was not Rigaticl's wife. She lived with him
as such. Rigand told him when he carried the letters
that she was within two mnnths of being of age. Wit-
ness signed several papers, but not a bond. Upon his
soul, his oath, and, his hnnnur, he did not know the
meaning of a bond—he meant an ecclesiastical bond.
Mr. Justice GAZILLEZ here told the witne.s not to he
using Upon my sued," or *46 Upon my honour." He
asked Altrey to sign a btmd, which he did. He went
to Rigand after he had communicated with Mr. Fresh-
field—he went to him four or five times in Whittxross-

street, and got several duplicates from him to redeem
articles pawned, which he pawned again and loot 6s. 6d.
by the transaction, but gave Rigaud the duplicate and
a sovereign out of his owl pocket.
The Rev. Mr. Armstrong, of Dover, 'proved the
execution of the commission and bond, and recollectei
the features of the male prisoner, but he had no recol-
lection of the features of the female.
W. L. Watson proved the reeeiviog from Rigaud instructions to
extract letters of administration in writing. Had seen Rigaud write.
Eliza Skinner—Had known the female about six years; her
pane was Eliza Baker, and she was now about seventeen years of
age ; they were fellow-apprentices to a mantua-maker.
Hannah, the sister of the last witness, proved the same facts.

Henry May, from the Bunk, ptoved that there was
Si. Long Annuities standing in the name of Mary
Foster, of Brook-street, Holborn, in the year 1814; on
the '1 Ith of August it was transferred to Eliza Fester,
spinster, as administratriz of Mary Foster.
Upon the prisoners being called upon for their de-
fence, Rigaud read a paper, in which he attributed the
entire guilt of the transaction to the witness Green, who
had introduced a strange woman to him at Dover;
from his limited pecuniary circumstances he was pre.
.veated seeking this woman out ; but he solemnly de-
clared that the female prisoner was, as well as himself,
innocent of the offence of which they were charged.
Mr. Arnie* GAZZLIE summed up the evidence at great length.
The Jury, after retiring for about ten minutes, brought in a ver-
dict, as regarded both prisoners, of-1%1 Gaiitty.
This trial Steepled the Court the whole day.
John Gardnier, and John Jones, two young lads of
rather genteel appearance, were. put to the bar on an
indictment charging them capitally with stealing on
the 20th of October, at the house of Mr. John Grant, of
No. 75, Fleet-street, in the parish of St. Bride, fifteen
gold and seven silver watches, value 4004 and up-
wards, his property.
From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on the
morning of the day in question, the prisoners, as sworn
to, went into the shop of the prosecutor, where they saw
a person pruned Bannister, and bargained for a watch.
They, as alleged, had called the day before, but bad
not bought on this occasion, however, Gardiner agreed
to purchase a watch, on which he left Si. deposit, and
the prisoners went away. Gardiner, however, came
backin a minute, and left 2s. 6d. on a watch-chain,
and again departed. In a few minutes, however, the
property, which-iras not yet been recover-4d, was missed.
The prisoners were not secured until the month of Fe-
bruary, when they were searched, but nothing leading
to detection found on them.

A number of witnesses were called to bring home
the charge, but only two of them could swear posi.
tisey to both prisoners. Gardiner, however, was po.
sitively declared to be the person who left the deposit.
So dexterously did the thieves convey away the pro-
perty, and so deeply laid was the plan, that they hid
the cue behind a preventive shutter of a house close by.
The prisoners made no defence, and called no "ritualism
The Bemuses summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found
the prisoden Gaiky—Death.

yaffair
to him until be found him unworthy. Thelma ;
.'.... t 4 he sought whs upwards of tko,olo/.- li.' alit.
1.. ~, •. 'r 'Mwed thou Holdham livid at Maraohlikati
sbalwilirue. a biss. Day's. halt be &dike* Is.. He
to sant et 'Ad pot know the fetus* prisoners; the nabs, ofSslter,
ich Prism, OW since she has been a prisonir ; he oily kaiw her
ned Mar. as Visa Fester.
that Mrs: • Mt. Deoetascat here asked the Wiese& what .140 Se fold in
furshal, in big li•nit
loAed the Witness—That is nothing to you, Sir.
Mr. annuitant—Bet it ts, Sir, and you must let sne lee it, or
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