Star.
London, England, 1816-04-08 00:00:00

APP :L 7.

Arrived the Lordlsoa packet, from Ctr:)lavcr.;
and the Alliar.ce packet, ?roll-, G.lttenhurgh. S
the following tra:itpotts, all with troops for the Cou-
tinent they proccee tir.t to Bremcrlee: the °latter
(79), Coturn•rce (321.), Jean (R L), Venus (C G),
11:ddetnrci (1 W), Forin:,x (C 1 il), Eritatinta (HI),
and the Unity.—Sailed aka the Auckland peke',
for Holland ; Leicester packet, for Cuxhaven; and
Charlotte packet, tor Gotten'auri;h.—Wind

Tax two% HEALTH —Yesterday the following
Bulletin t+as ezl!ibited at St. .I..nit•L', Palace
" WINDSOR CASTLE, A 111:1 f.3.—•1-is MAJESTY has
enjoyed good bodily he::1!)1, and I:as been very tray.
during the last rnr,r.th ; but his MAJran's
order has undergone no c!!ange."
Wmosoft, Atom. 7. —The Prince of SAxE Crania
is expected here in a few days.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience cf the
PRINCE REGENT yesterday at Carlton-hcusc.
Yesterday, about three o'clock, the 'PRINCE Ittortvr
left town for Hampton Com, were his Royal kliz4h-
ness dined. The Pri.tce ot SAx.E Comm witi
pectiid t,i meet his Royal Higbuesa there to dhow
lions igl:too.
The :iniwer to the ingniries on Saturday respecting
the Right lion. the VPI:AKEIe.b health vat-0 That
the SPLAKEIt is much Letter, and he has no doubt rat
beirg able to attend the H.:use on Monday."
Ye,,terday Divine Service .was perfotmed to the
Royal Household at Cachou House by the Rev. F.
• W. Bonsceenc.

Yesterday bt ing Palm Sunday, the Are:bishop (If
CANTERBURY preached at the Cl.apel !Inyal, ..:.
James's Palace, bt.f-re the Dukes of You): and etl4-
nEttLaNn and Duches:;es, and a a owded congr-gati, a
,of Nobility ; among them were the Bidt, p., of Star:.
DUEY. BAN(RNI, CARLISLE, and Sr. ASAPII.
Saturday the dispatches were finally dosed at the
East India House, atad delivt red to 11w FIIIF.-IE of
the following ships, viz. Prince R. gent, Captain T.
H. HARRIS, and Plecnix, Captain J. lilac, I. r
Madras and Bengal.
PASSTEC:ERS vale P/IOENIX.—For Bee al-11r. J. R'a'y.
' writer; Major IViou'ilt ; Mrs. c.'Illonly•01, ilal Mr. l'aY*
• For Mataas—klessrs. Ailstru :and Pa ht, uti-uoi; NTr.:..
Parke, key. Wm. Ma:kin, and Mrs. Skinner.
Pea PRINCE lk:-C6N r.—For I;vngal—Melts. nalicias trd
Dumstwere, writers; Col. It. Cr.;!iatn, NII-s Grahar. ; Mr. !.!... '
non, free n:ei chant ; Mrs. Davi-ce.:; Mcssrs. Abli..tt and W. 1.,
1 free mariners ; Me.isrs.Macan .10. NI .4rrivan, and Mr5.:3T0316-:-..
For Maeras.--Mc sirs. Itatloel r.lan, (lerk, and I hacker"),
writers; Cao. c:rant, Livia. R. 13. d, 21A1 Mr. J. Cori.,,n.
K !NO'S 'ill-LATH F.—.1:1::: 011ei a nt .1i St.'vavi Was
repeated on S.IIUId:!y to a most i, us .cr, vs and ;..sliiel:-
able hudience. After w Inc:I. a new Ballot, cal:
Gertralve de Centaur, ve.,s prodt:ccd, and highly a -
plauded tin-nog htll,;t.
DRURY•LANI.: TiiRATILZ.—The IvillI•ie:11 Farce of
TheTwodtris:rs, after 20 ) ears' see] asiim, v.is breurt
a•rain before the public on Saterday nigl:t, and w.is
well received. Mrs. DICKCI., V 4,0 has ;wen so long
indisposed, apFvatcd in it to great advantJge : litr
voice sewns improved in cicaLcss and swee:ntns, if
not in power.
CBIIN-ExCIIANGE, AN:mg.—We have had an nil•
usually short supply of Wheat since this day wee,
and what appeared this morning, was only a kw wt:-
pies, by land.carriage, from Essex, which was soon
'taken off at an advance of 9s. per quarter. Bark?,
Peas, Beans, and Oats, are ls. per quarter dearer, in
consequence of the' few arrivals we hare had since
Monday.
. * HUNTING.
The EasiugwoldSubicription Foxhounds will meet to tut:.
at Raskelf, and on Saturday at Coxwold.
. The Sinning:on Foxhounds will meet on Thursday at Hates
Gm.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds met tills day at Heal:ng Well
i will Sleet On Wednesday at du Kernel, and Friday 4i ;qv* 4..1

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KINGSD3N4SSIZES,.4PRIL 5.

PA URIC! DM

Richard Russell was indicted for the wilful murder
of his owu father, at Thames Oitton, on the 26. h of
October last.
Mr. BCLLAND stated the case on the part of dm
prose( in ion.
Thomas Francis deposed, that he resided at Thames
Di•ton ; knew the deceased, who also lived there :
knew the prisoner eleven years, who had been abroad,
but had lately come from sea ; remembers seeinghim
on tl,e 26cbof October, in the evening, meat- his fa-
ther's house ; he was dressed in a blue jacket and
trcwsers, and glazed hat, and was proceeding to-
wards his lather's. Saw him again on the following
vetoing going Om the house, of his father towards
E her.
Jonathan Coombe also saw the prisoner on the 27th
01 October, proceeding from the house of the de-
ceased towards Esher, and, bid him good bye ; had
known the prisoner for years.
Joseph Bland deposed, that on the 26th of October
lie was returning home to Esher, when he met the
prisoner and his father walking home together. It
was about six o'clock in the evening; the prisoner
was dressed in a blue jacket and trowsers ; the de-
ceased was in conversation, and said, come, let us
go home, l have got a little prevision there, although
all my children have lett me." The deceased and pri-
soner then hid him good night.
James Hebbarti lives at Cobhans—knew the de-

ceased, and remembers hearing of his murder, on
'Easy morning, the 27th of October. On the even-
betr.re he saw a man in the garden of the de-
wed, dressed in a blue jacket and trowsers, stooping
beneath a !ledge ; at ter a short time he rose up, looked
About, and then went into a turnip field. In abrut
an hour atter saw the deceased in his own house ; not
long after witness had gone into his own house, he
hog& a noise in the ;louse of the deceased, as if some

pason bad tumbled doviu stairs. The mother of wit-
ness immedittely tan out and asked, • " What's the
matter i" A voice instantly replied, 6., Nothing."—
Witness thought he heard a person as if violently
sick and vonating in the house, aed soon after heard
some one come down and luck the door ; witness

bolted cut and saw a man going from the places
Mary flubbard confirmed the testimony of the last
witness, and stated in addition to the noise, and
seeing a man go-from the gate t f the deceased, that
tat die morning of the 27th she discovered a quantity
of blood About the door of the deceased. Could not
tell how the man the saw leave the door of the de-
ceased was dressed•

Thomas Hampton keeps the Coach and Horses
poblic-house at kingst6n ; remembers a man dressed
ioa blue jacket and tit-ts-ars, and a shining hat,
caning to his house on the evening of the 16ib of
October, about eight o'cleck, and inquiring for a re-
turn chaise to Loridon. The man was excetdingly
warm, and hail some rum to drink. He paid him
by changing afl note. On the following morning
witness heard of the murder of the deceased, and
found, upon txamining. the note, there appeared upon
ita slight mark ct blood, as if impressed w iiti the
thumb AV iiness had kept the note in his posstissioli
erer since, and now pro:',uced ir.
William Wr;glit livid in f:ireenwich in Ociober
tut. knew Cie ptisi in. r, who e. ),,ung
woman, now the wile of the prisoner, lived in the
Louse of the wimess at the tune. About balf.past tut
o'clock be was disturbed from hes bed by the pfiso-
art, sit kn at the door and asked to come in.
Witness at:visea him to go to his own tottglivo, but
he reused n very violent language. The clung
tit. :!.i. t!:e noise, got up, and entreated the
titoess to i.'t r, m in, as he oppe.tred to be in iiquur.
and tile prisoner slept on a cat pet,
on the ti: s! 11 u 7. 'Cite prisoner said he had been to
bow, wl,t t• ;:ac!.got some money from his uncle.
Cli; is; sail NtLvi;it: li pr op: letOT ot the Tor itay puhiic
house, a: Greenwich. The prisoner lodged there seven
weeks, arid dept at li nne on the 25tis of October last.
A pers,,n :.arried li..lniptain also. lodged there. On
the nanin.; o! tic the prisoner lest the house
exult bah •past nine o'cls.ck. He eici not return home
tlintiaY, Inr did he sleep there.that night. On the
coruhig of the 27th, 'however, he came and asked
1%116 bill, which witness handed to him ; it amounted
lea Pl.. and the prisoner tendered a £lO note.
Vitness d'.d not know of the prisoner having any
witt, bcfore, and he said that he had got the money
from his uncle—knew the prisoner had been ire-
tilently at the Prize•oflice, at Greenwich, to apply
klmr)ner, but did not receive it.
lhi mas Carter resides at Hare•lane, near the house
al deceased. There is a road and foot-path lead-
rr from the door to Esher. On the morning of the
27th of October witness was alarmed by the neigh-
turg, on account of blood being perceived about the
scar of the deceased. Witness got a ladder, and
orirT, kulred in at the chamber window of the de-

oh.Lerved a man lying apparently dead on the.
Itivlive, it): ced in toe window, be found that
to deceased, who was covered with rugs and a bolster,
Ltd been murdered. A hammer was lying near the
body, and he was covered with blood.
Jan R,,sseli is brother to the prisoner. Remem-
Leo heating of the murder of • his father on the 27th
of October. The hammier which was found near his
11"dY Was one in general use in the house, and his
;tiller kept his money in a tin box, which was pad-
.,Fcked• certain that, about three weeks before
me ratirder );ad been committed, his father had de-
tc!ited in the bex, two notes of £l9 each, and one
iA (4 On tte rh:lning when the murder was dis-
it.rered tl,c i'/LA Was found open, and the money gone.
M. a $ll-geon residing at Thames Ditto:),
Cal: t 1.9 Lel9l.lle the body of the deceased, and
that two fractures had been inflicted on the
, r art of the head, another had been effected
t!;' 'ernporal bone, and one on the back of the
Zezi Thvse appeared to have been done with an
t.nm or blunt instrument ; his throat was also tut,
.!I:is death was occasioned in consequence.
4sePh Walter is keeper of the Hour of Correc-
at Kingston ; the prisoner was brought in cos-
hitn "It the 300. of October. On the fol-
tg day the brother of the prisoner came to see
rt6t; ,'ltness went with him into the apartment
ardtt was confined, and his brother immediately
tred
to (14) q 9 and said—s 4 Richard, how came you
The hat You h:tve done to b 0 good a father ? '—
Prisoner
4)44 he L.— made no reply, and witness left the
=4 Scarcely dvue so, when he beard the

prisoner say." William, I am the mall that Billed
your father." In about ten minutes afterwards, he
went again into his room to give him 114 bread and.
water, when, without asking him a question, lie ad-
dressed himself to witness, and micie the following
confession :

On Thursday evening, the 26th of October, I
met my father returning from Esher ; I went home
with him, and struck a light, and we went up stairs
to my father's bed-room, when the latter went to his
box to take out some money, saying—' let us go
back to Esher, Richard, and have some drink.%--
During the time that my father was standing over
the box, I took up a small hammer, which was in the
room, and hit him on the head. I afterwards re-
peated the blow three or four times, when he fell,
tnd to prevent the groans of my. father, I took out a
knife, from my jacket pocket and cut his throat. I
then took from the tin box two notes of ten pounds
each, and a two pound note, seven guineas in gold,
and one half guinea. I afterwards came down stairs,
locked the street dour, and was about to leave the
place through the garden and a turnip field, but re.
tinned, and went out of the front door, which flocked
after me, and put the key in my pocket. I then went
away through the outer gate, and after going some
distance from the house, I threw away the key of the
door, and the knife, and proceeded as quick as I
could ti, Kingston. Here I inquired if I was in
time for one of the coaches to London ? but was told
not. A person mentioned, that if I went to the
Coach and Horses public house, I might probably
get a return chaise. I accord:ugly went there, :ind
engaged one to take me to the Elephant and Castle ;
previous to which, however, I called fur half a pint
of rum, for which I trollied in payment, to be
changed, a rel note. I then drove off towards town,
and upon my arrival at the Elephant and Castle, I
pursued my way to Greenwich. Upon my arrival
there I went to the house of Mr. Wright-, where I
slert. On the following morning 1 went to Mr. Ne-
ville, the landlord of the Torbay public house, and
asked for my bill, which amounted to betwethr seven
and eight pcunds. In payment of this, I tendered
one of the stlo notes belonging to my father, and re.
caved the change. With one of the guineas also,
which I took from the box, I purchased a c..edding-
ring for the young woman whom I immediately af-
terwards married. With the rest of the money which
I took from niy father, I cannot account, not know-
ing what I did with it."
The prisoner, 'in his • defence, declared his c m-
piece innocence of the crime imputed to him.
Mr. Justice ALBuTT having summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury retired, and in a few.minates tetur-
ned with a verdict. finding tie prisoner Gray.
Mr. Justice Ann err immediately proceeded to pass
upon him the awful sentence of the law, animadver-
ting, in the most bolerrin manner, upon the heinous-
ness of his parricidal c,imr, at.d entreating him to
appropriate to prayer Hod rtpentAnce the tew hours
he had got to live. hie concluded by ordering the
prisoner to be executed on Monday morning nest, and
his body to be anatomised.
T:ie prisoner throu3hout secured whe'dy unnE-c-
-ted at his situation, heard his santet.ce comp.
sure, and when taken from t. c bar exillirac4i4' It
is a hard thing I should tic innoc•mt."

ell A ItGF: OF FOISON

Elizabeth Mary Miller, at!ed nineteen, was indicted
for the wilful mintier of Elizabeth Anhe Newman,
by ing to her .a certain dead:y pisken,
led arscnic, in the parish 0± St. Mary, Laii:betli, on
to 13th Sersenit,er last.
Mr. ESPI,:A•SE: b. the case on the part of the
prowctition. •
E t•les Jeri:vid, that she lived in the service
•if NIT. butcher, at Lambeth, three years.
%Vas there in t:.e month of SepterniszT List. I-hr
0 aster had two tilihiteit, one of wlvieti (the :leceas-
ed) was two year: and a flail old. On the 13th of
Septemher she and her enisLiess bad been out walk.
;ng with the children, and trey returned. :tboitt halt.
past seven o'clock in the evennig. Her mistress cr•
dried her to get stinkr rnagnesia and rlinharb tor the
child, en, and the Prisoinn brought up the gi net for
their supper, which h td been prepared by iier tor
that purpose. Her mistress then gave the chi:siren
some of the gruel and medicine, and witness after-
wards preceeded to undress the youngest. The hi.
sorter was engaged undress. the d:CI4Sed• So in
after. the youngest child exhibited symptoms of sick-
ness, and in a short time the deceased child came
running to her mother, crying bitterly ; and being
asked by the latter, whether her father had been
beating her, she said not, and asked to be reeked in
her mother's lap 1 Shortly afterwards the deceased
was taken violently ill with a vomiting, and soon
alter the youngest child, was affected in a similar
Wanner. The lather of the child then came in, and
the Prisoner was called, when the former said to her,
" what have you been doing with the gruel ?" The
Prisoner replied, " nothing ;' and the question being
repeated, she still denied, but burst into tears. A
basin, containing part of the gruel which had hien
made, was then brought info the room from the
parlour, and Newman then said to the Prisfiner—
" Here. then, if you hare dune nothing to the gruel,
drink some of it yourself." The Prisoner again cried
bitterly, but refused to drink the grua Witness
then took two dessert spoonsful of the gruel herself;
soon after felt a burning beat in her mouth arid sw.
mach, and a disposition to vomiting. The Prisoner
was then ordered to go for Mr. Dixon, an apothe.
cary, which she did. Returned soon atter with him
—the distance she went was about half a mile, and
she must hare gone with great expedition. Upon
the arrival of the Doctor, the Prisoner was ordered
to bring the basin abseil contained the gruel that
had net been used, also the remainder of the grits.—
These, together with the cup and its dregs, were
locked up
.Iby direction of Mr. Dixon. The latter,
after remaining a short time, desired some person to
be sent with him for the necessary medicine for the
children. Tile Prisoner accordingly went, and re-
Attrned without mach delay. The children, how-
ever, got worse; the eldest particularly, whose sick-
ness increased.to- a violent degree,-and wno languish-,
ed in great agony till the following morning, when
she 'lied. At this time the prisoner had locked her-
self up in her bed-room.; and 'upon being informed,
of what had happened, sheexclaimed, in bitter terms,
" Good GOD, what shall I d. ?1!
'Cross-examined by Mr. NgLAN.—The prisoner
was deeply affected, and wept much, when she heard
the child had died. Witness knew her master's

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house was infested with rats. A. person named skin- i
ner. a rat-catches,
.was in the habit of coming there !
with parcels and papers for their destruction. There
were several jars in the kitchen. and in these were-
kept parcels, in paper, of rice, spices. &c. There
were similar parcels in the cupbOard. IVittvss could
not say precisely what they contained. She slept
1 with the prisoner, who had •tily an open hos in her
room, to which any person might have had access.
Remembered a person of the name of Shaw, who
also frequented the house of her master as a rat-
catcher, and used certain parcels.
Anne Newman deposed, that she was mother of
the deceased child. On the evenin of the 13th
September she went out with her children to walk, .
having previously ordered the prisoner to get money
from her master 10 buy grits, and make some gruel.
Upon her return home, she desired the last witness
IAO bring a little magnesia and rhubarb in a wine
glass. The prisoner had brought up the gruel in a
basin. Some of this was put into a coffee-cup with
the medicine, and administeted to the children.—
Soon after, they were affected violently ; and upon ,
the entrance of her husband into the room, and
seeing the state of his children, the prisoner was call-
ed up, and asked about the grits she had purchased.
Witness had bough no arsenic herself, nor did she
know of any being in the house.
Mr. Dixon deposed that he was an apothecary.—
The prisoner came to his honse on tilt. 1.5,11 of Sep-
tember in the evening, and stated that lit was'want-
ed immediately. Upon his arrival at Newman's,,he
found the two children dreadfully ill. He immedi-
itely ordered the gruel and other things to be locked
rip. One of the children died the following morn-
inq, and he iii consequence analysed cw. guile!, ;old
found in it ingredients of arsenic. 'lir? prisoner was
the person WllO cone home with him for the medi•
chic from the house of Mr. Newman. He asked
!ler if she was the you et wran-in who made the
gruel, and of what it was mad:. ? Th, prisoner :An-
swered she was, and bad made it of grits. He then 1.
asked whether or no she had added airy thing to the
gruel ? She replied, she had thickener] it with oat-
meal, which had been in th!! :loose a month before
for one of the men who had got. a cold. The symp-
toms he had perc,,ived were those uniformly arisieg
from arsenic in the somata ; and he was of opini,•ll
that, in the present case, the death of the child was
produced in this way.
Ct oss-exa mined by Mr. NOLA N.—The prisoner was
' most impost:mate in begging i.:,.atzterdance to repair
to the house when the clildren were aitteee.d. White
arsenic, generally used for destroling rats, might
1
easily be mistaken for oatmeal.
Richard Newman was father to the deceased child.
His dwelling and slaughter-house were very much
infested with rats; but he did not think there was
any arsenic in or about his house when the accident
happened. About taro years ego he saw a powder
exposed in a h i !do w for the destruction of rats ; hr
purchased several papers cif it, and placed it about.
1 Finding no good effects from this, he employed a
I person named Skinner, and afterwards one Walker,
1 in Jane or July, who undertook to destroy the rats as
he pleased, but was not aware that that person had
left any of Lis papers or ingredients about the house.
Cross.examined by Mr. NOLAN.—Skinner, the rat-
catcher, had laid some of his papers in the kitchen as
well as whet places; remembers Walker being em-
plo)eJ iii that way about t‘'era tnonths before the ac-
, cickn: ; his preparations were like white paste, and
1 sveie rolled in white pow Ar.
i
i Henry W.:liter, rat.catthcr anal hairdresser, ob.
: tained if 1>,,: er;t:iess p.•:-'d meat, which, bring
I chopp-d fire, was mixed with arsenic, and rolled to-
-1 gteeer in on" body, till it presentee: ihe appearance'
if fl.:•ut. 'nits coramosit;en he afterwards divided 1
1 in:o svveral p4reels of p irer, and &straw:x.l them
IbehinJ the evamscots, the Lutes under the stones, and
in vie suet-drawer. Soeie of the parcels were relied
I up, :1;1,1 went! were laid (yen. He irequemly called
It Newman's to see the effect, but feund the parcels
as be left them ; any pets,tl might carry them away. 1
I Henry Mills, a servant to Newman, remembers
being told by atiotl;er perso.r, that one of the rat-
papers was lying in the dust of the shop, when he
went at:d tc..)l( it nut, and tlica placed it in the kitchen
window ; did nat know whit became of it afterivards.

There was no defence ; and. Mr. instice
havinishortly addressed the Jury, attributing the
unfortunate death of the child to accident merely,
the girl WAS it stantly acquitted.
CHAIOSIO OF 140116F.R.

Ridard Collins was indicted for the wilful murder
of Richard Woods, his master, at Elstead, on Men•
day, the I lth of September last, with a certain prong
Or pitchfork.

Anne Woods deposed, that she was daughter to
the deceased ; the prisoner was his servant; remem-
bered that on the morning of the day stated in the
indictment, the prisoner had his breakfast in the
usual way, arid left the house to go to work. About
Itl:past nine o'clock he returned to the house, went
u 2 stairs, and brought down 'some clothes upon his
arm ; he looked pale, and witness asked him what
was the matter ? He made no answer, but went into
the yard ; witness went up stairs, and, saw him from a
winch,* take the large tuck and put it in the stable.
He then came and stood motionless, looking upon
something on the grurnd; witness ran down to we
the cause, and met the prisoner at the dour. She
again asked him what was the matter ? when he re-
plied, " Master and I have been fighting ; I have
killed him, and he is nigh dead." Witness begged
of him, for HE.svg:'s sake, to tell all about it, but
he went away from the house. She then went into
the yard, and found her father with his face on the
ground, claim dead. Remembers saying to the pri.
soner, •• Oh ! Collins, you wicked man, how came
you tu kid my poor faille' ?" when he replied, ~ I
have done it ;it can't be helped---the quarrel began
on Saturday."
Cross-exatnined.—The prisoner was always well-
behaved and civil. Her father was a man of very
waiin temper. Her father had guns out to the yard
with a largo horsewhip.
Toe prisoner being called upon for his defence,
said, that be bad not the slightest ill-will towards his
master. That two days previous to the melaricholy
occurrence, he had grossly abused and cursed him..—
'That on the morning of the 1 lilt of September, they
were in the stable together harnessing the horses,
when the deceased again.cursed, d—d, and abused
im. Prisoner said to him, 46 Master, we had better
part e' when the latter replied, 4‘ You may go to

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