Star.
London, England, 1819-01-06 00:00:00

MIDDLE E 2.

Monday nittary 25
Friday. January 29
Saturalay rebruary 6

SAturdAy Fc:n-uary 15 I

The young man who was detained at Stourbridge,
upon his own confession, as the murderer of a young
wornaa, has been discovered to be an imposter;
the Magistrates have taken very great pains, and'
undergone great trouble, in investigating the busi-
ness, and on Thursday last he was dismissed. He
calls :himself Buxton ; and it came out during the
investigation, that he hid once before made a similar
confession, for which he had been flogged.
Some of the Edinburgh Papers term the revolting
scene which took place at the execution of the un-
happy Johnston, who suffered the agonies of death
for nearly an hour, " a disgraceful outrage of the
mob !" It was indeed a disgraceful outrage, but it
was an outrage against every feeling of humanity,
in the shocking and brutal manner in which the exe-
cution was conducted. What shall be said of the
humanity of bleeding the unfortunate man (after he
was cut down from the gibbet) for the purpose of re-
storing life, that he might die a second death ? We
believe such an instance of barbarous clemency never
before took place in any civilized country, and it will
not be soon forgotten !
SUMMARY JUSTICE. It is stated in the American
Village Recorder, that a pedlar at Easton was disco-
vered
to have two negro children in his cart. On
examination, one of the little sufferers was found to
have been crammed in, in such a manner, that his ear
was tubbed off ! The people indignantly rose and cut
off the fellow's ear.—" I am no advocate," adds the
Recorder, " far the violation of the laws, but from
my heart 1 can't feel sorry for him!"
A COMMON SCOLD!—Mary Davis was lately tried
before the Baltimore City Court, on an indictment as
a Coalition Scold! The Jury, after a consultation of
an hour and a half, returned the verdict of Guilty.—
The punishment for a " Common Scold," agreeably
to the law of Baltimore, is a public ducking!
A NEw YEARS GlFT!—Friday evening, the wikof
John Bridgeman, cooper, of Broomfield, Essex, was
delivered of three children, two boys and a girl, who,
with the mother, are likely to do well. She had
twins about .three years since, who survived but a
I short time. •

NAt'AL LVTELLIGPNCE.

FALMOUTH, JANUARY ~
Hind South.—Arrived the Lady Mary Pelham
packet, with a mail from New York, in 27 Jays; the
Duke of Kent packet, with ditto, from Lisbon, in
eight days; Lis Majesty's ship LEE from. a cruize, and
brought in the French lugger Theodore, with ZS
tubs of spirits, which she captured about eight leagucs
:o the southward of the Lizard, last evening.

PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 4.
Arrived several vessels from Ireland for London.
S.iiled the Valentine, for S:. Michael's.

No less than four of the shipping belonging to this
.Port were lost in the course of last month : two of
them were regular traders, having valuable cargoes
on board, the property of the tradesmen of this and
the neighbouring towns. The following are the
names of th. unfortunate vessels:

Emily, Thomas, from Bristol ; and the Flora, Palmer, from
Liverpool, both bound to this port, with general cargoes; the
Providence, Power, from hence to St. Michael's, in ballast; and
the Effort, Baker, from the lonian Islands, to Grimsby, with
fruit. To this melancholy list we have to add the loss of the
ship Eliza, of this port, Luch, master, in the Gulf of St. Law-
rence, in November ; and the Neptune, also of this port, Wilson,
on the Island o: Newfoundland, at the same time.