Star.
London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

HABEAS CORPUS.

On Wednesday, Mr. Rimini obtained a Writ of
Habeas Corpus to bring up the body of an elderly
Lady, named Pearse, supposed to be kept under duress
in the custody of her eldest son, Captain Thos. Pearse.
The application was made at the instance of Mr. Ed-
mund Pearse, her youngest The Lady was
brought into Court by her eldest son, and upon being
clue,tioned, whether she was under any restraint ? she
said she was not—that she wished to live and die with
her eldest son, who was the best of men. Under
these circumstances the Court told her she was at li-
berty to go where she pleased; and accordingly she
went home with her eldest son.

RECORDER'S REPORT.—Saturday, the RRCORDLR
made 4 Report to his Royal Highness the Ps INCE
RZORNT of the following convicts under sentence'of
death is Newgate, viz.—
Robert Clayton, for stea*: if goods in a dwelling-house; Clarks
Bar I'4 Pringk, for a like offence ; Michael Keefe, for burglary ,
Williams Dickens, for a like offence; Robert Bishop. for house-
breaking; ✓nmsas Ran, fpr stealing in a dwelling-house; J.hu
Ward and Harriet Skelton, for uttering foot Dank Voter;
Tar-
mas Cpe, for stealing vats in a dwelling-house; John D wherty.
for burglary; Morris 'Reedy and Moos Gossip, for stealing in
dwelling-house ; and John Miller, for sheep-stealing; when Jahn
Wind and Harriet Skelton were ordered for execution on Friday.
The rest were respited during pleasure.

Harriet Skelton, aged 55, was left an orphan,when only they,
years old. She was brought up in a respectable family till her
15th year, when she entered service, in which station she con.
tinued till her marriage with John Skelton, in 1810, a house.
painter, a few years older than herself. Her husband soot
proved himself a moat abandoned and vicious character : fin
eight.years she had to bear every thing malice or barbarity could
inffict, when finding himself unable to maintain his wife and it.-
dulge his own propensity to drinking, he left her totally decd.
flute, in lodgings, in London, with the fixed determination of
never seeing her again. At this juncture she accidentally met
' her brother, Mr. Goodluck, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Skelton
had long been at variance. On hearing her story, Mr. Goodleck
offered her a comfortatik asylum with him, upon condition she
would entirely abandon her fiushand. This she refused; alleging
that her duties as a wife required her to do nothing to exasperate
him, whilst there remained any hope of a reconciliation, beinr
unable to endure the thoughts of a total separation (rent Mi
Skelton, whom all aim g she tenderly loved. 11..-ternimed
make one More effort, see followed him to Battlebridge, whet
he was at work. She only asked him to allow her ss. per week,
though she well knew he was gaining at that time :s Is. weekly :
even this he peremptorily refused. Mrs. Skelton h.l ono no
resource lest but her brother, a.a. to him she 'Rent, about 181 G ;
he hi (I.•grees unfolded a most • y of which she .n.iu Frevt,,sl,
no susFi lon • and she discovered Good,uck to be a regular ' Ss sr,
of forged Bank-d-lffsigland Notes; he earnestly entreated hers
ur.ite In this fatal traffic. Foe ten months she clisrliarit4 hi
warmest solicitations; but in November, 1817, her bre:.her has
ing contracted a debt of 160, which he was unable to Pay, wk
her plainly, that unless she assisted in passing notes,.be ment•go
to prison, and she would be left destitute, as belare. This shoot
her virtue; and Mrs. Skelton not only began uttering fort.
notes, but also opened her house for the reception of louse chine
raters, in the hopes of rising the necessary sum.
Kelly and Spicer, the two boys sentenced to dent(
for uttering forged Bank-notes,. but whose execution
was respited in coussquence of Finney. being consi-
dered as enticing them to commit the act, are-nor
to he transport to 2C.w South Wales. They, toge-
ther with Chapman, the restirreition•rnan, are now
on board the Retribution convict-ship, at -Sheerness
waiting the arrival of the Glory transport, to conve
them and several others to Poi t Jackson.

George Donk, lately convicted at. 3laidstone,
ibrgery, but whb has been respittd dUiing his Mk
jesty's pleasure, in consequence of the inirte.stio/
made by the LORD MAYOR to Baron Wools, is th,
youngest a sicker sons, and his aged father (upoi
the verge of 70) resides near ilawkhurst, and ha
'always ctniducted him tin a Creditable Manner, a:
have also all his other cilflaren, till the yougg
abovementioned was induced, through bad connec,
rims; to go to London about Christmas last, in searci,
of ensployenent, and'he there fell into the hams of
the fabricators of forged notes, by which means la
'Wnie.hrdegivt".".fito his present situation, and wnich
had•ski neal•fy terminated-in an ignominionsdeath.
Friday se'nnight as a Deal galley was going off tt
a ship in the Downs, it unfortunately upset, #nd oar
if the crew, named Carter, was drowned.