Star.
London, England, 1817-04-24 00:00:00

OW BitilEr.

A master butcher in Fitzroy-market, of the namel
of aid, wp indicted for ravishing Leab Edwards,
his servant, *with; night of the 13th of March. It
appeared by the statement of the proseeutrix, a girl
about fifteen years cld, that on the night stated in
the indictment, her master returned home soon after
'eleven o'clock, her mistress had gore to bed in an
adjoining room. He began to take liberties with
her : he did not commit the alleged offence until
another evening; he then succeeded in accomplishing
his design. The prosecutrix stated that her mistress
was in bed when the offence was perpetrated, and
there being only two rooms in the house, she must
have been heard had she called out. She was so
much intimidated by the prisoner threatening to cut
off herhead if she made any alarm, that she only
struggled with her arms. He repeated his ill usage
towards her three or four times alterwatds, and at
each time accomplished his design. She told him
she would tell her mother upon the first offence being
committed toy the prisoner, but she did not do so. In
addition to this evidence, it appeared that the testi-
mony of the girl at the Police Office (which was
taken in writing) was quite at variance with the evi-
dence adduced by her in this instance; and, the Cost-
most SERJSANT not thinking it evidence to go to the
Jury. the prisoner was acquitted.
The COMMON &DURANT addressed the prisoner,
and observed to him that it was an aggravated case
of seduction.

William Grant was indicted for butglarionsly break-
ing out of the dwelling-house of David Mtllar, on
the 7th of February.
The bar of the cellar had been forced, by which
an entrance to the house was effected, and the street
door opened. The only evidence on this occasion
was that of Thomas Grenville, a watchman, whose
box is situated opposite the prosecutor's house, in
Bunbill-row. He stated, that he saw two persons
lurking about the premises at midnight, examining
the cellar fastenings, and at four o'clock in the morn-
ing he heard the private door of the house opened.
He asked loudly, who was there 3 and two men rushed
out, one of whom was convicted at the last Sessions,
and the prisoner at the bar. A scale OA place,
and the prisoner must have been wounded upon the
head, as the watchman's stick was bloody. Witness
swore positively to the prisoner, as he could see fail
features very distinctly, with the aid of a lamp over
the door, and hte own lanthorn.

To rebut this testimony, a man, named Hutchins,
was called, wh• lives on the spot, and had been con-
stable and watchman. He swore Grenville had told
him first, that lie should not know the prisoner if he
saw him, and afterwards he said he was taken, and
he had sworn to him, right or wrong.
This testimony was corroborated by a brother of
Hutchins, and partially by Armstrong, jyn. a very
respectable officer.

Another constable of the parish, of acknowledged
respectability, swore that Hutchins was a character
he knew, and he would not believe him on his oath.
The Juice, after an impartial summieg up, lett
the doubts of the case to the Jury, who acquitted the
prisoner.

imothy Garry was capitally convicts,ll); assault-
ing Stephen Bannister, on the King's h!ghwa7, rut.
Ling him in fear, and taking from his person a silver
watch, his property.

Bow-srater.-4esterday the Smugglers in custody
on a charge tl being concerned in shooting three of
the crew, and wounding the mate and six of the crew,
lof the Ranger revenue cutter, on the evening of the',
' 19th instant, off the coast of lot kshire, underwent a
long private examination.
Daniel Giaeb, Jeremiah Shea, Joseph Parton, Join
Gardner, Thomas aside, and fiend Chapman, were
charged by Humphries and Jefferson, the Constables,
witit being reputed thieves, having detected them in
and about the Piazza, at the time the company were
coming out of Covent Garden Theatre on Tuesday
following. and attempting to rob several perboes.—
They were con:nutted. •
Union Brows was yesterdaybrought
op for re-examination, charged with a burglary.—
Mr. George Haggett stated, that he resided with his
mother, who *keeps the Catherine Wheel, in the Bo-
rough. • On Sunday evening last, about nine o'clock,
his mother said she was certain she heard some one
up stairs. Witness.sproceeded up stairs to search ;
and, just as he entered the Gallery, be observed the
prisoner throw himself over the Balcony into the
Yard. having a large bundle under his arm. Wit-
ness called*, Stop tfliet I" and two persons who were
in the Yard secured him. On searching the bundle,
it was found to contain a pair of sheets and a ceun-
terpane, and, wrapt round his body, was another pair-
of sheets, all the property of Mrs. Huggett.—The pri-
soner made no defence, and was fully committed for
trial at the Assizes. •
.41raleam AA one of the eleven conv:cts who esca.
ped on the_ ttfir blatant from Chelmsford Jail., was.
brought up by Goff and Hall, by whom he was ap-
prehended on the preceding evening, in the neigh-
bourhood of Cienaby Market. His identity being
ascertained, the Officers whobad him in custody were
ordered to coravey him in safety to his old lodgings
at Chelmsford.
MARLSQIIOUGUiTYIEZT,...The hostess of a public-
house in Sh.Therc's Market charged her late female
'servant with an assault. The host had a niece who
slept with the defendant, and there was also a young
man who lodged in the home. The landlord having
discovered that his male lodger had turned Sleep-
walker;" armed himself with a horse-whip, and en.
tered Betty's bed-room, where he found the ,s..Sleera
walker" in Betty's arms. Mutual recrimination tock
place between the maid and the niece, whilst the
Sleep-walker" wandered back to his own soom.--
Betty warinstantly sent away, and having called fcr
her box, &c. in the mottling, her mistress called her
a w—, on.which she slapped her face most soundly.
This constituted the assault.. Betty was ordered to
find bail.
NasT os SWlNDLERS._Yesterday Waker nurser was
brought up by one of the Mary-la-bonne Offieere, on
the tollowing charges—The Ssthop of Dnitbam's
Poiter.ssid. that to wassothcsied by his mama to
pine, that a few days ago the prisoner Galled on him
with, a letter, purporting so come from .114 "Actor
and Churchwardens of St. gestnn*Dllll6ll, Ming,
dint hit name eras COW, ARd thit be Iretsireregeen
Ito Mt. begpird, who had the cc-pairing of-that

Church. This letter was directed el To tie Opulent
and Benevolent," setting forth, in the most piteous
'manner, an accident Which had happened to him 67
falling off a scaffold forty feet high, which injured
him so dreadfully as to render amputation necessary;
and that his wife, who was in an advanced state of
pregnancy, had miscarried through the fright. It
was given at the Vestry-room, under the hands of
Mr. Moss, the Minister, and Messrs. Young and Hut.
things, the Churchwardens.. There was a list of sub.
scribers on the back, in which the Parish was reported
to have given AI; the Countess of Harcourt, Xi ;
Dowager-Lady de Clifford, sel ; Lady Collingswood.
; Sir R Wigram, r€l ; the Rev. Mr. Gurney,
ill I Rev. S. Crowther, WI ; Rev. H. Budd, WI
Messrs. Harnmersley and Co. Bankers, t ; with a'
great number of other names. Witness's master or-
i-dered him to give a rfkl note also ; but witness sus-
petting he was au impostor, delayed giving it until
some Myr:7.y was made, and, to his great astonish-
ment, hr ascertained that no accident had happened
I'm St. Clement's Church, and that no letter had been
ever given from the Vestry of that parish. Witness
then gat a Constable, and apprehended him in L idy
Pembroke's house, where he was practising a similar
imposition. The servants of the Countess of Pem-
broke said, that various letters (several of which were
produced) had been left at the' house of her Ladyship
by various persollsOflC was by a woman named
Gardner, who was stated to have.falleu down starts
in Charles-street, Hatton Garden, and broke her arm,
and another from a woman in Blackfriars.road. Her
Ladyship rave both sonic money, and a man hiving
the appearance of the prisoner called for the answer.
On Tuesday he called again, and was told to call
next day; but some suspicion arising .at the Bishop of
Durham's, they found means to detain him until a
Constable came. Tile prisoner told a very inconsis-
unit story, and said be lodged at Mrs. Webb's, in
'Newton's court, (where a sail.: was formerly mur-
dered) ; but a person being sent there, dismvered
that he had only lodged there casually ri few nights,
and was totally unknown.—The Worthy Magistrate
regretted that there had been no money given to the
prisoner, as in drat case he would come within the
Swindling Act. He had no doubt but .he authors
of the other letters were connected-with him, and he
hoped they would soon be taken. The prisoner was
committed for three months as a rogue and vagabond.

The Assizes for Warwickshire, which only termi-
nated on Saturday last, continued a fortnight. Of
the 238 prisoners tried, 99 received sentence of deed),
and 42 were ordered tor transportation.
-lareph Alen, a respectable farmer, was convicted
at the Chester Assizes, after a trial which lasted five
hours, for uttering forged notes of the Bank of Eng-
land, and received sentence of death.

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At the late Norwich City Sessions, true Bills were
found against Mr. Biliamies Palmer litter and Mr.
Robert Ward, for a misdemeanour, in disturbing the
congregation assembled in Lady Huntingdon's Ch.'.
pal (or Tabernacle), and against Mr. Ti:ter for an
assault therein upon Kezia Anthony, to which they
severally pleaded Not Guilty, and entered into re.
cognizaaces to appear at the next Sessions.
Tu.aday se'nnight John Etuello a guard of one of
the Dover coaches, was convicted hetore the Mayor
of Canterbury in a penalty of A 5 and costs, for
not duly accounting to his employers for money re-
ceived by him, in respect of a passenger conveyed by
such coach trom.Gravesend to London, the 6th inst.
Exxcurtem.—Nine unfortunate criminals exprated
their malefactions, by the forfeiture of their lives, on
Saturday last. at Lancaster, pursuant to the awfol
sentence passed upon them at tbelate Assizes, viz.—
William Matthews, for burglary ; J. Hughes. W.
Crahree, W. Moors, H. Wylde, T. MoCullock, J.
Brett, and P. Jones, for highway robberies ; aced E.
Lord, for uttering forged notes.
• The foll3wing are the particulars of the shocking
catastrophe, which took place at a Lunatic Asylum,
at Filthead House, near Taunton, on Sunday, the
It inst.. As before stated in the Sraa of Friday :
" • Captain Fleming, a half•pay Officer in the Army, was
placed udder the care of Mr. Gillett, the proprietor of this Asylum,
about five years ago, and remained a patient ender his care about
three years, when he was pronounced sane, and consequeetly
suffered to resume his functions, and at perfect liberty to go
where lie pleased ; however he preferred remaining a lodger at
that place. because be said he received every civiNty and respect
there, and he knew of no place where be could be more happy.--
Mr. Gillett had an Invitation'a short time since to go to linter,
and to take Captain Fleming with him, together with another
Gentleman, also a lodger there. Captain Fleming made some
flCities and declined actonspauying them. and in the interim
wrote a letter to an old brother *Seer, a Captain Miller, late
Paymaster and agent to the Stafford Militia, then residing In
London, es:quoting the favuur of seeing him ; that he bad many
things to conunuelcate to him, particularly of a pecuniary kited,
that he was getting in years, and purposed making his Will, that
he wished him to be present, as he Intended to give him a power
of attorney to transact business for hint. and pressed him to cisme
immediately. In consequence of this. request, Captain Miller
arrived at the Asylum before mesatioord, on Sunday the 12th in-
stant, about noon. We understsud that It was impossible a mere
friendly meeting could apparently have taken place, they dined
together with the lustily, talked over their old campalms (they
were bethadvacced in years, Captain Fleming 74, and Captain
Miller 65.) both appeared.un.comitatudy eheertul. Mr.. Gillett
kriewing twat Fiend' g had written to his friend Miller to come
to hint on business, caused the in to be left alone ; they remained
only a short time, and dies adjourned to if:casting's bed-r00m....
In about ten minutes afterwards, (at about half past two) the
keeper heard a noise which alarmed him, but be thought it plight
I be a patine up stairs, wise is sometimes very high, as he termed .
it ; however he tau up stairs, and when about half way, die.
fleetly, bested the report of a pistol. On entering the room it was
full oh smoke, and the first thing be save, was Captain Miller
lying on the door In the agonies of death; he attempted to lift
him up, bat he instantly expired. A pistol lay within two feet of
him. About Ste or six feet from Miller lay remise, on his
face, and the vital spark had left him also. Another pistol lay
about the same distance front Ida, and a three edged sword on the
bed close by. On a more minute examination, in which Mr.
•ktich, a surgeon, attended, is aereared.that a pistol had been
fired by Fleming, at Miter, who bad bees sitting in a chair at a
table in the act of writing, hash*
.his spectaeles an, and a pea in
hie he 4 that Arming mood lod.bin, as the ball entered a
little below the kit shoulder blade • that tile pistol not having
had the immediate effect Intended, Fleming made use of the
sword, and pierced his friend in the body, as away as seven or
eight tames, and thew, withimatber pistol, Shot kin well through
the bead. Wonderful as this may appear, k is a fact, that .all
this murder and egifnefirder was accomplished within ten mi-
nutes stirs they had left the Bluing.ruont k might naturally be
inquired, bow came these destructive weapons in the room F It
. appears that at the time Captain Rearing waif brought to the
Alaylans, all his ,ranks, km *eta deposited there, and the keys
given to the proprietor. who, on his Altos being pronounced
sum, returned every thing to bias again, without everhavitg ex-
emitted the contests of his dunks, unquestionably, lay
them deadly weapons. lkosing-wrote two letters on Saturday,
the 11th inst.tod left shiners In a drawer in his bed-room, addres-
sed to die key. Mr. Oak, • trilbies Magistrate of the.Asyluni,
'kW**, um machos to provable insanity.
dr. Comes, of Loaspoet, kid Iripsests on %velar day *A-
sulght,loten the Jury Wonted if Yanks of Murder eastust.
ing, sad 'whit own palest that be was insate.".

• IRELAND.

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GARVACH CONSPIRACY—PADDY =MS
FORMATION.
THE RING V. 11CCU NI'CLoSKtv

The Traverscr was inclicted or perjr•ry, fin hal
on the 16th of Februiry, 1817, svoro belcal
Rev. G. Vatigl,an S.lmpson, and for
106 of F, bruary, sworn h.f.:re Analm se
Dungiven, C'q. info:ma:4.ns against John hPC.
and Neal M'Cabe, for several outrages allep,
have been committed by them, in the presence or
wards of one hundred Rthbonmen, by wiirm
were Aided and assisted, ece„

The Traverser ple4dcj Guilty.
Sir JAMES GA LEPAITiIt the Arent for the Crc
said, that several persons •ere taken up on the
informations of the Treverstr, end that, 1111
ligation of the matter, it was found that he (tie
versa.) bad perjured himself, and all the µT.(
custody were discharged.

CUR X

At the County C,.rk As,.ize., tour of the Lps:
two men of the flume DaT;sl, and two ot the,
of Dady, were put to the bar, cli.4rgad with th.
der of John Hoga!ty, on the 25tii el. July 1..,
Ballyvourney, in drat vv.:or. Uo the day l&d
indictment, two desperate hsctions, the Lyre:, •
Twomey s, who had long been opposed to e.ich
met at chapel on Sunday, and after 111.1 Si a furious
test ensued, in which the deceased last his lite, hi,
having been neatly severed from his b.idy by :ten
a scythe, and having been then otherwise desk;
mangled. His bzlonged to the fwoateys
now brought forward this prosecution; and 01:
ther of the deceased having proved the
of one of the pris mfrs. Daniel Lynch (c.:lled for
tinetion Dove,) in the ce•mmissitin of the am
and his evidence being substantiated, t!q, jury
him guilty of murder, and acquitted :ill the ot,
when the former was sentenced to be executed.

HORRIBLE EFFECTS or PASSION.--.'Tuesday
night a labouring man, residing nn Lrrd CA
MAINL'S eftlste, in the neighbourhood of AthLon
some altercation with fiis vri!e, who wis at that
suckling iris own child ; his rage was to sarql
he snatched the infant from its mother's Lreast,
with one e4Ol ag,rnst the %VAIL knocl.ed its
about the floor. Lord CASTLCIAINE, hearing lo
atrocious act, had the perpetrator secured anl
mitted to Mullinger jail.
As the Rev. Mr. INIA:I,,Ncy, parish priest or,
don. was about to return to his holm in that

at eleven o'clock on Monday night last, after di
with some friends, he was unfortunately kalld.
log put one font into the stirrup, and, httere
could get on the saddle, the horse plunged, and
ged him such a cPsranee, that before any azstsi
could be given he had .ost his life.
One of the most destructive fires tecollectt
Dublin for several years, broke out between vigil
nine o'clock on Thursday eveiling, In the stui
Messrs. Geoghegan and Co. di in C.
street. We understand the fire nas ti:st discos
in the stable (having originated, it is supposed, i
negligence of a servant) from avliesice it ..stet,
communicated with the :tares ; and from the
bustible matter they conta.ned, produced, for 4
one of the most awful sc:nes ever witnessed,

testing immediate destruction to the whuie neigh,
hood. The High Sheriffs were early nn the spot,
reodered the most efficient services. The tire
happily got tinder by 11 o'clock.
Tuesday se'nnight, about midaighta the
houses belonging to the farm of Taymounr, the
perty of the Earl of DIINMORIt, were discovered
the fishermen on the Tay, near the spot, to be on
No time was lost in giving the alarm. to the faun
who were all buried in a pmfound sleep ; but
flames had by this time spread their ravages too
teasively to be checked by the few hands %Ito

be collected; and in a short time the w ,ole of the
houses, stables, &c. became a prey to the destrui
element. The dwelling house was saved, and n•
man lives were lost ; but eight horses and an
number of cows perished. This dreadful accident
occasioned by a servant girl having carried, it.
early part of the evening, a lighted candle into one
the cow-houses, a spark from which is supposed
have fallen among some straw, and gradually aco
hag strength, to have set the whole premises on
RoRNICRY AND MUNDIM—On the night of
Monday the house of a farmer, of the name of bleu
near Strearnstown, county of Westmeath, was
tacked by seven ruffians, who tweed the door,
stabbed Slevin and his wife in the most inht
manner. They then proceeded to rob the how
Tntee of these miscreants wore each a piece of I
crape over his face, which led Mrs. Slevin to stn.
she might have some knowledge of them—Under
impression, and while struggling for life, she had
courage to drag off the crape from one of them,
instantly discovered the face of a man well known
her—she did not utter a word that could make
villain think he was discovered ; and after tier
her and her husband in the must biota' manner,
departed. Slevin died the nest m:miing—hope
entertained of the wile's recovery—she was en:
to give such information the next day, that thre/
the gang were apprehended, and committed to

Thursday, at Mitcham, the Rev. C. E:-De Coetlogon, Fiat
Walkinstead, and one of his Maje•ty"s Justices of the Pecce,
the comity ut Surrey, to Md. Wigzell, relict of me late
Thomas Wlgsell, Rector of Hardrua and Stelhag, in Kent.

. DUD.
Wednesday se'rinlght, Pt Carlton, Northamptonshire, Sir
etas John Palmer, Ban. in the list year of his a, e.
Lately, at Stonehowte, in Dent, Yorkshire, at the age or
Mary King, who has fora number of yews been one of the
annuitants at Christ's Hospital. •

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