Star.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

TIIE I .4rt IARL Of iffitl2 Y.

The Will of the late Earl of XEIIIIT was proved in
Doctor's Commons on the 23dinstant, by ELIZA,
wife of the Rev. NorruAilet. Hrsoz, Clerk, the sole
executrix. The property; in the province of Canter•
bury, war: sworu.to be render £lB,OOO. It is dated
lon the 27th of January, 18p3, and commences with
directions for an economical funeral, the Earl desir-
ing to be interred inWestminster Abbey, in the same
cofsn with his late w ife. The Head Verger and hi,
assistants have a legacy of £5O, as a requital for the
.trouble it may occasion them. AU real estates in
England and Ireland, and shares of collieries in the
county of Durham, are given to the Marquis of
LA.xsDosys and his heirs for ever, as are also the
Earl's claims upon the French Government for per-
sonal property, in plate, books, pictures, and furni-
ture, confiscated and sold in Paris. These are stated
to be particularised in a separate document, which is
not, however, among the testamentary papers. The
funded property is made chargeable with a number
of annuities and legacies, chiefly to servants, and the
remainder is given to the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge. The residue is left to his
cousin, Mrs. lIINDE (whose maiden► name was Cn.s-
mEn) There are three codicils, the last of which is
dated on the Gth of September, 1817, and states, that
some years ago the testator recovered an action at
law, with costs and damages, against a Mr. Baxter,
a carpenter, for the non-performance of a contract,
which, however, the testator had voluntarily offered
to mitigate, provided he would, by the payment of
the mitigated situ, render further coercive measures
unnecessary ; that, notwithstanding this lenity, be
was so obstina..e as not to comply. with the offer, and
the sentence of the Court was accordingly enforced ;
but not considering the pursuance of the judgment
to the extremity (however great the provocation) to
be strongly consonant to the mild principles of Chris-
tianity, the Earl bequeaths to the said Mr. Baxter,
and his heiri, or successors, the sum of £7OO sterling.

Mr. A.BuaroN, a Gentleman from Leicestershire,
was yesterday robbed of £l5OO, in Oxford-street,
while listening to some musicians. The pocket and
flap of his coat were cut away by the rogues, who
were genteely dressed in frock coats.
Between eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday
evening, Mr. John Eveleigh, surveyor, residing in
Jackson-place, Long alley, Moorfields, wa4 attacked
by a daring gang of pickpockets, as he was goi:-.3
through the frosts front Charles-street, Hatton-garden,
in Saffron-hill, and his watch taken from his pockets.
Monday last, at midnight, about 20 yards from
the Plough, in the Kent-road, Mr. Ferguson, of East-
place, Stockwell, was attacked by four or Eve men,
who beat him dreadfully, and robbed him of his
• money. Mr. Ferguson was found about an hour
after, senseless and weltering in his blood, by a la-
bouring man, who continued with him until he reco-
vered his senses. The atrocious act was committed
'near a small cottage, the shutters and wall of which
were bespattered with Mr. Ferguson's blood. The
inhabitant of ;he cottage, an elderly female, hearing
a noise, as if the head of some one was forced rio-
lently against the shutters, looked out, and heard'
one of the party say—,, D—n you, we have waited
an hour for you; but we have got you at last." She,
was even afi aid to cpcn her door to assist Mr. F.
when the bir,tle ceased. Mr. Ferguson continues in
a state of great danger.
Yesterday morning two sailors, on board a ship off
the Hermitage, quarrelled about some tobacco, and,
scuffling together, both fell overboard, and were
drowned.

Tue day afternoon an Inquest was held at the Con-
stitution public-house, Lisson-grove, on view•of the
body of a boy named Smith. The deceased, in com-
pany with his sister, was walking by the side of the
Canal in the Regent's Park, whea by accident the
deceased fell in, and, before assistance could be got,
was drowned. Verdict—Accidental Death.—Tho Co-
roner and Jury both noticed the dangerous state of
the banks of the Canal, and regretted that the fre-
quent applications made on the subject had been in
vain.--lesterday an Inquest was held on the body of
T. Hulme, who was drowned while bathing in the
Thames, near the Nine Elms. Verdict—Accidental
Death.—An Inquest was held on the body of J.
Freakly, six years e.l, who was drowned by falling
from a barge near Waterloo-bridge. Verdict—Acci-
dental Death.—An Inquest was held at the White
Lion, at Esher, on the body of J. Dickons, ten years'
of age. The deceased and some other boys went to!
bathe in a pond on Esher Common last Sunday after-
noon. They were s• imming about, when the du.
ceased sunk suddenly, as if seized with the cramp
He rose on the surface several times, but his compa-
nions could hot save him. The body was not found
till the next day. Verdict—Accidental Death.---1
An inquest was held at the White Horse, Orchard-
street, Westminster, on the body of W. Silk, who was
idly or wickedly reported to have died by poison. A
respectable Surgeon examined the contents of the
stomach, and fund nothing but undigested vege-
table and animal food. There was an effusion cn the
lungs, occasioned by inflammation, which caused
death in a natural way. Verdict—Died by the Vi-
sitation of God.

Monday se :might, a slight altercation having
taken place in Hawke street, Clonmell, between two
men, one named Fennessy, a tailor, the other, Whee-
lan, the tailor ran into his house, and bringing cut a
sword, concealed under his coat, proceeded delibe-
rately to the place whereWheelan was standing, and
made a blow at his head, who parried it with a stick,
which Fennessy cut through at the blow ; he re.reat-
ed the stroke, which Wheelan attempted again t.
parry with the piece of the stick remaining in his
hand, but ineffectually. for Fer•.nessy struck his blow
so home, as to cut the hand perfectly off a little above
the wrist ! When the hand flew off, Wheelan ran
after it, took it' up, and catching it by one of the
fingers in his niGuth, grappled and held Fennessy
with his left hand, until he have him into custody.
Ile has been indicted, and will be tried at the Assizes.

Friday last a mc cti r.g took place baween Micistiat
Wm. DAY, Esq. of Dublin, and MICHAEL Oastsz,l,
Esq. of the county Galway, in a field at the rear of
Captain BRYAN MAGUIRE'S house, near Cloutarf;
former attended by T. D. DALY, Esq. of the General
Post-Office, and Surgeon Ru:.•La•,•; the latter by
Captain MActrtitz. AftLr an e,:cLailgy of silots, the
matter was amicably scttlzd by thc intcrpc:itioit of
the seconds.