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Star. — 1827-07-14 (London, England)

THE MURDERER. fortable. In the watchhouse he strewed great aistress" This man, when brought up with the other prisoners. during the night, and kept calling on his " Dear Nance,"l to plead, exhibited no alteration in his appearance since his wife's name. 1 he last stood at the bar, accused of the most strange The case for the prosecution being closed, the priand unnatural murder of his helpless infant. He seemed saner read a written defence, in which he stated, that if perfectly self-collected, and conversed with his fellow- he had any one fault, it was his too great fondness for. prisoners with the greatest apparent unconcern. H's his wife; during sixteen years that they had beets mar-. countenance indicated no mental suffering since his for- ried,. he bad never spent but one evening out of her mer trial. While every person in Court seemed to feel company; he then referred to the evidence that there an instinctive horror at his appearance, be himself ad- was no external marks of the murder, and if be had vanced to the bar without the slightest trepidation. been a murderer, he would have left his home instead Mr. Justice &mamma having taken his seat, Sheen's of going to a presets and telling him the whole of the name was called, and the indictlnent read to the Jury. circumstances. As, however, the unfortunate accident The following counts were contained in the indictment: had happened, he should not ask his acquittal on his Mr murdering • male bastard child, describing it baptised own account; he should now be for ever miserable, but " Charles William ;" for murdering a male child, baptised" Charles he would ask it for his three helpless cl .ldof tr ten, whom William;' for the murder of a male child, called and known by the name of ..Charles WHllam;" for the murder of a male bastard he now should be the only protector. He therefore child. called and known by the name of " Charles William:" for. trusted, that if they bad a doubt, they would give-hint the murder of a male child, called and known by the name of the benefit of it. " William;" for the murder of a male child, called and known by During the theunfortunate '. trial, the name ofil Billy;' for the murder of a oak bastard child called :did known by the name of .. Billy; for the murdei of a male wiped the tears from his face, and in many parts of it eiard, called and known as" William Sheen:" for the murder of a seemed most deeply affected. He was ft equently obliged male child, whose name is unknown. to pause for ;ODIC jeconds before he could speak or Alter the indictment had been read, the prisoner en- officals. hibited more anxiety, and, when called upon to plead; The Learned Judge summed up, and the Jury. after he banded in a written plea, and his firmness seemed to a few minutes' hesita ion, found him—Not Guilty of part from him with the paper, on which his life was to Murder, but Guilty of Manslaughter. depend. He requested to have it read; but the Learned
Star. — 1827-04-24 (London, England)

VAUGHAN—After a patient attention te, the investigation of this eitrordinary case, it becomes my duty to sum up the evidence, and-snake such ob. 'serrations as have occurred to me upon it. It is diffi cu:t to conceive a more important prosecution. You have been truly told that it is an issue of life and death,_{ for the offence charge.' is capital, and if the prisoners) are convicted, the law must take its coarse. The prii'e loners are charged under the Act, u uslly culled Lold rEllenborough's Act, for maliciously shooting, with intent'to murder, maim, or do some grievous bodily harm' to Thomas Mills; and the statute enacts, that the' offenders, their counsellors, eiders, and abettor', are felons without benefit of clergy. Therefore, in point of law, the firing by one is the firing of both, if both are present, aiding and assisting. -The question, therefor% for your coosideration is, whether you arc satisfied that the prisoners, or either of them. did shoot at Thomas Mills maliciously? You will weigh most attentively the evidence of that person: He comes blare you um der most suspicious* circumstances. Time Is a .nost material thing for you to wend to,*because the diffei rence of hilf as hour makes the whole difference. U you are of opinion that the gun was fired at S ,rah Mills, the case does not come with this indictment; and hs this view the situation of the persons in the room ale laded to is most material. About the identity of the prisoners, you wilt watch the evidence with the strictest attention. It depends entirely upon the credibility of Mills. He gives the•only evidence of identity, and St is unquestionably a man t f very bad character. The defence is subject to a nice inquiry as to time. There is no doubt that Mark Di er did go down i:ito the pit that night; but the question is, the exact time when be did go down. It is singUlar that Mrs. Holbrook shout. have marked the time of John Dyer's coming in and going out, and still more singular that she never in-, quit mg or heard the time when the gun was fired nu*: she came hither. Her daughter has not come; mast not press this too strongly, for we all knoll* the difficulties in labial poor prisoners are placed. I am bound to say, that if you convict, the law must take its course. The Jury requested that the witness Thomas Mills might be recalled ; and thee asked him whether the smoke of gun had any effect upon the light, so as to impede Lis rerun ? Mills—No, my Lord, I could see their faces quite plain. The Jury retired for about an hear and a half, and then returned with a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners, but recommended them to mercy. Mr. LuoLow—My Lord, allow me to say, that perh ups the offen fed ;aws will be well satisfied by sending ele e men out of the country. Mr. Baron
Star. — 1812-07-22 (London, England)

CORN-MARKET, MARK LANE, JULY a.  This day the Market has not many fresh arriwis of Wheat, hat the quantities on hand fully adequate to •tie ti mood ; sales again heavy, at somewhat Ina in price; Rye is lower ; in Barley and Malt but little fluctuation ; Beans of each sort.. likewise ; White Peas hardly at last prices • very few Grey; New Rape deed comes to hand, much expected; and considerably lower ; the trade for Oats is named rather dearer; and no alteiation in prices of Flour. .cvaastrr spies as UNTILIt Wheat, 764. 118 s. 1346. Beans 70s. 77A. Fine ditto, 1404. 1465. Tick ditto, 68x.755, Rye, 78s. 80. Oats, 511. 54..565. Barley, 554. eee.o4. Poland ditto, 57a. 60s. Mali, 87s. 955. Potatae ditto, 61s. 625, White Peas (hoilers)764llo Rape Seed £57. fllO. Grey ditto:' 725. 765. • Floe Flour, 115•41110s0.-11econds, 110 s. to 11 Se. Should the weather eeethere favourable, the Fastness, in the great Corn District, betvieeo Maidtebead and Newbury, hope to begin reaping Wbeat, at the latest on Monday, August 3. The Poratoe Crepe* most abu...dart:. Contracts live been made is Stafford tome, *du to 181 per bushel.  SECONI) EDITIng.  DRE4DFUL MURDER at BARNES, 8r 1 RR,Er,  We have this day to record another of those arm cious outrages against human nature which hue ft„ cently stained the annals of this country. The Cn and Countess D'ANTRAIGUIta, two foreigners of Xis, tinction and great notoriety in the fashionabk world, were last night savagely butchered by their own act. vant ; who afterwards eluded the just vengeance of the law by putting an end to his own wretched tence !  It is a slight, and indeed but a sorry consolation to learn, that the Monster who perpetrated this series r foul crimes, was an Italian Servant, who had bee long in the employment of the Count and COneleit From the particulars which have transpired, it stow appear that the villain watched an opportunity, when the Countess was in a room by herself, and rewind upon her with a pistol, which he presented, inn it missed fire. He then drew a poignard, and plunged it to the hilt in her back, as she was struggling) escape from his deadly grasp.  Her dying screams brought the Count D'Ay. TRAIGVEY into the apartment, where helvecidhir Lady extended lifeless on her face at the fat chix assassin. The brutal savage then made at his awe. and with one thrust of his poignard bereaved kislei life also !  But a few seconds intervened when the serrantsia the other parts of the house were alarmed with the report of a pistol, and upon entering the apartmext the dreadful spectacle presented itself of three liftint bodies drenched in blood, extended upon the ficat,.. The assassin was found with his brains blown and the pistol was still in his hand. Such are the particulars of this dreadful 'Lk a they have reached our ears. We• believe the Cent D'ANTAAIGUES once held the situation of Atoka dor to this Court from a foreign Sovereign. Held his Lady were excellent private characters. Webot heard of no CAW* for the perperatiou of their bawl murders.
Star. — 1812-05-22 (London, England)

CANNING. It is f 4 great impottance that the public should be accurately iiih•rmed of the motives and views v.l ich actuate those who seek the direction of our national afla'rs ; nor can Wit CATICOIVe that any species of documents can ever he brotisbt before them so well calculated to give them correct ideas of the characters of public men and of mataree of that system which, according to the success or defeat of the contending candidates, will be atfopted for the rule of the country.  To many good and loyal subjects it Will certainly be a matter of sincere rest et to find that the system of Catholic exclusion, and we may add of religious intolerance, to which the dissenters haste been so long exposed, has been avowed as the leading basis of the new Admipistration. 'We did hope that the geaeral voice of the majority of the nation, which has been so unequivocally expressed that it cannot he mistaken, would have experienced so much respect from Statesmen as to snake them palm at least before so bold an avowal--an avowal calculated to alarm and to irritate every man of liberal principles. Indeed, we would be but little surprised, after such an avowal—after such numerous petitions from the Dissenters and others on Lord SIDMOUTH'S attempt to muzzle them—after so many petitions in favour of Catholic and general religious emancipatip—we would not, we say, be much surprised even to see thousands of Petitions coming in from every quarter of the country, praying the PRINCE RICORNT to dismiss from his Councils all tht se who would perpetuate distention and division among the people—thereby parylizing the exertions of the Nation, in its efforts to thwart and defeat the machinations of the common enemy. Should it even be a fact, and we are not going to dispute it, that the chief person in the State entertains scruples averse to general religious liberty, we njoice that we have such high authority as the Marquis WE -Lest-EY as to what ought to be the conduct of even the KiNtes Ministers.  " My opinion (Ibys the Marquis) has always-been " that the duty ef loyalty and affection towards a " British Sow' eign does not consist in submissive obe" dience even to the honest prejudices or errors of the " Royal mind, but rather in respectful endeavours to " remove those prejudices and errors, by free advice " in Council and by temperate remonstrance in Par" liament."  We do not throw out these thoughts from hostility of mind to the individuals who have been selected to carry on the business of the nation,, but from a sin. cere conviction that men pursuing a system restiie. tive of the tights of conscience, however conscientiously, cannot but produce, by their conduct, discran. tents of the most intal character. Honesty of inchtion is no justification of principles productive of evil —otherwise the crimes of every fanatic wad bigot would be justifiable. Can we have a stronger proof of the danger of ad. milting a doctrine contrary to that for which we are contending, than in the nkelancholy instance of the murder of Mr.
Star. — 1812-09-10 (London, England)

RIOTS AT BALTIMORE.  TRACT (VA LETTER FROM It ALTNORE, DATED JULY 28 I have to record the most painful occurrence that took place here last night, and tile final-ruin of 'our once prosperous city. Yesterday the Federal Rod* lican newspaper resumed its former circulatiou,and last evening a lawless mob made an attempt on the house in Charles-street, (from whence it was saved about nine in the evening) by breaking the windows and forcing the doors. The house was fortified and manned with the Editor, Mr. Hanson; and thirty re, solute volunteers, commanded by General Lee, of Virginia. Remon.svance Was used until they actually were in the act of entering the house, when the defenders of the property fired blank cartridges, which did not deter the mob. At last it was found expedient to fire with ball at those in the act of entering, when three were killed dead on the spot, and several wounded. 0, This deterred them for the moment, until they J' .Could rally, when they returned with double vigour, but were repulsed, from _the determined resolution of 'those within, and I may safely say hundreds of lives were saved by:the interposition of their Noble Commander, General Lee, who would not suffer a shot to be fired, nor a bayonet to be used, except against those in the act of entering. so well was this little band orga— nized, .as I am credibly informed, that 1009 men 'enuld not have dislodged.them from the house with*oat -cannon, and this the mob was sensible of, which induced them to break open Captain Harris's gtinhouse, and they brought twoZelii-pieces, 4-ponaders, to bear on the house ; but, in the hurry, they, backnet= tiler pOwder nor shot; at this time it wasebo4 oue o!clock this morning, =din the intervals lota they were plundering foeuninuntuon, a few'of oar respec:. table citizens belonging to some voltinieer troops of horse treed to endeavour to put a stop 16 -hedger blood being shed. ' the ,s They. rode between . mob, sword baa d, and demanded order ; it • this time, near 3 o'clock,' the Cannon were loaded, but the militaiiiii‘reasing  so fast, Without the order of the Mayor or any supe. I nor officer, but by the impulse of good citizens, his this valiant little baud been saved from lawless murderers. General Lee, and his volunteers, gave them- i selves up to the military, and were conducted to jail surrounded by the military and the mob at 9 &Clock this morning, and with great difficulty were the mob restrained from having venrance on these defenders of freedom—since they surrendered, the house has been left to the mob 14. plunder, which they are now deitolishing as fast as pos,ible, acid as soon as they have done there, they threaten the gaol, as they are determined to have satisfaction. Many of our respectable citizens are leaving town, and no doubt this place will be given up to the mob._ Wagner was at Georgetown. •  46 The mail is about to close—the mob is very nu• merous and active at this moment—the Mayor will do nothing—the Military acted without command br officers—the LORD have mercy upon us.—lt is impose sible to say how many are killed and wounded."  "
Star. — 1812-04-17 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY OFFENCE.  Bow•STßEET.—Wednesday evening a very extraordinary investigation took place hef"re Mr, NARES, the Sitting Kagistrate. It appeared that on the same Evening as Croker,. belonging to the (Nice, was panlog along the Hampstead-road, he observed, a shot t distance before him, two men on a wall, and directly after he observed the tallest of them, a stout man about six feet high, hangii,g by his neck from a lamp, post attached to the wall; being that instant tied up and turned off deliberately by the short man. This very unexpected and extraordinary sight astonished and alarmed the Officer. He made up to the spot with all possible speed, and just before. he arrived there, the tall man fa' to the ground with the hand-' kerchief by which he had been suspended. Croker produced his staff, said he was an officer, and demanded to know of the other man the cause of such extraordinary conduct ? in the mean time the man who had been hanged recovered from the effects of his suspension, got up, and, on finding Croker interfering, save him a violent blow on his nose, .which nearly knocked him backwards. The short man was then endeavouring to make off; however, the officer procured assistance, and both the men were secured and brought to the above Office, when the account the fellows gave of themselves was that they worked together on canals. They had been in company together on the Wednesday afternoon ; had tossed up with halfpence for money, and afterwards for their clothes —the tall man, who was hanged, won the other's jacket, trowsers, and shoes. They then, in the most wanton and brutal manner, tossed up who should hang the other; the short one won that toss, and they got upon the wall, the one to submit, and the other to carry their savage purpose into execution on the lamp iron. They both agreed in this statement ; the tall one, who had been hanged, said, if he had won the toss he would have hanged the other. He said he then felt the effects of the experiment on his neck, in consequence of the time he was hanging, and that his eyes were so much swelled that he saw doable.  Mr. NARES and Mr. BIRNIE, the Magistrates, both expressed their horror anddisgust at such conduct and lanfuage, and ordered the man who bad been hanged to find bail for the violent and unjustifiable absault on the Officer, and the short one for hanging the other. Neither of them being provided with bail, they were committed to Bridewell for trial.  Mr. laviso, who fought and was wounded in a duel on Bagshot-heath a few dap, since, with a person unknown, died on Saturday last, a ball having been extracted froln the lower part of the chest.—A Jury sat on the body, and delivered a verdict of Murder agaitist some person or persons unknown. A duel was to have taken place yesterday at Wimbledon Common, between two Gentlemen, one of %% horn is as Artillery Officer. Information of the intended meeting was given to the Police, and whilst in the act of taking paces, they were apprehended, and held in sureties to keep the peace.  Tuesday afternoon, two women fell overboard, from the
Star. — 1818-01-17 (London, England)

PAIITICOI.ARI. liar circumstances. elt was, however, for the Jury possible. The Yesterday Theodore O'Callaghan Ti, --emu Joseph to say, whether, in the present unhappy and deplo- Murder, or m Phelan, and William Newbolt, were put to the bar, relate nese, there were sufficient appearances to take lead them to di ti accused of the wilful murder of Lieutenant Edmund away from it the sting of malice ? It was his public The Learned '' ' .k , Bail y, by shafting the said Edmund Bailey with a M duty, however painful it might be to his own feelings, sire address r ..; pistol, or other deadly weapon, in a duel on onday to state to them, as far as he knew from his various twelve, and tl last, the 12th instant. They severally pleaded Not readings, what the law of the country was, as re- verdict. While ~ . " Court '' . low Guilty. The body of the and the galleries gardedduels. It was particularly important he should in the box, and were crowded to excess, in consequence of the great do so n, as, from the crowded state of the Court, In fourteen mu : li, interest excited by the trial. he sincerely hoped the law on that subject might be guilty of—Mai At ten o'clock Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Justice promulgated. Happy for society, happy for ineivi- The punishn , Assort took their seats on the Bench. duals, would it be, that those persons, who thus fine and impris Mr. Justice Nein—Gentlemen of the Jury, I un- voluntarily exposed themselves to danger, would re- The verdict ,I e , derssand there is no Counsel engaged for the prose- fleet but for a single moment, not only on the awful Court, which s '.`• cution, and therefore it will be absolutely necessary jeopardy in which they placed themselves, but on the During the t e for me to read over the depositions that I may be painful duties which they thereby rendered it neces- larly melanchc prepared to conduct the case. They have only this sary for others to execute. They would probably unfortunate ere moment been put into my hands, but I shall not de- feel more advantage from such a short but serious men. On hen lay you long by reading them over. reflection than tongue could describe. In cases of bowing to the I S . . The following evidence was then adduced : duel, there was no necessity for malice, as in other The pistols u . , , :e , William Adams, residing at Little Chalk Farm, in cases of murder ; for, if in them a deliberate inten- the first manu the parish of Hampstead, gave evidence of the same lion was shewn of doing bodily harm, under the Sheriff, as a d( e , . facts as before derailed in our report of the Coro- pretence of vindicating injured honour, and if death The followin • ~1 ner's Inquest. should ensue, the law held that to be malice ; and William Whi Cross-examined b y Mr.
Star. — 1818-03-31 (London, England)

ITS MOTHER. Frances Ciruke was iadicterfor the murder of her child, George Lakeman Clarke, by adniiiiisteiii7 to it, by the instigation of the devil, a portion of oil of vitriol, from the effects of which it died. The child was three weeks and one day old. • William Vesey, a labourer, residing at Buckfastleigh.—l know the prisoner at the bar ; she lodged at my house on the 24th of October ; she was delivered of a boy three weeks before; his name was George Lakeman Clarke ; his mother said he was called George Lakeman, and Clarke came of course. She slept in the room within that in which I slept: on the 24th of October I saw the prisoner bring the child into her own room ; she left it there and went down stairs ; on her return she had an apron on her arm ; she went into her room, and in half a minute I heard the child strangling, the same as if it was choking. Prisoner called out that the child was dying : I asked her what was the matter? She replied, the child was dying, and went down stairs in a great hurry, squeezing, the child up in her arms. Susannah Vesey, wife to the last witness.—l saw' the prisoner ou the 24th of October .with the child in her arms. At two o'clock in the afternoon she was sitting by the fire; I desired her to carry her child, up stairs and lay it on the bed, because she had it the whole forenoon asleep on her lap ; she ran up s.:airs with it; I went into the garden, where I stayed t-eo minutes, and on my return she was down stairs with the. child is her arms. The child was in a very dreadful way. She said the child was dy :lig. I said, how could it be dying, when it was very well when I parted from her;" I desired her to let me have the child. She would not, and she went up stairs; I followed her up stairs, but she was not in the same room as at first. She came down stairs, and I took the child from her and carried it to the window. I saw its month open, and the stuff that was given to the child was boiling in its mouth ; I mean by stuff, it of vitriol. The child was shrieking and crying. I sent after the doctor. I said to the prisoner, " What lave you done this for?" The answer she gave me was, that "it was her mother's fault." I observed there was something on the child's whittle, and thought it was blood, but it was not ; I rubbed my finger to it, and put it to my tongue, and found it was oil of vitriol. I asked what she had done to the child ? I said she had given it oil of vit• ion, and I did not know where she could have got it, for we have no such thing in our house. She made no reply. I stopped her, and said, " You hussey, you have murdered your baby, and I'll have you took up immediately." She did not answer. On the 28th of October I found a bottle in the fire: there was oil of vitriol in it. The bottle was broke in taking it out of the fire, and vitriol was spilt upon a stick. The child died on the 25th, the day after the stuff was given to it. The child was, before this, as well as it was possible to be. Cross-examined by Mr. D,