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Star. — 1823-07-21 (London, England)

LOOKING-GLASSES AT REDUCED PRICES.—The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully informed they may be supplied with the best. Cast Plate Glass, of the largest dimensions, at Geo. COOPER and Co's Plate Glass Warehouse (established fifty yeisrs), 36, Piccadilly, opposite St. James's Church. A large assort. ment of Chimney, Pier, Console, and Dressing Glasses on view. Plate Glass for sashes, carriages, conservatories, libraries, book-cases, lamps, &c. comparatively cheaper than Crown Glass. The Glass at this Warehouse is allowed to be of the finest colour and brilliancy, far exceeding the French manufacture, and considerably cheaper. Glasses conveyed to any part of the kingdom, on spring machines, without the expense of packing-cases. Maar-La-Boma Orescs—Saturday. a case of very general importance to P,arishes was decided, before E. Oaurryrn Fag. the presiding Magistrate at this Office, relative to the levying of a new rate of sixpence in the pound, in addition to a former rate of four-pence in the pound, in the parish of Paddington, for the alleged repair of the. highways. This demand was very generally resisted on the part of the parishioners, on the ground that it was not wanting, end they pronounced it to be most unjust.— Mr. Thatcher, the Parish Surveyor, stated, that latterly yery considerable alas had been taken to improve.the highway &c. and to render them passable, and in fact so much so, as mate, deny to benefit the parishioners themselves. Mr. Durb, a parishioner, contended the rate was quite unnecessary, as for a long term of years the other rate of four-pence was considered per. fectly adequate to the expenditure of keeping up the highways This new levy would fall exceedingly heavy upon the parishioners, who were already too heavily burthened. Other parishioners, in similar terms, contended that the levy was unnecessary, 4ted was a measure calculated to drive all but the opulent from the garish. • The Magistrate was of *pinta) that the Parish were justified in the lioe of proceeding they had adopted,tlt= consequently confirmed the rate. ALLman Mumma or Mas. Cauxemmarris.—Umorr Hatt-Rock was iiigain brought up on Saturday, 'turd an the former witnesses were. hi attendance. The only additional witness ex,. amined was Mary Towers,who stated, that: she was at work in a garden nest to sock's master's,,en Wednesday last, between , eleven and twelve o'clodt. She addressed Rock, and asked him bow did be evict to get over the business, meaning the accts tion of having murdered Mrs. Chamberlayne. Rock. replied,' " There is nothing to fear who is there to harm me?" Some further conversation ma the abject took place, in which Rock told her that he had lifted Mrs. Chamberlayne from the floor and placed her in the chair, before he bad mentioned any thing of the state in which she was to anybodP. Rock positively denied this part of the Witnera's statement. The Magistrate, after some deliberation, conmAtted Rock for, trial at the ensuing Assizes, which commence at Croydowthis day ; and all the witnesses who had been examined were bound over to prosecute.
Star. — 1829-10-09 (London, England)

SERTORIUS ? P.S. The lowest dejection still pervades both at Court and among the usurper's ministerial agents, while the military precautions continue unabated. Strong hopes are entertained that a French army will come to the aid of despotism here as it did in Spain. At all events, it is well known that PEREIRA, the emissary, who sailed by the last packet, was to proceed to Paris with a formal demand to the above effect, as the only means of preventing the anticipated burst of public feeling. The account given in my letter of the 17th, relative to the pregnant robberies and murders of the capital, will have prepared you for the shocking event which has just occurred to Mr. MAcKEAN, our very estimable English resident of Buenos Ayres, and of which you shall have the particulars by next packet. The schooner Vine, of Hull, concerning', whose detention I have already spoken, has just been condemned by the tribunal without the least form, or even taking the trouble of examining the depositions of the Master and crew. Yen kriow that the vessel was laden with Manchester Goods, all of which were taken out at St. Michael's, and are doubtless, ere this, sold by the agents of the Usurper.—But his friends in England will still vociferate " we are strictly neutral, and afford no support to Don Mit: U E L." I forgot to inform you of one positive fact, that when the Usurper heard that Donna MARIA was about to return to the Brazils, peremptory orders were given to the Commanders of the few ships he has remaining to sink the vessel in which le.rM AJ EAT Y should be found!  The New Police are to have oil-skin covers to their hats, with their numbers painted upon them, a In 11iiiitairs. There was no night watch in London till after 1189; it was nut regularly e-tablished till 12.13. It appears that at such period London was so subject to riots and disorders that Henry then commanded watches to be kept in the cities and borough towns for the preservation of the peace ; the King at the same time ordaining that " if any man chanced to be robbed, or by any means damnified, by any thee& or robber, he to whom the charge of keeping that county, &c. where the robbery was done, should competently restore the lour." That period was the origin of the "nightly watch," which, instead of bring renovated, is now to give way before the 4 march of intellect." It is said that there was a heavy fall of snow on the Bth of October. 10 or 12 years ago, which was followed by a mild winter. Persons whose out-door occupations give them the means of judging, declare that the weather was at no time so piercingly cold during the whole of last winter as it was yesterday morning. As early as September 2, 1816, there was a considerable fall of snow in the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, by which much damage was done to the gardens in particular. The fall of snow in and about London on Wednesday last, which at many places continued for two hours, was followed yesterday with excessive cold winds and some very cold rain in the afternoon. They were particularly felt in the northern suburbs of the metropolis.
Star. — 1829-09-16 (London, England)

POLIGNAC. There is just now such a queer and suspicious resemblance between the state of the public press in the two kingdoms, that an allusion made to the one, may—unfortunately—by no very strained inference, 1* brought to bear upon the other: for though the jotirnals in this country have not yet been seized, it is said to have beer► a matter of deliberation in high places, whether the placards announcing the Ministerial prosecatioas, on which we have already commented, should not be forcibly torn down by the police? The Times not yet opened his mouth on the subject of these drn:onstrations of the Noble Duke : he is, we believe, the only Journal—except one, from whose lips political purity is never expected—who has abetted the portentous proceeding.  •  Letters of the 221 ultimo from St. Michael's, unanimously concur in reporting the miserable state of Don MIG UEL'S armament, after the victory gained by Count VILLA FLOR, and his brave companions. The loss is stated to exceed 2,000 men. One of the frigates was towed to Fayal, completely disabled, and the 74, Don John the Sixth, arrived at St. Michael's greatly damaged in her hull and rigging. The bitterest accusations and recriminations have taken place between the two naval commanders, PREOO and ROSA, and Colonel LENIOS, who commanded the land forces. Two guerrilla chiefs, Moxiz BARRET() and Lutz DE MEIRELLES, Mho had left Terceira, and had passed to St. Michael's, are accused by the Officers of having given untrue information concerning the state of the inhabitants in the former island. A report was prevalent in St. Michael's that Colonel LEMoS, and Lutz DE MEIRELLES were in arrest 011 board the Admiral's ship, to be conveyed to Lisbon ; and that they were accused by the naval commander as the cause of the misdirection given to the operations of the expedition. Symptoms of disaffection on the part of the remaining troops have already been discovered, and that an insurrection, if it take place, will be as general in the laud forces, as in the fleet, is the fear of Admiral PanGo, whose authority has not been able to silence the rumours and remarks which his Officers have permitted themselves on  aecount of their unfortunate expedition. ROSA had promised so many wonders to Don 51 to um., besides having threatened the Volunteers to take them by their ears to the murderers of Oporto, that he finds himself with no other resource, than that of accusing Admiral PREGO and Colonel LEMos. The general opinion of the officers was, that nothing ought to have been undertaken against Terceira without a force of twelve thousand strong ; acknowledging that Conde DE VILLA FLOM'S Government had gained the confidence of the inhabitants, who, instead of rising against the garrison of Terceira, have furnished recruits and horses for mounting the troops of cavalry, which the Commander of the expedition would not believe were ready to fight them. Eight French Jesuits, lately arrived in Lisbon, have taken possession of the direction of the College of Nobles, by order of Don
Star. — 1829-11-26 (London, England)

HOOP. -has thus constrained COWLEY to pay, to the ' memory of a man whom ho execrated, is too familiar to Eitglish readers, to require transcription in this place; hut the faithfel picture which COWLEY actually drew of the Tyrant, is bat little known. Some of the feetures—aed those nut the least appalling—have been so horrilsly, so seikingly, resuscitated in the bloodstained Usurper of Portusral, that be seems to have chosen Citootw Ei. L o 3 the loodel on his guilty greatness. —Cow LEY , in first addreseing the spectre, says, " Such a Protector we have had, as we would have been glad to !Iwo changed for an enemy ; and rather receive a csustent Turk, than this every mouth's apostate ; such a n e eceecto as man is to his flocks, which he shears t • and sells, or devours himself; and I would fain know what the wolf whom he protects them from, could do more ? • • There would be no end to instance in the particulars of all his wickedness ; but to sum up a part of it briefly, what can be more extraordinerily wicked than for a person, such. 33 yourself qualifie him rightly, to endeavour not only to exalt himself above, but to trample upon, all his equals and bette:s ? to pretend freedom for all men, and under the help of that pretence to make all men his servants? • • to set up councils of rapine, and court:; of murder ? to fight against the king under a commission for him ? to d: we, him into his net with protestations and vows of fidelity, and when he had caught him in it to betray him with as little shame as conscience or humanity, in the open face of the whole world! • • * to fight against Monarchy when he declared for it, and declare against it, when he contrived for it in his own person ? • • •to break his faith with all enemies, and with all friends equally? and to make no lees use of the most solemn perjuries, than the looser sort of people do of customary oaths ? to usurp three kingdoms without any shadow of the least pretensions, and to govern them as unjustly as he got theni ? to set himself up as an idol, and make the very streets, like the valley of Hinnom, by burning the bowels of men as a sacrifice to his Moleck.ship ? • * • I call him (said I) a Tyrant, who either intrudes himself into the government of his fellow citizens, without any legal authority over them, or who, having a just title to the government of a people, abuses it to the destruction' or tormenting of them. So that all Tyrants are at the same time usurpers, either of the whole, or at least a part of that power which they assume to themselves, and no less are they to be accounted rebels, since no man can usurp authority over others but by rebelling against them who bad it befole, or at least against those laws which were his superiors ; and in all these senses no history can afford us a more evident example of tyranny, or more out of all possibility of excuse or palliation, than that of the person whom you are pleased to defend, whether we consider his reiterated rebellions against all his superiors, or his usurpation of the Supremo power to himself, or his tyranny in the exercise of it."
Star. — 1829-07-06 (London, England)

ENDI• COTT. of the ship Suffolk, on his last outward-bound passage, had discovered a dangerous ridge of breakers. bearing S 43 deg. E. per compass, from Lady Donkin's monument (a Melt stands over the town of Port St. Elizabeth in Algoa Bay, South Coast of Africa) distant about seven or eight leagues. ' It lies directly in the way of all homeward-bound Indiamen making the land thereabouts ; and its existence cannot therefore to soon be made public. Of the recent avocations of his MAJESTY the Brother of the Sun we have some really curious details. la the Pekin Gazette there is published a new law for the current year, setting forth that " hereafter, where in any case three or four or more persons are murdered, if it appear on the trial that the family have no heir left, then the son or sons of the muedeier, who may not have mined at manhood, shall he presented to the keepers of the Harem, and be emasculated; and a report made to the EMPEROR requesting to know his will and pleasure on the subject. Let the criminal board enter this among the supplementary laws, and act agreeably thereto. Respect this." Tie autumnal death-warrants signed, or rather marked off, by his Imperial MAJESTY, amounted to seven hundred and eighty-nine! There were exclusive of iminereus executions by authority of the local Governments—which, in every province, have the power of life and death. The EMPEROR first took the provinces in the south-west corner of his vast dominions—namely, Yunan, kweiochan, and Kwangse, and marked off ninety to be executed in forty days. Next day, for the singe province of Szechnen, one hundred and eleven persons; and in Canton and Fokein there were one hundred and nineteen criminals, at whom ninety-five were sentenced to death. In this way, during the remaining days of this dreadful visitation, his MAJESTY marked off, with red ink, at the rate of ninety or a hundred per day ! Five persons were tr ied before the EMPEROR himself, and were condemned.— The crime of many of these unfortunate delinquents was " inordinate curiosity !" Jupiter's address to Juno is net inapplicable to these proceedings of his MAJESTY : " As for you, Juno, curb your prying temper, or " We'll make you, to your cost, know we're your Emperor." Among the on dits of these Papers we find an account of a Bud's Priest being publicly exposed in the streets of Canton, wearine the wooden collar round his neck, and a pair cf small footed woman's shoes nailed to it, to denote the character of his crime and the breach of his vows. This exhibition seems to have excited a due portion of ridicule and amusement at the expanse of the amorous worshipper of the Sun and Moan.— the SAf• dinian Nobleman, Count VIDUA, had just arrived from Manilla. In the course of his travels he is said to be visiting China " in pursuit of scientific knowledge."— (Small pox appears to have prevailed to an alarming extent; and many Europeans had been attacked with the loathsome disease.
Star. — 1805-09-25 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY MURDER.—On Monday night lei Mr. Ifasc Blight, a molt refpeaable and opulent merchant, was murdered while he was fitting in his chair in his own houfe, at Greenland Dock, near Deptford. Mr. Blight's houfe is the firft below Greenland Dock, and fronts the river Thames : the back part is furrounded by a prong paling. On Thurlday night lalt (at which time Mr. Blight, with his Lady, were at Margate), a friend of theirs, a Mr. Scripps, was fitting alone in a front parlour in Mr. Blight's houfe; about half ;salt eight o'clock he was alarmed by a piflol or gun, loaded with ball; being fired through the window: the ball lodged in a part of the room not far from where he fat ; every fearch was immediately made, but no perfon that could be fufpeded was to be found. The next day (Friday) Mr. Scripps wrote to Mr. Blight, to inform him of the circumttance, when the latter it:dandy tame to town ; but neither he nor Mr. Scripps could attach fulpicion upon any one. On Monday night, there Gentlemen were fitting together in a back parlour in Mr. B.'s houfe; and about the fame hour (half pall eight o'clock), Mr. S. having occafion to go out for a few minutes, took a candle, anti left his friend alone. He had not been gone more than two or three minutes, when he heard the report of a gun ; on which he immediately returned, and found Mr. B. lying (hot through the body ; the ball had entered a little below his ribs, palled through his back, and lodged in the wainfcoting behind where he fat. The only perfon in the houfe when the murder was committed, was a female fervant, who alto heard the report of the piece, but was in a kitchen at tome diftance; neither Mr. Scripps, the fervant, nor thole who were called in, could find any traces whatever of the murderer; he got clear off; neither gun nor piltol was left behind, our any thing that could tend in the lealt to difcnver him. _ _  The unfortunate Gentleman was infiantly put to bed, and the Alliance of a lurgeon immediately procured, who foon pronounced the wound to be mortal. Mr. BliAht, during the night and yefierday morn. ing, was futficiently collated to be able to anfwer every queaion relative to the horrid trsnfaftion. The whole account, however, that he could give, was cxtremely fhort ; he Rated, that after Mrs Scripps left him, he fat alone, and neither heard nor aulpated any one; at lali, however, he faw the door of the room open fiowly (but this did not alarm him), and almoft at the fame inltant be was lhot he neither faw nor heard the perfon who fired at him. The above particulars Mr. Blight repe.sed teveral times before he died; and declared that he was not confeious of having an eney in the world. He expivtfl at three (o'clock yegi.day at crayon.
Star. — 1817-09-17 (London, England)

MURDNIL AND RODIERY.4II the middle of lust December, a respectable farmer named Holtman, whose age on the day of his death was 90, was mutderedin hi s own house, within three miles of Usbridge, and his bureau robbed of .1610 which he had lately received as a quarterly dividend at the Bank. Suspicion at the time attached to his grandson, a person of the name of Bond, who, report said, had been apprehensive tha: the will of his grandfather, which was in his favour, might be altered by him.-He was examined at the time, but discharged. It was a singular fact, that the old inan's will was afterwards found open. Upon being read, the inheritance was found to devolve upon his grandson, who was put in possession immediately after his discharge.r. Bond returned to the house, buried his grandfather, and lived in the same solitary place. Months rolled on, and still no tidings of the murderer. The agitation of Uxbridge began to subside, when a few days ago it 'was revived with the greatest violence. A Ceeutleuisn seneto the Bank two notes, one for 420 and another for 410. The Bank were not idle upon heal:ag of the murder. The numbers of the notes which were paid to Mr. Howard when he went to receive his dividend had been taken, and the necessary order for stopping them issued. Those very nines for £2O and for £lO were the notes which had been taken out of Mr. Howard's bureau. The Directors of the Bank, with all that alacrity so laudable upon she occasion, traced the notes through about thirty hands, and at last cone within three miles of Uxbridge, and found them in the hands of Bond. The 'grandson was immediately conveyed to town. By the advice of au experienced Barrister, the bill for the robbery sass on Monday presented to the Grand' Jury at Clerkenwell. After the examination of 3.5 witnesses, it was found a true bill. Consumes Inusers..--Yesterday an Inquest was held at the siga of the Queen's Head, in Red Lion Passage, Holborn, on the undyof Mr. C. Ku by, late a Clerk in the house of Sir Charles hice.—Charles Rayon, Esq. of Woburn-place, stated, that on Sunday night, as he was passing thtuugh Red Lion•passage, he observed the deceased fall to the ground in a state of insensibility. He gave several convulsive groans, when a watchman came tip, and witness had him taken to the Queen's Head chop-house, and sent for Mr. Morgan, a surgeon, who attempted to bleed him, but without effect, and pronounced him dead. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of Giro. Yesterday an Inquest &as held at Shadwell Workhouse, on the body of G. lUnd, aged 70.—P. Bateman, a surgeon, deposed, that on Friday afternoon, he was passing along High-street, Shadwell, when lie saw the deceased sitting at the door of Mr. Thompson, ; linen-draper, appiiiently in a fit. Witnes: recommended him to be taken to the workhouse;  but he died as he was carrying there. Verdict— Died by the Visitation et
Star. — 1813-08-05 (London, England)

BANKRUPT PETITION.—EXPARTE MEACHER IN THE MATTER OF MEACHER. The Meachers, father and eldest son, had become bankrupts. Previous to the bankruptcy, the family, it appeared, had been possessed of considerable property. The eldest son was to have about £30,000 on his coming of age. The Earl of Bridgewater had purchased part of the family property, and the father, it appeared, had, in respect of this, or some other Saturday se'nnight, Daniel Kiri, a prisoner con- transaction, £5910 in his hands, which property befined in the gaol of Armagh, attempted to murder longed to the son. 'When the son came of age, the the deputy gaoler, by stabbing him with a knife.— father urged him to make some provision for his b This wretch seems to be equal to the most atroccousrother and sisters, and to allow him (the father) to retain the sum of 5e5910, as trustee for the younger crimes: he several times invited his intended victim into the yard, under pretence of communicating somechildren. The sum, however, which the father wished to have for this purpose, was £6OOO, being se`2ooo thing serious to him, with the intention (as is supposed), of putting his scheme in practice, when the for each of the younger children. It was alledged on the part of the Lacher, that the son had agreed to door would be opened, by which means he hoped to escape, by getting into his possession the key of the allow this sum :the father, as the Chancellor observ. outward-door. From his suspicious conduct, and a ed, probably using an argument very common on madness he feigned fbr the purpose of eluding imthese occasions, viz. that if the brother and sisters pending justice, it was thought necessary to handcuff had been in his situation, they would do as much for him ; when doing so, he suddenly snatched the him. The father, having become bankrupt, proved tinder his own commission for the sum of £6OOO in weapon from his breast and stabbed him twice, aimhis character of trustee for the younger children.— ing for the throat, but it happily struck the jawbone. The son having become bankrupt, his assignees very Fortunately the weapon had been broke in the point, else it would inevitably have glided off the bone, and properly, as the Chancellor stated, in a transaction of this unusual nature, chose to have the matter inprobably killed him. Of ten who were present, all v fled but one, who, possessing more courage than the vestigated as a claim of the estate of the son upon rest, knocked the miscreant down with a blow of his that of the father for the amount of the debt alledged t fist, but ere he could wrest the weapon from him,o be due from the father to the son. A Petition was presented to the Chancellor two years ago upon he also received two wounds in his left arm ; however, there is no danger apprehended f r their lives. this ground, and the question was, whether the son .had or had not really agreed to make this allowance