Star. — 1824-07-29 (London, England)

PUBLIC SALES. MR. FA RICBROTHER. Freehold and Copyhold.—An Estate situated in the Parishes of Merstad and Old Akaford, near Alton, Hampshire, comprising farwhesse, detached buildings, stabling, cottages, and varicose dams. castalidni 547 a. 2a. 4r. Freehold ; also 52*. sa. 2Sr. etc Wield oldie now of Old Alresford, subject to an annual quit rent of lb. sd. and 89*. Si. 17r. held by copy of Court Roll et the Manor of Ropley, for the lives of three Gentlemen, aged 61, 56, and 24, at the yearly rent of £t. 7s. or two quarters of oats--in the whole 470*. 6r. of arable land; land-tax £7.195. I Id. the, whole, with the exception of 25 acres, in hand, let en lease for If years from Michaelmas last, to Mr. William Carpenter, at ' annum ; timber to be taken at a vatuatinn.--flold for 6b90 Tan:worth Lodge, Mitcham Common, Surrey? cOreptiiing' dosses centalaing eleven rooms, domestic and detached dB tenet , and ilialse-hoeses, farm-yard and buddies ; prdens and in the whole 146. 146 sot. of which the hones end seven aeries,lE copyhold at the Manor of Mitchun, subject to a ti rent and costassary • fine--the remainder freehold; timber to Plum at a valesticm—f9oo pine's. Frinbeids.—Nos. 47, 48, and 49, Salhbury-street, Bermondsey; each mataining four rooms and yard, of the annual Value of £2l each—i97o each. Sunday afternoon, as Colonel DUNCANNOI4 was riding a fine spirited horse, on the sands at Ramsgate, the arm' mid suddenly took fright, and, resisting all controul of the rider, violently plunged into the sea. Both horde` and rider were soon afloat, and as the horse continued to swim from the shore, the Colonel disengaged himsdlf from the animal. In this situation, the Colonel, undei great disadvantages, swam towards the shore, which he reached quite exhausted. Two Ladies who were walking, and saw the accident, fainted away ; and the* greatest anxiety was evinced for the gallant Officer's safety. The horse swam ashore, and was not stopped till it reached Broadstairs. At the late Leicester Sessions, Dr. John Kitson and Mrs. Jane Kitson, his wife, the former calling himself " the seventh son of the late Dr. Kitson, Practitioner in Physic," and the latter professing to have been born deaf and dumb, but who at length bas been fortunate enough to recover both faculties, were placed at the bar. John Martin examined—Keeps the Jolly Bacchus public-house, remembers the Gentleman and Lady" at the bar calling upon him on the 2d of June, wishing to have some liquor; while sitting in the house, Mrs. Martin, who was indisposed, arrested the attention of the a hmtleman," who said his wife would give him some stuff to make her well ; witness bargained for some of the stuff, for which he paid 2s. Sd. one half the sum first asked. A poor man who was present also bought a bottle for half-a-crown. Several witnesses proved that the Doctor and his Lady were impostors. They had circulated hand-bills, setting forth that they could cure all sorts of diseases. ThiSlconosa, after admonishing them upon their disgraceful course of life, adjudged them rogues and vagabonds, within the' Statute, and sentenced the Doctor to six months, and the Doctress to four months hard labour in the House of Correction. Tara LINCoLNSEHRE Marmon.—'The murderer of Mr. Wm. Berridge, who was found shot dead near Wrawley, as mentioned in our Paper of Tuesday last, is said to be discovered. Early on the morning of the 23d, a person observed a youth named Wetherell, a chimneysweep, digging in his father's garden, not apparently having any useful object in view, and being a suspected character, he mentioned the circumstance to a Gentleman of Brigg, who caused the place to be searched.— After they had dug some time, a large horse-pistol was found, busing marks of having been recently fired. Wetherill was not in the house during the search, but was apprehended soon after in a hay-field adjoining the town. 'He was interrogated, but was sullen. When the pistol arts shewn to him, he betrayed considerable agitation. He was then put in custody of two constables. He is about 19 years of age,-rather•law. alt atatiire Iris ' countenance is somewhat ferociens. His meaner mince his apprehension has been tonsiderahly airantedluaitli ft is said he has disclosed the particulars of tite'dreailful act to his attendants.