Star. — 1821-06-20 (London, England)

EDINBURGH, JUNE 15.  David Haawart, on whom sentence of death was pronounced on Monday last, for the murder of the Dumfries under jailor, is said to be about 19 years of age. In his declarations before the Magistrates, by whom his preliminary examination was taken, he descAbed himself to be a native of Edinburgh, and said that he could not write; but refused to answer any other questions that should be put to him. In the coach by which he was conveyed from Dumfries to this city, he was more communicative. At first be broke silence, by endeavouring to insinuate himself into the better graces of a Lady, who indicated an uneasiness at having the prisoner for her fellow-traveller. He positively disclaimed ever having had any intention to murder the turnkey ; and represented his only object to have been to effect his escape. The mild and somewhat polished manners of the youthful culprit were calculated to engage attention ; and, finding his conversation without restraint, he proceeded to disclose the intuitive spring by which his conduct had been actuated from infancy. The study and practice of legerdemain, and the performance of surprising feats, he declared to be his ruling passion, which seemed to have received its momentum by the imitative faculty; he having, when very young, been an ardent admirer of the celebrated He inand Boaz. To demonstrate by examples his proficiency in the occult science, he inquired of the Lady what had become of a beautiful ring which he observed upon her finger when she first entered the coach ? Having thus called the lady's attention to the loss of her trinket, at which she manifested much.concern, he next deprived her of the sympathy of a very polite Gentleman in the coach, whom he reminded of a certain quantity of silver which he had lately received in exchange for a bank-note, and then gave him to understand that the silver was no longer in his possession, which the Gentleman, on examining his pockets, found to be precisely the case. Of course, neither the Lady nor Gentleman could now feel perfectly satisfied with this tact of ingenuity, until their property was restored ; and, to dispel their alarm, the hapless trickster informed the Gentleman in which of his (Haggart's) pockets he would find the money and the Lady's ring, himself not being able to reach them, owing to his arms being so closely pinioned ! It was his dexterity in perferming wonders like these, and the applause he hoped to gain by them, which, he said, pointed out to him the course of life he had followed; it was therelot e, he added, perfectly natural that he should apply his mind to surmounting the restraints of a prison.  A few cart loads of new hay were brought yester• day to the Haymarket for sale, and notwithstanding the late rains, appeared in good condition.  The Report of the Agricultural Committee, for which a large portion of the Public are looking forward with so much anxiety, has not yet come from the Press; but we learn, from good authority, that the recommendations are by no means tavourable to Land-owuers, though advantageous to the Pu'llic at large, being decisively in favour of a free Corn Trade. Coke