Star. — 1813-08-20 (London, England)

UNION HALL.—Yesterday Arm Smith, 70 years of age, was charged by. Mr. Parber, a pawnbroker, with having stolen six cotton gowns, and'several other articles, his property. It appeared that the prisoner had been a frequenter of Mr. Barber's shop, and went there on Monday lag to pledge something, but had not lett it many minutes before he missed a cotton gown ; and from something in the cooduct of the prisoner, his suspicion rested on her: On ,Wednesday she came again to pledge something more, and as soon as she was gone another gown disappeared ; Mr. Barber then followed her, and found it in her possession. He, therefore, detained her, and sent for an officer, who, on searching her, found a number of duplicates of articles pledged at different pawnbrokers in her possession, amongst them were the six gowns above mentioned. On further investigation, it appeared that she, for some time past, carried on most successfully, the plan of robbing one pawnbroker to pledge with another. In defence She said, the fault lay with the pawnbrokers themselves, who, by exposing their articles at the doors of their shops in a careless manner, tempted persons to become thieva. She was fully committed tor trial. LIMERICK A SSl7M—These Assizes terminated on the 12th inst. Among the prisoners capitally convicted, was Patrick Welan, charged with maiming Timothy Leary with a scythe, with intent to murder him. On being brought up for sentence, Judge DAY thus addressed him :-44 Prisoner at the bar ! you have been found guilty of an inhuman and savage crime,.of deliberately and maliciously maiming with a scythe one Timothy Leary, with intent to murder him ; a crime winch forfeits your life to the vongeance of the law, giving you very justly full credit • for the murder which you intended. This crime so barbarous in its nature, stands greatly aggrava;ed by the deep and Icl-Ig-harboured malignity which engendered it ; foi, the provocation was, that Leary, several years ago, had assisted in bringing you to justice for levying contributions on the peasantry for support of the insurgents and rebels of that day. For that offence you were brought to trial and acquitted ; but instead of devoting your future life in gratitude to a long suffering GOD for your unexpected escape to repentance and atonement, you became more hardened and daring from impunity ; and those ma. lignant and vindictive passions which time assuages in human breasts, in yours became only the more inflamed and the fiercer for delay. You and your brother-in-law way-laid the man, armed with scythes, a mortal and murderous weapon, which bespoke the bloody purpose for which you came ; you sprang upon bins with the ferocity of tygers, and, white defending his head, you cut awry, and, in two sweeps, mowed down, all the fingers of his right hand. His bat w•a> cut in several place', so that it was by dm special interference of Prtovi ozNer. that his bead was not swept away, and his life preserved to bring so hardened and persevering an offender to justice. His inoffensive sister, too, came in forher share of youriAn. tality ; for, in her virtuous struggles to protect her brother, you released your self from her grasp by the sunim :ry process of snapping and fracturing one of her tingets. Prepare yourself, therefore, enfortunate man,'lor a speedy and infamous death. Do not flatter yourself with any hope of mitigation. Your fate is inevitable. The lawless and turbulent gate of the country (where scythes and fire-arms have superceded the old Irish cudgel) as well as the enormity of your crime, call aloud for severe examples.. Resign yourself for the few short days you have yet to live to (Lep contrition ; and may tne Goo of mercy forgive you all your sins." His Lordship then sentenced him to beitanged, at Drtimculougher, on Saturday, Sep' tember 4.--Daniel Litment, convicted sheep-stealbig, having made his escape, on his way from the Court-house back to the jail, Judge DAY fined the 'Sheriff £lOO.  • therta At Inverness, ea the eth inbtants Mrs. Captain Campbell, 714 Highland light infantry, of a a an: Moodily ta.t, at Danbury, the Lady Of Captain Sayan, a tbe asd Regimeetwof a amt.