Star. — 1818-04-02 (London, England)

MURDERS AT GREENWICH.  Hussey, the person accused of the murders of Mr. BIRD and his Servant at Greenwich, has at length been taken into custody. He was apprehended yesterday morning at Headington, about two miles from Oxford ; and will arrive in Town this aftern3on by the Oxford Coach, at the White Horse, Fetter-lane. He was in Oxford on Saturday, and by writing and directing a letter to a person in Greenwich, and afterwards skulking in the neighbourhood of Oxford, excited the suspicion which, happily for society, has terminated in his being taken into custody.  Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave, previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz. Captains T. W. Luch, of the Orwell; J. Stewart, of the Lady Melville ; J. Dalrymple, of the Cabalva; J. B. Sotheby, of the Scaleby Cattle; and IL. Templer, of the Perseverance—for Chi diva. On the Ilth of March the ship Adventure, Capt. lavitic, bound from London to Hamburgh, strarded off Fanoe. The cargo is estimated to be worth a ton of gold (100,000 dollars). - -  Saturday evening Sir T:IOMAS and Lady BELL entertained a select party to dinner, amongst whom were General Sir F. WILDER, y.P. Lady and Miss WILDER, Sit It. STEELE, the late LORD MAYOR, Mr. Sheriff ALDERSON, &c. In the evening her Ladyship had a Quadrille Ball. The assembly was composed of elegant company. Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in a farm at Kirktown of Banchory, which destroyed a barn and cow-house, with some stacks of oats and beer. TWQ oaks, one of which measured fifteen tons fourteen feet, and the other twelve tons one foot, were blown down in the park of the Marquis of BATH, at Longleat. It appears from an exact census, that the population of the department of Charente has increased by 10,000 within the last twelve years. The surface of a certain track of ground in the department of the Meurthe lately sank down. A similar phenomenon, and no less afflicting, has just taken place near Vic, in the department of Cantal: thirteen houses have already disappeare.l. Others are threatened with the same fate. The road to St. Flour, from Aurillac, is in equal danger. The surface, in many places, is already considerably depressed—so far even as two feet. Such occurrences were more rare whilst the land was more wooded.  A disastrous event has plunged into the greatest affliction the inhabitants of the commune of Villiersle-bel, four leagues from Paris. On Wednesday last, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, preparations were making to take down from the parish belfrey a bell weighing 5000 pounds, for the purpose of re-casting it, because it was cracked. More than forty persons had gone up into the belfrey to see the operation. The cordage having taken fire from too great friction, broke ; upon which the unsupported mass made a large opening in the belfrey, and came down with a tremendous crash. Nineteen persons were dragged along in its fall, of whom sixteen were wounded and three killed. The lives of many of the wounded are in danger. The commune is greatly', indebted to the Curate, who had the foresight to send away a great number of the inhabitants and other spectators from the church. One woman only who remained there was grievously wounded. The carpenter who directed the business saw his own son perish among the victims. The zeal of the inhabitants and gensdarmerie in affording succour cannot be too highly praised.—French Paper. Monday night some villains broke into the dwelling-heuse of Mr. CHARLES PAGE, at Crouchend.— They entered at the dairy window, which they forced open with a post they pulled up in the lawn. From the dairy they entered the larder, which they robbed of a round of beef, a harn, a quantity of flour, four teen pounds of plums, an equal quantity of currants, fifteen pounds of sugar, and a quantity of tea. They also entered the kitchen, whence they carried away four pair of shoes, a pair of boots, and a tablecloth ; the cook's drawer, containing a large quantity of plate, which they left untouched, being alarmed, it is supposed, from hearing some noise made by the coachman, who slept in an adjoining room, as they left a candle lighted in a lantern, and the kitchen clock packed up, ready to be taken away.