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Star. — 1821-05-25 (London, England)

TNSYLVANIA, APR 19. We have reßAceived news from 13uc IL harea up to the  14th of April. A report had been circulated at Bu- pie, this palladium of the poor, as Sir ROBERT Wtt.chare,t, that Gabrova, and Tiranova, two towns in SOW justly terms it, in the least invaded. We are Bulgaria, beyond the Danube, haie resisted, on their ready to allow, that the manner in which this right arms being demanded by the Turks, and had closed their gates. This requires confirmation. But it seems has come to be exercised, is pregnant with abuses; that :he Turks take away by force all their arms, . that, in fact, there is not a greater mass of bad pracboth from the Greeks and Bulgarians. Robbery and. tice existing than the whole system of Poor-rates, plunder has become so general in Wallachia, that as we at prevent find it in operation (bu• t we have even caravans of 30 or 40 waggons together, are at-. a sirong suspicion that it would never have reached tacked and pillaged. Most of the robberies and • . tins climax of corruption had it not been for .4ife exmurders are said to be committed by Theodores people on the other side of the River. Passports cessive intermeddling, age after age, of practising from Theodore, Ypsilanti, and all the Captains, Lawyers with the rights of the Poor, and we are free avail the traveller nothing ; he is plundered notwith- to confess that we have no hopes of seeing anything standing. Bucharest is full of persons who have like the desired remedy coming *from a member of suffered, but their petitions to Theodore and Ypsilanti have not been attended to, though they knew that fraternity, of which we may say, without disreand produced the men who robbed them. Theodore, specs, that it is too much occupied with ascertaining in his passports, expresses himself thus—" To the what is law, to be at all skilled in determining what Brethren of the Assembly of N. N.". • • . ought to be law. Before and the MTetropheodolitan give hiham a certificate of the g yood conduct of himself and his people. On the 13th, Duca the system of Poor Relief be removed ; but let followed Ypsilanti with the tear•guard, in all about not the sacred principle which is at the foundation two or three thousand men. The Greeks said, that of it be violated. If it be, we can anticipate Ypsilanti was going to execute a manoeuvre; but his nothing but ruin to the popular interests in this manceuvre was well understood, he wanted to reach country, caused by the triumph of a joint monopoly the mountains; for to fly so quickly with 3000 men from 700, would be a bad manoeuvre. Up to the of wealth and power over all that constitutes the 14th, at n.:on, no Turks had bein seen at Bucharest. real strength and pride of,an Empire—a numerous, The Provisional Government, consistiiig of the Me- industrious, and thriving population. tropolitan, the Treasurer, &c. prepared for flight; they were afraid of the Turks, because they had per.. sided all these revolutionary proceedings at Bucharest. They endeavour to throw part of the blame on the Russian Consul at Bucharest.
Star. — 1821-09-24 (London, England)

DUBLIN, SEPT. 19.—Armstrong, alias Murray, whose confession of murder has been mentioned before, underwent a private examination beft.re a Magistrate at the Head Police Office. He denied the murder, or any participation in it. He now states, that his real name is Murphy; that he is a native of Tralee ; that in the year 1805 he enlisted in the 4d, or Queen's Own, Regiment of Dragoons, that he remained with them one day, and then deserted; that he afterwards took a bounty from the Marines, and was drafted into the Plymouth division of that corps, in which he served till 1815, when he was discharged ; that in the year 1817, he delivered himself up in_the town of Mill-street, as a deserter, but was considered unfit for service ; that he afterwards was confined ten months in Maryborough jail, for burglary, in which he became acquainted with Ryan, the actual murderer of West, the miller, and who was executed for the crime ; that he was afterwards taken up in Chester as a deserter, and sent off to Demerara, and not liking his situation, he thought the only hope he had of returning to his native country was by trumping up the story which he did ; that Ryan's communication in Maryborough jail assisted him materially in doing this; and that the confessions before Sir 11. Birnie, and afterwards, were merely a continuation of the system of delusion under which he wished the Police Officers to proceed. It is impossible for any one at present to form an opinion respecting this mysterious business. He will take his trial at Maryborough ; but unless something more than his own disavowed confession appear in evidence against him, he must be acquitted. On the 18th of August, two women, named Eliza Moore and Marianne Coyle, both residing at N 0.27, Essex-street, Dublin, the former in the shop, the latter in the cellar, where they retailed oysters, and made out a very respectable livelihood. having a dispute together, arising from jealousy of business, most angry and abusive language was exchanged between them, when Coyle, losing all temper, seized the broken pieces of a plate, which she flung at Moore, but did not hit her ; unfortunately, however, Moore's servant maid was standing about two yards behind her mistress, with her infant child, a fine boy, only seven weeks old, in her arms, and unluckily the infant received twcfctits in the forehead from the pieces of the One, which inflicted a severe wound ; the infant lingered in great agony till Friday se'nnight, when he expired. An Inquest was held on the body on Saturday, by Alderman TYNDALL, Coroner, and a most respectable Jury, who, after a very patient investigation of all the circumstances connected with the un fortunate transaction, returned the following verdict : a That the deceased infant, Henry Moore, came by his death in consequence of a wound on his forehead, inflicted by Marianne Coyle, which was intended for Eliza Moore, mother of the deceased, Henry Moore." Coyle was fully committed by the Coroner to Newgate, to abide her trial at the next CJlliali:.4o/1.
Star. — 1821-09-29 (London, England)

SINGULAR P.lnanxis.--Motrraear., AUGUST, 1 We have learned the following particulars from a Gentleman lately from the Three Riven A young man, living on the opposite bank of the river, affianced to a girl of the same place, went down ,to Quebec; he there became acquainted with another girl, whom be married. After his return, the disappointed one, meeting her successful rival on the beach, and deriving strength from jealousy, seised her, flung her to the earth, and when she opened her mouth, to scream for assistance, crammed it full of sand. The unfortunate being, fearful of being stifled, endeavoured to keep her mouth shut ; but gasping for breath, was obliged to re-open it, and at each attempt to respire, received an additional handful, till she at length fell a victim to the diabolical rage of her enemy. The murderess ism jail at the Three Rivers. Foartnta-Tmatio.--Much attention was last week excited in the town of'Boston, by a remarkable instance of simple credulity and deception. A fortuneteller, who styled herself a wise woman, was for some weeks resident in that town, through which she inseniously caused the following address, in manuscript, to be privately circulated on small pieces of paper : " Ladies, if you wish to know what is past, or what is to come, any questions asked can be resolved by Mrs. Tilford, dealer in Ladies wash-balls, lodged at Mrs. Tomlinson's, Petticoat-lane, Boston." Last Monday evening, a servant-girl called upon Mrs. Tilford, who pervaded her to borrow and bring to her lodgings twenty-four pound notes, on a promise that thl man she would marry should that night appear at her bedside, provided she slept with that sum of money in the inside of her stays.-The girl, who placed the notes on a chest of drawers, kept her eyes fixed upon them, but so far became this dupe of the fortune-teller, that when she unrolled, at seven o'clock the next morning, the piece of brown paper into which she imagined she saw them put one by one, she found nothing in it but another piece of paper, for the notes had remained in the hands of Mrs. Tilford,who decamped from her lodgings during Monday night, and left Boston by the Perseverance coach on Tuesday morning at four o'clock. As the girl, in obedience to the injunction of her deceiver, did not unloose the paper fromphlenertsytanyfstibrenfeoreto elude her pursuers, the uerl?nuanir frustrate the means which were as soon as possible taken for her apprehension. She is a tall middle aged woman, of imposing minuets and genteel address.  BeTornrrs.—These weapons, which have been so successfully used by the English troops against the enemy, were first used in battle by the Irench, in 1693. It is truly said that they invent and we improve, Foovz.—When Captain AYSCOUGH translated Vol.. Tel RE'S SCrifirtiMit, he teazed Poore to write a Prologue, but the wit either could or would not execute the desire, and when hardly pressed, produced the following lines, which he meant as a beginning Our play is neither old nor very new, Voltaire* it was, 'tis now Voltaire's csieto I The last word is, of course, intended as apex upon the name of his impoituuate frieud.
Star. — 1821-03-08 (London, England)

WCILEIL. for Madras and Bengal, to be afloat the 17th Aprll, and to LIB on ha voyage on the 17th May ; Kingston, Captain W. A. Bowss ; Barovsa, Capt. 11. 'lemmasos; and Florentia, Captain S. lisattacrow, for Bengal; to be atom 17th May, and to sail on their voyage Ithit June.  A match was made on the 26th of February, for 100 guloeas a-side. between Mr. Theobald'i Mat.•'-th'-Mint, carrying 6st. 71b. and Mangle Weasel, carrying 6s. over the two-milel Course at Epsom, on the day the Oak Stakes are run for. 'fhe best of three two-mile heats. Five to four on Mangle Wea:eL Wanes AT Dsrerozn.—During this week the inhabitants, of Deptford have been in a very great state of alarm, in consequence of a most diabolical murder which has been committed on the Lower Deptford-road, it is supposed, during the last week, but which had not been discovered until last Sunday morning,when a Gentleman was going along the hank of the canal, near the Commercial Dock, and he discovered the body of a man in the water; he gave information to the toll-taker at the Halfpenny-hatch, and they procured a boat and brought the body on shore. The skull was found cleaved in two, and the, brain protruding, as if from a blow of an axe, or a sabre. The unfortunate man appeared to be about thirty years of age; was dressed in a blue coat, buff-coloured waiacoat, trowsers, and boots; but was without a hat; his pockets were turned inside out, and he wore a bow of white riband on his breast, and bad, in every respect, the appearance of a Gentleman. Batik, the Police-officer, has been sent for, and information has been given to Mr. CASTES, the Coroner, who Was in the country. Frans—About six o'clock on Sunday morning, a eow.lodge, on the King's Lines near Brompton, belonging to Mr. FREELAND, caught fire, and in a very short time was burnt to the ground ; and, distressing to relate, ten cows and three horses were burnt to 4eath—four cows were extricated ftpna the flames, but dreadfully scorched.—Mr. FREELAND was in the lodge, and conjectures that the candle accidentally caught sane loose straw, but so rapid were the lames, that he had not time to save the animals; fortunately the stock and premises were insured. An alarming fire broke out at Mottle), Lodge, near Colnbrook, on Monday evening, the seat of C. HoLLas Moxcx, Esq. which consumed the premises aad a valuable library. It was first discovered at twelve o'clock in the lower rooms, but how it originated is not known. The place was destroyed before assistance could be procured. A youth of the name of Greenshade had his thigh broken in escaping from the upper story to a contiguous  Mearaottotrott-srarzr.—A case of a new completion came on to be beard at this Office yesterday, by an information laid by stocu,ALl, of Patt-Mall, against Mr. Srenatxti, a respectable stationer and newspaper-vender in Whitcomb-street, for refusing to sign a receipt for £l4 and upwards, and paying sixpence for the said receipt, as required by the sSth of George 11 f. The defendant was fined MO, sad Is. cosi:46lokb be inatuediarly paid .1 ..  i'iii.i.
Star. — 1821-12-26 (London, England)

CAVAN, DECEMBER 21.  We regret to state that a very tragical occurrence took place on Wednesday last, at a place coiled Lur. gan, between Virginia and Ballyjamesduff, about two miles from the latter. A revenue officer, with a party of the military (we heard the Royal Meath Staff), proceeded from Virginia in pursuit of a private still, against which information had been sworn, and when they arrived at Lurgan, they saw a man named. Lynchy, making off with the still ; he was pursued, overtaken, and the still taken from him by one of the soldiers, who had occasion to lay it down on the road ; while stooping, Lynchy seized the opportunity, snatched the musket, presented at him, filed, and shot him dyad, and then fled with,the musket ; another of the party levelled his piece at the murderer, and with a well-directed aim also shot him dead.--+ There was no riot, .no tutnultuous assemblage, nor no appearance of opposition to the military. It appears to have been the rash and infatuated act of an individual possessing a violent and sanguinary disposition, or under the influence of uncontrouled passion. —Clare Journal.  The Hon. Captain GORDON proceeds in a few days to India, to join the Bombay Native Infantry. Such is the abundance of money, that in Glasgow, at present, it is next to impossible to get money invested on satisfactory security, either heritable or personal, at 5 per cent. Several thousand pounds have been lately lent on personal bonds, bearing only interest at 4 per cent. and there is still much in the market, at the same rate. The 17th inst. the sloop Speculation, of Rye, was seised in the Swale, and carried to Rochester, under charge of the Revenue Officers. It appears this vessel was working her way up to Otterham Quay, when she was boarded by a Preventive boat, the Officer of which, upon boarding the sloop, found SOO casks of contraband spirits, and 20 bales of tobacco, concealed beneath about 30 chaldron of coals. The barometer, for the last five or six days, has been singularly agitated by the tempestuous state of the weather. During the hurricane of Thursday night, the mercury sunk to 28 inches 5-10ths; and such was the elasticity of the atmosphere, that ere noon of the following day it rose to 29 inches 5-10ths. Since then it hasbeen again deprOssed, and onSunday morning had sunk so extremely low as 28 inches 2-10th,, the point nearly indicative of a' Stormy."— At the corresponding periods of the last three years, the mercury was as singularly high, having in the last week of December reacheJ 30 inches 7-10ths, and in, one instance 30 inches 8-lOths; so that the difference between the present and former periods is 2 inches 6-10th,. Cons E' cease, blaux-talre, Dec. 26.—We bad scarcely any business doing at our Market this morning, having bad no fresh arrivals since Monday ; and prices of an Grain may be considered the same as on tbat day, for all tbe consumers ki4 of purchasing until the arrival of the expected &et from tl►e Norfolk and Suffolk coasts, which will be very cOnsidotablhe when the wind changes.  .  • 111  11  14  1
Star. — 1821-01-10 (London, England)

THEATRES.  DRURY-LANE.—Monday evening a new Tragedy, called Montalto, was acted. The leading passion is jealousy ; a dangerous foundation for a Play in the country which has produced STIAKSVEARE, and is familiar with his Othello. The scene is laid in Italy, where Montalto (Mr. WALLACK), a Prince and a warrior, returns after a long absence to his home, Verona. A suspicion of the infidelity of his wife had been previously awakened in his mind, and the artifices of Michael (Mr. COOPER) and Laura (Mrs. EGERTON) are employed to confirm them. The latter is the chief agent in the plot against Montalto's peace, but the motives by which she is instigated are Lot sufficiently manifest. Some rather obscure hints to her own claims to the Principality, and a disappointed passion, are the grounds of her hatred.— Michael is envious, and ambitious to boot ; their schemes, however, are impeded by the hesitation of Duras= (Mr. BOOTH), her husband, whose conscientious scruples are perpetually checking their impetuosity, and interrupting the progress of the drama. Montalto's jealousy advances. He discovers that a rival warrior, then encamped in the neighbourhood, with hostile designs against his state, was formerly an admirer of his wife, Julia (Mrs. Wm); and the frequent interchange of letters between the conspirators in his castle and the enemy, confirm his suspicions of the existence of a criminal attachment.— He resolves to murder his wife, but is unable to execute the deed. In the meantime the castle is surprised, Durazzo joins the enemy and falls, his wife dies of grief, Montalto is mortally wounded in the engagement, and, after cursing Julia, under an impression of her guilt, discovers her innocence, blesses her, and expires. The catastrophe was affecting, and the Author is much indebted to the several Performers, whose talents were exerted to the utmost. On the falling of the curtain there was a short contest, but the approbation considerably preponderated, and it is probable that the length of the Piece was the chief source of whatever. dissatisfaction was manifested; a judicious curtailment will reconcile the discontented, and prepare the way for a successful run. The House was well attended. The Tragedy was repeated last night, and with much more success than it had on the former evening, in consequence of some considerable curtailments which it has undergone. Its announcement for Thursday night was not attended by a single mark of disapprobation. CovxwT-GAItDEN.—The first performance of the new Tragedy of Mirandaa attracted to this Theatre, last night, one of the most numerous and brilliant audiences of this season. The very high reputation vhich the author has already gained by his dramatic scenes, and his poem of Alarcian Colonna, has excited an unusual interest amongst those• who are conversant with the poetry of the closet and the Stage : and the presence of a -literary spirit was manifested - in the quickness and discrimination with which poetic beauties were felt, and applause bestowed. The following are the dramatis permute, and a sketch of the fable:  Mr. Ms,csisa.rty. Mr. C. Kamm & - Mr. &
Star. — 1821-05-30 (London, England)

HATTON-G A Rastc,—Yesterday, Thomas Carter, a journeyman shoemaker, who lodged at a house in Leather-lane, was brought up for final examination, charged with firing a pistol, loaded with powder and leaden slugs, at James Beeson, of 18, Cross-street, Hatton-garden, with intent to murder him, or do him L some grievous bodily harm. The following is the F substance of the evidence :  James Beeson sworn.—l live at No. 18, Cross-street, Hattongarden, and am a boot and shoemaker ; the prisoner had worked for me about twelve months since ; when he left me, I was in his debt about 21. 17$. 6d. About one 'o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th of this month, the prisoner came to my house ; be was let in by • Elizabeth White, my servant ; I was in the parlour nursing a child ; she came and told me there was a man in the passage who wanted me • I came into the passage with the child in my arms, and met ;he prisoner, who told me to give the child to the girl, as he wanted to speak to me ; I did so, and he said go into the yard ; I proceeded along the passage towards the yard, and the prisoner close behind me; as I entered the yard I heard the report of a pistol, and felt myself struck with the shot on the shoulder, and one fell out of my sleeve; on looking round I saw the prisoner throw away the pistol, and stand with his back against the wall in the passage. I asked hini what it was he bad done? Ile answered, " You may take up the pistol and shoot me." I believe the pistol now produced to be the same. [lsere the pistol, or rather blunderbuss, was produced, it was about ten inches long, a thick brass barrel, having a muzzle as wide as a wine glass.] James Jones sworn.—l lodge in complainant's house; I was in my apartment, at the time stated, when I was alarmed at the report of a pistol; I ran down stairs and found the prisoner standing in the passage, and a pistol lying on the floor about three feet from him ; hesaid," You know why I did it."  Edward Read sworn.—He is an officer belonging to this Office ; being sent for, he accompanied the last witness, and found the prisoner standing in the passage ; he saw the complainant wounded in the face, and the marks of the shot in the shoulder of his coat; witness took the prisoner into the parlour and searched him. Witness asked the prisoner why he did it? he answered, " Because Beeson was a rogue, and he deserved it." Witness asked him if he did not expect to be taken? he said, u he thought nothing about it, for he had cheated him out of his money." The pistol then produced was that be received from the last witness.  Doctor Skinner, who attended'the complainant, was not examined. The complainant gave his evi• dence with a greafdeal of reluctance. The parties were bound over to prosecute, and the prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial.  The throats of two valuable draught horses, belonging to Mr. W. HART, of South Frodingham, Yorkshire, were cut during the last week, whilst out at grass.  COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 14 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 11 Rotterdam... l2 15 2U. Antwerp, ex-mo. 12 10 Hantbnrgh 3B 7 21U. Alton 3B t '2}U. Paris, Sday's sight 25 80 U. Ditto 06 15 2U.