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Star. — 1813-06-03 (London, England)

ANGER. STEIN, jun. in the presence of Mr. Bowie, whether he bad any concern in this horrid murder ? he looked directly in the facia of the inquirer, whom he seemed to know per fitly, by moving his head slightly as if denying all knowledge of it. He appeared calm and composed during the whole period that he was sensible; but there was a fixedness and determination in his countenance, from which it may not unfairly be inferred, that he would, if possible, re eat his attempt at suicide. Very strict precautions, however, are very properly observed to prevent such a result. He lies down enveloped in a strait-waistcoat, his arms being likewise held by two pers.ils, one on each side of him : his head also is kept in a steady posture, to prevent any motion which he might make to open or increase the wound. An officer ,if Baw_s reef and servants are always in the rico) to watch him. Nr. BONAR was there dining the whole of tIL: night. As he had stated that he was a Catholic, a respectable Gentleman, a Priest of that per,uasion, was stilt for, who was at the house yesterday. afternoon :—hut Nicholson had made no declaration to him, and he had not been put upon his confession. He states that his parents were Irish, his father a Protestant, his mother a Catholic : he pretends to be in doubt as to the place of his birth, but says that i.e has lived chiefly in Ireland, where he was br,aii.,,ht up, acid where his friends live. His.aceent, according to the ' statarnent of the Gentlemen of the family, and of the domestics, is decidedly Irish. He is a man alsont the middle height, not bulky, but well fixed and muscular. His countenance bears in it a decided resolute character, but its features are neither unfavourable nos- unpleasing. His age is 9.9 years. We apprehend, that one passage in the evidence be;fore the Inquest is not stated quite so clearly, as it ap. peated in delivery. It referi to the remarkable fact, that each pair of shoes, those found on Monday mot-fling; by Lavender, by the bed-side of Nicholson, and also the pair discovered in the closet by Foy on Toes' day, were all of them bloody. It appears, that before Nicholson quitted the Poultry Comptzr, he asked Ward, the keeper, to get something to drink. lVard said " not then ;" and added, " I shah see you to-morrow." To this Nicholson replied, " 1 don't know that; for, by that time, per! hap s, I shall have a :mar in me." When Nicholson lived with the City Remembrancer, previous to his residing with Mr. lioNAit, he never sliewed any syrup' toms of insanity, a:though he was always a wild highspirited man.  The Nobility and Gentry are solicited to iiitspect Mr. ALLEN'S new and splendid Wholesale Furniture Warehouse in Pall-Mall, where they may be supplied with any quantity of his new Des;gtis, iu tea-coloured and other Chintz's, so generally admired for furniture. Mt. Fleurr Ferzearrucx was on Saturday, in the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment in Newgate, and a fine of 4200 for a libel on the Duke of R icirstoten. 01.0
Star. — 1821-09-26 (London, England)

BONAPARTE.  The following notice of the death. of BONAPARTE occurs in the additional volume which has just appeared, of the ingenious M. DUPIN's 44 Voyages darts la Grand Bretagne." It is in the author's usual style— sententious and eloquent ; and, making a little allowance for national feeling, points at some strong truths :  " At the moment when the last pages of this work are passing through the press, the telegraphic signals are announcing to the European Continent, that the Chief of the ei-devme Empire has ceased to be a prisoner—they proclaim his death! Happy those writers, who, forced by their subject to speak of his labours, or of his actions, have never forgot the respect due to misfortune, and have never insulted the captivity of the warrior who so often conducted a great people to victory ! Borne aloft like some national trophy upon the bucklers of the soldiery ; crowned in the midst of triumph ; saluted Elder Son of the Church and Restorer of the Faiti.r; made the Anointed of the Loan by the Pontiff of Pontiffs: at last, having acquired Kings• for his subalterns, Emperors for his courtiers; having seen his friendship supplicated by the Caesars as is blessing from the Gals ! t intoxicated with adulation, raised to too great a height of prosperity, he felL On a sudden, those sceptres, which until now lay subject at his feet, fell heavy upon his head. From the sacred pulpiti, which had resounded with the most servile tributes to his fame, nothing now was heard but abuse and malediction. All his flatterers, all the corrupters of his fortune, dishonoured the elo. quence of their first praises by the ignominy of their last out. rages. They reproached him with a life which they bad adored, and were indignant that he did not abridge it by the crime of suicide ! But he dies, and their joy is smothered to give place to the hypocrisy of grief; last refinement of a polished age ! Such are, however, the least of the lessons which the fall of a conqueror presents to the prosperity of kings. The man, so famous fur his achievements, so brilliant in conception, so great by his battles; he who thought, witff monuments of glory and of conquest, to recompense us for our ravished liberties; he who wished to reduce to slavery the blacks of a French colony, saw himself delivered to slavery by the Potentates whom he had reckoned among his tributaries ; and. after six years of captivity, he expires on the rock of proscription, between the Continent which produces slaves and the Colonies which devour them. Such is the result of that science y power preached for twenty years' past by so many apostles, with so much insolence. It strikes dead the genius itself which invented it—and such a genius !"  • " Ut haberet instruments virtutis et reges."—Tacit. t " L'amitie d'un grand homme est un bienfait des Dieux.“—
Star. — 1821-05-04 (London, England)

BRUSSELS, APRIL 29.  It is stated that his Grace the Duke of Wellington is expected very shortly at Belgium. He is said to •be entrusted with a very important mission to the Government of the Netherlands, and that he will likewise visit the fortresses of the kingdom.  We learn that the French Police has sent to all the Northern frontiers of the kingdom, the description of several Piedmontese, with orders to arrest them wherever they may be found. The Swiss Journals say, that traces of a plot have been discovered at the same time in the Isle of Elba, at Florence, and at Leghorn ; but the arrest of several persons has disconcerted the plan. One of the, conspirators, who was going from Leghorn, on learning the arrest of his accomplices, killed himself, by throwing himself from the fourth story. A journal, speaking of various arrests that have taken place at Florence, relates with the same circumstances the suicide of a person of distinction, which would lead to a belief that the same person is Meant. The statement is as follows:  " Though the Duke of Tuscany is beloved as well for his popularity as for the mildness of his government, yet symptoms of discontent have shewn themselves here, caused partly by the fear lest Austria should extend its arbitrary power over all Italy, partly by a desire to see the public welfare confirmed by Constitutional guarantees. The result has been the arrest of some persons of inferior note, and of several subaltern Officers. The latter have been dismissed from their regiments, and obliged to quit the territory Of the Grand Duke. As for the others, they have been imprisoned, and Count 13aldini, who was of the number, has killed himself t,y leaping from the window of his prison. A Priest has also been arrested Oil man of great merit, who always drew a numerous auditory when he preached at the Church  of the Holy Cross.• But every idea of a conspiracy in a country like this is an absurdity r
Star. — 1821-06-01 (London, England)

LISBON, MAY 19.  The debates in the Cortes have been on subjects of mere local interest. One of the most important Projects still before them, and which they discuss Article by Article, is the Law relative to the Liberty of the Press. A very warm debate arose on the 11th Article, which runs thus : * Whoever abuses the Liberty of the Press, in any of the cues mentioned in the preceding Articles (viz. lit, directly inciting the People to rebellion; 2d, combating the Constitutional System; 3d, insulting or abusing the National Congress, or the Head of the Executive Power), shall be condemned to hard public labour, for a period not less than six months, nor more than five years, and to a fine of from 60 to 600 milrees."  Some of the Members thought the punishment, in some of the cases, out of all proportion with the crime; that to excite people to rebellion, by writing or putting himself at the head of the people—that to condemn a writer to five years hard labour, was a barbarous punishment; that it was far more severe on a man of letters, not being fitted by his habits to anything of the kind, than on a person in a different situation; and that it might, in some instances, lead to suicide.  After much discussion in their successive Sittings, it was decided that the penalty should be deprivation of offices and dignity, five years' imprisonment, andi 600 milrees fine, as the maximum for the crime of exciting the people, by inflammatory writings, to rebellion. The penalty to be attached to the two other cases is to be fixed at a future Sitting.  A question of an interesting nature is now agitating in Madrid, of the nature and progress of which but little has hitherto transpired. It is a negotiation between Spain and those colonies which still acknowledge her supremacy, for a better form of government than they have hitherto enjoyed. We subjoin an extract from a letter received from Madrid on this subject, written by one of the Deputies to the Spanish Cortes from Mexico, and which contains the most correct as well as the most recent information that has been hitherto received of the progress made in the negotiation :  ie
Star. — 1818-09-18 (London, England)

HALL—Mr. lt. Parry, of Liverpool, applied to the Sitting Magistrate for assistance, under the following circumstances : A young man, named John Roberts, a relation of the applicant, had been for a considerable time a Clerk in the Ordnance Office at the Tower. About three months ago he obtained leave of absence for two months. The period had expired, and he had not returned .to the. Office. This being known to his friends, occasioned the most alarming anxiety. Mr. P. on his arrival in London, applied at the house where the young man lodged, which was kept by a Mrs. Baker, her son, and two daughters. He was there informed that Mr. Roberts disappeared about a fortnight ago, and had not since been heard of. One of tilt young women stated, that she saw him go down Kennington-lane. They admitted that Mr. R. had left his box and clothes at his apartment, but refused to allow Mr. Parry to see them. They said it was their intention to advertise the property, Mr. P. could not obtain a sight of Mrs. Baker, the mistress of the house. It was stated, that she left her house about a fortnight ago. Mrs. B.'s son said, he had frequently head Mr. It. talk of destroying himself. The object of the application was to obtain the trunks and papers of the young man, which might contain some document to sliew whether he had entertained the intention of committing suicide. The Magistrate directed one of the Officers to accompany Mr. P. to the house of Mrs. Baker, and assist him in examining the trunks and papers, which being done, they returned, and stated, that the search had been unsuccessful. Mr. P. expressed his intention of continuing his exertions until he procured :Arne satisfactory intelligence of his lost relation. MA R
Star. — 1818-08-06 (London, England)

WMAN V. BENNETT. often attended the deceased's family. Witness did not This was an action against the defendant, for as- think him a person likely to commit suicide, except sinking the plaintiff, a chorister of Chichester Ca- threugh derangement. The deceased's son came to thedrat. 'dile defendant pleaded, first, the general witness on Tuesday morning, and requested him to Issue, not guilty ; and, second, a justification, that he, attend his father, who he said had fallen out of a being the music master of the choristers of the Ca- window ; witness attended him immediately, he thedral, had issued orders to the plaintiff, as one of found his skull was shattered to pieces, and be preLis pupils, not to attend a certain Catch and Glee tented a shocking spectacle.—Mr. George Clark. (hub ; and the plaintiff having disobeyed these orders, watchmaker, Aldirsgate-street, said, he had known he had corrected him for his disobedience, as he might the deceased nus"y years. Monday afternoon he lawfully do. paid him a visit ; he was very drowsy, and while ' • The plaintiff, a youth about sixteen, was one of the witness left the room he fell asleep ; whea witness rechoristers of Chichester Cathedral, and the•defendent tinned the deceased opened his eyes wildly, and stared was the music master of the choir. It appeared that at him in a very unusual manner, saying„ he had not the defendant was in the habit of taking the different slept for several nights : on the following morning tinging boys occasionally to sebscription concerts at he heard of his melancholy death.—ltebecca Ralph, Portsmouth, Arundel, and other places, for which he servant to the deceased, stated, that the deceased raid them a compliment of a few shillings, he pay- had lately complained much of the heat, and Ire: rag their expenses, but putting into, his own pocket quently sat up stairs in the room, from whence he whatever emolument arose front tacit talents. He fell, reading at the window; a.few minutes before he lied issued an order to the boys, forbidding their at- I fell from the window, she heard him call to a child tendance at any Catch Club or ether place of :Imes_ in the Barden—" Do not make such a noise." Vermeat, without his leave. On the lab of Match last, , diet—accidental Death.
Star. — 1822-11-26 (London, England)

STANLEY. Mr. Rowsoma rat, in Adolphus' the Monarch's confidant, was particularly successful, and his efforts were amply rewarded by the shouts of applause of the audience. The Piece went off with considerable eclat, and promises to become a lasting favourite. The entertaining Mythological Ballet, Jupiter and Dane, was again produced, and the performances of the evening terminated with another new Melodrama, called The czar of Muscovy ; or, The Three Ambassadors, which met with decided success. The brilliant Saloon was an object of much curiosity, and certainly is highly creditable to the Artists concerned in its fitting up. The audience was numerous and genteel. Last night, about twelve o'clock, the neighbour.. hood of Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, was thrown into considerable alarm by the cries'of 66 Murder r proceeding from a female. Upon the watchmen run• ning to the spot, it was discovered that a fellow, well known as a dancer at a minor Theatre, had been most brutally using a female whom he called his wife— she was literally covered with blood. Upon being taken to the watch-house, the poor creature, from fear of further ill usage, declined giving him in charge, and the fellow was allowed to depart. N 0.286 of the London Medical and Physical Journal, to be published on the first of December, will contain—Original Communicatiuns from' J. Suaw, Esq. on the Nervous System (with a copper-plate); Dr. ASIISURNIR, on a ease of Rupture of both Ventricles of the Heart; Taos. Rose, Esq. on a case of Ossification of the Heart; Dr. WEISTRIL, on looping-cough; R. Pam; Esq. on a case of Retention of Urine, effectually relieved by leeching; Dr. Buaaows, on the Suicides in London and Paris; Dr. KINOLAtIty on Excitement and the Circulating Fluids. —C-otticrattrai Mama : An Account of the last Illness, Deceue, and post-mortem Appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte, by AacuusausAamorr, Esq.—CrilicalAnalpis : Dr. Sraea's Medical Report, lice. Dr. antes, on fatal consequences resulting from slight Wounds received in Dissection; BASON LANEY and R. Dunousox, Esq. on the Use of Moxa as a Therapeutical Agent ; Dr. Macau:maxi:a new View of the Infection of Scarlet Fever; Mr. COTNII, on the Nitro-muriatic Bath; Jour!'
Star. — 1826-06-03 (London, England)

MANSION-HOUSE.  Yesterday t young female, named Jane Dixon, who is about 23 years of age, was brought before Aldermen Hansom and Lecas, who sat for the Lord Mayor, under the following circumstances: The young female was vale and wan, and evidently In a state of the greatest exhaustion. She was dressed in faded clothes, and the manner in which she answered the first question put to her, induced the Worthy Magistrate to have her removed from the bar where the applicants are ordinarily placed, and to give her a chair near them. Collins, the beadle of Walbrook Ward, stated that he was on duty early that morning, when he found the young female on the steps of a house in Charlotte.ploce, near the Mansion House, she had evidently been out in the rain during the whole of the previous night, and was in such a state of exhaustion from want and suffering that she could scarcely give any account of herself. He took her home and gave her some food and apparel, for she was in a state of the utmost destitution.  In answer to the questions put to her by the worthy Magistrates, she now stated that her name was Mary Jane Dixon, and that she was born at Amiens, in France, in 1803, and educated at Dublin,  where her family resided, at No. 12, Marlborough-street, Great Brkain.street--her father had been an officer of the 7. 2 d Regiment of Foot, but, in consequence of some affray which he bad with a brother officer, he was cashiered ; and he died in 1811. The circumstances of the family becoming very much straitened, her mother took her brother to Scotland, with the view of getting him educated there; she also took as much money as they had, in order to commence business in Dublin. They were, however, both lost in the Comet steam vessel last summer. Being thus deprived of the only protectors she bad, she came to London in hopes of procuring the situation of a governess through the interference of some influential friends ; but on her arrival she found they had left London nearly two years since, and being quite destitute of money she wandered about the streets, not having the means of paying for her lodging, having disposed of her slender stock of apparel to procure feed. She wandered about the streets for five nights, and she said such was the despair which she was reduced to, that she contemplated suicide, as the only means left her to escape from the miseries which seemed to be entailed on her.  The worthy Alderman, feeling deeply fir her deplorable situation, gave her some pecuniary relief, and ordered her to be taken to the Compter, until the Ladies of the Provisional Protection Society could be made acquainted with the circumstances of her case.
Star. — 1826-08-05 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUEST.  • Friday se'nnight an Inquest was held at the Wotkhouse, Plymouth, by R. J. Squire, Esq. on the body of Mary Ann Wilcox, a girl about 17 years of age, i who was found drowned on the rocks, under the Hoe, on Thursday, the second day of the Regatta. The cir cumstances which led to this melancholy occurrence are briefly as follow;:—The mother of the decea.ed is a milk woman, residing in Old Town-street, and on IVednesday gave permission to her daughter to go to witness the races, in company with a young man of her acquaintance, named Bt imblecombe, with a strict charge to return home at three in the afternoon. This, however, she did not comply with, but lingered about on the Hoe, and in the streets of the town, till nearly twelve o'clock at night, refusing to go to her house, notwithstanding the entreaties of the young man, alleging, as her reason, that her mother would severely punish her. At last, however, she was prevailed on to go as far as her own docr, when she desired the young man to go home, adding, that she intended to rouse her mother, to gain admission. He accordingly left her, and saw no more of her, till he beheld her body in the Workhense. No evidence was adduce) to shew where this unfortunate female passed the night ; but at half past six the next morning, she was observed asleep on the rocks near Two Cover, under the Hoe, by Mr. J. Percy, who awoke her, and asked what she did there, to which the deceased made no reply. Mr. J. Saunders, grocer, S uthsidostreet. passed the spot shortly after, on his way to the bathing place, and observed the decersed sitting on the rocks, he asked her if she had been out all night, to which she replied " No." He then advised her to go home. She was not seen alive atter this.— About ten minutes after two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Mr. J. Gill, confectioner, observed 6f-I'E:thing floating in the water, in the bay, near Brethren Steps, within a few yards of the beach, which, on examination, proved to be the de - . ceased, who was immediately taken out of the water, and conveyed to a booth neat the spot, where the body • was inspected by Mr. S. Fuge, uho was on the ground, a❑d who declared that life was most certainly extinct.  This Gentleman al.° deposed, that even if the unfortunate girl had been not quite dead, it would have been impossible to use the means of resuscitation, on account of the number of peaple, who, from motives of idle curiosity, pressed into the booth. The deceased had in her hand, when picked up, a pocket handkerchief filled with fanciful pebbles, and shells, which it is supposeJ she had collected on the shore, as it appears she was frequently in the habit of doing when on her walks. There was no evidence to prose that the poor girl intended to commit suicide, and it is extremely probable that she might have fallen into the water, in a fit, brought on by fatigue and diitress of mind, in reflect. ing on the impropriety of her conduct. Verdict— Found drowned, but by what means it does not appear.
Star. — 1819-09-08 (London, England)

CUCLIII2I. and onions for supper : while she was doing this, came into her head to murder her mistress. She mediately left the cucumbers, and went out back door to the wood-pile, and then into the She returned again into the house, went into the kitchen, where her mistress was sitting, and knoci her out of her chair with her fist. As her mist fell, she gave a scream ; she lay for about a mi and she stood looking at her. Her mistress then up, ran out of the kitchen. along the passage, and stairs. She followed her out of the kitchen, into the pantry and took a knife, and then foll her mistress up stairs, whom she found lying She stooped down, and cut her mistress once or when her mistress catched at the knife with her . and made a slight noise. She then laid the upon her mistress's bosom, with the handle town her hand, in order that it might be supposed committed suicide. On the body being examir a Surgeon, we understand he found the throat violently, so as to divide all the parts of the there were two deep cuts on the jaw, one of extended into the mouth; several small scratcl the left side of the face ; a violent bruise on tht one front tooth knocked out from the upper ja Lone opposite to it knocked out of the lower jaw ral bruises on various parts of the body ; the finger of the right hand cut deeply acrcss in three places ; with other cuts on the fingers hands.. An Inquisition was held on tabsg bed Tuesday, when a verdict of Iffgful 317 der turned against Ann Heytrey, who was acco) committed to Warwick Gaol. The pri. oiler 23 years of age, and is a very stout son.—(avciary