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■ i ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LANCASTER, Stn. I& IWO) OF !MONIS' OF )(ARMING WALICIR W. LYOM. Courrsitv opened the pleadings ; Mr. Haououms stated the rase. The damages were laid at 500/. Ann Hinckley—l am the sister to Miss Walker, theplaintiff, srd live at Liverpool In the year 1824 my sister formed part of my f-ther's family at Eccles; Mr. Lyon was there. My sister and Mr. Lyon were on trims of courtship, and were so acknow ledged. Mr. Lyon said that he intended to marry my sister. Mr. Lyon's father was alive at that time. Mr. Lyon said that he in tended to marry my sister after his father's death ; his father died in 1825. After his death, the defendant said that be meant to marry my sister in a short time ; my sister was there at the time ; he spoke of her in terms of the greatest respect. He said he meant to live at Crosby, a watering place near Liverpool, after his father's death. He said he meant to have livery servants after his father's death, and that he should be very comfortable. The same week that his f ‘ther died I had conversation with him. %Ira. Walker examined—T am the mother of Miss Mary Walker : my daughter is now £9 years of age. Mr. Lyon came to live wi.h us many years ago ; he lived with us for four years. He went to his father's house at Pendleton. I have often seen Mr. Lyon my daughter's admirer; he often said he would marry her and make her his wife. He called Miss Walker sometimes Miss Polly, and said he should make her his wife after his father's death. His father's house was about a mile and a half from us, and he fre quently came to see her after his father's death, and they were :raking up the wedding, and I expected that the time would be fixed. She used to talk to him about it; b► followed her into the garden, and said he meant to be married immediately. On one occasion he said, " It was better to be awhile," be had got into debt ; he had debts to pay. He kept coming until a month of his mar. riage with Miss Wood, his father's housekeeper. The last time he came he talked with my daughter for two or three hours ; he said be would buy her one of the finest gowns, but I said, s` I suppose your promieu will be as they used to be ;" that was a month before his marriage. The wedding was made up before his tather's death, and every time he came I expected that the time would be fixed. He talked of his father's circumstances. He had no brothers nor sisters. It was a nice house (his father's) ; there was only one servant, Miu Wood. He had not much land—a little bit of a field, a garden, and orchard. After be went to his father's house be kept a couple of horses—his servant rode after him. Cross-examined by Mr. Poccoex—l cannot remember the day of the month or the year that he first came to us. His father, the first pat of the time, paid us fifteen shillings per week—l may be mistaken. After that I think he paid us not so much—thirteen shillings per week. His father was a very wary man. One part of the time he went to Manchester. The first part of this time he used to walk about; he had no servant—he had no dog— be had no gun. My husband got him from the ale-house, and be became very steady. We amended him very much.— Common report was, that he was very much addicted to drink ing. He came to us to be kept steady. He very seldom got to the ale-house; be might sometimes got there. I have sometimes seen him a little " intosicattd," but not very much—a little fresh. He had no library—he had a few books. I think he bad no Bible; he had three or four dictionaries—(Bursts of laughter). He bad some other little books. I cannot say that be had a prayer-book, nor do 1 know the name of any of his books. He was very good for going to the ale-house--I mean for keeping away—(Laughter). By Mr. Baotronau—The circumstance had a great effect on her daughter. She was very unhappy in mind ; and she (witness) feared the river, which was very near. It had injured her cha racter—hurt her health, and she had never bad a well day since— ( Great merriment and laughter). Other witnesses were called, who deposed to several of the cir cumstances, and stated that the defendant had boasted that his father was worth 20 or 30,000 L—that the defendant would get drunk if he had money, and if be had none would drink upon credit whenever be could obtain it—that he had been many times Lipsey while at Mr. Walker's, and that he would sometimes lie in bed for four or five days. One of the witnesses bad been his com panion on those occasions, and they were six of one and half-a-ddxen of the other ; when a man had no thing to do he got drunk—(Laughter)—and the defendant had nothing to do all the year.—The askings had been put up. and Miss Walker went there at that time. On their way back some musicians were met, to whom a shilling was given to play " Come haste to the Wedding," and ft was insinuated that there was a mock marriage ceremony performed, by license, and that a " coach bill" was the representative of that important document. The defendant married in June, in the last year. Mr. Poccoet made a powerful address to the Jury. Mr. Justice LITTLIDALI briefly summed up. There were two euestions for the Jury; the first was, was there a promise made? und the second, if so, what damages was the plaintiff entitled to? About ten o'clock at night the Jury retired from the Court, and in about twenty minutes brought in a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damages, One Farthing. CHESTER ASSIZES. LIBEL SNITD v. Giurruns.—The plaintiff is a young nun engaged in trade in Chester ; and the defendant a printer, residing in the same city. The libel complained of was a band-bill, giving a de scription of a sham fancy ball, held at a tavern called the Sara cen's Head, and kept by a very respectable widow lady. Its this hand-bill the names of a number of respectable trades-people, who were in the habit of spending their evenings in this house, were mentioned at lull length, with the supposed characters in which they appeared on this occasion at the fancy ball. The libel was merely the collecting together and embodying, in a printed form, the coarse jokes upon the moral or physical defects of one another, tandied viva me by the members of this coterie. A great portion of it was absolutely unfit to meet the eye of a modest woman, and the band-bill was extensively circulated through the post-office, Insides being handed about the city. The following is the portion of libel set out in the record : " Mrs. —'s (we forbear to mention the name) annual enter tainment took place on Monday evening, at the Saracen's Head. At seven o'clock the numerous and splendid characters began to arrive ; and on ascending the staircase (elegantly decorated for the occasion) the company were regaled with a delicious perfume. is suing from an elegant pewter urinal in which was a large foaling light. In some parts of the room sets were formed for fuddling, while others were engaged in rattling the ivories. Charley Hard ing's band was in attendance, and an extra Jew's harp was engaged for- the occasion. The number of •isitors was about forty, of whom the drunkards and gormandizers preponderated in a great degree. " Below we give a list of the company, with a correct descrip tion of the dresses and characters of each; several of the company, though contrary to the regulations, were in masks. (Here follow several names.) " Mr. Sneyil (the plaintiff) on this evening was a perfect Pro teua—evrry thing by turns and nothing long, not even his —. He first appeared as Death on the Pee Horse ; idly, as Burke, the Body-snatcher, and looked the character well. He was a perfect herald from the gallows. Third, as the Genius of Famine, with horror in his looks, and hunger in his guts ; and lastly, as Quid nunc, made some trite and common place observations upon poli tiL,, a subject he evidently knew nothing of. The defendant was not the printer of the band-bill, but was pro ceeded against as the publisher, in consequence of his having given a copy of it to one individual, and having read it in public com pany at another time. He bad boasted that be knew the author, but refused to mention his same. Ia the course of the trial the author's name was elicittd, and he appeared to be one of the par ties himself, as well as a brother of his, grossly libelled in the bill. To rebut the presumption of malice, the Counsel for the de feriant caused the following paasage to be read, where the author ks of himself and his brother— .' Mr. T. Tophari, as a broken down blackleg, was an awful warning to the company of the result of early gambling. His countenance exhibited the effects of a premature decay, arising !Juin tippling raw brandy. • . . . " Mr. G. Topbam. (the author's brother) appeared perfectly at home as the Bailie Imp,, and hoaxed the company with a dozen long speeches, all of the same nature, though upon different tub jt cis ; as liesi,vh 3.105 y, a Jew Doctor, tie underwent the operation of circumcision, for the amusement of the company. This part of the entertainment elicited the warm approbation of Mrs. —, and the attendant families." The reading of the libel elicited roars of laughter in the Court. For the defence several witnesses were called, whose names were included in this notable production, who said that they con mdered the whole matter only as a juke, and wed nothing about it. It was also in evidence that the bill was primed at Liverpool, :i,d not by the defendant, but the printer declined to answer most s ot the questions put to hint. The Jury I4,uud a verdict for the plaintiff, with Forty Shillings damages. This is only the first of a series of actions; the unfortunate de fendant will have to run the gauntlet through all the forty names as plaintiffs, as the consequence of his Imprudent boasting that be knew more of this business than it is believed he really did. The Assizes terminated this afternoon. Hanshall, for shooting the gamekeeper, is left foe execution ; but Wyatt, for stabbing a knobstick, at Stockport, is reprieved, and it is supposed will not suffer. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Sept. 16. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Gomez.) CIIIIOY-11011111 FORGERY. Richard Huband Jones, Thomas Maynard, and Jo seph Wise. West, were Indicted for forging and uttering as true, a counterfeit warrant or order for the payment of the sum of 1,9731. with intent to defraud his Majesty. A second count stated the in tent to be to defraud Sir Wm. Bootbby, Bart. and others. Sir W. Bocrrnar, Mr. Losouravon, Hon. W. Lamm. Sir R. Bums, and several other Gentlemen, sat upon the Bench. The Arroamtv- Gamut., Mr. BOLLAND, and Mr. Suarmean, ap peared for the prosecution ; and blears. BILODIUCK, Am:menus, and Names, for the prisoners. Before the case was opened, Mr. BRODUCK said that he appeared for the prisoner Jones, who was charged with being both principal and accessary before the fact. He now submitted that the Attorney-General ought to state upon which of the char:es he meant to proceed. The objection was argued at considerable length by the Counsel on both sides, and after a long consultation between Mr. Justice Games, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, and the RICORDIX, the former over-ruled the objection, and decided that the Attorney-General should not be put to his election, but said that a note of the ob jection should be taken for the opinion of the twelve Judges, the Court not being quite certain upon the subject. Mr. Smeenzan then opened the pleadings, and the Arroassav- Gammas. stated the case to the Jury, as it subsequently appeared by the evidence for the prosecution. Samuel Robert Ewer—l am a clerk in the Comptroller-Gene ral's Office ; the papers produced were given to me on Saturday, the 18th of April, between twelve and two o'clock in the day ; I have no recollection of the person who presented them to me. Edward Homan—l am assistant to the Comptroller-General, and the papers produced were brought to me. I think they were brought by Maynard, but I cannot identify bins. I marked the papers for payment with my initials, supposing then to be gamine. After I mark papers, the usual course is to go to the Treasury for payment. The Clerk of the Treasury not having money, came to me for a check, which I gave him. After this fraud had been committed, I traced a 51 note. which had been paid as part of the check to a baker of the name of Bristow. The note produced is the one I traced. The name of Maynard is on the note. William Dickinson stated the usual course of proceeding in the payment of the warrants. It was the duty of the prisoner, Jones, to report to the principal of the Department the business of the office. It was my duty, or that of the chief clerk, to countersign those warrants before they left the office. I have no recollection of the persons who brought the present warrant to be signed, but my signature is to it. Charles Williams, of the department of the Custom House, is that of Northern clerk. The initials to the order produced are mine. Mr. Cust—l am one of the Commissioners of the Customs, and the signature of my name to the warrant produced is not mine. The Hon. Henry Legge—The signature of my name to this warrant is not my writing. • Mr. Lushington deposed to the same effect. William En - swarth—l am Collector of the Customs at the port of Fowey, in Cornwall, and my signature to this warrant is not my writing. William Hickman—l paid the ticket Ato two persons, and I think Maynard was one of them; of the other I have no recollec tion. I asked the person who presented it how he would wish it paid, and he said in two 5001. notes, nine 10e/. one 501. and the remainder in small notes. The two 5001. notes were dated the 6th of April, and the 1001. notes were dated the 11th of April. The note produced is one of them. I have no doubt whatever of this. I remember the person who presented the ticket, and I think Maynard is the person. There appeus to be a name blotted out on the face of the note fur 1001. now produced. John Hall—l am in the Pay Clerk's Office In the Bank, and I paid this check in conjunction with the last witness. The notes produced are part of the notes paid upon that occasion. The num bers of the 5001. notes were 2,5.7.6 and 2,657. Thomas Benjamin Kingston—l am a clerk in the Teller's Ofßee, and paid sovereigns on the 18th of April fur two sbol. notes and a 501. note. I should think, by the size and height, that the prisoner Jones was the person who presented them. The numbers of those notes were 2,536 and 2,537. Jeffrey Taylor—l was the ant person who had a suspicion of the forgery. lam s clerk in the efface of the Comptroller-Ge neral. I know Jones. This forgery was frequently the subject of conversation in the office. It was generally known that the notes were stopped at the Bank, and the prisoner must have known it as well as others. John Grove-1 am a clerk in the banking-house of Masterman and co. I know Jones since the 517th of April. He, on that day, opened an account at our office, by depositing £758 in gold. That sum bas since been drawn out. Cross-examined—l received the moaey from him myself. The last of it was drawn out on the 6tb of August. William Poole Maugur—l am clerk in the Secretary's Office in the Custom House. I know Jones about three years; in 11128 I knew him to be in difficulties; the amount I paid for him was 1001. part of which was given to me by a relative of his, and part was deducted from his own salary. luw him in June, and he told me his wife had been left by a relative the sum of 7001. and a piano ; I advised him to invest it. Croat-examined—l had been intimate with him. His difficul ties were quite concluded in. February, 1829. It was a male rela tive who advanced the money ; that relative was a man of great respectability and opulence; he had no communication with the prisoner, but caused the money to pass through my hands. Smith , the Bow-street officer, deposed to his having watched a house at Walwonh and another at Honon, from the latter of which he saw West and his wife and children depart in a hackney coach. Pursued them to Taunton, and took West and Maynard there, at the Black Horse public-house. This was on the 49th of August. Maynard had 5.801. in notes in his possession. Several other witnesses having been examined, and having proved onthing material, Mr. BILODRICK proceeded to contend that there was nothing in the evidence to warrant the supposition that the prisoner Jones was an accessary before the fact, wherefore he submitted he ought net to be called on for a defence. Mr. BOLLAND and lir. &thrum, contra, were heard in reply. The Comer said, that although it could not say what effect the evidence would have on the minds of the Jury, yet there was quite enough to justify calling on the prisoner for his defence. The forged instrument was put in and read in evidence, upon which the case for the prosecution closed. The prisoner Jones put in a written defence, in which he denied all knowledge or participation in the forgery. The other prisoners also asserted their innocence. St veral Gentlemen from the Custom House gave Jones a good character. Mr. Justice Gimes summed up the evidence at great length. The Jury consulted together for a few moments, and then the foreman asked Mr. Beaumont whether there was a particular form for the forged precept, which could be obtained only by those ac quainted with the routine of business in his office. Mr. Beaumont replied that the instrument was drawn up after a particular form ; but added that he would have paid it if in differ ent words, provided it was properly signed. The Jury then retired, and after an absence of three quarters of an hour returned into Court with a verdict finding Jones and May nard guilty, the former as acceuary before the fact, and the latter of uttering; but acquitting West. The trial lasted till neatly nine o'clock. John Hill, aged 58, was indicted for stealing a gelding, the pro. perty of John Ballard, on the 23th of August last. It appeared that the horse on the above day was seen grazing on Stanmore Common, but was not there the next morning, and in the course of the next day he was offered for sale to a horse slaughterer, who detained it. The prisoner, who offered it, then said that be had bought the horse of a Mr. Wright, at King's Langley. It; his defence to-day, however, he said that he gave 48s. for the horse on the road to a mat. he did not know.—The Jury found hinsGsulty. _ Margard Barry was convicted of robbing Thomas Biaggi of nine sovereigus, in a house of ill fine. NEW COURT. Before the Comreux SaecgANT. Wm. Snew, a lad only 13 years old, was indicted for stealing, on the ZOth of July, 6,000 needles, and other articles, of the value of GOs. the property of hi. employer+, Messrs. iltnherh.nt and Grin sell, linendrapers, Shoreditch ; and Martha Snow, the mother of the prisoner, was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. The property was Identified as that of Messrs. Rotherham and Grinsell, by two of their shopmen ; and a police officer proved that he found it at the lodgings of the female prisoner. The Jury found third both Gaily, but recommer mercy, in which they were joined by the proaecutors. Ralph George Marlin, aged 28, second officer on board the East India ship the Catherine Stewart Forbes, was indicted for stealing on hoard that ship, on the Sib of August, one hundred and seventy dollars, the property of Mr. Wm. Robert Briggs, the first officer. The prosecutor stated that, on the day named in the indictment, be had occasion to go on shore, the ship then lying In the London Docks. On returning on board be missed the 170 dollars, and, on making an active search for them, fifty-eight of them were found In the prisoner's cabin, in a night-cap. Mr. C. Putuars, for the prisoner, cross-examined the witness. He admitted that on the night previous to the low of his dollars, them to be had taken a common woman of the town with him on board, and that she had remained there with bins until siz o'clock on the following evening. Mr. Fell, third officer of the Catherine Stewart Forbes, swore, that on the night previous to the dollars being missed, he was con fined to his cabin by illness. His cabin adjoins that of Mr. Briggs, in which the dollars were deposited. Witness heard a noise in Mr. Brigg's cabin, as though some one was pouring dollars into a bag or night-cap. On his cross-examination by Mr. PUILLIPS, the witness admit ted that the prisoner was a most honourable young man, and that the prosecutor and all the officers of the ship were on the most amicable terms with him during the whole voyage. Witness was not certain whether it was the prisoner be beard in the cabin of Mr. Briggs. It was three weeks after the dollars were lost that the prisoner was apprehended. James Evans. a surveyor of the Thames Police, swore that the prisoner went willingly with him before the Magistrate. Several witnesses proved that the prisoner bore an excellent I character, and the Jury, without troubling the Learned Judge to sum up the evidence, immediately returned a verdict of Not Gsc try. Samuel Fisher, aged 30, a private soldier in the Life Guards, was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of Rickard Blake, on the 24th of August, a gold watch and chain, of the value of 101. the property of Matilda Parlett. The prosecutriz, a young woman of very respectable appearance, met the prisoner in the New-road, between noon and one o'clock, on the 24th of August. He at first made some common-place oh servations about the weather, and walked with her towards Glou cester-place, where she was going to see an uncle, who lived at No. 22. The prisoner waited at the bottom of Gloucester-place, where witness met him on her return. The prisoner then invited her to have something to drink, to which she at length consented, and they went to the Little Cannon, in Upper Norton -street, where the prisoner provided a beef-steak, and they remained drink ing ale and gin together. People were going in and out of the house, and an elderly lady and her husband came in and staid con versing with the prosecutrix for about an hour and a half. The prisoner was sitting by my side all the time. He heard my watch tick, and asked arse if I had a watch. I said " No" at first, and afterwards I said, " I will defy you or any other man to take it from me." It was tied to my waist by a strong piece of tape. In about five minutes after the lady and gentleman left, the prisoner also went out without wishing her " good bye," and she imme diately missed her watch, which had been cut from her side. Robert Blake, the landlord, proved that the prosecutriz, when she complained of the robbery, was the worse for liquor ; and the (biartermaster of the first regiment of We Guards deposed, that on coming to the barracks with Mr. Blake to complain of the rob bery, she gave a false name and address (the paper was produced, and admitted by the prosecutrix to be in her hand-writing). The prosecutriz had positively sworn she bad not given such an ad dress. On searching the prisoner and his box no watch or dupli cate was found. The prisoner had been for ten years and a half in the regiment, and to the knowledge of the witness bore an un impeached character, and he attended by the order of the com manding officer to state as much. Lieut. George Thomas Pultener stated " that no man in the regiment bore a better character." • The Jury, without hesitation, immediately Acquitted the pri soner. The prosecutrix mounted the witness box and said " My Lord, may I have my expences?" Alderman Vraaaxas, who was on the Bench with the Coxxox Sesame:, immediately turned to the Jury, and said, " Gentlemen, do you thiuk she deserves to have bet expences?" The Jury upon this consulted for a few,seconds, when the Fore man turned round. and addressing the .Court, said," We think, my Lord, her expenses should be alluded ber." This was accordingly ordered. Edward Tons, a boy only 12 years of age, was indicted for steal ing a silver watch, the property of James Tyler. The prosecutor stated that he was a watchmaker, and lived in Mary-la-boune. The prisoner was in the habit of coming back wards and forwards to his house on errands. lie missed the watch in question on the 24th of July. He had since seen and identified it. Daniel Carter, anotberlad, stated that on the lit of August the prisoner offered to sell Mtn the watch for 7s. and that he at length purchased it of him for 4s. 6d. Webster, an officer, stated that in consequence of information he bad received. he Apprehended the prisoner. Verdict—Guilty. Mr. Wontner informed the Court, that although so young, the prisoner had been tried there three times before, and that he was quite incorrigible. - - wHotrim LI rovniouNG. Ann iffaker, a middle-aged woman of respectable appearance, and rations Thompson, were indicted far stealing a complete house-full of furniture, the particulars of which were set forth in the indictment. Mr. ADOLPHUS, Mr. Paorricaomer, and Mr. Dealt, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. CLARILSOS for the defence. Mr. Anot.rnes stated, that formerly, although it was a felony to rob ready-furnished lodgings, it was not felony to rob a ready furnished house. The law, however, had since been altered in that respect. After detailing at great length the case for the prosecu tion, be called the following witnesses : Mr. Henry Provis, the prosecutor, who stated that be resided in Buckinghamshire. He was the proprietor of a house in Upper George-street, Mary-la-bonne. The female prisoner had been in his service about sixteen years. The house in question was a ready furnished one, and he placed her in it for the purpose of letting it ; the rent was to be 701. per annum. He went out of town, leaving the prisoner in charge of the house. In July last be came to town, in consequence of some information he received, when he found the house shut up, and on gaining possession of it, found that it was completely gutted, and that not a single moveable article was left behind except the kitchen poker—(Laughter). The furniture was his own, and worth about 1701, Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The female prisoner lived with him as his housekeeper; be knew nothing of the other pri. soner.—Mr. Clarkson endeavoured to show that there was a closer connection between the prosecutor and the female prisoner, which the former denied with considerable warmth. Mr. CLARE/lON—What are you? Witness—A civil engineer. Mr. Ciminero—You may be an engineer, but you may leave out the word " civil." Witness—l wish I could make you a civil lawyer; you would be wonderfully improved—(Roars of laughter). Mr. CLARKSON—I believe you call yourself an auctioneer. Mr. AnoLemvs--If he was, he would have knocked you down long before this—(Renewed laughter). Mr. Benjamin Lamb stated that he was a friend of the pro- , secutor's. In July last, be beard that the prisoners had removed the goods from his house, and wrote to him in consequence. By his direction the prisoner Thompson was taken into custody. Frances Smith stated that she lived servant in the house. In the early part of July, the whole of the furniture was removed in a van by direction of the prisoners. Thompson lodged in the house several weeks previously. Cross-examined—She knew that an execution wu expected in the house before the goods were removed. She believed the geode were removed in order to avoid an execution. Potter, a carman, proved that he was employed by the prkonets to remove the goods. Thompson said that he intended to cake them to a sale. Witness deposited them in a neighbouring coffee house. Chapman ' a pawnbroker, proved that one of th e articles ( a tabl e ) was pledged with him by the prisoner, Thompson. Walton, a coffee-house-keeper, stated, that Thompson asked his permission to leave a quantity of furniture in his house, for a few days, stating that he was a broker. The goods were b rought: and taken away a few days afterwards. This•closed the case for the prwecution. For the defence, Nathan, an officer, was celled to prove that be went to the house with an execution. The prisoners were aware of his coming, and removed the goods previously. Mr. Sergeant Aaaisur then summel up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. - The prosecutor strongly recommended the female prisoner to mercy, and said that she was an extremely honest woman until she became acquainted with Thompson ; and that, in his opinion, he had seduced her into the commission of the offence. • Mr. Sergeant AKAN/I—Now that the case is over, I must say that she has formed a most dangerous connection. Her com panion, Thompson, is a returned transport. About two o'clock yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in :be large premises belonging to Mr. Walker, the sugar.baker, in Brick-lane, Spitalfieltis, which, from the combustible nature and value of the materials and property, alarmed the neighbourhood, and threatened the destruction of the who'c premises and the nu merous adjoining houses. Fortunately, however, the lire broke out in the day-time, otherwise the destruction of property must have been very great. It appears the fire broke out near the stove of the baking-hcuse, and nothing preserved the whole premises from entire ruin but the speedy arrival of the Phenix, Royal Ra i change, and other Assurance-office engines, and a plentiful supply of water. Many of the firemen, at the risk of their lives, entered Irks p re mise., pulled down a number of the fixtures, and removed !a great deal of property near the spot of conflagration, by which means the fire was confined to the Immediate vicinity of the stove, which is completely destroyed,. The damage done, it is said, amounts to about 3,0001. The fire was got completely under by four o'clock. We ate glad to say that no person received any in jury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSR. Mr. Mk, an intelligent parish Sc.V Stephen, Coleman street, 'unnamed the driver of Jones's Omnibus, a rival of Skil 'there's Omnibus, for having driven his vehicle violently through the street during the hours of Divine Service on Sunday last. The Loan klavoa—What was the effect upon the congregation? The complainant said, that while the Omnibus was passing, use a syllable the clergyman uttered was beard. The Lotto Ravoa—lf every Paddington coach was to drive through Coleman•street in the same manner, might not people as well stay at home as go to church? Complatnant—Not a doubt of it. Coaches pass every three minutes, and the service would be only audible a t intervals. The LORD Maros—That's the reason I issued the order. I know that it would be useless to attend divine service if such fre quent interruptions were to take place. I am aware that many art necessitated to travel, and I wish that the convenience of such per. sons should be at all times attended to, but I am sure that traveller. from Paddington to London cannot be much inconvenienced by being set down at the bottom of Coleman street, during the hours of divine service. At all events, the drivers might, when they ap proached the churches, walk the horses. Although they might have no sense of religion themselves, they ought to respect the feelings of others. The complainant said that ShMibere's Omnibus was attentive and submissive to every regulation, and indeed the coaches now went along slowly. Mr. fabler said that the conduct of the driver of Jones's Omni bus looked as if influenced by the spirit of resistance. The Loan ILivoa said that this was a case which he considered it his duty to punish. It showed a wanton disregard towards the feelings of others. His Lordship then thanked the complainant for bringing the matter before him, and fined the defendant Ss. and costs. BOW-STREET. Mr: Henry Hunt appeared before MG Halls and Mr. Minshull yesterday, to renew the application against his son, which, it will be recollected. he made on Saturday. It appearing that Mr. Hunt, jun. had solicited orders, and given fec-simile receipts in his fa ther's name, Mr. Halls mid be thought a case was certainly made out for an information, and recommended Mr. Hunt to go into the clerk's office to lay one. Mr. Hunt declared that he would do so, and give his son the opportunity which be desired, of meeting the charge. Mr. Thomas, the newly.appointsd Supervisor of Police, Intro duced before Mr. himnru. two Gentlemen, Lieutenant Cromer and Mr. Kelly, who he said had been robbed on the preceding night, in Belaseo's notorious brothel in White Hart-yard, of 15 sovereigns. Belasco having offered to hush up the affair, Mr. Thomas suggested that this desire to compromise a robbery com mitted in his own house went strongly to show that Belasco was a participator in the robbery. Mr. Intsuut.t. said be thought so to, and accordingly granted a warrant for Belasco's apprehension. HATTON -GA RDEN. Yesterday, John Newiconas was brought up, charged by his wife Frances, with assaulting her in a cruel manner with a knife. Pro. secutris stated that bet husband was in the habit of stopping oat late at night, and bringing home •• dirty varmint ;" and when her husband came home to dinner, she told him of it : he cut her over the arm with a knife, and cut her head with a plate, and then broke to pieces every bit of crockery in the house. The prisoner, after a few admonitory remarks, was ordered to find ball. MARY-LA- BON N E. Yesterday, Skinner, the informer, summoned Mr. Duke. the scavenger to the parishes of St. George and Mary.la.bonne, for having wrong numbers upon his carts. The informer sent one of the carts and two horses to the Green-yard, sod brought the driver, Edward Blackett, before the Magistrate. According to Skinner's statement, the cart was numbered 14,524, which number, upon enquiry at the Hackney Coach Office, belonged to Edward 3aber, of Qerkenwell. Mr. Duke stated that he had 100 carts em. ployed, and upon enquiry he found it was wrong numbered. He was convicted in 40s. penalty. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday, a young female of the name of Came, was charged on suspicion of killing her infant. On Tuesday night, a watchman saw a bundle lying in Lloyd-court, Soho, in which was a new born Infant. The prisoner, who was living in the court, was known to be last week pregnant ; she was taken into custody ; it was proved, however, that the child could not be ber's ; she was accord ingly discharged, and the affair still remains enve loped in mystery. Mr. if (Touren was (barged with having grossly assaulted Eliza beth Jones, a Welch *l, in the service of Mr. Mivart. On the 6th instant, the defendant went into the kitchen, and threw the poor girl on the floor, dragged her about the room, and bruised her head and shoulder.. On Tuesday night, he, by a simple pretence, got her into the bed-room, and again assaulted ber. The defen dant was fined for the first offence £5, and ordered to find bail upon the second charge. TOWN-HALL Jos. Jon, a cad to a Greenwich coach, was summoned by Tho. mas Smith, a hackney-coach master, for violently assaulting him. The complainant stated, that on Friday last the defendant at tempted to pull him down. On his descending and asking what was meant by it? he received a blow that sent him beneath the wLeels, followed by several others. George Crowe, a constable. and two others, witnessed the de fendant strike the complainant several t i mes. _ _ Sir JOHN PERILING ordered him to find bail, and give forty-eight hours' notice.—He was consequently committed. Messrs. John and Cornelius Rock, bacon and butter-merchants High-street, Borough, were fined in forty shillings and costs, under the Local Act of the Commissioners for the Western Division of the Borough, on the oath of Smith, the informer, for placing two butter asking on the foot-way. Sunday morning, the 6th inst. the seat of Sir R. B. Phillips, Bart. Piston Castle, Pembrokeshire, was burgiariously entered by a gang of thieves, who effected an entrance through a window, and afterwards lighted a candle, and, from appearance-, must have been locally acquainted with the premises. 'the thieves carried off a considerable quantity of plate, wearing apparel, trin kets, jewellery, and other property, to the amount of 500/. BIRTH. Tuesday, in Cavendish-square, the Lady of Sir M. Shaw Stew art, of a son. MARRIED. At Edinburgh, Adam Stable, surgeon, to Jessie Ogilvy, daugh ter of Alexander Pel'Vicar, Royal Navy. Captain A. Horsburgh, East India Company's Service. t. Helen Hay NPLaren, youngest daughter of the late John M Laren, Esq. Leith. At Glasgow, John Forrester, F.sq. Writer to the Signet, Edin burgh, to Lillian, daughter ot the late Robert Cowan, Esq. surgeon, Glasgow. At Wonersh, near Guildford, William Hay, Esq. Sib Dragoon Guards, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Richard Sparkes, Esq. ot Woner►h. At Darlington, Frederick Hardinge, Esq. of Coatbam Munde ville, to Hannah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Warren Maude, Esq. of Green Bank. Darlington. In Newcastle, Mat. Graham. a swain of 85, to Margaret Dodd-, aged 24, better known by the cognomen of " Bell for ever" from the active part she took in the last general election. DIED. At Milan, George Lomeli, Esq. Admiral of the Blue. At Boulogne, Antonetta, wife of John Ellis, Esq. and daughter of Sir Peter Parker, Bait. Admiral of the Fleet. At Maybole, Mrs. Steven, widow of the Rev. Robert Steven, minister of Dalrymple. At Colombo, in the island of Ceylon, of chol,ra morbus, !dent-- Colonel Henry Bird, of his Majesty's Ceylon regiment, and late of the 16th foot. At St. John's, Newfoundland, on the 6th of June last, in the 29th year of her age, Shawnadithit, supposed to be the last of the Red Indians, or Bathicks. This iniete.tiog female lived six years a captive among the English, and when taken notice of latterly, exhibited extraordinary strong natural talents. She was a niece to Mary March's husband, a Chief of the tribe who was killed in 1819. at the Red Indian's Lake, in the interior, while endeavour log to rescue his wife from the party of English who took her, the view being to open a friendly intercourse with his tribe. This tribe, the aborigines of Newfoundland, presents an anomaly in the history of man. Excepting a few tamale, of them soon atter the discovery of America, they never held intercourse with the Euro peans, by wham they have been ever since surrounded. nor with the other tribes of Indians since the introduction of fire-arms among them. The Chinese have secluded themselves from the interference of all other nations, their motives being understood only to them selves, and the moral peculiarities of that people are slowly deve loped to others. But, in Newfoundland, nearly as far spilt Iron) China as the Antipodes, there has been a primitive nation, once claiming rank as a portion of the human race, who have lived, flourished, and beconil extinct in their own orbit. They have been dislodged, and disappeared from the earth in their native nide ptedence in 1829, in as primitive a condition as they were before the discovery of the New World, and that, too, on the nearest point of America to England, in one a our oldest and most im portant Colonies. HIGH-K ATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MO KRO Morning 19 annum- .u.r- 4 Afternoon 13 ounuta otter 4 • Looms: Printed and Published by Jong Meese, at the STAR' Orrice, No.l, Pieketoplam, Temple Bar.