Star. — London, England, 1823-09-12 00:00:00

l . r ~ ~I , . • r . f • • y 4 tft. '4 GREAT BATI'LE AND TILE-TUREA. GREEKS We find in dui private correspondence of the Glas gow Courier, the following details of a seriesnf eo-. gagements between the Turks and the Greeks, in one of which the latter gained a signal victory. . " &sem JINX n. " The Greeks have been victorious once again. The news which I recently gave you, of the move silents making in Attica, is now explained. " As soon as the Greeks learned that the Sera:- kiers Mehemet-Mari-Valing and Mustapha Mouta lick Leu-Valing had succeeded in collecting together about 40,000 men, who had arrived from all parts of Thrace and Roinelia, they expected to be imme diately attacked. In consequence, the penetrating Odysseus, after having thrown 800 men into the Acropolis of Athens, and provisioned it for more than a year, departed for Livadia. At the same time Ni cetas, • uniting the troops of Phocida, marched on the side of Patradgik, whilst Colocotroni, Vice-President of the Executive Council, after having reinforced the grand passes of the Isthmus of Corinth, advanced through Megaradia and by the rear of Mount Cithe- 1 son into the rugged country of Plates', where he bi vouacked on the 6th June. The forces of the Insur gents upon the three points we have enumerated, amounted to hardly 11,000 men. They were there fore cautious in presenting themselves before an. enemy whose numbers amounted to - 30,000 soldiers, almost wholly cavalry. He was consequently quietly permitted to pass Mount Gonrias, while the Insur gents contented themselves with harassing him and keeping his camps in constant alarm, by means of sharpshooters and the great fires' which they lighted upon tare tops of the mountains. " Mount Parnassus nightly resembled a meteor, and as soon as it was morning, the enemy, no longer seeing anybody, extended themselves in useless and endless pursuit. The enemy was thus drawn from country to country, from Livadia to Delphos, where he was stopped short by Nicetas, who caused him a loss 'of some hundreds of men. This slight check rendered him more circumspect. The Pacha of Ne gropont had already made an incursion there, and had even amused himself by coming as far as Athens. At this time the Turks heard of the arrival of a di vision of theOttornan fleet in the Bay'of Anticiris. " In this state of:argil - a, Colocotroni, Odysseus and Nicetas advanced their positions upon Thebes, - whilst Scaltzo-Dinnos, Dyvouniates, and the chiefs of Mount Oeta uescended the Parnassus. The passage of Mount Helicon was left open to the enemy, but when it was seen that he obstinately tel to take that direction, and that he was resolved to attack the Convent of Saint Luc (s3tuated a short distance from the ancient Asette) measures were taken to enclose hint in that position. Four hundred men were is consequence thrown into the Monastery of Saint Luc. This was made known to Mauromicalis and Prince Maurocor dato,who were stationed at Megara, and they marched upon Platen to form a corps of reserve, in case the fortune of war should prove unfavourable to the Greek arms. These dispositions were . made on the 1 13th and 14th of June. " From the 15th to the 29th, night andday, they harassed the enemy with so much success, that on the morning of the 21st he rosy spewed vigour enough to attack the Convent of Saint Luc, in which he be lieved all the riches of Attica were confined. He was permitted to direct his first fire against the sort of citadel of that place, when Colocotroni, whom the rotation of service that day called to command, com menced the attack, and in twohours the Turks were put to the route. At twelve o'clock, 2,000 killed, and double the number of wounded, were reckoned' upon the field of battle. Artillery, baggage, males, camels, remained in the' hands of the conquerors, who never before took so rich a spoil. " On the 22d and 23d the enemy was pursued and fresh advantages were obtained over him at the pas sage of Cephisa ; 2000 prisoners,lB Beys, two Pachas, and 120 flags, have been taken. On the 28th, bands of people from the Morea arrived to transport the Spoils of the vanquished into their country. The sea was free, for the Turkish fleet, hearing of the defeat of their army, had regained Lepanto.,-Farther de tails cannot be long in teaching us, and it is 'probable that Maurocordato is at. present at Athens." Great satibfaction has been excited in Lanarkshire, in consequence of the Noble faniily of HAMILTON having resolved to make the Palace of that name their permanent residence. A considerable addition to the• ancient building is to be made. When fini,hed, the Palace will, both in point of beauty and convenitnice, be worthy of its fine :cite. A number of the princi pal inhabitants of Hamilton, and tenantry on the estate, ate to have a procession on the occasion of the foundation-stone being laid of the new building. Al ready a great number of work-people are employed, and many other benefits are accruing to tte town from this public-spirited family. The Duke, among many other improvements in his pleasure-grounds, is making a fine romantic walk along the banks of the Avon, from the bridge opposite to Baincleuth walk, wh ich, it is said, is to extend for three miles through the wood, on the margin of the water. It will pass Cadzow Castle and the venerable oaks. A few days me.two Gentlemen belonging to Crail, in Fife, repaired to the Links for the purpose of golf playing. Owing to the heat of the day, they found it necessary,to throw off their coats, which were care fully folded up and laid upon the grass. During the period in which they were in the eager enjoyment of the game, a cow, which happened to be grazing in the neighbourhood, drew near the spot where the coats were lying, and after a cautious smelling and exa mination, commenced an attack upon them, and ac tually ate the shirt of one—an excellent new coat, and about half the sleeve of the other, besides trampling, tearing, and otherwise destroying them in a most unseemly manner. The vexation and as tonishment of the golfers on their return for their apparel may easily be conceived. The owrcr of the skinless garment was obliged to walk home through the town with it bundled up, while the other escaped particular observation in his progress homewards by thrusting his sleeveless arm deep into his pocket. INHUMANITY.—A letTef from Halifax, data(' Au gust 15, states, that the crew and passengers (47 io number) of the brig New Active, Et xis, cut away some time since on-the Great Seal Island, remained there on riday last, in great ditties:. POLICE INTEr.i..ffIENCE. Bowlsrainm ther=Prttotetend was put to the bar, &wed: by ltir bO•, w,lbidion, a porter at a der beer nianufictotji art the Strand, with stealing eight sovereigns. This ease was a par ticularly hard one, and much sacked the commiseration of the Court. The prisoner, it appeared., his lately been discharged from Newgate, no woe bill having been found against him, got a former offence, and Hudson, believing him innocents gave him shelter, and even occasionally his Meals. On his return home yomerdatevening, he found the money above mentioned, which he had *via to be the support of himself and pia wife during tie winter, when he is always out of work, had been reino from under his bed, where he had placed it for security, wrapped up in a handkerchief. As Drummond was the only person who. had access to the room, in which he had been left by the com plainant in the morning, and who was acquainted with his de posit, suspicion naturally fell upon him i especially as ammo siimces had transpired since his enlargement which induced hit humane relative to change his opinion as to his innocence of the former charge ;be therefore gave him into custody. On smack* ing bin nothing was found tending to substantiate the charge, and Drummond vehemently protested his ignorance of the whole affair; but he was remanded for another hearing, when the.ev4 deuce of Hudson's daughter is to be obtained., G 111 LINIA L Dcaans itossur.—A sturdy ill-looking fellow, who pee bit name John Jones; was brought np yesterday before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Camenza, charged with a daring. fe lon y committed in open day, in so public a place as Garlick -61 U. Mr. Isaac Goodrick, the warehouseman at Messrs. Keen, Son, and Co.'s blue manufactory, on the hill, stated, that sheet four o'clock es the previous afternoon, the yard gate happening to be left open for a few minutes, the prisoner and another man slipped in, and stole a cask of blue. A Gentleman passing, who saw the transaction, gave him information of it ; he ran out on. the in stant, and saw the prisoner walking delibefately up the hiU with the cask on his shoulder. He pursued, and overtook him in St. Themes Apostle. The fellow immediately threw down his load, and struggled hard to escape. His companion crossed from the other side of the way, and struck him •( Mr. Goodrich) several violent blows ow the head, Sat finding he was not likely to suc ceed in liberating his companion, made his escape himself, and left the prisoner to his fate. The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, and was com mitted to Newgate for trial. /I A TTON- G ARDEN. A respectable female applied to the Magistrate for advice. She stated that she had been in arrear for Kinglp tares, and in conse quence had been called on for them by a broker, who she re quested to wait.ten minutes, just while she could send her little girl to her husband for thy money. He told her he could noe wait a minute, and,ieaving a man in possession, walked off. The following morning, on going to the broker to pay the-taxer•, she found that in addition, a demand of Ss. 6d. was made kw the levy, and which she was compelled to pay. The Magistrate told her she was certainly liable . for the ex penses of the broker, and dismissed hes application. MA RY-L A-BONNE-OFFICE. A Finer-lulu THlEF.—Yesterday Sarah liitchttunt r w young female of most interesting appearance, was brought up in the custody of Henry Buckridge, on the following charge of robbery : It appeared that the prisoner, a few days since, called• at the' house of Mrs. Barton, Great Barlow-street, Mary-la-bonne, and asked a very young child if that Lady was at home; the child answered in the negative. The prisoner went away, but aeon returned, and deliberately went up stairs to the second Boor, and broke open, by forcing the locks, two room-doors ,inhabited by young men, and proceeded to examine every portable article ; also breaking open s bureau, and taking the contents, some sove reigns and silver plate; finally making oif without being observed, with two new coats, two silver watches, some plate, four sove reigns, and linen and wearing apparel to the value of 171.' The robbery wes not discovered for some hours after, and risen an Ingairy was instituted, it being supposed that some of the in mates of thst house-were the thieves; but the child stating that a strange woman had clued„ and on describing her, some of the family recollecting who she was, information was given to the police. Bockridge the officer was dispatched in search of her; and after a persevering one, with some ingenuity, found' where she was, having, since the robbery, lived with Ica'" man," in first-rate style, cutting such a dash as to surprise all to-whom she was knuwn. Pawnbrokers duplicates for some of the property were found on her person, and in the room where she lived.— She declined saying anything, and was committed for trial QUEEN-SQUARE Mr. lull on, an accountant, in Chancery-laste, was ordered to find ball for assaulting Colonel James. The Gentlemen were both going she same way In gigs, on the Knightsbridge-road, when their vehicles get entangled, and the defendant bestowed a liberal horse-whipping on the Colonel and his horse.—The Colo nel now wished to Lay an information for the whipping of his horse, under Mr. Martin's Act ; but it was found he had de layed his complaint too long. Dinanums F.siontrt, was brought up by Wai tress, one of the Bow-street patrol, who found her asleep bn a bench in St. Janseis-park, yesterday morning, in the most de plorable condition : she told the Magistrate that she had been a se cant at slr. Cockell's, 46, Park-lane, but had latterly been reduced to the greatest distress, in consequence of being out of place. She had pledged nearly all her clothes for her support, had spent the money, and was now in the greatest distress, hav ing no friends in London, She had not slept in a bed for up wards of a month. She belonged to the , parish of. Sitwell. in •Berkshire, near which place she was born ; and she would wil lingly go there, if she had money to support her on the road.— The worthy Magistrate seemed to sympathise • with the poor girl, and ordered money to be given her to carry her borne. He then dismissed her, with a suitable admonition. TILkIIES POLICE. IVIDaDza OF Ma. SMITH Or LFIVISIIAM.-40114 TiNlOOB3l, the man who was apprehended on Sunday-last, in Chapel-greet, East Satithfield, by Mitchell, an officer of this Police, was yester day examined before the Magistrates of Greenwich. Similar evi dence to thit already adduced against his brother and others, sae brought forward against him. Abciut noon yesterday, Mr. Sim mots, the chief clerk of this office, received a note from the offi cer, giving information that he was' going on to Maidstone Gaol with the prisoner, who must consequently be fully committed for trial at the next Assizes. At the time the p risoner was taken into custody, the o ffi cer said, " I want you ;" be replied, " " For what?' The officer said," Again on a charge of murder. Pr isoner—" Oh, is that all?" His coat and waistcoat was then called for, which he put on and was taken away. Oa Monday, when placed at the bar of this office, the Magistrate; after bear ing Mitchell's statement, asked the prisoner what he had to say for himself?—observing at the same time, be would caution him as to what he did say, lest it should tend to his future injury. The prisoner audaciously observed, 6, I need no caution t I know nothing of the matter!" This pertinacity put an end to any further observation, and the prisoner was taken sway from the bar, and consigned to the discretion of theOreenwich Magistrates. - UNION-HALL. A respectable looking person appeared to make a complaint., against an Oliver Emmett Gill. He stated, that having (ova( himself to have been robbed, he went to inform Gill of it, whom be wished to take the woman into custody, and debited, that they might meet in the morning, at a certain place in the Borough; but instead of the officer hiving attended to that, he had and consulted with the woman who was mewed of having committed the robbery, from Whom be, In hie ow science,believed he had received money, and eberehee eased taking er into custody. GM stated in his Mime, ebee dame midnight the Gentleman knocked him out of bed, to WI lift that he had been robbed of a great q uantity of soap, =dwelled him to sleet him near the Angel Inn next morning. At the appointed time he went, but not finding the Gentleman pow teal to his time, he proceeded to where the woman was, And . found Abet she bad a husband lying sick; that she had a binily of ten children; and that the accuser lived as a lodger with bey; that be bad gala smell Inentky of soap in; that he was a most eecentric.chatatter—would leek himself up in his room for two and semedmes *roe days.tegetker ; and,that she bad only taken a my smell pimp of his soap to wash a pair of his own sock. with, NA die ateleese she found he was displeased at her for having dale Ilksebeifieed Mina shilling, and tel enter knees, ' lambsY flerstweeme, she believed the value of the MUD be awe eles a = leg. Under these circumstance. GIB ebisle be certainly would not be justifed bad he taken her has embody. Mr. Cuestease thought the °Meer had sot acted properly in, gain to the woman to consult with her respecting the felony.; but the accuser himeell'adudtting the value of the soap not to exceed a halfpenny, be etigeiseed dee eestplatat, ae too trifling to be entestatueet. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. SEVIA NM* _ 11 7 uommas OR COLORRL • (deemosed iteastbe SeAa of yearardrl). After the evidence had been gone through, auks, ten called upon for his defence, acknowledged his Jilt k but Dort denied all knowledge of the pro- Pert_y being stolen. The Jury found Clarks—Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of the disclosures that he made; and Down,NOt Guilty. The prosecutor also recommended Clarke to mercy on account of his previous good character, and in consequence of the recovery of a great portion of the.property through his means. William Smart, a lad of about 17, was indicted for stealing from the dwelling-house of Mr. Samuel Heywood, a number of silver forks and a soup-ladle, of the value of 1:20‘ The prisoner was leen coming out of the area of Mr. Serjeant Heywood, and being asked what he wanted by the prosecutor's butler, he made off. The butler went to the pantry, misse d plate, and ran after the prisoner. He caught him and found the plate concealed under his coat. lite prisoner was found Guilty. James Snell was indicted for stealing a mare, the property of William Reid. The prosecutor was a butcher living at North Craw ley, in Buckinghamshire. On the Bth of June he stated he had a mate grazing in a field about a quay ter of a mile distant from his house. He missed the mare that night, and did not hear of her again until the 13th of .kine.l He then saw her at the Red Lion, in Aldersgate-street ; her mane was freshly cut, her heels were trimmed, and her ears were cut. He re cognized her by marks on the body. WilliamTuraer, a horse-dealer, proved that he gave the prisoner another mare and two sovereigns for the horse. The mare was taken to Romford fair, and was there detained by a person of the name of Lowe, as being the property of the prosecutor. The pri soner was then in the fair, and being told that the mare had bees stolen, said that he had bought the mare, and could find the man of whom he had bought it. instead, however, of doing this, he rode off to London on the mare which he had exchanged for it.—Other witnesses who were present confiraitd this testimony. John Tennant, a straw-plat manufacturer, living is Gun -street, Southwark, deposed, that the prisoner visited him on the morning of the Bth of June, re mained with him the whole of the day, and slept in his house at night.. The prisoner in his defence, said that he had taken the mare in exchange for an other. The Jury retired for one hour, and on returning to Court returned a verdict of No r William Craig, aged 20; was indicted for strafing two chests of tea, the property of Users. Francis and Child, tea-dealers, on the 4th of August last. It appeared from the evidence, that on the day mentioned in the indictment, the two chests of tea were delivered from the C rotched-friars warehouse of the East India Company, upon the order of the 'house of Child and Co. - who had previously pur chased and paid for them. The chests were not im mediately carried away, but were allowed to lie in a yard belonging to the Company, Messrs., Child and Co. intending to send for theta at afuture period. In the course or the day, the prisoner carat to the East India Company's premises, and said that he had been sent on the part of Messrs. Child for the chests of tea, which were in consequence delivered to him and car ried away on a truck.. A few days after the robbery was committed, the prisoner was apprehended, atad a large quantity of tea was found in his possession, which' he said halted purchased from Mr. Norman, a grocer, in Sun-owlet, Bishopsgate-street; but t his statement wasproved to be fah,. The prisoner received an excellent character from several respectable persons. The Jury immediately declared the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy.on account of tbt good character which he had borne previous to the commission of the offence of which he was convicted. The RECORDIR observed, that he was afraid that the nature of the prisoner's offence woad not permit the . Court to attend tozhe recommendation of the Jury. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. THZ KING '0: ZiNNZT. This was an appeal from a conviction by the Ma gistrates of Mary-la-bonne Office, of an offence an der the Sd of George IV. chap. 57. The defendant is the proprietor of the Globe pablic-house, Tich field-street. • Mr. ALLEY, in support of the conviction, called John Burroughs, Serjeant of the Mary-la-bonne watch, who stated, that on the morning of the 25th of July, between'twelve and one o'clock, he missed one of his watchmen from duty, and saw him so into the Globe with two women, and after remain ing from four to six minutes within,"they came oat. Oa his cross-examination, he said be could not po sitively swear that the women went in exactly with the watchman. . Mary Paris swore that she went 'into the house by herself; on the night in question, and not with any watchman, and had a pint of beer after twelve o'clock. Mr. ALLEY said, that was as good an offence as any other. The CHAIRMAN said, that was not the offence stated in the conviction. Mr. ALL': replied, that it was enough to state an offence undir the Act. Mr. ADOLPIIVS-- 44 An offence!—Goa bless the' makers of such Acts!". Mr. ALLST—" I lament them as much as youf Mr. AnoLireu*- 0 Every man of feeling must err press his indignation at such odious Acts." The witnesrthen stated, on her cross-examination, that her sister was' a washerwoman.; and that having , been at work until twilre o'clock at night, she went in by. herself to the public-house in question, and, at her earnest solicitation, she was served with a pint of 'beer. —Mr. ALLEY here closed his case. Mr. Anocruus submitted, that as_the conviction stated this to be a second offense, his Learned Friend was bound to rove the asst; and he nottaving done so, the conviction must be quashed. Mr. AziLwr contended it was sufficient that the first offence was , recorded in. the Magistrates' conviction. Mr. ADotrtiva said, that would be an equally sul Saint Magni for waving evidence of all the other eir. eusastances of the case, ps the second offence WAS also 'recorded in the ,Magistrates conviction. The Comm: held that it was nec essary to prov e t h e ' first 'offesice; and that not having been done, th ey 'ordeied the conviction to be quashed. Mr. ADOLPH US cautioned the defendant to be on his guard, as this was intended as the second step t o , wards his ruin; and a third conviction would be lowed by a penalty of 1001. and the forfeiture of hi s , license, which was aimed at by some persons. TIRE KING R. WM. MILLARD. This was an appeal from a conviction before M r . Wyatt, under the new Vagrant Act. Mr. LAW opened the case in support of the con ♦iction, which took place, he said, in consequence of the appellant having been taken at one o'clock in Morning, in company with another man in the burial ground of the London Hospital, having a shovel and sack ►n their possession,and not being able to give a satisfactory reason for their being these. It was nos a pleasant sight for the patients of the Hospital, whose lamps of life were burning fast, to witness gentlemen of this description hovering about, for the purpose of snatching them away to the dissecting_ house as soon as they should have ceased to breathe. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the defendant.—The patients could not see them at one o'clock in the morning. Mr. LAw continued.—So far from his Learned Friend's observation being correct, the patients did see them, and one of them it was who actually se cured the defendant's companion, in spite of the vio lent use he made of the shovel iu resisting. The Learned Gentleman then called Samuel Hicks, who stated that he was house-por ter at the London Hospital. A body was interred in the burial-ground on the Wednesdoy morning, and on that night, the night of Thursday, and on Friday night, the defendant was seen lurking about the place.. The witness was proceeding to detail the way in 4hich the appellant was taken, when Mr. A.neLPFFU9 said he would admit the facts to •be as stated by Mr. Law. He then proceeded to argue that the words in the ACt of Parliament, " if he shall not be,able to- give a good account of him. ' self," kc. must be taken strictly to mean a good ac count of himself generally, and not a good account of tsh,y lie is Mere ? The Act was, in any sense, a most oppressive one ; but it would be still more so if it were to receive the construction' necessary to sup• port this conviction. Suppose that he (Mr. Adolphus), were to live in the neighbourhood of a Magistrate, and to be a man of property, and known as such to the Magistrate. Suppose he were found by this Ma gistrate in his yard at night, and asked by him what brought him there ? He might say, " Really, to tell you the truth, Sir, I am hereto kiss your wife's maid." Upon which the Magistrate, although he knew him to be a respectable man, and a man of property, might, if he pleased, reply," That, Sir, is not a good account of yourself, under the meaning of this Act of Parliament, and I will send you as a vagrant to the tread-mill." Such would be the effect of his Learned Friend's construction : he would leave every man in the community at the mercy of a Magistrate, what.. ever might be his caprice-, his malice, or his erroneous sense of:justice, abstracted from the influence of these feelings ; and completely destroy the protection af forded by trial by Jury. He granted that his client could not give a good account of why he was in this enclosure os the night in question.; but the Actoaly required that .he should give " a good account of himself," and that he was able to do ; for he could thew that he was the proprietor of a good house, paying scot . and . lot, and well known in his parish, and therefore amenable to the law if he committed any trespass, and that must be taken to be all the Act contemplated. The Learned Gentleman was then about to call witnesses to chew that the defendant was a householder, am. when Mr. LAW said that he would admit all that. He then went on to reply to Mr. Adolphus's argument. He' contended that it never could be construed to be the meaning of the Act, that when a person was detected in an enclosure at .night, under suspicious circum. stances, if be could shewhe was a householder, that was to be considered sufficient explanation. Ira man was detected, for instance, in an enclosed yard, with picklock keys and other instruments for *housebreak. ing in his possession, was it enough to say that he was owner of a good house ?: It was of the suspicious cit. Futustalwas under which be. was found there that the Act required. an explanation. The defendant was detected in an enclosed burial-ground under circum stances pointing .at an intention to commit an indict- able misdemeanour; and be was therefore called upon to give a good account of himself. It was no an :wee .on his_part to sey be had a good house; that he had sold his aubjetts well; that he bad datives. by his. iniquity. He was called upon to account for his being there in an enclosedkurial-gtound at midnight; to account for having scaled a ten feet wall; to wins count for the shovel, for the sack, for lis being feneid9 like one ofthose animals that feed on carrion, "WA; new made.grave. This was what he was selseeenit by the Act-to account for; and not being able tolusi so, be was convicted of vagrancy, which conviction'• he humbly subititted the Court would confirm. Some misunderstanding prevailing as to the facts which had been admitted, witnesses were called who proved the statements made by Counsel on bath sides: one of these for the appellant adding, that be (the appellant) was employed in the leoture,room nes der SirA.Cooper, bathe could not say in what manner. The COURT confirmed the judgment of the Magi*• trate, sentencing the defendant to three months' Par finement and hard labour. Mr. Anosraus—Well ; it is time to leaveEnglanl. Mr. LAW—Recollect, I haw:cooly defended the con. victims under the Act; I bayonet been compliment. ing the Act itselE Ifir.Anosenue—No; nor would any man of comp Von sense in the world. or The prisoner, when taken away by l the officers, was assailed by the mob, who saluted him with dirt and • saw-dust in great abundance; and it was even with some difficulty that the officers could protect him from more violent manifestations of their indignation. Several convictions against bakers, for selling light. Th read, were confirmed. • kIIGILWATBIL at LON MiXlll33l itteritOUS . . TOMORROW. tag ;44*.a.us&S, . • LONVO:4 : Printed and publisb.od by MAL Ken s _ 1 ' fr 'lacr, Tonic -Bar. • I M, . , I a J• X . teed sc its aid Yie ..1 CA 8410 asi -4 tai 141 R': . .PJ 44. ~~ 'fa ,~ . N