Star. — London, England, 1808-08-19 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, AUGUST is. The American schooner Hope, Capt. Woonwmtn, from Virginia, in days, arrived off this port this afternoon, and landed a messenger, with dicpatches for the American Minister; the Hope 'proceeded for Havre de Grace withoui coming to an anchor. The Duke of Kent packet sailed for England on the 19th tilt. ; the Embargo still conthured.. • TORBAY, AUGUST 17. Sailed the Channel Fleet, under the command of Sir T. DUCXWORTH, to resume their station off Brest. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST ti. It was the VALIANT, of . 74 guns, that sailed to the Eastward yesterday, the Pants, as was then , . • reported. PoßTsAttient, AUGUST 18. Nothing arrived or sailed this day. His Majesty's Sottisss is appointed convoy for the coast ofPor tugal and Spain, instead of the Purro.—Wind S.W. DEAL, AUGUST I a. Arrived the BOLD gun-brig frosty Yarmouth, and the Osr.noN sloop, from Sheerness. Sailed the Titusrr, 50 guns, with a convoy of transports fin' Parwich, to receive troops on board ; RObAMO sloop far Sheerness; BLOODHOUND, FLAW*, BUSTLIUt, BLA vat, and PHOSPHORUS, on a crinie off Boulogne and Calais. Eleven transports are expected from Pau. mouth to join the Diana, Ceres, British Tar, Benja lain Shaw, Nimrod, Polly, Henry, Betsey, Hero Lady Hamilton, and Elizabeth.=—Light airs from the Eastward. Rennin in the Doirtna...Princess of Orange, Vice Admiral Campbell; Bellerophon, Rear Admiral Gardner; invincible, Hero, Mustrieub, Minotaur, Warspite, Clyde, Oberon, Bold, Vesperata, and Pigeon. The Ajax, Captain StzwAnv, from the cifae .for Rio de Janeiro, was boarded by his Majesty's ship. Damn, on the 2d Antrust, in long. 12. 30. lat. 49. 30. the Elizabeth for Trinidad. in company, standing , to the westward, with the wind at south. The Harmony, Wason, from Demerara. for Lon don, has put into Grenada, leaky. The fleet from Jamaica sailed from Negril on the' 26th of June, and consisted of IS7 sail ; and cleared the Gulph on the 11th of July. A vessel or two of the fleet was lost on the Comaynes. Steen sail fell astern on. he 12th. Yes:erdly his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND gave dinner to all the Ministers in town, Lord Sr and others. The Spanish Deputies were also of the party, ar.d they were highly delighted with the appearance cf the St. Times's Volunteers, wha hap. pened to be exercising in the Forec-..irt of the Pre mier, upon their being informed that the corps lzr,,:er arms was only a body or Citizen-Soldiers from one parish. Wednesday her MAJESTY gave a dinner to the N., bility and Gentry of Windsor and its'environs, which was conducted by the Princess ELIZABETH. Th. Prince of WaLes and the Duke of CLARENCE arrive at three o'clock, when the QUEEN, Prince of WALEN and Dukes of CLARENCE and CAMBRIDGE, Princesse , SOPHIA, AUGHtrA, ELIZABETH, A 7 , 4 ELIA, acid MA RV, sat down in a large Chinese tent, which was prepared for them to dinner. The rest of the company sat it the other tents and marquees on the lawn, while thi. Ba9as of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), and Staffordshire Militia, played in different parts of the garden. The Mandarins from Vauxhall were also present, and shewed their dexterity of hand to pleas , the young ladies and gentlemen. At dusk the youth ful visitors had a ball, and the Royal Family ane Nobility were present to see them dance. His MA- Jury arrived from London about eight o'clock, and immediately joined the party, and seemed highly d - lighted with the entertainment. The Prince of WALES and Duke of CLARENCE slept in the Lower Lodge, and yeaerday morning set off for London. The ball broke up at half past ten, when the KING, QUrEN, and all the Royal Family, returned to Wind :or Palace, The company consisted of the following Visitors : IWartrds Cornwa/lis's Lady and family, Lord and Lady Ash brooke and family, Lord Roston and family, Ladies Ilebestcr, Murray, and 'llynne, the Hon. Mr. ald Mrs. Villiers and -fa mily, Geoeral Harcourt and Ms Lady, Colonel Desbrow and hinny, Colonels F.IlLy and plucligate, Major Talbot, Mr. Free mantle sad faintly, tbe Rev. Mr. Northey, Mr. Ryder, Miss Douglas, Minerals CasetwrW and Fitzroy. Colonel Taylor, and snarl of else Olken of the rho and Stafford Militia. The Blues patrrikehlie roads the whole time, till en e cempany departed. Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY, Princesses So- PIIIA, AuousTA, and Abtemt, accompanied by Lady THYNNE, Geserats CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, add Colonel TA yx.ost, rode in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve. Aftei wards the PamerssEs took a ride in the Park for upwards of an hour, accompanied by Lady linv!isz and Colonel TAYLOft. The QUEEN and Princess Euzantrutook an airing to Frogmore Lodge and Gardens. The Fete at Oatlands, in honour of the Duke of YORK'S Birth-day, on Tuesday last, was of the most magnificent description. About half past twelve ar rived the KING, the QueeN, and the Princesses Au- Guar*, ELIZABETH, SOPHIA, MARY, and AMELIA. At the foot of the steps leading to the grand entrance hall, stood the Duke and Duchess of Yong, and the Prince of Wates. The Duitz handed out the KING ; the PRINCE did the same office for the Quevg. The Princesses were placed under the escort of the Duke of Causrmaoz. The illustrious guests walked im mediately into the Park, on the lawn of which were erected two handsome marquees. To the first of these the Duchess led, almost imperceptibly, their Majesties; in which the strangers beheld a very in teresting sight—the orphan children (the/wok:is of her Highness) seated, to the number of about 50, at dinner, whilst a band of music pliyed, for their amusement solely, in the tent opposite.. Charmed with the sight, the King, in particular, passed many eulegiums on the benevolence of heart and patriotic disposition of the amiable hostess. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK arrived on Wednesday morning from Oatlands. sPoRT.MG INT7aLte INCA. r . The disputed rate, last year, at Lewes, MONIS Orville and Cerlifrat, has been settled by the Stewards, to whom the case was returned by the Jockey Club % as depending upon a point of fact which the latter had no means of ascertaining. The Stewards hare decided, that, as the evidence was equally strong on both sides, the prise be equally divided between the parties. • • A very excellent and well-contested race took place on Wednesday at noon, on Epsom Downs, between a bay horse, belonging to Captain Bitten, of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and Captain OLIVER'S brown mare, Humming Bird. Captain B.'s groom rode the horse, and Captain °Livia the other. It was one heat only, over a two mile cot"se. At start ing the mare took the lead ; she was afterwards dis tanced, but soon recovering the ground . again got a-bead, and came in at the winning post by a length at least. The mare won easily. The race was for 100 gs. Although the intended sport was but little known, there were on the Downs many elegant eqni. pages ; among the pedestrian spectators were many amnion of note. ••• • - READING, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. The OW Cup, value 600. the rest in specie, the owner of thi 550222 horse being entitled so his wake bacl. Poet miles. (Tvreive Subscribers.) Mr. M. Dilly's bh. Gumbo, by Sir Perry, syn old - 1 Mr. Goddard's b. b. Mountaineer, 6 yrs old -1 Ld Barnsnote's im b. Pavilion, aged - 3 • lhoo 4 on MOuntatoser, $ to 2 apt Gnatho. • "Vies 3.yr olds, 7st. sib. and 4-yr olds, Bst. 71b. fillies and geidirgs'atlowed - 21b. Two-mile heats. LE batryiltore's fir. f Miranda, by Sorcerer, s yrs old I I Capasbi Halaenden's br. d. Corsican, 4 yrs old (broke down) 2 & 9 to 1 n:1 Cordcan. WEDNESDAY.--Sweepstakes for 3-yr olds. Ld Barrymore's Miranda, walked over. .e5O Plate for all ages. Mr. Dilly's Gumbo - 1 1 Captain kiasernderes Sir ; annedot . - 2 2 anIiaIASPORD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. • His Mdesty's Plate, 100 p. 1.4 drosvener's b. f. Ms ' by Sir Peter, 3 ynold • I I Mr. WillLlmes ch. f. by Roaster 8 yra old - 2 dr A Subscription of sge. each , with SO added, for Hunters reds by Gentlemen, 121 t. Two-mile heats. (5 Subscribers.) ' Mr. Hem 's b. g. by Corlarder ' aged - .1 I Mr. Emhden's g• .h. tipcculadtm 5 yrs old - 2 2 Mr. L. Kortwright's br. m. Flirtilla, 8 yrs old - 9 3 WEDNESDAY.—The Town Plate of £5O. (Maiden.) Mr. Williann's eh. 1. by Bower, 3 yrs old - 1 2 1 s Ir. Fmbden's b. f. Highland 1.;00, 3 yrs old . . 3 1 2 lr F. Standish's cit. c. by Mr. ' resale, 3 yrs old 2 dr. Hunter's Plate of 50gs. entrance added, Gentlemen rider,. Mr. C. Parker's Shy - - - 1 2 1 Mr. 1. Wright's m - are -- 2 1 2 Mr. Harding s mitre - - - 3 dr THURSDAY.—The Steward's Plate of ,e5O. Mr. Williams's ch. f:lie Boaster, -I yrs old - 1 1 .Mr. Hcarn's b. g. * and - . -3 2 "•i r. Emden's b. f. Lass, 3 yrs old • 4 3 Mr. Golding's b. m .erry Maid, 5 yrs old - 2 dis. A house in the city, connected with India, received letters yesterday, which positively state, that the King of PLasia had declared war against this country. Yesterday morning Count MAtaiosa, accompanied by som" of the Sranish Deputies, attended the Qua -- eting, in Hemmings's-row, Leicester-fields. ..aame Lk: GENLIS. to *hom the Public are in debti for so many excellent works, has lately pro kced at Paris, a new Historical Romance, intitled Eelisaire." The genuine French edition with i o.zs, tad also the English translation, is, we understand, to be published this day by COLBURX, of Conduit street. The grave and virtuous Reformer: will, doubtless, hear with uncommon satisfaction that there are to be ; Treat Improvement: in St. Jame:': Palace ! A countryman, after attending a debate in Parlia ment, being asked his opinion respecting the Ora !ors, replied— ,, Why, they talked a great deal about Eyes and Nose; bat had'nt any thing to do with she Head !" Several tootkivs Spinsters of Fashion are highly lelighted in reading the high price which was lately given for a broken-mouthed Lure ! The secluded Lover: hear Parson's Green have been Amply supplied with Ice by a London Confectioner. 'Re trust this is no symptom of inciiiietst coolness I The most serious and alarming disorders to the vo taries of Haut Ton nre CON 6UMPTION —in the ?odd / Dectame—in Beauty!—and ALL OBSTRUCTIONS—it mattes of Diims pieces ; .it then went up the chimney, without doing any further damage. At Dicton, a horse and several fat sheep were killed in the fields. The Seven Stars, on Gateshead Fel}, was also struck—some cattle were A !angst ishing Widow, in the last stage of the tender paLrion, has engaged a residence in the vicinity of Si-on ! killed in that direction. Some women in a cart had a narrow escape, as the cart was much damaged, but they were not seriously hurt. A pike of hay was en tirely burnt at Cramlington. The daughter of Ti ' mothy Pollock, of the Rose, Halfway-bank, between this town and North Shields, was standing at the back door, with a comb in her hand, the lightning struck the back of the comb, singed it, and curled up some of the teeth, without doing the least injury to the girl. A new smelting mill at Derwent-heads, near BLanchland, was nearly swept away by the flood, to gether with a considerable quantity of lead ore." EXPENCES OF PUBLIC OFFICEL-d•Tt appears by the accounts presented to the Hou..e of Commons relating to the increase and diminution of expences in the Public Offices, bAween the Ist of January, 1806, and the Ist of January, 1808, that the expences of the office of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry were 1,9161. Bs. 9d. le , s during the last year than in 1806. In the office of the Paymaster-General the total increase in the amount of salaries, &c. in 1807, was 26261 to which is added, a temporary inmate of 17101. Rs. f. rel :yen ex ra clerks employed in bringing PARSONS-GREEN FAlR.—This rural annual fair com:1 up the al rear accon , t of the Paymaster-General to menced on Wednesday, amidst a numerous assent.. 24th of December, 1804. An increase in the salaries blage tfenteel visitants residing in the above neigh: to the o ffi cers under the Auditor of the Receipt of his bourho The tents and stalls pitched on the green , exhibited a very picturesque appearance. Richardson, Majesty's Exchequer has taken place between the Ist day of January, 1806, and the Is: day of January, the emperor of pageantry, erected a most magnificent theatre, and his Sock and Buskin heroes represented 1808, to the amount of ei`2,120 per annum, pursuant to an Establishment proposed by the Auditor, and ap- a grand Melo-Drama, classically denominated...fator proved by the Lurch Commissioners of his Majesty's Patric. The plot and catastrophe of the peace did Treasury, to commence from the sth of Jan. 1806. ;not detain the audience more than ten minutes, but i in No increase or diminution has taken place in the num- that short space of time the Dramatic Perrone con trived to bring the Devil and Bonaparte in close Ali. ber and amount of the salaries, et the rates of emolu ance. The sports and festivities of the Far were con inments and .ees, or of espences to be borne by the Public, tinned yesterday with undiminished eclat, and .2 more the offices of the Marquis of BUCKING/AM and Earl CAMDEN, Tellers of the Exchequer ; excepting that pleasing scene has seldom been exhibited. an allowance of 24L 6s. Id. made by a debenture Newcastle Lammas Fair commenced on Thursday from the Treasury to each Teller, under the provi- se'nnight. At the Cow-hill on Friday there was but sions of the Act of the sth of Queen Anne, 4 the ' a thin show of cattle : fat brought tolerable prices, trouble of his clerks in the payment of certah(leche- ! while lean scarcely obtained a bidder. Good much quer annuities for ninety-nine years from 1707, cre..l,coms sold well. Very few horses offered for sale ; aced by that Act, an& the annual sdlowsiaces of tthose of good quality fetched moderate prices. Swine 261. 18s. 81d. and of 131 . 9 s. 4 d. made also by deben- ; Inset with some advance. tures from the Treasur to each Teller, under the Britford Fair, near Salisbury, was held on F r iday, y provisions of the Act o the 6th of Queen Anne, for ' last. The number of sheep and lambs penned amount thef trouble of his Clerks in the payment of certain !ed to 19,000. The sales were very doll, and the ave.: ether Exchequer Annuities for ninety-nine years, firm ' rage prices full 6s. per head cheaper than last year. - 1708, created by the last mentioned Act, have ceased Wethers fetched from 275. to 395. per head. Ewe, in consequence of the expiration of those ennui- from 13s. to 275. per head, and lambs from 1 ls. to 19s. per head. The greatest - demand appeared in ties. The salaries of the four under Clerks in the favour offices of Earl Barman . , and the Hon. W. F. E. of four-teeth and aged South Down, EDEN, the other Tellers of the Exchequer, have been homed Wethers. There was but 2... Luray. she and w of increased, which is the only increase since 1806. igood horses, and they sold very high. '.:f •~... • y. - • - THUN44 R $719.11.431: - 43112.11: ' . - • - ;,.„,....,_____ WIT, STIFFOLIL, AUGUST IT. Extract of a letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, An- • The Commission for bseding the Assizes for this gust 16 :... 44 The thunder storm, which we experi• County was opened on Thursday afternoon, by Mr. enced on Monday se'nnight, has, done much damage Justice Hams only; .he Lord Chief Justice, Sir I. in this town and neighbourhood. Thefollowing is e Motown:en, being detained at Cambridge with causes, summary of its effects :—'_n this town, the hose and did not arrive hem till after the other Judge had which suffered most, is that of Mrs. Raisbeck, in attended divine service: at St. Mary's Church on the Westgate street. The lightning struck the back part, /w ow i ng mon e eg , entered the usual dining room of the family, shivered Thi r t een prisuners appeared upon the calendar, of whom only flee wa s ca p ita ily m ov i ete e, v i z. Josep h a door to pieces, and drove the fragments adoeg the passage into the front room, tore theeslaister off the Arnold, for hernia:piously breaking into the dwelliug. wall, and damaged some of the furniture. Several house ef Israel Abrakems, of Ipswich, and steaeng of the bell wires in the house were melted, and a thereouteunisy Articles of jewellery ; but before he black mark of considerable depth left along the walls j u d ges l e f t t h e sown he was reprieved. where they were. Se v e ra l o f th e w i n d ows were diat- o n account c i t h e ill health o f t h e prosecutor, who ' tired to pieces, and whole was driven through-44kt could not a ten S, Henry Banger, for maliciously s uts chimney wall where the lightning had struck upon a : 4 0 113 cm the long is of a horse belonging on J. Co e , o f nail. Mrs.' Raisbeck and her daughter liad a Mc*, id, simeeliseharged, upon agreeing to enter into providential escape, having removed from the Is ems . the m wine eorpe where the principal damage occurred, a then time - be. 'F.,. pi sz „ , Nary C di, Elsnoor Grigth, Jaws Sri. fore, in order to avoid the glare of the lightning. In 1 ,, , Ro e , I„,,„i th, Rekaa Holland, and Thos. livi,n, the next house, occupied by Mr. &Ming, some of the were acqu i: .ed. bell wires were melted, windows broken, and the top The case of the two first-named acquitted prisoners ofahee pcntstruek off. A young man, who was painting exceed a very great degree of incersst, the If. ee. the inside of the house next door to Mr. Jobling's, was being of such a shocking nature as i. is hoped tezy struck down, and thrown into convulsions ; but, we never again occur • they being capitally indict e d sae . are happy to say, is now quite rescoiered,Some. tiles d er Lord Ellenb crough's Act, for edministeees. 'were taken off Mr. Leighton's lieuse t on the opposite noxious or destructive substances, and using alert side of the street, but no other .ciamage was sustained means, with a view to procure the abnrtion if a qa:t lk, ' than that caused by the torment of ra i n w hi c h milled echild, with which Ann C.henejeeervant to Mrs. Mary, in. Two men *. work in the neighbouring chapel Codd, of Haughley, was then pregnant ; and whose were thrown ageinst each other by the shock, but not ' said mistress had employed Pizzy, a common farrer. much hurt. The house of Mr. Farrington, Biggs to effect this atrocious purpose. After a trial efeeat iy Market, was also struck, and the bell wires of two rooms five hours, and the deliberation of the Jury fpr eu and the stair case melted. The common sewer at minutes, out of Court, they were both acquitted ! bt.t the head of the side. was so full charged with water, • such was the indignation of the populace, that when in . .- consequence of the heavy rain, that the pavement ! the woman was released, she was hissed and hooted was forced up for several yards, and the, water issued all the way from the Court till she took shelter in a from the aperture, for a considerable titre, as if thrown 1 public-house in the town, from whence she was hastily by an engine. • I driven off in a post-chaise. " The lightning struck the house ce.larnes bah, At these Assizes there were seventeen causes en. Esq. of Jesmond, in two places. The funnelem the leered for trial, the most interesting of which wee the top of the library chimney was broken in pieces, following : _. thence it passed d own th e c hi mne y i n t o t h e library, • . nevus, eta. a. CITINERY. throwing down th e soo t, an d s i nge in g t h e h eart h.rug. in t le was an action of trespass brought against the It also entered by a window on the stair head, strqck 1 Defe n dant , for having cut in pie ces , an d spo il e d cer . a barometer , - hanging by the ode of the windowel . eein pasts, reili t Ac. of the Plaintiff. Th e Plaintiff i s .which it shivered to p iec e s , pa ss ed a l o n g a ll th e b e ll- 1 it ector of Bradfield, St. George, and bad placed pct wires, and went round the gilt frame of a large eiett. and rails round a green, opposite his house, high cure in the drawing room, which it has completely , enoug h f or catt l e op go un d er, a d d for the pupate of tarnished, then pie rce d th e wa ll a littl e a b ov e • the' e eep i„ g carr i ages , s ec . fy if . . The Pefendant cut them chimney piec e , an d di sa pp eare d. A l arge rent Was I , dovs, and a f ter they were aown, cut diem in marry likewise made in the wall communicating with a closet [ pieces and spoiled them. He entered a justificatic re in the kitchen, the lock of the door forced off, and i as having a right of common on the green; but it be two balls of fire appeared to the servants to fall on the . ing proved that he' might have taken the posts and kitchen floor, and escape by the door. Fortunately : rails down, without destroying them, t h e Jury found no one was hurt, although part of the family were on a verdict for the Plaintiff, damages 30s. the stair head when the barometer was broken, and woopwenns v. DARBOAD AND tueniscrose the servants were in the kitchen when the fire passed This was an action brought by the Plaintiffs, who through it. A windmill belonging to Mr. Hodgson, keep the White Hart, Wickh..m Market, to recovi r on the Leases, was struck, two a the wands cam- the- hire of their horses and chaises, which were en. pletely shattered, and the perpendicular axes in the I gaged by a Mr. Larlum, at the late contested election centre of the mill, down which it passed to the ground, forYarmouth ; but it being proved that he hired tl em, considerably damaged, particularly at the bottom, not by the authority of the Defendants, but of outer where a loud exp osion took place, and a man and persons, the Plaintiffs were nonsuited. boy were stunned and a little singed, but not mate. On the Friday evening, a writ of Inquiry was ex. rially hurt. A horse running in a post chaise on ecuted, in which John Tiros Hervey Elwes, Esq. was Gateshead Fell was struck dead by the lighaing, as Plaintiff, and John Pytches, Esq. Defendant, to reco. also a horse killed at Colehill, bel o n g ing to a person ver the value of certain trees, felled and sold by the at Wcetsled. Two people sitting in a public house Defendant, off his own lands, which were copyhold on Gateshead Fell were struck by the lightning—one iof the Manor of Stoke by Clare t &c. of which the was knocked down, and the other's arm was benumb- Plainter was Lord. ed. Mr, Maddison's house, at Birtley, was struck ; The Jury, after the necessary evidence was heard, the cans thrown fram the chimneys, several windows assessed the &Images at 4831. .ss. with the frames torn to pieces, and the copping stones The Assizes having ended on Saturday evening, on the gable end of the house carried to a consider- the Judges, after attending church next morning, left able distance. At Lumley, near Chester-le-street, the this town, accompanied by the High Sheriff, in order lightning entered the roof of a house, and killed a to dine with Sir Charles Bunbury, Bart. at Barton, woman in a lower room. Mr. J. Sheradon, of Hough- from whence they proceeded, on the same evening, ton-gate, had a cow killed in a field near that place. on their route for Norwich. Mr. Xirlcup, of Urpeth, had several lambs killed in a field near his house. The lightning entered the roof of the house of John Cole, at High Chaytors Haugh, and forced off the head of the clock, and broke it into Yesterday n orning, about four o'clock, a fire broke out in a rick of new-hay, in the farm yard of Captain Williams, at Mill-hilt, neat Hendon ; several engi nes went fro :n Hampstead to.eXtinguish the fire. The house of Mr. Taylor, cabinet-maker, in Glou cester-street, near the Asylum, was, on Wednesday morning early, broke open,4nd plundered of plate and wearing apparel to a considerable amount. •• A singular robbery was commit ed at Camberwell, on Sunday morning last A 3.7idow lady and her two female servants left the house, according to ens. torn every Sunday, to attend divine service, when two persons drove to the door in a single horse chaise, which was immediately opened by a confederate within : one of the villains stood by the chaise until the other packed up a quantity of valuables contained in bundles, which were placed in a chaise, and both drove off undiscovered. A child, the son of a Mrs. Rolf, of Poland -street, Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, a daring gang of house-breakers obtained an entrance into the dwelling-house of Mr. HAYES, flour factor, in ' Gainsford-street, Horsleydown, by means of certain implements, and took away a quantity of plate • but whilst in the act of taking goitre o her articles, th e ser• vants heard a noise, and, on an alarm being given, they were obliged to decamp with the valuable booty they had already obtained. Bow-STruti r. -.A boy belonging to one of the Receiving Offices of the Two-penny Post, yesterday underwent an examination, charged with secreting a letter containing a five pound note, which, on applica tion at the Bank, was found• to have been pad in by a banking hou , e in Lombard street, when, after !Tieing it through different hands, the Publisher of a M rn ing Paper proved that be received it from tile pri soner, who was remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGU-STREST.—Yesteaday an officer in the army, of the name of Smith, was held to bail for an assault on Mr. James, a landlord in Mary-la-bonne, , and sending him a provoking elk Menge. The wail 1 of the victualler is the sister of the defendant, ao4 some family differences had arisen, hi cause of atra breaaa.—ma breach oftl i ; pea e. was w yes c t h era l"s ayfu she ny committed for stealing r leg of lamb from a butcher's stall in the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. UNION-HALL.—W. Hughes and Elizabeth his wife, were yesterday charged with being accomplices in the • robbery cornnitsed in the dwelling-house of Mr. Hayes, of•Gainsford-street, Horselydown ; part of the property was found in their possession, and they were committed for further examination. s._- _.1.•~1. ~ '1..71. ~~ _ I in ti► to lose the a Of ) fill