Star.
London, England, 1808-09-15 00:00:00

}muse, and 111.16w4.6..=11w1=tr...m...'"''rn0 on h g t man w onv
he met with a pistol in his hand.
Charkute 8u11eu,..-said she lived four' (tope! from.
V.,r. Mann's house. She pereistea Mr. Maui goct. viii,
betaeen five and sik in the moning,atitihis rider ap.
peared to have been' left open. She saw' a niaketitee.
the house soon after Mr. Mann went out, -and when
he returned she heard him say, “ what do you want;
here, you villain ? do you come here to rah me ?" and
she saw the prisoner run away.
The prisoner was secured in consequence of the
alarm raised, and the articles found utron 'him. On
his person al•o were found a• dozen of skeleton keys.
The prisoner deckned'his innocence, and,ealled to
character-\V. Crowder, a,.builder, living in Alder-
manbury, who said he had' known the prisoner for
11 months, had employed him and had never found
him otherwise than an attentive and industriou ssery an t.
Mr. Justice Lit 13taxt: informed the Jnry, that the
removal of the property, if it was done with intent to
steal, Was sufficient to constitute a felcrity at law, if
they believed that the prisoner or his associate had
undone any of the fastenings of the door.
The Jury immediately pronounced the prisoner—
Guilty—Death.
Sarah Forecast, a decent looking young woman,
24 years of age, who was far advanced in a state of
pregnancy, and who had a child about'a year old in
her arms, was also capitally indicted on. a similar
charge. She was seen coming out of a house in the
day time, when no one belonging to the house was in
it. Seri, rat articles of female dress were missed Jr
after that. They were found to have been pawned
on the same day, as the pawnbroker believed, by the
prisoner ' • and she had redeemed some articles of her
own out of pawn on the fiillowing day. The priso-
l.ner in her defe94 said, the person who owned the
house had given kz permission to go in ; and as to
her releasing the property of her own, it was done
with a £1 note which'her husband had given her.
Whilst Mr. Justice BAILEY was summing up the
evidence, in an impressive manner, the Prisoner, who.
had been indulged with a chair, was taken very ill.
Har.son, one of the turnkeys of Newgate, humanely
took the child out of her arms, and gave it into the
I care of some one in the prison. He had hardly left
! the d.iCk when the Prisoner was seized with violent
' hysterics, and knocked her head backwards in such a
manner as to strike against the side of-one of the
spikes, on the top of the wood work that forms -the
dock. It required the utmost exertion of five or six
men to save her head front the spikes. By order of
the Judge she was conveyed into the air. The
Sheriff sent far a prefessional man to attend her ;
and a fair Quaker, of most respectable appearance,.
I who was among the auditory, waited on her with
the most philanthropic zeal and assiduity. Mr. Box,
the ' apothecary in a few min:res, came to her assis•
; twice; and, after a lapse of twenty minutes, she was
sufficiently restored to her senses as to he able again
rto hear the solemn observations of the Judge.
I Mr. Justice 11A ILLY resumed his charge tothe Jury,
evidently lab airing under the most poignant feelings
lof sympathy for the poor woman's situation. How.
ever, he most correctly, as a Judge, desired the Jury
not to surfer their feelings to overpower their reason,
but to give such verdict as the justice of the case
should require.
The Jury consulted together a few minutes, and
then returned the pr soner—Net guilty.
Thomas Gower, for stealing three hank notes, value
31. two guineas, and other monies, the property. of
W. R in the dwelling house of J. Hall, was also
capitallercionvicted ;as was •
Mary Foster, for stealing a watch, - three gowns,
and divers articles of wearing apparel, and sums of
money, amounting to 201. the property of J. Noble,
in the dwelling house of F. Rogers.
Nine were convicted of felony, viz. •
I. Maday, for stealing a sheet and three table cloths, the pro-
perty of T. Yarrow.
M*7 Manton. far stealing a tal4e spoon, the property of the
Marquis of Wellesley, and a slyer watch, the property of W.
Travers.

THE FILBERT.

Nay. trath.r not that lithi•rti Ntcltotas,
Ti et.: k a inaveet there—it kMs house—.

His e7.sle—oh commit do liserglary!
Strip Nita not halted—'tie his clotlh s, his shell,
0., sr, ty armour of ills life,
find i:iou sil3:t do no courtier, Nicholas!
Or with thy trackers or toy double teeth—
So easily all things may he destroyed!
But 'tit ro. in thc:pow,r of inort4l man
'I ~, itts frau ate of a filhert !

Th..r, were two l mat tarn oncz amued thrmselvei
Wt.: .%atcaitig maggots run their rig gliag race,
And waz.ritlt oa tin it speed; hut Nick, to us
It wi;-c no sport to se, t'w painved worm
Roll out and then draw in hi; folds of fat,
t t ficant buriirr's ',ahem powder bag
h...rewith he iLathrrs, It-psis, or cauliflowers
Spa tier beau, or lady fair, or doctor grave.

Enough of clangers and of enemies
lath Nature's wisdom for the worm ordain'd ;
Increase not tinot the number!—Him the mouse,
Gnawing with nihi+li•og tooth the shell's defence,
May from kis native t,nuggent eject;
Him may the nut-hatch, piercing with strong bill,
[lnwiringly destroy, or to his board
The squirrel bear, at leilioe to be track'd.

Man also bath Ms dangers and his foes,
As this poor maggot kith, and when I muse
Upon the aches. anxieties, and fears,
'lite maggot ktows not—Nicholas, methinks -
!Two?,ld be a happy metamorphosis
To he enkernelkd thus ; never to hear
Of wars, of revolutions, and of plots,
K Ministers, and Tax-Conunissioners;
To feel no motion but the wind that shook .
The filbert tree, and rock'd me to my rest ;
And in the middle of such dainty food
To live luxurious ! the perfection this
Of snugness ! it were to unite at once
Hermit retirement, aldermanic bliss,
And stoic independence of mankind!

OLD B.IILET.

Yesterdry the Sessions commenced at the Old
Bailey, betin-e the LORD M.‘N'OR, Mr. Justice LE
BLANC, Mr. Justice BAILEY, the RWORDER, &c. when
en prisoners were tried, four of whom were ca-
pitally convicted, viz.
n'ad,v, for assaulting Peter Muller, a fo-
reign ••camin, on the high way, and feloniously taking
from him five guineas, and other pieces of money.
It an :cared. that on the nu.rning of the fith inst. he
was on his t' ,v to his lodgings in Wentworth-street,
Whitechappl, when the prisoner laid hold of his arm,
and toll him he Tr as a watchman. At his request
the prosecutc.r went to a pablic house, ;tad there the
prisoner }re es! rn him to treat him with some pee-
r:m.l;7% prosecutor not feeling pleased at his
si-nation, landlordto let him sleep there.—
The publican refused, and the prisoner then said to
the sailor, ; never mind I shall take you home.'i—
They •' en qui :ed the house, and the prisoner was
joined by a man who seized the prosecutor's left arm,
while the prisoner secured his other, and then put his
hand into the sailor's breeches pocket, he resisting as
enrich as possible ; and, in the struggle, the sailor
knot ked his elbow against the door of the house in
which he lodged. In the street there was a woman
walking Keith a man who was playing a fiddle, and
this noise was sufficient to cause his landlord to come

down. Previous to his opening the door, however,
the poor sailor found his pocket empty. He pitisitively
swore that his money was 'afe o.en he quitted the
public house. It consisted of five guineas in gold,
two seven shilling pieces, and a foreign coin called a
Joe. He was also plundenid of A. tin box, containing
hit protection.
The testimony of the landlord of thclodging house'
went to describe his having let the prosecutor in,
when he saw two men and the filler leave hirti at the
door, one of them, whom he believed to be the priso-
ner, " let him alone." The prosecutor had
been paid MO wages. having been discharged from a
foreign ship in the River, exactly a week before the
robbery. He seenvd more sober than drunk, when
the witncsslet him

T. Butcher, for stealing several articles of glass ware, the pro-
perty of W. Collins. _ _ .

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T. Hadley, for stealing a silk pocket handkerchief, the property
of 1). plar...,y.
W. (.00d,alial Swinbutty, for stealing a miniature picture, and
six guineas, the property of A. M4l.rao.
J. I)rewitt, for stealing an umbrella, the property of J. Willatts.
W. Valentine, for stealing a pair of boot tops, the property of
J. Skipper.
J. Joseph and A. Israel, for stealing a pocket book, a one pound
bank note,and an order for payment of 1001. the property of M.
Zachary.

Griffiths, a police oMcer, apprehended the prisoner
on the Sth instant, in George Court, Spitalfields, in
bed, between two girls of the town. He searched
him at the office, and found on him two guineas and
a 75... piece.

Jok; Smith, Sarah Lefirr.-, and Catherine Ciles,
were indicted foe.ssaulting John Wills, on the King's
highway, putting him in 'tear, and taking from his
person a silk handkerchief value 7s.
The account given of the transaction by the Prose.
cntor, was as follows :—That on the 30th of July,
about ten o'clock at night, he met the prisoner Lefe-
vre, who asked him to give her a glass of liquor ?
He replied, a ass of liquor was no object, and if
she was going his way, he would give her one. He
:diem atds was induced to accompany her to her
lodgings, which were in Spitalfields, and he -staid
with her until twelve o'clock ; when he ,came out he
found he had been robbed, and he therefore waited
in the street until some watchman should pass by ;
he waited until near two in the morning, and then
he saw the prisoner Lefevre, accompanied by Smith
and Catherine 'Giles come out of the house. He went
rip to Lefevre and accused her of having robbed him.
Smith, the man, d—d his eyes, and said, the woman
was his wife. The Prusecutw: replied, he did not care
who she was, she should be brought to justice. Upon
c. hick Lefevre exclaimed, 64 D-n him, take his
landkerchief from him." He immediately received
a blow, which knocked him down, and they untied
the silk handkerchief which he wore about his neck,
and went off with it. He knew the prisoner Lefevre,
before that time, and he said he recognized ihe pri-
soner Smith, afterwards among. his fellow-labourers
in the India Company's warehouse.
For the prisoner, a witness of the name of Smith
stated, that goi.ig.out about twelve o'clock to look.
for her husband, she saw the Prosecutor standing at
that time without any handkerchief round his neck,
and she added that Smith, the.prisoner, and Lefevre
were both in bed before two.o'clock. The Jury found
the Prisoners—Not Guilty.

The rl ;staler, in his defence, said he was going
alnng, nn the 11/4:lrAday night, when the prosecutor,
much intoxicated, cam^ up to him, and took him
'f) the Princess of Waits, aL .1 tr'ated him with pep.

. liistice BI.As:C, in his ch.tr-;,e to the Juri.-,
•••-i that their verdict would depend on the
t. the prosecutor only. as he could nct
mo.iey. none of which was pro.
• • found on the prisoner by

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• lieration, returned a ver-

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A'". ordered the two guineas to
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wis indicted for breaking and en-
‘: • house of T. Mann, and stealing
••••:•• !. • ,•f plate.
!•• ;. • •• ,:ator, who is an elderly Gentleman,
• • St. Catherine's Precinct, near Red-cross-
:, ••:, • ;, he had left his house early in the morning
'LA of July, previous to which he locked the
.tid put the key in his pocket. On his return,
:... '• ten minutes, he took out the p;n of his parlour
1•.7.•,10w and when he inserted his key in the luck he
1.••:!!(1 it open ; he went in, and sva just beginning to
cad the stairs, when the prisoner came running
.:"•svn with a pistol in iris hand ; he rushed past the
-rcsecutor, and was followed by another, whrm he
d d not distinctly sec, but whom he most sensibly felt,
as he knocked him down to the ground ; having,
however, recovered himself, he gave an alarm, and
endeavoured to pursue the thieves, but was unable.--
He returned to his house, and on inspecting a chest ! Tuesday morning, between five and 'six o'clock,
of drawers, he discovered that several articles, of a fire was discovered in the shop of Mr. Croose,
linen-
plate had been remov,:d ; the locks of' the drawers draper, the corner of Fleet Market. The flames were,
h t.l been forced open by skeleton keys. In a little however, soon extinguished, without doing much da-
thine thereafter k saw the pre Cr at the watch- • mte.

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