Star.
London, England, 1830-05-24 00:00:00

THABIESJOLICE.

INHUMANITY OF PAIII/SH OFFICERS.—DREADFUL CASE
or Mistay—A police constable, named Morgan, of the K. di.
vision, attended before Mt. Broderip and Captain Riehbell, and
stated that early that morning, a poor elderly woman, who had
scarcely any covering, bad been found in Ratcliffe-highway by
the Inspector and two Policemen. They had removed her to
the Station-house, in Green-bank, Wapping, and when taken thrte
it was ascertained that she had not tasted food for two days.
They gave her some refreshment, which she devoured with the
greatest avidity. Morgan added, that the poor creature pre.
vented a skeleton-like appearance, and was in a most exhau.4.l
condition; and he was fearful that, if something was not imolai-
ately done for her, she would expire. The wretched woman h.
longed to the parish of All Saints, Poplar, and the officers had p‘.
ternptorily refused to afford her any relief.
Mr. BRODERIP inquired the cause of this refusal.
Morgan said, that the same woman had been found on Monday
night wandering the streets ; she was then in a most exhausted too.
dition, and had been taken to Poplar workhouse ; but the overseen,
threatened to punish the officer for bringing her here, and they then
sent her away. The next morning they took her before Mr.
Wametta, at Lambeth-street, who refused to grant her an order of
admission to the workhouse, and the unfortunate woman had been
since wandering the streets, without any means of support.
Mr. Evans, the chief officer of Thames-police, said, the poor
woman was in the most abject state of misery, end could scarcely,be
recognized as a human being. She was almost naked, and appeared
to have been starved.

Mr. BIODERIP ex grsat indignation at what be termed
the infamous and Inhuman conduct of the overseers of Poplar, it
leaving a fellow-creature to perish, and said, if death ensued, they
would be liable to an indictment for wilful murder. This was not
the first cue of the kind he had heard of. The worthy Magistrate
then gave directions that the poor creature should be properly
clothed, removed to the workhouse a St. Paul, Shadwell, in which
parish she was found, and eves) attention paid to her wants. The
orders of the Magistrate were immediately attended to, and the
poor creature was conveyed to ShadweU workhouse.

The North Briton contains a report of the Dundon-
nell case, to the extent of twenty-eight columns of sma!t
type—a thing unprecedented in the annals of law• report-
ing. The object of the action was to reduce two deeds ;
that is, to set them aside ; by which the estate called
Dundonnell has been taken away from its natural pro-
prietor, and conferred on other individuals, not heirs of
the family. The trial occupied four days ; when, at last,
the jury having been locked up from six o'clock on
Friday evening to a quarter past six on Saturday morning,
returned no verdict, and were discharged according to the
statute, because they could not come to any agreement!
Ten of the jury were said to be in favour of the plaintiff,
and two of the defendant. The case, therefore, (say
The North Briton,) remains in precisely the same situa-
tion u if it had never been sent to the jury at all : the
battle must be fought over again ; the parties must once
more run the gauntlet of trial, and once more encounte:
the enormous expense of this court, besides bringing up,
a second time, whole legions of witnesses from the north.
The estate in dispute is situated in a remote part of the
county of Ross, about fifty miles from Dingwall.

HEBDOMADARV.
THIS DAY—Euler Term ends. Jonathan Wilde executed,
1726.
To-Kowtow—Jupiter rises 5 minutes past II at night.
WZDNElDAY—Augustine first Archbishop of Canterbury.
Tlll7llllDAY—Venerable Bede. His festival is not now inserted
in the Roman Catholic Calendar.

Farrier—This is the Feast of Pentecost with the Jews, a feast
instituted by Moses when the children of Israel were journeying in
the wilderness 3321 years ago. It is called the Feast of the Tint
Fruits. On this day Mount Sinai was convulsed and covered with
conflagration, whilst awful thundering. and lightning. from abort
accompanied Jehovah, when he gave to Moses the written law.—
The immortal William Pitt born, 1731).
SoTtrattor—Restoration of Charles 11.

SumpaP—Whit Suoday.—Pope died, 1744.—5u0 riers 5 n:tr,
before 4—sets 5 min. pest &

BIRTHS.

On the 22d inst. in Barley-strett, the lady of W. Wood, Esq. o:
a son.—On the 91st inst. in Union-terrace, Camden-town, his. T.
Huxley, of twin daughters.—On the 21st inst. In Coaduit-street.
Hanova.aluare, the lady of B. C. Greenhill, Esq. of Puri•un,
merest, of a daughter.

MILD.
On Saturday, after a very short Woes, Mrs. Robins, widow of
the late Mr. J. Robins, of the Piazza, Coventiartien.—At Calcutta,
on the 6th of January, W. Lumsdaine, Zan. of Lumulsine, North
Britain, Deputy Commissary-General in tossl—On the 10th
inst. R. Forman, Esq. of Little Testwood.hoese, Hants. and late ol
Chatham, aged 66.—0 n the 21st inst. H. Walker, Esq. at his re•
sidenee, No. 1, Baker•street, Spa-fields.

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Best Dressing Hides
Common Ditto
Crop Hides, 3$ to 401bt for cutting
Dkto 45 to 50lbs led to led
Calf akin. 36 to 401bs .....
Ditto 90 to 7019.
Ditto 70 to oolbs ... ..
baa bah, Greenland) . 243d to 2td
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Horse Hider
Hone Hides ... ...

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