Star.
London, England, 1825-08-10 00:00:00

MO NMOUTH, AUGUST 8;

Edward Zany was indicted fdr Malitionsly and felo-
niously setting fire to a coppice, called the Beacon
Allotment, tho property of the Duke of Beaufort, at
Treleigh, on the 19th of April last. It was proved,
that in die middle of :hat day, a flit broke out in the
wood, and consumed the trees standing on ten acres of
land ; but there was no evidence whAtever, to affect the
prisoner, except that he was seen going towards the
wood about a quarter of 'an hula before . the' fire.,
and vas observed near it shortly after. No com-
bustible was found ; nor any other circumstance of
suspicion suggested.
Mr. Justice 13uanciuois declined to CA on the prisoner for
h 6 defence, as there-Was .nothing against him, and he directed
an acquittal.
Mr. CROSS, in applying for costs, observed, that
though there.was certainly nothing against this man,
the pmsecution was rendered necessary by the fre-
quency of fires kindled among the woods of the neigh-
bourbon(' in order to destroy them.
- The learned Judge allowed the expenses.

Sir Wit.Louostsv Date, it appears, came dnex-
pectedly into possession of the title and estates upon the death of
his brother, Sir BEAUMONT Dim, who was a prisoner in- France.
The pment Baronet served his apprenticeship to an apothecary,
Mr. Bausicicsay, qf Derby, and was afterwards in the navy.
Early on Thursday morning, a serious accident.
occurred in one of the pits at Sheriff Hall Colliery,
near Dalkeitb. Nine persons, what is called the 44 night.
shift," had descended into the pit to work. They had
not been long there when their lights were extinguished,
by foul air or carbonic acid gas. One of the men, i
stationed at a distance from his fellows, and rather
lower in the pit, was first aware of the danger, aod
called to the others to take care of themselves, as .be
was beyond the reach of aid. They instantly took
shelter in another corner, and were extricated by their
friends at the mouth of the mine, who had also become
aware of what was going on below. NOT Drysdale;,
the man alluded to, unhappily perished. The accident
was caused by gas, generated in aft old waste, commu-
nicating in some way with the working pit. When the
atmosphere is dense, or the wind in a particular direc-
tion, the miners are more or less troubled with this
noxious vapour ; but it is a very -long period-•since a
similar accident oecerred. Dir•sdale• was • pretty far
advanced in life, and •has left -*a family. • 'The Miler:,
are in a fair way of recoVery.:—:Calirldnfills
The late rains have proved verrbeneficiashin dm in,
land counties, not only to vegetation, but in the supply
,of water to cattle.

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POLICE .INTELLIaE CE.
At A NEON-Holm.

•Irctson, charged 'with stealing Leghorn honneti• to thb
amount of Xi ,040, Who has Undergone several efitninedens, tht
particulars of which hate already appeared hi one Piper, sadetvteni
a final examination ; when lir. Huniphreylois his finikkor, con-
tended, there was not stifficient evidence to convict Ms client. The
Loan however, said, he felt authorised le terns* the
prisoner; which he did accordingly.
BOW-STREET.
The Chnichwatdens of St. Peul,-Covept Golden, kw* re-eatr,
sidered the application made at &Li' Ake on Monday, relative to
the body of a mad which was brought to that parish bteryintireataki
from St. George's Hospital, -determined o 0 opening the ground, eta
this ceremony was performed yesterday evening, where the Vela--
dyes, haying seen the corpse, immediately Lid it was the& of
their kinsman, add that they were perfectly satisfied. Here tut:
matter ended.

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MARY-LA-BONNE.
James Baker, the toll-receiver at the Tyburn-gate, Was yestei44
brought before Mr. Getrertn, charged by Miss Domford, of fagt:
naught Terrace, with having assatilted.her on Monday latt.
Miss Domford stated that, is she was going in a pony-chaiki
through the Tyburn-gate, the defendant asked her servant, who waj
driving, for the ticket ? the servant drew it out from his pocket(
and shewed the defendant the letter It, which was marked on ihe
ticket. The moment the defendant saw it he endeavoured to snitch..
it from the servant, and in the attempt he tare it in two. Witness
lifted her arm in order to whip the horse on, which w prevented
by the defendant, who seized the whip in so violent a manner that he
almost pulled her out of the gig. The whip he kept in his puiseisioi:.
• Daniel Webb, servant to Miss Domford, fully corroborated iqe
above statement, and added, that the defendant kept the slack:36d
ticket, which him been given by the owner of the chaise to ratlike,
at the different gates; a shilling was also given to him on flatordap.
last to take the toll out of it, but be never returned the ditereisce:
The defendant, in his defence, said that it was not snakiest
when passing through the gate merely to mention the letter, it Was,
necessary to produce the ticket. He was positive than Miss Dom-
ford had not passed the gate on the day she mentioned t he did not
insult her, but she struck him across the eye with the Whip.
The Magistrate said, he had never heard of so impudent a de. '
fence as that set up by the defendant. A man could hardly be in •
his senses who could behave in so brutal amanner to a Lady.—Tat •
defendant was convicted In the penalty of 40$. and 71. vows. •-• •
Yesterday; Charles Wheeler, agent to the society fa.: the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animali, applied for warrants against sonic
persons who bad rode a horse against time. ••
Wheeler stated, that the Proprietor of a i'addin• m coach
laid a wager of sixty guineas with Yolk, that a herb* in his .
possession, which was lame, blind, a.ld broken-Lima, would go
thirty miles in three hours. The unfortunate anthill was made to.
perform the distance that morning, and was in a Most pitiable state'
from exhaustion, and, it was believed, could not live. -
Mr. Gowns( declined acceding to this request, not considering
sea an act, although be admitted its cruelty, as within the Mean-.
big of the Act. " • -
Wheeler urged his request, and mentioned the opinion of die' •
Lord Chancellor, that " matches against time" were within the
Weaning of the Act. However, the Magistrate declined interfering.
QUEEN-S4V3 ARE.

S. If%site, a sweep, charged with knocking down Murdoch Fraser, •
a pensioner,..aged 84, and robbing hint of a parcel, in Itsgent-ssieg,
Vauzhall-road, on the nisi ult. was fully committed.

UNION-HALL

Yesterday the Farmer of the post-horse duty at the Marsh Gate,
attended before Mr. As.xenow the instance of Mx. Bryant, the post-
master, in order to have the Magistrate's decision upon the folluwiog...
cluestion—Whether a toll collector was authorised to take a ihort •
day's post duty ticket from a party that was proceeding to Dartford, .
and return a certificate to that effect ? Mr. Bryant said that in this
, case, which was one of considerable importance to the Public, Lord •
Auckland's family had sent to his stables, desiring that two fours, •
vie. eight post horses should be intmediately sent to his residence.
Mr. Bryant asked the messenger whether they were wanted for a
long or a short distance? in order to make out the ticket amordingly
but the-question was not answered, the person saying that he be-
lieved his Lordship was only proceeding a short distance from town.
Mr. Bryant; imiceiving that his horses were not required for more
than a drive of a few miles, made out two short day ticketi, sad
gave them to the postillions. When the carriages arrived is the
Marsh Gate, and his Lordship having told the toll-collector that be
was proceeding to Dartford, in sent, the latter, upon the pro.
duction of the shirt day's ticket, refused to allow cheat to
pass through the gate, saying, that he must either have long
day tickers, or is. 9d. extra duty 'ea each of the borsts--dtis
latter mode was adapted by his Lordship to prevent futtber
delay on his journey. Mr. Bryant bow contended that the toll-
collector
had no right to make the &stand ; he should have eakeo,
the ticket that was presented to him, and given a certilltatt back
to that elect, informing Jds employers of the fact, whb had taint-
nnal access, if they pleased, to his books, where the duty seal Minis•
entered, on ascertaining the distances to Whit& Ms horses were..
driven, which was not on all pccasions hditivb tustil ate& the itithit..
of his r.osiboys to town. Ott the otkeiltantl,li tins contended that
the toll-cdfiettors, although they had constsdt Retells to chi bobjts,,
were frequently cheated out of a great deal of mohi7:—The Math; ,
trate pottlioned his decision until Thursday.
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WORSHIP-STREET. • •
Mr. Case, a master carpenter, appeared to answer thk Minplaint
of two of his journeymen, for -r sing to pay !Mid tboxemot.
advance in wages from 51. to Ss,. 64 a day. The • it '
admitted there was no spiral **Mini as to *bat
should receive, but alleged in soppoiet of that 'a
-plat'
many masters whom they named, comented to the idadi Shat
Mr. Case had paid are man 6s. a day. Mr.Cmit, on the otbeehaltd.•
namedleveraimisters who did not pal the adeenco,setdisinkthat
by the builders' price-book, they with only clarglim gendemis
&Lim a man's work for a days It was unimoseedds so ailattlo7l:
should derive no profit from the labstli of thdr risen. . [Javier' Mee
circumstances, the Magistrates thought thatthexise was LotlttS
eltablished, and that as there Was no agreeineui the *lei eotE4 r
claim the old wagis.- This decision ivai submitted to. •

IP
It is stated in n.,New York Paper, shuttle monument •
intended to be erected at Philadelphia to the memorre.f
WASHINGTON, is estimated to cost 67,400 Spanish dot, .•
lays (about 14,5001. sterling). • --kt chnstt acted of
marble, and will be-130 feet -high ; acrd its model is-
taken from the Choragic Itiontoneht isf-Thrasybdlus, at
Athens. It is said that the corner stone is to be laid by. •
Gen. LAFAYETTE, early next Mouth.

MARRIED.
Saturday; at All Souls' Cburcb, Mary-la-bonsse, Captain. Daffy
teth Light Dragooni, to Jimet, second daughter of the late John
Barnes, Esq. of Fait FlocMey, MiddleseY.
Thursday, at Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel Sainte, to Atha; setond
daughter of Samuel Lane, Esq. of Mallhoroughrbuildinp, Bath.. -

At his. summer residence, 4irdirowani:on Wedtiesdby afternoon,
about lour o'clock, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Baronet, Lord
Lieutenant of the county of Renfrew.
The 31st December last, at Rangoon, of Wounds teatived
in action, Captain George Wird Clark, of the 13th Regiment
o lbfantry. ' • •••
The 24th of April last, at.Rosiney Hill Barracks, Jamaica, Lieu-
tenant Augustin Spry Faulkner, 77th Regiment.
Tbe.ith inst. at Turnbasiegreen, Mrs. Leach, relict of the late
William Leach, of his Majesty's Mice of Works, aged 75 years.
Saturday, it his Chamberlin: the Albany, Sir Ftederkk Hand-
ker, of Newton Hall,llaseiellart. and Colonel of the Ram Local
Militia, in the thirty-second year of his age.
The 2d instant, at Ranelagb, county of Dublin, of a rapid de-
cline, Thomis Hely, 814.41 the 9th Linter', aged forty years.
Friday it Ellesborinigh, ittlie utility of Busts, pied 37,the Rev.
Jobb Leveson Hamiltmarall. Rector of that padsb.

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