Star.
London, England, 1825-01-13 00:00:00

•LQIVDON SESSIONS: ...
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. Yesterday these Sessions were held at Guildhall, be:,
fore the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDICR, Aldermen, &c.
.e.hothony Bennett was indicted for assaulting John
Bentley. The prosecutor is a woe itman in the employ
of Mr. Burrows, of Hounsditch, a brass-founder; he
was sent by his master to the defendant's hOuse, to, pre-
sent a bill for payment, and the defendant denied all
knowledge of it, declaring lie had never accepted the
bill ; he, however, told the prosecutor to leave his
address. In the evening the. prosecutor called again
at the house of the defendant, who being from home,
the prosecutor left word with Mrs. Bennett that it was
a swindling transaction, and unless the bill was piid,
Mr. Pennett's goods would be taken in execution. The
defendant, on hearing this impertinent message, wrote
to Mr. Burrows, and requested he would call on him
respecting the bill, and bring his servant with him,
and he would convince him whether or not he was a
swindler, The moment the defendant saw the prose-
cutor enter his house,with Mr. Bur rows, he rushed past,
Mr. B. and struck the prosecutor several times; the
prosecutor said he would make him pay fir it, and
the defendant said he would have enough for his money,
and again struck him en the head, which confined him
for five weeks. The Court did riot consider Mr. Bur-
rows's conduct very commendable in taking the prose-
cutor to the defendant's house, when he was labouring
under the effects of passion. The Jury found the de-
fendant Guilty, but strongly recommended him to
mercy on account of the provocation. He was fined
6s. Bd. and discharged.
7 komas Barton Lawrence, was indicted for. assault.
ing William Drew. The parties were part owners of
the Edward, a West India trader, of which vessel the
complainant was Captain. Having made three voyages
to the 'West Indies, the complainant was anxious to.
Withdraw himself from the connexion, and thi accounts
having been drawn out, defendant made a variety of
objections to them, and refused his signature to enable
the complainant to receive six hundred pounds, as
appeared by the accounts to be due to him, besides his
share in the vessel. An arbitration being proposed,
the defendant consented to be bound by the decision.
On the day before the assault was committed, the par-
ties met on 'Change; the signature was again requested,
which Mr. Lawrence promised to furnish, provided
Mr. Drew called at his counting-house on-the following
morning. When he called the objections were again
tepeated, and the prosecutor being vexed at an obser-
vation made by the defendant, said it was a lie ; the
assault was then committed as described by the prose-
cutor. Before any evidence was entered into, the Re.
corder expressed his wish that the business should be
settled in an amicable manner.
Mr. LAW said, the parties standing in the relation of
partners, he was desirous that they should be friends
again, and, that all matters should be settled by re•
Terence to some Gentleman. After a short consultation,
the Learned Gentleman said, it the prosecutor would
say he was sorry for having made use of the word "lie,"
his client was willing to apologize for what had after-
wards taken place.• This proposal was immediately
rejected, and the case proceeded.—Mr. William Drew
osaid he was formerly Commander 'nf the Edward,
West Indian vessel, of which the defendant and him-
self were part owners; he had intended to discontinue
the connexion, and upon the settlehtent of the accounts,
the defendant's signature was necessary before such ac-
counts"' could be settled ; an arbitration took piece,
when the accounts were revised, and since then* he had
had interviews with the defendant, and always re-
ceived the most abusive language; the' day before the.
assault took place, he had a long deliberation, and de-
'fendant agreed to waive the objections, and promised
his signature if the witness called at his counting-house,
34, Lombard-street; the defendant's son was in the
room, who was ordered out, and the acesunts were
produced ; the same objections were made, and being
heated with the defendant's observations, the witness
said to defendant, " you know it is a lie; for lies have
passed current between us for the last three months
he was then leaning on the desk, and the defendant
gave him a violent blow on the side of the face ; it
produced a black eye, and he was much • hurt ; they
had a regular conflict, blows were struck right and
left, and they went down against the partition, when a
person entered the room, and having procured water,
the prosecutor washed his bleeding face, and went out
for a surgeon.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and expressed
their opinion that the prosecutor was as much is error
as the defendant.—The Court, under these circum-
stances, fined the defendant 6s. Sd.

LONDON TlTHES.—Yesterday a meeting of the inha-
bitants of the parish of St. Giles Without Cripplegate,
was held at the chute!), for the purpose of considering
the propriety of co=operating with the special Tithe
Committee of the Corporation, in an application to
Parliament to regulate the local tithes within their ju-
risdiction, and prevent a continuance of the exorbitant
claims of some clergymen, under the statute of the 37th
of Henry VIII. The meeting was but thinly attended,
and after some conversation between the Churchwardens,
Mr. NEWELL, Mr. YELLOWLY, Mr. Haiwas, and some
other parishioners, a resolution of es operation with the
city of London in the application to Parliament was
agreed upon. In the course of the conversation, the
great difficulty seemed to he, to create a fund for
meeting the necessary expense of the Parliamentary
proceeding; a voluntaty subscription bad been already
in part attempted. The present Vicar had not demanded
mote than ls. in the pound, but.the•parishioners thought
the opportunity now afforded 'by the Corporation of
London favourable to the proper determination of this
tithe question, to prevent ultirnate,contention.
Another advance, we ate informed, has taken place
on iron, in addition to the former, and bars are £B4 per
cent. and pigs more than £l2O per cent. beyond what
they were but a short period since.
Thursday, Dec. 30, at Whittlesea, Mr. Charles Boyce,
a youth of eighteen, was loading a gun, with the inten-
tion of shooting a fowl, which was in the yard ; while
in the act of ramming down the wadding, the piece
Went off, when it burst, and the broken part entered his
body, and passing upwards, came out at his head. The
young nun died instantly. His father was waiting at
a window .to see the fowl drop.

At a meeting of the Catholic Association on Satur-
day, a subscription of five pounds was announced from
tl.e Earl of Shrewsbury, as Premier Earl of England.
A Frenchman residing in London, who is his own
cook, told a friend that he had made um repos delicieus ;
that he-had just eaten two pork shops and four legs of
mutton.Angliceltwo pork chops and four sheep's trotters.