Star.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

LATE ACCIDENT :mit WATERLOO-BRIDGE
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Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at St.
Thomas's Hospital, on the body of John Brown, and
also on a man whose name is unknown, who were killed
by
,the falling of a. wall, near Waterloo-bridge, on Mon-
day last. The witnesses proved that the men were en-
gaged in cleaning bricks under the wall, and that they
had been advised to move away, but that they appre-
henzieJ there seas no danger while the wall was cutting:
Mr. Broom (of the Kent-road), the master, was of the
same o;•inion, and he directed the bricks to be cleaned.
The Jury said that buildings should be taken down
with more caution. The girders had been removed in
tl,e first instance, which ttley considered the primary
cance of the accident.

The Conosett stated, that in his opinion the death of
the unfortunate men arose from accident, nbtwith-
standing it appeared that Mr. Broom, in whose service
they were employed, might have acted with incaution ;
bu: it should be remembered that he placed his own
life in the same peril with those who suffered ; hence
it was right to infer that he did not apprehend any
probable cause for the dreadful occurrence.
The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.—
Deodand on the bricks, 2s. 6J.

THE ENGLISH CEMETERY AT BOULOGNE.
The French have enclosed a large plot exclusively for
themselves; it is gaily laid out, decorated with flowers
and evergreens, as if to mock the corruption it is in-
tended to honour.

In an adjoining field is allotted the resting place of
the English : it is filled with the bones of our country-
men. There is a simplicity suited to the place, and
consonant with the British character. There was no
weeping willow, no evergreen, to awaken an affected
sensibility—the long grass wound about the tomb, and
a plain slab recorded the name and age of the deceased.
The names of some are the following :
Mrs. Gertrude Phillipine King, daughter of the late Baron de
Kutzleben, died March 29, 1823.
Elizabeth, Countess of Giencairn, daughter of Henry Daniel
Erskine, Earl of Elgin, died May 17, 1820.
George Peter, fourth son of Peter Moore, M.P. London, died
June 24, 1824.
Sir Arthur Forbes, died February 8,1823.
Major-General Isaac tinting, Ist Grenadier Guards, died Aug.
6, 1822.
Sir Isaac Page, Bart. of the Royal Fuzileers, died on the 20th of
June, 1824.
In a plain tomb the remains of the once gay and dissipated Butler
Danvers are laid. He closed a life of pleasure, embittered only by
domestic sorrows, arising from his own intemperate conduct, at
Boulogne, on the 26th of June,lB2o.
No small degree of interest was excited by the fol-
lowing inscription, and by learning the accident which
it records :

" Sacred to the memory of the most !mitered Emily, Countess de
Very, eldest daughter of the late Charles Locke, Esq. and Cecilia,
his wife, who met her death by an afflicting accident in the streets
of Boulogne, at a quarter before four on Thursday, Sept. 19,1822,
at the age of 25 years."
This unfortunate Lady was an English woman of great
beauty and accomplishment, married to the Count de
Very, a French Gentleman of consideration. She suf-
fered a great deal on her first confinement, and her life
was for some time despaired of, but youth and a good
constitution bore her up, and she gradually recovered.
The very first day she was able to take the air, her light
carriage was run down by one of the heavy waggons in
,the Rue des Veillards--the horse having thrown the
driver, and set off at speed from the Upper Town, down
the steep hill which connects it with the harbonr. At
the bottom of the hill it came in contact with and over-
turned the carriage of the Countess, and the ill-fated
Lady was killed on the spot.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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GUILDHALL.

A decent-looking old nun, named Wm. Somers, applied to the
sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman AsiaLar, yesterday, for his ad-
vice and assistance, under the following circumstances :—He had,
he said, pledged a Bible at the shop of Mr. Baylis, pawnbroker,
No. 41, Aldersgate-street, for 10s. on the Yd of September, 11123,
and he now produced the duplicate to that effect: on the 4th of
September last, two days after it was out of time, as it is called, he
applied to redeem it, offering the principal and interest ; but he was
then told that it was forfeited and had been sold. He bad, how-
ever, subsequently seen, it exposed for sale in Mr. Baylis's shop
window, marked price 41.45. On this he renewed his application
to be slowed to redeem it, but that had been refused, Mr. Baylis
standing strictly to the Act of Parliament, that the pledge was for-
feited, and not being a pledge above 10s. he was not obliged to send
it for public sale by auction.
Mr. Alderman !ince:- said this was certainly a bard ease, but
he feared that under the Act of Parliament, the pledge not being
above los. and out of time, if the pawnbroker persisted, he, as a
Magistrate, could not interfere.
Mr. Beresford (the chief clerk) said, he did not doubt but that the
complainant might recover in an action of trover. Indeed, a decision
to that effect had lately taken place in the Court of King's Bench.
Mr. Alderman ANSLIIT—That may be all very right, but this
poor fellow cannot afford to bring an action of trover. The Alder-
man then directed Brand, the Marshalman, to accompany the poor
man to Mr. Baylisiand urge the peculiar hardship of the case.

BOW-STREET.
New WAT OF currantuso • SUIT..—•A respectable-looking man,
litho described himself as a tailor, applied fur the assistance of the
Magistrate, under the following ircumstances:
A Mr. B. applied to him for a suit of clothe*, and gave him a re-
ference to a Mr. C. He accordingly waited upon Mr. C. whom
he found living in rather elegantly furnished apartments, and having
propnurded the necessary inquiries respecting Mr. B. Mr. C. re-
plied—" My dear Sir, I know but little of him, and what little I
do know is nothing to his credit; I would advise you to have
nothing at all to do with him." The tailor thanked Mr. C. for his
candour, and withdrew, determined to have nothing at all to do
with Mr. B. Nest day, Mr. C. called upon him, and ordered a suit
of clothes—" I shall give you no reference," said he—." I ant a
Lieutenant in the Royal Navy—l also hold a situation in the Ad-
miralty Deparimeni, ind I shall leave you W. as a deposit in hand.",
He then carelessly tossed down the 51. saying he would pay the re-
mainder when the clothes were sent hone; and the tailor bowed
hint out very politely, not doubting but he had got a good customer.
In due time be sent home the clothes, in value about 101. but the
sf. was all he gut for them, for Mr. C. left home the Sault day, and,
upon inquiry it was found that he was neither an Admiralty clerk
nor a. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. The tailor was therefore of
opinion that the application of Mr. B. and the reference to Mr. C.'
and all the rest of it, was a swindling con piracy to get a suit of
clothes at one-third of their value.

The Magistrate was of the sante opinion, but could render no as.
sigtance, because the acceptance of the three pour.ds on account had
made the remainder a simple contract debt.
In the course of the day a similar application was made to the
Magistrate by a boot:maker, who bad been cheated in like manner.
Two yours men. named Ivory and Doris, were committed to
Newgate for trial, charged with having stolen 154 in cash from the;
bar of the Cheshire Cheese public-house, in r.s.sex-sueet, Strand.