Star.
London, England, 1822-01-05 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.—Mr. Haines, a Gentleman residing
near Cranford-bridge, requested the assistance of the
Magistrate, yesterday, in his efforts to bring to jus-
tice some persons who had wilfully set fire to several
ricks of corn and a barn upon his estate. They were
discovered to be on fire at day-break on Thursday
morning, and were in a very short time consumed,
all efforts to extinguish the flames being useless. The
owners of land in that neighbourhood had lately
found it necessary to make a reduction fn the wages
of the labourers, which excited mach discontent
among them, and threats of mischief had been heard
to fall from some of them. He wished to take an ex-
perienced officer down with him, as some circum-
stances had come to his knowledge which he thought
would lead to the detection of the perpetrators. Mr.
HALLS readily acceded to the request, and sent an
experienced officer with Mr. Haines, with directions
to use every exertion to trace the offenders.
MARLBOROUOII-STREET—John Tye, Job Jones,
was yesterday brought up in the custody of Kinsey,
Goff, and Lawrence, three of the Lambeth officers,
charged with being a dealer, to a very great extent, in
forged notes, counterfeit sovereigns, &c. The pri-
soner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully
committed to Newgate to take his trial.
OUTRAGE IN CHARLES-STREET.—Burrell, Angel,
and Pethie&, were again brought up for final exami-
nation. Pethick was admitted an evidence. The otloer
two prisoners were fully committed for trial.
MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICIL—TWO lads, named Wil-
liams and Newbery, were yesterday brought before
the sitting Magistrates, by Schofield, a constable, who
said that he observed the prisoners come up the area
steps of a Gentleman's house in Portland-place, and
give something to a man who was in their company,
with which he ran away. The prisoners denied being
in the area, and said they merely came up in conse-
quence of seeing two men fighting. The Magistrate
(Mr. RAWLINSON) discharged %Villiams, and ordered
Newbery to be committed for trial, he being an old
offender, although young in years. A few hours after
Williams had been released, he was again brought to
the Office, and underwent an examination before the
Magistrates, charged with stealing a coat. The pri-
soner was remanded.

LAMBETH-STREET.—Mary Smith was brought up
for a second examination, charged by R. Archer
with robbing and otherwise maltreating him. It ap-
peared from the prosecutor's statement, that on Tues-
day last, about mid-day, he was going along High-
street, Whitechapel, when he was met by the pri•
sorter, who enticed him to one of the brothels in
George-yard, where she and three or four other
young women, after knocking him down, held him
fast with a handkerchief to his mouth, to prevent his
giving any alarm, and the prisoner forcibly took
from his pocket 6s. 6d. being all the money he had
about him. The prisoner denied all knowledge of
the robbery, but the prosecutor swore positively to
her identity, and she was remanded.
TOWN-HALL, SOUTIIWA K.-Ilugh Kelly, a poor
Irish boy, who had, on completing his apprentice-
ship to a Sunderland trader, received £2l, and had
been robbed of it by a messmate, who quitted the
ship at the time, was brought up yesterday, having
been found crying' at a door-way in the Borough.—
He told a piteous story of his journey from Dover to
London, during which he had been driven out of every
house, either because he was an Irishman, or because
he was suspected of being a thief, and had subsisted
on raw potatoes. A great difficulty now arose how.
he was to be disposed of; he had not even the claim
of a casual pauper upon the parish, and co'ild not be
assisted by them. Mr. Alderman &writ at length
ordered him to be provided for in the Compter, and
to be allowed all the conveniences which the prison
regulations admitted of. At the mention of the word
" prison," the poor Hibernian burst into a flood cf
tears, and declared that he had done no harm, nor
could all the kindness of the Map.istrate drive from
his mind the terrors which that sentence had raised in
it. He will be passed to his own country.
Wednesday night, as Mr. Russem., plumber, of
High-street, Lambeth, as returning to his residence
from Newington, he was surrounded by a formidable
gang of thieves, who robbed him, and beat and kicked
him unmercifully, by which he ::,id one of his legs
broken. Seven notorious fellows were in consequence
apprehended, forming part of a gang who infest that
neighbourhood, aid ssho have committed the most
daring depredations. The .wlfole of theinwere car-
ried before the Magistrates at Union-Hall, where they
underwent an examination, and were remanded for
the attendance of Mr. It ussz&a. to zi vs: evidence.