Star.
London, England, 1830-04-14 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS-THIS DAY.

These Sessions commenced thii morning before the
Loan Maxott, the RECORDER, Ald. ANSLEY, HUNTER &c.
The Grand Jury having been sworn in,
The RECORDER delivered his charge. He regretted that much
of their time would be occupied, owing to the heavy state or the ea.
!alder for the Old Bailey Sessions. lie was anxious to call sawn.
don to two cases which would be brought before them. They
related to the crime of receiving stolen goods, with a knowledge
that they had been unfairly obtained. It was the law of the land,
though not generally understood, that a party receiving stolen
goods, who did not intend to appropriate them in any way to his
own use, was as guilty as the receiver who purposed making use
of them to his own advantage. The other case related to the
crime for forgery. It was of great Importance to the proper and
due administration of justice, that this offence should be severely
dealt with.

The Grand Jury were then dianiissed till to-morrow at 10 o'clock
MOCK AUCTIONS —cALlmoarE V. IFULLJAMEA.
_

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant
for an assault. The defendant is an auctione:r at a mock auction.—
The prosecutor did not agleawri.c
Mr. PHILLIPPS, as I for the defendant, stated that the
prosecutor, it appeared, had taken a great aversion to auctions, and
had thought it a public duty to endeavour to put them down, but
had acted very d.shottoumbly in the present case. He had gone to
the auction rooms, in Lotnbard.street. bid for articles, which he
would not take when knocked down to him, and had then gone and
given information to the excise,that lota had been sold by the defend.
ant on which the duty was not paid. The excise were too honour.
ble to take any advantage, and on the plaintiff's repeating his visits
to the auction, and having bid for knives which he refused to take,
was quietly desired to leave the shop, which he refused to do, and
struck the defendant a blow, which might hare been returned.
Witnesses were called, who proved that the plaintiff struck the
first blow, and the Jury acquitted the defendant.
There are many cases of appeal to be heard.

THE EGYPTIAN MUMMY,
Lately opened in Newcastle.

At the monthly meeting of the Literary and Philoso-
phical Society, on Tuesday evening last, the following translation of
M. Champollion's description and interpretation of the hieroglyphics
on the inner case of M. J. B. Wright's mummy was read by the
senior secretary :
" Mummy of a Woman."
First band.

This is Osiris, Lord, who resides in the Western Count!), (Pen.
cement), (heat Ood, Lohl of the East : may he give a good habi-
tation, provisions, oxen, geese, perfumes, and all other kinds of of.
ferings to the Osiris—Lady of the house, Bal-Roos, a woman, (or
wife ?) daughter of Petamenoph, a man.
Second band.

A Royal Act of adoration to Phre (the Sun), Great God. Lord of
Heaven, Chief of the Gods: may he grant all kinds of offerings and
sacred presents to the Osiris, Lady of the house, &c. as before.
Third band.

A Royal Act of adoration to Sev. (Saturn), Great God, Lord of
Heaven, Chief of the Gods : may he grant, du. as before.
Fourth band.

A Royal Act of adoration to
&c.

may he gnat,

Yellow perpendicular bands.
(Title of the Mummy.)
Osirk, Lady of the House Bel-Roos, woman, daughter of Pc.
tamexoph, man ; her mother being Tabor.
Two lour horizontal bands.

The name and filiation of the deceased, as above.

The ten hide columns by the sides of the Goddess who is extending
her wings over flue leet qf the Mummy.
This is Isis, Great Divine Mother, Redress of the Gods: may
the grant ill kinds of ofFerings.

Upper scene (under the first band.)
The Balance—Horus (the Egyptian ('.erberus)--The Soul of the
deceased led by the God Thoth, who presents her to the God At.
mou—An Altar loaded with offerings—Osiria--Isia--Nephtys—
Thoth—and the four Genii of the Antral (or shades below,) viz.
Soumanif (with the head of a jackal,) Asset (with the head of a
man,) Itapi, with head of a dog (cyno cephalus,) and KW.
Suitt, with head of a sparrow.hawk.• •
The great winged figure on the chest of the Mummy, la the God.
11. ss Netphe, the Egyptian Rhea, wife of Ser, and mother of
Osiris, Ism Are
Mr. Taylor read an elaborate essay on the moral obligation of
law.

• There appear very distinctly to be five, in the following order,
viz. with heads of an ibias, a man, a dog, a sparrow.hawk, and a
•
Jacka/. Tyne Mercury.

Soar.—By a return presented to the House of Com-
mons' we find that in the year 18'27 there were exported to Ireland,
from Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow, Lonefun and Leith, 301,642 lbs.
of hard snap, and 89.280 lbs. of soft. In 1828, from the same
places. 947,326 lbs of hard soap, and 90.875 lbs. of soft; and in the
year 1829, 2,751,568 lbs. of hard soap, and 140,673 lbs. of soft.
The total quantify of hard aral soft scap exported to Ireland in the
three years was 4,531,354 lbs.
BA r• I.F. ter WATER Loo.—The follov.ing strange re-
lation is from a ree.mtly published account of the battle of Water.
100, by Captain Kt NCASD :—" Two of our men, on the morning of
the 19th, lost their lives by a very melancholy accident. They were
cutting up a captured ammunition waggon for firewood, when one
of their swords strik ipg against a nail, sent a spark among the powder.
I looked in the direction of the explosion, 1 saw the two poor
fellows about twenty or thirty fee/ up in the air. On falling to the
ground, though lying on their backs or bellies, some extraordi-
nary effort of nature, caused by the agni.y of the moment made them
spring from that position, five or six times, to the height of eight
or ten feet, just as a fish does when thrown on the ground after
being newly caught. It was so unlike a scene in real life, that it
was impossible to witness it without forgetting for a moment the
horror of their situation. I ran to the spot along with others, and
fcund that every stitch of clothes had been burnt sit; and they were
as black as ink all over. They were still alive, and told us their
names, otherwise we could not have rceognized them and, singular
trough, they were able to walk off the ground w.th a little support,
but died shortly after."
FlBll STORY, LUT A TRUE ()MR.—Some twenty-
five years ago, a Mr. S. of this town, who was then at Siascosset,
sent some cedilla' to his anther in town. On dressing one which had
a poke unusually large, a yoitnger brother of hint who sent the fish
had la mild to open the poke. *hen, to his and his father's asto-
nishmeet, he fcund in it an open jack knife, handle and blade eight
inebes tit length, Which the fiats Intel swallowed point furemost. On
examining it, E. O. were discovered marked on the handle, when
I the lad exclaimed, '• 'Tot uucle Shen Gardner'..” The boy has.
tend to the suppose owner, to inquire if he had bet any thing.
Being answered in the negative, he then questioned his uncle if he
had lost a knife. Ills reply was, diet when fishing, eight or ten
days before, he lust a jackknife overboard, eat of Baes.rip. When
asked to describe the knife, it soon appeared fully evident that the
knife notelet in the fish's poke was the one he lost. The boy who
fount! the knife is now one of our moat respectable citizens, from
whom we had, within a few days, these curious facts—lferentoekei
inquirer.
A sailor who was said not to have been in England for
It) years, and bad just obtained leave of absence for 24 bouts from
his ship, an East Indiaman jast arrived at (ireenhithe, had em-
ployed this short time in makingl love and promising marriage to a
young woman, and having got drunk for joy at so many agreeable
coincidences, mounted the Rocket coach, on Monday evening, at
Shooter's-hill, on his return to his ship, when the unfortunate man
fell, and the wheel of the coach passing over him, left him in so
dangerous a state that he is not expected to live.
AN AWKWARD REDICOKTRE." I wan dozing as I
rode, when my horse suddenly stopped and snorted. I awoke ; and
on looking before me I saw a large bear standing quite still in the
middle of the path. We all seemed equally discomfited ; say horse
was frightened out of his wits, and trembled all over. 1 was far
from being easy in my mind, and the bear was evidently at a loss to
know what to do; and thus we remained fee some minutes, when
the latter turning on his heel, retreated down the bank, leaving the
mg Open for us to pursue."—Prom a wens in the Pyrenees, in
Bleektrood'a Magassine for April.

IX! CUTHN OF THOMAS SALES,
TM.: ENFIELD BrhiGLAR, (7711: 111011NIN(.)

aintning, a :.••-• It:int:ten sifts‘r night o'clock, the
s- • s 4 t). 141.61 IrS% estriit.t n i.t!;e4. in the execo,ion of
drama, Saks, who, it rail; be IC.'..e;l.;:cred. was capitally c„.nicscd,
at the last January Session., of a bo-glary at the boast ea Carting.
ton II nelft, F.sq. of Etiml.t.
The il.fated man was glum t 27 years of age. and. wet., !se sun-
este of a.. organised gang of cracksiosen." 1014+6: tc..e. zi-,,11,4 was
at a ce;Lio t oast: in that stink of infamy, Shire Jane. :Sale, from
the respectAility of his appearance, always being well dr..-ss.d. wa.
&soon:lewd tic •• a elf erector:an," and in the day :me might
be seen walking about t; e streets. for toe ',primate of reotri!.(titerttig.
and to mark t! ose houses Ise conceived ws,rthy of mow.- lai to.e
of his perambulations, he tell in with a young somas], ant in a
tradesman's family miar the New.stut, and prey its Issr
leave her place, and live with bins. When t.-. 2 news of ni..03 being
sentenced to die arrived, the infatuated girl swallow:I a (I a:unity of
oxalic arid, and it was with very great Jiff:l'l(y hrr Ade a VIVA.
Sales, up to the moment 01 hit death, ails completely dctoirl of
all religious feeling, and frequently hinted that In had leer sinned
in his life, notwithstanding the strenuous attain:la at* Chaos,
and Mr. Baker to convince him of 1:1. errors. lie apr-I:ed quite
unmoved, and met his fate With milst extraordinary ind.;:r2rence.
At about ten minutes after eight the Skip tell, and l-e was
launched into eternity. lie was a very fine young man, and was
respectably (tressed in mourning. There were trot matey p.l-sons
present.

DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE A7'
MILYCRAIG, ROSS-SHIRE.

Tucad ty last, while a boy, son of one of the farm servants of
Alilnciaig, was amusing himself with a stick, the end of which was
on fire, his clothes ignited, and while running for avektance, I:e
passed a quantity of loose straw, which caught the flame, and tt e
wind brit g very high, in half an hour the whole steading of offices
was in a bbse. The inmates had scarcely time to save their lives;
co; with such violence did the destroying element rage, that although
many persons collected ready to render assistance, none coulti
ap-
proac':, anti nothing was saved. The dwelling-bony; which is
slated. sustained nn injury ; but the whole offices are completely
destroyed, with much valuable property, and from 500 to (100 bolls
of wheat. Air. Taylor, the tacksman, estimates the loss at upwaryli
of 1,8001. Fortunately, however, the premises were insured in th.
Hercules In -ware.: Company to the amount of 1,1001. The scat
of the unfortunate boy called for iminediate attention ; a surge-..t
was sent for, and every means used to prolong his existence, but we
regret to say that he expired on IVednesclay.—lnnerne.s Journal.

DISCOVERY OF MURDERERS Per

CAITHNESS.

It was well retnarhed, on the late trial of Esmond, that murder
would be out. " Althuugh no mortal eye should have beheld the
commission of the crime, the eye of Heaven was on the murderer, and
thus the truth was revealed." The correctness of this observation hi
been lately exemplified in Caithness in a very extraordinary leisure..
About four years ago the body of a nta.e, belonging to a vessel which
was then lying of Wick, was found on the pier, and it was at the
time supposed- the deceased had been accidentally drowned. It now
turns out, however, that the individual alluded to was mur.
dered. Our infotmant states that a girl, servant to one of the i:tr..
keepers at Pulteney Town, recently quarrelled with her mistress.
and was turned from her service, upon which she became very
wroth with her employers, abused them, and when threatened
with a prosecution for defamation, said she could prove all she
had asserted, and further, that a murder had been committed in
the house. An investigation instantly took place, and a man was
taken into custody and lodged in gaol. The circumstances, we
are informed, are as follow :—Four sailors. together with the
deceased, were, on the night of the murder, drinking In the
public-house alluded to; in the course of the evening a quarry
arose, when the unfortunate mate was seized by the waist by one of
the men, and his hands held by two others, while the fourth, with
a bottle, fractured his skull and killed him ; the body was then
placed in a sack, carried to the beach, and thrown over the Pier.
It is said that neither the landlord nor landlady of the house knew
any thing of the matter. One of the murderers, we are told, drowned
himself some time ago, and the other two, being at present on a
voyage, are still at large, but much anxiety prevails as to their re.
turn.-*-/nwernoss Journal.