Star.
London, England, 1830-01-07 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

Yesterday Mr. Samuel Pratt, an extensive merchant, was
charged, before Mr. Alderman FalltillSOTiliae with stealing 9 cwt.
of bristles, value £l9O. the property of Messrs. Plaw and Co. of

Mr. Flowers, the prisoner's solicitor, pressed earnestly far a pri-
vate gemination, which, however. was refused by the Magistrate.
Mr. Shush, principal clerk of the prosecutors, deposed, that on
Saturday last the prisoner came to their counting-house, and
bought four casks of bristles for cash, to be slowed Si per coot.
foe prompt payment. Witness gave him an order to the ware-
house-keeper at Butolph Wharf to have the goods weighed, and on
the following Monday. an invoice was sent to the prisoner by one
of the clerks, but be did not pay the newel ; be. however. came
soots after to the coustleg-tease, sod said he would pay directly,
and asked for the delivery order, which was given to him.—
As he did not bring the money, witness west to the wharf, where
be found the prisoner taking the goods, to which witness objected,
till they should be paid fur ; and the prisoner replied, he would not
have them at all. The windings, then said he had hams the
=age to receive goods there several times in the regular way of
, and wltnessin consequence allowed hits to take them on
the condition that they should be paid for when delivered on his
premises. Witness then sent a clerk to the prisooer's premises, to
receive the money, but the prisoner did out bring the goods there.
Oe blade's-examination, by tie prisoner's tiondtor. the witness
admitted that by " prompt mount" was in general meant pay-
ment at the end of footmen days.
The prisoner, it
fappeared, had been taken into custody while
offering the bristles or sale to Mr. Kew, bruslvmaker Paleoo.
II square, at a price somewhat lower than be had purchased them.
Air. Kent being acquainted with the promoters. and having
heard of the prisms/es transaction with them, gave them informa-
tion, on which be was taken in charge. He mentioned to Mr.
Kent's clerk that he bad taken the bristles In payment of a debt.
Mr. Pratt, who appeared to feel his painful situation most poig-
nantly, Wag called on for Ms defame, said the truth was be had a
bill to preside for at the time, and being &iciest la funds, he pre-
ferred raking a small sum of money for a few days, by submitting
to a small loss in the purchase and ask of an article, to making ap-
plication to his friends. lie had not agreed to pay for the goods
instantly, bet would certainly have paid for them in a very few
days ; mesh wooer than the usual time allowed for prompt pay-
ment; as, If his own funds should not come round, his mother and
My friends were,ready to assist him. He was then ready to pay
for the goods.
Mr. Flowers, his solicitor, submitted that the whole transac-
tion was a matter of account ; his client was then prepared to pay
for the goods.
Mr. Alderman EL1121110211111 thought it was a Can that must
be sent to a Jury. If he were wrong he should exceedingly regret
it; but be felt it to be Ms duty to commit the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Prau appeared to be quite astonished at the Alderman's
detertukation.

Mr. Flowers submitted that the defendant might be ballad.
Mr. Alderman Foarsaorsea said, application might be made
to the Judges for that purpose, but he did not feel himself at
liberty to take bail.
The parties were then bound over to prosecute.
DOW-ST IMII r.

yogis ihaik, formerly a eulutitete.constable of St. Paul's, Co-
vent-lards% and the driver of a hackney-coach, were yesterday
brought Want Sir It. Bum, by Inspector Preece' who charged
the tamp with a brutal speak upon a sew policeonoetablo,oanaad
William Sim: mods, and the latter with &Wag nod abetting is the
outrage.
Impeder Preece deposed, that Sinithonds than lay in a very
state, from the Jejune* be had received from the
, aod was, in consequence, enable to anted. RP
lend was most dioatifully lacerated la sacra places, add tifti
or his ribs were broken. From the statement made by Sims
to
lowltnen, It sp slirmeade Latair edon thdalttgyabiodut one o'clock%
N in to •
10 aunt Woo home. Ile reaching the doer of the house to
the defendant lined, Instead of rapping for admlnioni he s
tamed roofed. and struck &mmonds a tremendous blow .oe
leek which leveled hist me the pavement. He then eased set
dm Wag toedUnan to assist him in serving oat the mar pact.
gm, mad a number of them having flown from their coaches
MINA them, the defendant Wangle proceeded to jump on his per-
il., Mid by that means broke the unfortunate man's sibs *Us
SW odor dslsadmt Yoked him hi different parts of the b0dy.....
Aimee as he blame Amossible. the deftadaet Naugle sad the
adier parties left Wagontellia was In 1101111_ 1114le. time afterwards
m•,t21,-ii witire.nztitnrbh,4„villvstixePtir:PrrisZsars::
homisi hat* asditaisiprocated. His lit. was un-
derstood so be lb
Sir Stmaas Wefts mid, a mom brutal misstate had never
hard of. A samild, Awe treated a person who had
dais-him the kift• *.iloth did the defendant, Wangle;
k *sk liodisanintat alert.
, said, that the assault comnisneed with!
the pillemoso, • any-coachman declared that h. took no
pap vtilmemit la the motel impaction.
Inspector Proem obsereed, that the reason of Wangle's conduct
' was vary obvious, but that he Amid be taught better this time.
Sir laiell•Sh 1111111 MU depaimed a hope that thedstendams
b. bubetal. bud he should hold Men, to ball s but ',awed t-
rate them mail Shemoorie should be able to attend.
They wove accordingly locked hp.
A'

cal gentlemen are unanimous be tit* opinion, founded on *Lang.
nation, that the crime for which Mania had bun found guilty was
not by him committed, nor by any one else; and Dr. Smkb stated
that he was convinced that no attempt whatever bed ben made
by any person to violate the girl. Mr. Roane dgned the Ads.
vita, sod they will be forthwith laid before Mr. Peel.
QUEEN.SQUA RP..
Yesterday, Bldleed &Eft was charged with attempting to rob
some et the mak peemagers in the Southampton stege-ceacb...-
It was sated by obe pod that a Lady was robbed on Thursday
by the prissart, who cast through her cloak, gown, and pockets,
and stole a doge a pin-cabin, and a brooch. Oa Saturday, be
agate attempted the same trick, but was secured. The Nigh.
trates ordered him to find ball for the misdemeanour.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday, a yams man, named 4fileck. better known by the
name of Ake Drummond, was chagged with having attempted to
cut a trunk from behind a ca , on Monday night last.
Mr. Smith, the contractor for convicts to different
=stated that, on Moodily night, as he was driving along
riar's-road, he felt something tugging at the back pan of the
chaise ; he palled up, and saw a man In the set of cutting away a
wank. The robber immediately made off, bat on passing a lamp.
post, the light was reflected upon him so strongly, that the prose-
cutor was enable now to identify him. Mr. Smith had apa with
but in consequence of it being behind a gentleman who was
with him in the gig, he could Dot get .it up, otherwise be should
have fired at the prisoner when be ran • tr.
Information having been given at the watch-hove, Berwick the
constable apprehended him on Teasley night, whilst drinking in
the Bricklayer's Arms. The prisoner, in his defense, said that the
presenter was mistaken ; that he was accidentally passing by at
the time, but was quite ignorant of the circumstance. In conse-
quence of some of the dicers having ascertained that the prisoner
is the person who some little time ago cook a box containing some
valuable property out of an errand-cart, near the Elephant and
Castle, he was remanded until Saturday, in order that the parties
robbed might have time to appear against him.

THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday, a question came before the Magistrates on the con-
struction of an Act of Padiament. in which the foreman of a gang
of coal-whippers &hued pay fot " baulk" day. They had been
employed to clear out a collier in the Surrey Canal. but were im-
peded in their work by the ice, which would not allow any craft
to come near the collier. The Act allows them pay if they are on
beard, ready to work. The Captain of the collier (Robertson.)
contended that they could only claim one day's pay, as on the se.
oond day the inn would not allow them, which was an act of Goo.
The Magistrates, however, could not allow the defence, and as
the men had become eodtied to the " baulk" days, they adjudged
Capt. R. to pay them. which was accordingly complied with.
Jake &fart, an apprentice= board a collier. was sentenced to
imprisonment for 14 days, to be fed on bread and water, for a
violent musk on the cook of the vessel.

A baker's barrow, drawn by a fine black dog, having
been left a short time by the side of the pavement. on Tuesday.
near the Rev. Rowland Hill's chapel, some thief wheeled it off with
the dog attached to it.
Tan COLD.—For the last forty years there has not
been so severe sad early a winter in &anis as the present. Ever
since the 15th of November the snow was front five to siz feet
deep in the vicinity of Helmets& At Drammen the thermometer
was down to 14 degrees eines the end of October.

Six hundred carts and 4,000 individuals are employed
to remove the ice and snow in Pads; and this amber has not
sufficed to clear the city as yet; however, if the thaw takes place
without a fresh faU of snow, it is to be hoped that the communica-
tions of the capital will not he wholly Interrupted.-44=h Peper
fps.
An order came from the Police Commissioners on
Monday to the Pollee Station in Red Lion-square, E. division, to
suspend a serjeent and officer, who were on duty the evening pre-
vious, when a daring and emend= robbery was committed on the
premises of Mr. Gwynn, Carollos-street, Bedford-square. The
robbers made their entry from se adjobing buses, whisk is unin-
habited, and succeeded in getting into the up-stairs-rooms, where
they took a jewel-cam, and a quantity of silver plate. Mr.
Gwynn* was below at the time, and beard a slight noise over head,
but having no suspicion as to the woe, he did not go up stairs.
The robbers got deer of with their valuable booty.
MURDER OP A WIFE HY HER HUSBAND.—An
atrocious and him= murder was committed about ten dap
since, near Persse Lodge, is the County of Galway, on a strange
female ; her bead was literally broken to pieces by the perpetrator
of the crime, who tern* out to be tbe husband of the deceased.
The nooses, isby erode. pedlar, sad a native of Limerick. He is
fully comsat= to the (busty Gaol to abide his trial.
Tuesday last, a person, named Matthew Sullivan, was
charged *I& the to Male of rutting out the tongues of the
two Doyle*, was =minks= be Leda/ Dons" so tbe gaol
al ales,
The dead body of a man was found under a hav-stack
last week at Great Holland, in this county, with his . legs tied.
As no bruises Wee observsble, it is conjectured that the pen=
was one of a parry *to Ind beat =scented fa ladditit contraband
Spirits; this MUNK add compulsions had &wok to messes, sod,
fairies that their trued might get into she river during hie state
of drunkenness, time who left him tied his legs in a manner, that,
when be recovered his senses he might release himself.--,Emes
Herald.

ACCIDEI T.-.-sfttarday, about mid-
day. a boy, who was amusing himself on Locbenda Edinburgh,
baying ventured rashest near a part of it where the Ice bad been
broken for carting away, unfortunately feU in. A number of per-
sons hastened to the spot; and anion the rest, a young man, a
corkecuttet, belaying to Leith, who threw we aid of hie hand.
kerchief se she hey, when the ice nave way under him, and he Was
also precipitated into the water. When he rose &ON to the sur-
face, the bystanders used every means in their power to save him,
but in vain, as be soon sunk, and was drowned. In the mean
time, the boy *as got out, after being in the water for a consider-
Pie time. Hie young man who has been thus beret' of life, in
his generous endeavour to save a fellow-creature. was unmarried,
but has left behind Mtn a mother and Aster, who were almost en-
tirely dependent upon him for their support. The body was not
found until Sunday morning, about nine o'eltick.-..Chi. Aferrery.
Yamartisy morning, H. GELL, Esq. the Coroner fur
the sky of Westminster, received information of the following
dreadful and fatal circumstance, which took place at the Royal
Hotel, in St. James's-street, Piccadilly, and was called upon ni
Pensions an inquest :—Wm. Whelan, a young man who had been
employedfor mine time past so potter at the above hotel, was re-
quested by a gentianna. sone of the MINIIIIII of the establi.luntne, to
skin for hint a pair el pietas. far which ;turps* he went to an
apartment at the back part of the premises. While he was em-
ployed in cleaning one of them, not haring tried ft, and being un-
conscious of their heingleadal with powder sad shot, k snapped.
and the spasm entered Weskits and right arms (Prying away the
elbow-cap. The report of the pistol brought several persons, who
toned the young man in great agony, and wekering is ids blood.
He was taken to tit. George's Hospital. where he was put to bed.
and received every attention and endemic.. The surgeons advised
amputation as the mom maid, w erfettnetremedy to prevent the
,19911 of Jiff; lisit the young nun resisted the proposal ; the
su tonic-
ee,_of which war, that mortification ensued. and be died of the
awry the great.* agony.

BIRTHS.
At Stamboul*, the LaJy of Lltvt.-C..l.lutstldpe. of a len.
IA Adstadieguyatifkiarebease, tie Lady of Capt. M•liessia.
& the 'Hi Ibrilei•Veteramo, of a ass.

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At Tr y, HlMlslouth, the HMI. P. ilifleke, to *knees
-0011. &hefts, of the lam De m of Sollebrepi•
M Hydnrobad, Rost Indies, Capsule Geroge. KW. commandisill
the•Sd Regiment Ricardo Cavalry. to Nlargarst, eldest daughter
of C. Macintosh, Rag. of Dahnigavie.
At Weyer/tab, Major-General Cole, of the Royal Slittne., to
Anne Speke Payne. daughter of the late RNA Samuel Payne, Ree-
tarot Wyk* atait Portland.

D 1 RD.

At CraWrested', M s. Cart;lehsel, relict of the Late Wiliam
Carmichael, Esq• emerchant, Gleason,.
At the blame of Monkton, the Rev. John S. Gughtrrson, mi-
nister of that WWI.
At Barnstaple, Mr& Mary Glidden, for thirty year• housekeeper
to the lase Sir James Handyn Witham., But. of Clowelly Court.
aged 66.
At ligkriey. aged 90, the Rev. Major Diersoi, B. D
int* Biqa loaraury, Otaagaw. Al. Pia** lie DIAS, meeker
lapages.
Oa ako4alb lash as Ills bows, at Booth, -elixir a then Warm, Sir