Star.
London, England, 1814-09-10 00:00:00

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1041-4TIMETo-4:Cok was alit" with stealing •
btendle -of Clothes and other thifiga; the property oft
J. Hay, a sailor. The prosecutor stated, that he
time from Chatham at a late hour on Wednesday
night, and staid •till six Attotit at a watering-hnuse'
near Covent-earden. He then sought fora coach to
take him to Wapping but not being able to peocore
one, he enquired his way of the prisoner, Who *as
passing, and he offered to conduct bias: They went
intti a ptiblic-house. Bch-street, and the sailor
treated the prisoner, R o id down on a bench while
the prisoner was clrinkitik, and fell asleep; placing his
bundle under his head. in about an hour he awoke,
and discovered 'he had been robbed of his bundle, and
a handkerchief which he'plAced on his face was gone,
the handkerchief from his neck, and all his money
from his.jacket pockets. lie saw the prisoner going,
across the back-yard, and the people of the house pur-
sued him without effect, when a constable was sent
for', who assisted the prosecutor in searching several
public-houses in the neighbourhood, and in the par-
lour at the King of Prussia, the sailor saw and point-
ed him out with ti.e bundle in his possession. 'The
prisoner said, in his defence, that the bundle was not
the prosecutor's, but was one of his companion's,
who gave it to him to carry to the Bell and Crown,
Holbert), where be was to meet him in three qr four
hours. Enquiry having been made at the Bell and
'Crown, dui turned out to be false. He was commit-
ted for further examination.

Masstox.nouse.—J. Page was armed ne•
glecting to finish some work which had been given to
him by A. Ross, hair-dresser, of Bishopsgate-itrert.
A Solicitor attended on the part of the defendant, and
submitted that his Lordship had no jarsdiction ;a the
case. The Loafs MAYOR was of a different op;t ion,
and desired the Solicitor to hold his tongue, as he did
not occupy his chair to b.: dictated to by any person.
The. Solicitor, however, persisted in his observation
of the want of jurisioction on the part of hi,, Lord-
ship, And was finally handed out of the room by one
of the Marshal's men. The. complaint was then
heard, when Mr, Page stated, that although Mr. Ross
had left the' work at his house to be done, he had not
undertaken to do it; nor would he do any work fr.r
Mr. Ross, although he had worked seven yens for
his father. Mr. Ross could not disprove this as-
.sertion, and as the law required the contract to be
mutual, before a complaint was recognised, the case
was dismissed.

Gut LDI I A 1.1.....--.Abraha SatindCrts j'lll.the equestrian
performer, was charred with a violent assault upon a
gentleman will known at Lloyd's. The prosecutor
stated, that on Tuesday evening, having paid a visit
to the defendant's exhibition at Bartholomew Fair,
and thinking some part ct his performance was clum-
sily executed, he expressed his disapprobation by his-
stng. Alter the entertainment was concluded the de.
fendant stepped. from the stage, and asked if it was
he who had be:o guilty of this ungentlemanly con-
duct ? The prosecutor replied in the affirmative, when
the defendant struck him a violent blow, by which his
eye was severely bruised and swelled, and this vio.
!once was followed by a kick, in which he was second-
ed by others of his crew. This statement was corro.
borated by ant ther gentleman. Saunders stated, in
his defence, that the prosecutor had called him a
blackguard, which he returned by knocking him
down. Sir C. F,.owztt proposed that the parties
should settle it between themselves. Mr. Saunders
alledged that an apology had been tendered the fol-
lowing day. The prosecutor then said, he did not
wish either to be vindictive or to profit by the other's
misconduct; but, for public example, he submitted
io the Alderman, that the defendant should pay a
fine of RlO, to be given to the London liospital.L.-
This the Alderman proposed to reduce to 45, in con-
sideration that the defendant had pleaded being a hank.
rupt, and unable to pay. Bail was, however,-offered
in preference by the defendant, which was accordingly
accepted.

C. King, rcmanded on suspicion of detaining a bill
of £2OO, which w.is :ost by Mr. Wardle, was dis
charged, upon the tact appearing that the pocket•baok
and this bill were picked up by a watchman in the
street, who had delivered the same at the house of
Messrs. Sax and Co.

Two women, for picking a sailor's pocket of three
11 notes, were committed to Bridewell, the sailor not
appearing against them, although it was stated for
him that he had offered the 13 to them, on condition
of returning certain papers contained in his pocket-
book relative to prrn.moncy.

Mors, Peters, for riotous and disorderly conduct in
the house w?iere she and her husband (a Captain of a
West •Indianian) lodged, being brought up twice on
the same charge, was committed in default of sureties
to keep the peace. Her husband declined coming for-
ward in her behalf, alledging she was a violent wo-
man, over whom he had no controul.

HATTON-GARDEL—Janter Salm(lwo, of Falconherg-
court, Crown-street, Soho, appeared to a summons, on
an information, charging him with selling one dozen
of squibbs to a man on the 22d day. of August last,
For one shilling. The charge being proved, he W 45
fined 45, and costs.

Quaas.SQUARU —The landlord of the Coach-and.
horses, in North-street, Westminster, was fined Ws.
for sutfeting watchmen to tipple in his house on al.
turday night, about eleven o'clock. The charge was
founded on the general Watch Act, of the 14th Geo.
111. c. 90, which makes it imperative on the Magis-
trate to fine, on the offence being proved ; and the
Magistrate cannot even mitigate the penalty, which is,
for the first,offence, 20s. fur the second, 4Us. and for
the third £5.

MARLBOROUGH4TRBET.—Mr. Dwain, a medic:+l
student, complained at this Office, on Thursday after-
noon, that he had received a letter from Mr. Adair,
another medical gentleman, challenging Mm to-fight
'a dual. In consequence a warrant was issued, and
T. Foy and Flank apprehended the defendant. The
letter containing the challenge, was produced before
the Magistrate, and it called upon the complainant to
meet the defendant at fite o'clock in the morning, in
Hyde Park. The defendant would be prepared with
pistols, Rod the complainant was desired to furnish
powder an.i ball; otherwile he would be posted as a
coward. The parties had difered some time, and
the defendant had written the complainant a former
letter. He was held in smetiee to keep the peace,
himself in £2OO, and £3OO is other ouretiesd

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• MANNA serorrierar.

*TO THE-ETA roR OF THE STME

sto—The fo'hiwing Anecdote was hantlitante
yesterdAy, b'y as GelliirM4D'OfTottiess, who kftowing
the unfortunate victim of jinn*** well, Ids hula-,
tive may bt firmly Telkid en. Wit tends in tht least
to open the eyes of the *lotted liings why, fanati-
cally believe that a lying and 'false prOphetets can'
possibly be the chosen vessel of the GOD of Truth, I'
shalt be happy in ?raving given-it to the Public.
Edward Penny was a respectable yeoman at Ingle-
bourn,. near Totness; he had a small freehold of
own, independent ofnlarge farm he rented, and, was
doing well. when, becoming a .follower of this cabman,
he put such implicit faith in one of her predictions'
(that in the ensuing yeir.there would be neither ear-
ing not' harvest, as the world was to be destroyed),
the poor fellow thought he would save hii seed wheat,
and absolutely let all his land lay idle. When rent.
day came he was obliged to part with a portion of
his own property to pay the rent of the farm he oc-
cupied ; he never recovered tli,r blow, hut sunk gra-
dually in the world, until o!)ii,,,ed to solicit relief
from the frigid hand of pztroc!,i-t1 c!ia4ty. Sincerely
hoping this anecdote may be a warning to the weak
and ignorant p' ogle who are now duped by her,
• I remain your's, &c. b.

In reference to the asserted state of Joanna S,)uth-
coy, the following extract from the Tables of Me-
mory, under the head of RcrnarkahleEvents, deserves
to be quoted—'" Ellin Ellis, of Beauntaris, is
glesey, aged 72, was brought to bed May 10th,
1776; she had been married +6 years, and her eldest
tiV A% 45 years old.. She had nut had a child. for 25
years before."