Star.
London, England, 1824-11-04 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

A wretched-looking fellow, of the name of Richard Ballwin,
who sweeps a crossing in Oxford-street, near to Princes sweet,
was brought up on the following charge appeared that a lit-
tle girl of the name of Esther Beeves, aged nine years, had stolen a
sovereign out of her mother's drawers, with a part of which she
purchased two dolls, for which she paid 7s. 6d. and on returning
with her purchase, was asked charity by the prisoner, who was
standing at his usual post, attended by two of his daughters.
The girl gave him Is. 6d. and also presented the children with a
doll each; and on being further importuned, gape the remainder of
her change to him and his children, amounting to 7s. 6d. The
mother, discovering the theft, questioned her daughter ; and thus
learnt the above story.
One of the Bow street Patrol stated, that he'shad that morning
taken the prisoner into custody, who on being questioned, said,'
" The devil a farthing have I got;' but, on his proceeding to
search him, and finding 6s. in his fob. he varied his saying to " The
devil a farthing lave I got, except 6s.
An old man who sells fruit at the corner of Princes-street,
was called by the prisoner, but his evidence only went to norrobo-
rate the girl's testimony.—The prisoner told a long story about the
girl having voluntariiy given him the meaty, w c 4 miss Old him

!w.s ber own, though lie Admitted be Lad doubts on the ,u 1;
he concluded with—" And so I said to m)c-lt, as ouo i.. 04 ;
tiers nuiney, the devil shan't take it (ruin me, mid rot wort arui
spent it."
The Magistrate told him that the charge against him amours
to felony, and remanded hint till Friday. The child was
alshed by the worthy Magistrate, and the mother also stated
determination to keep a strict eye over tier.

QUEEN-SQUA
Yesterday, Was James Mead, John. Emery, and .L%n iky,,„l„
were brought before —•—%Vitae, Esq. the sitting Al. ,
charged with stealing a quantity of lead from the budeirg
the Powder-magazine, adjoining Chelsea College.
Patrick Flaherty, a pensioner in Chelsea College, depose t:
he was employed as watchman round the premises, and 44,
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twelve o'clock the night before, he saw the prisoner Meal 1,?4
the top of the Powder-magazine. The prisoner lay down, to aeo4
his notice. Witnes4, however, flung a stone at hint, whet he
moved. Witness instantly climbed to the top of the vf:!1,,,,g
called for assistance, when Alien, a Row-street patrol, r:ft tuteart:s
him. A quantity of lead had been taken from the pritei,,,. 1,4
more was ready stripped off, and rolled up to he taint;
Witness had noticed the lead on the building the preceia%
perfectly secure. '
Charles Miell, the Bow-street patrol, said, that in conseqc,
of the watchman's calling for assistance, he went to the zo%
the prisoner Mead was given into his custt ;:y : he als., noticed
ether two prisoners walking under the Cullege-wall. stare,i,,,
Mead, he Mond two knives on his person. Witness afterwanli
examined the building; some lead was gone, and a quantity eil,p,4
up in readiness to be carried away.
Miefl, the Row-street patrol, said, that knowing the prisoner R,7_
nolds well, he apprehended him this morning, and an catitiuttii
him to the office, he (Reynolds) pointed mat Emery to him (v4t.
Hess), and said that was the young man with me last night. w 4.
ness instantly secured him also. They stated themselves to
in Turk's-court, Jew's-row, Chelsea, where be had made inquiet.%
but found they had not lived there for the last tour months, and
that the mother of Reynolds declared that lie had only been dis-
charged out of prison (Tothill-fields) a few days since, when- he
had been confined several months, and she would nut come for.
ward in his favour.

Mr. KQiy, keeper of the Lodge at Chelsea College, said he wit
an officer of the satal►lishment, and had the principal managrnient
of the premises. He declared for some time paq, a system of rah.
berg was carried on in the most audacious manner possible ; and,
situated as he was in the square, he bad only the opportunity td
seeing them, but could not get to the robbers. Front Friday u,
to Monday last, be wad beta succeuirely robbed by these &pre.
dators of linen, poultry, &c. but his loss was cos parativey triffirg
to what others had sulfered.—The prisoners were remanded for a
week, as other charges are expected to be brought against them.

SHERIFF'S COURT, PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.

CURIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT.

A writ of inquiry was held this day, to assess da.
mages for inn assault committed by Mr- George Fitz-
roy, an En,ign of the' 3,1 Regiment of Foot Guard.,
lately stationed in this garrison, on Mr. Richard Oliver
Back well, ironmonger, of Devonport, proprietor of e
baths under Mount Wise. Mr. Fitzroy suffered jrut,!.
anent to go by default.—Damages were laid at 5001.
Mr. Bran commenced his address to the Jury.—The
plaintiff, Richard Oliver Backwell, a tradesman of De-
vonport, was and ltad been for a considerable petit-4
the proprietor of baths under Mount Wise in that towo;
he was a man of the most unimpeached character ; the
defendant's name was George Fitzroy ; he was an Offi-
cer of the Guards, recently quartered at Deronport,
On the Ilth of June last, Mr. Backwell visited the
baths, and on his return, on coming up Stonehorbe-
hill, on horseback, he heard a horse galloping; pre-
sently after defendant came up to him; he said, 'Jr.
Fitzroy, I wanted to see you, and am glad of an oppor-
tunity of remonstrating with you on your improper
conduct;" but before he had power to finish his sen-
tence, the defendant replied—" I am glad to see you,
and to have an opportunity of saying that you are a
d—d and infamous scoundrel, and I will pull you off
your horse." His client then said, "If either of us be
scoundrels, it is the person who sits on that horse."—
Defendant then laid hold of Mr. Backwell by the col-
lar, dragged him off hisliorse, threw him on the ground,
and his head fell near the beets of defendant's horse.

John Backwell, the son of the plaintiff, was sworn.—
The Guards were in the habit of frequenting the baths.
On the Bth of June he made a complaint to his father
of the conduct of the defendant; and in consequence
his father gave orders that he was not to bathe there
again. Defendant applied-to bathe on the 9th June;
witness told him what his father said ; he repli::d—
-" What ! is this a public bathing-place, and you deny a
Gentleman bathing here ?" Witness said, " Y... 11 have
acted in a manner in which no other Gentleman would
act; Lady Graves bathes here; Colonel Cochrane's wite
bathes here ; suppose it had been Mrs. Cochrane, t hat
would have been the consequence ?" Witness then re-
tired to the cottage and sat down to his breakfaA, wl en
defendant, who had followed him, said; .4 Your father
has made a fortune by the Guards, but he knows that
they are going away, and he can now get nothing mote
by them : but (said he) Iv. ill sWu him." Defendant was
in a great degree of passion. -He contiot.e.l, •4 He
would take care that Lady Graves, nor any of the
Guards, or any other Gentleman, should bathe there."
Witness said, " You have ruined the baths ; the Ladies
say that neither they nor any of their friends .vill bathe
in future." Defendant said he was very glad of it, and
would do so again.
John Pike, a. pensioner, gave evidence as to the as-
sault on Mr. Blackwell.

Mr. Tripe, surgeon, sworn.— lie attended the plain-
tiff; gave him medicine for a week.
Mr. GULLET? addressed the Jury for the defendant,
contending that there had been gross provocation.
The Jury retire, and v e elozked up three. quarters
of an Lour, when they returned into Court, and gave a
verdict of 2501. damages.

A Member of the Institute, to spew his acqvai, to ce
with English literature, said to an lingli di Gentleorao,
that his favourite author was Merbohg. "the Englisli-
mats could not guess what. he was driving at, till he
asked the Frenchman which of Mt. SIIEEB,WG'S works
he preferred ?"Prefer, Sir ! Lnever knew that he wrote
anything but the Decline ael afthe Roman Levi
Tom KING, the original Lord Ogleby, in CoLm,“
and GARRICK'S Constcly of The Clandestine Mar rit;e,
was the Manager of Dfury-lane Theatre for manif
years. KING'S losses at play obliged him to quit Lon-
,don, when he was succeeded in the management by
Mr. KR/ABLE. Some time afterwards KING returned to
the London Stage, but never to the management. Tnis
veteran actor died poor, at his house in Sane-,}tier,
Bedford-squ are.

Saterday. in Beeles-meet Dublin, Benjamin M'Dowel,
after a painful and protractedilines.

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Waterford 0 1
Guernsey and Jaeger 0 0
Idsnoo 0 0
Gottenbursh 0 1 I
Jamaica 0 0 I

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France 1 0
Hamburg l 1
Flanben 0 1
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