Star.
London, England, 1824-12-25 00:00:00

UNION•HALL.

In the STAR of Wednesday, we gave an account of a robbery
committed in the house of Mr. Witinnee, of 5, Wellington Terncei
Black friars-road, during the absence of Mr.. W. and his wife at
Covent-garden Tbeatre..--Yeaterday an application was made by
Mrs. W. at this (face, for a warrant against a 'Vitra= named
Mars Ana Ball, for committing an outrageous assault on Mrs.
Whitmee, on Thursday bleat. It appears that Mary Ann Ball is
tke care sposa of a man named lioneyman, who was suspected of
being concerned in the robbery, and who was also stated to have
carried on an improper intercourse with Mrs. Whitmee. She (Ball)
on Thursday night knocked at Whittnee's door, and asked if Mrs.
W. was at home? On being answered is the affirmative, she odd
she wished to see her, and the moment Mrs. W. made her appear.
ante in the passage, she ran at her like a fury, calling out, " You
vile wretch, you have been with Honeyman, my husband, you
have—l will give it you," and beat ber dreadfully, and tore her
Bair off ber head. Mr. Whitmee came to his wife's assistance, and
called the.watcb, and Ball was taken to die watch house. She set
two housekeepers to bail her, and she was set at liberty; aud iiss
consequence of her not appearing at die Police Mee, this apphca
Lion for a warrant was made.—The Magistrate (Mr. Swami?) said,
that he would estreat the recognizance of the bad, but his Wonbio
the night constable had nut entered the recognizance in due Mm.
A warrant against Ball was granted on Mrs. W.'s statement.

A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated 4th October,
says:—" We have had an extensive import of white
cotton goods of American manufacture, which bids
fair to supersede the manufacture of the English goods
of the same de.cr iption."
Friday night last, seven or eight men armed, with
their faces blackened, broke into the house of Mr.
Robert Burnett, of Fisherstown, by the rear, and forced
the servants into the front parlour, where Mr. and Mrs.
Burnett were, in which they shut them all up, and pro-
ceeded up stairs to his bed-chamber, where they took
one musket, two cases of pistols; two swords, and a
powder-horn ; and after searching another room, where
his grandson lay asleep, without awaking him, they de.
parted, without offering any violence or demanding or
taking off any othet article whatsoever. It is mach to
be regretted that such an outrage should commence in
this hitherto peaceable county.—Freeman's Journal.
Some time back, says a Dublin Paper, a Lady hired
a house in street, as if for her own use; the
only part of the house then occupied wds the upper
floor, where two elderly females lodged. Since that
time there have been daily and often nightly meetings
of twenty or thirty persons held there, and a constant
traversing o$ persons to and fro. As these meetings are
mysteriously secret, we are of course ignorant who the
persons are, or the purpose for which they meet.
About the 26th of October, DONALD APCOLLI a stout
man, who belonged to Locligilphead, was employed as
one of the hands aboard of the Commerce, luggage
steam boat. While aiding in discharging ssheets of
copper, he got a small bit of skin driven off the knuckle
of his right hand. Accustomed to coarse work and
similar occurrences, he paid no attention to the wound
at the time. It soon festered, however; from his hand
the swelling reached the arm, and latterly the body. In
this site, he was humanely accommodated with a bed
in the house of Mr. JOHN M`LAISH, vintner at 'the
Brou,uielaw, Glasgow. As he was groaning heavily
in the night, Mrs. *Luisa, anxious to alleviate the
acute sufferings of the poor man, stripped the bindings
(from the wound, washed it with a solution of soap and
I.water, and during the night put on 'two poultices.
lkl,Com. was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where he
languished for some time and died. Unfortunately for
Mn.s Allman, when she washed the bandages she had
taken from M'CoLL's wounds, there was a break,
scarcely visible, in the third finger of her left hand, and
when she went to bed, she was seized with a cold
shivering through the whole body, and with great pain
in the left hand. The disease reached the hand and
neat the arm. Lancing, leeches, and all that skilful
surgeons could devise, could not stop the progress of
the infection, and on Tuesday se'nnight Mrs. *Luau
expired, exactly six weeks and twelve hours from the
time she began her humane endeavour to ease the bodily
sufferings of the unfortunate
Gs.uaow Came Marks:, DOC. 10.--There were 551 Bank

'HE LOST rvic.'.
While Lord Coat:Mitt" lived in Edinburgh, it stringt
accident one morning betel him. It was at that time
the custom for Advocates and Judges to dress them.
selves in gowns, and wigs, end cravats, at their own
houses, and walk to the Parliament House. They
usually breakfasted early, and„ when dressed, were
in the habit of leaning over their parlour windows,
for a few minutes before St. Giles bell started the
sounding peal of a quarter to nine, enjoying the agree.
able morning air, and perhaps discussing the news of
the day. It so happened that one morning; while
Lord COALSTOUR was preparing to enjoy his mata-
tinal treat, two girls, who lived in the second gat above,
were amusing themselves with a kitten, which, hi
thoughtless sport, they had swung over the window, I):
a cord tied round its middle, and hoisted rrif:
for some ti.
'up and down till the creature was getting rather des'
Aerate with its exertions. In this crisis his Lordshio
bad just popped his head out of the window direclli
below that from which the kitten swung, little suspect;
log, good easy man, what a danger impended, like
the sword of Dionysius, over his head, a hen down
came the exasperated animal at full career, directly
upon his senatorial wig. No sooner did the girls per•
ceive what sort of landing-place their kitten had founds
than in terror or surprise they began to draw it up ; but
this measure was now too late, for along with the
animal, up also came the Judge's wig, fixed full in its
determined talons. His Lordship's surprise, on finding
his wig lifted off his head, was ten thousand times
redoubled, when, on looking up, he perceived it clang.
ling its way upwards, without any means visible tohim
by which its motion might be accounted for. The
astonishment, the dread, the almost 'awe of the senator
below—the half mirth, half terror, of the girls above—
together with the fierce and retentive energy of puss be.
tween—akogether formed a scene to which language
Cannot do justice, but which Gummi CRVIIMAIIIII
might perhaps embody with consider able effccr. It was
a joke soon explained, and pardoned ; but assuiedlythe
perpetrators of it did afterwards get many a lengthened
injunction from their parents, never again to fish over
the window with such a bait for honest men's wigs.
The herring boats were uncommonly' successful in
the Frith on Saturday. The shoal ranged chiefly be-
tween Inchkeith and Burntisland, and many of the boats
came in with from 6000 to MOO herrings each. The
price at the boats was 2s. 6d. per hundred.

BIRTHS.
Last week, the wife of the Rev. James Hitehinp, of Sunning-
kill, Betts, of a daughter.
Tuesday, at Ipswich, the Lady of Maier Turner, of a daughter.
Dec. 10, at Guernsey, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Kennedy, of a sce.

MARRIED.
In Wexford., Major Charles Garraway, to Mary Anne second
daughter of Edward Sutton, Esq. of Summer -MO, Wexford.
Wednesday, at Easham. the Rev. James Walker, of New Col-
lege, thiford, to Fanny, eldest daughter of the late John Billings-
ley. Esq. of Ensham.
At Edinburgh, on the 16th inst. the Rev. James Pate, Minister
of Innerleithea, to Jean, daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Potts,
Jedbargh.
Decembef 10, at Chatham, Hulme, Esq. of Higbart
Abbey, in Kent, to Ann, eldest daughter of the Lite Colonel
Donaldson, of the Jld Foot Guards.
Toesday, at Wanetead, the Rev. W. Mayers, of Morton, 0/4
fordshire, to Sarah, daughter of Mart Giberae, Eat. of the
former place.
Wednesday at Ealing eburcifithe Rev. Edward Trimmer, M.A.
to Laura, second daughter of the Rev. Dr. Nicolas.

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DIED.
Oa the labiate. at Aberdeen, Eliza, the wife of Captain Jo-
e
Rey. W. Junes, Pltelicomb,

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