Star.
London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS, SEPT. 27.

Ann Jetsam, a very decent looking young woman, stood indicted
for having deserted her infant child, in the parish of St. Bride, on
the-15th of July. The prisoner wept continually, and wished to
plead guilty, but was persuaded to withdraw her plea.
Ann cooper deposed that she found the child in Fleet-street, at
ten at night, wrapped up in a cloak ; it was warmly clothed, and in
no danger from the cold air.
The prisoner being asked whether she wished to speak in her
defence ?burst into tears, but uttered not a word.
The Jury found her Guilty. Sentence, two months imprisonment
in Giltspur-street Compter.
Arms,: ro Rascos.—Benjetsin Barnes was put on his trial for
an assault committed with intent to rescue a person named Beacon,
then in custody of a watchman, Blow, on a charge of robbery, and
since convicted for the same at the Old Bailey. The judgment of
the Court was. " That the prisoner be imprisoned in the House of
Correction and kept to hard labour for eighteen months."
Christ. iewrai stood indicted for an assault on a neighbour's wife.
It having appeared, from the evidence of the prosecatrix, that the
affair originated from quarrels of their children, and was attended
with mutual interchanges of offence and irritation,
The fixesianaa told the parties that it was altOgether a very silly
business, and advised them to shake hands and be good neighbours
in future.

The parties expressed their with for reconciliation and shaking
of hands.
The RECORDZIL—Then the sooner you do it the better.—Shake
bands this moment, where you are—(A laugh).
The prosecutrix and prisoner shoot bands most cordially.
The Rxeoaoss.---That's right, now; and to avoid any chance of
irritation proceeding from your visit to Guildhall, we'll give neither
of you a triumph. Let a Juror be withdrawn : a Juror was ac-
cordingly withdrawn and the parties retired apparently contented
with the result of their litigation.

The usual preparations have been made at the House
of Commons for the Meeting of Parliament, in the event
of its being thought expedient that it should meet for
the dispatch of business in November.
A Commission has been for some time employed in
examining the accounts connected with the Admiralty
Department, in Doctors' Commons, and the condemna-
tion of prizes, and the receipts and disbursements of
prize-money at the Bank, during the late war.
Yesterday, George Deuffield, who was taken into cus-
tody soon after the robbery at Earl COWPER'S, at Hert-
ford, was removed from Newgate to florsemonger-lane,
The French Papers contain a private letter from M.
Duperre, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commander of the
Royal corvette La Coquette, now on a voyage of cir-
,cumnavigation, which states, that after having visited
the Island of Otaheite, in the South Seas, he had quitted
it on the 22d of May, 1823. After further navigating
in the spirit of his instructions, the corvette was moored
in safety at Amboyna, on the 27th September following.
At the latest date of the dispatches, namely, the 14th
October last, Commodore Duperre was making arrange-
ments to visit Port Jackson, in New Holland.
Saturday evening an Inquest was held in the Board-
room of the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of Mrs.
Margaret Wallace, a Lady of 78 years of age. The de-
ceased occupied some apartments in the upper part of
the house, and from her great age she had become ex-
cessively feeble and helpless. On Friday last she was,
left sitting near her bed-room fire, and it is "opposed
must have dropped asleep, as no alarm was given for
some time. Her shrieks alarmed other inmates of the
house, and on entering the room, they found her enve-
loped in flames; every assistance was rendered her, and
by the use'of a carpet the flames were extinguished. A
surgeon applied the usual remedies; she was then taken
to the Middlesex Hospital, where she expired on Satur-
day morning. Verdict—" Accidentally burnt to death."
A law student calling one day on a painter, found
him engaged in copying a Raphael. " Upon my soul,"
.says Quitam, " but I like you amazingly, as far as goo
have gone." " Do you, indeed, my boy,' replied the as tist ;
" well, you're a young lawyer, and may be a Judge!"
Lately, as five miners were working in n pit at Grove-
land Colliery, in the parish of 11-Arley Ref* upwards
of thirty tons weight of coal suddenly gave way, and
in its fairktperl Aree of them, and• ieverely injured the
other two.:-,

•••• -SPORTING INTELLIGBNCE. .
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSATA:S, SEPT. ST.

The attendance to-day was not by any means so strong, nor was
the business so brisk as we anticipated. The engagements on the
St. Leger were chiefly settled at Doncaster, the conversation un
that Stakes brink chiefly coufined to the many unusual circumstances
which attended it. It is true that a Gentleman of some notori, ty
on the Turf has been black-balled by the Doncaster Club; but in
consequence of the daily and other Papers having stated the
ii d.vi-
dual to be a man of rank, and thereby cane several persons to
affix the odium upon those who do not merit it, we think it pru-
dent to state, that the Gentleman whose equivocal conduct has been
thus unequivocally alluded to, is not a Man of Rank, but an M.P.
well known on the Turf. Mr. B. whose winnings on the S:. Leger
have been stated at a heavy sum, is supposed, in fact, to have very
little more than cleared himself; had Canteen won, he would have
pocketed Xtl,ooo. The few bets made were as under ;