Star.
London, England, 1813-06-10 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday TV. Smith, a letter-carrier, was indicted
for stealing a Bank Post Bill of £5O, a Bank Note of
£3O, and one of Al, on the 26th of January.
Mr. F. Knowles, partner with Mr. Sawyer, of
Sheffield, stated, that be enclosed the property enu-
merated in the indictment in a letter directed to Mr.
Bouchier, Copenhagen Wharf, Limehouse, and deli-
vered safe at the Post office.—D. Ayres made up the
bag at Sheffield on the evening of the 25th of January,
and transmitted the same to the mail for London in
the usual_manner, although he had no recollection of
receiving a letter for Mr. Knott les.
Mr. Dickens, a Bank Clerk, proved changing the
£3O note. He had no recollection of the person of
the prisoner; but the man who changed the note had
a quantity of letters in his hand, and witness signed
his addressotaccording to his dictation, 4, Jones, 23,
John-street, Minories f' but it turned out no such
per son could be found there.
In a conversation with Mr. PARKIN, the Post-office
Solicitor, relative to the £1 note stated in the indict.
nient, which was traced to the prisoner, the latter
said, he must have taken it for letters. The notes
which were given in exchange for the reso note were
all traced, but none of the persons swore positively
to the identity of the prisoner, yet it was the general
belief of the witnesses lie was the man. The pri-
soner, it appeared, was not apprehends.' until April,
and in the intermediate time, betwixt his first having
been sent for by Mr. PariKtx, he had twke or thrice
voluntarily called upon him. Several persons gave
the prisoner an excellent character:—TheJury retired,
and brought in a verdict Guilty? --Death.
Jane Roth was indicted for stealing in the dwelling.
house of her master, Mr. Hall, tallow-chandler, in

Bury-street, St. James's, a quantity of dessert and
table spoons, value £l2, his property, and watches,
Bank notes, &c. the property of her feilow-servants.
The prisoner was cook in the familp, and on the
morning of the 13th of April she decamped. The
articles were soon missed, and she was detected at a
pawnbroker's shop, by Gilbert, an officer, and the
lwhole of the property recovered, the money having
been found upon her, with duplicates of the v raches,
and p.at of the plate, the remainder of which she had
;left at another shop•to be sold. Guilty—Death.
The folio wing were also capitally convicted, viz.
G. Ross, for stealing a quantity of jean, the property
of.). Lipscomb, in his dwelling-house ; T. Edwards,
for stealing various articles of wearing apparel, the
property of G. Maley, in his dwelling-house ; and
latbella, izabah Phillips, for stealing eight
shirts, and other articles, the property of T. Lambert,
in the dweliing•-louse of W. Green.
The fellowng were convicted of felony, viz. W.
.Matthews, for stealing a watch ; C. Norman, for
stealing a coat ; J. hyan, for stealing a watch ; T.
Hodgson, for stealing a quantity of harness; T. Lee,
far stealing a table-cloth ; J. Simmons, for stealing
two planes ; Eiiz. Oakes, for stealing a gown and
fimr shifts ; E. Cork and W. Roberi.a, for stealing
three nindow-blinds; J. Clay, for stealing two lamps
and a candlestick; Mary Brown, for sie..ling three'
gowns; and J. Connr.r,.for stealing a waistcoat.
And five were acquitted, viz, J. Archer,• J. Dan-
thorne, W. Kain, J. 1-lear-n, and J. Kennedy.

The philanthropic Mr. WEBB, arrived in Worces-
ter, on Friday, where he 'apprenticed out several boys,
or put them to school, and provided others with
clothes: It is said, that Mr. WEBB'S income amoilas
to 412,000, out of which he annually dispens
£lO,OOO in charities. •Mr. WEBB travelled to Malvern,
whence he will proceed to Ludlow and Swrewsur y.
CLRE FOR. TUE STONE AND GRAVEL. - A desert
spoonful of raspberry jam taken in a glass of gin and
water once or twice a day —This simple remedy was
adopted by a resretable Clergyman in South Wales,
who had long suffered greatly from the above alis-
tres.•,;nr; complaints, and for the last 21 years he has
experienced no inconvenience whatever iron the dis-
orak.T.

Tuesday, about noon, a youth of about 15 years
of age was by some accident thrown out of a swing
at Stepney fair, above 20 feet high, by which one of
his thighs were broken, and otherwise shockingly
bruised. He was immediately carried to the London
Hu.spital, in a dangerous state, and with very little
hope of recovery.
Friday last as Mr. Macpherson, a young man,
shopman to Mr. Cwrris, bookseller, at Plymouth,
was bathing trader the Hoe, a surge, occasioned by
what is termed the ground swell, carried him away,
and, rut being able to swim well, he perished in the
presetwe of several spectators. The deceased was a
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native of Scotland, and much esteemed.

On Isionday se'nnight an Inquisition was taken at
Roxton, beore ThomAs TIMES) Coroner for the
County of Bedford, on view of the body of
Northen. The circumstances attending her death were
as follow :—On the preceding night she was riding
in the Peterborough waggon,on her way home, and,
whilst passing over Tompsford Bridge, the waggon
was met by a post•chaise ; the waggoner, who WAS
in his proper place, called to the driver of the chaise,
!desiring him to stop, but he being asleep, his horses
kept on, and forced those of the waggon so close to
!the side of the brike as to overturn it. There were
besides the deceased, a woman and boy in the wag.
gon, neither of whom received any serious injury
but in searching for the deceased, immediately after
The accident) it was discovered that a cask of liquor
had rolled upon her, and she was found quite dead
with the cask lying on he: chest. Verdict•-.Accidalr
gal Death.