Star.
London, England, 1825-11-24 00:00:00

NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

Yesterday the second Court for the assessing com-
pensstion to the proprietors and holders r f premises, in
the line of the New London Bridge, on the Southwark
side, WAS held at the Try.rn hill, St. Margaret's Hill,
before the Lnrd Mayor, the Recorder, and a full Bench
.1 Aldermen. _ _

A Special Jury king impannelled,-the case of Mr.
W. Wilmot, chemist, No. 317, on the west side of Hig h-
sat eet, was called an. For the City, Mr. Common Ser-
jeant and Mr. B 'Hand, and for the appellant, Mr. Ser-
jeant Wilde and Mr. Merryweather. The claim made
on the part of Mr. Wilmot, was 3,3001. for three years
purchase of the profits of his business, the lease and fix-
tures being allowed by mutual consent—the amount
offered by the City for the whole being 2,203.
Alter several witnesses were examined, who proved
the extent and improving state of the appellant's busi-
ness, the Recorder summed up, and the Jury retired for
an hour and returned—the lease 1,0001. fixtures 2101.
18s. good w i.l 1,5001. Total 2,7101.85. being 5101. Ss.
more than offered by the City.
The same Jury were charged in the c ise of Mr. Par-
ker, clothes salesman, 316, High-street. In this case the
claimant held a lease under Mr. Smith, the j .it .t land-
lord or the yread,es in both cases, which expi:ed at
Michat,lniaa, 1823, from which time he was only a
tenant, and the claim made was 3,0001. for the good-
will, the landlord being compensated in both cases to
the amount of 5,0001. The claim was resisted in toto;
the claimant being considered to have no right on the
premises beyond thesis months' notice.
Mr. Brougham and Mr. Thessiger very strongly con-
tended for the claim; and the Jury, without retiring,
returned for the good will, considering it at six months'
holding 5001. and 1391. 15s. for fixtures.

The building of B:lgrave•square has been com-
menced. It will be in the finest style of architecture.
The four sides are to be uniform, of the florid Cot inthian
Order, and the most eminent architects have been en.
gaged in forming the designs.
TRADE WITH BRAZIL.—By the Act of .54 Geo. 111.
cap. 126, all goods imported to and exported from the
ports of Brazil, in British hips, were subject to a tate,
under the denomination consulage and contribution, of
10s. per 1001. A few years ago the merchants of Rio
de Janeiro petitioned Parliament against this rate, and
particularly called the attention of his Majesty's Go.
vernment to the very large amount which was ,13.. orbed
by his Majesty's Con:ul•General, amounting to from
8,0001. to 110,000/. per xtfnirm. A complete remedy
has been administered : by the Act 6 Geo. IV. cap. 87,
this tax on Bri:ish commerce has been repealed, and
after tie Ist of January, 1826, the obnoxious tax will
cease to exist.

EDINBURGH, Nov. 20.—Thursday se'nnight, two
men were riding in a gig, on the raad from Hardens to
Longfnrmacus, in the county of Berwick, and appear.
ances indicating that they belonged to the fraternity of
body snatchers, they were stopped that an examination
of the gig might be made. the men forthwith fled
across the moors, leaving the gig and horse behind
them; and in the gig was found the body of Mr. Mar-
shall, which had been buried in the church yard of the
neighbouring parish of E-lrom, on the first of the
month. Tuesday, a person Ironr Edinburgh came-to
Dunce and claimed the horse and gig ; on heating f
this, several hundreds of the townspeople assembled
and broke up the house where the gig was standing,
carried it through the town, and after breaking it to
pieces, they burned it in the market place. The `he iff
came to the spot and read the Riot Act, and took a list
of the names of the most active.

NEWRY, Nov. 15.—This town has, within the last
few days, been distinguished by the presence of two
personages, whose flowing beards, devout aspect, and
measured gait, proclaimed their importance, and ar-
rested no small share of public att.union. On inquiry,
e have learnt that they ate actually disciples, or fol-
lowers, of " Mother Johanna"—that thy are from
York-bite; and that tin ir object in this country is to
expound the doctrinal tenets held by their prophetess,
and to announce the coming of Shiloh—the real,
genuine, Shiloh ! These zealous Missionaries of the de-
luded Southcotian sect appear to belong to the humbler
class of tradesmen ; they are rather decently clad, and
seem to be about the age of 30.
SSIUGGLINCL--.LCUt. ALEXANDER IVI'LEOD, of the
Coast Blockade, prevented a tun of 26 tubs of spirits,
on the 13th instant, which he secured and delivered to
the Customs, at New Romney. The Blucher, fishing-
lugger, of Folkstone, on drawing her nets the I.sth
instant, found entangled 22 tubs of spirits, which her
crew delivered up to Lieutenant BROKRNSHIR. Eighty
casks of spirits w et e pulled up in Dover Bay, on Friday,
by the Fame boat, SPIER, master, and delivered over
to the tide.surveyor of the Customs for seizure.
SwiemiNo.—Thursday, a man of the name of
Davenport, a private in,the Royal Artillery stationed
at the Barracks in Newcastle, went into the shop of
Mr. Lester, the silversmith in that town, and asked for
a silver soup ladle lor Liemenant Teasdale, who was,
he said, to have a party that cl.ty to dinner? M,. Teas-
d de being a customer of Mr. Lister, the latter had no
suspicion of any fraud, but immediately gave the sol-
dier two silver ladles, that Mr. Teasdale might take
his choice. It turned out, however, that that Gentle-
mln hal no party to dinner, sent for no silver ladles,
Ibut was in fact from home, and almost immediately
after Davenport had received the articles, he offered one
of them in pledge to Mr. Wilson, the pawnbroker. Sus-
picion was instantly excited, Mr. Wilson refused to ad-
vance any money on the offered silver ladle, and
Davenport was taken into custody, and committed for
trial at the next Assizes.

A few days ago, Mr. Turner, of Horsham, caught in
his mill pond, tiigh to the above town, a pike weighing
fifteen vunds, in the stomach of which was !build a
kingfisher, which, from the state of its plumage, could
not have been long gorged.
Wednesday night the stable of Mr.Lancefield, fat mer
of Crundale, in Ktnt, was entered by a rascal (who is
committed to St. Augustine's gaol), who cut the hair
'from the manes and tails of four yrs:liable horses, and
entirely cut the housings of the hat nesses, and destroyed
the waggon whips.
Charles 11. once going to the theatre, before his time,
to see a tragedy, found the actors not ready to begin,
when his Majesty, losing patience, sent to inquire the
cause of the delay ? upon which the manager came to the
King's bcx, and tightly judging that the best excuse for
tl eir default would be the true one, fairly told his Ma.
jest; that the Queen was not shaved yet—the custom of
these days being for men to perform the female charac•
ters. The King took the excuse in good part, and
waited till the male Queen could be effeatinated.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

William Smith, who was remanded on the charge of stealing a
quantity of flour sacks belonging to 54 different millers and factors,
was again brought up, that the slepo,itions against him might be
read over and signed iu his presence. This proceeding occupied
above an hour. in the course of which Mr. Van explained that
though be plachased sacking of other persons, the whole of the
9 cwt. in question, he was quite sure, had come front Merton Mill.
He also stated that he had given I Os. per cwt. instead of 9s. as
stated by one of the witnesses at the last examination.
Alr. Murmurs asked Mr. Sfee, who identified some of the
property as that of Messrs. Fell and Steel, how he could swear it
had been stolen? Did he mean to say it had been stolen from his
premise*? Mr. Slee replied he did not ; hut they had never sold the
sacks, and nobody bad a right to cut them up and sell them. Mr.
Ward, the proprietor of Alerton Mill, in answer to some questions
put by Mr. Humphreys, said he had only learnt since this inquiry
had commenced, front the men in his Mill, that it was usual to
considet old useless bits of sacking as tlie perquisites if the work-
men, and that he had been since informed by several large Millers
that the allowance of such a perquisite was not the custom of the
trade. He still said the sacks belonging to other parties which had
been traced to his Mill had been sent there for the most part,
by the regular sack collectors instead of his own. The prisoner
was then committed for stealing three whole sacks, pieces of which
bad been discovered in the bundles at Trig Wharf.
GUARD YOUR CATS.—Catharine Evans, the cat stealer, was again
brought up before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, yesterday, for re-ez-
a ruination.

The street-keeper, who, on a former occasion, branded her with
the appellation of a " regular morning sneak," has been confined to
his bed ever since, and the Alderman now discharged her, in the
hope the imprisonment she had undergone would deter her from
pursuing her cruel avocations.
Mr. Long, the prosecutor, who declared he would not part with
his cat for five sovereigns, expressed considerable alarm at the result
of the proceedinFs, being fearful that the prisoner would now steal
his cat from malice If not for profit.