Star.
London, England, 1813-11-01 00:00:00

OLD MAILZr sr.ssioNs.

1 Saturday Maas mbar Lyme lens indicted for
forging a seaman's warrant to obtain prize-Money.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thompson,
a navy agent, that the prisoner had called upon him,
representiqg himself to be a Midshipman of his Ma-
jesty's shipNansur, and that his name was Ormsby;
producing at the same time a certificate of good ser-
vice, and a ticket of leave. He stated, that he had
served on board the Raisonable, and was entitled to
prize-money, and mentiofted what captures had been
made by that vessel. As he promised to employ the
witness as his agent, witness advanced him a•pound
note, and it was agreed that the order for the prize-
money should• be filled up the next day. The pri-
soner came accordinglypand the witness purchased
. the necessary stamps and filled up the order, which
the other said he would get signed by the proper
officers. He brought it back the next day, signed
ith tl le names of Captain Austin, of the Namur, and
of Lieutenant King, of the same ship, and gave it to
the witness to act upon.
Stanley Osborn, Esq. was then called, who swore
that he was acquainted with the hand-writing of
Ormsby, and that the signature was not of his writing.
John Ormsby himtelt was then called, who said,
that he was a Midshipman of the Raisonable, and
entitled to prize-money ; and that the prisoner Lyon
belonged to the same ship : there was no other person
of the name of Ormsby on board.
Captain Austin, of the Namur, swore, that the
signature to the warrant was not his hand-writing ;
that he had no officer of the name of King on board
his ship, nor ever had. He had no Midshipman
named Ormsby ; he had never seen the prisoner till
this day.
Ann Nicholl proved, that the prisoner had lodged
in her house under the name of Thomas Bailey.
Stewart, a clerk of the Navy Minter-Office,
proved, that that was only one person of the name
of Ormsby on board the Raisonable, and no such per-
son on board the Namur : Lyon had served onboard
the former ship, but had ran away.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII summed up, and the Jury
immediately pronounced a verdict of Guilty.
John Spurr aged 13, was indicted for feloniously
stealing a letter from the receiving office of Mr.
Miles, hatter, in Oxford-greet, to whom he was an
apprentice. The letter was directed to Mrs. Wood-
ley, at Exeter, containing a ten pound note. It was
sent from Mrs. Milner, a lady of fortune at the West
end of the town. The transaction took place on the
evening of the 12th of March last ; and two days
after, the prisoner applied to the father of a young
lady to whom he paid his addresses, for change of a
ten pound note, and which note turned out to be the
same Mrs. Milner had procured from Messrs. Child,
the bankers, doubtless with the intention to send it
to Mrs. Woodley. A clerk belonging to Messrs.
Child proved the number and date of the note.
Mrs. Milner had occasion to remit ten pounds to •
Mrs. Woodley, at Exeter • got a ten pounds note at
the Bank of Messrs. Child and Co. ; gave a £lO
note to her sister, desiring her to remit it to Mrs.
Woodley ; cannot say it was the same note she got at
the Bank ; has heard the letter did not reach Mrs.
Woodley ; thinks in about a fortnight after.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—Cannot say whe-
ther the note she gave her sister was that she gut at
the Bank of Messrs. Child and Co.

Colonel Doyle proved, that Mrs. Milner's- sister,
the Lady who made up the parcel, was so indisposed
as to render it dangerous for her to attend as a witness.
Thomas Croker, the butler, got a letter from Mrs.
Milner's sister, directed to Mrs. Woodley, at Exeter ;
he was ordered tcr pay postage for it as a double let.
ter ; brought it to the shop of Mr. Miles, in Oxford-
street, where he gave it to the prisoner ; did pay
double postage in the shop.
Thomas Miles was then sworn ; but, before his ex-
amination was entered upon, the ATTORNEY GENE. 1
RAI., at the suggestion of the Court, declined going
on with the prosecution, in consequence of the defect
in the testimony of Mrs. Milner, and the absence of
her sister. The Jury accordingly found a verdict—
Not Guilty.
The Grand Jury being discharged, the Thirty-eight
tailors, the bills of indictment against whom were re.
turned ignoramus, petitioned the Court for their imme•
di.ite discharge, which WAS ordered accordingly.

UNION HALL. —Six bakers, resident in the Borough
and its vicinity, have, within the last week, been sum.
ironed before 'lr. EVANCE and Mr. BIRNIE, at this
Office, on informations charging thew with exposing
to sale bread short of weight, 'and convicted in the
following i. enalties, namely, 4120, £15.10►. 115.105.
47. lOs. £5.75. and 43. lls. The Magistrates im-
posed the lull penalty of ss. per ounce, for the defi-
cient), in each case, and the bleed seized was sent to
charitable institutions.

Five other bakers were convicted of having on
their premises alum and potatoes, and severally fined,
by the same Magistrates, £5 and c*sts.
130 W-STREET. ROBBERY ON BOARD THE TORTOISE.
Friday evening John-Briar, the Mate of the above
ship, underwent another examination before Mr. llia•
ME, charged with feloniously stealing a tub, contain-
ing silver to a considerable amount, consigned from
Gibraltar to London. The prisoner denied, the
charge, and said the cask he brought on shore from
the ship at Woolwich contained wine. He was com-
mitted for farther examination.

The 14th July, seven seamen belonging to the Re.
sistance, in the Mediterranean, were tried by a Court
Martial for mutiny, and being fdund guilty, were
sentenced as follows :—John Smith, Peter Lawler:,
•Thomas Griffith:, and James Welland, to be hanged ;
George Baylis:, to receive .500 lashes; William Clarke,
400 ; and William Litrary, 150.

• FIRE.—A fire broke out, late on Saturday night,
in the extensive wine cellarage belonging to Mr. -BE-
ins, in Hay's Mews, Hill-street, Berkeley-square,
which threw the inhabitants into tke utmost conster-
nation. The flames were got under without extend-
ing to the range of stabling. Great damage was
sustained. The accident was occasioned by a quan-
tity of straw catching fire.
In consequence of Rainer's late race, rivals are
starting in all parts of the country, at the 100 miles,
but not one has succeeded. A person named Dean,
did eighty miles in sixteen hours, on Monday last, at
Ashburne, in Nottinghamshire, and this appears to be
the greatest thing of the kind done amongst the new
candidates.