Star.
London, England, 1824-12-15 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Monday, the wife of Colonel Bunbury, of the 7th Dragoon
Guards, attended at this Office, on a peace-warrant, charging her
with having threatened to horsewhip a young woman named 3tary
Grady, in the service of Captain Grainge, at Brixton.
Mrs. Bunbuty was accompanied by her sister and a professional
Gentleman,.
The complainant stated, that the Lady against whom she appearej
had threatened to horsewhip her frequently, and she Was actually in
such dread of the menace being carried into effect, that she *.f
under the necessity of applying for a warrant to bind her over
keep the peace. A few days ago, she (the complainant) was s;
at the door of her master's dwelling, which is neat to that ir.-envid
by Colonel Sunbury, and that Officer's Lady, seeing with,., (km,
ran out of her house with a horsewhip in her hand, and hi a
rage jumped over some chains, which were above two feet front
the ground, and which separate the court-yards in front of the two
Lhouscs, and would have beaten her with the whip, had she not in.
stantly shut the door on discovering the intention. Indeed, so d,,.
ternsined, said the witness, was the Lady to horsewhip her, that on
the street-40°r bring closed against her, she made an attempt to gtt
in at the parlour-window, and would have succeeded in her object,
bad it not been fortunately fastened down at the time.
Mrs. Bunbury now claimed the Magistrate's attention. She
mitterl that she bad threatened to horsewhip. Captain Grainge's ser-
vant-maid, for the girl bad vilified and aspersed her character to
such a degree at Brixton, that she should be under the necessity of
withdrawing from that neighbourhood; neither she ner her sister
could go out of their residence without being subject to the most
vile and slanderous expressions from the complainant, who sou4lit
every opportunity of insulting them. The day on which she was
accused of having threatened to use the whip, the girl observing
that she (Mrs. Bunbury) was going to town, opened her master's
door, and calling after her, made use of epithets which might have
been bestowed upon an abandoned woman, and her anger twill;
raised to tile highest pitch, she certainly did attempt to give her
personal chastisement, by inflicting upon her a few stripes with the
whip, in order to prevent a repetition of such conduct in future. Irs.
Bunbury, while detailing the above circumstances, suillsed aloud,
and declared, that during her life she had never met with such
gross behaviour as that which she had received from the complain-
ant. She was, she said, a " Military woman," had sera service
abroad with the Colonel, and she could not brook such horrid scan-
dal as that circulated by the servant girl all over Brixton to her

prejudice,
Mrs. Bunbury then called her groom, who stated that he had
heard Captain Grainge's servant use language of a very improper
nature to his mistress. He had also heard that the complainant
spread reports about Brixton, injurious to the character of Ma.
Bunbury. Another witness also gave evidence to the same effect.
The Magistrate observed that he had heard quite enough of the
business, and in discharging the warrant against Mrs. Banbury, he
cautioned the complainant not to presume to traduce the character
of Mrs. Bunbury again.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday, Jas. Mows Leonard was brought before Mr. Twr.
roan and Mr. Osmaaas, the presiding Magistrates, for final exami.
nation, upon a charge of uttering base coin. Mr. Chippendale, the
Solicitor, and Mr. Powell, from the Mint, attended.
Mr, Entwistle, proprietor of the Cranes public-house, Hackney,
deposed, that some weeks back he took in payment a base halt.
crown; his suspicions fell upon the prisoner, and he cautioned his
family to beware of him. On the 2d instant, about Bin the morn•
ing, he passed on him a bad shilling. In a day or two after, he
offered him another, upon which he gave him into the custody of
an officer.
Joseph Bone, jailer of Rochester, proved that the prisoner was
convicted at the Assizes at Rochester, in October, 1822, for a similar
ofeucr, and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment ; that he
was discharged in October, 1823, and was then tried and known by
the name of JaMes Leonard, but was certain the primmer is the
same person. —He was committed to take his trial on the capi.
tl charge.

It appears by the following extract from a letter
from Lisbon, dated the Ist instant, that all idea of
sending an expedition to Brazil is for the present aban-
doned: " The expedition which this Government has so
long announced as fitting out against Brazil, has ter-
minated, as I always prophesied and advised you it
would. The Minister of Marine has just issued orders
for all the ships of war of which it was to have been
composed, to be dismantled, except two frigates, the
Perola and I'rinceza Real ; two corvettes, the Lealdade
and Infante Don Miguel; and two brigs, which are re-
tained in commission as parda coslas, and to cruise in
the Mediterranean ; but it is thought, the Treasury
having been completely exhausted by the preparations
for this expedition, that even those few ships cannot
long be kept in commission."
A quantity of gunpowder has been seized in a dealer's
shop, at Mountrath, Ireland, by order of the Secretary
of State. Some miscreants had entered the Church of
Fethard, county of Tipperary, and cut to pieces, with
knives, all the Minister's bibles and books, and every
prayer•book belonging to the congregation. Several
other outrages have been committed its other quarters.
During the riots in 1780, a Magistrate being asked
why he bad not called upon the passe consitatus? replied, " that lie
would have done so, but he knew not his addreas."