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

WORSH I P-STREET.

Yesterday this Office was crowded with tradesmen, to prefer
charges against C. Iluldsworth, twenty years of age, of obtaining
goods under false pretences. It appeared be had been in the habit
of ordering goods of various kinds, which were sent to his lodgings;
and, on receiving them, assigned different causes for quitting the
room, such as chewing the articles to his brother, going to his desk
for the money, &c. lie then quitted the house, and, un the trades-
men applying to the landlord, it was discovered he had only en-
cased the lodging that day, and to which, of course, he never re-
turned. Among others, who appeared with claims, was a person
from Clementi and Co. fora Bute, value 10/. another from Mr.
Carte, a tailor, in Shoreditch, for a suit of cloaths; Ur. Leah, in
Bath-street, City Road, for a watch, value 10/. Mr. Smithson, boot
maker, in Fore-street, Cripp:egate, for a pair of boot r, and a pair
of shoes. The last case only was gone Into, and the prisoner was
remanded. It was remarked, that each transaction took place at
'different lodgings, mostly in and about Holton.

Fs i.'ay, the bone of contention between Trinity Col-1
:ege, Dublin, and the Primate was adjudged in favour'
of the College ; thus adding to its revenues a benefice
estimated at 500/. per annum.
FREENIASON% SKILL-At an inn in a town not a hun-
dred miles I rom Cheltenham, several people were sitting
round tke fire in a large kitchen, through which there
was a passage to other apartments of the house, and
ampng the company there were a travelling woman
and a tailor. In this inn there was a Lodge (i free and
accepted Masons held, and it being Lodge-night, several
of the members passed through the kitchen in their way•
to the lodge apartments; this introduced observations
on the principles of masonry, and the occult signs by
which masons could be known to each other. The woman
said, there was not so much mystery as people ima-
gined, for that she could shew anybcdy the Mason's'
sign. " What," said the tailor, " that of the free and
accepted ?" " Yes," she replied, "and I will hold you a
half-crown bowl of punch, to be confirmed by any of
the memb rs you may please to nominate." " Why,"
said he, " a woman was never admitted ; and how is it
possible you could procure it ?" "No matter for that,"
added she; "1 w ill readily forfeit the wager if I do not
establish the fact." The company urged the unfor-
tunate tailor to accept the challenge; which at last he
agreed t and the Let was deposited. The woman
then got up, and took hold of the tailor by the coil +r,
saying, " Come, follow me ;" which he did, trembling,
fearing he was to undergo some part of the discipline
in making a mason, of which he bad heard a most
dreadful report. She led him into the street, and point-
ing to the sign of the Lion and Lamb, asked him whose
sign it was? He answered, "It is Mr. Lodes's," (the
name of t! is innkeeper). 66 Is he a freemason ?" " Yes."
" Theo," said the woman, "I have shewn you a sign
of a free and accepted mason." The laugh bore so
hard aganst poor Snip, for having been taken in him.
self, that it was with some difficulty he could be pre-
vailed on to take in the punch, which he had lost, amidst
ithe laughter of his pot.companions.