Star.
London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

HIGHTVAV ROBBERY.
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Yesterday, the followi rig account of a most outrageous
robbery was gives by a woman n'ained Sarah ,Ailley,
to Hall, the Chief Coastable of Union-hall Police-office,
who immediately communicated it to. the Magistrates,
L.B.ALLesandß.J.Ctrastaxas,Esqrs.Thewomari state.; '
that she recently resided at *ousharnpton, in the service
n'of one Rock,and having her parents living in London
-1' e was anxious to join them, and • set out by way of
,Brighton,.where she had some relations living whom
she was desirous of seeing, before she took up her abode
in town. On Sunday morning lase, between the hours
of eleven and twelve o'clock, as she was pursuing her
journey on foot, being alone and carrying a bundle
which conta'ned all her clothes, she observed two sai-
lors lying in a ditch-by the road side between Ryegate
and Croydon. She was about passing them, when one
of the men called out, " it is a pity that you should have
came from the fair ;" but being. a stranger she knew not
what fair he alluded to, and also being desirous of
avoiding all communication 'Kith them, she passed on.
The man who had first spoken then said, 4e D—n your
eyes, this bundle belongs to us," pointing to that which
she carried, and he having jumped up, seized it. She
was conseque,ly greatly alarmed •at this outrageous
conduct, and screamed out for assistance, but no per-
son was near, and the wretches both declared it should
be the worse for her if she made a noise. They then
demanded her' money, and insisted upon her stripping ;
she implored them not to take-away her clothes which
she wore, non treat her person ill, and she would give
them all her money, which amounted to seven sove-
reigns, half-a-crown, and a shilling. She gave them the
money, but the ruffians insisted upon having her clothes,
and they proceeded to put their threats into execution,
and actually took off her clothes, leaving her in a state
of nudity. One of them held a knife to her throat, and,
with a dreadful imprecation, threatened to murder her
if she made a noise; whilst the other brute stripped off
her clothes. She was a considerable time thus exposed
to their observations, but they did not abuse her per-
son. At'length one of them proposed to go away, say-
ing, that he -heard something coming, and they both
jumped over the hedge by the road-side ;in a few ma
ments they threw some of her clothes back to her, saying,
that she deserved to be murdered for taking so much
notice of them ; and they then ran away over the fields.
She dressed herself in the clothes which were thus fur-
nished her, and walked along the road until she met a
woman to whom she communicated the way in which
she had been brutally treated. The poor woman kindly
took her to her cottage, which was not very far distant,
and gave her some refreshment: Having rested a short
time, she took leave of the benevolent cottager, and
came to town, which she reached that evening, but was
unable to discover the residence of her parents, who
lived somewhere in the neighbourhood of Smithfield.
She was greatly distressed; and acquainted a woman,
whim she met and conversed with in the streets, of the
extraordinary circumstances above narrated, and was,
advised to acquaint the Magistrates of Union Hall with
them, which she accordingly did. She was taken into
a private room, and examined minutely as to the facts of
the robbery ; and her story, although • singular, was
considered perfectly consistent. Hall was afterwards
dispatched to Croydon, having received a full descrip-
tion of the two sailors, one of whom is represented to
be a middle-aged man, and the other more advanced
in life—in the full expectation of being able to trace
and apprehend the offender,. .

On the evening of St. Andrew's Day last, a small
party of Scotsmen sat down to an excellent dinner in
the British Hotel, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land.
The evening was spent merrily and heartily ; and every
justice was done to the favourite toasts of their country,
nor did the eater patria lead thein to forget the land of
their adoption, but the " Prosperity of Tasmania" was
the signal to empty many a rosy bumper.
About four o'clock on Sunday afternoon a riot took
place in the neighbourhood of St. George's-road, Man-
chester, in which a considerable number of Irishmen were
concerned. It arose, it seems, from circumstances of the
most trivial nature, and at any other time would have
passed over without exciting any particular interest ;
but occurring at the present juncture, it gave rise to the
most ridiculous rumours : one sf which was, that the
Irish Catholics bad risen in a body. and were murdering
indiscriminatelyalitheProtestantswho came in their way.
Sunday morning, some fellows broke into the house
of J. Kamm, Esq. of Doughty-street. which they
robbed of plate, &c. to a large amount • and finding
some wine, brandy, &c. on the sideboard, they re-
tired with it to the stable, where they regaled them-
selves unmolestedly.
Tuesday evening last, as Mr. PENNITATHEIT, a far-
mer, residing at Amwell, was returning home from
Ware, he fell into the New River, and was drowned ;
the body was not found for some hours afterwards.
Not long since, a servant was sent froth the West
end of the town to obtain change at the Bank of
England for a 401. mote. Relying on the accuracy
of the clerks, he took what they gave him without
counting it ; bat, on his return home, found he had
got 501. instead of 401. Notwithstanding the distance
and inconvenience, he lost not a moment in returning
to the Bank, and on representing the matter to the
person who had served him, the latter took back the
101. but, instead of rewarding the servant for his
fidelity, or even thanking him, contented himself
with rating him pretty soundly for his carelessness in
not counting the money when he received it !
• A specimen of a peculiar kind of cotton, the growth
, of Colombia, has been recently exhibited at Savannah.
It was obtained near Bogota, and is said to be of an
extremely soft and perfectly silky texture and glossy
appearance, of a short staple and dark or dingy co-1
lour. It grows on a tree of considerable height, dif-
ferent from our plant. The cotton grows round the
seed, in something like the shape of a pine-apple, so
that when picked it requires no ginning. The Indians
woik it into shawls, &c. and a quantity has been sent
to France, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it
cannot be incorporated in the manufacture of silk
goods. A Gentleman of Striven County, Georgia, has
planted some of the seed, by way of experiment.
DUTY ON Doos.—Official notice has been issued to
the assessors and parish officers in several districts by
the Commissioners of Taxes—that every person, not
ceditipt according to Act of Parliament, must perempto-
rily make entries of all dogs either kept by them, or
by lodgers, or belonging to other individuals. The
only persons exempt are farmers renting less than 1001
per annum, whe are allowed to keep al dog tree frem
duty (the sane not being of the descripuon used for
killing game), and poor peasous who obtain a certificate
►horn the parish officers.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The Loan Maims yesterday receixolseveral letters from den.
tlemen, who had placed their bills in the bands of Ogilvie alias Wil-
son, who has been dealing so extensivelyin bills. One of his Led.
ship's correspondents. a respectable solicitor of Daventry,ame man-
stated.
that a client of his had been taken by Ogilvie in the s
ner as Mr. Woolard, with, however, this difference in favoui of
Mr. Woolard, that the bill of the former was seat into &admits,'
and the acceptor actually proceeded against for the recovery of-the
amount, X.lOO. The Solicitor requested the co-operatiOn of Mr.
Woolard, and expresst-cl a confident hope that he should be able to
convict Ogilvie, who is certaidly t'be Wilson whose name has al-
ready appeared.
Mr. Woolard came to the Justice7room, and mentioned to the
Lord Mayor, that one of the parties, finding that the system of de-
ception bad been exposed, offered him the sum of .8300, with which
to take it up, but he would not consent to do so until his Lordship
was consulted.
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The Loan Malmo advised him not to touch a shilling of the
money, as the person who made the proposition, no doubt, intended
to arrest him the moment the bill was taken up, and bad a witness
ready to prove that the money had been borrowed.
The Loan limos is now in possession of the names of all the
principal persons connected with the gang.
Two poor women applied to, 1&so Mavoa for advice. .One-
of them stated, that they had-jointly occupied the first floor of a
house in Angel-alley, Hisbopsgate-street, and had•pundually paid
their rent weekly, but that the tenant under whom they occupied
the floor had failed, and the landlord of the house had seized his
pods for the rent, which being insufficient he had seisechheirs alto,
and left them without a bed to lay upon. His Lordship said, be
felt for their case, but could render them no assistance, as• the
landlord was authorised by law to act as he had done—he ream-
mended them to apply to the Parish Officers upon the subject. -

GUILDHALL.
guru sr. Ma:ix—This was an information filed against the de-
fendant, charging that he bad sold in his house, on the Sth of March,
four glasses of elderberry wine, without being licensed. This case
first came on for hearing about a month ago, when Mr. Adolphus.
for the defendant, took an objection, that a common informer could
not sue for the penalty, but that all complaints must be made by
the Attorney-General, or some Revenue Officer. Upon this ques-
tion the opinion of Mr. Attorney-General has since been taken,
who, having decided that a common informer may sue under the
circumstances of this case, Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Butler (Mr.
Harmer's Clerk) attended to conceit ;he liability of Mr. Malin. and
Messrs. Hendrick and Humphreys to support it.
1 Mr. BSODRSCE failed to make out his case because the aver-
ment that elder wine was a British made wine Was not proved
in evidence.
To a second information, Mr. ADOLPHUS started a new difficulty,
that the information charged merely the selling of the elder wine in
the house, which the 4Racise license would cover, in however small
quantities, and not the drinking of the wine therein, which, it seems,
was the offence intended to have been charged.
After a lengthy and unusually dry argument on this point, Mr.
City Solicitor and the Alderman retired into the parlour to considet
thejudgment. The point, however, proved so knotty, that judg-
ment was deferred sine
HOW-STREHT.

Yesterday, 11/. Siew was charged with forcibly taking a reticule
from the person of Mary Haywood.
The prosecutrix stated that on Monday night, between eight and
nine o'clock, she was walking along Bedford-street in her way home,
when she was accosted by the prisoner, who asked her where she I
was going ? She replied home : and at that same time the prisoner
snatched her reticule out of her hand, containing bet handkerchief
and 3s. 6d. and ran off. She pursred,overtook hint, and held hits
by the collar till one of the watchmen came up and conveyed him
to Covent-garden watch-house.
The watchman corroborated the latter part of the prosecutrix's
account, and produced a reticule containing the property above de-
scribed, and which the prosecutrix identified.
The prisoner saki nothing, and was remanded till Friday.
Ilii &aII:LA-BONN&
Two country lads of the names of Madman and Sawyer were
brought before Mr, Houma, about a week ago, charged with
stealing fowls. They were remanded till yesterday, when, for went
of sdielent evidence they were discharged. Previous to their
leaving the Once, Mr. Moffett, the Chief Clerk, having learned
that they had been crut4ly treated at the New Prison, and having
communicated the facts to Mr. Hostuars, he was requested by the
Magistrate to take down their evidence, and forward it to the
proper quarter, for the purpose of having it laid before the Visiting
Magistrates.
According to Gladman's evidence, be was sent to the New
Prison, on the 13th of this month, and passed the first night in
the receiving-house without any cause of complaint. Next night
-he was put into the felons' ward. After be was in best,, he was
astonished to find some one lay hold of his feet and drag him from
the bed in the dark, and then perceived a crowd of prisoners col.
fated about him. They did not give him much time to ask ques-
tions ; one of them immediately attacked him with a rope's sod,
and continued to beat him with it severely for some time. On Ms.
raking their reason for such treatment, they said it was only:a/46e
....iii other words, a sort of welcome which they commonly granted
to a new corner. They took the seine method of bidding him
farewell : the stight.previous to his leaving the prison, he underwent
the same ordeal; it was repeated next morning ; and he believed
their reason for giving bias a double •portion of ft was, that they
apprehended he would be susnoved in the man* before they
could have an opportunity of biddies bin lies. Others were
treated in the same way. Belksird a pile plinalber resting most
violently for a lung time, while " Imi.was being goesed." A person
of the name of George acted as executioner; and Jobn Hawk's,
who was there " for a handkerchief," presided; this person was
called the wardsman,a sort of Joseph, o Obtained the sus
called
of his ward on account of his good behaviour.
When a rope's end was not at hand, they tied a few pence in the
corner of a handkerchief; and used it as such.
The other lad was treated in the sane manner, and his evidence
was nearly to the same effect.
Yesterday, three men of the names of Details Conner, Also Giilii-
wig, and Jobs lately, were brought up' under a strong escort, from
the Paddington watch-house, charged. with being concerned in a
most outrageous and alarming affray: in the lidgeware road. owthe
preceding evening. Their opponents were navigators, and the
quarrel originated in the Irishmen.hiking a noise in their native'
language while the navigators were singing at a public-house. bi
the fight some of the latter were very,dangerously wounded, and
conveyed to the hospitaL—Ordered to give 24 hours notice of bail.
MA RLBOROU G &ST REET.
James Coins, coachman to Lady Limbed, was yesterday &amid
a
with violently driving his coach into- die Court-yard of Burlington
House, during Lady GeorgeCavendisk's Rout,to the injury, of '
carriages, and knocking down Dawkins, the constable, whale
was broke by the wheel passing over it. The poor fellow Wait
ried to an hospital upon a shutterond there being some. • •
in finding men to match to carry it, the Hon. C. Cavelidisij,iftr, his
infinite honour, cheerfully bore part of the burden the where elf the
way to the HospitaL The prisoner• was ordered to be kept in ens.
tody until it shall be ascertained whether the life of Dawkins is in
danger. Much praise is•due to the Earl of Westmoreland (who
witnessed the outrageous affair), through whose persevering aunt-
, don alone the offender was discovered amidst the crowd of carriages.

The demolition of York House, St.James'e,.is almost
completed, the house is nearly levelled with the stir-
rounding garden.
RIADING, MAT 2l.—The current report that Parlia-
ment will certainly be dissolved during the present
year, has created a variety of speculations as to the
Gentlemen who are likely to be returned for this Bo-
rough at the consequent General Election. Two Can-
didates have already commenced canvassing the town,
but they have not yet made the Public acquainted with
more than their general principles. One of these Gen-
tlemen is Sir FREDRRICR, HIENNIICIR, Ban. of Dunmow,
in Esse:. In point of politics. he professes himself to
be of loyal, but strictly independent, principles—a
staunch supporter of the Constitution of these Realms,
and an admirer of the general conduct of the present Ad-
m inis.ration. The other Gentleman who offers himself as
a Candidate, is EDWARD WAKRYIRLD, Esq. Of this
Gentleman's agricultural, commercial, and statistical
knowledge the highest character is given. In regard
to political feelings, Mr. WAILEFIRLD avows himself
triencfly to the existing Institutions of the country, and
an admirer of the great and leading features in the
'conduct of the prt sent Administration.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ASCOT RACF.S.
The Oadands Stakes of 30 my. each, 90 ft. and only 10 if declarel
by the Saturday after Epsom. 'fwo Miles and a Half.
Lard Darlington's Serab, 4 yrs, 9st.
Lord F. Bentinck names Picton, 6 yrs, Sst. 71b.
Duke of Grafton's Pucelle, 4 yrs, test. 61b.
Mr. Dilly's Tiara, 4 yrs. list. 31b.
Mr. Lanibton's Spermaceti, s•yrs, esr.•• -- . .• •
Mr. Wyndhant's Silvertail, 4 yrs/sc. 101 b. • _ ,
Duke of York's Hajji Baba, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b.
Mr. Lainbton's Carnival, Mr. C. I)ay'a Victoritte, :ifesier't
Presentiment, and Lord G. H. Cavendish's B!ack Cat, paid forfeire
Li-rd. Yet Want did not name. •

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BOEING.
After the Races at. Epsom had terminated, some of the Fatty
met to arrange matters fur a display of pugilistic science an.f. enur
rage between Young Gas and Gaytwr. It was proposed that Issue
Spring, Oliver, Holt, Jens Ward, &c. should collect the Sidils.ti,
who were successful in obtaining' about £29, to he given to the v
tor. A very good ring was wide before the Grand Stead, rope!
having been brought from town for the purpdse. Scroggins, Hudx
son, Whiteheaded Bob, Spercer, Gypsy Coopers, Young Dutclr
Sam, &c. gave their assistance towards keeping out the spectator./
from too near an approach to the ropes, and we never saw a Vs; bee.,
tercondueted. Young Gas first made his appearance in the arena,
when Holt and Dick Curtis proceeded with a pair of scissors to re-
move the decorative curls and superfluous hair chat adorne4 his
nob, when Holt, who is a great phrenologist, discovered the organ
of " courage and perseverance" in his favourite, whom he seconded,
with Dick Curtis. Gaynor was well seconded by Jem Ward and
Tom Oliver. Both men fought without shoes.
. Seventy-two rounds were fought, witb alternate adv enrage to
each, until nearly the close of the contest. Young Gas, in the early
rounds, made most of the play—he tried it on strongly again and
again, and Woutd not be denied, though Gaynor was the heavier,
and by far the more scientific man. In the tenth round, Gas seat
his opponent down with a nobber, like a shot from a !4-pounder.
From the 90th to the 49th round, Gaynor seemed to have the best
of it, especially of the falls; yet it was wonderful how soon Gas
seemed to recover his wonted gaiety. Gas was the favourife tilt
the Sod round, when he received a tremendous iluorer---•• alt
U. P." was shouted on all sides. Gaynor took the lead in a fiNr
of the subsequent rounds; but he had not the stamina of Ca.,
though he had as muck pluck; and, in the. 7241 round, his second*
gave in for him. Ile was dreadfully punished, and led off the
ground by Ward and Oliver, after being kept close to work for au
hour. and a half.—Gas will certainly take the lead of all the men of
his weight as soon as be obtains a little more science and self-pos-
session. He is rightly named Young Gas, for his notions of the
,points that contribute to obtaining the pahn, scent to be prectkety
those discovered by pow' Hickman. This was as honest and cou--
rageous a battle as ever was witnessed.
SPARRING AT THE FIVES' COURT.
There was an excellent day's play yesterday, at the Fives Court,.
for the benefit of an old Historian of the Ring ; but, although the'
performances were of the first order, the attendance of theFaxey was-
but thin. The principal attraction was a set-to between Spring, the
ex-champion and George Cooper, who exhibited the art of self--
defence in the highest perfection, and drew down thunders of ap-
plause. The other candidates for fame were Lennox and Wyatt,
Jones and Young, Josh Gybletts and Spencer, Ned Brown and
West Country Dick, Holt and °aver, and Reidie and Mahony.
Movasnares or eon Row.—Reidie bas been matched against the'
Cambridge Yettih, for £25 a-side, to fight on the same day with
Casper and Bob.
Savage and Lock will fight for £25 a side, on the first day of
Ascot Races.
The third deposit for the fight between Cooper and Bob will be
made this evening, at the Hercules Pillars, Great Queen-street.
Ram AND Jnas.—This fight, which is appointed to take place
on Moodapisext, between Oxford and Cheltenham, excites a good-
deal of interest in the sporting world. Tont Cribb and Clarke ate'
going down to second Jubb, who is backed by persons high in the'
Cheltenham fancy.

DICE Curtis AND Wasettu.—These men met at Cribb's yester-
day, when the umpire decided that Curtis ►hould receive .e2O of
the purse which was collected at Epsom. Warren having declined
to continue the fight, and his second, Aby &lane. having stated•
that he admitted Dick to be the best man there was a surplus of
Z 4 7s. which was given to Warren. Warren stated that his friends
were ready to make a match for him with Curtis for £5O a-side.
Dick expressed his hopes that Warren would not be disappointed.,
as he was ready at a moment's warning to post the needful.

A letter from Hamburgh, of the 14th, an inunces
the arrival of the Minerva, PArrenson, and the
Bartholomo, MILLER, from Alexandria, with EL, 9).
tian cotton. Both the .e vessels were immediately or-
dered into strict quarantine in the harbour at the mouth
of the Elbe. The cargoes are to be entirely unloaded,
and the bales opened and aired. A general alarm
appears to prevail at all the ports of the Continent, in
consequence of the proposed relaxation of the qua-
rantine laws by this country.
The Jesuits have for some years past maintained a'
constant correspondence, and a well concerted, and well
executed system of intrigue and excitement throughout
Ireland, and also in Lancashire: In that county, as it it
asserted and believed in France, all th&r records and
valuable documents were preserved, until a recent period.
Saturday se'nnight, Mr. WilliaM Hollyer, butcher.
Union-street, Maidstone, confined in the County Jail
for debt, was informed by one of the turnkeys that his
wife had called to see him, and was waiting in the vi-
siting-room. He proceeded thither, and entered the
room, but on approaching to salute his wife, his h.tal
sunk upon her shoulder, and he instantly expired.
CONJUGAL Airecrims.--Sunday se'nnight, an old
partition in the Old Town, Limerick, which had •been
for a long time in a menacing condition, tumbled on
s' a happy pair" under the presidency of Somnus. For-
tunately, as the husband thought, the greater part:<ame
on the 44 gude wife," and ai he considered she hid de-
pasted 46 to the land o the Leal," with becoming de-
votion he knelt down, and fervently ej fculaed—
se Mary, dear,- wherever I make out a coffin for you,
the Loan be praised you're dead!" To his utmost con-
fusion, he was however startled with a response of "Oh
ick,"—when the neighbours coming in, relieved the
r woman, and after some attention, so far recovered
her as to afford the affectionate spouse every prOspect
of another opportunity..of exercising his devotion.