Star.
London, England, 1825-01-01 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday, Mary Steer, a silk-winder, was brought before
the Magistrates of this Mee, upon a charge of secreting a quantity
of silk,tbe property ,of her employer, a Mr. Barton, of Beacon-
street, Bethnal-green. The prisoner was sentenced to two months'
imprisonment in the House of Correction, and there to be kept at
hard labour.
UNTO ~-HALL
A man named Rook, one of the persons appointed to attend upon
Sir Gregory Page Tut ner,vras charged with having assaulted Eliza-
beth Elston, daughter of the late Colonel Elston. It appeared that
Miss Elston was particularly desirous of presenting to Sir Gregory
an account of an interesting trial that took place its the Court of
Chancery in Ireland, in the matter of Carpenter an alleged lunatic ;
and whose case she considered resembled that of her friend, Sir
Gregory. She approached the Baronet, who was walking in the
ground which surrounds the prison, accompanied by his couple of
attendants, to present him the trial, when the defendant gave her
a violent push, and prevented her from so doing. The defendant
did not deny the charge, but said it was a gentle push to prevent
her annoying his master with her communications, which might
have the effect of irritating and distressing his mind. The Lady
had been for a considerable time past in the habit of sending letters
to the Baronet, and attempting to obtain interviews with him, and
ft was the particular desire of the Lord Chancellor, that Sir (re-
gory should not be subject to such annoyances from strangers.
The NAOUTSATIL, oo hearing this statement, said there was no
pretence for charging the defendant with an assault, and he was
discharged. Miss Elston was advised not to annoy the Baronet.
Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of the Union Ale Brewery, in Lam-
beth, attended at the Office for the purpose of giving information of
the following gross fraud, as a caution to the Public, which had
been successfully practised upon him a few days ago:—A lad,
dressed as a publican's pot-boy, came to his office and handed the
clerk a letter, purporting to have been written by J. Sheen, land-
lord of the Three Stags Potliclouse at Kennington, inclosing a
check on Messrs. Masterman and CO. bankers, for :E52, and re-
questing that it might be cashed, to save the trouble of going into
the City. Mr. Simpson's clesitotmulateriPg it to be genuine, im.
thediately complied with the request. When the check was subse-
quently sent to the banker's, it was pronounced to be a forgery.
Mr. Simpson has offered a reward of ,C2O for the apprehension of
the party traho committed the forgery.

One of those melancholy and distressing occurrences,
of which we have latterly too frequent instances, has,
we are concerned to state, taken place within a few
days in the town of •Enniscorthy, and has plunged a
highly respectable .and hitherto happy family into the
deepest allaiction. .The wife of most respectable Me-
dical Gentleman, Doctor S—, of that town, having
left her home under the impression that she was about
to see her mother, Mrs. B--, of ltathdrum, who has
.been a long time in a precarious state of health, was
met according to previeus arrangement, by a person',
named B—, a baker, in the town of Arklow, with '
whom she spent two days in Ferns, and the following
night proceeded to her mother's house. This truly un-
fortunate Lsdy is now with her own family, there are
rtwo children to witness the degradation, of until this.
event, a fond and affectionate mother. There has been
la Fiat issued against B—, and to which we learn he
has given bail. It will. undergo a legal investigation at
the next Assizes for Wicklow.—Dublin Journal.
• On the night of the 22d ult. a fatal event Occurred
in Mendlesham,Stiffolk. The bailiff of Mr. Sheppard,
.at his off-hand farM, being, alarmed by a noise at the
fowl-houses, got up and Went out, when be found three
men in the yard; one of them rushed towards him with
-an uplifted' bludgeon, but finding that he was arme.
syith a gun, the man turned round and ran off. T,.e.
' bailiff called to him to stand, andin his not complying,
discharged his. piece. The contents passed thriongh the
body of the unhappy Wretch, and his hoe/chi:4oow*,
from lb* wound; he lingered in great apnyTor
hours, and thenizpired. The oiler two men have since,
been apprehended, and one of theMpiiives to have been
employed in Mr. ShepPard'i malting.
Cowes, Dec. 30.—The Beaufort, of London, in coming in from
sea, ran foul of the Busirus, Gamma and= carried away her head
cutwater; spiting her bowsprits carriolaway bet tipipillinvatasts,
Ite. and did other -considerable damage. Anima-die, Fria%
Casa, from the Downs for New South Wales.
SCILLY, 45.-Blowingec. 48.BloWing a strong gale at Weit.l-41nWealtis
Majesty's ship PAIITHIAN front a etuiae. The stern et Oboat
vatked " klor. of LuteliOn" °inside, and " i4LizioniPtAlNOrtfe.
side. was found oU, PAW .4 viiklif4s OW4II as 44044"
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