Star.
London, England, 1825-05-19 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

Yesterday, Dlr. Carter, a shoemaker in 13Iackfrlars-road, at-
tended at this Office, for the purpose of informing the sitting Magis.
trate, that nearly the whole of his *oilmen had left his service to
join a combination of all the journeymen shoemakers in town to
raise the prices. He had that morning received the &howling
placard, copies-of which he understood to have Seen distributed
round to all the journeymen in London, besides being stuck up in
different parts of the mein. lie- 6* Men, he raid', who were now
left 4n his employ, the asiociatien would not leave Milne; that
morning he observed two men parading up and down outside his
shop-door, who stopped every worlintan that came out, endeavour-
ing to persuade them also to " strike ;" and by to-morrow he did
not expect to have one man left. Mr. Carter said that the advanoe4
they wanted in his lint was 3.5 per Cents The advance of course
he would not accede 'to at'present, as he could not execute the
wholesale orders now on hand, his traveller selling his goods from
samples 'and in taking the orders he did not contemplate an advance.
The Magistrate asked Mr. Carter whether he had reduced the
wages of his journeymen lately ? Mr. Carter, in reply, said, that
for the last ten years he had never reduced the prices. At the period
that the bread was Is. loid. per loaf, and provisions in a similar
proportion high, he gave less than he did now ; therefore he thought
it was most unjustifiable conduct of the men in his employment to
strike for an advance of wages.
Mr. Arcza regretted that he could not punish the men, as it ap-
peared that no threats or intimidation had been used by the persons
placed at his doors by the association. If any of his men left his
work in an unfioiahed state, he had it in his power to have them
taken into custody and sent to prison; and with regard to the senti-
nels who were now pacing' up and own before his shop, he (the
Magistrate) would order an officer to warn them off, and in case of
their refuel, he would have them before him.
Dlr. Carter.-- y complaint is not that men should associate to-
gether it they hat: that they should bring sentinels to watch
my door, and prevent ail those who have worked for me for years
past, and who are sati,ti:d with their employ, from working. The
'number of men before the distribution of the paper alluded to, was
between forty and fifty, nearly all of whom have now left etc. and
joined in the combination for higher wages.
The :kligistrate observed, that an enunent shipLbuilder had been
'at the dffiti the day belore, sod suede a similat complaint of several

'of his workmen having struck for an advance of wages h • wrAill,
as in that Case, give Mr. Caner the. same advice that his wort%
brother Magistrate, Mr. CAN 'gas, did on that occasion ; which
was, to proceed immediately tot tee House of Com.nons, and
give evidence on sb important a point, before the Commineenow
sitting on the Combination Laws.
The officer who was sent down to Mi. Carter's house to bring ttis
the men who were placed on the watch; returned, and stated the,
very soon disappeared from the neighbourhood, on perceiving that
an application was about to be made at.this office.
Jews White, Robert Jefferkv, and 111/lions Raetiips Weft pet tie
the bir, charged by Mr. James Bosbury. of Brodslle Grove,. Cto.
fordshire; the two' former with stealing, and the latter with rectiir-
ing and disposing of a brown gelding, bis property.
Mr. HARMER, for the prisoners, did net think it necessary to slty
anything on their behalf in this stage of the proceedings:
*ere fully committed for trial, t ear ensuing Surrey Assist's.
This is one of about thirty hotses whirls thruogh the Wrings:to(
and activity of Mr. Hall, have within these two' months igen• re'
covered, and returned to their respectite owners.'

VAUXHALL.—We underrand that the Prop rieors of
this place of fashionable summer resort, ate making'.
the most strenuous exertions for the cornmencement.of
an early se 'son, on as scale which cannot fail to ensure
the patronage which their laudable endeavours to con-'
.suit the public comfort and convenience, and their de-
termination to add to the respectability of the Gardens.
so well deserve. For this purpose, the exterior of the
,Gardens is to be splendidly illuminated with gas, from
the Pheenix Gas Company, Bankside ; and such parts
of the interior as were formerly almost in total dark-
ness, will no longer remain a harbour for vice, and an
annoyance to every modest woman who visited this
otherwise fai:cinating evening promenade.
Sunday a serious accident occurred to Mr. Wood,
one of his MAJESTY'S keepers in the Great Park, Wind-
sor, and a young man under him. Mr. 'Void and the
young man being out together, the young man wits fires
attaeked by a heifer, which severely wounded' im. Mr.
Wood, seeing the danger he was in, proceeded to his
assistance, the young magi 13 ing on the grcund. The
heifer made a violent rush at Mr. Wood, who held rut
his arms to save his body, when one of the horns cf the
animal gored his hand and arm in a dreadful manner.
In making a second rush, Mr. Wood fortunately step-
ped on one side, when the horns of the beast entered so
deep in a bank behind Mr. Wood, that she stuck fast.
and on endeavouring to extricate herself turned on her
back, her head being confined from the solid purchase
of the horns in the earth, and her neck twisted. While
in that situation, some men coming that way, assisted
in putting an end to the animal.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon, TKOs.
SHELTON, Esq. Coroner for London, held an Inquest
in Whit, cross-areet Prison, on the body of a Gentle-
man named George Pettit, who died a prisoner there.
on Sunday morning last. The Jury having viewed
the body, or rather its remains, a mere assemblage of
bones, on their return received in evidence that the
deceased Gentleman came into the prison on the 11th
of August last, for a debt of 801. (having formerly
lived in Essex, upon an income of 1,5001. a year), where
he had since remained, the provisions of the L;solvent
Act not having been complied with ; that on the 7th
of February last, he was attacked with a pulmonary
disorder, and attended, from that time until his death,
by Mr. Thomas Wadd, of BAsingh4ll-Areet, surgeon,
who stated to the Jury that when called in, he found
the deceased, who had been a free liver, labouring
under general debility, attended with hectic fever and
loss of appetite; In whith state he continued until
within the last three week.,. when he sunk rapidly,
expectorating considerable quantities of matter. Every
attention and comfort was afforded him during his
illness, his wife remaining with him night and day.
He was 38 years of age. Mr. Shelton said, that no
question had arisen of the unfortunate Gentleman's
having met his death other than in the corn se of naturetz
it was, notwithstanding, very properly required, that in
no one instance, of a person dying wi hin the wall; of a
prison, should inquiry be dispensed with. The Jury
expressed themselves completely satisfied, and gave
their verdict, i‘ Natural Death."

The principle adopted by the King of NAPLU is
ordering the officers of the army and navy to be dis-
charged, if they do not marry the mothers of their
natural children, seems to have been borrowed from
Dr. MADAN, the famous author of Thelothora ; though
it does not go to his extent; for he wished that the
father should be obliged to marry the mothers, hob-
ever numerous, of all- his illegitimate children.
Ma-
RAT .US mentions, that a sinister of an Italian Son-,
reign issued an edict, with a view to diminish, the num-
ber of cases of seduction, that the seducer should, in
all cases, be forced to marry the victim of his lur.
The result, however, wits very different from what this
Minister anticipated ; for, according to the historian,
the hope of marriage induced females to throw them-
selves in the way of young men of family, and there ,
was a great increase instead of a diminution in the
number of seductions.

BIRTH.
Monday; in Portnian-aquare, Lady Charlotte Sturt, of a son.

AIARRIP.D.
Saturday, at Ritham, John Afessiter, Esq. of his Majesteti 28th
Regiment, to Frances Emma. daughter of the late Rev. G. A.
;Thomas, LLD. Rector of Wickham, llama, and Prebendary of

DIED.
Ray 61./t; little Mill, Dumbartonshire, Copt. Walter Allan..
At Tullyallan, the Hon. Mary Riphinstone, aged 85.
At Port Glasgow, exceedingly regretted, John M'Murtrie, Esq.
Chief Magistrate.
Monday; in South Audley-street, Lady Isabella Hatton.
Monday, George Edward Ewbank., Esq. one of the Surgeons
of St. Georges Hospital, aged 36.
At Secunderabad, on the 29th anober last, Euphemia Ton,
eldest daughter of Captain Wright, 40th Regiment Madras, !CI. •
At Calcutta, on the 13th of August, Win. I'atoa, Rsq. Mem-
ber of the Hoard of Revenue there.
May 13, at Paris, the Chevalier de Prito, Portuguese Envoy
Extraordinary.
At Raploch, near Stirling, on the Morning of Sunday te'srighr,
Mr. William How, Preacher of site Gospel, aged 21 ; and on• the
evening of the same day, his brother, James raw, aged Sit 1% is
also worthy of remark, that a sister died about three months ago,
aged Their milted ages amount to nearly 260 years.

COAL MARKET. MAVIS.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price.
41i Newcastle 27. 61 to' 39s al
HI Suuderbud 5i 28s 6.1 to ;As vd

MAILS-THIS DAT.

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Franca 1 0
Ham.iurgb o 0

Dublin 1 0
Waterford 1 0
Guernsey ant Jersey 0 0 Flanders, 1 0
Lisboa 0 0 I Buenos Ayres 0 0
Gottenburgb 0 0 1 Jamaica 0 0
Malta • 0 0 America 0 O
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Holland 0 0 Lewanti Isla las 0 0

HIGH-WATER at LONDON-89113G8 TO.NIORIZOW.
. Morning • 39 minutes after 3
Afternoon - • 56 mit.uteg after 3

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