Star.
London, England, 1824-11-09 00:00:00

WORSIIIP-STREE.7.

Yesterday, Ann Edwards (who had been the week before con-
victed for embezzling three minces of blank organzine silk, th• pro-
perty of her emplorfr, Mr.Tallant, of Steward-street, Spitallields),
was brought before Nit.. BENETT and Mr. Ointoatm, the presiding
Magistrates, by NVaters, the officer. The prisoner, in mitigation of
punishment, proJt:ccd a cettilicate of good conduct and behaviour
for three years, from a person of the name of Parsons, in Bethnal-
green-road, to whom she served her apprenticeship. This certifi-
cate, on inquiry, proved to be genulue.—The prisoner was com-
mitted to the House of Correction for fourteen days.
MARY-LA-BONNE.

Zlr. S. //rooks, a respectable tradesman, in Fast-street, W 34 charged
with having threatened to assassinate A. Boswell, F. q. of Upper
York-pace. llr. Dusws.ll said the defendant called at his house on •
Saturday nig!:t, and repeatedly threatened to blow his brains out.
Ile et uld devise no cmie for his threats. Mr. Brooks, however,
said the complainant hasi bean for some time annnying his slaughter,
• only thirteen years or age, by offers of a ruinous tendency, which
the child tonbrmed, and said she bad been obliged to implore the
protection of passengers in the street against him, and that he had
several times endeavoured to entice her away. I ler former state-
ment WAS co: lii ni d by two witnesses. The Magistrae then bound
both complains:it acid defendant over to keep the peace.

14 A It I.BOROUG H-STIt EET.
Testerdaybeing the day announced for the re-examination of
dunces Haley, a fruiterer. who has been in custody some days upon
suspicion of having set fire to the premises which he occupied, with
intent to defr..od tile Beacon Fire Mae, in which he WAS insured,
014 Office :eat all the approaches to it were crowded to a degree
rever before ea c..rdt d.
Mr. ALLEN', the Barrister, and a Clerk of Mr. lIASSIEft'S attended
on behalf of tare prisoner; and Mr. Caostar, the Solicitor, appear: d
for the prosecution. The prisoner, who is a respectable looking
mail, was brought front Tothill-fields prison, where he has been con-
fined, and placed at the bw before Sir G. FASII.AST, the Sitting
Magistrate. lie is about thirty years of age, and wore a large drab
coloured box coat, without any other under it. The witnesses
examined were Mr. W. Dundee, awiie.inerchant, who occupied
the upper part of the 'eise No. 9, Argyll-place, h .ving let the shop
and lower part to the prisoner; Nathaniel Nixon and William
Fowles, two watchmen ; James Staples and Richard Weatwood,
firemen; James Smart, engineer to the County Fire Office ; John
Page, engineer to the Royal Exchange Fire Office; Thomas
Whioney, clerk to the &aeon Fire Insurance Office; and Mr.
Archib..ll Scott, appraiser and auctioneer. The most important
circumstances deposed to by th:se witnesses were, that on breaking
open the shop door the persons who enter tel discovered a wood cover-
ing that was over a staircase, similar to that which is seen in bakers'
shops, on fire ; this place was shout two yards long and one wide;
it was close to the ceiling of the slop, and on it sees e laid several
bundles of wood, Al orange baskets and chests, and pieces of wain-
.scottiog, all of.which were on fire—that a cupboard in the kitchen
was found so fast closed that the Men who ventured into the place
• could. not open it, and at last it burst open and sent forth such a
volume of flare, that a person then near it was compelled to escape
as rapidly as possible—that there could have been no connection be-
tween the tire in the shop and that which afterwards broke out in
the kitchen—that the prisoner was insured for £3OO, and made a
claim after the fire for £248, besides aeltal for loss of lousiness—
that, notwithstanding it appeared from an inventory nude in July
last, and lons the opinion of the appraiser, (Lit the whole of his
turniture and utensils at that time were not worth mare than £2O ;
that he admitted after the fire to the appraiser, that the property de-
stroyed, was the same as in th it inventory, with the exception of
some articles since dispwted of; and further, chat She appraiser
found the articles of fait:Rare after the fire to correspond with the
inventory, with the . exception of a chest of drawers and a clock,
which had , been removed.—Other witnesses remaining to be ex-
, amined, the prisoner Was remanded.

In consequence of a pet;ilotl to the Earl of llarewood,
the Lord Lieutenant of the Riding, from the prisoners li
confined for de! it in the gaol of the prison belonging to
the Court of Requests at B: adford, four Magistrates,
attended by a number of the Commissioners, visited!
that gaol on Thursday, the 27:11 ult. when the situation
of the debtors was found to be very deplorable, and
one of them was actually in icons ! On inquiry, it ap-
peared that this punishment had not been inflicted by
the gaoler, butt by the bailiff, who, th,nigh he does not
live near the I:rison, was accustomed to lock up the
dont, and take the key with him. It is proper to add,
that the unfortunate man thus manacled, could be con-
fined here for no other offence than because he could
not pay a debt under 40s. Ordets were of course in-
stantly given to take off his irons. The superintendence
of this prison doe: not belong to the Magistrates, but
to the Commissioners. _

-Marquis Otigo has just made, at Rome, a successful
trial of a new fire-engine. By his method the water,
propelled in mass, and•falling iwtorrents on all the parts
(In tile, covers them instantly with R) great a volume of
water, that the most impetuous flames are compelled to
yield to this species of universal inundation. The expe-.,
riment was made with great success by the inventor, in
the presence of a great number of sevens. It perfectly
succeeded, both with reference to the handiness of the
mantravre, and the rapidity of the result, which did
not require mole than a few minutes.
ALI PACHA'S METHOD OF IMPROVING HIS COOKS.
16 Pilau, or boiled rice, the usual dessert of the Turks,
and over which they pour curdled cream, being now
served up, the Vizier, dipping in his spoon, discovered
two or three small leathers; he immediately judged
that his pilau had been boiled in the water in which the
under cooks steep the poultry previously to plucking
it. At that instant," says M. Pouqueville, " I saw the
Satrap turn pale, and immediately symptoms of alarm
and terror seized his attendants. What is this? Ahr
His voice was completely altered, when, his-eyes acci-
dentally meeting mine, not being able (I know -not
why) to continue his invective, he suddenly burst into
a loud fit'of laughter. You see, my son, how lam
served; some dal, or other I shall certainly hang up a
few of them.' ' 1 hat will not improve their cookery.—
' Oh, indeed it will—if you knew how essential it is to
good order !'—' For this once I hope you will pardon
them." Yes, but they must eat the pilau boiled in the
dish-water, with all the feathess in it (and this sentence
was executed to the very letter). But for you,' said he,
their heads should be in my court-yard.' At this time,
there were about half a dozen exhibited there, previ-
ously to being sent to Constantinople? Lift of AliPacha.

SALFORD SESSIONS.
MOCK AUCTIONS.

RiehardPoyser, Joseph Garside, and Edward Yates,
were charged with a conspiracy to cheat and defraud
Thomas Percival of his coney, by inducing him tsa
buy a metal watch, which they represented to be a (.(41
one. Percival, the prosecutor, on the 3d of Autov,t
last, ss as passing up Shude-hill along with his wife,
when they entered the auction-room of the pri rtner
Poyser. The only persons in the room %s ere the pri•
sorters, witness's wife t and himself: Poy:er was
silk handkerchiefs, and on his entering the roam, a
was knocked down to one of them. A gokl
was then put up, which was warranted to be tile :ei)
thing, and Percival taking it to be a golden La:
hid 31. 3s. and it was knocked doss n to him iastcr...-,
The gold watch turning out to be not worth a :at
a warrant was obtained, and the parties taken 1.c.„..:
the Magistrates.
The Jury found .all the prisoners Gray.
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, said, that the
case was a very serious one, and of great importance
to the Public, particularly to the poor of Mancherer.
These mock auctions had done more to defraud the
lower classes than anything else. He was happy this
prosecution had taken place, and he hyped it would
have the effect of putting down mock auctions altogether.
At the conclusion of this address, he sentenced Poy.
ser and Yates to two years' imprisonment in Lancit,tcr
Castle, and Garside, who was a pensioner, and in hum-
ble circumstances, and moreover a mere servant, to six
months imprisonment in Manchester jail.
Poyser then shook Garside heat tily by the hand, ani
with Yates, left the bar with great indiffetence.

A man_named Robert Curry, arrive.l in Whitehr:eri
last week, who was reported to have died in !merit.:
some time ago. A subscription was entered into for !iii
supposed widow and her family ; and at the time of his
unexpected return they were all in mourning.
An alarming fire broke nut onWedneiclay right, in the
offices at Smiths Castle, Roxbargirshire, belonging to
Sir Wm. F. Elliott, Bart. of Stobbs and Wells; the fi:-.!
raged with much fury for tome time ; but owing to Elie
exertions of the people, it was fortunately got under
without doing any very considerable dsniage. It is
supposed that it originated through carelessness, in
having left some flax near the fire in the w:ohing-house.
BANNISTER being asked his opinion of a new sirger
who had just appeared at Covent-Garden, " Enid ('inures,
" he may he Rubin Mod this season, but he will be robbing kin Lis
the next."

Bum's.
Nov. 1, the lion. Mrs. Toler' of a sc n.
In la,cly of the Rev. D. Twiss Riordan, A.B. n:
a daughter.