Star.
London, England, 1824-01-03 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JA .2.

This being the day to which the. Court adjourned be-
fore the holidays, the Commissioners took their seats at
the usual hour.
Mr. Smith, formerly a banker at Southampton, whose
case stood over to produce certain documents relative
to his.accounts, was again brought up to-day. After a
long additional investigation into his accounts.
The Collar declared that he was entitied,to the bene-
fit of the Act, and ordered him to be discharged.
George Taylor was opposed by Mi. limn, on be-
half of Dr.. Duncan, a schoolmaster, residing at Ham,.
:.lead, on the ground that he had obtained credit under
false representations. Ii appeared that those parties had
long been known to each other ; that the insolvent had
sent his sons to be educated, at the school of Dr. Dun-
can, and contracted a debt with him on. that account to
the amount of about £2OO. The latter stated, that the
caosei of his giving such long credit to the insolent
wa,, • at of his repeatedly representing himself to be pos-
sessed of certain valuable premises at Seven Oaks, Kent,
which he intended to sell, and which would fetch a con-
siderable sum of money.
The insolvent, on the other hand, denied .that he had
made such representations. He said that he had had only
a ,life-interest in, the estate; that that was sold in the year
I SQ9 ; and that when he had sent his sons to the Doctor'sl
school. he had every prospect of being able to pay him.
Dr. Dunian declared that he understood the insolvent
to have been distinctly interested in this property at the
time the debt was incurred. He said the insolvent and his
son, who joined hitm in certain bills, had been arrested
at his suit, and lie should oppose the discharge of both.
' Mr. HaArn said, that Dr. Duncan was anxious to
have a clear knowledge •of the estate which the insol-
vent said he possessed, and on the strength of which be
had obtained all his credit; and if the insolvent would
give no such account, he ought to be considered as one
who had contracted debts under false representations,
and to be dealt with Accordingly. •
The COURT ordered the case to stand over to a fu-
ture day, when the insolvent and his son must attend,-
and give an account of the property in question.

• DA RING ROZiItRT.7••• About seven o'clock last evening,
a most daring robbery ivai conimitted•by some person
or persons breaking 'the shois-window of Mr. Shillibeer,
tobacconist, No: 11, Long-acre, and stealing therefrom
several valuable snuff-boxes, it box of segars, anti other
articles, with which the robbers escaped. Iris supposed
the robbery was effected by' breaking the gla,s with
some instrument at the time a carriage was passing,. as
net the least noise was heard, and the thieves got off.
An industrious poor man, named Cotter, with his fa-:
rhily, consisting of his wife, four children,, an aged fa-
ther and mother, and servant7girl, occupied A thatched
cabin in Killarney. The old man, whose health hat
been in a declining state for some time, was taken ill
about three o'clock on the morning of Tuesday senmight,
and his wife got up to procure him a dritik, and in light-
ing a candle the fire commtspicatedwith some fLsx which,
was drying near the hearth; the apartment was in-
stantly enveloped in,a flame, and the old woman and
her daughter-in-law, in endeavouring to get it, under,
awoke her son and husband, who had only time,to
escape with the youngest child, who was in bed with its
father. In a few moments the entire house was in
flames, and the horrible situation of the parents and,
grandfather and grandmother, at this awful moment,'
must have been terrible on hearing the screams_of the
three wretched children, to whom it was impossible to
afford any relief from the devouring element. In this
painful predicament the old woman s feelings got the
better of her reason, and she rushed into the house,
.hoping that she might be able to afford them some re-
. Lief; but her efforts were only calculated to add to the
number of the sufferers, as almost on the instant the loft
fell in, and this world was closed for ever on this heroic
old woman, her three grandchildren, and the servant-
girl. The wretched father, mother, and grandfather
have thus been in a few minutes rendered the most mi-
iserable of human beings. Every assistance was afforded,
but of no avail. At this moment (three o'clock) the
wretched procession, containing the remains of the old
woman and her, three children (two girls and one boy,
the two eldest aged twelve and fourteen), have passed
the house in which I am writing, for interment ; the ser-
vant was taken by her friends. The mother of these
four children has been very much burnt, in her efforts
to save them, and lies dangerously ilk It is a melan-
choly fact, that this town, which is the most popnlooi
of any df its size in the kingdom, although it has the ads
'vantage ool'a branch of an Assurance Cocepany, has not
a fit' engine in it, notwithvandiag that ma:ty instance%
'of fire have accursed here.

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.Y-'.%=tlbaucr, INTELLIGENCE.
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1.2740 N Ns omen.
• oz AszamittozlOW Or G Rizzo BOSTON, NSW-STUFXrp:
;i4traitk.-= W.-If.ReOtolds, a young man, about twenty-
four /e'en* 'Wage, was blvtight before Jetts RAWLINSON, by a
.watchman, charged with firing two loaded pistols at Gen. Burton.
Mr. James Locke, Surgeon, Upper Baker-street, Regent's-park,
stated, that be was called in, a little after seven o'clock on Tours-
day evening, to the house of the General, whit, he was informed,
had been wounded by a man who was then in the holm. On his
entering the room, the prisoner said—" I have shot ;lint r and im-
mediately laid a brace of pistols on.the table. The.witmess paid at-
tention to the situation of the General, and. found that a baR bast
perforated the °Oat, waistcoat, and partially grazed the skin. The
General exclabited—" You have killed me!" To which prisoner
answered—" Welt, then,l am quite content; I hope I have."
The prisoner said he watt a carpenter by trade,living in Peter.street,
Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street Without. Previous to the Magistrate
going into the examination, a Mr. James Locke, a surgeon, re-,
siding in Upper Baker-street, New-road, addressed him, ai we ;
understood, on the part of General Burton. The General, he
said, had certainly been attacked by the prisoner, and he ( Mr. Locke)
had the two pistols in his possession which had been fired at bim ;
'till, as he was not seriously wounded, the General felt no inclina-
tion, he believed, to act with severity towards the prisoner.
Mr. IiAWLINSON said he was sitting there to dispense justice, and,
with all deference to General Burton's wishes, and every respect
for his humanity, he considered it as his duty net to suffer a charge
of so very serious a nature to be made without having it fully in-
vestigated. lie should certainly proceed with the examination. Mr.
Locke bowed assent and stated the following circumstances :
The. General asked the prisoner if they were both loaded with
ball, to which he replied they were, and immediately produced some,
bullets, which he Said he had cast the night before, far the express
purpose of shouting the General. Witness asked him what Motive
'induced him to perpetrate such a crime? and he replied, that his
wife had been unfaithful, and General Burton had see ured her, and
'twin a snake to him. On examining the General to ascertain what
injury lie bad received, witness found that a ball had passed through
hti coat, waistcoat, and shirt, and grazed the skin of his side, and
then glanced off without penetrating further. Witness afterwards
ascertained that the ball bad passed through a fire screen, struck the
wall, and bad fallen close to the fender before the fire; be picked it
up and carried it away as well as the pistols to his own residence.
There being' no further evidence then adduced against the pri-
soner, Mr. llawtairov told him he was it liberty it) state anything
he thought proper, but advised him, in the most humane manner,
not to say anything which might commit himself.—The prisoner,
who by this time had recovered his composure, expressed his thanks
to the Magistrate in very grateful terms for his attention. He had
every reason, he said, to suppose that thi. General had employed
various arts to corrupt the fidelity of his wife, anti thus to rain his
peace and happiness for ever. Of this he could produce proof, and
should at any time be ready to do so.—He was then remanded for
another examination, when the General will be present.
On the prisoner being taken from the bar, he bowed very respect-
fully to the Magistrate. In the outer office he was searched by Mr.
Hewett, the chief constable; he readily acquiesced in this, and
produced a powder flask and some money, which he begged might
not be.taken from him. He then appealed to the persons around
him, and said, emphatically Is there a man amongst you who
would not have acted in the same way as I bare, snider similar cir-
cumstances?" He then expressed again his gratitude for the kind
treatintnt he had received from the Magistrates and officers, and,
being now calm, also said he was glad he had not killed the Gene-
rsl.--frie was then taken to the lock-up house.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

• Yesterday Memlith Leant was charged with being concerned in
the robbery of Itubert Dexter, on Monday evening, in the Rising
San public-house, kept by Bursts, the prize-fighter, who is now de:
tabled on suspicion of participation in the transaction.
Three oWcera, Wales, Ballard, and Westcott, accompanied by
the prosecutor, went in search of Evans to several public-houses,
be was known to frequent, on Thursday night, but without success.
However, as they were passing along Drury.lane, they accidentally
inet him, and took him into custody. 'When examined before the
;Magistrate, he acknowledged playing at cards in the tap-room with
the proiecutor, Burns, and Sarjeant. He also admitted that a die-
piste bad arisen between himself and the prosecutor respecting an
alleged debt of 6s. and that a scuffle ensued between them, in which
they were both on the floor together, but he denied altogether
having seen or taken ahy sovereigns from him.
The Magistrate committed Evans for a future examination.
! Two respectable housekeepers presented themselves as sureties
,for Burns' appearance on the next examination, but his Worship de-
clined liberating him, telling them the offence with which he was
itiwttged was not a bailable one.
Mn Villianit, a
from
shnemaker, was charged with steal-
&pair of shoes from Ms employer, Mr. Willlim Lucan, of Great
Whetimill-street, Haymarket.
Friday evening, the 26th December, the prisoner entered the pro-
secutor's shop, and demanded payment for some work which be had
done: a youth, the son of the prosecutor, was present, but not hav-
ing any silver, and his father being engaged with company in the
parlour, he declined either paying him or acquainting his father re.
specting the applicati.m. He turned his back towards the prisoner
and pursued his avocations; but hearing a jingling of the gas-pipe,
he turned his head, and observed the prisoner with a pair of shoes,
pertly concealed under his apron, which hehelie'ved to be his father's
property. The prosecutor was then made acquainted with the facts;
whereupon he seized the prisoner, who gave up the shoes.
In his defence, the prisoner alleged that _he had only taken the
shoes as a security for his wages, and should have returned them
when be had been put in possession of his money.—He was fully
tommitted for trial.
Ad officer held a warrant againit him, which would have been
executed in ease he had been Alisebargestaist deserting his wife and
Ind leavibg theta Chewable 4iiike parish.
BOW-STREET.
Mr. Vatalli, an Italian frentleinan, of high respectability, was
brought before Sir li. BUtiat, charged with an assault and battery,
upon one 'Mao. Davis, the wife of a beadle of Sc. Martin's parish.
The statement of Mrs. Davis was, that she keeps " a little tobac-
conist's shop" in Kue Cross-street, Panton-street, and on Wednes-
dey evening, Mr: Vatalli came into her place and purchased half a
dozen legate; he put down a shilling, and she gave him a sixpence
in change, and, after chinking it.on the counter, be stared at hei
in teeming surprise, and said " what you mean by die, madam ?
if‘iitonif pound which I did give you." She; however, said she
knew better, And refused to give bins any more cbinge; he was
equally positive, and at length got into a towering passion, and in-
stated Upoit searching her; She opened the till, and allowed him to
invest it, bat with this even he would not be satisfied, and actually
Walked behind the counter, seized her round the waist, and pro-
ceeded to search her. Sh% resisted, he 'persisted, she screamed, he
swore; sfhd matters were in this state, when Mr. Davis, her hus-
band, entered, and
.rescued _her from her perilous situation, by
taking-the defendant round the middle, and placing him at the pro-
per side of the counter..
Mr. Vatilli listened to this account with seeming astonishment,
and, 'when called updn to answer it, he declared, upon his honour,
that he actually gave the woman a sovereign, and that be did not
use the smalleit violence towards her. He certainlywas angry at
what he tonsiderea a palpable attempt at imposition, but he had no
idea of using anything like force or violence.
A friend of Mr. Vete:li stated, that they hal dined together that
day, and the latter wanted to change a sovereign before he left alte
house, as lie said ha wanted silver, liut he did not get change.
A merchant belor.ging to an eminent forelin house in the City,
who knew talc. Vatalli, stated, that he. was Perfectly incapable of
the conduct imputed to him.
Mrs. Davis, however persisted in her story, and Mr. Vatalli with
equal positiveness declared that he gave her a sovereign. At the de-
sire of Sir lt. glionz the parties retired to endavour to accommo-
date the matter, but they returned in the same state of mind, and
the Magistrate observed that be had but ore course to pursue. An
assault bad been sworn to, and. Mr. Vatalli must give bail.
The defendant was held to bail.

Jahn Masters and Thomas Carter, the eldest not twelve years of
age, were charged with purloining a pair of valuable snuffers from
the shop-window of Mr. Cowie, a silversmith, in Long-acre it cane
of glass in the window had been accidentally broken, and a sbect of
wtiting-paper was placed against the aperture; and the young
cones were seen to remove this paper and take out the snuffers.
The Magistrate ordered that they should be put by, and
parents Sent for. .
' • thensas Alley, a labourer, was brought in by one of the day pa-
trol, who met him in Piccadilly, With about a quarter of a hundred
of sheet kad under his coat, which kad, it WAS supposed, he had
stolen from St. James's Palace.
•The prisoner, in his defence, said he was employed in lowering
tiles at the Palacer"' and," said he, it` one Of the other men,what
works under, railed me t 6 him,.and buckled that 'ere tend against
my belly with this 'ere steep, and told nut to go and sell it." As. he
said this, he produced an old ead.l.k-girtlx • trout_ inside his and
very innocently added, " the cyan buckled it so tight, midrite lead,
whs to. that It r..tade ; tlat's 'lan-
'J./Waled it,aaisdisof ireittleigry•gOite:s • .' • -
If: was sorunaitftd for Lather examination..

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71 A TTOli- c R DI.;1+1.
if'. alias JG Tost:.,r, woe charged with entbezarqi a fiQQl.l4,li, W.
Ancrarn, Lig:of Bath, it•sted, that about ten, years singe he residml
Hotel, the. prisoner was th.n his groom. He re-
cc from a friend in the West Indi.:s a b4l for 400f..t0 get dia.
counted ard paid jut() o r 13; the banker, to , the a,:coaun a( LA
friend. Nut litingo the halit.vf discounting Liniself, tbeprisone.l7
umkrtook to get it done by a t.•..nd of his, a br4iter, for which,
purpose the bill. was delivered to and he informed bit master
it was done. A short time after he. quitted his :•Mploy,
..tfhp :nrs
embezzlement was discovesuel. The prisoner then, west& akili,447
and returned only a few day since, when. he was vine/mm(l44'4
Leo of this Office.—Committed, with order, to glee. tsgeotrfut*
hours notice of bail.
THAMES POLICE, . .
G Pearce. a Waterman, was fully committed, ehafged with steal•
ing the ,black Jemima, with five pigs of lead onboard, the, pro,
petty of Messrs. Thompson, Foreman, and Co. of mapper Thames..
street. The prisoner was looking on while 300 pigs of lead, went
landed from the smack at Dor:gate Wharf. .A'hd the next nyornisi
he was stopped by an of.cer with half a pig under his amt. 114
smack was soon after found off St. (Mares' Stairs, with four pit
and a half on board; the half exactly
.fst,ting that 4)144 in the prig
toner's possession.
TIIROyING VUTIZ---WL.—lt. is svitb the ciiipeSt shame
'for the character of a certain dass pf our working -o!s
,palation, that. we have to state, that the'diaboliol sys-.
tem of throwing vitriol npon the objects of their re•
venge is again revived in all its atrocity. Qn
day .evening last, while a young man was going home,
a little before six o'clock, be observed five men stand..
:ing upon the prtl)lic foot-path, at the foot 0F the lane
cklled the Witch-loan, opposite to the GailoWitate
bar, and when he came up to thern, qne Of them, witl•cat
raying 'a word, discharged a can of vittiol ar his face,
but which, pTCv;dentially missing its aitn,O)owe ed upon
his hat, and burned 'it to a cinder. Antnber of them
discharged a can at his body, uhich took effect upon his
side, when they all ran off up.the lane, in the directisat
of Duke street, and have not yet beendiscuver ed. The
young man was fortunately near his father's home,
whither he ran with all his speed, and by means of
shifting his clothes, and dashing water on his person,
he escaped without much injury. Had the monsters,
however, succeeded in their hellish purpose, he would
either have been mardeied, or, reioeied for life an ob-
ject more hot rible than death. The young man is is
'no • way connected with the cott'n manufactories i,f the
c'ty or suburb, either by hiniself or thiough his rely..
tions ; and as this dreadtul system had its origin in
these e,tablishnients, and has hitherto been cc:4)6'lo to
them, it is sm,posed that the villains have mistaken their
v ictim.—Gitiszato-c 0 4 rkr.
MARRIED.

Dec. 24, at pmedstvell, Glou. ....ershireitho jibe;
Fellow of 'Trinity College, Omani, to Mkis MAU -White, at Ch:A.
ton Kings, near Cheltenham.
Thursday, at Sr. Andrew's the Less, the Re!: Samuel tee, ILA.
of queen's College„kirofessor of Arabic in Conibrioge Uulverati.,
to Mrs. Palmer, of Regent-street. •
The Rte. Robert Magill, ALA. of Antrim, o Anne,lane; eldest
daughter of Mr. Samuel Shekels. of the:same pLice: •
At Banckdish, the Rev. C. Italctule:ut'PAlgrave, 'Suffolk,. to
Anne, second daughter of Mr..T. Doughty, of the former place.
At Bristol, the Rein G. K. Oatley, M.A. to Helen Kim-laird,
daughter of Maier-Geo. Dana, Winterbourne House, Gloucestersh.

DIRD.
On the Seth ult. Harriet, daughter of William P ater, Esq.
Noble-street, Cheapside, In the 11th year of her age. - •
Tuesday, at Tunbridge Wells, after.a long illness, the lion. Eli.
zabeth Mary Stapleton, eldest daughter.of Lord Le Despencer.
Dec. 15, aged 35, the Rev. Behan Peesai, M.A. of Brasennese
College, Oxon, Incumbent of the Chapels of Mai pie and Cltadtirk.
Thuisday se'smight, in his 75th year, the* Rev- Jolt" Lloyds
Rector of Barnaek, Northamptonshire. ~ •
' Dec. 4, at Boulogne, the Rev. W. Tilt, late-of Nete.iipiber-
plate, in the 52d year of his age.
Dec. 20, aged 75 years, the Rev. Matthew Oleredshaw, Midst's-
of Mellen, in Derbyshire, where he bad &WWI)* disitharged blithe
various duties of his office for 44 years. . : •
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NEW DATE AM, LB A DEN 11 Att MAUR 3411. it.
Beef ...• 2s 4d to 5. 4d Vital 3 4d to its' Od
Mutton . ..... 2.s 4d to 51 111 I Pori ed -to As ed
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PRICES or HAY :atm STRAWYRSTBRDAY:•
sv. :awes's. • I wuniscuarad..- •• •
Hay . 51 5a Od to 51 106.041 Hay .4.. to 51•. St id
Clover 41 4s Od to 51,10 s 04 Clover. .51
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to 61 Ss Od
*raw it 16e. Od to 21 Se Od 1 Straw •11 Iss to 41 44 Od

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Kept • liOs to 260 s Kent ..... :14114t• RNs
Kussex • 1665 to 200 s Sussex •....... .147; to .111416
Kssex
Farnham 16116s to .9.0.1 06 - • •