Star.
London, England, 1825-01-12 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Yesterday, a man named Cooke, was charged with entering the
kitchen of the house of Mr. Phillips, the barrister, iu Gore-street,
Bedford-square, on Monday night, and stealing a silver spoon.
The prisoner was believed-to be concerned with two other robbers,
one of whom was taken, but afterwards effected his escape. He
entered the house by passing down the area steps; The accused
was committed.
A dashing young Lady, who called herself Miss Brown, who, it
appears, attended at the Masquerade at the Argyle Bikinis otf Mon-
day night, in character,was charged with refusing to pay the driver
of the coach 1751, the sum of 3s. 6d. which be claimed as his fare,
11 for driving her from the Hog in the Pound, Oxford-street, to her
lodgings. It appeared that a gallant Colonel induced her to leave
the Masquerade, and to accompany:him; hi made her excessively
drunk, and having placed her in a coach and ordered her to be
driven home, he left her without paying her fare, &c.—She was
ordered to be detained till the money was paid. •

THE NEW LoNnotrilarocrs.—ln consequence of the
number of men necessarily employed in driving the
piles of the above bridge, the contractors, a few days
since, resolved, in or der to reduce the expenses of the
undertaking, to erect a machine similar to the cele-
brated tread-mill, and by which two men are enabled
to raise a massive piece of iron, called a monkey,
weighing no less than l Scwt. and-which is afterwards
/et fall upon the piles, in order to chive them into the
bed of the river. By this contrivance a very great
saving of labour is effected, two men being enabled to
do the work of four. It has, however, completely
disappointed the expectations of the -projectors of it,
the legs of the workmen being severely injured by the
re-action of the wheel of the mill, when the monkey is
detached from the-pulley. Yesterday morning several
cf the men were so severely injured by the wheel
Istriking against their legs, as to be unable to continue
their work, and were ultimately conveyed to the Hes-
pital : in consequence of which the Directors have re-
solved to discontinue the use of the machine altoge-
ther. Among the sand dug up from the bed of the
river, a great numberof very ancient silver and copper
coins have been found.
The Gentleman who was unfortunately drowned on
Saturday evening last, at Gravesend, was Mr. W. Bra-
mud, second officer of the Honottrable Company's ship
Hythe, and not Mr. JOSEING, third officer, as stated by
mistake in our Paper of yesterday. Mr. MsNera was
sworn in second of that ship yesterday.
Mr. FREEMAN, who was robbed and cruelly used on
Friday evening, at Old Brentford, was still alive yes.
terday, but in so precarious a state, that strong fears
were entertained for his safety. He was too weak to be
able to give any further particulars of the transaction.
The Police are making every inquiry in their power.

THE LA72 MUREiRR Ar WHADDO.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
'The mother of Lynn left town yesterday mottling fdi
Aylesbury, as may be easily supposed, in a state of the
greatest distress. Her son, hitherto, has been highly
respected by all who knew him, and has been remark-
able for his affectionate attachment to his mother and
sister, which circumstance add, much to the misery in
which they are now involved. He seldom spent his
evening from home, and it was his general practice td
come home and sit with them as soon as he left work.
On Sunday his mother and sister saw a paragraph in
a weekly paper respecting the murder, hut at that time
they had not the slightest idea that it related to the
person of their unfortunate relative. I-laying prey':
ously inquired at the Saracen's Head, Snow•hill. h€:
ther or not two persons, answering the description of'
Lynn and the deceased, had gone from there to Liver:
pool Land from the answer they received, they felt a:
tisfied -that they had. In the afternoon of Smithy,
however, a relation called, who had alto seen the
paragraph alluded to, and expressed her fears tria!, as
'they had heard nothing of them, and were ukcertain
whether they were gone or not, it might allude tO
them ; this caused them to make another inquiry, and
" the result was equally satisfactory with the former ; it
was therefore not until yesterday morning they received
the melancholy tidings. Of Mangan, no. further in-
formation had been received. Search is made in every
direction where the least clue has been given, or where
it is probable he may have been ; he is very well known
in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall, and in his situation
of postman to Sir ROBERT BURNSTT and Co. has often
been entrusted with the letters, of other persons near the
spot to convey them to the Post office.

Saturday the business of the Northern Banking Coma
pany commenced ; their capital £.500,000 sterling. The
constitution of the establishment, oar readeis already
know, is founded on similar principles to the Scotch
banks, which have long been so stable and useful in that
country, and we doubt not that this, and other Jrint
Stock Companies, will prove equally beneficial to Ire-
land.—Belfast Chronicle.
FATAL AcclDiNT.—.-Monday morning, between nine
and ten o'clock, the greatest confusion prevailed, in
consequence of the inhabitants in the immediate
neighbourhood of Mr. MAJOR ROHDE.S sugar-house in
Ilooper's-square, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, expe-
riencing a most-severe shock, as if caused by an earth-
quake or volcano. It was soon found that the shock
was caused by the explosion of a quantity of hydrogen
gas or foul air, that. was confined in one of the steam
boilers on Mr. ROHDE'S premises, in consequence of the
application of a lighted candle, and that an unfortu-
nate man, named William Madon, had been brown
almost to atoms. Information of the unfortunate cir-
cum:itance was instantly sent to Mr. UNIVIN, the Co-
roner, and an Inquest was held the same evening, on
the body, at the White-11,w, Hooper's-square: From
an examination of several witnesses, the Coroner and
Jury were of ()Onion' that no blame attached to any
one, and that the unfortunate occurrence Was entirely
the effect of accident—Verdict accordingly.
Monday, Thomas Booth was brought up to Guild-
hall, on a charge of having robbed Mr. Butler, chat.
gist, Cheapside, of a quantity of opium, of the value of
O. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Butler,
that the prisoner was a porter in his employ; that har-
ing had private inforthation that the prisoner, had been
robbing him to a considerable extent, one of his as-
sistants, on Saturday last, by his direction, weighed a
chest of opium, which was left in the warehouse pre-
vious to the prisoner's going in to fasten the shuuers,
which it was his business to do; as soon as the prisoner
had done this, and gone into the shop for his wages, the
opium was again weighed, and there appeared a defi-
ciency of four pounds and three quarters. Forrester,
the Officer, who was in waiting for the purpose, imme-
diately apprehended the prisoner in the shop, and the
exact quantity of opium which was missing. was fund
upon him. Upon watching his lodgings, a number of
other articles were found, which apparently belonged
to Mr. Butler. Mr. Butler having identified the opium
as of the same description as .that in the chest, applied
to the Alderman to remand thq prisoner. -

BIRTHS. •
Yesterday, the Lady of Andrew Spot%lawoode, Esq. of Bedford-
square, of a son.
Friday, at Batja, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Daiibgny,of a daughter.
Jan. 3, at Riverstown, county of Cork, the Lady of Lieutfuant-
Colonel Hawkshasv, of a daughter.
Jan. 3, at Killinchy, the Lady of the Rev. H. Ward, of a daughter.
Friday, at Stackpole Court, Lady Cawdor, of a daughter.
Saturday, the Lady of the Rev. John greenwood, Christ's Hos-
pital, of a daughter.
Saturday, the wife of Capt. John Lamb, 'of the Palmira, of a son.
One of the Sydney (New South Wales) Galatea este', that on
the lOth of May last, the Lady of James Scott, Esq. Colonial Sur-
geon, was sofdy col Vined of a daughter.
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