Star.
London, England, 1825-06-28 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

WANTON Caen:ff.—Two brothers, named Omer, were btought
to this office, charged with killing a dog under circumstances of
great cruelty.—A Gentleman named Keyse, residing in the Old.
Kest-road, stated, that on Sunday evening, as be was :carding at
his door, he observed the two men walking towards town, and in
advance he saw an old Lady, followed by a little lap-dog; one of
the men endeavoured to catch the animal, which tan for protee.
tion between the feet of its mistms, who begged that they would
not molest it ; one of the fellows, regardless of her entreaties, took
up the dog, placed its body between his knees, and with an impre-
cation, swore he would bare he life. He thin squcesed the little
creature with suck violence, as nearly to deprive it of life; upon
which it was seised by the brother, who, with a loud laugh, tossed
it into the air., and it fell into the road quite dead. Mr. Keyse
added, that the animal was destroyed so quickly that he bad not
time to prevent it; the old Lady appeared much afflicted upon
seeing her faithful companion dashed to pieces. The prisoners at
ant said that the dog had bitten them, and that they were justified
in destroying it. They could not, however, thew any mark of a
wound, and they then alleged they were at the time both drunk.
The ?dams:eves regretted he could not punish the ruffians for
their cruelty, owing to the absence of the old Lady, but he fined
them Se. each.

The Brussels Oracle of Thursday, states the Minis-
terial changes which have taken place in the Nether-
lands—Count W. F. REEDS, the late Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs, is appointed Superintendent of the Royal
Palaces, and Member of the First Chamber of the
States General. M. DE CONINCK is appointed to the
Foreign Department, and is succeeded in that of the
Interior, by M. VON GOBBELSCIIRAY, the Ca-
binet Secretary.
An Inquest was held at the Adam and the public-
house, Chelsea, on the body of Samuel Featherstone.
It appeared froM the evidence, that the deceased got
into a hackney-coach, at Chelsea, on Thursday; the
coach was driven by one James Alford, and deceased
offeled him a sovereign if he would drive him to the
public-house to get some drink. A man named Green,
who was with Alford, put deceased into the coach, and.
they stopped at several houses, where they drank a
quantity of liquor. At one of the houses he met a'
person named liurgoine, who accompanied him in the
coach, and persuaded him to go home. Before they
got through Chelsea, the coach was observed to be
driven very rapidly down Duke-street. The coach
could not proceed, however, as a stage was coming up
in the narrowest part of the street, but Alford flogged
the horses violently, and made them set off at full gal-
lop; Green was with him on the box; Mr. Featherstone
had his head out of the left window of the coach, under
evident alarm, crying to the coachman to get out of
the way in order to let the stage pass; in a few mi-
nutes the coach overturned, and Mr. Featherstone's head
received a severe crush ; Alford and Green were imme-
diately on their legs, laughing at the accident, while
Burgoine crawled out of the window in a half drunken
state. Green was very insolent, refused to give any in-
form iti •n, and it was with difficulty that he. was se-
'cured : the coachman was examined, but he professed
iRo have no knowledge how the accident happened.—
iferdict—Man slaughter against Jas. Alford, the coach-
oman, and J. Green. They we:a taken into custody.
A fine vein of itonstone.ore has keen recently dis-
covcred ux.tbe Blear. Wone.a, near Canterbury.