Star.
London, England, 1823-09-23 00:00:00

EBITAPII
IS A GIII:RVI-YARD IN TUE NORTIi OF ENGLAND.

All my life I was poor, and had no rest ;
Now, here I lie, as well off as the beet !

/AN A SWINDLING WDO TOM PIITRANCE TIONCT FOIL A
CONCERT, AND RAN OFT WITII. yz.
Though short his lone, his touch was neat,
Our gold he freely fingered;
Ct..ick both with fingers and with fee',
His morenteßts luau not linger'd!
Where lies the wonder of the case?
A moment's thom,ht detects it:
p-ecfice has been £herinv;h bvz,
A chord will he his exit !

Yet while we blame his I..tty Eight,
thir eer.l.lre may be rlsh ;
not a traveller the right
To change his mks for cash?

P. T.

OLD BAILEY SESSION'S.
Yesterday, ser.tences were passed by the ItECORDER
upon a great number of the prisoners wlica had been
tried and convicted. The' ctpital 'cptlvicts, however,
yet remain for sentence.
The following prisoners were sentenced to transportation for life :
—Charles Corkham, John Smith. I)aniel Donovan, Joseph Parker,
Thomas Johnson, and Thomas Pearce. The greater part of these
prisoners hare been convicted of various street robberies.
John Cahuac, who was convicted of receiving a number offsookr,
stolen from Mr. Hensley, the printer, and whose trial occupied so
much of the time of the Court, was sentenced to fourtten years?
tran,portation.
The subsequent fifteen prisoners were sentenced to transporta-
tion for seven years :—William Creambk, Thomas Beeman, John
Powell, James Smith, James Barnett, John Jones, George King,
.Altxander Ward, James Pretty, James Furze, John Bondman,
William Darby, Wm. Norton, Charles O'Hara, and John Bowden.
A great many of these were boys of an extremely tender age.
Other prisoners, to the number of forty.five, were sentenced to
,various minor punishments. A great number were ordered to be
Confined for short periods in the House of Correction.
Harriet Davenport, a female in a very ragged dress,
'was indicted for stealing twenty pair of sheets from

Thomas Kennedy.
• The prosecutor was an Irishman, and lived in Dyott
street, Bloomsbury-square. He rented a house there,
and let lodgings to females at 3d. and 4d. per night.—
There were eight bed-rooms in the house, and five beds
in each room. The prisoner, upon being taken into
custody, pointed out a rag-shop where she had sold the
sheets for .ss.
Jane Reid proved that the sheets had been sold for
old rags, at 2.31. per lb. Upon being weighed, there
were found to be just 301bs. The witness never opened
the bundle, or she would not have bought it. She
thought it was nothing but old rags.
The prisoner protested her innocence. She confessed
she was in the prosecutor's house, but never touched
the sheets.
The Jury found the priioner Guilty. The COURT
sentenced her to Qie year's imprisonment in the House
of Correction.
Two young men, of the names of Hunter and Smith,
were indicted for stealing a pair of boots, the property
of John Skinner.
Charles Oliver, who was in the employment of Mr.
Skinner, stated, that on the forenoon of the 7th August
the boots were safe in the shop. He heard somebody
come into the shop, but wher. he turned round the per-
son was gone. Very shortly afterwards a person again
came into the shop, and ran away with a pair of boots.
'the prisoner was pursued, and overtaken.
John Camber, artificial flower-maker, living oppck
site to the prosecutor's shop, saw a young man in a
striped waistcoat with another man close to the shop.
He believed the young man was the prisoner Smith (the
prisoner Smith now wore a striped waistcoat). The pri-
soner went into the shop, and instantly came out with-,
out an'thing. The prisoner came to the shop again,
and again vent in, returning with nothing in his hand ;
he then went in a third time, and brought out a pair of
boots. When he found himself pursued, he threw the
hocks under the window.
The prisoner Smith received a good character from a
Major in the army, in whose service he had been for
ten months. The prisoner's father was now in the Ma-

jor's service.
The-Recommit did not call upon Hunter for his de-
fence, because he aid not think the evidence was radfi-
ciently strong against him.—The Jury found Smith
("vets, and acquitted the.other prisoner.
Tbe,Coutur informed Smith that an offer would be
made-him to-be enlisted in a regiment, where he might
obtain an honest livelihood. It would be far beger for
him to accept of this offer.
Wawa Bray and Francis .Austin, two very young
lads in the dress of charity boys, were indicted for steal-
ing a 'number of lea-spoons, some table-cloths, and nap-
kins, the property of Henry Maxwell.
... The evidence against the prisoner Bray was very clear,
but that against Austin was not so decisive. Bray had
teen very kindly treated by Mrs. Maxwell; she had
clothed him, and provided a situation for him ; and the
return he made for her kindness, was to rob her house
of these articles.
The Jury found Bray Guilty, and Atguitted Austin.
The RaCORDER told Bray that he was a very ungrate-
ful, fellow, and was much too bad to remain in this
country. The Court immediately passed sentence of
seven years' transportation. The lad cried bitterly du•
ring the trial, and particularly when-sentence was pro.
nounced upon him.
Lydia Stephens and Thennas Knight were indicted for
tittering two counterfeit sixpences to two shopkeepers,
named George and Bullock, in the City of London, on
tl-e I lilt of July last.
The act of uttering was clearly proved, and the Jury
found both prisoners Guilty.
;Martha Ash was tried and acquitted on a charge of
tittering a counterfeit half-crows on the 25th of July.

• Intsx Ecosomy.—At a late As des in Ireland, two
men were condemned to be haaged. On receiving their
sentence, one of them addressed the Judge, and mid he
had two favours to ask of him. " What. are they r mid
his Lordship. " Plate yowl. Honour," said. Pat,
.." will,
you let ine hang this. man before lum hafted ray '7
v What is the other request ?" said the Judge.. ;ft Wlst,;
plate your Honour," continued Pat, " will4tOet mr
wife hang me, for she will do it asorstendedy ihan the
hangman, and then what alie will. puss% for the two
jobs. will help the poor crater tofu her rent x' . • .
The Brunswick, which has arri.verl at Abfrcleen, seater
thakthe vessels visaged in the Greenland it.iterTikli'
been unusually successful, there not being a ai%gli 7
sel.but what has take!) surnc4Wi. -. 7 '
.Ili N iNG 1 tiVILLFAMPEgteIIPti Md. . .
at Truro on ;CbursslitY:Mat *V tRPs..- verge.
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duct 8/1...,-Quantity •of fiPS AOPillit.l*. ' Itwt,
Amount of sale, 1.3-4,34, 33. A47trage standa!!!, La
Copper ores for safe this week at Truso, l''BB torts. •