Star.
London, England, 1824-12-27 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Friday evening, Frederick Webb, a young man very genteelly
dressed, and of remarkat.ly prepossessing appearance. but who is
known to the police as a reputed thief, and Timms Stevens, a hack-
ney-coachman, who has also been several times in custody at this
office, were brought up in the esstodtof Nicholls and Upson, of this
establishment, charged with being abroad with implements of
housebreaking in their possession, with intent to commit felony.
Mr. Hams commended the vigilance of the officers, who, he
said,there could be no doubt, had prevented the commission of a
burglary. There was quite sufficient to send the prisouers at once
to the Sessions; but there' was one reason why he should not do so
—he hoped by another day to have two added to their number. a
The prisoners were remanded till a future day.
:MARY-LA-BONNE.

RtMARRAILI CACC.—A few days ago an inquiry took place be-
fore Mr. RAWLIMON, the Magistrate of Mary-la-bonne Police-cdfice,
which excited more than ordinary interest, not only from the re-
pectability of the parties implicated, but also from the nature of the
transaction itself. The par:ies who appeared before the lilagistrato
were Mr. Duperon ; Mrs. Salens, the sister of Mr. Duperon's wife,
who resides in part of the same house ; and a Mr. Leighton who
resides in the country. Mr. Leighton, who was very much distressed,
stated that be applied to the Magistrate for his numane assistance
to recover a girl of the name of Fanny Clarke, who had been se-
duced away from her home, and was now kept concealed from
her relatives and friends.
Mr. RAWLIMON requested Mr. Leighton to state who the girl
was, and what ;were the grounds of his suspicions.
Mr. Leighton.—The child, Fanny Clarke, for she Is only be-
tween sixteen and seventeen years of age, was the daughter of a
servant who lived for many years in my father's family, and whom
we much respected. She is now an orphan, and since her parent's
death has lived as servant with Mrs. Salens. She is a very late-
resting.girl, and her friends, knowing the arts used to draw females,
especially if they are attractive, into vicious habits, had repeatedly
cautioned herkto be upon her guard against temptations. About
six wgeks ago he was informed that she was missing from the
houseof Mrs. Salens, and he came to town and made every en-
quiry, for e'o purpose of ascertaining the cause of her leaving, and
the place she had gone to ; and the result was, that be bad strong
suspicions that Mr. Duperon had seduced her away from her nib•
tress, and was now keeping her in some secluded place.
Mrs. Salens said, that about six weeks ago, on a Sunday, silt-
sent the girl to Mary-la-bonne New Church in the evening, ant sho
came home rather later thin usual. She asked the *let
had detained her ? and her reply was, that the churck MIMI on
crowded, she was a long time before Ate could get our. Wham
having been detained a long time herself at the church when sloe bad
attended the Sunday evening If:muses, gave credit to her story. She
told the girl that she should want her on the following ( Mosley)
morning, to go for some brushes to a shop in Beaumont-street. On
the following morning the girl accordingly went, and at the time
she left the house she was attired in her best clothes, and she had
never been heard of from that time to the present.
Mr. Leighton.—My suspicions against Mr. Duperon arise from
the circumstance of his having attempted to seduce her.
Mr. Duperon.—l am ready to make oath that I do not know
where she is, nor was I any way a party to her leaving ter mistress.
Mr. Leighton.—Mrs. Salens admitted to me that you had en-
tered the girl's chamber.
Mr. Duperon.—l did enter her room, but I did net even moss
the room • I did not go to her bed.
Mr. lawznisox.—You had no business in her room, and your
conduct was highly reprehensible.
Mr. Lelgbton.—The consequence of the girl's sodomise (for I
feel confident Mr. Duperon knows where she is concealed) will be
the death of a sister of the poor girl.
Mr. Itawzorsow.—l lament as much as you do, Mr. Leighton,
such a circumstance, and your conduct in this affair is highly ho.
nourable to you.
Mr. Leighton.—The day the girl left her mistress, she silt
letter to her sister, who was then in a wealrstate of health. -Vl*
following is a copy :
" Dias Sezza--I sincerely hope yes are better in health than
when I last beard from you. I hope you will make yourself a
comfortable as you can; but you will Dever see me any more.—
Give my love to my brother.—Your affectionate sister,
" FANNY CLARKE."
Mr. RAWLIMOW said, that be felt every inclination to lend his
assistance in discovering the poor girl; but there was nothing be-
yond suspicion against Mr. Deperon, and he must therefore dis-
charge the case.
Mr. Duperon spin protested that the charge was without
foundation:

UNION-HALL.
Frisky last, au eldprly man of respectable appearance, named
Asink*orls• was repramalted as baying been formerly an 011icer is

his Majesty4s service, was beanie lip oil a *admit Aaron
with having committed a fraud.
The following evidence was given against him by Captain Gray,
a veteran Officer on the retired list of the 77th Regiment of Fon:
The complainant stated, that being rendered incapable, in eon*.
quence of bodily infirmities, of catrying on a correspondence with
the Horse Guarcls and the Secretary at War's Office. relative to
the grant of a further remuneration in consideration of his past set.
vices and bodily afflictions, he employed the prisoner, knowing hiu
to have been an old Officer in the Army, for the purpose of copy.
ing out memorials and petitions addressed to the heads of the de.
partnients alluded to. The prisoner continued to perform the
duties for some length of time, the Captain from time to time ad.
omen's him sums of money, which he considered as a fair and
adequate centmensation for the trouble he was at. A few month,
ago the prisoner came to him one morning-, and said, 1, Captain
Gray, if you will let me have your acceptance for £lO at three
meths, you will much oblige me, and I shall have the bill borne;
dktely discounted by a friend of mine, who holds a high situation
is sae of the public offices." The Captain assented to the request;
accordingly a bill was drawn for the above sum, accepted b.
witness, and given to the prisoner, who punctually prdniihed to ti;.:
witness have the money in the course pf a day or two at lather,
After the prisoner was gene, the Captain bad the curiosity to el
mine the Red Book, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the in.
dividual who the prisoner' had stated would discount the bhl seas
mentioned therein, when he discovered that no such name apvearLd
in the volumes The prisoner, after the above circumstance, kept
entirely away from the Captain's residence, and he neither heard of
the prisoner nor the bill until a few days ago, when he was arrested
for the amount of the latter. The Captain added, that in cope.
spience of the fraudulent manner in which his acceptance had hem
obtained, he had the prisoner apprehended.
The Magistrate now directed the prisoner to state what he had to
offer in justification of the transaction.
The prisoner pulled out a bundle of papers, some of which eon.
gated of copies of petitions, Etc. which he said he bad composed,
arranged, written, and afterwards presented at the Horse Guards
and Secretary of State's Office, upon the subject of Captain Gray',
claims. It was true that Officer had given him his acceptance for
.ClO, but then be (the prisoner) considered that it was in payment
far his labour of both mind and body, in performing that which the
complainant nettled to think he had already rewarded him suffi-
ciently for. The prisoner admitted that Captain Gray had occa-
sionally given hiM a few shillings during the progress of the trubi.
nen, but net at all proportionate to the fatigues and hardships at-
tendant upon drawing out lengthy petitions and memorials of every
description, addressed to great men, and afterwards he had to per-
form that, which he declared was not the must pleasant pair of the
business--namely, he had to present them. The prisoner that
handed the Magistrate his account against the complainant, and
amongst a great number of charges, the following appeared " For
drawing out a memorial to his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
10s. to writing a letter, 55. to carrying a letter to Bermondsey, 55."
The total amount of the bill being upwards of £lO.
The Captain, while the prisoner was specifying the various items
against him, expressed the utmost astonishment, and declared that
he had no conception that he was indebted to the prisoner one far..
thing, considering that he had given him an equivalent fur what he
had done.
A person in the office here said, that he was in the habit of draw.
ing out memorials, and he never charged more than half a crown
for each, including those addressed to Royalty itself.
The Mantsriums observed, that the conduct of the prisoner, in
obtaining the bill in question, was certainly very dit•bonourable,
and most of the items in his bill were exorbitant ; for instance, the
charge of Ss. for merely carrying a letter to Bermondsey ; these
were circumstances, he remarked, which proved that advantage
had been taken of the Captain, by the friend upon whom be had a
reliance. He (the Magistrate), however, could not proceed in the
case, as one of fraud, and therefore the prisoner must be discharged.

MIRACULOUS PRES ERVA Geneva, in the
State of New York, on the ltd ult. Mr. James Gerry,
an Irishman, had descended a well for the pul pos.! of
removing some obstructions. The well was til feet
deep, and some of the stones in the well near to II a
bottom, had been loosened by the washing of quick-
sands. Having descended between 40 and 50 feet, a;
he was standing with one foot in the bucket, and the
other resting upon the side of the wall, on a sudden
the stones below gave way and closed together, and
the whole mass of the walls above sunk don n upon him
and buried him beneath the ruins ! It was half past
four o'clock when the catastrophe happenedi In 15
minutes a windlass and bucket were procured and put
in operation. No less than eighty tons of stone weie !o
be draw:) up before relief could be giier.. Few cou cl
labour at a time, but they toiled with unabated ardour,
and asked Gerry what distance he thought he was
down ? He replied, between forty and 50 feet; and
said that " he was wedged in all round by the stones."
About daylight, they had lowered the mass down even
with his head. They found him forty-eight feet below
the surface, in an erect position, completely wedged in,
as he had said. A large stone, weighing eighty pounds,
rested on his head, which was turned a little up, ntrit;ng
a considerable gash, though not producing a frac-
ture in the skull—a stone on each side of his head,
pressing like a vice, and one or two smaller ones coverel
with blood, about his face—leaving a small aperture
for his mouth, so that he could just breathe and speak.
His arms were raised in the position in which he held
the rope—one foot was in the bucket, and the other,
fortunately, was at liberty, so chat he could move it—
no other part of his body could _stir ! So tight was he
wedged in, that it was necessary to remove the stones
down as low as his feet. At a quarter before nine
o'clock in the morning, having continued sixteen hours
and fifteen minutes in the well, he was drawn up in a
crate, and welcomed to this upper world, as one re -
cued from the grave—as one arisen from the dead. He
is now in a fair way to recover, and will probably, in a
few days, by the blessing of GOD, be enabled to resume
his usual avocations.

ROBERT PALNER.—The late ROBERT PALMER was
in the early part of his life a bill sticker, which circum-
stance was pretty generally known to the performer!:
One evening, dressed for Sir Brilliant Fashion, be
strutted into the Green-room with sparkling buckles on
his shoes and at his knees, and a brilliant ring on his
finger. One of the company inquired if they were real?
" I wear nothing but diamonds," replied PALMER. " I
congratulate you," said JOHN BANNISTER, " for I re-
member when you wore nothing but paste." This occa-
sioned a war, which was heightened by Mrs. JORDAN
crying out, " slid hint against the wall, Bob—stick hint
against the wall."

BIRTH. • •
In Dublin, on the 18th inst. the Lady of Captain Lindsay, 78th
Highlanders of a daughter.

DIED.
At N 0.170, Regent-street, Ann, widow of Mr. Barton, foam*
of Northampton, aged 79 years, and sister of the late Mrs. Robins.
__Saturday, at his house in Upper Seymour-street, the Right Hon.
Slr Robert Dallas, Ent. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas.
At Malta, Boyle Vendetta: Creagh, Esq. First. Lieutenant in
the Royal Artillery.
At Frankfort Cottage, near Dublin, John Galbraith, Esq. in do
71st year of his age.

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