Star.
London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, DEC. 13.

The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are considerable.
Wheat of prime quality sells freely at Monday's prices; other
sorts do not go off so briskly. Barley sells well at last quota-
tions. Beans and Peas remain us at the beginning of the week.
Oats sell heavily, and hardly support Monday's prices.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 13.

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There was a great number of Oxen at market this paltrier,
amongst which were few of superior quality. Good Bee/ is ra-
ther higher in price, hut the. inferior qualities remain die' same
in price as per last week's quotations.—Current prices:
Beef, 2‘6d. to 45.01. per stone nt sibs.; M0tt0n,23.64. to 35.4 d.
Veal, 3s. Gd. to 4s. 10d. P0rk.3,.. od. to 4s. Od. Cattle at Market :
Beasts, 0,20 ; Calves, 90; Sheep and Lambs, 6,800 ; Pigs,
180.—Hay and Straw per load : Hay, 3/, to 41. Os. Clover, 3i. sro
to 41. 51. Straw, 11. ds. to 14 its.

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4fHE VILLAGE COQUETTE.

FROM THE NLW NIONTHLY MAGAZINE.

The partner of partners, the belle of the hall,
And citing for none, though I smil'd upon all;
I flirted a season with all that I saw,
The Parson, the Merchant, the limb of the law.
The 'Squire and the Captain were fish in my net,
Which gain'd me the name of the Village Coquette !
Years gather'd, and robb'd me of swain after swain,
Time snaps, link after link, the most obdurate chain :
The Parson ador'd a rich widow at Kew,
'The Merchant ran off with the niece of a Jew ;
The Lawyer eloped, being rather in- debt,
And the 'Squire" stole away" from the Village Coquette !
The Captain, false pirate, for life took in tow
A Wharfinger's daughter, at Stratford-le-Bow ;
When, lo ! pert and priggish, all congees and shrugs,
Apprnach'd to adore me, a dealer in drugs!
I shudder'd—l sicken'd—l paid Nature's debt—
And died, sad and single, aVillage Coquette !

away he gave him some slices of Amer and-bread for
his dinner next day.
Cross-examined by Mr. Gotoray.filipuld not
suppose they were half an inch thick—they were as
you usually cut a slice for eating—the bread was off
a half-peck loaf.
Re examined.hy Mr. PHILLIPS.—Was the beef you
had for dinner juicy or dry ? It was dry, Sir.
John Sharp, son of last witness, met William
Sharp, his cousin, at his mother's, on the 21st Oc-
tober last—had boiled beef for dinner, and, on his
going away, witness gave him some for his dinner
' next day.
Charlotte Eden examined by Mr. PHILLIPS.—Wit-
ness lived with Mr. Vialls as cook—her father is a
coachmaker and wheelwright at Twickenham—as
cook, had care of the larder, and always kept it
under lock and key.
Mr. PHILLIPS —I need not ask you if you recollect
the round of beef?—O, yes, very well ; recollects
on the 22d of October master desiring her to follow
him into the larder with a knife ; she unlocked the
door, and her master cut a slice off the round of
beef. It might be twelve o'clock, just after break-
fast; he wrapped it up in an old newspaper, with a
slice of bread. He compared the slice of bread with
the loaf. Witness saw the slice of bread and beef
afterwards, next morning, in his dressing-room ; he
unwrapped them, and said he had been walking in
the garden, and in the gardener's tool-house he found
them there. He said he was sure the gardener could
not get it unless some of the servants gave it him.—
This round had been dressed the day before, on the
Sunday. It was a juicy piece of beef. Witness exa-
mined them both; the difference was very percep•
tible—gave her master her opinion at the time, that
one was well boiled, and the other under boilel.--
told him his beef was always kept under lock and
key. Witness never gave Sharp ally beef, or any
person to give to him—nothing of the kind—told
master so at the time. These slices he brought down,
laid them on a dish in the larder, and ordered them
to be brought out next morning for the setvantsi
breakfast, on the Tuesday. Witness had lived with
Parson Vialls about two months. He has a hand-
some house; he keeps nine servants, a carriage and
four horses, and is a man of fortune.
Cross examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL.—
Does not know how long he has resided in that neigh-
' bourhood ; witness was not dismissed, but a few days
after her father sent for her home. The loaves used by
Mr. Vialls were peck loaves ; her master compared
the bread with the loaf as well as the slice of beef.
Re-examined.—The reason that her father fetched
her home immediately, was in consequence of. his
having heard that her master had accused her of
giving away his beef and bread. Her father is a
master wheelwright, and 'keeps his own house. Is
now in another place of service. The Rev. Mr. Vialls
refused to give her a character. Her father took her
away at her own wish.
The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE objected to Mr. Phil-
lips calling the defendant " Parson," It did not be-
come a man of his taste to use a term of reproach.
Mr. PHILLIPS.—Term of reproach, my Lord !
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—It is :not polite; I don't
say it is a term of reproach unless used as such.
Richard Andrews, a working labourer in the ser-
i vice of the defendant, proved that Sharp, the gar-1
dener, usually kept his dinner in the tool-house, and
that day asked witness who had taken it.
William Andrews, prior to this affair, was likewise
in defendant's service; and when witness was suc-
ceeded by Sharp, he gave him up the drawer in the
tool-house to keep his provisions in.
Mr. PHILLIPS said he bad other witnesses, but did
not think it necessary to call them.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, as Counsel for Mr.
Vialls, described him to be a worthy Magistrate,-and
a benevolent man. There was not the least proof
that he had been influenced by a malicious motive.
It was not the valtie or the • article •he suspected to
have been stolen which induced him to prosecute.
His object was to put an end to a species of pilfer-
ing which, to the defendant's annoyance, as well as
other families, was carried on daily. If the Jury be-
lieved the defendant thought that the plaintiff had
these provisions from the other servants, thenthere
was an end to this prosecution. •
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in his charge said, there
was no evidence that the prosecution was from ma-'
lice, and the Jury would consider whether there
Was such want of probable cause in the prosecution
as would warrant them in finding a verdict for
the plaintiff.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages Fifty Pounds.
THE KING V. BIGNOLD.
Mr. SCARLETT moved to put off this trial, on the
absence of a material witness.
The JUDGE allowed the defendant an opportunity
to answer to the affidavit on which the application
was made.