Star.
London, England, 1825-10-04 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STRRET.

Mr. Price, a bookbinder, living at it, Berwick-street, Soho, was
put to the bar, charged by a watchman, named Monte°, with as-
saulting him on his beat.
The watchman stated, that between the hours of ten and eleven
o'clock on Saturday night, in turning round the corner of Berwick-
street, be was run against by the prisoner, who bit him a heavy
blow. and trod on his toe, which put him to great pain, and be car.
rigid him to the watch•house.

Mr. Price declared that nothing could be more false than the
present charge. He did not run foul of the watchman in turning
round the corner of Berwick-street, for, in point of fact, instead of
his turning round the corner, he crossed over from one street to
another, and bad actually passed by the watchman several paces,
when he came up, and collaring him very roughly, said—" he
would make him suffer for that,' and took hint off to the watch.
house. When they arrived there, the watchman for some time
did not know what charge to make, but at last be said be would
charge him pls. Price) with " walking him on his duty." The
Night Constable advised the dismissal of the affair, but the watch-
man persisted in making the charge.
Mr. Ros, the sitting Magistrate, said, the watchman should be
punished for the gross outrage, and asked Mr. Price if be would be
content with the fellow's suspension, or wished his removal
altogether?
Mr. Prize said be had no wish to injure the man, but be hoped
he would be removed from that beat.

The Magistrate ordered the watchman to be suspended for three
months. and his conduct to be reported to the Watch Committee.
It appeared that this fellow has, for a length of time, been In the
habit of exercising his authority most tyrannically.

NARY-LA-BONNE.

Thomas Pe:meth was charged with disturbing the congregation a.
a Chapti at Bayswater. Wheeler, Mr. Martin's man, (who is
also Beadle to this Chapel, which is the property of Mr. Orme),
stated, that on Sunday forenoon the defendant, in an intoxicated
state, forced his way into the Chapel, challenged the Preacher to
Sght, and, upon being removed by force, loudly complained that
they would not let him hear the Word of GOD, because he was a
poor man. In his defence, be attributed it solely to a complaint
ut his head, which he got upon drinking a little.
Mr. Itawuto.on advised him to desist front that little," and he
would shortly find that, instead of being ragged and poor, he
would be well clothed and prosperous. He was ordered to enter
into his own recognizance• to keep the peace.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yeaterday evening, soon after seven o'clock, a most respectable
looking Gentleman, who gave his name CAristopher 11:denson, of
Shrewsbury, was charged with having that day distributed a num-
ber of treasonable placards in the neighbourhood of the Horse
Guards, Privy-gardens, and Whitehall, stating that during the last
ten years, he bad been robbed of a considerable property by the
un-
justifiable oppression of law; that, for the last seven years he bad
bee.* applying for redress, not only to his Majesty and the two
Secretaries of State, but also to the Gentlemen of the House of

Commons ; but that, after all these efforts, no redress was to be
had. That, therefore, his Majesty, as respected the due adniMis.
entice of joptice, had not acted up to the Oormation Oath; that,
finally, George the Fourth, commonly called the King, ought to be
such no longer, but his heir put upon the throne.
Mr. Dickenson said, that he had recently come to London from
Slue wshory to see his daughter, who resided in North-street, at the
west ad of dummy*.
• OriSaiMans were entered, by the parties, who took the papers
dean from phc places where Mr. Dickenson hung them, and they
were required to ititheisticate,their identity by their own signatures.
' Mr. Neiman& -tupressell his wish not to be remanded lo the
datah-house, his resolsouretonfiemnent ha the night, in such a place,
might costae his death'.
Mr. AIANCWID--.Yon will be accommodated in one of the best
pliers we have, which is T4Ol-fields, and I will endeavour to see
Mt. lbsblususehazlfin-the Morning.
'Alit Aare*, a young litat oreoidur; was darted by Ann Rice,
No. 56,0rehudoareet, with getting into her room and bed be.
tmen the boors of eleven and iwebre os Sunday light. Prisoner
was observed by the watchman at nine o'clock, and continued to
walk up and down the neigbibourilbrd afterwards.
Ann Rice said that her fiusbldst was treat home upon duty as a
soldier; be was eta:ablated in kite their mini door on the latch,
and the area door was open at ail hours. Prisoner got into bet
room, mad being awoke by him, she alarmed the watchman. The

watchman found Mrs. Lee with her petticoat on, but die prison.'
with nothing bl 4 his 4010-...
Itiacaiiisoco with
Austen's story twas-bot skine* that of Rice,
for he averred that he had dEllildlaeporter with her, and inst.
nuated that Ids preseeee Jtok•t isieTiama.
To this defence she •Megistaatedisitsmar she area, std the pri.
soak was ordered ter And bails 04 locked up in default of it.
VNIOLUALL
A Jew broker applied fore warrant against a woman namell
Cottle, mules thesecirenmstatfee. :—He stated chit a few days since
the feoitle aping whom he ktow complained called at his shop, and
produatd a lump of metal whteh appeared to have recently under-
gone the process of melting, and said it was silver, and she wanted
the value of it in money. he broker examined's, and having the
opinion of a pawnbroker that it was silver, he paid the woman'
£3 Ifts.64. the supposed value. Shortly after he discovered it was
metal, and the weight of a pint pot, and while he was making in-
quiries after the woman, she called with a second lump, as heavy
again as the former one. Ile said that the supposed silver was the
melting of a pint pot, and threatened to have her apprehended for
stealing publicans pots, unless she returned him the. £3 12s. 6d.
The old woman declared that she had never melted down any
pots, and that the manner in which the silver came into her posses-
sion was this :—Her husband was employed to dig some rains in the
neighbourhood of Westminster Abbey, and in the course of his
work dug up a silver vessel, of extraordinary shape and make and
knowing it to be a valuable relic. and that they should stand a
chance of being deprived of it altogether, if they gave information
of their luck, it was resolved that they should convert it into money,
and for this purpose melted it down, and that which she sold him
was the produce of it. This story, the broker said, he was con-
vinced was made up of falsehoods from beginning to end, and again
I desired to have his money returned to him, but she refused, and
left him a fictitious name and address. The first lump of pewter
was the exact weight of a pint pot, and the second a quart. The
Magistrate expressed his surprise that the applicant could so easily
have allowed himself to be duped. It was evident that it was a mat-
ter of indifference to him whether the article sold was the woman's •
property 'r nor. He might summon her to the Court of Con-
science, but a wakrant would not be granted.
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L A M BETH-STREET.
One of the Whitechapel Beadles brought* little girl, about seven
years of age, before the Magistrate, and stated, that she had been left
in the Sir Sidney Smith public-house, by a man who called for a pint
of porter. He loft the child in the tap-room, while he went out, as
be stated,to get shaved, but be did not return. On opening a bundle
which-the calld had with her, the following letter was found :
" Dear Brother and Sister; I arrived here in safety on Saturday
morning, with the child ; and you know that I had but very little
money, and, being a stranger, I cannot get home, which red its
me to the cruel necessity of leaving the child at the mercy of for-.
tune; and I hope some good Christian will take the trouble of
sending her to you, and I know you will make them payment for
the trouble. T remain your very'much disconsolate brother I. B."
Endorsed to Mr. William Venison, t the Sign of the Rep, South.
street, Gosport. The child said she had been in Gosport work-
house, and came to town on Saturday morning with her father.
The 11Licatsraaa2 directed inquiries to be made after the child's
father and friends.

It is said that the French Government has granted
to the Mexican Agents at our ports, permission to exe-
cute their functions, and that France is to send Agents
to the new Republics. The interview between Admiral
Rosamel and Bolivar seems to give credibility to this
report, and our Agents may arrive in time to witness
the success of the English.—French Paper.
In Iceland, last year, there were, deaths 1090—births
1878. This is a very extraordinary excess of births on
that island. Among the deaths there are mentioned,
37 between 70 and 80, 27 between 80 and 90, and five
between 90 and 100.

Friday, the Thalia, of 350 tons, sailed with a fair
wind at east, from Gravesend, having 160 settlers on
board, for the British settlement forming on the land
of the Rio de la Plata Association.

Tuesday a meeting of the masters was held at the
Devonshire Arms, Keighley, but owing to the ab-
sence of some of the principal manufacturers, no re-
iolution was come to, and it was determined to re-
discuss the subject at the meeting to be held at Brad-
ford on the following Thursday.
Thursday, a meeting of the Associated Master Wor-
sted Manufacturers was held at the Court House,
Darnley-street, Bradford, at which the manufacturers
at Keighley attended, M. Thompson, Esq. in the chair.
The principal object of this meeting was to procure the
more efficient co-operation of the manufacturers in the
neighbouring towns, and particularly in Keighley, by
inducing them to require from their workmen a written
disclaimer of all connexion with the Union. After a
long and unsatisfactory discussion, the meeting sepa-
rated without coming to any resolution, the Gentlemen
from Keighley not being willing to require from their
workmen, any written disclaimer. The meeting was
then adjourned to Friday, the 7th instant.
LADY BARRYIKORE.-.-This poor, ill-fated woman,
whose cup of misery is almost full, who was discharged
from Queen-square Police-office, on Saturday last, was
brought to Marlborough-street Office yesterday, by the
Beadle of St. Giles's, in a coach. Her condition was
wretched in the extreme ; there was a death-like pale-
ness in her countenance, and she appeared to be in the
last stage of a consumption. She could not walk with-
out assistance, and she said "it is nearly all up with
poor Mary." It was stated, that after her discharge on
Saturday, she drank gin till she was insensibly drunk,
and she was permitted to remain in St. Giles's watch-
house till nine o'clock at night ; she was then
so liberated,.
as she appeared to be quite sober ; and on quitting the
place she made a curtsy, and thanked the officer. At
twelve o'clock she was found in Drury-lane, perfectly
senseless from the effects of liquor, and almost in a
state of nudity, some unfeeling wretch having robbed
her of her apparel, whilst she lay in that state.—Mr.
Roc ordered her to be taken to the Infirmary.
The number of vessels cleared outwards at the port
of Newport, in Monrnouthshiie, in the year ending July
lass' exceeded 8,000. The trade of the port, foreign
and coastwise, has increased fourfold in the last few
years. The number of houses built, and those'now
building, vi ith the additional wharfs and quays, asto-
nishes persons who had not seen the town for the last
five years.
James Johnson, who received sentence of death at the
last Assizes, for a rape committed at Leeds fair, the
execution of which was respited in consequence of cer-
tain circumstances transpiring to invalidate the testi-
mony of the prosecutt ix, has been removed from York
Castle to be transported for life.
On the night between Monday and Tuesday, a young
woman employed at Messrs. MAMMY'S works, Broad-
ford, Aberdeen, while passing through the engine-
house, with some banks of yarn over her shoulders, a rod
belonging to the machinery caught hold of the yarn,
and, before she could extricate herself from it, she was
impelled towards the naschinery with inch violence,
that one of her arms was torn off in a moment ! Her
breast and other parts of her body were much bruised.
MAGISTERIAL SAOACITY.-4 few years ago, the,
Magi6trates of a certain burgh, which may be seen, in a
clear day, from the Calton Hill, received information'
of the theft of a cart-wheel. Highly incensed at the
circumstance, they se:tilted to spare no pains to disco.
ver the offender ; and heating next morning that a
recruitiig patty, which had been quartered in use town,
was about to march to another station, they caused the
whole of their knapasaks to be seatched.—Edinburgh
'aper.

•
SCOTCH CIRCUIT COURT,
Tuesday last, tlie•Cr Stt, 'Court: of Justiciary ern).
menced their autumn sittangs-A Glasgow. The it. 1
Honotitable Lank Cletilla and MitAtrOWAANK
the 'presiding. Jedger, "end' At.isiArtiratt: Woo:), Es:
Advocate Depute. .After ar. appropriate prayer by II;
Ikei. Mr. Mirshall,the busiatesiof the Court proceeded:
George More 144bitt, of Cairnhill, was fined nem hulls
dred marks Scots for failing to appeAr 'as a Jurymen),
Robert Rae, now orlate clerk to Mr. C. Todd, rums.
facturer, in Commercial-road, near Hutchisontosl.
WAS placed at the bar, charged with having, on the sci
day of September, 1823, When standing in, or close le,
Govan-street, Hutchisontown, wickedly and felonionsir
discharged a loaded gun a; Ronald M‘liab, or in
situation in which the said M4lab then was, and at*
was at the time standing, along with other potions, at
a short distance from bins, the contents of which struck
him, and penetrated his skull and cheek, from the effects
of which wounds he died the morning after. Thisrai
one of those cases that arose out of the combinative
mobs of 1823. It appeared in evidence; that numerous
workers had taken umbrage at Mr. Todd, for employ.
ing what are termed " nobs," and the same bad fteliag
was extended to the nobs themselves. At the time of
the people coming out of the mills in that neiglibmi
hood, these mobs used to congregate. They carried
their depredations to such a pitch, that tho.e employ d
in Mr. Todd's mill, being afraid to pass so titer resrec-
five homes, were obliged to be provided with fire-arms,
and some of them were forced to stop in the mill the
whole of the night. On the evening of the 9th of Sep-
tember, 1823, one of these lawless mobs collected, and
with dreadful imprecations, threatened de,truction to
the whole property. The mob on this occasion Was
mense. They proceeded to demolish the windows, and
threatened to burn the mill and all within it; upon
which, a number of the workers, armed, came out to
defend the premises. They, at first, succeeded in
driving the rioters to Crown-street, where, however,
they recruited their strength, and forced the armed men
to retreat by flinging stones, &c. After this they went
again to. the mill and broke more of the windows, at the
same time renewing their imprecations. At this time
the utmost confusion prevailed, numerous guns and
pistols were discharged, and, unfortunately, the boy,
M'Nab, was mortally wounded. The riot this evening
continued for some time, but was finally quelled by the
military and police. It bad been runtoufed that Rnhett
Rae had fired the last shot, had kneeled down and taken
aim, and k was such shot that had killed M•Nab. This
prosecution, therefore, at so late a date from.the .death
of the individual, was instituted for the purpose of
showing. to the world the innocence or guilt of, the
accused. In the developement of the evidence to-day,
Rae was fully exculpated from the charge. The An-
VoCATE-DEPUTIt declined proceeding with the charge,
and Mr. Rae was accordingly acquitted. Mr. Cccic.
BURN spoke at great length on the evil tendency of
combinations, in which strain he was followed by Lord
Grwes. Rae (whom his Lordship' informed was
dismissed with unspotted chat acter) was cordially
greeted by his friends on leasing. theiCourt.
The Omit Court terminated on Thursslay. The business before
it had been comparatively light and'Unitoportant. There were no
crimes of a very seriousnature to tcgi is remarkable, and, at the
same time pleasing to observe, that not an individual has beta
condemned to death in Stotland during the Autumnal Circuit.

BIRTHS. •
Tuesday, at Newnhatn Paddox, Warwickshire, the Countess of
Denbigh, of a daughter.
Thursday, at Gopsalls the Countess Howe, of a daughter.
Tuesday se'unight, the Lady of the Rev. Burroughes Norgate,
of Addleid House, of a son.
Thursday, at Charlton Kings, the Lady of the Rev. J. Walker,
M.A. late of New College, Oxford, of a daughter.
Sept. 26, at Woolwich, the Lady of Lieutruarit-Colonel Parker,
C.B. of a daughter.