Star.
London, England, 1824-04-09 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday George Thomas was indicted for stealing,
in the dweiling-honse of Thomas Faulkner, six five
pound Bank of England notes, his property.
The prisoner, who is a tailor, had lodged in the house
of the prosecutor (to whose daughter he was paying his
addresses) up to October last. lie afterwards continued
to visit at the house on the most familiar terms. On the

17th of Febi nary the prosecutcr changed a 301. note at
the Bank for six five-pound notes, which he gave to his
daughter to take care of. She marked them, and put
them irtto a drawer in her bed-room. On a subsequent
evening the prisoner visited her ; and on the following
day the notes were missed. One of them was afterwards
traced to the possession of the pi isoner, who, it appeared,
paid it away in a fictitious none, on the evening it was
stolen, at a public-house, where he had a bottle of wine.
The jury found him Guilty ; but recommended him
to mercy on account of his previous good character.
Frederic Bolton, a youth of only fifteen years of age,
and of genteel appearance, was indicted for stealing,
in the dwelling-house of Mary Martin, several articles
of valuable property, the goods of Samuel George.
From the evidence, it appeared that the pr isoner is a
distant relation of the prosecutor, the prosecutor's
brother being married to the prisoner's aunt. The pro-
secutor lodged with a Mrs. Martin, in George-place, St.
Pancras. The prisoner and he being on great terms of
intimacy, the former used to come and remain some
time with him. This was the case on the 28th of Fe-
bruary ; the prosecutor on that night left his lodgings
Ito go to Drury-lane Theatre, leaving the care of them
' to the prisoner, telling him, that if he went out, to lock
.everything up, and put the key under the paling. The
prosecutor returned about twelve o'clock, and, much to
his surprise found the door open, and the key on the floor
of the passage. Ile immediately struck a light, and,
on examining his apartments, found a considerable
quantity of his property missing; namely, a gold watch,
rings, money,
and various articles of wearing apparel,
_amounting to about 121. The prisoner was nowhere

to be found; he had absconded, and was not taken up
for a fortnight after.
A pawnbroker produced a ring, the only article
traced to the prisoner ; and-to the identity of which the
prosecutor swore.
The father of the prisoner bore testimony against his
son, as to his absconding from the prosecutor's at the
time of the robbery.
The Learned Judge (BEST) told the father that he
might be an honest man, but that he only helped to
prejudice his son's case by his evidence: and told the
Jury that he would not have heard his evidence had
not his name been in the information.—The Jury found
the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on
account of his youth.
Mr. Justice BEST said, that it was not a case that
would be followed up by the strict letter of the law ;
he would, however, forward their recommendation to
the proper quarter.
Edward Brumell, ffrilliarn Clutterbuck, and John
Wales, were indicted for burglariously entering the
dwelling-house of Mrs.Cat!aerine Smith, residing in the
parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, on the night of the sth
Of March, with intent to steal.
The chief facts were these :—The prosecutrix's house
was fastened and locked up early in the evening of the
sth, and they had all retired to bed by ten o'clock.—
' During the night, the noise of footsteps was heard in
'the 11euse, and the alarm was given to the watchman
by one of the inmates. The watchman getting assist-
ance, surrounded the house, and on going through a
small passage which led to the back of the house into a
skittle-ground, two of the prisoners were found con-
cealed behind the door. The prisoner Clutterbuck had
made his escape over the wall. 1-le was taken the next
morning. lie had formerly been in the service of the
pi osezuzi ix, who keeps a public-hout.e. Ile was taken
before a Magistrate. lie co4essed the whole, and said
he was led into it by the two other prisoners, and that
they waived the pot-boy of the house to join them,
which lii- !Timed, but told them v. here the keys of the
-filter and other thooey was kept, and that the robbery
of the home was determined on.

A number cal persons gave the prisoners, up to the
present tisne, excellent chAracters.—GUAlk

TIM; MORNING.

Frederick Scuff, aged 13, was put to the bar on an
indictment charging him with assaulting, on the King's
highway, Elizabeth King, and taking from her person,
force and violence, a bundle, containing various
specie, of property, the goods of Joshua King. In the
second count, the property was described as belongik.;
to S:r John Dean Paul, to s hoot the prosecutor was
butler. The io!thery was committed on the 14th of
Fehr-nal y, in King; street, Westminster.
In the course of the evidence it turned out that the
Nlagi,trale, before %Oulu the prisoner had been exa-
mined, had not taken down his confession in writing, in
consequence of which, Mr. Justice IIEsT, after censuring
the neglect, directed an acquittal
The prisoner w as again arraigned. charged with a si-
milar offence, in I aVII g, 011 t!:e 9th of February, in
Mai sham-street, We-troin! ter, robbed a young ft:-
male, named Mariana I lawskes of a ieticule, 30s.in sil-
ver, ,Sc:. her propeity. Oa this occa,iun the pi i-
.ocier Conti el to e,cape for the ti fne, but
Cooper the oft-iL.ei subse:juently sec toed him, finding on
hin person the pu:s.t and a sovereign. The prisoner. who
is a well know n chat aster, was found Guilty—beat/r.

LINT ASSIZES.

SOMERSET, APRIL 5.
ELIZABETH R ARM rs v. WEST.

This was au action for b; each of promise of marriage.
Mr. Serjeant Ys , for the plaiatiff, amused the Court
at the .comme.ncernent 6f this case, by observing, that
a, this sva 3 suit by Ertbbits, his Learned Friend Mr.
Cope:/ sl:onld have supported him, and the Learned
Juige in the other Court (Btu rough) should have tried
it. The fact; were briefly this :- Defendant was a far-
mer of con-iderable property at Witham Friary, and
plaintiff is the daughter of a humble farmer, living in
the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff is between thirty
and fortv, and the defendant about seventy, who ha,
been thrice married. On the death of his first wife, he
' married her sister w ithin one week after, and having
(,aid the Learned Serjeant) had the good fortune to bury
her also, he became weary of living alone, and paid his
addresses to plaintiff, who was residing with her mo-
ther. After promising her marriage he thought fit to
change his mind, and sent her a message that he would
nut marry a;2ain, but soon after this (in September last),
he married a third time, his present wife, aged 2'2.
The mother of the plaintiff was called, who distinctly
proved the promise of marriage, which was also corro-
borated by the plaintiff's niece.
Mr. ADAM, for the defendant, argued that the plain-
tiff had sustained no injury by not marrying a man who
was in his dotage, and who could act with the indecent
precipitancy he did in marrying his second wife. The
plaintiCs motive for engaging he; self with him must
have been entirely mercenary, and she ought not, there-
foie, to be encouraged by the verdict of the Jury for
heaving made a traffic of herself, by consenting to marry
an old' man for the mere sake of gain.
Mr. Levy Whitcombe was examined as to his opinion
of defendant's property, which he thought might be
about :f,OOO/.

Tile Judge summed up, and the Jury gave a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages 2001.

The following extract of a private letter, dated Rome,
March 20, contains some further particulars respecting
the melancholy death of Miss Bathurst :—" The body
of Miss Bathurst, Lord Aylmer's niece, has not yet been
found. The cause of this lamentable accident, which
has deprived our gay circles of one of its most accom-
plished and brilliant ornaments, was as follows : the
road on the banks of the Tiber beyond the Ponte Mole
was so narrow and bad, that the party, who were on
horseback, were obliged to return. Lord Aylmer took
hold of Miss Bathurct's bridle to assist her in turning
round; but at.that moment the horse backed and fell
into the river with the unfortunate young Lady, Be-
sides Lord Aylmer, a young Englishman, and a servant
of the French Ambassador, leaped into the water. Di-
vers boats, and every kind of succour, were immediately
employed, but it was too late. In this place the Tiber
is winding and its waters rapid. This young Lady, who
was a niece of Lord Bathurst, was seventeen years of
age, and was the charm of all her friends, by her beauty
and cultivated mind. A fatality seems to be attached
to this family. Mr. Bathurst, her father, who was Am-
bassador to the Court of Prussia some years ago, sud-
denly disappeared whilst traversing a forest on his way
to Hamburgh, without his body being ever found, or any
certain information obtained relative to his death.

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POLICE IN fELLIGENCE:
BOW-STREET.

A Darer Arran.--A deputy &suntan and a master builder,
both sadly out of breath, came before Sir lticitattu 'intent yester-
day morning—the deputy duitrnan to At the master builder with a
fine for carrying away dust contrary to Mr. Pichael Angelo Tay-
lor's Act, and the master builder to charge the deputy dustman
with assault, battery, and trespass. These was a host of witnesses
on each side, all overgowing with evidence; but the facts of the
case were simply these :--The deputy dustman was d•nen upon some
workmen loading a cart with dust—the said workmen not being
regular dustmen in the employ of the dust contractor; and, there_
fore, full of zeal for the dust contractor's interest, be seized the said
cart, with the horse, or horses, thereunto attached, and add he
should take them to the green-yard, by virtue of the powers vested
in him, as the servant of the said contractor, by Mr. Michael An.
gelo Taylor's Metropolis Paving Act. But the mester builecr,
whom the said cart and horses belonged, would by no means
sent to their being taken to the green-yard ; andhe " kicked up
a dust about it," as the deputy dustman said, that a crowd of pop'
got round them, and would have rescued the cart and its duNty cut;
tents out of the dustman'; hands, had he not threatened to tile hi•
whip upon them. As it was, the dustman succeeded in keepirt.
possession of the cart, &c. and he now called upon the Mag:s•ra'e
to convict the master builder in the penalty awarded by the Act
aforesaid.—The master builder, on the other hand, contended
the dust so seized was not that kind of Masa contemplated by the
Act in question; to wit—fire-dust and ashes; but old mortar and
other rubbish, caused by the repairing of sonic uninhabited h.nlies,
front which his workmen were erasing it away at the 2nunicnt is
was seized by the overzealous deputy dustman.
E..ch party produced samples of the cam minii.y l•s support of tie it
several averments; but these samples were of such C:lierent
ties—though each patty alleged his waa t.:it:y taken from the h.:lt,
that the worthy Magist tate determined to judge of the bulk hilt:.
sill; he therefore ordered the cart to be drawn to the door of the
(Ace, and finding it to contain simply hrltklayers' rnbbish, he
missed the builder front the dustman's complaint, and held :he eu>:.
man to bail fur as,aulting the builder.