Star.
London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SlR—Will any of.your intelligent corresponients
have the goodness to inform the inhabitants of this
wide-spread metropolis, what is the cause of the late
and present extraordinary high prices of housekeepers'
best sea boine coals ? It is certainly high time that
some information should be laid before the public on
this interesting subject, especially at this season, when
Summer is rapidly on the decline.
Your Constant Reader,
August 16, 1309. LONDINENSIS.

POLICE.

GVILDHALL.•••-Yesterday Charles Norton, a journey-
man currier, was charged by Mr. Sims, with quitting
his employ without notice, and leaving his work un-
finished. Mr. S. said it was not the first time he had
been served so by his men, and he believed it was
principally because he had hitherto passed such things
over without notice. Norton's defence was, that he
was going to a situation where he should get an ad-
vance of wages. Alderman SMITH stated, that the
Act of Parliament required two Magistrates to take
cognizance of this offence, in consequence of which
he was remanded.
QCEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday Mary Mills, alias Mul-
lins, was charged with uttering fictitious notes, pur-
porting to be of the Luton Bank, and payable at
Messrs. Holmes and Co.'s in London. The prisoner
had passed several of these 'rates on Monday, at
Mitcham Fair, where she was detected. The names
of Holmes and Co. on whom the notes are made pay-
; able, appear in the Mercantile Directory without any
address. She was remanded for another examination.
WorrEcitarzi..—B. Hull was fully committed,
charged with stealing two loads of bricks from the
, ground of Mr. Green, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields.
Meyhew, an elderly
Gentleman, appeared to prosecute the driver of one
• of Mr. Harris's dust-carts, for horrible cruelty to-
wards the poor animal, by beating him most inhu-
manly while down on the ground through excessive
, fatigue, and while in the act of attempting to rise,
and resting on his knees, having procured another
horse to drag the fallen one to get him up, and hay-
. ing beaten him cruelly after he was got on his legs
• to drive him on before he could rest or breathe, with-
out calling the assistants, who were drinking in an ale-
house contiguous, and who should have alleviated the
harden of the poor horse by pressing down the hind
part of the cart, and leading him away with his load
2 2 before so long a standing, he caused him to fall down
3 3
4 4 :again by cruelty.
Mr. Harris, who is the Contractor for cleansing
the parish of St. James's, where the offence was com-

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mitted, appeared also to prosecute his own driver for
2 1 1 his culpable and negligent conduct, alledging that
1 2 2 his horses had cost 601. or 701. each, and were excel.
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3 dr. lent with proper usage on the part of the drivers.
dr. ,
The Magistrate observed that he was well aware
of the cruelty of the practice in general use upon this
subject, which was to send the horses out too early,
and to keep them too long on their legs, and too
many hours with their loads increasing, until they
tell down by fatigue or sleep.
The Act of Parliament having prescribed the mea-
sure of the punishment for this offence, the prisoner
was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the
House of Correction, which the Magistrate consider-
ed too slight on this occasion, but he would pass the
mildest, although he could extend it to three months
by the Statute.

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Tuesday night a fire was discovered in a barn con•
tiguous to the dwelling house of Mr. Sander, at the
village of Harlowe, Herts. The barn was consumed,
together with ten ricks of hay, and several head of
cattle. The barn contained corn to the value of 30001.
The d :veiling house was saved.
The great and long-depending question between the
Earl of CARLISLE and the Corporation of Morpeth,
was eu Thursday List decided in favour of his Lord-
ship, in an action of ejectment, in which it was finally
determined that the whole of Morpeth High Com-
mon is the property of his Lordship.
At the Assizes for Northumberland, Jam Boyd was
convicted of having uttered as true, in Newcastle-
upon-Ty ne, 20 one pound notes, knowing the same to
be forged, with an intent to defraud certain bankers
of the city of Durham
At the late Down Assizes. an action was brought
by 11. Nl' Kittian, an Elector of Downpatrick, against
T. Wes:, the Returning Officer of that Borough, for
rejecting his vote at the late election. It appeared,
than four days.previons to the election, the defendant,
who had been a working slater, was appointed Senes-
chal ; that he had been an active partizan of Mr. Cro-
ker, one of the candidates ; that although he was to-
t illy unacquainted with decisions on elections, he re-
fused to have the assistance of Counsel, which was
oqered him at the expenee of Mr. -Ruthven • that he
held the election in a small place, totally unfit for the
purpose ; and rejected a vast number of votes, tendered
for Mr. Ruthven, which had been received on former
elections. It further appeared that a frienil of Mr.
Croktr sat beside him during the poll, and marked
upon the tally palms the persons to be rejected, and
those to be allowed to vote. After the evidence had
been gone through, the Jury retired for a short time,
and it being understood that a vast number of simi-
lar actions were to be brought, returned a verdict of
561. 175.-6 d. with costs.

At the Curk Assizes, C. Kanty stood indicted for
the murder of D. Crimmin, at irilagh, in year 1804.
It appeared, by the testimony of a brother to the
deceased, that he saw, at some distance, the prisoner
with a great club ; when he approached he perceived
his brother lifeless, and saw a bill-hook in the bosom
of the prisoner, who was entertained the preceding
night at the house of the deceased, where he slept.—
The cause WAS, supposed to be a wish on the part of
the peisoner to avoid being importuned for a debt.—
This horrid fact was corroborated by a number of
witnesses, who saw the body of the deceased, and
heard the well-founded rumours that the murder was
perpetrated by the prisoner, who fled the country, and
nari lowly escaped hangings for horse•stealing last au-
tumn assizes, in Tralee, where he was apprehended
for this murder, ,of 'which the Jury found him Guilty.
lle" as Friday se'nnight hanged, at the usual place
o esecut cn, and his body delivered to the county
surgeon ter il.ssectioa.