Star.
London, England, 1824-12-18 00:00:00

WOrISIIIP-STII,EET.

Jahn Barter, a well-known character, was cliargtxl %mkt the
following circumstances :—luck, a constaLle of SI. I
passing near Finsbury-square, yesterday morning, and obsei veil the
prisoner on the opposite side of the street, carrying a basket, winch
appeared to have something weighty in it; and being wt.! acquainted
with Baxter's character, he stopped him and desittd to see :he
contents of the basket. It contained six bottles full of wine. 0,
discovering this, he took him to the watch !utat to snake furth2r
search, and found the tor of the corks had been recently cut. ite
then proceeded to Baxter s lodgings, and searching them he found
the tops of the corks, bearing a stamp " Wine Company, 141,11 m.
street," and in a hamper, containing some straw, a slip. of parcu.
ment, with a direction to some person in the country. There wa.
also in the room a square deal boa, beating evhlent marks of cur
erasure of / direction. The box was produced•at the ;tt
contained a quantitylof F.psom salts of a superior quality, apt,.
rently about a hundred weight.
The clerk of the Wine Company swore to the stamp on the eatks.
and also to his own writing on the parchment, but said It ter„ pui
h direction fur any wine recently sent, and must have C:1111v
hamper that had been returned to the Company's wareletute. 1,4
prisoner was remanded for further examination.

44 Were you ever at Cork, Mi.Forn ?" said an Irkhno;
to him. " No, I never was at Cork, but I hare seen a
great many dratoing,r of it VI •

Caeitloo.—This singular character, whose trick: ;,t
Bristol will be recollected, •a few days since arrived at
Witheridge, her native place, on a visit to her moth::.
When this extraordinary person found that the Caret:
which she played soconspicuous a part could no
ger be kept up, it is understood she consented to enter
into the; service of, and to accompany two Ladle,
America—Mrs. Would!, on whose ciedulity she had
imposed, having kindly procured the situation for he:.
How long she continued in this service is-not known,
nor is she disposed to give any account that can be rt..
lied on of her mode of living since she left Englane.
She says she has been residing, for some time pip, la
New York, whence she has been returned to this cowl.
try about three weeks since. When she resided in Bris-
tol she was a servant in a farm-house, and there was
nothing in her conduct to distinguish her from per ,o::s
of the same class, and in the same situation of life; now
she is an intelligent woman, genteel in her manners and
dress, apparently modest and retired, and extrenalv
'fond of books. It has been said that persons may sn
accustom themselves to tales of fiction, as at length to
believe that which was at first intended to amuse or
impose on others. Caraboo (for no one would know
her by the name of Mary Wilcox) may perhaps
having so often repeated the story, that she is really
" the daughter of a great Eastern Prince, who wears a
gold chain round his neck." At any rate, she wishes the
waives to consider her a person of some importance.
Since her return to Witheridge, a respectable Lady if
the neighbourhood, from a motive of curiosity, called
to see her. the Princess mentioned this to one of her
relations ; and said that, " as Mrs. H— bad been
polite enough to call on her, she certainly could not do
less than return the compliment by calling on Mr,.
H—, and she should do so." Iler mother is an holie,t
industrious woman, but in a very humble situation in
fe.—Exeter Alfred.
The Marquis of Exeter has had the misfortune to lose two va-
luable racers: Ghost, three years old ; and a promising two-year
old filly, by Ardrossan ; both died last week at Newmarket.