Star.
London, England, 1825-10-20 00:00:00

§i:IRREy SESSIONS.

KINGSTON, OCT. IV.
Mr. CORLEY, on the pan of Abraham Belasco (one
of the hize-fighters), molted for liberty to allow the
defendant to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty, and to
plead Guilty to the offence he had been indicted for.
Mr. Titzsmaß, on behalf of the prosecutor, con-
sented to the application. The brother of this man was
ttied at the late Guildford Assizes, and sentenced to be

transpOrted for life for picking the pocket of Mr. Hughes
Leigh, at the last Epsom Races. The convicted felon
was caught in the act, and his brother, the person now
before the Conn, in attempting to rescue him from the
custody of the officers, committed the assault now com-
plained i.f. The defendant, since he had pleaded Guilty,
had acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct.
Under these circumstances the prosecutor consented to
relinquish the proceedings against him, on the condition
of his entering into recognizances, himself in 1001. and
finding two sureties for 501. each, to keep the peace for
' five years, and also undertaking to appear in Court to
receive judgment on this indictment, if it should be
thought necessary hereafter to require him so to do.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.
Mr. BARNWELL applied for the usual license to this
place of amusement in the name of Messrs. Gye and
Hughes, Mr. Bish having, since the last license was
granted, retired from the proprietorship.
Mr. Barscon srid, be did not intend altogether to op-
pose the application, but he could not avoid observing
the dangerous effect these places had upon the public
morals. He was friendly to those amusements that
could be enjoyed by the largest portion of the people
of the country, but he thought they should be placed
under great restraints. It was not his wish to withhold
the license fr m these Gardens, and it the Proprietors
would come forward and publicly promise compli-
ance to tLe regulations they should be required to keep,
then he would vote in their I avour ; if they did not, he
would move that they be placed under the same re-
strictions as other publicans. He had attended these
Go: dens, and seen scenes so truly disgusting, as to
make it improper and indelicate to take any respectable
female into them. _

Mr. Spurt said, the Proptietors appeared desirous of
complyiag with the wish of the Magistrates to the ut-
most of their power. They had illuminated all the
walks, which were formerly called the " dark walks,"
and had done every other act that had been suggested
to them for the improvement of the Gardens. They
had not broken any promise they had enteted into, as
he was aware cf, and he therefore could not see that
the e was any reason for complaining of them.
Mr. SUMNER said, that an indulgence had been
granted to the Proprietors of these Gardens, by which
they were permitted to sell liquors from the bar till
two in the morning. So far they had been exempted
from the regulations to which publicans in general were
liable, nor had they violated it.
Mr. KEN RICK said it was highly improper in any Ma-
gistrate to bring forward charges against the Proprietors
of these Gat dens of the serious kind he had mentioned,
without having a single case to name in corroboration
(Allis statements.
Mr. SUMNER asked if the worthy Magistrate (Mr.
B iscoe) would have the bar of these Gardens closed at
the s.tnie time that public-houses were shut up ? " No,
no !" exclaimed the gteater pat t of the Magistrates on
the bench ; that would be at once sa) ing shut up the
Gardens atogether.
Mr. RANDAL JACKSON said, last year he suggested to
the Court two alterations, by which the propriety cf
these Gardens would be greatly improved—the first re-
!erred to a description of dancing which he conceived
highly prejudicial to the morals of young persons ; and
a promise was then given by the proprietors that it
should not again be u ed—a promise which he believed
had been adlieted to, as he had not since heard any
complaint on that head. The next point related to the
time of closing the bar ; and he had no doubt it would.
be recollected, that he then wished the hour to be 12;
the Magistrates, however, determined that two was the
better hour; and he had not been told of any instance
whetein the undertaking, not to keep open after that
time, had been infringed upon.
Mr. BALSCOIC inquired of Mr. Hughes (one of the Proprietors,
who wa. in Cow), whether any liquor had been drawn after
two? and Mr. Hughes replied, " Most certainly not."
Mr. SIMINZIL made a motion chat the license be granted to the
individuals applying fur it upon the same terms they took it last
year. lie was disposed to follow this course, because during the
season, he bad visited the Gardens, and he had not seen the smallest
breach in the promises that had ven entered into, when a similar
application to the present was made to this Court last year.
The motion was carried almost without any apposition.—Li-
cense granted.
The usual licenses were granted to the Surrey and Coburg
Theatres, and to Astley's Amphitheatre.

COMMERCIAL PaosPealTY.—Yesterday there was
not a single meeing of any description at the Court of
Commissioners of B inkrupts.
A tornado occurred in Vermont, in the State of New
Jersey, on the Slst of August, the destructive effects of
which were very remarkable. Fortunately its width
did not exceed 100 yards, but within that space every
thing it encountered was swept away by its fury;
houses, barns, fences, and even forests, were laid pro-
strate. A few lives were lost, and a greater number of
persons were seriously injured, but its consequences in
this respect were less fatal than they might baste been.
Tuesday, a yawl with two men, which had gone off
from Portlethen to take up their parton creels, was
some time afterwards found on her side, with her mast
and sail in the water ; from which itis supposed it
must have been upset by a sudden squall.— B.th men,
father and son, of the name of Craig, were drowned ;
the former leaving a wife and family, as well to lament
his loss, as that of the latter sufferer, wl.o was a fine
young man of twenty-four years of agTM, on the eve of
being married.
FIRE AT COCKERMOUTH.—Saturday evening, the
extensive premises of Mr. CAPE, joiner and cabinet-
maker, contiguous to the River Cocker, was discovered
to be on fire. On tl-e arrival of the engine, it was found
to be not in proper repair ; therefore some time elapsed
before it was got ready, when a number of young
men plunged into the river, and worked it with consi-
derable effect—the fire, however, had made too great a
progress to be subdued, and it, in defiance of every at-
tempt to prevent its destruction, continued to rage
with unabated tory till the whole of the valuable and
extensive property was consumed.
It is found floor experience that sharpers never play
at chess. It requires too much skill and time to be
acceptable at Fishmongers Hall, where simpler and
more rapid movements are the order of the day.
A person coming into tEe apartment of an acquaint-
ance, just as he was dining alone on a calf's head,
apologized, saying,' I did not know you were engaged
in a Cite a tete.