Star.
London, England, 1824-10-23 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

A good-looking girl, named Ann JOINISOII, aged seventeen years,
was brought up on a charge of robbing her father. It appeared
she had taken his best coat, together with a suit of clothes belong-
ing to her younger brother, out of a chest of drawers in which they
were deposited, and had pledged them for 301. with which she had
purchased a number of superfluities of dress. The Magistrate im-
mediately recognized her; and on inquiry, learnt that the present
was the sixth time within a few months, she had been before him
on similar charges. On one of these occasions, she appeared to be
in an advanced state of pregnancy, and was in consequence accom-
modated
with a seat by the fire in the outer office. While sitting li
there, a suspicion came across the mind of Staples, that her appear-
ance was assumed, and on his intimating his belief to that effect,
and threatening to send for a surgeon, she reluctantly confessed
that the protuberance was caused by a pad fastened round her body. !
which, being permitted to retire, she removed, and gave up to the
officer, who found it consisted of a shawl carefully quilted, and
stuffed out with sheets, towels, &c. &c. On inquiry, it turned nut
that the object of this imposture was the extortion of money from
a young man, tbe 'son of a publican in the neighbourhood, whom
she had prevailed on to believe himself the father of the child with
which she pretended to be pregnant.
In answer to an inquiry by the Magistrate, the unhappy father
stated, that she had only a few weeks back quitted the House of
Correction, and had since been residing with hint, and had been
treated with constant kindness.

Mr. 6ateriTasexpresrd his sympathy for the father, and after
admonishing the girl on the Inevitable consequences of her persist-
ing in her present habits, ordered her to be fully committed.
Throughout the whole examination, she displayed the utmost in-
difference about her situation, nor did she appear in the least af-
fected by the evident affliction of her father.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A young man.named Antos, banded to the Magistrate a
letter, the contents of which informed his Worship, that he (Midas)
bad been guilty of embezzlement while in the employ of Messrs.
Thornton and Co. sugarietiners, Hull.
The Magistrate asked him if it was his intention to criminate
himself?—He replied that'he had been guilty of embezzlement, but
that his wife had been the sole cause ; he was very sorry for it, and
had been directed to hand his communication either to Sir George
Farrant, or Mr. abashed, of liow-street.
Mr Cettatrz told him Ise had better apply to the latter place, and
ordered the letter to be again sealed up.
While this was doing, the young man sat upon one of the benches,
and amused himself with reading the Play of The Atalous

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday, Thomas Crowds, Gavin Fife, and Jahn Seaton, private
soldiers belonging to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, were brought
before W. Ma RICLAICD, Esq. upon the charge of creating a tiot, as-
saulting, beathl, and wounding several watchmen, and others of
Ids lilajestY's subjects, at trio house of Mr. Anstead, the Bedford
ArWts at Chelsea,vn Thursday week last.
.111;tillice-presented an unusual appearance of heads bring bound
d,, .und 'bruises *flitted upon various persons. and •the soldiers
Theinsaves 'also seefnetl to have sustiMed considerable injury.

Colonel tygon, the Commanding Ofic •r. sat upni the :.•
the Nlasistrate during the investigation.
4 number of v!fttietn.es 'steely proved vite./ross I,:aii!t; corn,
mitted by the soldiers, anil, on being vale! oil for tii?ir f,ne,
they handed in a vrtitten dtieunienr, which, hovrever, the tla
trate'said he could take no cognitatice of, but was ready To
.witnesses they conld produce. .ny
•
'file Magistrate then called upon them to find hail, far any chart!
that might be preferred against.thein, each !filly! 3,uni of 20/. ,51,4
surctlis.
Colonel Lygon, with another Gentleman, insfanthr catered in:o
sureties for the prisoners.

jt is said that mice taken from Europe into Asia
„;:i
not live. Rats, however, are more hardy, And exi,i
and thrive everywhere.
STOLEN HORSES.—Staples, the nary-la-bolne
cer, has ju-t been paying a vi4r to all the recertac,fs
for stolen horses in the Metropolis; he did not-Ea,
he was in search of, but discovered a greet
der the most suspicious circumstances. l'h::se
are not now sent to the sl.aughtet-houses, I,u; a,c
ported to France. Fifty were sent to Dover at olicellfito
a stable in Mary-la-bonne.
_

Though the main hod), of swallows took their et
pantile from our shores there v.eeks ago, a few
and there, may still be seen lingering round cop,es he,
the coast. That the annul! migration of these bi:e<
elicited attention in the earliest times is evieent, hoe,
the manner in which it is noticed by the prophet Jett.
filial). From that migration, also, Cicero ha, drawl
the following " As swallows ate i resent wi!;1
us in tumtner, but me gone in winter, so false frieiu:i
attend us in the sunshine of prosperity, but in the
' winter of affliction they all flee away." So great a 14.
voutite was the swallow among the Greeks, that her
first appearance made a holyday for the Greek bLy,,
and a song has been preserved, by which the yntin
fi
mendicants—like Eton scholars at their Montern—used
to levy contributions on the good nature of their fellow
citizens. It is remat kable that most countries have a
similar proverb relating to the swallow's accidental ap.
pearance before its usual time. The French have Übe
Hirondelle ne fait paste Printents—the Germans, Eihe
Seheval bemacht kesnen Fruhling—the 'Dutch, Een sw;i.
law maakt geen Zanier ; the Swedes, In Svala gor ingot
Soninzar ; the Italians, Una Rondine non fa Pantevera
which may be all literally translated by the English pro-
verb," One swallow doth not make a summer." 'f he story
is well known of a thin brass plate fixed on a swallow,
with this inscription, " Prithee, swallow, whither goe.t
thou in winter ?" The bird returned next spring, uit:i
the answer subjoined, " To Anthony of Athens; why
dost thou inquire ?"—Boston Gazette.

BIRTH.
At Constantine Vicarage, the Lady of the Rev. Edwarddlottrs,
of a son.

MARRIED.

Tuesday, at Ditchingham, the Rev. J. R. hopper, A.B. to Lu-
cinda Caroline, only daughter of J. J. Bedingfield, Esq. of Dit,b-
ingbam Hall, Norfolk.

DIED.

Saturday, in Cork, Elizabeth Sandys Lloyd, the Lady of Capt.
William Lloyd, R. N.
After a few days illness, in the 78th year of his age, the Very
Rev. Dennis Mannion, Vicar of St. Nicholas, town of Galway.
At Abbeylies, Queen's County, Zechariah lusball, EN. for-
merly of Arran Quay, Dublin.
Oct. 6, at Edinburgh, the Rev. Robert Elliott, Rector or whd.
drake and Hoggate, in Yorkshire.
Monday, as Mr. T. Hammond, one of the Overseen of the
Works in the Ordnance Department at Sheerness, was walking
along the sea wall, into the Garrison, to his duty, he complained
m ono of elm labourers that was with him of dialculty of breath.
ing, and that he was unable to proceed, when he instantly expired.
Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Hartmann, of Wallasey, while proceed.
big down the steps at the south end of the Prince's Dock Pier, in
Liverpool, to the steam-boat, fell down the precipitous eight of
steps, and was so much injured by the fall, that he expired on the
following Thursday.

NEWGATE AND LRADENHALL MARKET& Oct. 2.
Beef 2s 4d to 35 4d I Veal
Mutton ...... 25 8d to 5s Rd Pork.
Lamb 3b*4d to 4s Bd.

?ICES OF HAY AND
ST. JAM!S'S.

'RAW YESTERDAY.

Hay 31 03 Od to 51 lOs Od
Clover 41 Os Od to 61 Os 0.1
Straw 11 194 Oil to 21 8s Od

WIIITECHAPIL.
Hay 31 ltls to SI 93 oa
Clover 41 ICs to 61 10, OJ
Straw 21 4f to 21 10N Cl

eItICE or TALLOW,
Town Tallow des Cld
Yellow Ilussia ...
White ditto
Soap ditto
Melting Stuff ... .....

80AP, &c. per 1121 b
Ditto rough
Yellow Soap
Mottled ..
Curd
Graves les od

Bea Heifers and SteerTserCtrdinary .. 2s 6d to Ss Sd
stow.)
Middlings sistod to Ss 43d