Star.
London, England, 1830-08-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

POLICE REPORTS.

Ottimanat.L.—Mr. Thomas Hale, a fishmonger in Farringdon
Market, attended on summons before Mr. Alderman Ansley, at this
office, to answer a complaint of cheating and defrauding two persons
by knowingly and designedly mis-stating the weight of some fish
which he sold on Thursday last.
Mr. Harrison, the clerk of the market, stated that he had re-
peatedly received complaints against the defendant for giving light
weight; but until Thursday he had not been able to meet with
persons who were willing to incur the trouble of attending here.
Weights and measures are kept in his office under the market clock,
in order that persons who suspect that they have been cheated in
their purchases may satisfy themselves immediately.
Mr. Alderman ANSLE r said he had not heard of this accommo-
dation to the public before, and it was a pity the plan was not
adopted in other markets. He asked if the inquest did not attend to
weights and musures in the market ?
Mr. Harrison said they did, but the defendant did not use
short weights, or a false balance. He played the trick called" cant-
ing" the scale.
Mary Ann Dixon deposed that her father keeps the Coach and
Horses, Eyre Street Hill, and on Thursday she purchased the tail
end of a salmon from the defendant, who said it weighed 61bs. all
but 2oz. but he would charge her for only 51d. She paid him 3a- 10d.
or lid per lb. Suspecting the weight, she called at the public office of
the clerk of the market, and found the piece weighed only 4lba. 15oz.
Lloyd, the beadle, said he weighed the piece of salmon. Some of
the entrails and the tail had been taken away, but the ordinary al-
lowance for these was from two to three ounces.
Eliza Yerworth, of Little New-street, said she purchased a small
salmon, which the defendant weighed and called exactly 6lbs. She
paid him 7d. per lb. She brought it away without having it trimmed
or gutted ; and feeling dissatisfied with the weight, she called at the
public office, and found that it truly weighed only five pounds five
ounces.
Defendant said he was not aware that he had served either of
these young women ; but if he had, it seemed the purchases had
been made treacherously, to injure him. If they had brought the
fish back, he would gladly have rectified any mistake ; and as to
being in the habit ot canting, if this had been true, he should not
have been able to keep together such an extensive connection as be
had preserved for years.
Mr. Alderman A itsLis said, if a tradesman acted fairly, he could
not be betrayed into offending; and, for the protection of the
public, as well as the credit of the market, be should call apes
the defendant to find sureties to answer an indictment at the
Sessions.
The defendant obteined leave to depart and bring his sureties on
Monday.
Mr. Harrison said the defendant was not the only person in the
market who was given to canting, and he should exert himself to
suppress the practice.
Bow-STRZET.—Saturday, a gentleman named Hewett, who re.
sides by Tyburn turnpike, was summoned before Mr. HALLS by the
driver of the cabriolet No. 100, for the sum of 4d.
The complainant, it appeared, drove Mr. Hewett one mile and
three quarters, for which he claimed le. 4d. Mr. Hewett tendered
him Is. conceiving that the distance was only a mile and a half,—
The complainant then grew insolent and abusive, and finding that
Mr. Hewett was determined not to pay the additional 4d. he snatched
up a brickbat and swore he would split his skull with it. Mr. H.
then tendered the complainant his card and walked sway. and as
the following day he received the summons which be now appealed
to =WM
Mr. HALLS observed that Mr. Hewett ought to have paid the
complainant his demand, which it appeared he had a right to do.
It was always better to pay the drivers of coaches and cabriolets the
amount which they demanded, because if they took too much the
law would punish them. The complainant in this instance had
demanded no more than his due, and Mr. Hewett must,
therefore, pay the fourpenee, and the cost of the summons.—
With respect, however, to the insolent language of the com.
plaint, and his raising a brick-bat against his fare, that was con-
duct which could not be tolerated, and the complainant must there.
fore find bail to answer the assault at the sessions.
Mr. Hewett immediately paid the money, and the complainant
as locked up in default of bail

HATTOW:GAIDEN....ROBSERY AT THE WHITE.HOILIZ,
FETTEIII•LAHR-W. Newcombe was brought up before Mr.
Laing and Mr. Rogers, for final examination, on a charge of break-
ing open a desk in the coach.office of the White Horse Tavern, and
stealing therefrom the sum of 101. 101. in gold.
The clerk, James Maakyle, deposed, that on Saturday, the 7th
Instant, at half-past nine o'clock at night, he put ten sovereigns and
a half into the desk, locked it, and went home. On the following
morning he found that the desk had been broken open and the
money taken away. The prisoner, as an assistant to the coachman
in the yard, had access to the office. He was suspected of the
robbery, and taken into custody.
James Walters, a porter at the White Horse, deposed, that at
ten o'clock on the night in question, after the Birmingham) coach
came in, he and the prisoner were in the office. The prisoner turned
off the gas. They went away together. Witness locked the door,
and put the key in the front office, where he was positive he left the
prisoner.
William Pullen, one of the waiters in the coffee-room belonging
to the tavern, deposed, that at quarter past ten o'clock at night, the
prisoner passed through the house into the yard, which he had never
before done at so late an hour. He observed that the office was shut
up, and went behind a coach evidently for the purpose of concealing
himself.
This testimony was corroborated by that of other witnesses.
Inspector List. of the E division, deposed that when the prisoner
was brought to the watch.bouse. be searched him. and found upon
him nine sovereigns and eighteen shillings In silver, besides • du.
plicate of a shirt pawned on the Thursday before the sth inst.
The prisoner accounted for the mosey by saying, that he had
received a sum of 131 about theft weeks ago from the Rev. Mr.
Taylor, of York.terrace, on account of William Stacey, driver of
the Birmingham coach, but having appropriated part of the
to his own use, he was ashamed to give Stacey the remainderirand,
therefore, he kept the 91.185. until he could make up the difference.
He admitted, however, that the shirt, the duplicate of which was
found in his possession, was his, and that he had pawned it only
three days before for 18d.
William Stacey, the driver alluded to, deposed that, about a
month ago, he gave the prisoner a receipt for 131. with instructions
to take it to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who owed him that sum, and re.
ceive it for him. The prisoner did so • but when he returned, he
gave witness only 101. alleging that the Rev. Mr. Taylor had not
change enough at the time to pay the remaining 31. The
therefore, that he told the inspector, was not true, as far as regarded
his keeping the entire sum.
The Rev. Mr. Taylor attended, and stated that he paid the pri.
sonar 131. the full amount of Stacey's account with him.
This was the whole of the evidence against the prisms& H.
declined saying anything to the charge, and was fully ceeanellteil
for trial.
Umtorr-Hat.z..— Saturday, an elderly man, named Jabs Puma
was charged with intermarrying with Elisabeth Humphrisas •
bouncing young lase of 18; his fame? wife, Sarah. being still alive
Elizabeth Rose stated, that she was present at the ceremony at
marriage between the prisoner and his first wife, at St. Jobs's
church, Horsleydown, the 24th of Sept. 1826, and gave the bride
away. Witness added, that there was a great disparity in the ages
of the prisoner and his first wife, she being, at least, 90 years
younger that him.
Prisoter.—l likes young wives.
The register of the above marriage was thrall:ll4n
William Boardman, sexton of St. Mark's. reduced
the certificate of the marriage between the prisoner and second
wife, which ceremony was performed on the 14th of August, 1830.
Magistrate to the prisoner.—The charge of bigamy has been
clearly proved against you—do you wish to say any thing ?
Prisoner.-1 defy any man living to live with my first wife, she
is such a regular devil; sod, so finding our tempers did not suit, 1
left her, and told her at parting that die was perfectly at liberty to
get another husband, adding, that I should get another wife. 80,
your worship, you see, I did not act with deception towards her.
I am told, by-the-by, that she has another husband.
This assertion, however, was contradicted by the first The
prisoner was committed.
LAMBETH STILITe...EXTRAOEDENART RLOTENENT.Sa-
tardiIy evening, as the business of the office was disposed of, and the
sitting Magistrates, Messes. WEAVE and Waxman, were about es
leave the bench, Mt% Elliott, the landlord of the These
Stratford Green, presented himself, with his Iles dreadfully ant
contused, and his clothes coveted with blood.—Om being asked by
the officer in waiting the name of his business, he said it was no
obtain • wament against • master-tailor in the Strand.--The His
aistrates desired hint to state the rounds of his esra*lnt ; en
he said, that orr the day before he and Mel. Rath had a few wank,
which were provoked by her, and shortly Awneds she peethednd
up l
der, changed her them, and left the belle% with her sl
child. He (Mr. E.) thought that she had measly to Ws
walk, and would return as soon as her passion In this be

was mistaken, for having occasion to go to the cash-box, he disco.
vexed that his wife had carried sway upwards of 401 He, in con.
sequence, sent persons to all parts of the village in search of her,
but she was no where to be found. In the course of the afternoon,
Mr. G a master-tailor from the Strand. who had been intro.
duced to him and Mrs. E. about a month before, called at his house
and ordered tea. Being on terms of intimacy with him he men.
dotted how Mrs. E. had served him. On which he condoled with
him on the subject, but while the tea was preparing he disappeared.
•This circumstance he (Mr. E.) thought extraordinary ; but it never
entered his imagination that he went after his wife. In about an
hour afterwards he received a note, of which the following is a copy,
'•which had been brought to his house :-
1 " ith. Elliott, unless you hasten here Mrs. Elliott and her child
will be on the road to South-green. Haste, we are staying at the
White Horse, Ilford. Your's' in haste, H. G.
" Come instantly, for I cannot prevail on her to come back.
" H. G."
On reading this he at once desired his servant to put his horse to
the chaise, and drove towards the White Horse. On his way, how-
' ever, he saw his wife and the tailor walking arm in arm, opposite
to the Red Lion, in the most unconcerned manner. He at once
jumped out of the chaise, but he had scarcely reached the ground
when Mr. G. without uttering a syllable, struck him a most violent
blow on the face, which levelled him to the earth. On getting up
he served him in a similar manner, and beat him completely sense.
lea; and while in a state of perfect exhaustion, his wife and Mr.G.
disappeared, and he had heard nothing of either since.
The Magistrates inquired if Mr. G. was often in the habit of
calling at his house, or if he had perceived attentions towards Mrs.
E. which would lead him to suspect that any thing criminal had
taken place between them ?
Mr. E. replied, that for the last month he had frequently called
at his house, but his conduct towards Mrs. E. was nothing more
than common politeness and gentlemanly civility would warrant.
At the same time, his manner in attacking him in so brutal a way,
and, that, too, without the slightest provocation, was to him most

The !Magistrates granted the warrant, which was placed in the
hands of one of the officers for execution.

TILE KING AND TILE QUAKERS.—During a 'visit
the King lately made to Windsor, he accidentally passed a member
of the Society of Friends, in the Castle-yatd, who, contrary to the
religious scruple of that body, uncovered to his Majesty. The
King observing it, addresstd him thus :—" Keep on your hat,
friend ; your religious usages and mine are different."
ANECDOTE OF TIIE KlNG.—Every journal has its
anecdote of the King. Our is very short, but pithy. When a mid.
shipman, among other places, he visited Atnetica. While rusti-
cating among the Yankees, he and one of his mates happened to
dispute as to which of them had the preferable claim to the honour
of a promenade with a certain fair maid. From words the tran-
sition was easy and natural to blows. A regular set-to ensued.
Prince William came off victorious, and had the luxury of walking
with his temporary sweetheart ; but the victory and the prim were
putchased at the expense of a pair as blue eyes as ever human phy-
siognomy exhibited.—Elyin Courier.
" CHESHIRE CHIEF OF MEW."—Amongst the free-
holders who were in the interest of Mr. Egerton, on the day of no.
mination at Northwich, was a party consisting of twenty, whose
average heights were six feet and an inch, and whose weights were
eighteen stone each.
The new Beer Act, it should be remembered, imposes
an unmitigated penalty of 201. upon any person retailing wine and
spirits having a licence only under the new law.
SALT.—The use of salt in the food of horses is be-
coming very general in the Netherlands. One of the first agricul-
turists in the neighbourhood of Brussels says, in a letter to a friend
here, " I give salt to all my horses with the best effect : my own
cabriolet horse has had from an ounce to an ounce and a half of salt
in his corn, every night for the last three years ; and during that
time he has had excellent health, and taken no physic."
On Monday night a melancholy accident took place
near the Half. way House on the Paisley road. A lad named Weir,
who had been in the custom of riding out and in on the coaches, in
coming suddenly off from one, without having intimated his inten-
tion to any body, fell before the wheels while the coach was at its
usual speed, and was killed on the spot. No blame can be attached
to the coachman.—Gfasgote Courier.

The weather on the whole continues favourable for
maturing the corn crops, and in Yorkshire we are on the eve of a
plentiful harvest. Should the weather continue favourable for the
next two months, the public distress, which is already much dim,.
niched, will, in a great degree, be removed ; and with a sound car-
rency, and economic government, the situation of the country daring
the approaching winter will be very different to that of the winter of
1829.30.—Leeds Mercury.
It appears from the researches made by the special
commission charged to measure the isthmus of Panama, in order
to ascertain the best mode of communication between the two seas,
that the opinions are in favour of rendering the liver Chargers na-
vigable for steam-boats, and continuing t he the with an iron
railway.
SHOCKING SUlClDE.—Saturday an Inquest was
held before Mr. Stirling, Coroner for Middlesex, at the sign of the
Cricketers, on Hounslow-heath, touching the death of Edward
Luff, aged 76 years. Mr. Frogley, a surgeon, of Hounslow stated
that the deceased, who had for some time been '
afflicted with symp-
toms of dropsy, had been under his care, and the last time he saw
him alive was on Tuesday last. On Thursday, about twelve o'clock
at noon, he was sent for to attend on a person at a cottage, belonging
to a Mr. Noyes; and on going there he found the deceased sitting
on the ground, with his back against the house ; his head was
literally blown to atoms, apparently by a pistol, which must have
recoiled from overloading, as it was lying about four yards from
him ; no part of his jaw-bones remained, and his brains were strewed
in all directions ; indeed, scarcely a bit of his head remained. He
was, of course, quite dead. Witness understood he had been a gar-
dener, but being out of work, he was allowed •2s. per week by the
wish of Fulham. Notwithstanding the smallness of his income,
he appeared very decently dressed, and bore no signs of want.—
.—Wm. Strange, a labourer, who occupied Mr. Noy's cottage,
stated that the deceased had repeatedly complained of being starv-
ing, and wished some person would kill him. On Thursday he
calledon witness, and repeated the same complaint; "hada offered
him some bread, which wu all he had for himself, but the deceased
said he had not been used to dry bread, and would not eat it. He
appeared very low and desponding, and at last bid witness " Good
bye," and left the house, as witness supposed, to go home; in a
short time, however, he heard the report of a pistol at the back of
his cottage, and on going there was shocked to find the deceased
sitting down, with his head blown to atoms. He then sent for Mr.
Frogley. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased. de-
stroyed himself while labouring under temporary mental derange-
ment."