Star.
London, England, 1825-11-16 00:00:00

SUNDAY MORNING AMOSEMES TS.

• A mosey group, consisting of two athletic looking
butchers, in the full costume of Clare -Market, a third
in " a suit of sable*," and a fourth, the pink of the
, arty, most gorgeously equipt in a claret-coloured
hunting frock, drab keiseymeres, and blown-topped
knots, were brought up beim e S r R. Biazirlf, charged
with a violent astaiilt upon a Nachman on S itlll day
night, or rather on Sunday morning, in Clare-court.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant,
Ablitun, that at the time alluded to he was just emerg-
ing fionthis box to acquaint the staking part of the,
neighbourhood that St. Clement's clock had *ins' chimed
half•past two, when he perce:ved the four personages
now in limbo making their egressfrom the con: t at the
very momeot when he himself was meditating an in-
gress.---la an iostant bis attention. was at reste.i by those
" sounds unmusical to ,Natclinieh% ears,"—floor the
Charley ! and bet re he could even grin; his rattle to
the recover, al four rushed to the onslaught, yelling
like young Catabaws, and pummelling him, " entirely"
deprived him at (MCC of laiithorn, staff (for which last
they soon found a use), and in short of " everything
but his honour." This latter article, however, he not
oily preserved as immaculate as did Francis the First,
in a ilear;y similar situation ; but, more fortunate than
that inonatcl), at length succeeded in regaining his
rattle, which he used with sa good a will, that what his
utinoa efforts had been unable to effect, while rolling
in the kennel, with four as-ailants peilorming a bolero
in duplicate upon his piostrate carcase, the magic
soun .1 of that little engine p 'formed in a moment. Up
came a ieinforcoment of his blanket-coated brethren.
Fortune, proverbially fickle, changed sides at once, the
victors became the vanquished, and were borne of in
ttiumph by the allies to prison.
Mr. Ashton stated his case with great minuteness,,,
duelling esprcially OR what he seemed to consider at
" the unkindest cut of all," viz. that the major part of
iglu si bating" had been inflicted with his own bludgeon,
the peculiar ensign of his rank 'and dignity, his duke.
deems as well as tutapien, a feeling so happily described
in Byron's allusion to poor Kirke White, and which,
ulutatis toirtgusdis, his Lordship would have probably
rendered—

61 So the struck watchman, streteb'd upon the plain,
Ns more to bawl the hour through Drury-lane,
Waved his own weeps'', &c. &c."
The charge being gone through, the gemmen began
their defence, which, as usual, consisted of recrimina-
tory complaints and allegations of sod assault demesne.
I. They beat the watchman! N 1 such thing. The
watchman had beaten them ;" and in sooth, Mr. Car.
rol, the Gentleman in black, did exhibit certain diag-
nostics on his visage. 'which proved, that in the latter
part of the fray, at least, they bad not had it altoge-
ther their own way.
The claret coloured *beau, on being questioned by Sir RICHAIID
as to occoPatlivs, wNritthe worthy Magistrate presumed was
not that of a butcher, conArnsed his Worship's surmise, by hid-
mating that
" A clerk be was in London gay !"
We looked at his bouts—but notwithstanding the name he rave
fell bat faintly on our ear, we distinguished enough to know that
it was net, as we had begun to anticipate, oar old acquaintance,
"Jemmy Lisboa Feedlt." He was, however, too much a man of
the world to treat a scrape of this kind with anything more than
the leviry which, In the estimation of all men of " Fancy," it de-
served, and walked off in high glee with his blue-aproned friends,
to o'4l'ol for the action, which the worthy Magistrate strongly
'recommended should be commenced agsinst all the four by the
parish authorities.

POLICE. 114Tg.1.1.I9gb1cs.

GUIJ,DpALL.

.iithis Weathers, a groom out of employ, was charged with robbing
Mr. Bryant, of Dean-street, Fetter-lane, of a direr watch, and
three gold teats.
Mr. Bryant was returning home rather inebri ited, between
twelee and one o'clock an Sunda/ night, when the prisoner entered
into conversation with Mtn near 'Middle row, Ilialmtra; and, be.
fore he had reached Fetter.iane, matched at, and succeeded in ob.
laining, Mr. Bryant's watch and appendages. Mr. Bryant seised
him they struggled; the prisoner broke away and ran towards
'lbaliseen.bill, and she proMettor permed hint, making an Warns.
'ln Shoe-lane, which the primate turned into, be was met by a
watchman; and.seehig styhasherchanceof escape, be threw away
the watch tarlall by kis formers; sod was picked 1
ap within a damn yards of duespnt On wish* he was taken. 1
lb'. *weds a 1310,4113=t4i.t. AO Crotched Fdan, deposed,
that he was passing thrOugh, Mothers, when the prisoner and the
prosecutor were 'enlisting earlier. The latter appeared to be
verydrunk, and was calling Tar a watchman, but in a manner sal
indistinct, thong be had sae lifto didlesalty in cyrnprehending what
he was articulating. ii. wallte4 On without interfering. hut, inabout
a minute, theprisoner emir running pile; full Owed 'Mr. Bryant,,
who although very thank, ran with great speed. In the watch-
house the poisoner put a number of questions to Mr. Bryant, which
he, drunken-maw-like, would only reply to in the words " You are'
a
The prisoner, who strongly protested his innocence, was fully
committed for trial.

QUEEN-SQU A RE.
Ellen Torraai was charged with stealing a military jacket, which
belonged to Seijeant fkailtng, of the 2d Battalion 'Coldstream
Guards, no Monday eventoe. Both tka seijesitt and the soldier
who had his things In cargo were billetted at the public.
house, lit nacre-street, Westmitister ; and the latter VOlan lEyth),
deposed, that be left ite litix unlocked, evhilithe piisoner Ind her
husband were in the room, both of whom nudced the jacket as he
put i• into the box.
Elizabeth and Thomas Gahagan, man and wife, the latter a
Greenwich pensioner. statesl that the prisousr broufht the jacket
to them; saying thailt wianld Male k good waistcoat fur Moines,
if the lace Wai stripped of; witrat she *aura call for in the morning.
Thomas Caltagathhowever,On looking at the jacket, said it was too

geed to be thrrawn. aside. -fie,discovired the *rjeant's name upon
It, and never rested dli be fognd him. Prisoner was taken into
eastidy at ten on Monday alOtt,When 16 duplicates were found in
ireeket•
prisoner.—Loan have mercy upon me. Every one's evidence
beillevcd but mine. She was then committed to liewgate for ttial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

George Kelly, a servant to Mr. Thornton, of Lower Grosvenor-
street, charged a young man named Turner with extorting money
from him by using infamous Areas. The facts of the case were
briefly these :--Tbe prisoner, Turner, knocked at Mr. Thornton's
door, which was opened by Kelly, and the former said,' " You
know me?' Kelly replied that he did not. The prisoner said" You
are the man who 'took indecent liberties with me at a print.sbop
rciadaw, and I must have some mocey." Kelly said, " I have only
a shilling ;" he gave the-prisona that, when two men entered the
door, Ind pre troded,to be constables, and they said Kelly must have
mare money. Ile mid he would give lure shillings more the next
morning, and Turner and the two sham constables went away.
Kelly told his master of the circumstance the same night, and an
Aker was sent fer. and When the prisoner tame the following morn.
in, be took the IL and was apprehended.—He was fully commit.
ted for the capital offence.

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In our Paper of Monday we published the ease of a young man,
livery-servant in the family of Mr. Bootle, a Gentlerhan residing
lin Lower -Brook-street Grosvenor.squire; who bad been brought
before Mr..Comarr, the Magistrate at this Mike. upon a charge of
desertion preferred against ben by a serjeant and a private soldier
of the lit Kegiment of Grenadier Guards.
Ott the investigation of the ease, the circumstances were such as
to lead Mr. CONANT to the opinion, that the enlistment itself-in the
first place was bad in its origin, inasmuch as that be did not consider
a private soldier of the Guards an authorised person to eight re-
se uits for his Majesty's service; and lit the next place, that allow-
g mum the soldier to be an authorised prison, the form of enlia-
-1 the Mal having been gone through when both parties were it,
p state of iutolication ' was quite sufficient to vitiate the trans.
1 tetiost; and is entitle the young man to tate advantage °fit to change