Star.
London, England, 1825-09-08 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

J..euriis, Captain of a canal-boat, was summoned under the
Act 52.fieo. IIL .lone 4 the keeper of a double lock in the Ke-
gent'squanal, stated that there is a valve bitween the two locks; by
means of which the water from either lock may be drawninterthe
other as circurostasses respire. Into one of these locks the de.
fondant; boat bad entered, but he, too impatlent to wait the arrival
of the Keeper to open the centre valve, proceeded to set open ths
gates and let his boat out, whereby a loss of half a lock of water
was sustained. The defendant was Reed is.. anti cost..

S. Meas, farmer of the Turnpike Tolls in Old-street, was Soed
20s. and costs, for obstructing and abusing Mr. Morey, of South.
ampron-row, under pretence that the chaise in which be was rid—
In, was a hired one. Mr. M. requested that his share of the penalty
might be given to the Mendicity Society.
LA M BEV:I4VMM
Mr. Nerdy, a hedger, in Brick-kne, Whitechapel, was charged
with extortion, in insis;ing upon the payment of taxes and rates
ea a home where he was onlynadterisod to dsstrain far the last
-quitter's rent. The samplainant's !unbend, $ Mr. Whyte% a baker,
is a prisoner in the Liag's Bench, and the defendant had in her ab-
sence made a fordbk entry on the premises, and when she aresed
him the rent and expenses, he refused to take it without she 'raid
also pay the canes and water rate for the kat quarter, and al many
weeks beyond as were then due. The Magistrate convicted the
defendant in triple the amount of the overcharge, and the com-
plainant expressed her determination to punish him in another
Court for other illegal parts of his conduct.

QUEEN SQUA RE.
Twelve men, all stokers at the Westminster Gas Works, were
beiought before Mr. Maser...aro, the Magistrate, oir a Warrant,
Charged with having unlawfully combined together and struck for
an advance of wages, whereby the greatest inconvenience was
caused in the works, and the greater part of Westminster was
nearly in total darkness.
Mr. Evans, the superintendent, stated, that the whole of the
prisoners were employed in the gas works in the retort room, as
stokers, and were engaged at 27.. per week. They came to their
work as usual on Monday morning, but in the afternoon one of
them, a man named Rice (who was not then amongst them), went
before the Committee of Directors, and said that he was the etre.
sentathe of all the stokers, and that he had been deputed by them
to inform the Board that they would work no longer unfree their
wages was advanced from 27.. to 30s. per week. The Directors
I did not feel disposed to accede to the demand. The men instantly
left elf'work and went away. All but six returned to their labours.
The six men that left proceeded to a gang of other stokers that were
employed by the company, who were to come on duty at six o'clock
in the vetoing, and by threats induced most of theta to stop away.
The difendants said, that they had been promised an advance,
which induced them to resume their work at the beginning of the
week; but finding the promise wino* fulfilled, they determined
to leave. _ _

Roberts,Mr. the foreman. denied having nada the promise.
Mr. 314iim.vos observed, that he believed the pool fellows had
been deniaVd. l3r could not think of sending them to prison under
all the citesOnstances, and advised theist togo back to their wotl4
Mr. Rvasn.said he had now no occasion far them, as be bad
taken on others, who were very glad to work at the usual wages,
therefore they were no longer in his employ.
The defandants were then discharged with a suitable admonition.

UNION.HALL.
A man named Mapleton was brought before the sitting Magis-
trate, M. charged with having excited a riot • and
disturbance before the buose of Mr. Leach, a respectable sitrgebo
and accoucheur, of Vauxhall, by publicly accusing that Gentle.
men of having murdered one of his (Mapleton's) children.
Mr. Leach stated, that about vim years ago he attended one of
the defendint's children, a little gift, who was dingeroudy iU of the
sinall.pox. He did every Wei that medical skill could suggest,
but the child died, ever Mice which period he has been subject to
the most foul and base imputations on his character by the de-
fendant, who has frequently accused him of having administered
poison to his child instead of remedies for the small-pox. On
Saturday last the defendant came before witrims's•doot, and col.
leeted an immense mob by callinf out " theists the man that mur-
dered my child." Upon witness s gulag out to order him away, he
made use of the following threat—" I dal% Mind hanging fir your
Astir, so that I May have a father's revenge foi the murder of his
child. Blond will have blood, and I must drink yours before
long." Mr. Leach added., that he considered Ms lift iu danger
from the implacable resentment of the man.
The Magistrate asked the defandant to state his reasons for his
conduct.

The -latter stated, that he solely Ascribed -bee death to poison,
administered by her medfc..kauendant.
The complainant. offeft4 to ull torward two Gentlemen, who
would testify to his u eating the child in the besepossible Owner ; 1