Star.
London, England, 1824-04-28 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

James Longmore was fully committed, charged with robbing a
woman of the town of l is. in money. The fellow was what is
termed a Cad, at the Police Offices, and under the semblance of the
authority of an officer, with a constable's staff, frightened the poor
creatures who nightly infest the streets out of money, under threats
of sending them to the tread-mill, &c.
EDINBURGH POLICE.

Monday, a complaint was brought against a Mr. Peter M'lntyre,
charging him with committing a gross outrage in the house of a
Gentleman of great literary eminence in George-street, upon the
previous Friday. It appeared that the prisoner had rushed into the
apartment of the Gentleman in question, and furiously demanded
to be put in possession of certain manuscripts, which,. he averred,
he had placed in that Gentleman's hands, in order, no doubt, to
impress him with a due sense of his extraordinary capacities. Mr.
coolly replied that he was not aware that he had any of
the prisoner's manuscripts; but, if he had, he would cause them to
be restored to him ; whereupon the prisoner burst out into the most
passionate invectives, and might have proceeded to actual violence,
had not three Gentlemen,who were present with Mr. at the time,
collared him and pushed hint out of the door. This irritable son of
genius now commenced an attack more annoying than the former,
by battering the street door and collecting a crowd, which made it
necessary to commit hint to the charge of a watchman. The pri-
soner proceeded to read a written defence, half poetry and half
prose, and stuffed with horrid epithets—sesquipedalian words of
most jaw-breaking dimensions, but which be discharged against the
impatient tars of foe Judge with marvellous volubility.
The import of die defence, so far as could be collected, was, that
he was upon the most intimate footing with a number of eminent
literary characters, whom he named. He estimated the value of
his manuscript at thirteen shillings; and confessed that it had been
returned to him—a circumstance of which he was ignorant when
he committed the outrage.
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The ;Magistrate ordained him to find caution to keep the peace,
Wider the penalty of 101. upon hearing which sentence the prisoner
looked round the Court-room with an air of the most imposing dig-
nity, declaring he was sure there was not one there to whom he
was not sufficiently well known, and who would not answer for his
peaceable conduct. In making this assertion, however, it turned
out that he was only exercising the poelica licentia, and tat the room
muttering be was sure that Professor would bail him uut.

The Archdeacon and Clergy of Bath and Wells are
signing a Petition to the House of Lords against the Alai quis of
LANSDOWN'S Bill in favour of the Unitarians being permitted to so-
temnlze marriages in their own Chapels.

FEMALE INTREPIDITY.—Thursday week last, as a
child about five years old, named Benjamin Franklin, was playing
with others on the brink of a pond, in the parish of Elstree, he
fell in, and was on the point of drowning. Some of the neigh-
bours, who saw the accident, hastened to the pond, hut were
afraid to venture in and lend assistance; their screams, however,
fortunately for the child, brought from her cottage a woman named
Katharine Bower (a wife and the mother of several children), who,
on arriving at the spot, instantly plunged in and saved the boy at the
moment: when he had sunk. As the action was perfectly disinte-
rested, we are happy to hear that the highly spirited and merito-
rious conduct of this woman has attracted the attention of the Royal
Humane Society, and that they immediately ordered an extra re-
ward to be paid to this humane and courageous female.

Monday se'nnight, as Mr. James Milne, mason, and
Mr. John Smith, manager of the Clayhills brick-works,
near Aberdeen, were returning in a gig from the bay of
Nigg, the horse became unmanageable, and the reins
broke; when, darting off, the gig had come in contact
with some large stones on the road-side, and both were
thrown out and killed on the spot.

It has been resolved to build another bridge over the
Seine, at Paris, between the Esplanade of the Invalids
and the Champs Elysees, which is to be a suspension iron
bridge, to serve both for foot passengers and carriages.
Saturday se'nnight, in the Police Court, Edinburgh,
the proprietor of the wild beasts on the Mound brought
a charge against a young man, of having set a dog upon
his kangaroo, which it tore dreadfully, besides bitin off
its nose. The animal thus disfigured lie valued at 401.1'
but the Court fined the defender 20s.
The residence of Sir ISAAC NEWTON was not in St.
Martin's-lane, as erroneously stated, but in St. Mai tin's-
street, Leicester• square, which can be attested by deeds
still in eikistence. The house is now standing in a sound
state, adjoining Orange street chapel, the Sunday School
establishment of which occupies a part ; the study of
Sir ISAAC is still to be seen on the roof, and no doubt,
in his time, from its then open situation in the midst of
Leicester and St. Nlartin's-lields, as shewn by the old
maps, was well calculated for an observatory ; little is
known of the dweliiiig by the present inmates, but be-
tween twenty and chitty years since, it was frequently
visited by the curious.

At a stay-maker's shop in the Strand appe;irs the fol.
lowing curious applic4tion : • ..

4.Wcited a man to bone."