Star.
London, England, 1805-01-05 00:00:00

IYES7M" cESSIONS.

rORTUSE TILL . 1 di:to:lay Eizatter, alias
qlclia :fere", wa., ~.,.ught into Court, under a
commit:h.:la as 4 Tope Alla vagabond. The prifonrr
Na. liticktn in year,. and of a complexion which
pr, claimed her lineal ci4cent from the difciples of
Zomatier. She was de 4ty (killed in the occult fci-
en, co, and was eau of the pri.lcipal of thole oracles
'!T. whom all r dens far and ne-zr,
It happened that Ann Mainn, a well grown maiden,
about 23 years of age, who lived in the service of a
Gentleman, at NA. 9 Kinover fqua-e, flattered her-
G•lf that her be..u[h• peihn deserved at least a
c'qouet, the to the ancient and refpc9a-
hle 1.0.1 a, the Kir. informed what Nobleman
would 101 it I Cr. The prophetefa pretend
ed the r " ".

• How many Dukta. aid Fula, and Peen,
Wue In the saw tary rosere,.."
and flet. • a to give her every fatisfaftion as to
her flume climiny. Having call her horolcope, ac.
env-sling to he titles laid down by Manilius and Pla-
eid.,c. Joel at cert :tined that her planetary hour refer-
red to the eighth Ita of the fign Vitgn, denoting ho.
Donr and we.tith ; and ha-ing alto traced the alpeEts
and p 44;141 t the lilted gars at her birth, and de-
termined the Lord of the Alcendant, the laid that no-
thing wanting to enable her to flute with accn•
racy th- identical mortal who was to be her huiaand,
but retain lynibels, which it was neceffary the ea.
quirer fitould deliver to her. The: were, two Giver
table tpoon„ lir hirer le.. fpoons. a one pound note,
and a tha.xl. I'o .'r Ann ti.n•lght the profrit of
tiding in her CAI tia:ze cheaply pu• chafed, delivered
the artk le, to the old forcerets, who pref.:wed her a
paper coveted with hieenglynhics, and tiriftly enjoin-
ed her not to watch where the went, or to open the
talihnan till 5 o'ciock P. M. when (he would tettun
with the tokens. Ann Matron was the mote induced
to btlieve her, from her pofitive alinr.•nces that flue
was the -it who bad 'Anted the King to luu
health--; fri vice ft.r which the nation raid her a
penfion. Sidrophella J .nec went away with the fil-
er fpoons, and probably they never more would have
been heard of, it a friend of the young woman, hear-
ing of !•er lolly and credulity, had not putfited the
witch, and caught her with the articles in her poi
feffion. The modern Calrandra was conveyed to the
pol.ce finite in Marlboruugh.llreet, where her ill (Lir
prefided in the form of a Magiflrate. She was fent
to I ot:.dl-eiel,:s bridewcll for provilional incarcer.t-
ticn till the Seifions. The farts of the cafe having been
related by Ann Macon, who feetned equally alhamed
and dappointcd, the Court proceeded to pals judg.
anent

Chait man obferved, that the prifoner be
longed to a race of impolitirs who were a peg to fo-
ciety, and, under pretence of telling fortunes, they
procured money from the ignorant, and not unite-
spently availed themfelves of their profeilion, to rob
the bottles into which they were admitted. In this
inflame there appeared an attempt to rob, and cet-
tainly had not the prifoner been brought kick, and
setloted the things, the would have been indided up-
on a more fat ions charge. The renter:cc for the r.t-
fence was,that Inc thould be imprifoned fix mouth-.
But.if ever the was again brought 'oefme t e Cater
for a livaiar offenct. the would be committed for tw
years, a, art incorrigibie rogue and vagabond : and,
tnr rep.rati:lg it a third time, tranfp station to a di(
tant region would he her Inc. The old weirl filter
r-tired, muttering i etarm, which had no e&c tot
the gaoler, who conditatd her to the cell apoointet;
I,e. toyti.c lucubration% till the fun Iliad have
tr: vetted Lait the figns if the zodiac.
11':lliam Browse indided for dealing fix iron
fire-thovd,, the property of William Cook, on the
26th of December. It appeared from the evidence
of the prollcutor, that the prlfoner had been in his
employment for twelve months. On the day men•
tiont•u in tlac.‘indtdment, the profecutor milled the
!hovels, and llt leatned that the prifoner had taken
them to Paddy Wright's, in order to pawn them.
Smith, a fervant to the pawnbroker, proved
that the Articles were brought to the thup by the pri-
foner, but bring ftifpirions they had been unfairly
come by, he was detained.

lhe-PrifGner, in his defence, denied the crime
laid to his charge, and added, that he was an utter
firanger in Loudo►i, and had nobody to appear to
big charater.

Elie Jury found him Guilty. The Chairman, in
paffing fentence. told him, that he ought to think
the judgment of the Court extremely lenient, when
he confidered that he had been twelve months in his
Mallet's fervice, whom, inftead of protecting, he bad
been the fit tl to rob and plunder. He was then or-
dered to be imprifoned one month in the H Ade of
Correction.

James Hood was next convieted of fleeting a coat
from a Jew falefman's (hop door, and fcntenced to
one month's imprifonment.
Doha treat was indieted for fleeting fix hotfe-fitoes
and fix pounds and a half of iron, the property :4
William Kemp. It appeared that the ',droner was
employed in the profccutor's atop, near Bet keley
tonere, and was paid wa,,,,es to the extent of 26'. ;.,:r
week. A Yolksaltecr-happened to he in an old
iron t:.yo, in Orchard-liteet, on the :3d of Oft,:ber,
when the I.•rifoner cline in, and offered the iron for
fate. The Officer iutPc.lin?,r all was not right, afkcd
L;in tel,fther the iron was his own property, and
whether or not he was a mailer finith ? He replied
to the GiTlt:er, that he had no right to put Inch
cluellirni: to or to make any invettigation into
the mltitr. 1!:e Officer's Infpicions were un this
evallve .11.1v:et folly confirmed, and lie took the p•
foaer to Qttec:l-!;4112!-.1. Offker produzed the
iron, ad•lit;:, that wht:n he took the pi-ironer, he ac-
k lowled2,ti that he wo‘ked with Mr. Kemp.
The prifoner, in his dere:ice, advanced the old
Rory, ri having lOand tl;e item while coming down
the Mews-Line. 'lnc Jury, however, did not give
credit to this mode of rebutting the charge, as they
found him Gnilry.
Two foldiers in die Guards, liLlier and Cook,
were indiacd for Ilealing a pair of Ileps from a
butcher's door, in Tothi'ldlreet. It appeared from
the evisi.,nce that d^ into were drunk, and the wit-
n elks throrht the it ...:ps had been carried away more
fir a frolic than for any telunious purport.—Not
Guilty.
Sarni, 6i:in-!!! was tried for a pew fpccics of tht ft,
aatncly, thi.t of a.a:ilig a Iv:ad and a Laf

'get, ?he property of W. Adams. A publican flated,
that two men had brought the faufages to his bottle,
in order to be drefred. The prifoner was then in the
taproom, and when the landlord was gone in fearch
I of a frying pan, the prifoner got up and wcnt nut.
I The faufages were loon mitred, and the prifoner was
followed to a hot& in King areet, where the and
another woman wet e dircovered frying there dain'ies.
Mr. MATTHEWS, the Chairman, in ablence of Mr.
MAINWARINC, OhlerVed it WAS impnfrible to convict
the prifonet, as the irfriii:ty of the faufages could not
be proved.—The pity found the prifoner—Not
Guilty.
Sht wae a refpelahle bolting woman, and had
been in ctiqody tioce the 7th of November.
This Guilt ed the !su,invss before the Jury.

At the preen, eventful period, when England,
armed at all p• ; It,, bids a proud defiance to the
world, it can Ain d no fmall degree of gratification
to our countrymen to contemplate thole gallant na-
val exploits which fecu:e to us our Liberty and our
Independen,:e. A very interelling work of this na•
titre has lately come under our obfervation, entitled
the Bern.: Ta;ustir ; or, RIGISTAR OF NAVAL
Acrooss (including Biography, and Portraits of
popular Command:rs), which we are glad to find
publithed in wcAlf Numbers, at a price adapted to
the means of every one. This work we recommend
with confidence to our Readers, as being replete
with the moll gallant Achievements of Britith valour,
which are happily illoltrated by plates, that at once
pronounce the artilt a man of mile and experience
in Nautical Science.

As it is fo common of late years for Gentlemen to
advrtife for %Vives poffeffing a decent ccmpctency,
k may not be unacceptable, at the prefent critical
moment, to recommend to all fuch, and to bachelors
in general, to become the fuitors of that rich old lady,
ealed Dime FOILTUNE. She can below with a li-
her al band, tens and twenties of thoufands of ptinds.
If any doubt it, let them view the noble and ♦ery
opuient kheme of the grand Lottery, which corn
maces thawing the 28th infant. Pe►lrrm Sapiatti.
The higheft prize in the lall Lottery was No. 6,791,
entitled to 20,c2p1. as firft drawn on the eighth day :
this ticket is as f.I l is fliarec at Swirr's Office, in the
Putritry ; and a!1, No. 9,362, entitled to 10,0001. Rs
the fitfi drawn on the leventh day. The Scheme of
the preterit (mall Lottery gives a Prize for the fit l'
drawn Ticket every day, and hav aiti) fifteen other
Capitals to be drawn out of the Wheel.

The commencement of the new year ih certainly
very propitious to the approaching Lottery ; for on
the very tint &,v, the v.taries of Fortune crowded
to the different Lottery Offices and made large pur-
ch.tfes ; an advance in the price of both Tickets and
Shares will molt alfiredly be the confequence (as al-
ready is the cafe with Eord,ll's Tickets, nhich
have advanced fro n three to five guineas each).—
We have to notice .1 very remarkable occorrence at
the Office of Mars. J. Jou rtsort and Co. No. 3,
Pope's Head alley, C.sroh:ll, London, which was that
of five peril-ins being there at one time, purehafing
Shares of Tickets, who had each of them been a for
!uoate proprietor of Capital Prizes, fold at that Of-
fice in the late Lotteries.

On Saturday an Officer of the Navy in fhooting
birds at Fratton, near Portfmnuth, as he inadvertent-
ly Att. MAC(' to divide the briar, with the hut end of
foLc-.:, being on full cock the trigger caught to a
bramble, and the contents of the gun were difcharg-
ed through the Lieutenant's heart, who inliantly ex-
pired.

A young man who had ferved as an apprentice to
a chimney-I weeper in North Shields,lately refigned his
hrtdh for afirelath, but uncomfortable as he had ima-
gined his table grab, he foon curled the hour he
changed it for a military hero. Having taken French
leave of his regiment at Sunderland, he went to Not th
Shields to impart his grief to a fellow (weep, whole
cnmmiktation was fo great, that he bought him a
fruit of failor's clothes, and procured him a matter.—
They both Ilept on board cf the flrip tare first night ;
but in the morning, the philanthropic fweep found
his pocket had been picked of his watch and all his
money. No other melon fleeping in the half deck,
he carried his friend before a J.,flice ; but not being
able to tell the number niche warch lie did not recover
it ; he, however, informed on him as a dcferter' when
he was marched back to his regimen!, where he re-
,cived a severe eh:Lade:neat, and was afterwards font
to Shields to be put on board the tender.
Tuesday night, about r a r.',:lock, two Gentlemen
having jull left the Cock public-bottle, a little beyond
Kilburn Wells, the landlord went out to fallen the
Itab:e door, where he beheld an old man, (looping,
and fumbling about with his flick; 1,), his fide were
two decent-dreffed children. The landlord Ipoke to
the old man,who did not anfwer him. He thenbronight
them into his kitchen, and placed them at his &e-
-lide, when he enquired from the children when e they
lived ? who innocently anlwered, in London, but what
pact of it they cattle! not tell ; their grandfather had
taken them to chapel, and coming over the fields, he
had fallen down, and lay on the ground a confider-
..ble time, lamchine. The good landlord, after re-
frelbing and warming, his gnetts, propofed to his wife
that he &wt., accompany them to London, and en
deavorir to I:m4 nut their refidence. Hcr heart, as'
hanevnienr as her Inufband's,acquiciced in the propo-
! tition, and lie immediately fet ctr to condriet the poor
wanderers to their home. When they arrived at Han-
way.), rr.:' Oxford-areet, one of the little noes ex-
'
Her Mamma had bought a kettle there,'-
and the tnalertook to read them cc. hcr boufe. Be-
tween two and three o'clock or, Weeltnefday morning
they arrived at a botife in Woburn-court, Great Ruf-
fen Ilreet, BloomfLury, where they found the
wife of the old man, and his daughter (the mo-
ther of the children) who had been the whole night
n fearch of them, and were to exhaulted with fatigue
and anxiety, that on the appearance of their 101 l fa-
mily tirey tainted. When the landlos d had recovered
therm we mull envy him the gratification he enjoyed
from the fcene that followed. The father of the
children had not returned from his purfuit. Had this
happened the preceding night, which was a (evert
froll, they mutt have perithed, a• it was a fit in which
the poor old man had fallen. Kilburn Wells and its
neighboirrho•td 'have been lung recorded for beauty
of lituatirm and the fccne of conviviality : but we
11:1ve now to congratulate it on being the feat of ge-
nuine untophitticated benevolence and philanthropy.