Star.
London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

cerned that a young man like him, who had been
virtuoufly brought up, was related to a refpedable
family,and had received a good education, fhould
lo difyrace himfelf and his family, by atiotiiSting
with the molt abandoned characters. He hoped,
that, while undergoing the pnnithment whicll the
Court were about to inflid, he would endeavour
to reclaim his morals, and return to fociety as
worthy to become an ufeful and good Member :
if not, the only profped he law was, that in put-.
filing the fame lawlefs and vicious courfes, lie
would meet with an untimely and ignominious
end. lie was then fentenced to be imprifoned fix
months in the lion:e of Correction.

Robert Lewis was indiaed for affiuhing Ann
Broome, widow, by firing at her certain loaded
pifiols, Ste. After the prifoner wat arraigned, the
profecutrix got into the witncfs bor, and r;:quelled
the Court would difcharge him, as the freely for-
gave him. She flid he had been a victualler, and
was in habits of friendthip with her late hufband,
who e:Tired in his arms; for thcfe and other rea-
fons the did not with to hint him.

The CHAIRMAN told the Jury, that the Lady
not choofing to make good her complaint, and
the Court not having' the power to oblige her, they
mull acquit the priouer.—Acpitted.
On Saturday Samuel MA" was indicted for
a(iaulting George Welch, a hackney coachman,
on the sth of February, Oar. It appeared that
Mr. Whalley had indicted Welch at the tall Mid-
dlefer. Seirions, fin- An alfault, when, after the whole
of the evidence was gone through, the Juty were
of opinion he was nut guilty, and acquitted him.
Thz late defendant therefore changed fides, and
became the profecutor. The Statement he gave
in to labflantiate the charge laid in the indiement,
was as follows: That on the evening alluded to,,
he was coming out of Heming.flow into Green.
Street, with his coach, and the night being very
dark, he was (topped on a ludden by Mr. 'Whalley,
who was in a one.hore chaife, on the wrong fide;
he immediately puked up his honks, and called
out—" What do you do there ?" Mr. Whalley
called him a damned ilmund*el, and raid hewould
let him know ; and in patting he Struck at him
with his whip, feveral times. The profecutor then
got oil' his box, and seized hold of Mr. Whalley's
horle, and infiltcd upon having his addrefs ; this
be refilled to give, and kept whipping the profe•
tutor who was mounting his box, when he was
knocked down by Mr. Whalley, and very ill used.
After inure further altercation, the profecutor was
charged by Mr. Whalley, and taken to the watch.
house. Two witnelfes delcribed the profccutor to
have been very ill treated.
The Counfel for the defendant contended, that
the profecutor had conduaed himself in a very in-
firlent manner to Mr. and had drawn
upon hiinfelf the chattifement he received. He ob-
served, upon the crofs indiaments which bad been
preferred, and fod, the Court Who tried that pre-
lei red by Mr. Whalley' against Welch, were fo fa-
tisfied of his guilt, iliac they were aflonifhed when
the Jury acquitted him.- He, however, was quite
elf), as to the verdict which they would give upon
the .prefent occafion, as he had no doubt the Court
would, if 'Re Should be pronounced guilty, inflia a
flight fine.
The CHAIRMAN obferved to the jury, that they
mull find Mr. Whalley guilty, from the nature of
the evidence which bad 11een produced. He did
expert, from the turn which the indiftment took,
and which was tried before him at Hicks's Hall,
that he should have heard no more of the !runnels.
The Jury then found the defendant Guilty, and
the Court ordered him to pay a fine of fix Shillings
and eight pence.
William Kay was inditaed for assaulting Charles
Bruniwiek. The parties are bakers, and, as it ap-
peared, rivals, each profeffing to fell cheaper bread
than his neighbour. On the morning tutted in
the indiament, the defendant went to the prole.
tutor's Chop window, and tpmblcd all his bread
and rolls into the kennel, and Struck him on the
arm. The defendant called three witnetfes to
prove that it was done by accidcnt, and that as a
fort of retribution the profecutor knocked him
down feveral times. The Jttry found the del.n.
dant Not Guilty.

On Friday' evening, between eight and nine
o'clock, as Colonel SULLIVAN was returning to
town, on the Edgware-mad, with his fervant, in
his pod.chaife, he was flopped near the Hide by
two footpads, who prelented their pitiols into the
chaife to him, and demanded his money ; he re-
plied, " if they would take their pith& away, and
treat him with humanity, they thould have what
he had about him ;" and accordingly gave them
fix guineas and come filvcr. But, not fatisfied
with this, they Willed on taking a favourite dog
he had with him. This he refuted them, upon
which they fired into the carriage ; but, fortu-
nately, on perceiving them pretent, he fr:11 back,
and evaded the Ilints, which he indantly returned,
by difcharging his piftol at rue of them. Both
the Colonel and his fervant then got out of the
chaife, when a trial of firengn cnfued between
them and their antagonifls, which proving n fa-
vourable to the ruffians, one of them drew another
piftol from his pocket, and Ihot the Colonel in the
bre:ft, notwitlidanding which the conteft cnnti-
tried, which at lad ended in die total defeat of
the robbers. The Colonel is but !lightly wounded.
A poor fweep travelling through Stretton, near
Burton-upou•Trent, lati week, being benighted,
knocked at the door if a ffirmer, and begged he
might fleep in the liable till the approach of day,
•
but was refuted. The labourer, however, hear-
ing the anfwer, and having more humanity than
his mailer, foffered him to take his repole upon
Tome fliaw in the burn. It happened about two
o'clock in the morning two villains came with a
horle and cart, with intent to rob the barn, and.
;laving nearly filled one bag, faid, 'ttvas a pity
they had not engaged another man to hold the
candle ; the poor (weep hearing this (and imagin•
ing the men beionged to the houfe) rallied from the
draw, and exclaimed, "0, I'll hold the candle!"
The villains, at this unexpefted -anfwer, and the
appearance of his black face and white teeth, hat-
tily decamped, leaving horfe, cart, and bar, at
the difpofal of the fuppottd devil