Star.
London, England, 1824-03-01 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

Mr. Henry Hunt was summoned before the Magistrates at this
of lice, to answer for an assault upon Mr. liallet the chymist, of
.BrOadwall, Black friars.
Mr. flatlet, who is an elderly man, of respectable appearance,
occupies part of the premises at Broadwall, of which Mr. I-hint has
also a share; and front his statement it appeared that on Thursday
morning at ten o'clock, he ordered one of his 'men to clear away
sosne rubbish which blocked up the way into the yard. Mr. Hunt,
upari seeing what was going forward, called the man a scoundrel
and a vagabond ts and when Mr. Ballet attempted, to remonstrate,
'bestowed the same epithets upon him. Mr. mallet retaliated in a
-cool and contemptuous manner, upon which Mr. Hunt seized a
ehoyel, and shovelled a quantity of mud and other filth upon the
perzOn of the cliyinist, who, although much better acquainted with
"the natnr€ of the 'contents, and better qualified to use them to the
Aujissy of man, disdained to resort to any other process for sathfac-
iion than that which a Court of Justice presented.
The Magistrates asked Mr. Hallet whether he had sustained any
personal iojury in consequence of the shovelling? It appeared that
,he had not; although Mr. Hunt had kept shovelling the mud upon
him, as if be intended that Mr. Hart should do the business of a
"dung car% and carry It all out of the WAY himself.
From the defence it appeared, that white Mr. Hunt was confined
in Ilchester jail, Mr. Hallet took advantage of his misfortune, and
encroached upon. his pait of the premises ; that Mr. Hunt not being
in the habit otpermitting liberties of such a nature to he taken
with his property, whatever might be taken with his person,
upon his return to town, expressed his feelings in his accustomed
manner, without any great regard to forms. The powers of elo-
cution being wasted on the subject, the shovel was resorted to.—
Mr. Hufit received a shovel full of sand into his shoes, and sent back
a requital, which was received with very ill grace. " The dispute,"
Mr. Hunt observed, " oaly proved that two of a trade could never
agree." Mr. Hallet is a retailer of drugs to kill people, and' I am .a.
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retailer and roaster of corn to keep people alive."
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The Magistrates did not think the squabble was one of which they.
ought to decide upon the merits, attwever adapted it mighthe to a
Court of I.aw, to which they referred Mr. Hallet for satisfaction. •

. . .
. A few days since, Benjamin Taylor, of Portsea, was
fined in the sum of five pounds, under-the Mutiny Act;
Ifbi: 'purchasing a pair of regimental boots from a soldier ;
'arid being unable to pay the fine, he was committed to
.goi for three months.
Wednesday, as a warrant officer, two men, and a
boy, were going down to Sheerness from Chatham, in
boat, thet were capsized in a sudden squall, the sail
alt thi time being belayed ; the two men were unfortu-
nately diowned, but the warrant officer and boy escape)
by getting on a•plank -and floating ashore.
t' • Saturdey night, about nine o'clock, as the patrol was,
'proceeding through the Back-lane, Clairton, he disco-,
vered Mr: Grocot, a respectable butcher of that place,
lying underliii cart, laden with meat, which had fallen
upon him; the night was exceedingly dark, and on his
return From market the wheel had run over a bank;
which threw the tart over, and the poor man was
crushed to death. He has left a wife and six' -small
children to lanienthii premature death.
MALICIOUSLY Buftsurro. A system of outrage
rather novel in this country, has lately shewn itself in
some parts Of Surrey—we mean the burning of out-
offices. Three or four cases of peculiar atrocity, in
wirier cattle' wereconsnmed on the preMises, have been
reported, and. notwithstanding the active exertions of,
Ae Matistiaty and RAce, the offenders have hitherto'
'girded 114 pursuit of justice. On Thursday night a
thatched Shed in Norbuiy Park, in the parish of M ickle-
ham, seas set on fire, and entirely consumed ; with 4,
view no doubt, to the destruction of some cows turned
in there-Tor shelter .during the night, but they -were
forttralslelt released by tare • timely assistance of the
pirletifttgers
Dkatirricrios OF AVOOD-MlLLS.—Tuesday morning,.
stbinstiwoo'cloCk, 'Mr. Irvine, who carries on the busts
ness of cutting wood into Veneers, at Wood-mill, on
the river Itchen, about three miles from Southampton,,
distotead the premises containing his maellittery were,
on fit e. From the combustible nature of the buildipgs„
principally wood, tarred, the progress of the fire was
very rapid. Messengers were dispatched
,to South-
ampton for the engines, but ere they could arrial, not,
only•wdre- the premiset .of Mr. Irvine destr.oyeal, bur_
also the corn-mills in the occupation of - Messrs. LciAner,
which immediately adjoined. From the latter, however,
Much flour was saved. Fortunately no lives were lost.
Ss,afe-Witi.st9lo.—Tuesday night, as Mr. Lack man
and family, of C...rowlay's-court, Birmingham, were sit-,
ting by the fire, about nine o'clock, he thought he heard
something rush against the window-shutter ; supposing
it
,to be a nkan in liquor, he opened the door, and looks.
ing up, the.court, saw, at a distance, sompthing.mosei
.slung in white; he went up, and to his great surprise,,
Mum, , to he p 4 own sop, a boy nine, years old, who
1.440 lof ;As bed in sleep, 'lifted, up the sash of the
*ipdqwpiigancegfitet from the ground, and deic.nrded
into .the cou* wi hput the least apparent injury. Tice
ttc;fit thl lioy gives is t that he dreamed a person who
Atnext door, for whom he had been in the habit of
soing•tif. errands, wanted him to fetch a pint of ale,
sad owas.g9i.pg over. to the Linther Bottle fur it. The
t Was astlegp w 1 was larouglm back to. the house.