Star.
London, England, 1824-06-10 00:00:00

I ;0 W-ST It EET.

Yeiterd,..? orcnlng, J.dt+t Stiosnr.-, a journeyman carpenter, was
chn-gcd L. mre the Sitzihg I.tgistrates with stealing from the print-
inq or.ice ctf A:r. Wood, New Church.court, Strand, fifteen Latin
l;ra :!tee's.-- !r. Wood ,rated that the prisoner had been
emp!oyed by Lhu lor some weeks past as a carpenter, and had ac-
cf.-,; to the r:aini where these books were kept. Mr. W. haying
missed a considerable quantity of paper, type, &c. hi< suipicions
ware around and confirmed by information he received of prisoner's

'Arvin:, said the work to ,t Sir It. Bungle and Mr.
11.tri.,; commented strongly t.pou the impropriety of shopkeepers
hoyMg printed works front men of trhom they knew nothing, but
exene:ated the ckeesemonger front any blame in this instance, he'
t:ken every 11 in his power to aicertaiu the truth.—The
inisomr %%IS fay committed.
A COUNTRYMAN IN LONDoN.—LhiI Frothy was brought tip in cus-

tody to answer the complaint of Thomas Wood.—Thomai, or as
he called himitlf, Tiertimas Wou,l, is an honest peasant front So-
mitt setsbire ; anti John Fcarby, the priinii:!r, is the persi,n who was
once known among pugilists as " the Young Ruffian ;" but who is
now a tall, stooping, meagre, asthmatic, old man—with much
more of the wily knave than the ruffian in his composition. Turn-
mas Wood, it appears, came to town the other day, and whilst
yawning at the weneers of the windows on Ludgate-hill, he dropt
in wi' a gentleman" who asked hint where he came from? " Ronk
Zummerzetshire," replied Tummas. " And where are you going
to?" was the next v..ry natural question ; to which question Turn.
mas very naturally replied, " I be gwain to the waggin office, to
get change for a Bath note." 46 Oh! twine along with me," said
tMe gentleman, " a.-.d I'll take you to a better place than a waggon
office to get your note changed." Tummas went along with him,
and as they passed through Fleet-market they met our antiquated

Young IZ;iiiian—or the tall, Unifier old gentleman, as Tuinmas
called him. Tumnias's new friend athtreased the old Young
Ruffian as an old friend whom he had no; seen for a long time, and,
after the first salutation was over, the old You::g Ruffian told Turn-
mas's new friend that he had been at law lately, and had " got the
trick,"—" and therefore," added he, " I will treat you poor fel-
lews." This said, they adjourned to a public-house; and there,
over a pot of Whitbread's entire, the old Young Ruffian renewed
the subject of his success in law. The cati,x, he said, was tried at
Gloucester, and he and his first cousin had got 4:400 each by it.
Ihit,"he added," my cousin, in coming up to town, had the bad
luck to break the small hone of Mil leg." Upon this the two gen-
tlemen gut into a warm argument, Tummas's new friend contend-
I big that a man's breaking the small bone of his leg was not bail
luck, and the old Young Ruffian contending that it was. And upon
this curious argument Tummaes new friend preyailed upon honest
Tumwas to stake all he was worth in the world !—viz. his watch
and hi; Bath note. The old Yet,l.4 Ruffian, too, was made
the stakeholder ; but it did not appt.,;r bow the bet was to be deci-
ded, and after havin; kJ Tontines about frosts public-house to pub-
licimuse, under pretence of treating him with some beef-steaks,
they ho:11 gave hint the slip. Somebody, however, recommended
Tionmal to apply at this office, and, in consequence, Bond, the
officer, took the old Young Ruffian into custody—his person and
prefes-ion being very well known to the Police.
In his defence, he said he had won the watch and money fairly;,
but the Alagistrate was of a different opinion, and committed him
to take his trial for the fraud.
Iknsiei notes and ,Zrainin I've, the former coachman, and the
latter footman to Lord %lulgrave, were charged with assaulting Bal-
lard and Schofield, officers of this ett.ibli,:mient, iii the execution
of their duty.
These officers had been_ placed at the house of the Earl of Lime-
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rick, in Mansfield-street, ;Manchester-square, to preserv.• the peace
and superintend the regulation of the earriag..s in coming to and
going from his Lordship's house. On the party retiring, great con.
fusion was oreated. Lady Mulgrave s coach was called for, and
though there were a nullifier of coaches neater the door than this,
the coachman drove out of his rank, and insisted upon getting up
to the door. Schofield expostulated with him, and begged that he
would keep his rank. Ballard interfered to put back the horses,
when the coachman and footman abused them both, and the latter
struck Schofield over the shoulders, and the pole of the carriage
struck him violently on the neck, knocked his hat off, and hurt hint
severely.
The coachman, in his defence, admitted that he did go out of
his rank, hut that he was induced to do so front the repeated calls
for the evict', her ladyship being waiting at the door for it.
The loot:Inn said he was induced to strike the officer in his own
defence, from the rude manlier in which he was putting back the
horses.—llere her Ladyship's butler came forward, and said he
had been directed by her Ladyship to express to the Magistrate her
regret at what bad occurred, and to say that any apology that he re-
quired should be made by her servants.
Mr. DrEit said that there was no person entertained a higher re-
spect for Lord and Lady Mulgrave then he did; but as to apology
on the present occasion, it was entirely out of the question : a most
gross assault had been committed on the officers. The misconduct
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of servants upon occasions of this kind was very loudly complained
of. It was quite notorious, that at the late Levee the injury and de-
struction of the carriages was principally attributable to the mis-
conduct of servants. lie should require the prisoners to give bail,
themselves in £2O each, and two sureties in £2O each, fur their ap-
pearance at the Sessions.

ACCIDENTS AT GREENWICII FAIR.—The practice 9f
running down the liolyday hill, as it is called, on Tues-
day, gave rise to the two following accidents mid-
dle-aged female, of the name of Margeson, and who is'
a resident at Greenwich, in running down fell with
great force, and struck her head against the root of a
tree, which projected above the surface of the ground.
She was removed to a surgeon's in a senseless state, her
head and forehead being cut open in a most fearful
manlier, her right eye also much injured, and her face
covered with gore. Another female, late in the after-
noon, in running down the same bill, fell and broke
her leg, and was removed on a shutter to a surgeon's,
from whence, after the setting of the leg, she was con-
veyed to town in a caravan.

A COMMA NDMENT.—The evening before a battle, an
officer came to ask Marshal Toiras for permission to go
and see his father, who was at the point of death, ,4 Go,"
said the General, who saw through the pretext ; 44 thou
shalt honour thy father -and thy mother, that thy days
may be long upon the eatth."

SADLER'S BALLOON.
• CIDIST/CR, JUNR a.
Mr. Sadler's ascent from Chester took plac* yesters.
day. A most respectable Committee, at the head of'
which was the Mayor, assisted Mr Sadler in his aro
rangementi: During the day the crowds that fl, cked
round the Hall, and the continual arrival of car.
riages, horses, &c. made it necessary to station seve,
ral parties of the 53d outside, the band of which Regi.
ment attended, and played several pieces of music
during the day. The ascent was fixed for two o'clock,
hut owing to an altercation between the Committee and
Mr. Sadler (who at one time declared his intention ri,,t
to ascend at all),.it was delayed until past six, when ti's
majestic machine entered the bottndlecs space ct air in
the most'grand and beautiful sty le. The set eni:y (-the
evening occasioned his being in sight for n:arly three
quarters of an hour, and prevented his going any di;.
tance, as he descended safely near Tat por!ey.

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