Star.
London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

' Mr. Alderman Tuoxrsos, on entering the Justice Room, said,
that be had been just waited on by Mr. Beauchamp, the pawn.
broker, of Holborn, who had brought to him a very valuable dia-
mond brooch, which had been offered to him for pledge by a wo-
man, to whom it evidently did not belong, and who could only
account for the possession of it by saying that she had found it. The
brooch was supposed to be worth at least 100 guineas. The woman
who tendered it for pledge was discharged, on giving her name and
address. The brooch was detained for the inspection of any person
wbo may have lost such an article.

R. Ir. Asper, a bookbinder, residing in Noble-street, was charged
with forging certain acceptances to bills of exchange, which he had
uttered to Messrs. Suttaby and Co. in Stationere-court, Ludgate-
street. Mr. Fox, one of the firm, stated, that the prisoner had
dealt at their house only three months, and had in that time uttered
the bills, four in number, and for the amount of between 4130 and
4140, two of them purporting to be drawn by himself upon, and
accepted by, Mr. Cudden, bookseller, in Paternoster-row ; and the
other two upon Mr. Taylor, bookseller, in Fleet-street. It is the
usual practice with booksellers to pay their binders with suck bills
u these, which they mostly take to their stationer, who supplies
them with materials for their business, and receive the value, partly
in goods and partly in cash. The quantity of goods, however, taken
by the prisoner in this instance was so trifling, that the transaction
was almost like discounting the bills. The last of the four they re-
ceived from him on Saturday, for 430, purporting to be accepted
by Mr. Taylor. It did not, however, strike them that the hand-
writing of the acceptance was dissimilar to Mr. T.'s until Mr. Fox
came to enter it on Monday, when the clumsiness of the signature
induced hint to make immediate enquiry respecting it, and it came
out that it was a forgery. The prisoner had worked for Mr. Tay-
lor, but was at this time in that Gentleman's debt to the amount of
450, on account of some bookowhich Mr. T. bad entrusted to him
to bind, but which be bad pawned. The three bills they had pre-
viously taken of the prisoner, none of which bad yet come to ma-
turity, also proved to have forged acceptances upon them; but Mr.
Cudden, whose name had been made free with, it appeared, in fact,
was indebted a few pounds to the prisoner, thougfi he had.given
him uo authority to draw. Mr. Fox then begged the prisoner
might be remanded, as he was not at that moment prepared with
the evidence to prove the receiving of the bills by them from the
prisoner, nor that the acceptances were forged. Mr. Alderman
Tneeursom said, he would remand the prisoner till Thursday, who
offered nothing in explanation.
HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday an oysterwoman, who keeps a stall in the street, was
brought up by a man on a charge of having stabbed him with her
oyster knife. He stopped to take two-pennyworth of oysters, and
gave her sixpence. After waiting some time for the change, and
finding that she was quite vacant on the subject, he asked ber for it.
The woman got in a rage, and demanded twopence, swearing that
he gave her no sixpeuce. He persisted in his demand, when the
woman, without further argument, stabbed him in the arm, and be-
tote he could look about him she repeated the blow.
The defence was, that the complainant assaulted her first.—She
was ordere4 to find bail.
A brace of forlorn damsels were then introduced, the eyes of
each exhibiting the " customary suite of solemn black" with which
the numerous Amazons who attend this office are so constantly be-
decked. The watchman of Eagle-street, who acted as master of the
ceremonies, presented them ai having distinguished themselves over
night, in a pugilistic contest on his heat, to the great delectatiun of
many of the parsers-by, and the manifest discomfiture of others.
In vain had he ordered them to " move on," and to keep the
peace. Alin Attie Mims, the Penthesilee of the fray, continued her
attacks, which were returned with interest by Thalestris Kelly, when
finding that 1. they Would not love off no how." be took them to the
watch-house, and " plaze your Wurtchip," added he, taking a rise
above the ordinary flight of a lantern-bearer, " they are both of
them a continual bore." Tbis clincher was not without its due'
effect, as finding they had nothing to urge in their defence, and that
this was tar front being their first exhibition of the kind, his Wor-
ship committed the pair for 14 days to the House of Correction.
MARLBQROUGH-STREE+..

William Moore, May Murray, and Julia tilenes, were brought
from St. Giks's watch-house, on a serious charge of assault pre-
ferred against them by a young woman of the name of O'Neil.
One of the Beadles stated that on Monday night a disturbance took
place in Lasedles-court, Broad-street, between some of the Irish
that inhabit that quarter. No one could give any rational account
how the riot began, but a woman of the name of O'Neil had been
treated in the most barbarous manner. Some women had wounded
her severely with a poker, others had trampled on her, and Moore,
the prisoner, had kicked her in such a brutal manner, that her life
was despaired of. Several surgeons had been attending her during
the night. She was nearly in a state of iusendibility, and could not
speak, but occmictually laid her hand on her breast, and appeared
to have received some severe bruises on that part of the body.
The riot took place in the house where a woman had killed her
husband six months ago. _ _

Fieanor O'Neil said her mother and another woman bad a quarrel
last night, between nine and ten. Different parties came to their
assistance, and engaged in fighting with one another. One woman
struck her mother repeatedly on the head with a poke:—the
*over Murray dragged her out by the hair of her bead, while the,
other kept beating her most unmercifully, and Moore kicked her
with his feet. •

The prisoners were ordered to be detained in custody till the
fate of the unfortunate woman should be ascertained.

MARY. LA-BONNE.
Yesterday, Robert Newton, footman to the American Ambassa-
dor. was brought before the Magistrate, charged with robbing
Ric:hard. Roberts, butler to his Excellency, of 410 in notes, and
two sovereigns.
The prisoner, who appeared in very low spirits, mid nothing in
his defence, and was fully committed.
Mu Glover, a hacksey-coachman, was put to the bar, when Mr.
Brothers stated, that on Tuesday evening as he was passing down
the New Road, the defendant we. driving on the wrong side, and a
Gentleman driving his Wintry on the opposite side ; and, on his at-
tempting to pass, the defendanterossed, and came in contact with his
chaise, shivered it to pieces, and both witness and his friend had
nearly been killed. Mr. Darby, of Connaught-place, said, he never
saw a more wanton outrage, and, if the coachman had not pulled II
his horses on their haunches, the Gentlemen, pony, and chaise,
lam have been dashed to pieces. The defendant said his rein,l

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the habit of breaking the reins themselves, to serve, as gn
you hive been wee to !steak the felts yourself. 1 shag go,
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repairs of the chaise, Which is £3 its. 44."

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QUP.EN-SQU A RIL
Tug That Ativs.----Jaiget Mies, a shoemaker; was charged no
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breaking several windows in the Rose and Crown publicises,. "
Dartmouth-street. The prisoner, who was muck locoerl
forced himself into the tap-room, and having quarrelled lel* ser
ref persons, they tamhouse,
ed him out- of the and be thenhetti
the windows hi goeadao. An (doer was sent for, and the raw
went into h eeerks. Dray means were used to restore itho,
was bled copiously, bat without effect; and, being to all appewnei
dead, his yaw was tied 'Nand be was laid out In a shell which k,A
been obtained from the Poor-house. Scarcely had they pert
this last act of kindness, when he jumped out of his wooden hake,
tion. and assaulted Patmore, the meltable, to whom ht sue 2
thump in the eye. Having agreed tipsy lits. for the broken %tit,
doves, he was discharged. • ",
'Mary West, an unfortunate girl, aged just 19, Was chargAii„
Thomas Redmond, a watchman, with deeping on the steps of sun;
gentleman'gdoor in Park-street, Westminster. She applied to the
watchman to suffer'her to stop, having a complaint, and being quits
"unable to walk farther on. The prisoner, it appeared, was tented
out of her wretched home (No. 45, in the Aknonry) on Morel,
night, since which she Lad walked the public streets in all the bit.
tense's of distress and sufferinz. She stated that her father, wt.,
then lived in Baldwin's-gardens, near Gray'-inn, died about mein
'months ago last June, and that soon afterwards her mothtr-itt4sw
had turned her out of doors, when necessity drove her 1,-, the
town. Making of umbrellas was her only trade, but work bez.ittie
I dead, and at the very best it enabled her to live but scantily. •
Mr. Wnert.—When you found yourself out of work, why did
you not try to get into service? As to your getting there now,
it Is impossible, for there appears to be nobody to recommend you,
Now, unfortunately, I have nothing to do except to send jou to
Tothill-Gelds, as a common vagabond. I shall send you there for
a month; as that will perhaps be better for yourself than if I wtre
to send yogi for a less time.
Soon after Iklr. Mau&aun's return to this office, from his inter.
view with the Under Secretary of State, concerning the-coounitril
of Dickenson, be was applied to by Jane Ferriday, Mr. Dickenson
reputed daughter, who stated her residence to be in Nurth-street,
Manchester-square, for leave to visit her father in Tothill-fields.