Star.
London, England, 1825-10-26 00:00:00

M ARLBOROUG H-STREET.

Yesterday, C742rles Spikins was brought before Mr. CONANT,the
Sitting Magistrate, by Mr. Bigg, the Overseer of the Parish of St
Giles, for deserting his wife and leaving her chargeable to the parish.
Mrs. Ann Spikins, a young woman of the most prepossessing
appearance, on being sworn, stated that the prisoner, who was her
husband, had for the last *svelte months refused to support her,
and that he had left her in the utmost distress, although she bad two
children to support.
Mr. Winsheffel, of Drury-lane, father of the young woman,
stated, that for the last twelve months be bad been under the
necessity of supporting his daughter, as her husband never offered
to come forward to support her; besides so doing, he had been re-
peatedly robbed by him. He deserted her in a ready-furnished
lodging. On the 14th of Oct. she returned from Prance, in the g reateat
distress, although previous to thit he wrote from Paris that he was
in affluent circumstances, and shouW stay there, but whilst so writ-
ing ,he was effecting his escape, avid kft France under a false name,
and his wh.e behind, to whom I sent £l5 to enable her to reach
England; for three weeks she had no change of linen whatever.
Mr. CONANT, after listening a tonsideraWe time to the prisoner's
observations„observed, that he was very sorry that he should have
to commit him, hut his conduct had been so brutal and disgraceful
throughout, that lie could not do less, as his deserting his wife had
been proved. The punishment awarded for such offences was on,:
11101ith'S hard laLour In the !louse of Cot section. • •
The prisoner, us we understand, is the son of a highly re:Tee:able
ship or stock broker, and who has had several opportunities, from
Ins talents and connections, of being costal: d to live hi a style of the
first respectability; his wife also, independent of her beauty, is
highly accomplished.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
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Mr. Millet, the gardener, whose watchman, John Ryan, had been
brought up the day before, on a charge of having attempted to fire
at two Bow-street patrol, the preceding night, yesterday came to the
(face. and stated that Ry:in bad the pis of for the purpose of protect-
ing his master's garden; and that he was, at the time of making the
attempt to lire, in a skate of intuxicaiunicouttary to his witul habit,


which was eceasioned by a torrrentshing which took plarf
amorist ilia friends, to teltbrate.bia wife's 'arr4val fr m 1r.".140A•
Millet gave Ryan an excellent character, and after a suitable admo-
nition he was discharged.
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HATTON.G ARDEN.
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Mon AND Low BELOW STAIRSe••A Me& Jane Doarry.,,
cook in the service of Humphries, Esq. of. Harper street,
ILA Lion-square, was brought up under a warrant, by Wainwright,
the Officer, to explain to Min Rebecca Filbert, a kitchen maid in.
the same service, tome points upon which " Mrs. Glasse's Cookery
Book," and the " Cook's Oracle,' were defective in information.
The appearance of thz cook, as far assize and bulk, and specially
a peculiar ruddiness of countenance, made a " prima facie" ca4e in
her favour, that if nut well versed in theories, she bask intuitively
and instinctively a practical knowledge of the prominent parts oi
her trade. Miss Rebecca Filbert (the kitchen maid)nn the contrary,
exhibited such a scale of frame, that if the Doctors should hint at
" Consumption," it was certainly not consumption of food.
Miss Rebecca's story was, that in the absence in the.country of
Mr. Humphries and his family, she and the cook were left in charge
of the house, occupying the. lower apartments. The. cook had a
due regard for the distinctitins of society, and accordingly thought
proper to enjoy the " otium cum dignitate." Poor Rebecca slaved
h trd at the polishing of saucepans, and being deficient in the know-
ledge which Chemistry might furnids, the cook took good care to
give her an insight into "AlechaMcs,especi..lly the power of friction."
On Saturday night last, after the polishing work was over, Rebecca
took a saucepan to boil some potzitoes in for her supper (being still
parti-1. notwithstanding the civilization which she received) to the
food which site conceived Mrs. Delany and herself should remem-
ber will gratitude. Mrs. Delany, however, had forgotten " ro-
taro,:s and point ;" and as she had destined for that night this sauce-
pan for the stewing of a few te,ssivus, oyst.ars olcotirse, she became
quite enraged, knocked the " urphys" out of the saucepan, and
broke the sat:cep:in on Rebecca's bead.—Rebecca seemed to feel
mcte for the tb:stri:ction of the ornaments of the head than the
head itself, and fotgetzing the law of taste'" sin/pies stittudil;,"
which the cnisit seemed to construe " Simple among the dishes,"
she produced to the Magistrate a bag, containing a variety of frag-
ments of tortni Jr-shell combs, ringlets, that evidently were not arti-
ficial, but eradicated prematurely, &ea
The Magistrate, after a most patient hearing of the case, ordered
the conk to find bail lot her appearance to explain more satisfactorily
the prerogatives of her ;Act.

James Iluines and WilliGm H.irper were yesterday brought up, in
the custody of Waddington and lisys, two of the Bow-street patrol,
for picking the pocket of Mr. Atkinson Brown, of a silk handker-
chief. The theft was proved, and the prisoners were immediately
conveyed to Clerkenwell Sessions-house, before the Grand Jury,
who are now sitting.
LAMBETH-STREET.

Semen or COCKNEVLAND.—When Mr. Weary had taken his
seat, these was brought before him a youth in all the muniments
of *, sylvan war." This Hippolytus bad been seized by one of the
Bow-street patrol for having committed an explosion in Globe fields.
A Mrs. Clements, a Lady of a voluule tongue, and a portly ap.
pearance, stated that she was, about nine in the morning, seated in
calm felicity in her own abode, when she heard what to the best
of her belief, and as near as she could say, was an earthquake.—
Alarmed as she was at this, she was put out of pain as to the oc-
currence of so absorbing a calamity, but she found that her panes
were put out too. Up she sprang like a roebuck, and fled after the
glassbreaking offenders. She caught a glimpse of them, and they
fled. They were armed, but trusted more to their legs; and they
took different directions in their flight. Impossible, therefore, it
was for her to divide herself into three parts, and she chose one, the
unlucky prisoner, anti him she fairly ran down in Whitechapel. She
seized the trembhcg Cockney by the back of the neck—wrung it
as if it had been one of her own locks—twisted his gun out of his
hand, and delivered him to an officer.
This functionary produced the fowling-piece of the sportsman
from Bow.bell. It bad been a carahine, apparently used in the
wars of .Marlbarough—a great gun of Blenheim. Time bad been
sweet upop it, for it bad honey-combed it very perfectly. The
sportsman himself, on an arithmetical principle, that two is better
than one, had of his owl, ingenuity added a second touch-hole.
After inspection'ofithli formidable piece of artillery, the Magis-
trate called "on the iferusquetaire to explain. He stated in his own
language that he had gone fowling with a couple of friends, when
they saw perched atop
,of Mrs. Clements' house a wild fowl.
Mr. WYATT--What fowl was it?
Prisoner—A sparirdis, please ynor Worship, and a hard shot
you'll own it is, it ybu know anything of fowling. So one of the
gentlenien, not able to withstand so fine a cock-shot, slapped away ;
but being but a young'en at sporting, he levelled too low, and so
he broke the window. Mrs. Clements came out, and at the sight
of her who could avoid running away? So I ran, and was caught,
and I think it hard that I should be here for nothing.

Mr. WYATT observed that the lives and properties of his Ma-
jesty's subjects must be protected against the ebullitions of suck
inexperienced sportsmen, and be was of opinion that the least re-
paration which could be offered was the remunerating the com-
plainant for the damage she bad sustained.
Mrs. Clements was, of course, not inclement, and the payment
of five shillings put an end to all her dolour. Nr. Wyatt gave the
culprit a reprimand, and the gentleman hoisting bis piece of ord-
nance on his shoulder marched out of the office in quick time.

UNION-HALL
Wicks, who, as already stated in the Papers, was charged with
having robbed his employers, White and Greenwell, linen-drapers,
of Illackfrian-road, was brought up fof final examination. Mr.
Har►uer attended for him, and after the evidence against him, all of
which has already appeared, had been gone through, advised him to
reserve his defence for another occasion; be was fully committed.
A patrol, named James Joiner, belonging to Peckham, was
charged with cutting the heads of William Read, a master plais-
wee, and an Irishman named Thomas Coronas, who was in his
employ,in a dreadful manner the preceding night-
The patrol was enraged at some remarks made to him by the
complainants who were rather intoxicated and engaged in a quarrel.
He Crew hit cutlass and inflicted some very severe wounds on their
heads, especially on that of Read, who was almost insensible from
the loss of blood. The wounds were dressed by a surgeon, who
considered ahem serioua,and recommended the complainants to be as
tranquil as possible for a few days, lest a fever ;should come on.
The Maras was clearly of opinion that it was a ht case to go
before a Jury, and be called upon the patrol to enter into his own
recognisance in £4O, a►►d produce a respectable housekeeper to be
answerable for his appearance at the Sessions.