Star.
London, England, 1830-04-30 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Mr. Wilson, a builder, residing in the New-road, St. George's
East, appeared before Messrs. Walker and Hardwick yesterday, to
answer a summons, issued against him by Mr. Sibley, the district
surveyor, who stated that the defendant had put a hew front to •
house, and refused to pay him the fee he was authorised to demand.
Mr. Horsley, the solicitor, of Berner-street, Commercial-road,
appeared on behalf of Mr. Wilson, and said he had a complete an-
swer to the charge. His client had already paid the fee to Mr.
Mason, the late surveyor, deceased, from whose son he had a letter,
which he produced, to confirm the fact. Mr. Wilson, he said, em-
ployed a great many men, and rather than discharge them in slack
times he sent them to work upon his own property ; consequently
his houses were a long time in finishing. The window of which Mr.
Sibley complained was but the completion of that which had been '
previously designed.
Mr. WALKER asked when the fees were considered payable ?
Mr. Horsley said, that the general custom was to pay the fee when
the building was roofed in.
Mr. Dempsey, and several other extensive builders, corroborated
that observation.

Mr. {BALER thought that the better way would be not to pay
the fee until the building was finished.
Mr. Horsley said, that in that case the surveyors would often go
without their fees entirely, for some persons would still keep their
premises in an unfinished state.
Mr. Osman, the chief clerk, said, that the usual custom was, to
pay when the roof wus put on.
Mr. Sibley said, he did not contend for the original fee; he was
entitled to a fee for the insertion of the front.

Reference being made to the summons, the putting up of the
front was found to be described as an " alteration and addition ;"
but the magistrates were of opinion that such a description could
not be maintained, unless 31r. Sibley proved there had been ano-
ther window preliously fixed, which he was unable to do, the one
In question being the first. The case could not be sustained, and
they must distniu it.
Mr. Horsley said, it was most vexatious in Mr. Sibley to summons
a respectable man under the circumstances stated, and he thought
that he ought to pay Ins client's costs, if the money only went to the
poor:box.
The magistrates said there was no poor-box there, but blr. Sibley
should pay the coat of the summons.
The parties then left the office.
The builders who were present seemed to consider the case of great
importance, and watched its progress with intense interest.
A second summons was afterwards heard against a gentleman
named Temple, which did not cotnplain of the non.puyment of a

fee, but of a party-wall, which was not raised to the height required
by act of parliament.
A gentleman who appeared in behalf of Mr. Temple endeavoured
to prove that the party wall in question belonged to another person,
but failed. He then produced a number of letters, one of which
contained the following expre,sion in relation to the surveyor's fee :
—" If the request of Mr. Sibley were not complied with, AIL S.
would make an application to the magistrates respecting something
which would affect Mr. Temple in a very different manner."
Mr. Ilaanwicx asked Mr. Sibley what he meant by that ? To
him it appeared to imply that if Mr. Temple had paid what was
asked nothing would have been said about the party wall.
NIL Sibley said it bad no allusion to the party-wall.
Mr. HARDWICK said there were features in the case he did not
like, and he should dismiss it. He could not bear anything like
compounding offences against the statutes.
The surveyor then retired, appearing to be greatly chagrined.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROBBERY AT MADAME VESTRIS'S Yesterday information
was received at this office from Madame Vestris that a robbery had
been committed at her residence in Chapel-street, Mayfair, under
the following circumstances :
On Nl'Ldnet.day morning Madame Vestris, it appeared, ordered
her footman, a youth who had been in her service hut a short time,
and whom she took from a public-house in the neighbourhood, to
get ready her cabriolet and to drive her to Drury-lane Theatre,
where she had to attend a rehearsal. Upon arriving at the Theatre
she desired the footman to wait for her, as her stay would not ex-
ceed one hour. At the expiration of the time mentioned, Madame
Vestris left the Theatre, and was surprised in not finding her ca-
briolet waiting at the stage entrance. A search was made in the
neighbourhood for the footman, but no trace of him could be
discovered. Madame Vestris, considering it to be a mere act of ne-
glect, returned home. Upon proceeding to her drawing-room her
suspicions became excited in consequence of mining her purse. A
strict search was made, but without any success. The purse con-
tained three ten. pound notes and twenty-eight sovereigns ; and upon
a further search taking place it was discovered that several articles
of bijouterie were stolen' besides a lace veil worth about 10 guineas.
Suspicion fell upon the footman, and upon an inquiry being made
it was ascertained that be had returned directly from the theatre, and
making some excuse, proceeded up into Madame Vestris's drawing-
room, and having purloined the various articles of property he in-
stantly decamped.
Upon the above information being given Avis was instantly
despatched to endeavour to discover the offender, and although an
active search has been made he has not been able to apprehend the
offender.

The exact amount of property taken from Madame Vestrls has
not been exactly ascertained, but is considered to be very con-
siderable.

From some private information which the officers have received
there is no doubt but the offender will be taken into custody.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Maurice Davies, of Tabernacle-square, Shoreditch,
cheesemonger, was summoned by Johnson, the notorious informer,
for suffering a cask to be placed on the footway pavement.
Brooks (Johnson's cad) swore that on Tuesday last, about ten
o'clock in the morning, he saw a cask on the footway pavement
opposite the defendant's house. He inquired of a woman in the
shop if it belonged to her? and she said it did, and offered to sell it
for a shilling. He again passed the defendant's house at half past
eleven, and saw the cask still standing there.
The defendant said the cask did not belong to him ; his wife had
previously sold it with some small boxes for 2s. and the man who
bought it left it on the pavement till he fetched it away with a
truck.
Mr. TwYrono—But what do you say to your wife offering to
sell the cask to the informer for a shilling if she had sold it to any
body else ?
Defendant--Oh, that is very easily explained ; the man who
bought it was a dealer and gave a very low price, and my wife mis-
took the informer for a gentleman—(a shout of laughter)—therefore
thought she could get a better price for it.
The fatal mistake caused the defendant to be convicted in 40s. and
costs, which he refused to pay, saying he would rather go to prison
then suffer such fellows to rob him ; but, upon finding that a dis-
tress warrant against his goods would be issued, he with much reluc-
tance paid the penalty.
Mr. T. Ball, Fore-street, Cripplegate, bricklayer, next appeared
for permitting a quantity of rubbish to be placed on the carriage.
way in High.street, Shoreditch.
He was convicted in 40s. and costs.

Defendant—Forty shillings ! flood GOD ! what for ? Alertly
for suffering a hatful of rubbish before a customer's door. Wh
an imposition! Is that justice? Where's the fellow that laid this
information ? (Brooks here stepped forward.) Oh, you are the
chap. Pray, have you no other way of getting your living than
going about robbing the public in this vagabo d manner ? (A roar
of laughter, and Brooks turned upon his heel, and walked away.)
Dear, dear me ! what a system of robbery—worse characters than
highwaymen. (Laughter.) is there no wa► of getting off ?
Mr. TwTroab—You may sppesl to the sessions.
Defendant—Appeal! GOD bless my soul, what an alternative !
The remedy is worse than the disease. If I get over the fellows I
shall be ten pounds out of pocket. 1 had better pay the money at
once.

The defendant worked himself nearly into a fever, and after look-
ing at his money several times he at last reluctantly paid It to the
clerk and left the office, holding his pockets as he passed by John.
son, Brooks, and Co. and looking at them ,very significantly, which
caused much laughter.

MURDERS.

MURDER AT GLASEIOW.—it is our painful duty to announce
another murder perpetrated in this city, which dreadful occurrence
took place on Saturday night, in Shuttle-street. The unfortu-
nate victim is the wife of a porter, called William Bl• Feat, who,
there is the strongest reasons for believing, deprived her of life with
his own hand. About seven o'clock on the night:in question the
female was observed in the street in a state of intoxication, merrily
leaping and dancing, to the amusement of some boys and girls
who were standing round, and she afterwards went into a house
below that in which she and her husband resided, where she re-
mained till her husband came home shortly after, who was also
very much the worse for liquor. On seeing her husband her mirth
instantly subsided, and with great trepidation she went up stairs to
her own house, apparently very apprehensive of the usage she was
to receive at his hands, experience having formerly taught her the
brutality which he exercised towards her and the family while
in a state of drunkenness—a vice to which both husband and
wife were unhappily much addicted. They had not been long
in the house when the neighbours were alarmed by her cries ;
but, as brawls between them were very common, little totem.
lion was paid to the circumstance. the was heard to cry out
several times, " Oh ! do not kick me on the side in that way;
don't kick me, don't kick nee." Shortly after all was quiet; and
the people in the neighbourhood considering that they had again
agreed with each other, never thought of entering the house. In
about half an hour, however, a little girl, one of their children,
came out, and said to the people below that her mother was dead ;
on which one or two of them went up. On entering the house
they found the husband, M'Feat, sitting smoking by the fire,
and his wife " stowed," as they express it, into a corner of
the bed. A female went forward, and felt that she was
breathing, though apparently in a very ldw state. Al• Feat, who
had not paid the slightest attention to them on their en.
trance, now turned round, and asked, " What all that noise was
about ?" On which the woman and those who accompanied her
became so much frightened that they instantly retired. Nothing
further occurred until a man, an acquaintance of AlTeat's, went ac.
cidentally into the house, and found it lying in great disorder, with
marks of blood on the floor. Ile asked what was the meaning °fall
that ; to which 31 Teat made an indistinct reply. Ile then examined
the bed, where he found the poor woman in a dying state; and
after waiting for a short time saw leer expire, after she had emit.
ted several deep groans. On telling the husband the fatal circum-
stance he replied that if she was dead he would have to die for her.
The police were then called in, and he was taken to the police-office,
whither the dead body was also carried shortly after. An examine-
tion of the body was made by Drs. Netlson and Corkindale, when it
was discovered that two wound. had been inflicted on the abdomen
with a sharp instrument ; and several marks of blows were also exhi.
bited in various parts of the body. Her lower extremities were covered
with blood. On Monday, M•Feat was placed at the bar of the po.
lice court, when, on inquiry, he stated to the magistrate that he
was forty-seven years of age, and had been born in Glasgow, but
was brought up in the parish of Drymen. The magistrates
said he had been brought there about an unpleasant affair that had
taken place, to which he replied, "he could not help it." It was
then intimated to him that he would be taken to the Council Chain.
bees for examination, and that a noddy would be provided for the
purpose of conveying him there as quietly as possible. The un-
fortunate man was then taken away. He appeared perfectly resigned
to his situation, and behaved in a highly becoming and meek
manner. In a short time after he was conveyed to the gaol.—
This unhappy affair is one of the many instances that occur of
the awful effects of an addiction to ardent spirits. In conse-
quence of the parties being drunkards their house was a
perpetual scene of contention and strife. On more occasions than
one the deceased had been expelled during the night by her husband
in a state of nudity ; and her own conduct was so uniformly outra-
gsous that it has been found necessary to confine her in Brielewell
several times, and she was only liberated front that place a few days
ago. She has left two children. Since his apprehension 31`Feat has
several times said he " expects to be hanged for what he did to his
wife."—alospote Chronicle.
HORRIIILR MURDER AT BUCELAXD.—On Monday last an
inquest was bald by Mr. Caine. at the Castle inn, Ncrochehill, on
the body of John Lane, aged twelve years. It appeared from many

witnesses that for a long period past the father of the deceased, wbn
is a small farmer, living at Headman's Post, in the parish tat Bud,
land Saint Mary, near Chard, had treated him with extraordmarf
brutality, such as flogging hint with a rope, at other times with 4„
enormous stick, and occasionally by kicking him. His treattuen:
of the child was such that the latter was induced in some
instances to go from him and beg for sustenance and prole;
tion among the adjacent neighbours. He was very diminutive, ant
looked languid, but notwithstanding his father compelled hint a,
work, and on Friday last he was seen in the morning churning butte,
In the afternoon, at three o'clock, he waa seen assisting his fall:b-r
planting potatoes. At six in the same evening the father hailed ,
person who was travelling over the hill at a short distance, and on :!i•
approach of this person, whose name is John Ball, he informed him
"that there was a dead body there." On inquiring who it was I,
said, " It was Jack," meaning his son. Ball went into the field, where
the unfortunate boy was lying under a hedge. Ball knew theboy,spult-
to him by name, and asked hint to get up. The sufferer said,
can't." The father then took him, and, without any hesitation,
threw him off the bank on which he (the father) was standing, into
the ditch ; after which Ball got over, and lifted him up out of t'.e
ditch, in which there was some water. The father Mtn acne
over, and shook his son, and desired him to stand, but he ;vs,
unable to do so. The father then struck hint a violent blow on
the forehead. Deceased never spoke afterwards. Two other per.
sons came up about this time, one of whom saw the blow t
flitted; the other, George Bryant, of Curland, said, "Fann^r
Lane, you have used this boy cruelly bad, and I think he'll die it,.
fore the morning." Upon which the wretch said, " I hope t.)
Oon he will." Bryant said, "If he does 'he'll be crowned, and
you'll be sent to prison." After this an attempt was made to put
the deceased on a horse, but it was found impracticable to susta'n
him thereon, upon which Ball assisted to bear him for about forty
yards, when the father took him by the arm and dragged hiut •
about ten yards more. He then took the son on his back. Ti •
boy's eyes were closed, and his legs hung down, as the 11
described it, " like thrashele." lie carried hint hotne and ca.
lessly threw him on the floor. The unfortunate victim of this
tality, as we before stated, never spoke from the time of reed%
the blow on the forehead, but languished until Saturday murnh,,
at seven o'clock ; and, notwithstanding the poor creature sts
in the state described, he was not noticed by his father or tr.otlar
front Friday night, at nine o'clock, when he was put to bed
his two little sisters, until six the next morning, an hour before it-
breathed his last! Mr. Weadon and Mr. Spicer, respectable i,.
dial gentlemen of Chard, attended, and whose testimony was suet ,
in addition to that before adduced, that the jury, after slight Ines
ration, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Jau.,,
Lane, who was thereupon committed to ilchester gaol, by virtue ca'
the coroner's warrant, to take his trial accordingly. The investig...
tion lasted front half-past twelve at noon until nine the same vs C.'.
ing— Taunton Courier.

The City was thrown into great consternation yester-
day by the announcement of an extensive failure, ‘vhicu,
for the moment, absorbed public attention. The ..Ii;h:
depression cf. the Funds which ensued was ascribed tf.:
this circumstance rather than to unfavourable aceounti
respecting his Majesty's health. As the party in (Ines-
tion was of the highest respectability, and stood in hici.
credit, it was anticipated that this event would retitle:
the discounting even of first-rate bills difficult, for hardly
any othors are negotiable.
Accounts from Calcutta to the 7th of January arrived
yesterday. The failure of the house of Palmer and Ca
had excited the deepest interest ; the amount is variously
stated from tno to three millions sterling. One firm
states the debts at :100 lacs of rupees (three millions
The partners have taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act
and trustees have been appointed. Mr. Palmer is chose!,
one of the trustees. It is expected that a dividend et
10s. in the pound will immediately be declared. The
failure will be severely felt in Europe; two or three com-
mercial houses in the City are mentioned as sufferers for
considerable sums ; they are, however, too powerful 1,,
be seriously affected by the loss. At the West ead
the town, and among the retired Officers of the truly au.l
the civil service, the failure will have a severe effect.

We have received Canada papers to the 26th ult.
Canadian Courant of March 24 says—" We regret to
obse.ve by the last Quebec Papers that the Cwrency
Bil! will in all probability lie over for the next session of
the legislature. This delay will be attended with a se-
rious loss to Lower Canada, as there is every reason t,.
suppose that, in the course of another year, the 'le-
teriorated coins, now no longer a legal tender in Upper
Canada and current in no part of North America at s
value within 16 por cent. as high as the nominal value
in this province, will pour in upon us ; so that, before a
remedy can be applied, we shall have the total loss ac-
cruing front this coinage laid upon our shoulders."
The port of Antwerp is crowded with merchant ve,-
, ads; manufactories are multiplying at Liege ; and Brus-
sels rises, as if by magic, to the level of the finest
, capitals of Europe. The manufactories of Ghent are-
' daily increasing; in number to such a degree that the
consumption of coals, which, in 1819, amounted t.)
twenty millions of kilograms, amounted in 1829 to fifty-
, six millions. The population increases throughout the
kingdom ; a pretty clear proof that the country is ust
so badly governed, and that the Belgians do not, as b:
Catholique as.erts, eat their bread steeped in the:
tears.

The Spanish Government seems to have resolved
annihilation of the smuggling trade of Gibraltar, ha% in
rebuilt the fort of Santiago, near Algeciras, and mounted
it with 24 pieces of cannon of hoavy calibre ; nay, it is
busily engaged in restoring all the works on the old line%
of Saint Roche.

The Lisbon Gazettes to the 18th of April, received this
morning, contain, in an extract from the Correio
Porto, tho regulation respecting the opening of the wine
market, fixing the price of the first quality of Port wine
for shipping at •15 dollars per pipe ; the 2d quality at li
dollars; and 3d quality, for consumption of Douro, nt
12 dollars; and tl•e refuse at 10 dollars.

BIRTHS.
In Russell-square, the Lady of S. J. Capper, Esq. of a dauOter
—ln Grosver.nr-place, the Lady G. Cholmeley of a son aid h. ir.—
In Baker-street, the. Lady Clarina, of a two.

MARRIED.

At St. 31argaret's Church, M'estminster, F. 0. Francis, Esq..;
Retina'Latreet, Russell-square, to Louisa, daughter of C. Christi:.
Esq. of Halliford, Mithilesex.—At St John's, Hackney Mr. -1
Colts, of Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, to Elizabeth, scar--
daughter of the late Mr. F. Kahl.