Star.
London, England, 1824-08-30 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

a/ESE-STEALING —Saturday, Ames Robinson, who had been re-
manded on a charge of horse-stealing, was again brought up. The
officer by whom the prisoner had been taken into custody, stated,
that be had heard bim offer a bode in Smithiield.market for £lO
which was apparently worth £3O, which caused the witness to in-
quire of him how he came by the horse? The prisoner said, he
would bring him to his master, who gave him the horse to sell, and
took him to a public-house fur that purpose, but instead of produc-
ing the owner of the horse, he attempted to run away; he had
since stated, that the horse bad been given him to sell by a person
whom he did not know, who promised him half a guinea fir 4 his
trouble ; and althoulih the prisoner bad been a week in custody, he
had not yet given any better account of himself, nor produced any
one to speak to his character.
The prisoner, who is a young man, and has much the appear.
ance of a groom, when asked to give some account of himself, re-
mained quite silent.
The Alderman (Sir CHARI.►s I:sowEnl said there could he no
doubt the horse was stolen ; and under all the cireu,risr.inces of the
case, he considered himself bound to detain the prisoner another
week in custody, to give time for further inquiry.

lIATTON-GARDEN.
Harry Breeze, a portly carbuncled carpenter, was charged by Mr.
Dicker, landlord of the Red Lion, St. John's-street-road, with as-
sault and battery. It appeared that " Mine Host" had beep obliged
to have recourse to the Court of Conscience ,for the recovery
of a heavy wet and blue ruin bill to the amount of 17s. and a frac-
tion. This procedure so incensed the Knight of the Augur, that he
came on Thursday evening with summons in hand, pushed himself
into the bar, and exclaimed, " What does this here paper mean,
you bid ?" and, sans ceresnanie, knuckled his cranium. Ile next
laid " violent hands" upon Blrs. Dicker and her daughter, and the

result was, that he found a snug ream in the watch-house, bat,
was afterwards liberated on the *murky of Mr. Whittaker, a
pastrycook in I.loyd's-row ; who, on the same evening, had a
dreadful rencontre with Read, the officer, because he prevented /us
wife 'looming away.
William Merrill, the waiter, proved the assault, and Mr. Breeze
was caUeil on for his defence : a Your llonour, its all false, falbe
false ; all w tng."
Mr. Rocess, the Magistrate, seemed to think it right, and or-
dered the accused to find bail.

CHARGE or Assort.—Saturday, Mavy Pickering, who resides in
Castle- treat, Saftion-hill, was brought up, charged with stttind Let
house on hre, under tather singular circumstances.
1111Iliam Denna swore, that on Friday night, about half.p, s; ttst
ti cock, he was attracted by the cries of " fire" from the p.,sAca-
gers, and on going to the house, not finding any pevon prepared to
open the door, be fat it bis duty. seeing the urgency af the east,
to have the door broke open. On entering. the house with ti.e
watchmen, he found it quite deserted, and the parlour in a .444.
of
conflagration. lkds, mattresses, and a variety of other ;:rtickc
were mod deliberately placed in a situation which exims, d th„t
to destruction.

A respectable woman in the ne:uhbourhood deposed, teat nn th,
prisoner, Pickering, leaving her house, with a woman named Thotit.
son, they looked through the crevices of the window-shot,.,es, any
they both exclaimed, 1. les all right, it's as safe as can ht." net a
few days ago, Mrs. Pickering insured her house and furniture fot
£2OO, at the Flicenit Insurance Fire Office. She was reiii.uated
until the fire offices head tn prove her itiutitiry.

Thursday, siz publicans appeared at the Whir Hair,
Brentwood, to answer to several informations laid
a:;ainst them by two common informers, for selling
beer and liquors in earthenware mugs and glasses, coil,
trary to the Statute. Tile mobility of Brentwood, to the
number of from 250 to 300, understanding that these
men were to appear, prepared rotten eggs, pails of
filth, &c. &c. to greet them with, and they were so en.
raged against them, that after insulting them for three
or four hours by the most opprobrious epithets, they
took them away from the constables, and, although
they beg:z,ed for mercy, the mob were inextrable; they
threw them into a filthy black ditch at the back of the
White Hart, and then pushed them into tubs of water
to clean them, and in that state they were conducted
before the Magistrates, when the stench was so great,
that the Gentlemen were several times obliged to leave
the room. After the business, the informers were afraid
to leave the town, and a!thcugh the tlagiattates read
the Riot Act, the mob would not dispel e, as they were
determined to give the informers another ducking. After
a tong time, the Magistrate's, with a posse of constable.,
conducted the informers through the town to the Fleecc,
Brook-street, where they locked them in a room ; bre:
while the constables went to get some refreshment, se-
veral persons got in at the windows, and dragged the
informers out, when, not thinking them sufficiently
clean, they took the' liberty of s ashing them again, by
drawing each of them through a pond three times. The
constables could not leave them till late at night, when
they took them a mile on the road and returned. They
had not got through Romford before the uatchmin
took them np:
Sunday night, the 22d instant, It. Cotter, tenant to
S. French, Esq. was murdered, under circumstances the
most lamentable. It appears that five men, all rela-
tions, had assembled at a public-house in the vicinage
of Cove of Cot k, where they continued till twelve o'cicck,
when the deceased separated from the company and
went home. It was observed•by one of the party that
he had a bottle of whiskey in one of his coat-pockets,
which circumstance •was made a pretence to visit
him; accordingly they went, and having rapped at the
door, demanded that the whiskey should be ►hared, but
this was peremptorily refused, on which they hur'.t in
the door, pulled the unfortunate man out on the road,
and in the most savage manner dashed large stones on
his head, and jumped on his belly, until his bowels were
forced out, and he was thee thrown into a ditch. The
ruffians who committed this barbarous act absconded,
but a person named Toostrey, one of the party, has sur-
rendered, and afforded such info! mation to the Magi-
strates, who sat on Monday at Cove, to investigate the
transaction, as will, no doubt, lead to the discovery of
the other three.

THE CLASSICE...--A. Gentleman going down to East
Grinstead, sat a short time cheek brims I on the box,
with one of those worthies, a knowing coachman, whom
he found (as he at first thought) not nselely well, brit
classically educated, from the frequent use he made in
his discourse of Latin quotations, probably got by rote.
After a deal of conversation, the Gentleman inquire.! of
him if he were well acquainted with Virgil in the ori-
ginal ? Virgil ! Original I (says he) there. is but one
coach called the Original runs this road, and Bill I)ralce
drives that !" The Gentleman's laughter and sal prize
lasted until they seached a change of horses, where John
immediately applied to the ostler, " I say, Dick, do you
know what coach Virgil drives?' " Virgil—Virgil
(cries Dick, scratching his head) I only knows one of
the name, and he keeps an Lonmoner's shop opposite
St. George's Church in the Borough.' —Literary (Aram.
A Gentleman, hearing of the death of another—" I
thought," said he, to a person in company, " you told
me that fever was gone or?'—" Oh yes, re-
plied the latter, " I did so, but forgot to mention that
he was gore off along with it r.
Some time ago, as a Ludy of the Fortescue
who possessed great personal charms, was walking
along a narrow lane, she perceived just behind her
hawker of earthenware driving an ass with two pAnniess
laden with his stock in trade. To give the animal and
his master room to pass, the Lady suddenly started
aside, which so fi ightened the poor animal that he ran
away, but bad not proceeded far when he unfortunately
fell, and a great part of the crockery was broken to
pieces. The Lady in her turn became alarmed, lest,
when she came up to the man, he should load her with
abuse, if not offer to insult her; but, to her surprise,
when she arrived at the spot, the man, with great good
humour, gallantry, and wit, exclaimed—" Never mind,
Madam, &sham's ass was frightened by an angel !"
O'Neil, who fought the other day with young Burn, after leaving
his chum, Langan, at Salisbury Races, attended Southampton
in company with Goulding, who calls himself the Bristol Vomit ;
thence they went to Winchester, and on Friday O'Neil wai ca:l -
mined to the City prison (Winched:a) to take his trial for robtnn;
an old Irkh labourer, who had been at harvest work in that Leig:t-
bourhood, of a sovereign, while in a public-house.