Star.
London, England, 1802-05-20 00:00:00

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Bow S retrr.—Tuefday evening one of the
numbered Smithfield drover! was brought to this
Osce, charged with cruelly beating and ill ufing
tome lambs, %OM:1i he was driving on Friday hit,
in Holborn. It appeared, that as the lambs flop-
ped to drink at the channels, the in mer, with a
large flick, 1)c:a them about the head in a moil
barbarous manner ; that he then turned his dog in
among them, and on their turning about, occa-
ii,nest by the dog worrying them, or not going
in the dire Linn he war:el, repeated his favage
treatment. The charge being clearly proved, he
was convided in the penalty of zos. which the
Mag;ttrate lamented that he was able to pay im-
mediately, as it deprived him of an opportunity
of tending him to the boat: of correction, and
having him publicly whipped.
Many complaintshaving been made refpeaingone
Mary Davis, a pretended fortune-teller, in Crown-
court, Prince's-ftreet, Soho, a warrant was itfued
againft her as a rogue and vagabond, on the infor-
mation of a woman who had purpofely been to have
her fortune told ; and who Rated, that on her go-
ing to the prifoner's apartments, in Crown-court,
anal telling her fie was come to have her fortune
told, the was fliewn into a clofet, and Mrs. Davis
read in feveral books, pretending to confult an old
globe, after which the told the woman the was
about 37 years of age, that the had been dilitp-
pointed in love feveral times fince the was 15 years
of age ; that the man who was now paying 11:r
add:cries to her had a light pair of eyes, but lie
would not marry her, and It was doubtful if ever
the ftw him again ; but another man, whom the
never had leen, and who was worth a confideratde
rum of money, would pay his addreires and marry
her in a Ilion time ; that he would nut live long,
and would leave her the greateft part of his pro-
perty, on which, together with what the already
plirerfed, the would be able to live comfortably
the remainder of her life: and for this ridiculous
(tory the paid ts. 6d.—There was not one word
of truth in this Rory, as the woman is upwards 1
of 4o years of age, is a widow, and has been twice
married. The officers who took Mrs. D. alfobrought
two women to the of of very refpetable ap-
pearance, who were in her apartments at the time,
and produced near one hundred old books and
almanacks, and an old broken globe, which the
prifoncr ufcd for the purpofe of carrying on her
deceptions : one of the women whom the officers
found clofeted with Mrs. D. is te wife of a man
of confiderable property in the ieighhourhood of
Wools% id:, which place the confeffed the had left
that morning in purfuit of Mrs. D. for the pur-
pofe of having the nativity of her fon call, who
is abroad, to afcertain where he now was, and to
know his future deffinv ! The Magifirates difmif-
fed her, and told her to go home and take care of
her family, and not to come fo many miles to
walk her hufband's property. The other lady is
a mantua-maker, and Paid Rte had come to Mrs.
D. to know when the fhould be relieved from tome
&mak troubles ? The Magiftrates likewife
dif-
miffed her with a reprimand.

Mrs. 1). conleffea that the had lived a number
of years by this praftice ; upon which the Magill
trates convit9ed her as a rogue and vagabond, and
committed her to l'otbilfields Bridewell till the

Gut LDHALL.—Yeflerday a women was examin-
ed, charged by a labcuriag man with felling fome
new cheefe, for which he paid her, as for two
pounds, but, fufrthing the weight to he fall; he
applied to the itreet-keeper, who had the cheefe
weighed, witch was deficient three quarters of a
pound. he was committed to Bridewell for a li-
mited time, and the weights (which were at the
rate of I: oz. to the pound) were deftroyed.
VHITECHAPET..—YeIterday Thor. Brennan, alias
Dillon, was again examined, on fufpicion of divers
highway robrietir.., in particular with robbing a
fitilor rf fourteen guineas. He was committed
for re-examination.