Star.
London, England, 1825-12-10 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS.

KING V. LUCAS.—This was a polished case, or rather
a case about French polish, a certain glutinous matter,
used for the bedizenment of furniture, making it in
short so handsome, that the tespective owners are
afraid of. usiag the r tables, chairs, Stc.when so done; for
our parts, we prefer a.good plain unsophisticated ma-
hogany table,with as pla'n, and as unsophisticated a leg
of mutton thereon to discuss, before all the French
polish, and French dishes in the world; but this of
course by the bye.
Mr. King stated that he had been employed by Mr.
Lucas, an upholsterer, to re-polish certain articles of
furniture in a Gentleman's house; that he had done
them in a good and tradesman-like manner, and had'
been paid his accounts by driblets, till it was 'educed
to it. 16s. for which he now summoned Mr. Lucas, as
he had refused to cash up that sum. On the part of
Mr. Lucas, it was contende.l that the whole business

had been botched ; that King was incapable of doing
hi, work a, it ought to be; that he was himself a man
whit but one arm (in this particular the poor fellow
bore but too good tesimony against himself); and that
the persons he had taken to the house to 'assist hint, were
literally neither more nor less than a eohler, a veritable
mender of shoes; an old wawa, and a awn with the
gout and it was insisted that no good thing could be
expected from such a gtoupe.
At this moment a female started out from behind
the bar, and preun ing herself to the Commis,ionets,
insisted that she was anything but An old woman. A
host of witnesses were present, and had the Commis-
sioners been inclined t• administer a good 1.4 of oaths,
much hard 5.% ear ing woold have been the consequer:cr;
on the part of the pla'ntiff, the old woman, who did
not think herself old ; the:abler, and the gamy Gen-
tleman, who seemed at this time vet y able bodied/ all
bore testimony to the w"rk being extremely well done,
and not only ro, but cheaply One ; while, on the other
hand, a brother polisher was unbrotherly enough to en:
deavour to under valtte the work, both as to price and'
rneasuretwmt ; and sundry labouting upholsterers also
strove to do the same; but the latter, it• appeared,
wete at least ungrateful dogs, inasmuch as they had,
during the job, drank largely of beer and ewe the
expense of the one-handed polisher, and now wereun-.1
polished enough t i laugh at him for tscating them, a id
to endeavour to under-rate his labour.

The Commissioners took infinite pains to come to a'
right decision, and much questioning and cross guts-
ti. ning tuck place, but upon the whose the balance was
decidedly in favour of the maimei poli,her and his
gri,upe of oddities, and the Court being quite satisfied
the money was due, ‘rdered that the 11. 16s. should be
paid In thrcc days.

ArtltTltoßeLAlas Wrpntso.—ln remote country vil-
lages, the customs of our forefathers are retained for a
longer period than where 'society is called more po.
lished, and where custom must bow to fashinn. At
seeedings where parties are in a conditicin to appear
nounted; kiiOsual-for the kid- imaid and other rnA
tre bridegronniand the rest 't -f the me-14, t' rnn•for the
ribbon. A certain house is named as the winning , pp,
and he or She whi first arrives there is declat ed the vic-
tor, and is afiewards celebrated ip the. vilhtge
A scene of this kind:was tab irk*, on .Mondny week.
About eight in the morning; a party eoissistirg of ten
horses, eight men and three women, proceed. din Mus.
grove Church, and about hilt an Isom . after, nine of the.
horses were seers with their riders (lathing for the village
of WArcop. At the bottom of the village there is a low
bridge, and a shall,,w middy tieulet, vocal impregnated
with decompched . matter. 40.13 the turn of thiS toridge
Miss R. led the.van, about to rush jaw the arms of vie.
tory, to teach thegoal and win the /misc. Ere she had
gained the • key stave o' the brig,"- away went the horse,
away went the saddle, and away went-Miss R. in three'
dlfFirent directions; the hone scampered up ttiv
the saddle laid prit4ly on the • bridge, and Miss R.
alighted to ly in the centre of the muddy titer, a dis-
consolate duck or darling with all her honours blighted.
A Church bell of tel hat been made in Cincinnati.
1: hill the form of at :three-sided pyramid, the mouth
1-4.thg triangular is sOpposed to be an improvement
dn common bell, llothlit shape and •material.
'DARING ItosaLni.—Xaptain FltoOD having occasi'n
yesterday to go to .I),4ckHead for the purpose of taking
up a bill; pruceeded along Tooley-street. On getting
about half way down he was beset by lour or fire fel-
lows, who fobbed him of his pocket-brok, containing
notes and cash to the amount of 2371. Ss. 6d.
On the return of Captain R. JOHNSON to his town
house in Wimpole.street, some thieves contrived to cut
away a trunk, weighing nearly lOOlbs. tram his car-
riage, on Wednesday evening, between Hammersmith
Gate and his. trsi•.-f:nrag. 'the trunk contait.ed linen and
sppird. • •

POLICE INTELI4GENCE.
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Ana Awes was brought up by Salmon, charged with stealley
a letter. containing OM laaik-rote.
The prisoner was formerly a latter-Write at the General Post-
office,wbere be was taken into custody. and tried for stealing a later
containing a eo l. note, but the note having been passed by his wife,
Iwho could not of course be *witness against him, be was acquitted.
A letter-carrier for the Obillsk Di;trict. Surrey, named Bateman,
subsequently_got him toassist him in his delivery ofletters, and one
which he so Intrusted to bins. containing a 10i. note, revel-reached
the party to whom it was addressed, and the note'was afterwards
traced to the prisoner's possession. The rase against •the prisoner
*rested principally upon the testimony of Bateman, who Las been
discharges' from the Post office, and who was brought up in custody
to give evidence. Theprisoner, when apprehended, positively de-
eded to 111 r. Peaecuk,thst Post-:lace Solicitor, that be had ever de.
*awed letters for Bateman.
Ile was remanded. Mr. ADor.ruirs attended on his bfhalf.
Yesterday, Codes-ell, the utterer of the sham Bath and Bristol
Dotes, was brought up before Sir R. Mason, and finally examined.
Pe only 'additional ear heard was that of Mr. Bewley, a jcw.
biter, in Sydney's-alley, from whom he obtained a hunting watch
Ind seals in exchange for-one of the notes.
Sir R. Brame said, he had given, The cases against the prisoner
tome consideration, and he was of Opinion that he ought to commit
him fur felony. lie got possession of goods and money by the
presentatiokof a piece of worthless paper, and converted them to
his own use, and he thought that amounted to a constructive steal.'
ing.—Mr. Woods, the clerk, said that some of the complainants'
had gone before the Grand Jury on Thursday, and that Mr. Staf
ford, the clerk of indictments at Cierkenwell, on hearing their
statements, had prepared bills for stealing instead of .fraud, he
being of opinion, that the prisoner was guilty of felony (if of any
thing), in going into a shop to possess himself of any goods on
which be could lay his hands, under the pretence of purchasing.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial, for
grand larceny.
Wm. Wheatley, alias Mr Thomas Hewitt, alias F. C. Smith. Eq.
alias Riildlesseertk. &c. &c. who stood charged yesterday selmight
with defrauding Mr. Gale. a livery stable-keeper, in Oxford-street,
and Mr. Thompson, the proprietor of Thompson's Hotel, Caven-
dish-square to both of whom be passed himself as Sir Thomas
Hewitt, Bart, and obtained credit accordingly, was again brought
op before Mr. HALLa and Sir R. Bigium. The office was crowded.
almost to suffocation long before he was placed at the bar, and it
was said that aloud' every one present had a charge of some sort to
prefer against him.
The prisoner had hired a carriage and horses of two livery-stable
keepers in Oxford-street, but disappeared without payment. Ile
leas traced to. Tunbridge Wells, and brought to Bow-street for ex.
Sisination. The publication ref this examination led to the sequel.
' The chief person who appeared against him was Mr. J. Luce,
sou of Mrs. Luce, the proprietor of Luee's Hotel, at Weymouth.—
This witness deposed that he first saw the prisoner on the Quay at
Weymouth, where he landed from a Guernsey packet, on th- Yd 04
last November. The prisoner was then accompanied by two young
men, for whom, as well as.hintself, be required accommodations at
the hotel, saying that if they were tolerably comfortable they might
remain two or three weeks. So satisfactory did the •accommoda.
dons prove that the party remained till the 16th, during which time
Mr. Wynn, for that was the name by which hewent, got acquainted
with a Gentleman of the name of Fookes, with whom he entered
into a negotiation for a house. Within OA same period he also
bought e number of cows of a Mr. Hare' a-butcher in Weymouth,
which he ordered to be sent down to " Denbigh 'Manorhouse,d la
Wale., directing the route they were to pursue in his own writing.
Oa the evening of the 15th Mr. Wynn called for his bill, which,
amounting to aB3B Os. Id. witness presented him. A draft for ,C3lO
17s. 4d. lay then on the table before him, drawn on Messrs. Jones,
Loyd, and Co. London, in the name of Morgan, Leeds, which the
prisoner in w itness's presence indorsed " It. Wynn."
The priioner at the same time stated, that he was brother to
Mr. Wynn, the President of the Board of Controul. Witness
took the draft to his mother, who knowing the respectability of
the family with which the prisoner claimed affinity, accepted it
without the smallest hesitation, and sent bark the change. The
next morning the prisoner ordered a chariot and pair to take
him to Salisbury, from which place he sent back a check on
Hoare, Barnett, and Co. fur £4 as. the hire of his conveyance.
Oa being sent to London both these drafts were returned, the, one
marked with the ominous words " no advice," the other still more
unsatisfactory, "know no such person." Witness now sat out to
ascertain whether there was such a place as Denbigh Mati,lr, haz.
learned from Bristol that no such place or individual were known.
His next step was to write to the Rich; lion. C. W. W. Wynn,
President of the Board of Controul, in his mother's name. request.'
ing to be informed if the prisoner WAS, as he had represented, his
brother, and if he would be kind enough, if it were so, to forward
his address? To this the following an-w, r was immediately urned:
" Mr. W, Wynn has to Amon :edge to Mrs. Luce the receipt
of a letter of the u3.linstanteand begs to inform her, that lierhA4 i.o
brother of the name of Robert,and that he is perfectly unacquainted
with a Mr. Robert Wynn; and therefore lie Clllll% inform Mrs.
Luce of his address. Beard of Controul, gsth Nov. 18:5."
Witnsos heard no mote of the prisoner. until a few days ago,when
a friend at Salisbury wrote to hint, advisin4 hint to look at the now-
MCCt report in the newspapers. He gild so, and seeing the deterip-
tion of the pristine r, immediately felt certain that -4' Robert
Wynn, Eaq." was in the hands of the law, aad came as speedily as
possible to London.
Mr. }faits thinking the evidence of Mr. Wynn, of the Board of
Controul, necessary. a letter was written to that Gentlemak,tequest •
irtz'his attendance.

att about half au hours Mr. Wynn arrived, when having been
sworn, he said : a My name is. Charles. Watkins Williams Wynn,
and I. Inn President of the Board of Cutitroul. I ant not aware
that I ever saw the prisoner- -before. I hive no brothsr named
Robert, or whose Christian name begins with It. I never beard
of any such place as Denbigh Manor house as the property of any
part of my family." •
This was the whole of the evidence as to the charge of forgery,
md upon it the prietmer was fully committed to take hie trial at
*taut Aisieete for Dorsetshire. He seemed much depressed,
obd covered his face with his hands during the whole of the exa.
iodisation, except when desired to remove them for the purpose of
enabling the witnesses to identify him, and then he shewed great
MIMI:MCC to comply with the request.
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NNE. •
Yesterday, a middle.aged man, named; 'Menu wai
brought before W. Hosea:is, Esq.' the sitting charged-
*ith iibtaiuing money from several tradesmen under false preteuces.
ft appeared that the prisoner, timing the past month, webt
'Ak. John Smith, of one ut the Paddington wharfs, and tal•-ed very
largely of his men, saying be hail hors:s and carts at his command,'
itod had a large sum of money left him a few days before,-and
'acted to introduce him to kis brother, w holm iaid;was steward'
to the Duke. of Not folk, and who Wantr 1 a cIA remain to carry
ma extensive 4tune works for his Grace. Mr. Smith *air:muscly
obliged to him, believing aU he said to be foanded:ohlact.; attd-en..
tered Into some cutiversatiiin, during which the. prisoner said be
`granted to pay a bill of 34/01. hut had not within dl. of the money,
add requested the loan of that don f,,r a day Vetvio. Mr. Smith
citultElot refuse so moderate a demand /ruin so good a friend, and
gave him the money, but never saw hint after; and ascertained that
behest. no reladon at the Duke of Norfolk's; and the story about
mrrying on stone works was an entire fabrication. The. prisoner
obtained from Mr. hiaycock, of Augusta-street, a St. dote. under
'early the same pretence, only varying the name, saying that his
brother was steward to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and an in.
to him would have the effect of putting Issuidreds in,
his way.
It was also stated that the prisoner had duped a great number
of the builders and excavators of Iladdinvein and its vicinity, pro.
mixing tie work of different Noblemen to some, and to others the
excavation of large tracks of land, and the arranging of exteusive
plantations; using such plausible stories as completely to -throw
them off their guard. In one instance be directed an estimate to be
drawn out fur the escaration of a large plor of land, and the foritta
don of a capacious park. .. •
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and we, cenitiesied for.
woad- examination.

UNION.HALL

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CAUTION TO Wosexce.—Yesterday, two journeymen iron.
founders, named Branco and Tarim, io the employ of Messrs.
igatill&leT, the engineers, of Cheitenbam.place, Lambeth, were
brought before the sitting Magistrate, M. Swam, Esq. charged
with leaving their work in au unfinished state, and entering Into
the service of other employers.
• Mr. Maudaley stated, that the defendants were hired into their
service by a verbal contract, at 355. a week. They worked for the
-firm fur the space of three months, and during that period their
condnet was far frees being epproved of, both of them being in the
habit of frequenting Pot4gleaes. settles drunk, and of course neg-
lecting their work. It was the intention to discharge *tient afjer
they had completed a certain job, sheet which they had been for a
considerable time • but Instead of labbl.g the work moray to
agreement, they absconded the day before, without giving ary

rice oe Intimatinn of their design. 'After/Mich diEkulty thvy wcre
traced grid apprehended, having been discovered at work in the
service of other employers. .Air,,Nlauddey took nccasioa to in-
form the Migittrate of the serious inconvenience auCli• conduct as.
that pursued by the defendants pot the fire to. especially as they
had nearly nue hundred men in their employ, many of whom had
been corrupted by the .example of those they were undertbc neces
shy Of apprehending
The defendants made the usual defence of men placed in their
situation, namely, that they' did• oat chnsider they were bound to
remain in Mr. Islawisley's service longer than.they thouzht groper,
as they entered into no written contract.
'I he 'Magistrate observed, :hat they must hive known they were
acting illegally by leaving their work unfinished, putting thr gat!.
Hon of the contract entirely aside, and it rested with their em-
ployers whether tbay should be punished fix the offence ? as. In the
eveor of the charges being pressed, he (the Magistrate) was bound
to do his duty. . I
Mr. Maodsley stated, that ft was absolutely necessary to make an
example, and pressed for their pini4bment.
The Magistrate then sentenced Bram:.h to two months, and Tor-
ten to one month, each, to hard labour in the House of Custection.

m•:=•10p...t.•-••mon.

SURREY SESSIONS.
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Henry Clarke, Thomas !more, Wit. Davis, and Joh*
Callotrag, A tinder twelve years of age, we;e indicted
for assaulting John Wild, a boy, aged nine years, on the
sth of Non last.

It appeared from the evid,.nce of the prosecutor, and
another boy about the same age, that they were com-
memorat;ng the anniversary of Guy Fawk.s, in a held
near Cambet well, and being all well supplied ss ith fire•
wot ks, the defendants, mote for sport than intending any
bairn to the prosecutor. coveted his face with a hand-
kerchief, and setting a light to the prosecutor's pockets
(which cmitained a quantity of cratk.!rs, &c.) he waste
verely burnt, and was in consequence of such treatment
tinder medical advice for upwards of a we: k. The de-
fendants were apprehended by a warrant, and on ap-
pearing at Union•hall, Davis declared as snon as he
was at liberty he would well thrash the prosecutor
his audacity in appearing against his fellow compauious,
for having done what he (Davis) denominated a lark,
which they annually indulged in on the above day
The dcfendants made no defence, and appeared quite ignorant of
any punishment awaking them.
The Jury found them Guilty, and they were severally sentenced
to one month's hard lahour at l3ris.too.

The whole of the easel having been gone &rough, the Sessions
adjourned until the 16th of January next.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING.
FPO tIerJUNIII FOR TUX RIC3tID4 wria.

His Majesty's Stag Hounds meet on Monday, at the Crooked
Iver Heath; Friday, at Farnham Common.
Sir R. Sutton'. Hounds on Monday,"at Harpswill; Wednesday,
at Skillinthorpe; Friday, at illankney; Saturday, at G►eatwelL
The Worcestershire Hounds on Monday, at Ilili Court ; Friday,
at Wyre Piddle village.
The Latigpurt Subscription Hounds on Monday, at Compton
Durville; Wednesday, at Week Hill; Friday, at 114bam Mill.
The Granule') Hounds un :Monday, at Sterchwortb; Friday, at
Thurlow Kennel.

Colonel .lollffe intends relinquishing his crack pack of fox-
hounds, unless the County comes forward to support them ; in
which case his nephew, the Baronet, will take the management..
Lord Derby turned out on Tuesday, at Walton Heath, for the first
time this season. His Lordship has nut arrived at.the Oaks, but is
expected about Christmas. •
•
hlontby last, the 'Worcestershire Fox Hounds threw off on Bre:
don Hill; and, although the vale country lay btieith the spoits.,
men as they ascended, yet. so completely was the'bigli land eater
!loped, not merely in mist and snow, but he clouds, zhat:inothing
thereon, even of the surrounding hedge-rows, could itic.,seep of
04e distance of bee yards. The hounds found ahnost imtnediatcli
bnituteting the cover-and went away in excellent style; but after
aAllaarp run of upwards of an hour, lieynard escaped udder lkiihri
,6f the soosts-fi.ikes, which fell so densely, thsti combined witli-tfin;
impervious obsess: ity of the vapour, not one of the horsemen %Vitt
saw the hounds during the chase, but followed them by the echo
of the tongue...* Several Gentlemen, who rode front Cheltenham=
to enjoy the day's spurt, were unable in " the darkness visible'
to bud the huntzrs they had sent on before them to thccover, arid
were obliged to rt turn on their jaded backs. •

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The Hanthledon Hound., last week, ran their fox so close along
the borders of the Southampton river, that several, of thg-litilseu
bonnie-it crow.led their canvas in pursuit.
PETERSHAM COURSING MEETING-4tessi•alc.r.
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For the Cup. . • . - • .
Mr. Houldsworth's Patriot beat Ms. Jonees'Prg.
Captain Meredith's Wanton best Mr. Geer
Mr. Wyatt's Dancer heat Mr. Fansbasir's*WisktiL.,-•,•:•1-..•:-.'
Mr. Grove's Agile, heat Mr. Luther's Proserrine...
Mr. Dickenion's Laurel beat 3lrz--Wocelcocks Huth.'.
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Mr. Arnold's Jesse beat Mr. UJny's Fly. ,•
In roosting the tie, %Valium', Agnes, and
Laurel beat the other
clogs. Second tic, Wanton beat the two dogs, and won the Cup.
Matches.
Mr. Forsyth's OeceePer beat Majoe Arden's Fly.
Stone's ilenedirt beat Mr. lipbinsur"s Juno.
Major Hudson's Philip beat Mr. Carl:este, Romp: ,
Mr. Beemsn's Speedy heat Alt..Mourhouse's Flora.
Mr. Radcliffe's Nyn:pb beat Mr. Mornington's Defiance.
CRACit :SEIOTS BEAT. . .
A match was made a Week, since, by ,Angerstein, Esq. of
Lentitant I1;11, near Odiham, Hants, for 200 sovereigns, to find
three field .huts, in counties touching, in Hainpahlre, against any
three, of tile New Hats and Ashton Cuba. •Ir was iceeptedri and. oo
Teesdiy the sportsmen sallied forth, who sholild jou most game
from' eight o'clock in the monang undl twi wW.. 'Each man an.
-comp inied a competitor, Ike whole.taking opposite directions. from
Malingley Manor (Mr. Cope's), with a brats ofslogs each :
Cowries. Ils. Pb. Par. Killed.•l • Cunt& Hs. Ph. Par. Killed.
Mr. jes.,,p 12 9 7' 24 • Mr. Harlist 13 9 6 20
Mr. Arnold 9 10 -1— .26 1 Mr. Smith 7 6 6 23
31r. Smitb ••8 ,kl. 6•14 I Mr. Stewart 9 t 29 ,
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it was truly observed, that the Clubs peen had by math the
fewer shots.
PEDESTRIANISM:
Thursday .lait,st Lord's Cricket-ground, a Gentleman of the
Dame of Bennett, the manager of a printing establishment to the
vicinity of rhaniery-lane, undertook, for a wager of one guinea and
the expente of a nipper for,a small party, to wind off, in two bow"
and a half, a line 100 yards in length, from a stake one Web in 411.
meter, drove la the ground, by holding one end of the line in Bill
hand, and running round until the whole was brought into a strati*
line. Having proceeded rapidly in a email:mous circle far die spot
cdiedtime, and but a few yards being then wound off, he discovered
-that Wind formed no idea of the length of his journey. Had be
persevered In his elrculioos travels until the while had been tin:-
wound, he would have performed a journey of nearly 200 miles.
•
Mr. J. F. Rousseau, the last surviving member of
the family of J J. ROUSSILAU) has just. died at Geneva.
Monday evening, Mr. CHA 21.23 SIMPOIONp of the Hi•
bernian Hotel, Dublin, had his. pocket picked at the
The.ttre of a pocket-book, contaiuing 1501. in Rink of
Eriglitud. votes. •
Friday se'nnight, a fire broke out at Meriton Farm,
mar CariAchurcE, the property of the &riot' M AI.•MEI•
111/Illft which, by the prompt attendance of the engines,
was prevented. from extending beyond•the dairy•hous'
and
.stiome outbu Idings. * .
• baionao.,%flite. 3. • are ezirinsely sarry to ball; to lecoed
a most Catastrophe. *A"feagiel of about 1643 toes Was,
earl r' morning, totally wrecked on the south side of
Closghtfr Head, about Ire miles from this putt. One body, whit
"sevetal'sovereigus in the pocket (supposed to be one of her crew),
was washed ashore, but no other _has yet been found. A mote
complete wreck saver was seen ; splinters and trap:tents were scat-
tered along the shore for three-quarters of a mile, and the name
" Swallow, of Bristol," was on one of them.

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