Star.
London, England, 1825-12-27 00:00:00

WELSH POOL BANK.

A meeting took place on Thursday, 22d inst. at
Welsh Pool, consisting of the residents of that town and
neighbourhood, who being fully aware of the ruinous
effects which must be produced if the notes of the
above Bank were withdrawn from circulation, and being
fully impressed with the high respectability and great
wealth of that firm, expressed their entire confidence in
it, and pledged themselves to receive their notes as
as usual to any amount.
TEES BANK, STOCKTON.
The revolution of the times has had an effect upon
the Tees Bank, the firm of Messrs. Hutchinson and
Place. This Bank was established 1785, and has hitherto
withstood every shock against which it has had to corn-
bat. The principal difficulty which they had to en-
counter existed in the suspension of Sir Peter Pole and
Co. which was accompanied by heavy losses from per-
sons to whom they had advanced considerable sums,
yet the faith of the country remained unaltered.. How-
ever, the subsequent failure of Sikes and Co. and con-
sequent misfortunes, have compelled them to sus-
pend payment.
There has been a meeting of the creditors of Lash-
mar and Co. who have discovered, that upon the wind-
ing up and final balance of accounts connected with the
concern, a surplus of many thousands will remain with
the &rm.—Sussex Advertiser.

Tuesday, a female was committed to Downpatrick
gaol, on suspicion of having been concerned in the
murder of Miss Anne Stott, of Hillsborough. This wo-
man had been a confidential servant of Miss Anne Stott,
whose regard for her was so strong. that she had in-
serted a clause io her will, leaving her 121. per annum
during life, with a cow, and a large quantity of house-
hold furniture. Some time after perfecting the document,
she, for some cause with which we ate unacquainted,
parted with her servant, and, it is said, expressed
an intention of revoking the bequest to which we have
alluded above. Miss Stott also received into her house
a very worthy well behaved young woman, the daugh.l
ter of a respectablefarmer named Fergusson, rather in
the character of a companion than ut a servant, anti
this modest and unassuming girl was assassinated in the
very bloom of life, and left weltering in her gore beside
her murdered friend and protector.
FALL et HOLlSM—Wednesday afternoon, a dreadful
occurrence took place in" Nelson-street, Birmingham, by,
the falling down of two houses recently erected there,
in consequence of u bleb one person was killed and four
others mere more or less injured. The houses had been
very slightly built, and about nine weeks ago an arch,
which had been run over a cellar, gave way. the ac-
cident was repaired, and the buildings run up and closed
in. A few days bincg the same src!ta second time gave
way and fell into the Cellar. The building, however;
was still considered safe, aed on IVednesday five persons
were at work in Minns parts of it; two of them in the
cellar, cleaning and bringing out the bricks, wtten about
four o'clOck in the afternoOon the whole building sod-
denly gave way, and fell with a tremendous crash,
burying in its ruins all the persons on the premises.,
Four of tie men succeeded in 'Making their way out
Nirhout veers ing any material injury, but the etherl
remained beneath the rubbish. A number of perions
'immedi ttely set to stork to remove the mass of timber
and bricks, by which the *unfortunate man was over-
Ott lined, but nearly An hour and a half elapsed before
lie could be lound, and he was at that time quite dead.
the name of tile deceased is Pailip Haines, and 'be i-
-4bout '2O years of age. The buildings are unit Lly dis•
troyed, all the walls having faller. completely les wit/
tl:e 81 ouud.

POLIC4 JNTELLIGEFCE.
GUTIANIM4,_
ittsanzmitur.—TreMesea.•fetren. sallecting clerk to Messrs.
Watson and Co. wholesale lace-nten, Gutter-lane, .was charged
with defrauding his employers.'
The prisoner had been 16 tifik-finplby about eiglit years, with a
handsome salary, and upon** tilariftery that he bad not accounted
for certain suats money he had recetved, he absconded a few
days ago, and les Herd,field. the officer, was employed to
apprehend him. erdsfield prows about the prisoner's dwelling-
house at 1 loxton, to little purpose, until twilight on Christmas.
morning, when, being satisfied from some circumstances that Fen.
rar was at home, he told .a milk woman who was passing that some
milk was wanted at that house ; the woman knocked, the door was
opened, the officer rushed in, and the prisoner was found hiding'
himself in an attic.
Mr. Burnside, of the firm of Watson and Co. produced a hook
containing two entries in the prisoner's band-writing, that he had
received, en the 6th October, 391. Bs. of Mr. Griffin, of Leicester-
square, and, on the 17th November. 501. from the same Gentleman.
Mr. Griffin was then called, who proved that the payment to the
prisoner on the former day was 611. and on the latter 631. 58.
Mr. Watson said, be was generally resident at their factory at
Nottingham, and that the prisoner had never accounted at the
time, or since, to him or any of the firm, for any other amount
than he had entered in the books.
The prisoner offered no defence, anywas committed for embez-
zling money he had not accounted foe.
Ames Lee, a well-dressed young man, was charged with breaking
into a warehouse occupied by Mr. Crook, the auctioneer, in Sea-
coal-lane. On Saturday evening two of Mr. Crook's men went to
depositin the warehouse a waggon load of goods, when they found
the dooropen ; one of them went to procure a light while the other
kept guard at the duJr, when the prisoner rushed gut, and ran
through Fleet-market, but was secured. On his person was found
a quilt, which had been stolen from the premises, and aho some
skeleton keys, phosphorus box, matches, Etc.' A quantity of
goods had also been removed to the door, to be conveyed away.—
The prisoner was remanded.

BOW-STREET.
Thomas Spring Rice, Esq. M.P. arrived at the Peacock, at Is-
lington' on Saturday night, by one of the northern coaches, and
having called a hackney coach, he saw his luggage safely deposited
and ordered the coachman to drive to hie house in Upper Baker-
street, Portman-square. On his arrival there, the lion. Member
paid him his rare, and left him to deliver the luggage to his ser-
vants. The coachman, however, kept, whether wilfully or nut
can only he matter of inference, one trunk back, and drove away
with it. This trunk contained, among ether property, 5851. in so-
vereigns. The Hon. Gentlenno, on missing the trunk, gave in-
formation at this office, and Salmon, an officer of the establishment,
commenced an inquiry, and in the course of a few hours, he ascer-
tained where the coachman was to be found. He took him into
custody, and he at once confessed that he bad the trunk, but de-
clared that he did not discover it for some time after he put Mr.
Rice down, and that it was his intention to return it. Salmon
got possession of the trunk, and luckily found the contents in storm
goo. The coachman underwent a prince examination before Sir
it. Buono yesterday, and the time (four days) within which it
is imperative on a hackney coachman to deliver at the.llackney
Coach Office any property he may And, not having elapsed, and
he persisting in his statement that his intention was honest, he
was discharged.
Mr. Rice liberally rewarded Salmon for his services, and spoke
in high terms of the activity of that officer. •
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HOLTPAY Srxrfnats.—Mr. Benjamin Betterill, an adult water.
gilder, was brought up from St. Clement's watch-house, charged
with having endeavoured to perpetrate a salute on the cheek of one
Mary Gabagan, without the consent of the said Mary being first
had and obtained.
Mary Gahagan is handmaiden at the celebrated Clare-eourt
sktp-bengers,—where Gentlemen of large appetite and link means
get themselves handsomely stuffed with boiled beef and its.vege-
table concomitants at a very trifling expense. In this slap-hangery,
Mary had been toiling all the live-long day, and night, of
Saturday last—sometimes bending•over a steaming furnace, fish-
ing up reeking dabs of cabbage from the tumbling flood be-
low; sometimes mixing up jorums of tear-provoking mustard ;
and ever and anon gathering materiel for the lien day's soup
by scraping the 'scraps from the platters which had done their
duty ; when, about ma o'clock on Sunday: morning, just as
she had est her kitchen in order, she heard the dulcet note. of those
minions of the moon, 'yelept " the serenading the sleepers
of Clare-court, with " Love's young dreim." It was a fastourite
air of Mary's, and she went forth to listen to it; but she Dad
scarcely reached the melodious group, when this impertinent water-
gilder placed himself by her side, and began to be very particular
in his attentions to her. " I beg you will keep your distance,' said
Mary to the water-gilder; but the water-gilder would not, he
said; and throwing his arms round her waist, be would have in-
flicted a salute as aforesaid, had not Mary took him a good sowed
box on the ear. The box on the ear turned the water-gilder to the
right about as it were; and Mary took that opportunity of taking
to her heels, with the intention of regaining her masters slap-bent-
ery ; but the water-gilder, with his ear still burning with the box,
followed close behind, and treated her so roughly before she could
get to shelter, that she sailed for the watch, and the watch came
to her call; and the obstreperous water-gilder was taken to the

watch-house fur his pains. -
In his defence be alleged, firstly, that 11Isty's statement was
totally false; secondly, that he had nn-intention of obtruding his
,attentions upon her; thirdly, that she insulted his friend; fourthly,
that she gave him in charge to the witch besause he asked hers**,
the insulted his friend ? fifthly and lastly, that she was abroad widow
her &nag, and of course she was none be believed.
Sit;
.111011AZD dame told, him, firstly, that ber being abroad
without her bonnet was nothing to him ; secondly, that having
nothing but her character to depend upon, doe was nut to be in-
sulted as though 4h* had no character • thirdlr amblastly, that, as
the insuk and assault bad been distinctly sworn to, be .must find
ball to answer it al the Sessions.

M ARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Afrod Spencer, a young man abaut eighteett years of age, and-of
the most respectable appearance, was charged under the Vagrant
Act with having exposed his person to two young females.
It appeared from the evidence of the young women, that while
they were engaged in the ship of Mr. Lewis, a jeweller, In Jermytt.
strain, the prisoner and his brother came to the window, and there
committed the offence with which he was charged. Mr. Lewis
said he was willing to overlook such conduct, provided the defend-
ant would make an apology. The defendant, however, said he Was
innocent of the charge, and that if he median apology, he should
admit having committed an offence of which he bad aot bees-guilty.
Jbe blegistrate said. that the...evidence Wai.so.clear and so COO.
elusive against him, that he was bound to convict him as a rogue
and a vagabond.
He was then committed for 14 days to Tothill
MARY-LA-BONNE:
Patrick Riley was charged with a robbery, and Mirth' and join
Maguire, were charged with assaulting the watchman, aad attempt-
ing t. rescue Riley.
It appeared that Riley. having stolen some wood from the pre-
mises of Mr. Marr, a builder, of 13, Dorset-square, h. was pur-
sued by a watchman, named Smith, into York Neils. where seve-
ral men came to the assistance of Riley, among whom were the
two hirsute's, and they beat the watchman, and inflicted several
wounds on his head. Martin Maguire shouted out.—" beat their
eyis out r Other watchmen, however, came up, and the three
prisoners were secured.
Riley was remanded. in order that additional evidence might be
'obtained orthe robbery; and the other men were ordered to and
good bail for their appearance at the Sessions.

UNION-HALL.
A pale faced looking man, named James Watson, was yesterday
Liam.' halm U. J. CIiAMBIMS. Esq. from St. Saviouri watch-
Aram; puller these circumstances :
the prisoner was apprehended in Red Crow-street, Sauthwark,
'fie preceding thorning, for leaving his wife chargeable to the pa-
He
had twice before deserted her and been twice punished.
er the first offence he was confined one month, far the second
o, in, Brixton House of Correction. When he was conveyed to
catch-Louse on the present occasion, his wife was in attendance,
wham he threw a large sheet of paper, in order that she might
oy it, on which the following appeal to the feelings of he
&meltable was written in large letters:
" Three hu::dred miles have .1 travelled within a fortnight in
search of employ, but was uuable to get any. Walking such eas
Lance, and b-lug in want of victUXls neatly the whole of the time.
has reduced me to such a weak state that I am unehle to work.
I have a wife :and two small . children depending on my exertions,
*Mk are nearly redi:ced to a state of starvation. This induces me
to appeal to those who feel for real diuress. Any person thinking
there is the least deception, may satisfy themselves by taking the
xouble, as I will either accompany them home or give them
my direction." .
The covetable intercepted-the pap er,which evideenly waif intended
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to be placid uu the pritorxesiorv-4,4—, paultioiea it. Wort the

'Magistrate, who qow asked If the pris-mPr 111.1 in,:thinz M ,if,t
btainadnesdaefrido7intheNpotrtisinognserl,gusgilivirein.gta;:latTeeoont
in defence? it hring Intimated that his wife could not he found to
state his desertion. - -
AcfnelhaltigioiTtasgllletnofgtrilehtiswehtaaastring been seized with illness on the knot,
which had reduced" him to his present condition—and, roam.,
ibis snivel in London on Saturday, when he round that ma 'wit:
.had been receiving parish itlfef, but that it was his intention
to
provide for his fanstly.
The Magistrate queitioned illeartbout his means of obtosolot a
livelihood, but received no iathractory answer.
Gale, the beadle of St. esavlotresilesated th it the prisoner win a
very idle chararter, and that the placard was intended to obtain
tonrey from the charitable.
The prisoner was committed tri Mande for three months, owe
the Vagrant Act.
An ill-looking woman, named lifordri Waders, and herdsorstor
a child about seven years old, were charged with !heft. 'rive
for stealing some pork from a shopkeeper in Kent-agreed and :be
latter some tripe from a shop in the same street.
The elder prisoner was stopped in Kent-strert,on Satord:ty ten,
ing, with a large basket,contaltaing a variety of articles of to„,f, writ
as pork, potatoes, &c. among which were the things behin, to
the two tradesmen, who were now unwilling to appear, New' 1;,21
the Magistrates Bent for, having been told that the senior prisnuer
was instrecting tier child to commit depredation the tradesnreu
in the neighbourhood in which she resided.
Ills Worship told her, that her conduct in thus bringin; La htt
offspring was so shameful that he was determined to have dtc c 4,:
fully investigated.
On the arrival of the parties who owned the property, they were
examined, and were afterwards bound over to appear again the
mother and daughter, both of whom were fully cmutultred f .r • riaL

The Archbishop of TUAM has been indisposed, :et his
Palace of Tuam, for the last ten days ; his illness, how-
ever, is not of an alarming nature.—Gaway
Arverliscr.
Commodore VDonough, of the American navy,
died on the 10th ult. on board the brig Edwio, on his
return home from Gibraltar. Ills funeral obsequies
were celebrated with great pomp at New York. *Ch:
Most distinguished honours were voted to his mensoiy
by the corporation of that city.
At Shiplake, near Reading, on Saturday, Carr,,:l
Methwin and a Gentleman of the ranee of Harting:ol
were beating a turnip field for game, when a hare co;
up, and Captain Methwin dischargr d his gun, ;he con_
tents of which entered the head of Mr. H ir ,0
was coveted between two hedges. The wounsle' G-n-
-tleman fell, and he was conveyed back to Shiplakeurk
no hopes of recovery.
Last Tuesday, as Mr. Arnold, and mu of his &A.
dren, were returning to St. Neots, from a visit.in
folk, the hoisres suddenly took fright in New Zealand,
Cambridge, and overturned the gig ; the children woe
not seriously injured. bet Mr. Arn was thrown out
with such force, that he died soon after.