Star.
London, England, 1826-10-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCTOZER 24.

John Bell, James Riley, William Hamentoiee, and
William Stoker, were indicted for assaulting George An-
drews. It appeared that the prosecutor was sent to an
auction by his master to purchase some bricks ; but
having purchased a wrong lot, his master, as soon as
he learned what he had done, bestowed a hearty kick
upon a certain part of his person for his pains, and sent
him back to the sale room, to endeavour to rectify his
mistake. As soon, however, as addressing the auc-
tioneer, he made known his luckless blunder, a general
laugh pervaded the room, and a number of persons,
amongst whom were the defendants, described as be-
longing to a society called 4, the knock•outs," got
around him, and so completely begrimed his face with
soot, that no part of his countenance was recognizable
to his nearest friends, save just so much of his nose as
had been held while the ceremony of japaning was
performing upon him. So great was the uproar pro-
duced by this proceeding, that the auctioneer was fain
to make his escape from the tumult, by leaping out of,
the window.

Mr. Pumurs having called witnesses who proved these facts'
Mr. Ataxy, foe tbe defendants, produced others, who swore that
his clients were not the parties who bad perpetrated the outrage.
The Jury found them all Guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN sentenced them,to pay a fine of 51.
each, with liberty to speak to the prosecutor; in other
words, to pay between them either 201. to the King, or
WC to the prosecutor.

William Paile was convicted of wantonly assaulting
John Duckworth, and another, for which he was sen-
tenced to pay a fine of 251. in each case. '
David Andrade was indicted for a nuisance, in keep-
ing a tripe and dog's meat boiling house in High-street,
Whitechapel.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the prosecution, called several of
the defendant's neighbours, who swore that the smell,
which almost constantly issued from the' premises in
question, *as intolerable.
Mr. ALLEY, on the other side, contended, that the
defendant was not liable to.an indictment for a public
nuisance (however he might be liable to a civil action),
because his business might be disagreeable to one or
two of his immediate neighbours,: if it were not offen-
sive to the public at large; and to prove that such was
not the case, he called several of the inhabitants of she
same street.—The Jury having acquitted the defendants
The CHAIRMAN advised him to adopt some measures
towards abating the nuisance, as itimquestionably ex;
posed bim to serious consequences, should his neighbours
think fit to proceed against him by civil action.

• Dtrumars.--Thursday, at College-street Police
fee, Dublin, a Mr. John Holland was directed to immediately
find ball to stand his trial, for having placarded a Gentleman named
Valentine Borchill, and otherwise endeavoured to provok! him to
fight a duel. They were both bound, before they left the. Office,
in the sum of 1,0001. each, to keep the peace to emelt other, ace.
At Hastings, a few days since, a youth threie a quan-
Itity of lime into the face of a little boy named Cabby,
'some of which entered the right eye, and in a few mi-
nutes destroyed the cornea, the iris, and the pupil of the
organ of sight.
Two hawks of the common species having ventured
near the tower of St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, 00
Saturday week, they were surrounded by twelve jack=
dews, who commenced a most determined attack on the
intruders: They continued buffetting the hawks for
nearly half an hour, confining their flight within a cer-
tain circle; and though the unfortunate birds of prey
tried every manceuvre to escape, they were so roughly
handled that the passengers who witnessed the singular
exhibition expected every moment to see them fell to
the ground. After the jackdaws had somewhat gratified
their revenge, the hawks were suffered to wing their
flight in a direct line, of which they gladly availed
themselves, and retreated to their native wilderness,
evidently in a very exhausted condition.
Notwithstanding every precaution that could be de-'1
vised, drunkenness continued to prevail among the
troops in one of the forts in India; when it was at
length discovered that the soldiers' wives were in the
habit of steeping their flannel petticoats in arrack,
and then wringing them out into vessels, by which de-
licate means the hitherto undiscovered supply had been
for some time introduced.

TAs Ganz AND THE Gam:mt.—The following
curious circumstance happened on Monday se'nnight,
at Mogan, in Cornwall. A poor man named Blight,
had 12 geese and a gander, which were fattening for
sale at Redrnth fair on Thursday. He saw them on
Monday evening. They were in prime condition, and
in the pride of his heart he was calculating the hand-
some sum he should receive for them. Alas ! little did
he imagine that he was then bestowing on them his last
" look of love." When he went to revisit their domicile
in the morning. the geese were gone;
Gone I—dike traces from the deep—
Gune !—like sceptres grasped in sleep !"
He stood like one bewildered—recalled the realm-
brance of their beauty and their fatness, and the still
more touching recollection of the grains he had given
them—and again gazed on the happy spot where he
had last beheld them. but " they were not," and nothing
was before him but the blankness of desolation! And
as one living thing in a solitude makes it yet more
gloomy, so was the misery of the Wall heightened by
the presence of the solitary, bereaved gander, around
whose neck was fastened a small bag, in which the
owner found a shilling, and a slip of paper, containing
—not.a pound note, but the following exquisite stanza.:
Mr. Blight, Mr. Blight,
We wish you good night,
For vre cannot stay any Longer;
We have bought all your geese
At a penny a-piece,
, Aud have left the amount with the gander !

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