Star.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

POLrea

'n'isgrox-nousa•-r-Yesterday the following :hock-
tug investigation took 'place at this office : A decent
looking young man, a seaman, stated to the Lord
Mayor, that his ;Other, some months since, was
much aicted with the tooth-ach, in coarequence of
which she applied-to a dentist to extract the trd able-
some member. The operator, who was not one of
the most skilful in the profession, after severed unsuc-
cessful attempts to perform the task, broke the tooth
in such a manner, as to render it impossible to extract
the remaining parts. A cancerous affection ensued,
and his mother procured admission into St. Thomas's
Hospital. Here every thing that human skill could
devise was done for her, but in vain; she died in
excruciating agony a few days since, her head having
swelled to a most enormous site. At the request of
the surgeons, the body was allowed to remain at the
hospital until Monday, when it was sent home in a
coffin. The applicant, anxious to know if the proper
of had been duly performed to the remains of his
mother, contrived, with much difficulty, to open the
coffin, when, to his astonishment and horror, he found
that the head had been severed from the body, and
that it was missing 1 He went immediately to the
hospital, and related the circumstance, but Gould ob-
tain no satisfactory information, and he was ailvisAi
to apply to the Lind Mayoreni the subject. The Lord
Mayor ordered one of the officers to go to the hospi.
cal, and in his name request an explanation of this
extraordinary proceeding. The officer returned in
about an hour, with a 'message from the surgeon to
the effect, that the head of the deceased woman had
I been kept with the consent of her husband, who re-
ceived a pecuniary compensa ion for the loss of it !
—The surgeon added. that he would wait upon the
Lord this day. wEen he should be able to Ac-
count veiy satistacecally for the course which had
been adopted. The Lord Mayor seal, this WAS .xactly
as lie expected, and desired the young sailor to be in
attendance at the appointed hour.
HartoeoGituDEN.— Jan Bennett and Bulb Joys,
two young women, servants to Mrs. Wilain, Great
0. mond-street, were brought up, charged, unc:er the
New Street Act, with leeating and dusting a small
bedside carpet in the public street, contrary to the
Statute. The poor girls, with tears in elicit eyes. 'aid
they were very sorry, and should (la so no rut re ; but
that they se ere ignorant of having committed the
smallest offence, in shaking a small bit of carpet,
about a yard and a half in length, in the street. They
concluded by imploring forgiveness. The Act of
Parliament being peremptory, leaving no discretional y
power with the Magistrates,. they were necte.itated
with much reluctance to convict each in the mitigatiel
penalty of 40 shillings and costs.
USION HALL. -A Profasor afar Occult &item was
brougps to the Office yesterday, charged with prac-
tising his an at the Rising Sun, Blaclefriars.road
A constable produced a pack of cards, three cups and
balls, and a magic wand ; and slat, d that he found
the prisoner imposing upon a large company, by pre-
tending that he could tumid' their future destiny.—
The prisoner stated that he had formerly been a
rraarkicr, or rather a cdMr, but had left that occupa-
tion, finding the business of a cc juror more profi-
table ; but as he now Itaand it was an unlawful pug.
suit, he should again take to his atoll conse.
of this premise, the Magistrate discharged Ike*
prisoner.

At Dover Fair. Oti Friday night, a countryman
in the irtvice of Mr. Marsh, was stabbed in the
side with a bayonet, in an affray with a scidier, at
the Three Toas public house, and now lies dange-
rously ill; the soldier bar been committed to gaol
till the result is known. On the same night the stand-
ing of Mr. Shrewsbury, 2nen.draper, was broke open
and robbed of goods to the value of £2O ; and on
Satorday evening, Mr. Peter Sampaort, in the employ
of Messrs. Friend and Co. had his pocket picked of
his pocket book, containing ADS, and several papers.
Sunday evening some villains broke into the house
of Mr. Green. of King-street, near the King's Bench,
St. George's Fields, while himself and his family
were attending an evening lecture at a place of wor-
ibip in the neighbourhood. When Mr. Green recur-
lied home, he was surprised at finding a key in the
street door. It turned out to be a skeleton key, by
sirens of which the robbers had entered the house.—
The entrance of Mr. Green occasioned some noise,
and immediately three men jumped out of the one.
pair of stairs window, and effected their escape.—'
A bed, bolster, and three pillows, with variousartichts
of linen, were packed up ready for removal ; but the
ohly booty that the thieves carried off was a quantity
of copper money, to the amount of £5.
The lonuaing species of imposition has been ri-
mil? prac:ised at liemerton, near Salisbury, by
Elizabeth Kimber, a girl about 19 years of age, ser-
vant to Mr. Andrews. She was taken before the
Rev. Mr. Dust, a Magisirate for Wiltshire, on Fri.
day last, charged by her master sith the following.
:offences—lt was stated, that for four or five nights
'following, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews were greatly
alarmed by load and repeated noises heard in and
about rtie premises, the cadge of which they could
pet discover. The circumstance so much alarmed
Mrs. Andrews (who is now very near her gonfinte
went), that she took lodgings in Salisbury, on
Thursday last. Mr. Andres: s being determined to
,discover from what cause the alarming. noises pro-
receded, procured his friend, Mr. Wiltshire, of Wil-
ton. and five ether men, to sit' up and watch with
him during Thursday tight. The girl sat up With
' them in a large wainscoted parlour. and no noise was
beard till towards morning, when the men, who had
'all fallen asleep; were roused by a violent noise, oe-
aasioned by the falling of a tea-chest, and at that
time the girl was in her seat, and appeared to be ex-
ceedingly alarmed. After some time bad elapsed,
all the men went again to sleep, excepting Mr. Wilt-
, shire, who having some suspicion of the girl, feigned
fto be asleep; and in a short time he perceived her
going gently. to the other side of the room, where
she took up a heavy article of wood, concealed it
ender her spree, returned to her seat, and then threw
the article against the wainscot at a remote part of
the room. Upon this Mi. Wiltshire secured her, and
delivered her Into the custody of Mr. James Holly, a
'constable. The girl soon alter confessed that she had,
made the noises night after night. It is supposed
',that she wasictuatcd.by lame motive of revenge to-
wards her saiptres4. Her mother, :s widow woman,'
withlve other children, was boned for the girl's fa-
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