Star.
London, England, 1821-06-16 00:00:00

POLWE

!wool, a baker, residing at Hampstead,
was charged with sending to the Military Asylum seventy-severi
quartern loaves, thr,e hund-cd and Mirte•n 01171C.S cod a .7"rr!er
short of weight! The defendant pleaded guilty, and prayed for
a mitigation of the penalty; but the Magistrate told him it was
not his first conviction, and the offence was aggravated by the
fraud being on a Charitable Institution. He should therefore
convict him in the full penalty, amounting to £l5O. Ile then
pleaded for time to pay it ; but the Magistrate told him the law
only allowed of twenty-four hours; when Colonel Williamson
said, that as he took about £2,000 a-year from the Asylunt, the
penalty might be deducted from his bill. The defendant then
left the Office, saying he would consider what course to adopt.
GUILDIIALL.--.-CI(IYYLTY TO ANIMAIA—MT. Martin, the Mem-
her for Galway, appeared yesterday at this Office, to substan-
tiate charges of cruelty against two fellows of whose barbarity
he had been an eye-witness, and who, upon his complaint, had
been summoned upon a previous day. One of them, however,
only made his appearance, a decent-looking young snap, named
Cox, residing in Bishop's-court, Old Bailey. Mr. Martin stated,
that his attention was arrested in Giltspur-street, on Monday
last, by a great crowd, which was drawn together by the brutal
treatment that the prisoner was inflicting upon a horse, in the
shafts of a cart, which was backing out of a narrow court. lle
said hr was well used to horses, to dill/inn and to s,e driving,
but he had never witnessed such barbarous treatment to that
noble animal before in his life. The fellow seemed to be making
an exhibition of himself by the cruel manner ia which be was
beating the ani.nal. Ile had intinired in the neighbourhood as
to his character, and he was sorry to say it was very far from
being remarkable for humanity. The prisoner admitted striking
the horse, but wished to deny that it had been done in the cruel
manner described by Mr. Martin. That Gentleman, however,
expressed his readiness to verify that statement ta, on oath ; but
there appearing to be some doubt how far the ISlaaistrate was
authorised to punish for this offence, as the law now stands, and
the prisoner expressing hi. contrition, and promising not to of-
f. nd czar, the Magistrate, at the desire of Mr. Martin, permit-
ted him to go at liberty, after bestowing upon him a serious ad-
manition to beware of the repetition of the falnc... A warrant
was granted to apprehend the tuner individual against whom
Mr. Martin had preferred a similar complaint, but who had not
attended agreeably to the summons served upon him.
Bow-srazto.—Thantels 11790 d was charged with stealing a pair
of glass decanters valued at three guineas, the property of Sa-
muel Mann, of lienrietta-street, Covent-garden, where he went
on the 13th of May last, and ordered the decanters for Mrs.
Lee, the hou.aakcaper at the Stama-.'li •e, to whom they were
to be taken fur her to look at. The shopwoman took them :
the prisoner conducted her down the area of the Stamp-office,
and said he would take them up to Mrs. Lee ; but, instead of
that, there is no doubt but that he merely walked up stairs, and
went out of the principal entrance to the Stamp-office. Yester-
day morning, t,- the shopwoman was passing throligh Northum-
berland-street, in the Strand, she observed the prisoner, when
she in the most spirited and firm manner seized hint, called for
assistance, and he was secured and brought to the Office. Another
charge of a similar nature was exhibited agaiast him, and it is
supposed be has been carrying on depredations f, r some time,
by the same means, the Stamp-office being admirably adapted
for such deceptions. In some cases he pretended that he was a
clerk in the Stamp-office. Ile wasleinatided.
MARLIWROUGH-STRCET.—Yesterday, Elizabeth .:Iferks, a young
woman, about 22 years of age, and of very respectable appear-
ance, was brought to this Office, charged by several respectable
inhabitants of Paddington and Its neighbourhood, on suspicion
of stealing their children, and rubbing them of their wearing
apparel. The crime was attended by circumstances peculiarly
revolting and atrocious ; the poor children having been kept
away from their afflicted parents for weeks together, and turned
off by their brutal kidnapperrin a state of perfect nudity and
nearly starved. From the number of children that have been
stolen, it is thought there is a gang of these wretches who subsist
by the sale of the clothes. The next examination of the prisoner
will take place on Friday next, she being remanded till then.

Yesterday morning, between three and four o'clock,
a fire broke out in a showman's caravan at Bow fair,
in which were several wild beasts for exhibition. It
originated in a part of the caravan used as a tenement
by the keeper, in consequence of his having incau-
tiously gone to bed and fallen asleep with a lighted
pipe in his mouth. Horses were at length applied to
the portable dwelling, by means of which it was hur-
ried into a pond which was fortunately adjacent, and
where, after a short time, the fire was extinguished.
The wild beasts were all saved, eacept a poor bear
and a monkey, which were suffocated by the smoke.
The astonishing performances of the celebrated
Ventriloquist, Mr. ALEXANDRE, continue to be wit-
nessed by the most fashionable and crowded audi-
ences, at the New Theatre, King-street, St. James's.
The rapidity with which this Gentleman has acquired
a knowledge of the English language, sufficient to
give his performances in that tongue, is surprising.
The applause he nightly receives is the best proof of
the satisfaction his performances give. To those who
have not had an opportunity of witnessing this sin-
gular gift of nature, the present affords an immediate
one, which may not offer itself again for a consider-
able period, as this Gentleman leaves the metropolis
at the commencemert of the ensuing month, and will
shortly return to the Continent.