Star.
London, England, 1828-09-25 00:00:00

L A MIRTH-Silt ERT.

Thomas liaises, Eliza Arolmo, and Thomas Pierson. Mere charged
with robbing Thomas C. Hunt, a respectable looting 1114111 Of 74
The 4oilella: was estaidizbed to the satisfaction of the Magistrates.
and they were con 111 l itted for trial.
THAMES—POLICE.
SinouLa a • Coster.attry.—Captain Wood, master of a Hakic trader,
named the Alfred, was charged with ili.treating a Captain D4ll
who, at Riga. was put into his ship by the Consul, to b:
brought to England.
The complainant. s tall athletic man, being desired to state hie
complaint, said—" I really, your Worship, don't know whether I
am dead or alive, I was au terribly ill-treated by this man. I hive
once or twice th‘vglit isiyielf deed, and 'post my word. I aen not
quite sure that I am Jive uow."
Mr. Itaiseverres • looked surprised, and said—" Well, Ibis is a
curious reface, but be so kind as to give us as connected a nar-
rative as possible of your complaint. Suppose yourself alive for a
few minutes.

Captain Duff—l ant endeavouring to do se, and have been for
some time doing so. I sailed ten months—no, ft is only eight
months ago, from Shields, fur the Baltic ; I was wrecked-et Memel,
my ship tilled and went down in three hours, and by her going
down 1 104 every thing I had in this life. I was taken a.hore at
Memel, and *confined two months, because they said I was Mild.
When I recovered, they .hipped me for England in this men's ship.
and when at sea he disregarded all my claims as a shipwrecked
Master in the merchant service, refused me admittance is the cabin,
and compelled me to herd in the forecastle among the rest. Well,
I said to him, " Captain, this dun't suit me, and I deserve higher
respect." lie said I was a d--d troublesome madman ; wheri-
upon I challenged him to single combat, and he forthwith knocked
me down on the deck with a chop in the lug ; I lay dead, to all in-
tents and purposes, fur two hours, when I came too. Well, he bat
me again in the annel, and I was again Weil for three hours.
Mr. lisoneate—So, he killed you twice? Captain Duff—Aye,
that he did, to all intents and purposes.
Mr. Barthaartum—And pray was it Mikan' gin, Captain, that
resuscitated you upon these occasions? Captain Duff—l think it
was GOD'S mercy, nothing more. I had some gin among my worm!
to refresh my soul.
Mr. BALLAIITIMAye. so I thought. Capt. Duff (furiously)—.
'D
—n your soul! what do you mean by that—do you think I got
drunk ? Beware—l would advice you to beware; lam only
living, by the permission of Goo,to bring this man to justice. When
that is done, I am off like a shot out of a shovel.
Captain Wood being called upon to account for killing " his
passenger twice, told a lung roundabout story, giving a history of
Captain Duff's vagaries on ship board ; be was not COllttnt with
beating the mate and some of the crew, but he actu Jly thrashed
the pilot when he came river the vessel's side. Ile coosciudrd by
earnestly assuring the klagistrates that the Captain was as mad as
a March hare. _ _ _ .

Captain Duff—What's that you say ? Mail, eh? I)—n me, but
make you eat your teeth. you lubber, I will.
Captain Wood—lle sirauk a gallon of sin iu a week ;sof bilinear
gin, your Worship.
Captain Duff-I)—n you, you lying lubberly Spalpeen; bare.
better, the Bench, I give you a challenge to neurtal cumbat,Ho
(Mew off a large jacket, better known by the term • a north-
wester," and spitting in each hand, would have •' pitched into" the
poor defendant, bad he not bulled behind the heck. en some of the
bystandees. ibis was the best answer 'tumble to his complaint,
and the cha►ge was dismissed.
Captain Duff, upon learning the fate of his complaint, swore that
no law was to ►. had in Kelgiand, and told the: .Uagistrates they
might go and br

- UNION HALL.

Pttcr *Ton, a porter in the employ of Mr. ryford. wine and
spirit itiercham, was charged by hi• master with purloining a bottle
of white Cognac brandy. It appe.ired that the desendant had to
wash sioa►e wine bottles, and the master perceived a batik of
another shape among them uncorked; on clan►u.ing which. be
Miami it cwitained the remains of a bottle of white brandy; hr also
.nie:t the tunic choice uttsie in the breath of the potter, which
coati:toed his suspicions. There being no proof farther, the de
Ilvisitain was di...dm:gra with an admonition, as the case was merely
o►ie of suspicion.

One evening, during the period in which HAMM,
notwithstanding his s•ipet Lame merit; was deserted by
the public, and his ilieratical performances at the Hay-
market l'heatre neglected by almost every body but
the limo, for those of PORPORA. at Lincoln's inn fields,
a Nobleman asked Lord CHRSTRIFIRLD whether be
would go to the Opera? " Which Opera?" said his
Lordship. " Oh, to HasidimCs," answered the other.
" No, my Lord," replied CHESTERFIELD. " I have no
occasion for a private audience with hie MAMITY SO-
trght." •
• Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock,
a fire broke out in lme of the two brothels in Mill-yard,
ltosem ar plane, which consumed the greater part of the
bed furniture. The fire was said to have arisen from a
'quarrel between a drunken sailor and his bedfellow.
lioth were taken to White Chapel. watch-house on the
charge of arson; but the officer discharged ti•em. with-
out even having them brought before a Magistrate..
Yesterday an Inquest was held on the body of the
infant which was found under some dirt and Inbbisk. in
a piece of seam ground, near the new Bethlem Hcoyit Al.
The surgeons who had examined the body gave it as
their 'opinion that the child had been born alive, but it
did not appear to have been murdered. In the course
of the inquiry, a woman named Herbert entered the
room, and requested permission to view the body. It
WAS accordingly sNown to her, and turning it over she
observed, " How they have disfigured kr. 'f tie peen
creature, however, appeared to be insane, and civlci
give no account of the child. The Inquest was ad-
journed till this day.
Mr. MAIN. of Pickett-street, Strand, floor-cloth-
manufacturer, has established a large manufactory iii
the.llovei New-road, in which he makes ffiur.cloths,
and some of these are obliged to be fixed on a scaffold
to. support the article while the workmen perform their
operations. The whole el- Tuesday they had b.en at
work upon . an immensely large cloth in the back
premises, which was raised up as the -workmen pro-
ceeded. and thus a great quantity of it was heaped on
the scaffold, and to this load was added the weight of
about a dozen workmen.—They were just preparing
to leave the work, when the scaffold gave way with a
tremendous crash. and precipitated the whule of thi
unfortunate men to the ground floor, from a height of
upwards of 90 feet. As. soon as pUbbiLIC the poor
fellows were taken. out, when it was found • bet five of
them were most setioutly injured. three IA whom i
WAS necessaty to convey to litiy's