Star.
London, England, 1827-05-25 00:00:00

TOWN-HALL

The owner and driver of a hackney coach wu summoned for
furimis driving, cud wiaaultir.g Mr. Fitch, cabinet maker, of Old.
street•toad, and hi► wile and sister. The plaintiff was driving in
his chaise, on Sunday evening, clown the nigh-street, Borough, .t a
slow liaceoni his own Ede, cause tb the kh b, accompanied by his
wife and sister, when -the defendant endeavouring to pass b tween
tlit chaise and a star coach coming in a contrary direction, in the
attempt brake thcaltafts, and threw out the females, why were se-

,verily Itticred. In his defence, Savoy said, he instil lush te we
down a Gentleman going by the Dover teach; hat that being no
excuse fur endangering the lives of his fellow createres, h, a,a
fined los. fur furious driving, and held to hail lac the mama.
UNION-HALL
Yesterday two me* were brought ap to this once bs anted,
the former charged with rubbing his employee of a vadaty
perry; consisting of door cloth, turpentine, bee,'-wax, aatd;
latter with receiving the same, knowing them to have bees swim
The prisoners were fatty. committed.
An 06cer In the Navy Was charged by his wife with having gti
serted her. The Lady stated that she had been married ea.*
,defendant three years, but that of Ire his affections seemed to
completely weaned from her by SOON designing woman, whit whoa
she had every reasua to believe her husband was then living.
The Dcfendant.—l deny the latter part of her kern:Wet. It a
true I have left her, but the reason is. because she is a vile and
abominable drunkard. She is drunk morning,
and Men;
sad nothing shall ever indent. me to live with a cusimult draokart
Can we be separated, fur the sooner the better.
The Wife.—l am ant a drunkard. IT I take a pin of bi.er
the count of the day, It is as mach as I do.
Defendant—Look at her face, and who can sty that his twf
chock-fullsf grog•blossonts ?—( Laughter).
The most prominent feature in the wlfe's fact certainly etliblui
a variety of angry looking pimples ; but whether they pree,a,k
from strong liquor, was another question. The defehdantdrew the
attention of the Magistrate to her nose as a proof of km Wei g
drunkard, by saying," Lank at the Wee bottles on her mom ; tan
are as thick as they Imo lay."
Magistrate—We have Nothing to do with either grothieweamer
bluebottles; you ate Wend to support your wife, and drams*
live happily togedatt, it will be the better course as wparatemi
allow her a maintops**.

The defendant =dials wife seemed to be perfectly agreed alt dut
point; and a MINA friend was deputed to make the necessary
arrangements for that purpose.

Such is at once the prodigious swiftness as well as re.
sistance of fatigue which the dromedary will undergo,
that the Arabs affirm that it will go over as Muth
ground in one day, as one of their swiftest horses add
perform in eight or ten.
During the late scarcity Of fodder in the Midland
counties, great quantities of hay have been parchated is
London, end which, after being conveyed by water car-
riage into Warwickshire, yielded a profit of three and
four pounds a load.
Da CA newt Accuserr.—Yesterday morning, a dread•
ful accident occurred at Butler's Wharf, Horselydown,
which had nearly proved fatal to two individuals, h.
bourers, employed on the wharf. A vessel, called the
nivel-leo, belonging to the Irish Shipping Company,
was lying off, taking in logs of mahogany, which were
lowered by means of a wheel•crane, which it construe!.
ed similarly to the treadmill, the only diff:rence being
that the men working the crane, are in a round bet,
about sixty feet in circumference, and by treading is
brackets the machine goes round, and raises a pAnder-
Gus weight; and to lower it, the men mn.t treid back.
wards. Two men, named Jones and Davies, were at
work inside the machine, lowering the logs into the
hold of the ship, and while in the act, one of the logs,
weighing two tons and a half, suspended at the end at
a chain, being ton heavy for the .trength of the men,
it ran down with great velocity, tutning the crane
round like a fly-wheel, with the poor fellows
and all attempts to arrest its progress for some seconds
were impossible,'the men mast have fallen six or eight
times the height of twenty feet. On the crane stopping;
the unfortunate men were taken out to all appearance
dead. Surgical aid was called in immediately. but it
was found necessary t convey them to Guy's Hospital,
where they are lying in a most dangerous condition,
the inward injuries being of such an extensive nature.

BIRTHS

The 15th instant, the Lady of Captain George Probyn, sofas
Hon. Company's ship htioeria, a a sum
Friday, at Catair, the Lady of Lent:-Colonel Grey, Royal Scso,
Greys, of a daughter.