Star.
London, England, 1826-04-04 00:00:00

M&RLBOROUGH-STREET.

Just as the oSce was about to close yesterday, a diminutive
female, about fifty years of age, and of a very uninviting person and
face, accompanied by a man nearly six feet in height, of no pre-
possessing aspect, approached the Bench, and addressing the Magis-
trate, said—" Please your Worship, I want to know if a marriage
celebrated in a private house in Dublin by an Irish Roman Catholic
Priest be a lawful and binding marriage in this country, because I
believe it is not." The Magi!trate asked if the officiating person
was a regularly ordained Clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church?
Her Male companion answered in the affirmative.
The little woman then bustled about her pocket for some time,
and at last produced a piece of dirty paper, which she handed to
the Magistrate as a certificate of the marriage of which she spoke,
and signed by the Clergyman.
The Magistrate thinking that she was speaking all this time about
her own affairs, asked if that was the certificate of her own marriage ?
" Lord bless you "'said she, " not at all: it was not me that was
married, but this good man here;" pointing to her sullen friend by
het side. " The thing is this, yoUr Worship ; this good man, who
is a pensioner, married a woman in the way I mentioned, and she
is coming over now to claim part of his pension, and I want to pre-
vent her imposing on the poor dear man, because I am sure the
marriage is not good."
The Magistrate, wishing to learn something on the subject from'
the pensionertinuelf, asked-him what his object was in wishing to
ascertain the legality of his Marriage in Ireland ?
" Why, bectuse; replied the pensioner, new for the first time
raising his brow, " you see if that ere marriage in Dublin be no
good, I wantauf marry again immediately this here little woman
by nosy side."
The Magistrate said, he suspected there was something more
than saving the pension in the view of the applicant from the zeal
she displayed; and told her, that a Magistrate could give her no
as to the carriage she spoke of being legal, but advised her,
opinion e
wished to ascertain the point exactly, to apply at Doctors'
Commons. Then, said the little woman, as she retired, with a disap-
pointed countenance, the poor men will lose half his pension.

A youth of respectable appearance, named- Within, was yesterday
charged with having been concerned with another, named fretch,
in robbing his father of twelve sovereigns. The daughter of Air.
Wilkie, wbo resides in Castle-street, Long-acre, said, that her
brother came home on Sunday evening about eight o'clock, and be
directed her to inform any person who called for hint, that be was
not at home. Her father and mother were then absent. He WI
been in the house only a few minutes when Welch knocked at the
door, and requested to see her brother. She informed him that he
was not at home, but be kept her in conversation a considerable
time at the doer, and then her brother came down stairs, and they
went away together. On returning to her father's apartments, she
found the bureau had been forced open, and the money gone. She
was positive Welch was the person who calk& for her brother.
Mr. Welch said, that his son bad net returned home since Sunday
night. The prisoner, in hie defence, declared that he was at home
at the time he was stated to have been in the company of young
Welch. He was remanded till Thursday.
Auuacious STalar ROIIIIIIG—In tbe course of the morning, a
Lady entered the Mice in considerable agitation, and stated, that
a few minutes before, as she was passing through Great Russell.
street, two boys snatched her reticule as it hung pendent from her
arm. The violence that they used snapped the chain asunder, pan
of which was left in her hand. The reticule contained eight sovs.
and some other monies, an order for money and several important
papers. It further appeared, from the Lady's statement, that ebe
followed the young rascals into George street, St. Giles a, where
they Sew for refuge and were protected, and from which place
she was glad to retreat. She gave a description of the boys, but
the Akers despaired of ever discovering them.

DIED.

In Pußeney.street, Bath, aged 64, the Rev. Roger Frankland,
Canon Residentiary of ►ells. _

Tuesday, at Plea'sley, near Mansfield, after a short illness, Mr.
Francis Taylor, a respectable farmer and miller of that village, in
his 65th year. He was truly a jolly weighing at the time of
his death twenty-Ave stone. Nearly sixty feet of hoarding was re-
quired to make his coffin, and the whole was firmly bound routed
with Iron hooping.