Star.
London, England, 1826-01-18 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 17.

Charles Dirnsdale Colunetell, and Elizabeth his wife,
were indicted for having assaulted Mary Ann Wilson,
on the 3d of October last. Mary Ann Wilson, the
prosecutrix, gavei long statement, by which it appeared
chat she was one of two nursery-maids, who were in care
of the children of the defendants: On the Sd of Oct.
in a partition of cakes between the children, the prose-
cutriz called one of the boys " Donald," without the
usual prefix of " Master:' The father being within
hearing, proceeded to the nursery•room, and asked, in
an incensed manner, how .she (the prusecutrix) dared to
speak to any of his children as if they belonged to a
sweep? and added that she was" d—d impudent," that
she was only fit for a pot-house, did not deserve wages,
and thrust his fist into her face. She ran to the kitchen
in a terrified state, and fainted. While in the faiuting
state her mistress entered the kitchen and inundated her
with water (a pail and a half). When the prosecutrix
recovered, a doctor, who had been sent for, prescribed
bleeding'the jugular vein, but on the determination of
her mistress not to allow her to remain in the house
during the night, but to send her home to her friends,
he did not perform the operation. While she was resting
against the staircase her mistress desired her to go
away. She accordingly, with the assistance of the
other servant, reached home; was obliged to consult a
doctor on the following day; was confined to her bed
for some days, and unable to work for several weeks.

Louisa Dawson, the fellow-servant, was present at
the nursery squabble, but though she heard the words
alleged to have been used by her master respecting
II Master Donald," she did not observe any stamping of
feet, nor did she see him push his hand into the prose-
cut' ies face. This witness admitted that she had given
warning to quit the service, but that she was induced
to stop by an increase of wages. In regard to the con.
duct of her mistress, the witness did not see her do any
thing with a malignant intention, for though she cast
the water in great profusion, she removed ber clothes
from the effecr, as much as the hurry would admit.
A Doctor who attended the prosecutrix on the 4th of October,
proved that she had a fever on that day ; but was not positive that it
proceeded from previous ill treatment.
The Jury found the husband, Charles Dimsdale ColumbeU,
Guilty, and acquitted the wife.
The Osamu...so directed that he should pays Hoe of 6s. ltd. to
the King,
Bodavfein Jenne', a patrol, was convicted of an assault on Wm
Reed, and sentenced to be confined for three calendar months in
the common gaol of the county.

The Journal du Commerce states that the Duke
D'Asiamaears, in consequence of a dreadful conflict
between his gamekeepers and some poachers, at Lou.
vain, in the Netherlands, has had all bis preserves laid
open, considering it better that his game should be lost
than that human life should be deitroyed.
From the published list of the Metropolitan Law
Society, it appears that 172 clerks have given notice of.,
application, to be admitted attornies of the several ,
Courts of Westminster, at the approaching Hilary
Term—this is about the average number each Term,
Amounting yearly to 688, from which, allowing the-'I
deduction of 188, for death and retirement—which ex-
ceeds the actual amount, leaves an annual increase of
500 to the proles ion.
The labourers in the. county of Tipperary get only
6d. per day in that county, and are mostly unem•
ployed and in great wretchedness. Pot k is 335. per
cwt. Beef and Mutton, sd. and 6d. per 10. Pot k, 7d.
The provincial towns are high as to the rate of previ-
'sions, and the most unblushing frauds are practised on
the poor in the assimilation of the currency, refusing to
give snore than twelve Irish pence for an English shil-
ling aSci• ) s thus robbing every poor creature if a penny
bran a shilling.
E—n L—r, whilst travelling on a coach, happened
to pass a spot where he had made s.,me sketcher, and
he remarked to his companion, a brother artist, that
he had once 46 painted all tho.e hedge"." Toe coach-
man, who had listened to the conversation of bis pas.
Sengers, and thought that they wi re hoaxing ! ill, upon
seating this observaton, remarked, with that irteuoin
which is peculiar to his pr Then I think you
must have used a d—d sight of paint."
The sword of honour pees' nied. by the Coites to Qui-
toga has beery seized at his house at Betatraus, in tiallicia.
Ater bei .g broken by the common hangman, in the
jpresence of an immense concourse of the people, the
I aznuats we a thrown into the riser I

OLD BAILEY, JANUARY
17.
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The trial of Mr. Itself and Mr. Rigaud, and Mirs
Gardener, for a conspiracy in obtaining some portion of
the funded Nl:wentll a Mr. Ricci, from the Bank of
England, by nte4nalrf fraldnlent le ters of admtnistra-
fain, altd- forged powers of attorney, vas, upon the
appfitgiim of the primers, Dostponesl till nest Sessions.
• Affq'hearing an argument upon this subject, and
dispn:ing Of the remaining ;aces, the Court ricljourne?
till the atternotm, when it again met, and the sentences
were passed up n the prisoners, who had been tried.

The following thirty-eight prisoners were ordered to be trans-
ported for seven years:—Mary Prior, William Wood, George
Williams, John Toinkins, William Smith, Thomas Dimsdale, John
Night, Thomas Hewett, Daniel Sullivan, Cornelius Connolly,
•Benjamin Bond, Thomas Lake, Richard West, George Bounden,
Eliza James, Samuel Park, Thomas Sadler, Henry Stone, Joseph,
Phillips, Philip Warren, Peter Shields, Jeremiah Sullivan, Samuel
Jones, George Hearn, Charles Hahn, Michael Corcoran, William
Bruff, Margaret Nash, Samuel Waters, Emma Truetuan, Mows
Owen, Robert Jackson, Richard Turpin, William King, James
King, William Aldis, Thomas Laver, and Abraham. Johnson.
The following siz prisoners were ordered to be transpotted.for
fourteen years : William Ferrer, George Angell Lowe, Catherine
Corcoran, Daniel Dean (the compoiitor, for stealing a quantity of
type), James Stevens, and Wm. Penn (a.shopman to Messrs. Swan
and Edgar, the linen drapers, fur embezzlement).
Mary arris, who had robbed her mistress of a great quantity
of property, wa4 ordered to be transported for life.
Sarah Iluchannan. wbo was housekeeper to Messrs. Wiltshire
and Massey, of Cheapside, and had disposed of their pop..rty by
the means of a fortune-teller, who was tried and acquMcd, was
ordered to be imprisoned two years In the of Correction,
and there to be kept to hard labour; Ellen Murray, for a robbery,
was ordered to be imprisoned for the same period ; Richard James
Harris was ordered to he imprisoned one .year in-tbe (louse of
Correction.

William Farrow, James Smith, John Thomas Vaughan, Thomas
Blackmore, James Rogers, William nooper, Charles Hutchinson,
James Nathan, David Nader, George Shepherd, George Nickoll»,
and William Anderson, otherwise lian:on, wete ordered to be
imprisoned six months; Madan, in addition to his imprisonment,
was to be whipped.
Thirty-three prisoners were ordered to be imprisoned for various,
periods, me from four months to seven days, and so of them were
also to be dogged. Siz were mdered to be whipped athl then dis-
charged. James Harris, a brickmaker, who had stolen a cart-load.
of brieks,was ordered to be whipped in the brick-fields at Hack twy,
where he had committed the offence, and then be imprisoned two
ma oaths in the House of Correction.

After the sentences had been passed on all these per-,
sons, the following twenty-one were brought up to re-
ceive sentence of death. They were principally young
men, and not one of them apprared to exceed 44):
William Williams, James Hawkins, and Abraham Davis, for
returning from transportation. Davis, in reply to the usual inquiry
that is wade by the Clerk of the, Arraigns, whether they have any
thing to state why they should not be condemned to die, according
to law ? said, " My Lord, my life has been sworn away by two
persons who have appeared against me. I can assure your Lord-
ship that I was never convicted before on any charge : and I do
most distinctly state, that I never used, or was known by the name
of Abraham Davis, nor by any other name except my own name,
which is Henry Williams."
Hammes: The cue against you has been proved in every re-
spect to the satisfaction of the Court. We cannot now listen to
your assertion.
James Smith, and James Hawkins, for coining ; John JoneisWil-
• liam Hunt, William Nicholson, John Ilenly, and George Wright,
for burglary ; William Burke, and Susan Barnett, for highway
robbery ; William Groves alias Cuftree Brooker, for aurae-stealing ;
George Coxbead, Joseph Dolphin, ruin:nod Walker, Ann Conroy,
John Myatt Shaw, Charles Pratt, and William Caeo, for stealing
goods in dwelling-houses, above the value of 401. and Edward Cot.
troll, for forging and uttering a promissory note for 4'5.

The ltecounea, in addressing them, observed, that
they had been convicted of offences to which the law
affixed the punishment of death. The Juries who had
tried them, manifested a great desire to acquit them,
but they found that such a verdict could not be returned,
consistently with the olenin oath they had taken.
A considerable portion of the prisoners had not arrived
to manhood. He believed they might have remained
several years in this world, and have been respected and
esteemed by their friends and relations, but their lives
had been adjudged, by their crimes and for which they
were consigned to an ignominious death. He trusted
they would consider that the 'verdicts which had been
passed against them were just verdicts, and that they
would prepare to quit this world, and, hy repentance
and prayer, endeavour to secure to themselves happiness
I ereafter. The law, which consigned them to end their
lives by the hand of the common executioner, had pro-
vided them with the assistance of a devout Minister of
the Church, to prepare them for the great change which
must occur. He entreated they would make the best
use of the excellent instructions they would receive, and
that they would recollect they had passed their lives in
violating the, laws of their country, and in violating the
laws of their MAKER. They were then sentenced, in
the usual manner, to be executed..
The Sessions were then adjourned to Thursday, the 15th of
February.

Yesterday the Lotto MAYOR held a Court of Alder.
men at Guildhall, for the purpose of hearing the several
appeals against serving Ward Offices, to which persons
had been elected on St. Thomas's Day. W. BOLLARD,
Esq, one of the Common Pleaders of the City, attended,
and moved the Court to direct precepts to be issued for
impannelling Juries to assess the value of sundry pre-
mises wanted tor the purposes of the N.!sv Fleet-market,
which was complied with, and a Mayor's Court was
appointed to he held on the 9.h February for the pur-
r:se. The thanks of the, Court were unanimously voted
to ti,e Rev. It. C. DILLON, Chaplain to the Lord,
Mayor, for the Setr 00. preached by him at St. Lau-
rence's Church, on Plow Sunday. last. The Cow t referred
the p:estntments of the Inquests of the several Wards.
to the Aldermen thereof; to give the, requisite: direc-
tions; and those palsies who wereinesenteJ for carrying
ott trade, nil being free of; the City, were rdferred to
the Chamberlain. Prg.cepts for. licensing; victuallers
within the City were.directedito be issued as usual, and.
the 7th of, March appointed for the purpose. 'The
Court wawoccopied.a considerable.timer:in hearing and:
determining ai,peals :.gainst serving. the:officesiof Con.
stahlet, and Inquest men. Several persons were adMitted
and sw.orn nue the office of Broker; others allowed to!
beudiriitted. and surne, on their Prtitions, discharged
front that office.—Licensea.were granted te. Coal!Urr-
dertakers.—A; woman. et St. Margaret's, Westminster.
was admitted an out-pensioner of Emanuel Hospital::
and a boy of that Parish, and another of the-Parish of St.
dolor, were admitted into the School at the Hospital.
Mr. C--1, the artist is as man of singular inge-
nuousness of !Dinner. Oae morning he was on Hemp-
stead Heath, 44 looking out for the picturesque" (as
E--n L--r says,. who tells the story), and was
irrtunate enough to find a bit that pleased him; but in
his mind it ousted a figure to make it quite complete.
Wilda he uas sketching the spot, an old woman, who
had been gathering water-c esses, happened to pass by.
Here was an opportunity for perfecting his subject,
which C-1 determined not to lose; so steppiug up
to. the old dame, he said, quite innocently, " Throw
yourself do ain.on that:back, and I will give you a shit.
ling; The person addressed only replied, " Sir, lam
a poor old woman: r

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-!P)US E.

A constable brought up a pauper haw.: the Loa° Maros, under
circumstances which are likely to cre..te some coofusion lit the
sevoral parithes of the Aletropnlis.
The constable stated that he found the pauper, who is an Irish-
nun, on London Bridge, and thought himself bound to cake ham
into custody, for the purpose tii delivering him to a tonstobie
,of Middlesex, .in order, that lie ,might' be puss:l on to Ms native
place. The city constable, however, was disappointed in his store.
tation of thus getting rid .of the: Irishman, 'the Nliddleser:sitas:
having acted upon the opinion of the Magistrees of the Colony,
that the Act of 17 Geo. If. has been altogether rept:did by the
new Acts on the subiect of the disposal of vagrants; and thaz, there-
fore, the pass-masters (ace is at an end.
. _ _

Such is the•dretd felt by the bish.poor who•have been long from
their country to return timber, that there is no effort t',ey would
not be capilde of making to.avoid. suchottettrentity, and .instance 3
have been discovered where they have .preferred the alternative uf
bring half starved and half naked irr England, to runtilog the Wizard
of being sent home.
The Loco MAYOR directed the City Solicitor to make inqvity
into the legal merits of the case, and revott to the Coon. of- Alder-
men, that measures may be taken immediately.