Star.
London, England, 1826-09-04 00:00:00

Thomas Bothans, a
more than his fare.

warcoovicted for ebarging

The 19th July, Miss FAizabeth Colville engaged the chariot, No.
645, to bring her from Vauxhall to Foley-place, for which the coach-
man demanded 61. and told her, that his good conduct entitled him
to another sixpence, She paid the 6s. and finding it an overcharge
(the fare being only 31. 61), she took out a summons. When coaches
found a summons was out against him, he brought the chariot home
iu tire middle of the night, sent his employer ( Mr. Nicholls) one
shilling, as the earning of a day, and absconded. After a second
summons, and then a warrant hatilbecn issued, he was apprehended,
and brought on Saturday before Mr. Griffith. lie admitted that
he drove the chariot No. G 45, but said he was not the person who
drove the Lady on that day.
Mr. Nicholls proved, that he was the person employed by him
to drive, but it was a practice with coachmen frequently to employ
a cad, while they indulged in a public•house.
Mr. Gemini said, the excuse should do him no service; if he
employed a cad, he was accountable for his misconduct. He there-
fore fined bun 20s. and 131. costs.

UNION HALL.
Satsrday, a ruffianly fellow named Gardner, who.described him-
self a dog-fancier, was brought up with others on suspicun of having
committed a highway robbery; which charge, however, was nor
proved against bin) to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, the indi-
vidual robbed having been unable positively to swear to his person.
He was therefore about to be discharged, when Harris, the Officer,
said he held a warrant apinst him fur committing a very desperate
assault on the person of a Mr. Howard Rice. The complainant in
this use having been called, on presenting himself. exhibited one
'side of hi: face to the view of the Magistrate: it was very much
mutilated, in consequence of a blow given by the prisoner, with
such force as to fracture the cheek-bone in two places. He
proceeded to state, that on Tuesday last, as he was sitting in
the parlour of his brother's house at Bermondsey, be heard the
noise of two dogs fighting in the street. On going out and
perceiving that his dog w4s engaged in a contest with that of
the defendant's, a large mastiff, he (the witness) proceeded to
separate them, and while in the act, the owner of the strange dog
tan up, and without saying one word, struck him a blow with such
violence under the left eye as to fracture the cheek bone in two
places, and render his face deformed for the rest of his days. The
force with which the blow *as given completely took his senses
away, and his life was considered in a precarious state for some
time on account of the hemorrhage from his nose and mouth. The
complainant added, that on committing this ferocious assault the
prisoner made his escape, and was not heard of again in the neigh-
bourhood of Bermondsey, until his apprehension on suspicion of
highway robbery.
The prisoner, who has frequently been brought up to this office
on charges of felony, declared that he was struck in the first in-
stance by the complainant, and that he should bring forward Alder-
man Wood, who was an eyewitness to the circumstances, to speak
to that fact.

The Magistrate observed, that he should now hold the prisoner
to bail for the assault, and strongly urged the complainant to prose-
cute hint at the Sessions, where the former might have an oppor-
tunity of producing the worthy Alderman in his behalf to testify to
his declaration of having been assaulted in the hrst instance.

LAM BETH-ST R BET.
Three incorrigible little thieves, named Wolf, Keefe, and Aloie,
the eldest bht 12 years of age, were committed for trial for robbing
a till in the shop of Mr. Langley, a tallow-chandkr, at Mile-end.

Burro; SEPT. I.—Burton hats been well attended
this season; Indeed, considering the prevalent distress in the country,
she •isitors have been far more numerous than we had any reason
to anticipate. The lodging.bouses are full to overflowing; never.
tLekss excellent accommodations base been found for all. The

efficacy of the waters becomes more apparent every year, and many
persons who visited the springs last season as invalids, have, this
year, returned to enjoy the lengthened walk, and inhale the pure air
of the Derbyshire Hills. Arrivals:—The Earl and Countess of
Liverpool, the Hon. Mr. Abercromby, Sir George Pownal, Col.
and Mrs. Gore Langton.
A Gentleman named Vaughan died in Salford, last
week, in consequence of the bite of an enraged cat.
As Mr. George Gell, agent to Messrs. Marsden, of
Wakefield, was walking on the Doncaster road, he was
struck speechless by lightning, but he is recoming.
Within the last few weeks some benevolent individual
who loves charity for its own sake, has secretly trans-
mitted to Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Cu. bankers, of ;
Manchester, no less t'ian SOW. in bank-notes, for the re-1
lief of the suffering poor of Manchester.
Some alarm was caused about one o'clock on Friday
morning, when if was di:covered that some part of the
scenery at Astley's Amphitheatre had caught fire, but
as prompt assistance was rendered, little damage ensued.
Three shillings is the price now paid for weaving a
piece of stuff goods at Bradford, for which ss. was paid
when the weavers misted out last summer.
Cholera morbus is extremely prevalent in Halifax.
The rain which has recently fallen has been very fa-
vourable to the sportsman, as previously the scent did
not lir, and the birds were.sa wild, that it was difficult
to get a successful shot.
The following anecdote contains a lesson and ex-
ample which deserve particularly to be impressed at the
present time A scarcity nearly approaching to
famine prevailed in France in 1741, the effect of the
,terrible frost of 1740. The Duchess of Veotadour, who
had, from her exemplary character, been appointed
governess of the infant King, Louis XV. not only gave
all her revenue, but borrowed besides 80,000 francs, to
relieve the poor. Her steward, remonstrating that she
passed all the bounds of prudence, she mildly an-
swered, ' Let us give always, and even borrow while ii
is necessary, to save the poor from death ; we shall never
want, neither I nor my family; in my station there is
no great merit in trusting to Pnovinalloit:"