Star.
London, England, 1827-09-29 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Yesterday, som after Sir Gnoaaa Fawns, the Sitting Magis-
trate, took his seat upon the Bench, a letter was handed to him by
one Of the overseers of the poor for the parish of St. James, which
had been written by the governor of a farm-house at Islington to
the said parish, and to which it seems the authorities of St. James's
are in the habit of sending such paupers as may require a change of
air, or for whom there may not be sufficient accommodation at the
parish workhouse in town. This letter stated, that the governor of
the farm house was that morning under the necessity of turning nut
three male paupers whom he named, and who had for some days
past conducted themselves in such a violent and riotous manner that
It became impossible, with any degree of safety, to keep them there
I any longer.
Scarcely had the Magistrate finished the perusal of this epistle,
when in marched to the Office the three worthies alluded to therein,
all strong healthy young fellows, who came to make a grievous
complaint against the governor of the farmhouse. On announcing
themselves and their business, they were not a little surprised to
find that the Magistrate was already in possession of a sketch of
their history. They, however, declared that the statement made
of their conduct in the governor's letter, was altogether unfounded,
for that they had been guilty of no violence or improper conduct,
except, if it could be so considered, that they insisted upon having
some food given to them, as they were literally kept in a .we of
starvation at this farm-house, so that they were often driven to the
most painful extremities ; and they need only state as one slight in-
stance of which, that they were compelled on Thursday night last to
kill one of the farni-honse cats, which was much better fed
than themselves, and eat it for their suppers ; and as a proof of this
fact, one of them held up before the Magistrate the rope with
which they hung the cat, while a second displayed the blade,
and the third a thigh-bone of the poor animal, which, they said,
they were driven to devour.

Sir G. FARIRANT, who seemed rather surprised at this statement,
asked them if they had eaten the animal in a raw state, or had
it dressed?—They replied (laughing all the while) that they first
hung the cat, then bulled it in a pipkin, after which they made their
supper off it.
The Magistrate, observing that they seemed very merry is their
hunger,asked if they were sure it was a cat they bad eaten, for he
could scarcely believe the story—perhaps k wile rabbit?
They assured his Worship that It was a cat, as any one might see
by the bones. They had no opportunity of treating themselves to
such dainties as rabbits ; it was a pet cat of the governor's that they
fortunately got boil of, or they must hive starved ; and since that
meal they then made they had nothing given to them, but were
turned out of the werkhoose like dolts, for no other reason but he.
cause they had, through alsselute hunger, eaten this cat.
The blacuraara said It appeared altogether a strange affair, and
ordered the paupers to be taken for the present into the town work-
house, and that the governor of the farm-house should be directed
to attend at the Witte to give some further explanation of this cat,
transaction.

MARYLEBONE.
A Mr. Nathan, a Jew dealer, in Chapel-street, Edgeware.road,
appeared to answer the complaint of a Mr. Fairbrother, who lately
carried on the business of an eatiophoose keeper, in Chapel street
but whose premises were a few weeks ago burnt to the ground.
The substance of Mr. Faarbrother's complaint was, that Mr.
Nathan had improperly purchased of the firemen some of the goods
which had only been partially destroyed at the fire.
Mr. Nathan said he lived withtn one or two doors of Mr. Fair-
brot►er, and he was passing the house us the night of the fire, when