Star.
London, England, 1803-06-20 00:00:00

Att:St LECAL PRACTICt.

l'he affiJavits of Mr. Shcarman, an attorney, of
Nfefir‘. Atkinson and Englifh, his Militants, and of
Devlin, a .sherlil's OCicer, were 11)ii day fubmitted
to their anfwer to others filed on a for-
mer day, allertglog to them a gross abule of the prat.
(ice of the Court. Tilt :izinal Cale flood a•
'l'wn pc: ((;rudv in and Gecting) were
.ore;ted by in titans aaiuns of Troyer, tOr
1. Cltll, 1.1 to brdi thereon. The Attor•
(•t:).i name to the oil: was Wilkittfon„ of Cray's
vela), on being.; applied 4.'4d-claimed the unallea

idowledge of the trinfaelion. A Judge's order wit'
then obtained by Brown, who appeared to be the
Plaintiff iii the aftion, fubilituting the name of Wil-
kinfon with Spearman. The Defcndant's Solicitor
went to Shearman's office, and was thcre informei
by Englilh that the fubltitution was eorrea.
Mr. Spearman fwore, that his name had been fub-
flituted without his knowledge, and that he was a
total Ilranger to the parties and to the proceeding till
a motion was made in that Court.—Atkinfon fwnte,
that he had received authority five years fence from
Mr. Wilkinfon to make ufe of his name, but on find-
ing Mr. W. had denied him that privilege, he had
lubaituted Mr. Shearman's name without his privity.
—Englifb Iwore that the Defendant's Attorney had
never conflated him at Mr. Shearman's office, nor
had he ever laid .he fubaitution was correa. It
mull, he aliened, have been Atkinfon they law.—
Devlin fwore to Atkinfon bringing the writs for him
to ferve, and that he was fworn to love them by vir-
tue of his offet. He acknowledged taking nine gui.
neas from the Defendant for a bail-bond, and that
an anion was commenced againa him fur extortion
—Brown has ablionded.

Lord Et-claimant/cif regretted the cafe did not
afford him an upporwnity of protecaing the public
againft caufelefs arras 2o the extent he wished.—
The parties had lworn themielves through it, though
not without fome iufpicion. If they were perjureJ,
the law was open. But on the prefent !hewing he
was.compelled to difcharge the rule as againft Shear
man, Englilb, and Devlin. With refpea to Atkin-
fon and:Brown, theie could be no doubt of their cri-
minality; an attachment mull therefore iiTue againii
them, and their condo& be confidered un a future day.

CHILD Sreat.teo..;--A curious and interefling ex
amination took place on Saturday before the Sitting
Alderman at Guildhall. A young woman named
Mary Moody, otherwife Brown, apparently about
twenty-feur years of age, of a moll ptepotreffing and
interefling appearance, beautiful in her perfon, grace-
ful in her deportment, and elegant in her drefs, was
examined for the IA time on a charge of having
Bolen the female child of a woman, named Mary
Johnfon, of which, on the-26th of July 1011, the was
delivered in St. Andrew's workhonfe. Our Readers,
will recoiled the circomßance of this theft, of which
we gave an account, and of the rewards afterwards
offered for the difcovery of the offender.
Mary johnfon depofed. that on the tfith of Ansa
left, about three in the afternoon, the prifoner Brown
was introduced to her by the mater of the work.
!more, and milked the witnefs if the was willing to part'
with her child. in order to take a wet nude's place
The other faid,the did not with to part with her child
from the breaft ; but on being told by the matter of
the workhoufe that the could. get her child ninfed for
eighteen peace a week, the was induced by him to
take the place offered her; at the fame time the ob.
(erred. the was very weak. The prifoner replied, that
that did not figuify, for the lady who wanted her
would not lie in for a fortnight or three weeks longer.
She then told the witnefs, the would give her two or
three days to confider of it. and went away, and re
turned on the t 7th, and faid, that the lady who de.
fired to employ her wanted to fee her child before the
would engage her as a nark. Vi'itnefs faid Ilse was
not able to go with the child that day. The prifoner
replied " I am come for it to-night." The matron
of the workhoufe Caen Gid, the would fend a perfon
with it. On which the prifoner exclaimed, " GOD
bids me, are joss afraid to troll me with a child
Goo forbid thould be guilty of taking any one's
child —I am -pregnant myfelf." (She appeared
at the time to be about four or five months gone.)—
The witnefs then GUI. the would go and put the
child's things on. 44 Don't Ray, bring-it down (faid
the prifoner) I'll be bound the child will come back
with better thiogs on." The prifoner got the child,
and took it away.. At parting the gave the mother
two half crowns, telling her that was fomething to
comfort her. At the lime time the took out her
timid), looked at it, and obferved, that if the child
was quiet the would flop with the lady and have fome
tea, if not the would be back in half an hour. She at
the fame time faid the was going with the child to the
Temple. where (he faid the lady lived, who wanted
a wet nude. The prifoner then went away with the
child, and never returned. The witnefs pofitively
(wore to her perfon. She was identified by other per-
fons who belonged to the workhoufe at the time, and
who corroborated the tenimony of Mary Johnfon.—
She then wore a plain and finrple drefs, very differ.
ent from that which the ufually appeared in. The
examination of this woman itas been carried on for
fome days, in the coorfe of n hick Mary Levi, who is
now confined bnder the horrid and difgracefolcharge
almoil unknown in the claltification of crimes, vie.
that of filbrog her yet unborn hale, was one of the firfi
witnelfes called to corroborate the tellimony of the
profecuttix ; but her evidence was ohjeded to by
Mr. Batty, the Counfel attending on the part of the
defendant, and the of courfe we: not produced on
this examination. The prifoner was folly committed
to take her trial at the Sellions for felony.

BIRTHS.
Yefterday, Mrs. H. Siddons, of a danghter.
At Lord M illto ten's, Dublin, the I .ady of John Bammt,of a fon.
The Lady of Richard Chute, of Clture-L.ll, county Kerry, of a
laughter.