Star.
London, England, 1827-09-21 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EtCHANGE, MARILLANE, SOS. 11.
Our market has by no means rectretered from that languid' ate bit
which it was in last market-day ; and as a great proponlos a our
Mooday's arrival still remains unsold, while on the other land one
supplies during the week being large, the factors appear to 1ed1111:
how to act ; but no doebt IV ewes tabled lower prices would be s 4
cepted to effect a clearance, and our prices must be quoted norm.
golly as os Monday for all kinds of Grain.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Sam 11.
In Mutton, Veal, and Lamb Mere is very little doing, and'the
prim remains as on Monday. Beef looks rather heavy, the floe, t
Meat being vs. Id. to 45.10 d. per stone. Pork Is iniptnving, the
best young Meat being at ga. id. to Is. per stale; and the tootNe
4s. to Ss.—Beasts, 655; Sheep, 0.070; Pigs, 111; Calves,.2lls.
Beef, per stone, ss. 6d. t. 48.10 d. Mutton, 5,. 6.11 to 4e. 10d.
'Veal, 4s. 6d. to Ss. ed. Pork, 4a. 6d. to. 6s. Lamb, 4s to St.—.
Hay, per load, in 10s. to XS ; Clover, £4 to £5 6s. Warr,
atl 10e. toil 161.

The Power-loom Factories continue extremely brisk,
and can scarcely produce the requisite quantity of
goods, which are hurried off as soon as finished. This
gratifying aspect of trade has been beneficial to the
workmen; and on Monday the Tenter, and Dreis-r. of
cue Factory began work with the pleasant stimulus of
a rise of 2s. a week on their future wages.—ti nsgeso
Chronicle. -

A Scots Ltott.—Some years ago a-young gentle-
man brought to Edinburgh an introduction to the
venerable author of a highly popular and exquisite tale,
written many years ago, whom the letter announced as
one of the Lions of Edinburgh. On his producing the
letter, Mr. —said, " My friend gives me credit for a
distinction I am by no means entitled to : but with re-
ference to his compliment, I must tell you a little story.
A young English gentleman, a little silly, and much a
coxcomb, came to Edinburgh, attended by a Negro
servant, and sat for bis picture to a celebrated artist,
then in great repute, and being an officer in an English
regiment of militia, had himself painted is full uniform.
When the picture was finished, he sent his black serv-
ant to look at it, and say if be thought it like his master.
4ls it like me:Cesar r Ist, masa.' But what did
any gentleman whom you saw at the palater's say of
it?' • One said, massa, it looked as fierce as a Lion.'
4 Indeed I did you ever see a lion T Iss, saw one yes-
terday.' • Saw a lion yesterday l where ?' • In the mar-
ket place, a Man driving him with a rope round hies
neck, a big red beast, with a tuft at the end of him's
tail, and always crying ba a. a,' " (imitating the low of
a calf).
yesterday, about one o'clock, when the Com t of Pro.
prietors of the Bank of England were separating, a
great number of pickpockets thronged the pavement,
and in the Most daring manner hustled several Gentle-
men. The attack was so daring, that its object was
almost immediately detected, and several Gentlemen
called out Thieves r However, the ruffisns surround,
ed one Gentleman, who was about stepping into a
hackney coach, and pushed him from one to the other,
during which Mancturre they robbed him of his watdis,
chain, sealy and a pocket book, with which they
escaped. The Gentleman who was thus plondermi
cried out for assistance, and pointed to one fellow, who
was pursued, but he with extraordinary alermatjainped
under a hackney coach, and escaped is the dues** of
Cornbill.

TO GREECE.

When hoary wisdom, to the bravo
Of ages paw, In thee—
Immortal Greece ! her counsel gaws-tv
'Thu—ever to be free!
And Poesy the.leason taught
To many a lisining tbroog;
Inepiring, as her bosom wrought,
• With nosey of song!
•
'Their mingling yokes feats woe
As with an earthquake's sound s
And never could a stranger's yoke
Pollute her sacred ground

Her native plains bb borial-plase—s
Her mountain-paw Ids W—
illa dust too itonoot'A in disgrace
To mingle with her dead!

Bet, wilt thou say--what boots the Slav*
The glories of hie line— .
Or what to Mel the vanishl breve--
The tale of Troy divine ?

Reviler! even for ages more,
Though Sias, ry debase--
The stamp of Heaven the Spartan Lofts
No ages can efface !

j►ar still does holy Freedom dwell
Each haunted stream beside;
&& from the Muses sacred well,
Malan murmurs glide!
As blue the wave—the balmy sky*
The heart as virtue-fraught—
As when a &mune could die—
s whets a Putvo taught!
0 lead me where the Bastian leldS
UntUrd—uneultued lie;
That, ere the bloody Moslem yield.--
While yet my arm its wee wields—.
For Hotaas I stay die. •

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Sect. SO.

Before 111 r. Justice Gamma sad Mr. Baron VAIGILAS.

AfariNesniaie, aged 26, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Elisabeth Davis, in a court in Sr. Luke's.
The prosecution was instituted by the parish, by the
direction of the Coroner. The evidence disclosed a dis-
gusting scene of drunkenness. It appeared that the
deceased, who lodged with the prisoner, had been drink-
'alkali day. The prisoner, who was also drunk, was in
a violent rage with the deceased, and threatened to kick
her down stairs. The deceased afterwards went for
more drink ; high words ensued between the parties.
and finally the deceased Tell, or was pushed down stairs.
She was dead, but the persons present appeared, from
their testimony in Court, to have been all drunk, and
no surgeon was sent for. The prisoner, meanwhile,
threatened to split open the skull of the corpse with a
pewter pot. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of
manslaughter.
Jolla Bar/tell, who was acquitted on Tuesday last of
a Charge of stealing a diamond pin, was this day put
to the bar, on an indictment charging him with stealing
a gold watch, value 101. the property of Mr. James
Healey, a jeweller, in Sohusquare, on the 22d of Feb-
ruary last. The circumstances of this case were very
similar to those in the other. The prisoner went to the'
shop of the prosecutor, in company with a foreigner,
end oked at some rings, which he said were intended
as a present to a young lady. After they had gone, the
watch was missed. A pawnbroker proved that the
prisoner and a Frenchman came to his shop. in St.
Martin's-lane, and pawned the watch for Sl. The psi-
saner offered the same defence as in the other case,
namely. that he was duped by the foreigner.
Mr. Baron VAVOHAN summed up the evidence, and
the Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
John -Hodges, fraocis 7Odd, homes Lambly, and
Thos: Wheatly were charged with stealing a quantity of
hone hair, theproperty of Wm. Purkis, their employer.
Some of the hair was found in possession of each of the
prisoners. Verdict—Guilty.
Christopher Cormack was charged with obtaining, by
false pretences, froarChaeles Bell, three brooches and
two pins, value 40s.leith intent to cheat and defraud.
W. Young. who was first examined. saw the prisoner
on the Sth of August, at ten o'clock in the morning,
who gave witness a written order, which was produced.
Witness handed it over to his assistant, Charles Bell.
On the evening of the next day he presented a second
corder. Both orders were drawn in the name of Darby
and Co. a house in which witness had great confidence.
Prisoner took away the things above mentioned, and on
the morning of the 10th returned with a third order.
In consequence of what he had heard. witness stopped
him, and charged him with the intent of swindling.
Being secured, be tried out, “ Oh, Mr. Young! Oh,
Mr. Young I'
Charles Bell corroborated the statement of the last
w itness.

Mr. Tyrrell, who had been one of the firm of Darby
and Co. preyed that the orders were forgeries.
It appeared also that the prisoner had presented orders
of the same signature to several other tradesmen. Ver-
dict-41410y.
The RZOORDeIt passed sentence-six months. impri-
sonment, with whipping within the jail.
George Edward Mille was indicted for obtaining
snowy under false pretenses, from the overseers of the
parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, of which he pretended
to be a parishioner while he was receiving relief from
his real parish of Si. Leonard's, Shoreditch. The case
was folly proved by the overseers of the several parishes.
Verd ict—Gre illy.
Ants Jackson was indicted for perjury.—Mr. CLARK-
non stated the case. The defendant was the widow of
a respectable public-house keeper of Tooley-street, who
left two sons, one by the defendant, and the other by a
former wife. The charge referred to a considerable
number of instances of falsification of the accounts of
her late husband's effects.
William Kitchener, a clerk of the Register of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, proved the taking out
the probate of the will of David Jackson, and produced
the documents upon which probate was granted, toge-
ther with the will. The case, however, was suddenly
stopped by a deficiency of evidence.
Mr. Ct./MIMS tendered two affidavits made by the
defendant, which were averred in the indictment to have
teen sworn before Dr. Blake, who, it was also averred,
was surrogate duly appointed by Sir John Nichol!:
The RICORIMit ruled that the averment must be di-
rectly proved, and the witness could only speak to hear-
say and having seen Dr. Blake act, as proof of his ap.
pointment by Sir J. Nicholl.
Mr. Cr..tacsorr read a case in which Lord Ellenbo-
rough had asserted, incidentally to the matter in issue,
that prima fade evidence of the appointment of an offi-
cer of a court was good evidence. It was sworn that
Dr. Blake was suing as surrogate, and that Sir John
Nie.holl was head of the Prerogative Court.
The Reposition' said if the indictment bad not averred
sbe very manner of the appointment, perhaps it might

'not have been necessity to make it out by direst ersi--
dence. Borne time was taken up in discussing this point.
The Itecuranaa complained of being drawn in, with-
out the slightest previous notice of the nature of the
question, to rule upon a point of such nicety. He
offered to let the trial proceed, and if it should do so,
it would give him time to reflect upon his judgment.—
He would therefore reserve the objection.
Mr. CLARKSON then proposed to read the affidavits,
chiefly on the force-of their authority, as being mini-
tnems of a Court of Record. -
Mr. Anotrnos objected, and required proof of the
hand-writing of the Surrogate and the Notary Public
who subscribed the affidavits.
The Clerk of the Prerogative Court not being able
to swear to that, and no other evidence capable of-fur-
nishing that proof being tendered, the prosecution
failed.—Verdict of acquittal.