Star.
London, England, 1811-09-07 00:00:00

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Bow-sirnare.—Yesterday Von. Kendal was brought
to the Office, charged with uttering counterfeit seven-
, shiliing pieces. It appeared that the prisoner went
to the ring's Head public house, in Charles-street,
Drury-lane, and asked for a quartern of gin, in com-
pany with a woman, and afterwards had some por-
ter, for which he tendered a 7s. piece, which the
landlord objected to as being bad ; the prisoner
offered another, which the landlord also considered a
counterfeit ; and the prisoner said lie had no other,
and had only a one pound country note. Tlie pri-
soner agreed to leave one of the seven shilling pieces
till the following morning. The landlord meeting
with Salmon's party o' f the patrole, communicated
the circumstance, and the poisoner was taken into cus-
tody. It was proved that the prisoner violently re-
sisted being taken, and that he threw away a third
counterfeit seven-shilling piece, and five counterfeit
shillings, out of his pocket. The prisoner was corn-
milted for ittrther examination.

. HaTyoN GARDEN.—Yesterday two young men of
genteel appmrance were put to the h:tr, and
went a final examination, being charged, on strong
suspicion, with having forged a certain instrument,
and publishing the same, purporting to be the last
will and testament of Mr. William Perkins, deceased,
knowing the same to be forged, with intent to de-
fraud George Perkins, son to the deceased, and other
persons ; when the evidence against the prisoners
being conclusive, and the signature being proved not
to be the hand-writing of the deceased, they were
fully committed to Nesegate for trial.
MaNsrcor House.—A Negro, belonging to a vessel'
in the River, was brought before the LORD KAVOR,
yesterday, charged ssith stealing pyes from a shop.
window. He pretended not to be able to speak Eng.
lish. He was remanded for further examination, and
to bring with him an interpreter, as he seemed to
have something to say in defence, but nobody under-
stoc.l him.
• A Custom House tide-waiter was charged with as-
saulting a person in a public house, on his way from
Gravesend to town: It appeared that he had been
intoxicated when the assault took place. His Lord-
ship allowed him to be discharged, on condition that
he would give security for his future good behaviour.
Margaret Quin, the woman who was brought be-
fore the Lois u Mayon on Thorsday,charged with utter-
ing a fivepenny Fleet Bank Note, as a Bank of Eng-
land Note for ses, underwent another examination.—
She produced two female witnesses to speak to her
character. They both had known herfor several years,
and spoke favourably of her. They said she was a
washer woman, near St. Thomas's Hospital, and one
of them (a Mrs. Fennel) had employed her for seve.
ral years. The prisoner alledged that she had fonnd
the note in question in the street. The Lonn MAYOR
thought that strong suspicions still existed, against
the prisoner ; that the finding of the note appeared a
mere prerence ; and, at any rate, if it were true,- the
prisoner had not acted honestly in immediately ap-
propriating the note to her own use, instead of en-
deavouring to find the original owner of it. Under
these circumstances, his Lordship remanded the pri-
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soner till the Solicitor of the Bank could be consulted

A fresh forgery of Bank notes to a coosiderable
extent has been discovered in Dartmoor prison, Ply-
mouth.
Last night terminated the sports of St. Bartholo-
mew Fair, during the whole period of which not a
drop of rain has fallen in the metropolis. A similar
circumstance has not occurred for 19 years past.
The mode of building public places of amusement
appears by Mr. AsTus's present plan, to be greatly
improved in point of strength an. 4 accommodation.
This Gentleman has very judiciously united the screw,
wedge, and lever, as a principal bond to the Theatre
now carrying up in Newcastle-street, Strand, to the
astonishment of every mechanic and builder. It may
.with great Propriety be deemed like first-rate ship-
building. We understand there are to be two distinct
stages, the- one for Pantomime and Dramatic spec-
tacks, which may be removed at pleasure, and then
form a Circle for the Equestrian exercises, with ap-
propriate scenery.
Thursday morning, a fire broke out at a pastry-
cook's shop in High-street, ltotherhithe. The acci-
dent was occasio.:.:d by the carelessness of the maid-
sere int, who left a quantity of damsons and. sugar
stewing on the fire. The syrup boiled over, and
caused a flame, which communicated to the mantle-
"ahell, and from thence to the furniture of the room.
-The flames spread so rapidly, that it was with dim.
•eulty the mistress of the house and two children, who
were in bed, made their escape. The house and the
greater part of the stock and furniture were entirely
_consumed.
Baum'. VIOLENCE.—A circumstance happened in
the n..ighbotirliaod of Vauxhall, at the recent cele.
oration of =I Jewish wedding in Smith's tea-gardens,
which cads inquiry and justice. It seems that a
cc: rain Nobleman, not distinguished for the morality
of his conduct, was in a pleasure-boat, with a party of
friends, who had their vessel brought near the shore in
order to witness the spectacle, and were particularly
struck with th appeara lice of 3 piing women,who were
drawn to the spot by the same motive. The Noble-
man and two or there cf his party attempted to force
the girls into the boat, but did not succeed, and the
latter went to another part of the gardens. They were
•tollowed, however, suddenly seized, and tarried into
the vessel, and the boatmen were ordei.ed to proceed
to Richmond. The violent screams of the girls at
length induced the head of the party to order the beat
back to Westminster-bridge, where two hackney-
coaches wen brought, into each of which one of
the young women were placed, and the third was
taken idto a phzton, by the Nobleman himself,
but covered in such a Lianner by a box-coat, that
she was not able to struggle with him. The girls
in the coaches, in spite art all attempts to restrain
them, made such a noise as to draw the people
about them, and with a desperate effort, one rd them
escaped, but the other was taken to a
shouse of a cer-
tin description in the neighbourhood of Soho ; luckily,
however, she caught hold of the iron-railing at the
'door, and by thesassistance of the passengers, .was
also enabled to escape. The third girl, hearing that I
her companions had escaped, threw herself, encum- j
bered as she was, out of the pletcn, and was also
rescued by the efforts of the passengers in the street.