Star.
London, England, 1817-09-25 00:00:00

Po! r.

Ws alien 4intite.—C. Levi was charged by Mr. Rabble With
' retaining £lO, paid to him by mistake. 'Flee defendant presented
a check, originally drawn for XVI, but which had been lore-
aleatsly altere.l to appear like £34, which sum lied been received
by the shiendant called on by the lead MAYOR to
return the balance, lie declared his Igtorance of what sum lie
had received. not having counted it. from a certainty thar the
Gentleman would not cheat him. His Loedship then ached him
what he would have done if he bad been paid less than he was
entitled tot to which lie answered, "Oh I my Lord, I &Loafed
have found out that." In the °ours, of the examination, however.
Mr. Levi, after declaring himself "as tannest as the Sun," pro.
tested th it be never got. more than the eCiti, " indeed he enull
swear 19" Oa being a4Led to whom he paid the £lO came t Le
replied. to a viitlemate who was gone to United. The SS to a
man whom he owed 1. ; and the Lt S, after a pause, be said, I.e
declared to Gun he knew nut whether it was a live ore E'reen.
The complainant, however, awed, that the number lied been
given in at the Batik, where it had bean actually stopped. The
LORD seat said, it was anew caw, but as the note would no
doubt ba. raced to Mr. Levi, the comelainant might then decide
whether lie would pro.. ecd sealaist hies for a fraud, or sue him
for a debt t 'the complainant said he did not suppose the firm
would wait for evidence liable to contingences, but prosecute
the defendant at once. The Loth Ma rot said. whatever the event
be, the public will begreatly indebted to your bow..
GUILDHALL —Yesterday Juwe Baker was brought before Sir
STEPHEN CLAUDIUS HUNT/R, Open suspicion of forgery. The
prisoner went into the shop of Mr. Collyer, H ilbern HI, ors
Tuesday afternoon, and in paynteat of some trifl tag articles, ten-
dered a one pound Bank note, which Mr. Collier immediately
knew to be a forged one. He asked her address, and she gave
Mrs. White, to, Shoe-lane; and upon his desiring her to wait
while he sent there, she said that was act her address. but a
Gearderrtee bad met her in the street, and given her the note.—Mr.
lee, one of the Inspectors from the Bank, attended. and proved
the time a forgery. Remanded for further examine ion.
MARIBOIROUGN•ITEEKT.-..CNILD STEALING short tinie
since a woman, named Parrot, was committed for trial from this
office, for stealing an infant child of a Mrs. Cook. Mrs. Perrot
is en interesting young woman of a very respeiable Lundy, and
on the death of her father will be entitled to a very Imnsiarore
fortune. Perrot, her husband, is a young man behoving to the
10th Hussars, and out of the Was erlou Her sus. Previously to
his marriage, he had applied to his Colonel tor permission to
marry his present wife, but his application was fruitless. emoting
their hopes thus frustrated, she stole Mrs. Cook's infant, with
which presenting herself to the Colonel a the Regiment as an
unmarried mother, he readily and humanely consented to tier
marriage with Perrot. who, poor fellow, is rendered quite mist%
rabic by the misfortune which has overwilelMed them. The real
mother of the child was brought to bed of another a fortnight
since, and is too ill to appear to prefer a bill aganst Perrot, by
which the ends of justice will be frustrated, and Perrot will be
entitled to her discharge.--In affidavit of the ourw, declaring
Mrs. Cook's state, was yesterday male at this office, to be seat
to the S-scions Home, akClerkenwell, stating the tact.
UNION HALLe•PAUTION TO HACHNIT COACHNHEILYIIIM
today lejine, the driver of the hackney coach. No. 567,
was charged by Mr. Hindtuanh, Solicitor, S:eples inta, with as.
melting him on Sunday night last, near the Obelisk. and abate's,
him grossly. He ;was fined 40s. and costs, and ordered to be
committed until it was paid. _ _

A You tio 'Cuter.—Narks Williams a boy only nine years of
age, was brought up by Alay, the Officer, charged with robbing
an old woman, near Astloy's I heatre,ofss. May saved, that
every night Me precincts of Ibis Theatre were crowJel with
young pickpockets, from nine gears of age sad upwards. The
boy said that be had spent the money. His friends came forward
and satisfied the od woman, and upon promising to keep the boy,
out of badeompany, he was discharged.
HATTON GAlDAN.—Yesterday, Wilfiaat Chairrist wag com•
milted fur stealing the arms of a chaise, value lus. the property
of William Hambridge, landlord of the !faker and gasket public
house, Cloth-fair.

Tuesday, a genteel looking man, about 53 years
of age, seeing a bill for apartments to let at the house
of Mr. Samuel NEWMAN, in Red Lion-square, went
in ani desired to be ahewn them, which was complied
with; after looking at the apartments, and beirag
some time in conversation with the person who blinveti
them, he said the apartments would not suit, and
took his Lave, contriving in the mean time to steal a
valuable silver horizontal watch that hung in the
parlour.
On Monday last, a countryman came into the bank
of Sir CHARLII3 Pates and Company, Mansionhouse-
street, for the payment of a country bank-note for
£lO, made payable there; during the time the
countryman was there, a man presented a check for
4453, which, in the hurry of business, ay.s laid down
on the counter, which the countryman picked up for
his own and walked off; the mistake was not dis-
covered for a few seconds until the person who pre-
sented the check for £450 demanded payment, but
then too late to make out the man who went off.

The following antimpt to oppose the due mention
of a civil process of law, last week occurred in the
neighbourhand of .Preston. A writ being issued
against the goods of one Parkistrm, the officers pro-
ceeded to serveil.;,ba Parkinson, determined on resist..
ance, collected a "rabble, who, when the officers ap-
proached, threw upon them lading water, and drove
them from the premises. W. 0. PILKINGT,W, Esq.
the Under Sheriff, then proceeded in pet son to exe-
cute the writ, accompanied by a small body of the
Gth Dragoon Guards, now stationed "it Preston. 0;1
their arrival they found a vast concourse of persims
assembled, and it was not until the swords Ana bayo-
nets of the soldiers had inflicted some slight wounda,
that the civil officers gained possession. and Pat Li;r
ion was taken into custody with two otlwr persons.
It is generally known that many outrages and de.
predations have lately been committed in the N. w
Forest, Hants, by bands who dwell in subterratie• us
abodes. A party robbed a Gentleman, namld
Hitchen, three weeks since, between Ringwood and-
Mete ; and not content with a Er, )4)4 of a watch and
seven pounds, they took his hose from his chaise,
and rode off. Information wa., received yesterday
that this gang has been routed irom OAT cavern,
and two Were taken on Monday, one of whom Ur.
Hitchen identified.

At the Perth Assizes, on Thunday, Malcolm Clad
was found guilty of liouw-hresking And t.entented to
be executed at Perth on Friday, the 31st of October.

lireonatrrs.-137 an Act of Parliament, vagrants
must go to Bridcwell for seven days, before passes
are granted. Three or tour Irishmen were last week
deposited in that place, and it was observed that one
of them always remained on the watch while the test
slept. A relief of the guard took place at sutra
periods, and suspicion Fag entertained that they had
something to be iiirthed about, besides their live!.
They were searched, but before that they were coif,-
dosed as to the length of their purses ? " Oh, they
bad not a farthing they did. nothing but starve sint^e
they left Ireland; and they woula rather go bark
and die by the fever, than be killed here by 4 ratvA.
don, and never mow. it in their own country.
eitiched up in their clothes, parts of tslich %vete tinip-
proachable, were foetid several Basis Late.;
culla of one £7; and in the waistband of the breeches
of afloth:r 65. They afterwards acknowtedged tha
they kept watch over the property, because Bride writ
L was lull of thieves.