Star.
London, England, 1821-11-13 00:00:00

ARNOLD V. FOWLER.

Serjeant PELL moved for a new trial in this cause.
—lt was an action brought by a Buckinghamshire
farmer against a Somersetshire farmer, to recover
£5OO lost by the rot among a flock of sheep, bought
of the defendant under a warranty.
The cause was tried before Baron GRAHAM, at
Winchester, and a Jury of Hampshire farmers. The
sheep were taken from the defendant's farm, at Apple-
shaw, and put by the plaintiff in Bulstrotle Park,
which the Learned Serjeant described to be land
least liable to occasion the rot in cattle. Before that
ground was broken up, it fed the best venison in the
County of Bucks. The sheep a shot t time after were
found to be infected. They had what is termed the
liver tot, a disease in which the liver is filled with
animals called flakes, or flounders. This disease is
occasioned by bad herbage. The sheep were put
into a turnip field, where they soon shewed symptoms
of rut, by quitting the fresh herbage and eating dry
leaves in the ditches. They had dropped their lambs;
and, when the change of constitution happened, in
consequence of a change of food, they died. The
flock, consisting of eighty ewes, all died. The,
Learned Serjeant contended, that the disease must
have existed in the animals before they came into the,
possession of the plaintiff, and that the Jury had
drawn a wrong conclusiou in finding a verdict for
the defendant. It was a case which required further
investigation.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said the Judges would speak
to Baron Graham, and if he was satisfied with the
verdict, the Court would not disturb it ; if that
Learned Judge was dissatisfied, a new trial might
then be granted.

The neighbourhood of Nei ingion, Lambeth, and
Camberwell, is infested with a most desperate gang
of thieves, who have not for some weeks suffeled a
night to elapse without robbing the houses of some
cf the inhabitants. On Sunday night, the house of
Mr. Ilawroxs, a cliee,emonger, corner of York-
street, Blacktiiar's-road, was entered by means of
picklock keys, and robbed of property of nearly
two hundred pcunds value. It is believed the pro-
perty was conve) ed to a hackney-coach, that was
seen not far ditannt. The house of Mr. J.
S. HOSKETII, of &.iuth-street, Walworth, was broken
(pen and robbed on the same night of linen, apparel,
and a variety of other property. The house of Mr.
WATSON, NO. 2, George-stree,, o. di, was also
entered and robbed of a great quantity of linen,
plate, apparel, jewellery, a number of suits of clothes,
money, and other property. The thieves must have'
been for a considerable time on the premises.
Saturday night, as Mr. linocu, of Gray's %ilk,
Lambeth, was returning home fit-an Westminster, he
was surrounded by four men, by the Surrey-lodge,
near the corner of York-place, Lambeth, two of
whom seized him by his arm,s while a third rifled his
pockets in front, and the fourth his coat pockets be-
hind. After they had leisurely turned his pockets
inside out, and secured the contents, consisting of
some silver, a watch, a purse, and some papers, they
decamped with their booty.
Yesterday morning, during a temporary absence
of the servant from the ground parlour of the house
of the Rev. Mr. 11. THOMPSON, 32, Foley-place, an
expert thief entered and contrived to steal from the
cupboard four silver forks, two silver table-spoons,
and four dessert ditto, having on them the crest and
coronet, surmounted by a unicorn, with which the
robber got clear off.
Yesterday Mrs. Mary Olden, a respectable laun-
dress, residing at No. 22, Mitcham-street, Lisson-
grove, attended at the Mary-la-Bonne Police-office,
and gave information of the following rather novel
case of robbery :—Mrs. Olden stated, that on Friday
evening she sent one of het children home with some
linen which she had to wash, to the house of Mr.
Martin, a master builder in the New-road. The prc-
perty, which consisted of shirts, stockings, handker-
chiefs, etc. were some in a bundle, and the remainder
in a small basket : the messenger, on her way, was
met in the New-road, between Baker-street and the
Buffalo's Head, by a tall woman, dressed in a black
bonnet, light-coloured whittle, and dark blue gown,
who, after an artful conversation, finding out the
bearer's destination, said she had just come from Mr.
Martin's, where she lived servant, and was glad to be
saved a further journey, as she was going for the
linen; and then, in an authoritative tone, demanded
the property. The poor child not suspecting her de-
Mond to be improper, instantly gave up her burthen,
and returned home, the woman going in a different
direction. A messenger, on the following morning,
came from Mr. Martin's for the same property. This,
information was taken down by Mr. Morris, the offi-
cer, in a book kept for that purpose.
Sunday week, in the afternoon, during Divine'
Service, a large portion of the old steeple of Alder`
ton Church, in Suffolk, fell with a tremendous crash ;
but, providentially, in such a direction that no pot,
of the materials of the building fell on the Church ;'
but the utmost terror was depicted in the countenances
of the congregation.
Tuesday evening a fire broke out at the residence
of the Rev. GILBERT HEATRCOTZ, St. Thomas-street,
Southampton. It originated in a sleeping-room, and.
was catinguubed afterdestroying partof the furniture.

POLrga

G utrasnotta..--Itesterday F.gaitkg,i jackass driver, ,
was charged on suspicion of having stolen a donkey.
on Tuesday last, off a common, the property of Mr.
Wightwick, well known as furnishing the means of
that elegant amusement, donkey-ridin*, to the gentle-
folks at Tunbtidge Wells. He recognised the animal
~in Smithfield on Friday last in possession of the pri-
soner, offering to sell it for 7s. the real value being
' I SOs. and had the prisoner taken into custody. Two
lads also identified the animal to be the one lost.—
The prisoner said he had had the donkey in his pos-
-1 session a week previous to the day on which it was
said to have been stolen ; and, in support of this alibi,
brought up J. Leggett, k lad, who deposed to buying
j him three weeks ago in Smithfield market ; and W.
(liaison, who had bad it in his possession a year ago.
He was ready to call more witnesses, but the Magis-
trate would not put them on their oath against the
I respectable evidence on the other side, and accord-
ingly adjourned the further proceedings in the case
to a future day.
HATTON-GA RI:TN —Richard Christopher, a man of
colour, was charged by Mr. Shipman, surgeon, in
Great Ormond-street, with stealing two hats. Mr.
Shipman deposed, that on Saturday night, as he was
going up stairs, be heard a knock at the street-door,
which was opened by the maid-servant, and the pri-
soner enquired if the Gentleman was at home? he
went down stairs, when the prisoner said he wanted
the other Gentleman. Mr. Shipman, having a friend
up stairs, left the door, and desired the servant to
call the Gentleman down, and she went up stairs
with that intent, but on her return she found the man
had decamped with two hats. Yesterday morning he
met the prisoner in St. John-street, running with a
bundle, and secured him. The bundle contained a
great coat, which he had just stolen from Mr. Cooper,
a trtpeman in that street. He was remandes,t,
Ann Clarke, servant to Mrs. Brooks, of Clerkenwell-
gseen, was remanded, charged with stealing several
articles of value from her 'mistress.
Mantas:mown-sr REET.—Yesterday, W. Prince/y,
footman in the family of Sir Henry Wellesley, was
charged with assaulting J. Brown, a watchman of
St. James's, in the execution of his duty. The pri-
soner was passing St. James's-street, in a state of in-
toxication, when he was accosted by a female; and
when they came upon the beat of Brown, in Albe-
marle-street, she gave him in charge. He resisted
the watchman, but was carried upon poles to the
watch-house. Sunday morning, the constable gave
him two sovereigns, which he said had dropped out
of his pocket; and lie then discovered that his pocket-
book,containing £l6los. was stolen. Mr.Conasir re-
prehended the conduct of the watchmen, for suffering
the woman to escape ; and said the affair should be
further investigated, as he suspected the watchmen to
have connived with the woman, but more especially
Brown, who in his evidence had not mentioned one
word about the robbery, although he was sworn to
speak the whole of the truth. lie then ordered the
woman to he taken into cu,.iody, if met with again,
and to inquire into her intimacy with the watchman.
The caw was then ordered to stand over.
Wortsur P•STIt KET.—Yesterday, W. Balmer was re-
manded, charged with robbing the•box of W. Augh-
berg, his fellow-lodger, who is deaf and dumb, of £lO.
-- lit. Jtifird, a lad in the employ of Mr. Heath, of
Well-cow t, Queen-street, was also remanded. charged
with robbing his employer of a quantity of copper
cuttings. Martha Barrington was likewise remanded,
charged with robbing T. Moor, a sailor, of £5 and his
watch, in a brothel in Spitalfields.
Bow•svaerr.—Last night, between nine and ten o'clock a
smartly dressed ycung fellow was brought before Sir lticusao
DIRNIV' by Bond, the officer, charged with picking the pocket
of Mr. rdward Thomas (silversmith in the Strand), in the pit of
Drury-Lane 'theatre, where Mr. Thomas and iris brother found
themselves surrounded by five or six young men, who appeared
to be in a very unnecessary bustle. Mr. T. however passed on
to a seat, without paying any particular attention to the circum-
stance, and the young men still followed him, crowding about
him upon the same seat. Ile complained of this, as there was
plenty of room on the adjoining benches, upon which the pri-
soner, who was one of them, said, " I will sit behind tnd Gen-
tleman, rather than incommode him." lie accordingly placed
himself immediately behind Mr. T. but he had not sat there
long before he and another of the party got up, at the end of the
second act, and were about to go out, when Mr. T. who had
for some time considered himself in bad company, suddenly
missed his pocket-book, and instantly seized the prisoner by the
collar, at the same time calling ont for an officer. The prisoner
straggled violently to get away, and during the scuffle he was
seen to stoop down, as thcugh be was putting something under
the benches. Mr. 'l'. instantly asked the persons sitting there
to see if there was not a pocket-book under their feet ? they did
so, and in the next moment it was handed to him by a Gentle-
man named Williams. By this time Bond, the officer of the
Theatre, had arrived, and he was given in charge ; and Mr. 'l'.
upon inspecting his coat, found that his pocket bad been cut.—
The prisoner gave his name .Ts Imes Hawkins, and said his father
was surveyor of the pavements for the parish of St. Giles. When
asked by the Magistrate, what he himself was? he replied, " I
travels the country sometimes, though I'm a boat-closer by pro-
fession." Ile wore a valuable ruby and diamond broach, and
torquois sing. Bond described him as a milling cote well-known
at the lives Court, and said he had seen him frequently in the
company of notorious prigs. This, the prisoner, in plain terms,
declared to be " a lie !' Sir RICHARD Mans said he knew bins
to be the leader of a gang of most determined pickpockets, at
the cast end of the town, and he was fully committed for trial.
2'homas Meyers, a licensed hawker, was fined ten pounds for
not being able to produce his license when one of the patrol de-
manded a sight of it.
Unots-llaw..—Yesterday, William Baulky, a hackney-coach-
man, was charged by his master, Thomas Jackson, a hackney-
coach proprietor, with having embezzled the sum of 205.. The
prisoner, it was stated, left the coach-yard on Friday morning,
and did not return all night. On Saturday, at half-past three
o'clock, he was found lying drunk under the wall of the King's
Bench prison, and the coach and horses were standing near hint.
The horses were quite jaded, and the coach much injured. The
prisoner acknowledged chit he had taken five men, on Friday
night, to a church-yard at Foot's Cray, and that be had 9
received
the regular fare. No more than 12s. were found in his posses-
sion. The coaebmaster said, that having been frequently de-
frauded bylis men, he was determined to make an example of
ids. prisoner, who bad not only defrauded him, but most un-
worthily employed his coach. The prisoner was fully committed.

COUNTY OIP LIMERICK Muausazas.—The follow-
ing Epigram, singular in its poetry,. but in its senti-
ments as fiend-like, perhaps, as could be penned, is an
evidence that men of no ordinary. mental capacity
direct the actions of those miscreants:
" Hoskins and Going are nearly one;
" Hoskins is going....
66 Going's gone !! f"—Thablirs raper.

Last week Mr. Shillito, of East Grinstead, while
on his return from Godstone, fell from his horse
when near home, and fractured his skull, which
caused his almost immediate death.

Yesterday, a fine girl, two yrars old, who had
strayed from her nurse, was run over by a coal-
waggon/ in Oaford-suvato and kited.