Star.
London, England, 1829-11-03 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

fru. Roister, in the service of Mr. John Surrey, the proprietor
of a flour-mill, neat Wapping Old-stairs. wii charged with rubbing
his employer of Sour, malt, and other property, to a large amount.
It appeared that the prisoner bad been In the employ of Mr. Sur-
rey for five years. About last June the depredations on Mr. Su:-
rry's property became so extensive, that be suspected some of the
workmen, and steps were adopted to detect them, but in vain, till
Saturday evening, when the prisoner was stopped soon after be
had left work, by William Judge, a Thames-police surveyt.r, and
a quantity of flour- wu found in his hat and pockets, and
some cat-got round his _body. Judge immediately procuded
to the prisoner's house. in l'asling-street,&. George's,and in every•
room discovered flour, amounting in all* to *vend hundred-weight,
concealed under the gads and in drawers; cupboards, chests. sod
lathe coal•boles. • The whole, with a number of flour-sacks. sun-
plc-lugs. two sacks of ground-malt, fifteen quarto of iplieptUes
several jars of oatmeal, and a Vast quantity of othei propereW4roo
seized and brought to the office in a can. Mr. Surrey. esaidood
the property: He said there could be' little toubt but the the
whole belonged to him. but declined positively swearing k had
_lieen stolen from the will. A quantity of ied-lead; emery. Ultow,
rope; twine, hra7i=aigitie'Vibtkk, 'and'othefitiiipertyl found leithe
isrisinersi tibuse,Wras ail, pitirhicesl.r • bitiStitteey sad. sitdMs-sr-
ttehtchadfirm
freqtrently'skolen Wm-Ms premises. but' could-tot
'west to the property prodoced.
Mr. llsoossit. said, thciitgh the prtipertY etial&ndt belliedttled,
he was determined such a gross breach of confidence should not go

unpunished, and sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprison-
ment, and hard labour.
The whole of the property was declared forfeited.
William Mackintosh was reexamined on a charge of attacking
a coal-porter, and stealing from his person four shillings in silver.
The prisoner met the coal-porter a few evenings since in Shad-
well, and taking advantage of the latter being intoxicated, knocked
him down, and robbed him of the money. The prisoner was ob-
served by a watchman, who pursued and took him into custody.
No prosecutor appearing, the defendant was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment as a reputed thief.

Wherever trade may be declining, that of litigation is
not. The number of writs taken out this vacation, preparatory to
the ensuing Term, is 11,000 more than were issued previously to
the preceding Term, and 5,000 more than were taken out during
the corresponding period of last year.
A cluster of five swan's
-egg pears was last week
gathered from a tree in the garden of Mr. John Sharp, at Lancing,
Sussex ; they grew on one strig, or stalk, and weighed 28 ounces;
seven others trop the same tree weighed 30 ounces.
WOO ARE ESQUIRES ?—The title of Esquire is coeval
with the Conqueror, but in its present application it takes its date
from Henry the Fifth. Some go so far back as Edward the Third,
but this is a mistake, as in that reign an Esquire was only as it ori.
ginally implied, an attendant on a Knight. Eustace and Merceeur
were the Esquires or attendants of Edward the Black Prince.
The word is derived from the Norman Equine. from whence also
is derived Equery. lien* the Fink. after his victoty at Agin-
court, reads from a paper, presented by a Herald, the names of
the principal characters who were slain—
" Edward the Duke of York, the Earl of Stiffolk,
Sir Richard Ketley, Davy Gain, Esquire:
None else of name ; and, of all other men,
But five-and-twenty."
The late Lord Barrington was once asked by a German Prince--
" Pray, my Lord, of what rank is an Esquire in England?" when
his Lordship replied," Why, Sir, I cannot exactly tell you, as you
have no equivalent for it in Germany ; but an English Esquire is
considerably above a German Baron, and something below a Ger-
man Prince." Nothing can be mere absurd than the commonly.
received notion, that a certain property constitutes a man an Es-
squire ; in the country, however, every village has its 'Squire, and
to dub him less would be an affront not easily forgotten. The fact
is, none are Esquires *facto but the following, viz. all in his Nis-
jesty's Commission of the Peace; all members of and pertaining
to his Majesty's Government ; all Officers of tb's regular Army
down to a Captain ; and all Officers niche Navy down to a Lieute-
nant. These are the only Esquires de facto t however, the title or
distiction is generally given to professional men, to persons en-'
gaged in literary pursuits, and to wealthy people in general. Doc- •
tors of the three learned professions, and Barristers, rank above
Esquires. Attornies are Gentlemen by Act of Parliament.
A fire broke out in the paper-mill of Mr. George
Harrison. at Chester, on Friday afternoon, which entirely de-
stroyed two-thirds of the premises, which contained some valuable
machinery.
An Inquest was held on Saturday, at the residence of
Win, Willis, Esq. Montagu-square, to inquire into the death of his
son, William Henry Willis, Esq —Robert Russell, the footman.,
proved that on Wedne.day night last he heard an alarm of fire,
and met the deceased Gentleman in the hall in his shirt and cap,
with his hands and face covered with blood. At two o'clock on
Thursday morning he died. The room in which the deceased slept
was on the second floor; on entering it witness found the bed and
furniture, and the window blinds, on fire. The candlestick was
found behind the pillow. Joseph Cox, a surgeon, stated that the-
deceased told him that he had been reading in bed. Verdict—,
" Accidental Death."
EXECUTION AT PAlSLEY.—Thursday, John Craig*
and James Brown, convicted at the last Glasgow Autumn Circuit
Court of Justiciary of the crime of Stouthrief, underwent the last
and awful penalty of the law, pursuant to their sentence. on a
scaffold erected in front of the new County-buildings in Paisley.
It la rather singular in the annals of Paisley, that the three- last
executions there, have all been 32 years asunder, namely—the first
in 1765 ; the second in 1797 ; and the third in 1829.

At Limerick, the lady of Captain Garrett H. Fitzgerald, of a
daughter.
MARRIED.
At Myers Castle, Joseph Maitland, Esq. third son of Admix
Maitland, Esq. of Dundrennan, to Ann Maria. eldest daughter of
James Pillans, Esq. -
At Dumfries, W. Stewart, Req. of Shambelly, to Jessie, young-
est.daughter of the late Mr. Ilphert [lowa, merchant there.
At North Berwick, the Rev. Matthew Carrier Thompson, of
Woodstone Rectory, Huntingdon, to Eliza, second daughter of the
late Lieutenant-Colooel Dalrymple, C. B. Mathes artillery.

DIED.

At Laureston Castle, Miss' Helen Alhn, youngest daughter of
Thomas Allan, Esq. of Lauristoo, in the 16th year of her age.
At his seat, BaUynabinch, in the County Clare, Cornelius
D'Callaghan, Esq. of Holles'ltreet, Dublin, an eminent attorney.
At Edinburgh, Mrs. Mary Maswell, relict of the late 11ev.
James Hall, D. D. of Broughton Place Church.

NEVIGATB AND LICADBNIiALL MAILKETS, Nov. S.
Beef ..... 3s Od to 3.14 Yd I Veal 34 Sd to 4s 4d
Mutton ..... 33 4d to 3s 6.1 Pork Ss 4d to 4s 84
Lamb 3s 4d to 4s.

PRICES or HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY.
ST. JA IS$ s. • IVNITIMINATEL.
Hay 3115 s Od to 41 15s Od Hay 11 10$ to 41 8s Od
Clover 3110$ Od to 51 51 Od Clover 21 10, to 51 les Od
Straw 21 2s Od to 21 5s Od Straw II 141 to 21 Os 01

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Best Dressing Hides • l4d to 16d.
Common Ditto
Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting
.Ditto 45 to 50Ibs l7d to 19d
Calf Skins. 36 to 40Ibs .....
Ditto 50 to 701bs - 23 d to 284
Ditto 70 to 801b5 ... ..
...Small Seals, Greenland) :O4 to 2W
Tanned Horse Hides 164 to -2.1.4
Spanish Horse Hides .... .......... ... 23d to +9.1

PRICE OF HOPS, Noe. Y.

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mew rocxrrs. es IM PAG4.
Kent 180 s to 220.1 Kent
Sussex
Essex
Farnham fine 2804 to 37.6s—Seconds. 240 i to 280 s
Old Duty laid at £39,000. •

PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP ae.
Town Tallow 4gs Oct j Yellow Soap 78s od
Yellow Russia ... 4050411 Mottled .. ... 84s od
White ditto- —s Od Curd —s od
Soap ditto —4 od Graves t6s od
Melting 33s0d 'Good Dregs 5s od
Tallow Imported frogs &. Petersburgh, 7,710 Casks.

• PRICE OF OIL.
Rape Oil, broom, 411. cos. reamed, 431. Os.
Unwed 0i1,421. 10s.
linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand, 111. 11a.
Rape Cake, per ton, 51.105. to 01. Os.

PRICE OF SEEDS, Nov. 2.
Our market continues stead since our last uotation. Tbere is
some demand,for Red Clover,y and Trefoil is inq qvired after.

COURSE OF BEd
Amsterdam ...12 7 C.F.
Ditto at sight —.12 411
Rotterdam 2 U 12 71
Antwerp ...12 71
Hamburgh Ul3 151
Altons ... 21 U 13 151
Paris,3darssight 25 75
Ditto 2 U 26 00
Madrid
Cadiz ... 361
Barcelona ..36
Gilboa ...

tANGE, Nov. 2.
Seville
Gibraltar .. 47i
Leghorn ... 47b
Genoa 25 85
Venice ... 47e
I 'Malta 4Bi
Naples
I Palermo .. 119 d per us
Lisbon .. 00
ltio Janeiro .. 24;
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t Cork