Star.
London, England, 1826-04-28 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

C Wilson was charged with a burglary in the house of 3fr. Brig,
10, Annette Crescent, Islington.
About half-past four on Sunday morning, a watchman in Union.
street, Kingsland Road, had a rencontre with three tarn, on his beat,
and sprung his rattle, upon whiei they ran away, and one of dyes"
(the prisoner) threw away a dressing-case and an augur. The cue
afterwards proved to have been stolen from Mr. Kw 's. and the
bore of the augur taUied precisely with the holes bored In the door.
The prisoner being known, was then apprehended, but no other part
of Mr. Bigges property was found.—Remanded.

UNION-HALL
Yesterday, a female, of respectable appearance, attended at side
Clihi.e for the purpose of asking the Magistrates ;deice, under the
following circumstances:—During the statement of her complaint,
ske exhibited great agitation. The applicant proceeded to state that
she had an only daughter, 17 years of age, on whom was placed alt
the hopes of the family; latterly a respectable young min, to whom
abe had been introduced at a party, became constant in attention
towards her, and visited at the house frequently with the consent of
applicant, •who considered that he meant nothing but what was
truly honourable. On Tuesday morning, however, her daughter
not appearing at the breakfast table at the usual hour, the servant
was sent to her bed room, when it was ascertained that she bad
absented herself, and on examining the drawers and cupboards, the
Iwhole of the young lady's wardrobe was discovered to have been
removed early that morning in her flight from home. The appM-
, cant added, that a letter was found in the bed room from the pergola
with whom she had eloped bearing his signature, and stating, that
' In the event of the young lady's family settling £l,OOO upon their
daughter, together with a furnished house fit for the reception of a
Gentleman and his wife, be would then, on their agreeing to suck
proposal, and communicating the same to a friend of his, act in an
ibonourable manner towards their daughter by joining in the holy
bands of matrimony ; but in cue they should not consent with hiss
terms, he threatened to seduce and then desert bet, remarking that
she was completely in his power, and that she was detetmined on
forsaking every one belonging to her utiless his propositions were
agreed to. The Lady said, that the object bf her application was.
to have a warrant issued against the person of whom she complained
for running away with her daughter.
The Magistrate observed, that be was afr..?d he could not assist
her in the recovery of her daughter, unless she (the applicant) could
testify on oath that the girl bad been taken away by force, and
without her consent.

The Lady is reply said, that she should be 'perry to swear to that.
fact, for she felt confident no threats had been held out to beer
daughter, and that she bad left her home spontaneously, acting en-
der the advice of the hypocrite, who had written time letter that was
discovered In the bed-room.

The Magistrate lamented that he had not the power of punishing
a ruMan who was capable of writing such au epistle, and advisint
the applicant to consult with her legal Adviser en the subject, who•
would adopt such measures as would restore the young Lady to her
family.—She then thanked the Magistrate and withdrew.

Mr. Bonafou, Member of the Royal Agricultural
Society of Turin, had proposed to that Society the
adoption of a Hand-instrument for Sowing Corn, which
is in use in the South of France. It ts extremely simple.
cheap, and very easily used. The sower, following
immediately after the plough, gently shakes the sowing-
machine in the longitudinal direction of the furrow, so
that the seed, falling into it, is uniformly distributed.—
I resolved," says Mr. B. " to convince myself, by my
own experience, and with accuracy. of the degree of
saving resulting from the use of this instrument. With
this, on the 17th of October, 1821, 1 sowed by hand
three pounds two ounces of wheat ; and, on an equal
extent of ground, perfectly similar, I sowed with the
instrument one pound eight ounces of whe,t, of the
half of what I had sown by hand. The corn was reaped
30th of June. 1822. The grain sown by hand had pro-
duced 161 pounds of wheat. and that sown with the
instrument exactly 17 rounds. Thus we see, that, with
the instrument, half the quantity of seed corn' is suf-
ficient. This instrument is merely a portable box,
shaped like a kneading trough, being 20 inches in length
by 6 in breadth at the top, and 17 inches by 21 at the
bottom. A third part of the top. at each end, is covered
over; the centre being open to receive the grain, with
a sliding beard to cover it when used. It is held by a
handle fixed in the longitudinal direction of the bp:, and
about a foot above it. The form of the handle is, of
course, of little consequence."