Star.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Lineister, jails. the proprietor of the Steam Packet-office
Piccadilly, who, a few days ago, underwent a long examination at
this office (the particulars of which we then gave), under a charge
of having broken open packages, 'belonging to Mr. Addison,an
Officer of the Dragoon Guards, delivered at the Steam Packet-
office, with directions to have them sent to different parts of the
country, was yesterday brought up for another examination. The
great number of pawnbrokers tickets, which, it will be recollected,
were found by the Officers ow Mr. Lancaster when they apprehended
him, had been, since the last examination, sent to the different pawn-
brokers, directing them to attend yesterday, which they accordingly
did, with the articles pawned ; hut though there were a great num-
ber of persons come forward, who stated that they bad delivered
packages at the Steam Packet-office, which were never forwarded
according to the directions given, yet, on examining the articles
produced by the pawnbrokers, they were not able to identity any
belonging to themselves.
Sir -G. Failure, the Magistrate, was about to commit the pri-
soner on Mr. Addisen's charge, which he observed was quite com-
plete, the package baviag bees found in the prisoner's desk; but
ultimately thought it better to remand him for another week, u it
was probable that persons would come forward who might identify
some of the property produced by the pawnbrokers.
Ito was accordingly remanded.
A young man, of good appearance, named Rood, was charged by
a Gentlemen, who lives to Frith.etreet, Soho, with the following
gross fraud.

The Gentleman stated, that shoot a fortnight ago he was ac-
costed
. by the prisoners in company with arnihrr person, in Picca-
dilly. The prisoner asked him if he would buy some cheap French

tcantbric and Holland litter', which his conipanltin had, who was in
great distress ; and so importunate was be in begging of him to buy,
that he con%ented to look at the articles, for which purpose they
went into a public-house in Rtiperr-etteet. Two parcels were
opened by the prisoner : they were stamped, as it appeared to him,
from the towns in Holland and France they purpnkted to have
been made in. The Gentleman purchased French cambric and
Holland linen, to the value of 41. 174. which he paid the prisoner.
The articles were then tied up in a silk handkerchief, and the Gen-
tleman directed them to be left at his lodging. in Fritb.street. Tice'
prisoner, after making his bow, deputed for the purpose of doting
so. On the Gentleman going hnmr, he found the parcel before
him ; but on opening it, discovered that instead of French cambric
and fine Holland linen, it contained common cotton, not worth
10d. a yard.

Mr. Mauna, wko attended for the prisoner, asked if there was
any evidence of the prisoner's having changed the parcel, and seise
being able to be produced, Mr.lDrns advised the Gentkinte. to
indict him at the Sessions, which the gentleman expressed his de- •
termination tc.; do.
UNION-HA LL.

A decent.looking young woman, named Hill, with an infant is
her arms, Willi brought up, charged with committing an assault
upon the Lady of Captain Wright. who resides at Brixton.
It appeared that the defendant was in the habit of calling at the
Captains residence and exciting disturbances. A few nights back
she called, as usual, at a very late hour, and broke out into violent
exclamations against Captain Wright. The complainant hearing
the noise, went into the hail, and seeing the defendant there, re-
quested she wo,ild withdraw ; upon which Miss Hill flew at the
complainant, and struck her violently. declaring at the same time
she had as much right to the Captain, if not more, than the Lady
who took upon herself the character of mistress of the house. With
difficulty she was at length thrust out of the house, hut nut until eke
had raised the whole neighbourhood by the violence of her conduct.
The defendant here stated that Captain Wright wis the father of
the child she then held in her arms, and that lie had tuned his hack
upon her, leaving the entire million of the infant upon her. Silt
admitted that she had gone to his residence for the purpose of 50..,
liciting some maintenance for their mutual offspring, but lie had
avoiding making any arrangement to that effect, and uniformly !CM
the Lady who now made the charge against her to meet her, and
who had constantly abused her, although she (defendant) had as.
sured Mrs. Wright that all she wanted was to have a maintenance
(or the child from its father. She denied having assaulted the
complainant.
A Solicitor, who attended on behalf of Captain Wright, told the
Magistrate that the affair of the child had been long since compro-
mised, by his client paying the sum of ‘5O to the pari-h authorities.
The Magistrate observed that the conduct of parish °Meet-a was

most reprehensible in compromising a case of bastardy. lie
directed that the 501. paid by Captain Wright should be returned to
him again, and then the parish could proceed against that per-
son in the legal way for the expenses attendant upon the woman's
confinement, and the subsequent support of the child. The Ma-
gistrate then cautioned the defendant not to go near Capt. Wright's
house or molest his Lady, and ordered that the warrant should be
op►n against her in the event of her committing any brelch of the
peace in future.
The defendant said, that although she had been abandoned and
treated with cruelty by him, yet ►he would never molest bins again,
if he maintained the child.

LA M BETILSTREF.T.

Jane Gregory, nurse in the worlehouse of Mile End, New Town,
was re-examined, charged with inducing some of the children to
nob the establishment; when the charge of prostituting two of them
was abandoned, the story turning out to be a mere fabrication, but
on the other pact of the charge she was fully committed for trial.

At the Nottingham Assizes, the other day, J. Booth.
a schoolmaster, depbsed that be wrote pan of Thomas
Stainlanes will with a candle!

The gold and silver coins, deposited a short time
since in the foundation-stone of °misersley New Charch,
were stolen one night last week.
In carrying the improvements in the neighbourhoA
of Charing-cross into effect) the dead wall in St. Mar-
tin's-lane, opposite the Church, was taken down on Mon-
day evening, thus leaving the noble portico of chat fine
edifice open to Pall-mall.
Tuesday an Inquest was held at the Bedford Arms,
Commercial Road, upon the body of the It-r. Thomas
Baxter, B. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. , The
only witness examined was Mr. Chapman, a Surgeon,
who being called in, found the deceased lying without
his shirt in bed; life was then extinct. Upon ope ing
the body yesterday morning, he found the stomach and
liter considerably diseased, and was of opinion that the
immediate cause of death was the bur- ting of an abscess
upon-the lungs by coughing. Verdict—tred by tire
visitation of Gon.—Near his be-. 1, on a small t4ble, the
'Bible was found, opened at the Psalms.
On the night of Good Friday, a number of Hoc/rites
attacked the house of a schoolmaster of the none of
Gaven, residing at Bonavaliy, near Athlone. On hearing
them, he concealed himself. After the party had broken
into the house, they demanded of Gaven's K ife to let
them know where her husband was ; but on her saying
she did not know, they treated her in a most brutal

manner. After knocking her down, they laid her head
on a Hag, and began deliberately to strike it with a stone
of Sibs. weight, until they left her apparently litele,s;
While they were thus abusing the woman, her . aughte...
a child of five years old, threw herself on her mother,
when these savages took up a-chair and struck the child
with it on the back, and also
,inflicted such se 'e e
wounds on the face of an infant of fifteen months old,
that it is supposed, should it ever recover, it u ili I,3se
its sight. After committing these depredations they
made a feint retreat, which had the effect of bringing
Gaven from his concealment, when they again re.entere4
the house, and used the unfortunate man in the '4lllC'
way as his wile, leafing the father, mother, -and infatit
child almost lifeless, the whole of whom have been re-

moved to the Dispensary, the mother and child with
little hope of recovery, but Gaven himself, although
severely injured, was so far recovered, on Saturday, as
to identify some of the miscreants. This has been the
second attack on Gaven within a short tin*:

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