Star.
London, England, 1817-01-13 00:00:00

11'L•STMINSTLU SLSSIONS.

These S.tssions ended on Saturday, when 39 -
Unguents were disch aged from Toth:Welds Bride well
by proclamation. The uuly case of any interest was
the follow Mg :
Edward Broom& dr was put to the bar upon two
charges of defrauding Mr. Balser, of Knightsbridge,
to both of which he pleaded guilty. The CHAIRMAN
told him, that by pleading guilty he Died not think
that it would lessen his punishment; but he persisted
in his plea; and the prosecutor stated, that on the
2ilth of November the prisoner CAM to him with a
note, purporting to come from a Mr. Pepper, for
'seven yards of newt cloth ; he was accordingly fur-
nished with it, and on the following morning he came
again for more, ss Inch the clerk let him have. In
chi• evening the clerk and him were exchanging their
mutual suspicions of the pismires cnduct, at which
identical time he came m a coach for more. It tine is
that he is an inrantuns character, was transported '2O
years ago, a•id although he has had the means of
living honestly, 1w has been almost uniformly a thief.
AMNIA N sentenced him to seven year;
trhitsportation. —The Sessions then adjourned to the
tal instant.

At the Sessions for Bury. held at the Guildhall on
Thursday and Friday se'nnight, before WM. Fitaitv,
E.g. Recorder, and the Town Magistrates, Rich,,rd
Atha, otherwise Fleirkr, aged 15, and (Irma smilh,
aged 1.1., were capitally convicted ut a burglary in in...
Workhouse ot that town, andr. ceived sentence of ikat` .
Alia Sexier and Minas Diet, of the paris:i otStal.
bridge, were committed to Dorchester gaol on the
SOth ult. for sheep-stealing, being part ot s most
desperate gang infesting that neighbourhood.
Monday evening, so early as sit o'clock, s pore
man was popped near the town of Ingatestone, by
two fellows, who, after robbing him of los. tied him
to a gate with his hands behind him; in which situa-
tion he remained, until relieved by a person acciden-
tally passing.
MUUDILR AND Runway.—Some person or persons,
on Monday night last, the 6th instant, entered the
dwelling house of George Rogers, at Brownshill-
Green, in the parish of Allesley, mar Stone Bridge,
in the county of Warwick, and mostinhumanly mur-
dered the said George Rnffers (who was alone in
his said house) by cutting his throat and fracturing
his skull, cad afterwards stole therefrom different ar-
ticles of little value.

CoAnus or Mtairisa.--Yesterday Mr. Thomas
Clarke, Constable of St. Giles's, having received in-
formation that Thomas Wakes) alias Tess the Sailor,
who stands charged with the murder of .a young man
named Stanton. at a coffee-shop in St. Giles's, was
at a house in Chusclustreit ; he went there, and after
some trouble, succeeded in apprehending him. The
circumstances of the murder were given correctly in
our Police Report a short time since.
DARING FOOTPAD ROSlUT.—Wednesday MOT-
ping, about half past ten o'clock, as a Gentleman
was travelling in his single horse chaise, near the
fourteen mile stone, on the Epping road, three men
suddenly rushed upon the chaise, seized the horse,
and demanded the Gentleman's money : astonished
as the unexpected attack, the sun then shining bright,
he • asked them if they were serious t to which they
replied with horrid oaths and threats ; two of them
then produced two Common pistols, and one a horse's
pistol, and swore they would shoot him if be did not
instantly deliver them his money. He complied,
and gave them four Al bank notes. This did not
satisly them, and they demanded his watch, this also
be gave them, sod which, together with the gold
chain and seals, were worth MO. They then raft
across Epping Forest. The Gentleman was within
two miles of his own house, and got a number of
men to go in pursuit of them ; they were traced for a
considerable distance by the marks of their feet, but
the trace was, however, at length last. They were,
all Irishmen, from their accent.
LEDIATIOI.-0a the 25th tilt. an Inquest was held
on the bodies of Thomas Clarke and Joseph Taylor,
two patients confined in the Lunatic Asylum, near
Nottingham. The following verdicts were returned:
" Thomas Clarke, in gallery letter (A), killed on
Tuesday morning, by a violent blow of stroke sud-
deoly gived by G. Housely,' a lunatic, confined in
the seine apartment, during the necessary absence of
the servant for a few minutes."—" Joieph Taylor,
in gallery letter (C), killed on Wednesday morning,
by a violent blow or stroke suddenly and unexpec-
tedly given by John Allen, a lunatic, confined is the
same apartment."
Hoanin Arreassr.--About eight o'clock on Moe.
day morning last, two bread cakes, strongly impreg-
nated with poison, were found at the bottom of the
stairs of the cottage of Joseph Turner, of Childwell.
alley, Colchester.. A part of one was toasted by
Turner and,his wife, but no portion thereof swal-
lowed, from a disagreeable sensation it occasioned,
accompanied by gratings. The poor nun hits three
children, by whom the cakes were not seen, or the
coasequettees would have been most fatal.