Star.
London, England, 1810-07-28 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

THE KING. V. W. HODGES, WHITMAN, TAYLOR AND
01 HERS.

The defendants, five in number, had been conic.
ted at Bow-street, as vagabonds, for carrying on a
Little Gu Lottery, at the house of Hodges, who was
a principal, No. 117, Pall Mall.
A common informer, of the name of Lake, of
Hyde•street, laid the information ; and Sharman, his
witness, proved that Hodges had given him a plan of
the drawing of the Lottery, and that he paid Whit-
man money for. insurance. The other defendants
we creatures of the fraudulent firm, who aided and
assisted in the drawing of the Lottery. The defen-
dants appealed against the conviction, and on Wed-
nesday, by appointment, Messrs. MARMOT and ADOL•
Pitus were heard for the Appellants, and they took
several objections, which were over-ruled.
The Court confirmed the conviction, and the Chair-
man, after descanting on the enormity of offences of
this description, which went to impose on and distress
the needy and unenlightened part of society, senten-
eed the defendants to six months imprisonment each
in the House of Correction.

A few nights since the warehouse of Mr. Day, prin.
ter, in Goswell-street, was robbed of a large quantity
of wove paper.
John Clue, of Bottle-hay-yard, St. John-street, Clef.-
kenwell, and another man, entered the garden ground
of a gentleman in the City-road, a few evenings since,
and knocked down the owner. The latter, however,
having a blunderbuss near him, fired, when IS slugs
entered the body of Clue, who is now in St. Bastho.
lomew's Hospital ; his companion made his escape.

Monday evening Mr. Nightingale, of the Noah's
Ark, Oxford•street, opposite Old Cavendish-street,
had his bed-room stripped of the sheets, a waistcoat,
several pairs of stockings, some silver spoons, &s.
with which the thief got off unperceived.

Whilst some bags of rags were craning yesterday
morning, near Bear Quay, Lower Thames-street, tho
slings gave way, and the bags fell upon a soldier who
was passing, by which he was much hurt, and was
taken to the hospital without hopes of recovery.
Last week, a bargeman of the name of &ism, who
resided in Gloucester, was unfortunately drowned is
the River Severn, near Framiload. He was employed
with other., in rowing a canal-boat coming up with
the flood-tide, when his oar breaking, he was preci-
pitated overboard, and his companions were unable
to render him the smallest assistance.

Thursday afternoon a child, two years old, fell into
a pail of water, at Laytonstone, and was drowned.

The Long Coach from Glasgow to Helensburgb,
was overturned about two miles east of Dumbarton,
on Saturday evening, and several of the passengers
were considerably fain.

Tuesday se'nnight part of the scaffolding erected for
the repairing of the Abbey Church, Durham, gave
way, when John Burdon, the only workman at that
time upon it, unfortunately fell the distance of 74 feet.
What is very remarkable, none of his bones were
broken, though several large stones came down at the
same time, one of which actually lay upon him. His
head, we are sorry to say, is much hurt, yet hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
A boy about 11 years of age, son of Mrs. Cooke,
a widow, who lives in the Strand, went to bathe yes.
terday in the Thames, at the corner of Somerset-house.

The wind and tide being strong, he was carried out
of his depth, and disappeared. His situation being
observed by a young man of the name of Jennings,
he rushed into the river in his clothes, but was not
able to find him. He then swam to a barge, which
was close to the spot, and having stripped himself, he
dived in the line where the boy had disappeared ; and,
after some time, brought him up from the bottom of
the river. This scene was witnessed by several boats
passing at the time, which crowded to the spot, and
seven or eight gentlemen who were in them lent their
assistance in carrying the boy and his preserver OQ
shore. The boy, who had been eight or ten minute
immersed in the river, appeared quite dead. A phy.
sician was immediately sent for, and the means re.
commended by the Humane Society were resorts! tot
and after some hours application, the vital spark was
restored. He was then conve)•e I home, and was lalt
night is a fair way to perfect recovery.

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