Star.
London, England, 1820-12-05 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced, before a full
bench of Magistrates.
J. Costellow, S. Costellow, B. Sullivan, J. Higgins,
and two other persons, were tried for a riot, and for
assaulting C. Tilt, one of the Toll Collectors on Wa-
terloo Bridge, on-the 29th of August. It was stated
by Tilt, that the prisoners, between twelve and one
o'clock on the night, or rather morning, of the day.
named in the indictment, presented themselves at
the gate on the Surrey side of the Bridge, and de-
manded to pass free. Tilt refused to allow them, and
after some altercation, they paid the toll. Some
abusive words passed, and then J. Costellow struck
him a violent blow, the rest (with another person
who did not appear), then repeatedly struck him with
their umbrellas, and otherwise ill-treated him. The
Patrol (Hunt) came to his assistance, and the pri-
soners were lodged in the Watch-house.
They were found guilty of the assault ; and J.
Costellow, being the ringleader, was sentenced to
fourteen days imprisonment ; the other prisoners to
seven days each.
J. Bebb was tried for robbing his father, J. Bebb,
of two coats and a silk handkerchief. It appeared
that the unfortunate youth had got connected with
bad companions, and frequently plundered his father.
He was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported
for seven years.

GUILDHALL. —A ragged little urchin, scarcely
nine years old, named Richard Morilock, was brought
up for examination yesterday, before Sir Wst.CURTIS,
for a street robbery. Sophia Jesson, between eight
and- nine years of age, was standing. at her aunt's
door in Chancery-lane, with a boy of her own age,
when the prisoner asked them to shew him No. 34.
While going on, he sent the boy back, with a pro-
mise that he would bring him a box top and a spoon;
he then enticed the girl to a court in. Fleet-street,
and took her scarf and handkerchief and ran off. He
was recognised in Fleet-street, about a week after-
wiids, and taken into custody. In conseqUence .of
information he gave on the first examination, a
woman was yesterday put to the bar as the receiver ;
prisoner said, he met her in Chancery-lane, when she,
panted to the scarf, and said—" There's a chance
for you ; get her from the door with some little story;
a shilling will look much better in your pocket than
out of it." . Be obeyed her instructions, and she
bought the articles for 2s. 6d. She denied this, and
was discharged, the property not having been traced
in corroboration. Mortleck was remanded.
Bow-smarr.—Yesterday, T. Faulkner, a lad, was
committed, charged with stealing £l3in notes, some
silver, and a coat, in the house of Mr. Davidson, a
printer, in Lombard-street, Whitefriars. During the
night or morning of Tuesday last, his printing-office,
adjoining his dwelling-house, was entered, and a
desk belonging to Mr. Simmons, the overseer, in the
reading-room, broken open and plundered of £l3 in
motes, and 16s. in silver. A coat, quite new, belong-
ing to one of the workmen, was also stolen from the
composing-room. A Patrol of this Office appre-
hended the prisoner at a well-known house in St.
Giles's, on suspicion of being one of the gang con-
cerned in the rescue of the prisoners from Marsden,
the Marlborough-street Jailer ; and, having ascer-
tained where he lodged, he went there, and found a
new blue coat, and some silver. He asked the pri-
soner where he got the coat and money ?-and he said
he found £l3, some silver, and the coat, wrapped to-
gether in a parcel, in the Strand. The Patrol, having
heard of the robbery at Mr. Davidson's, learned that
the prisoner, a day or two after that happened, had
paid a £5 note to a Mr. Chambers, a slopseller, in
Broad-street, for some clothes. This, on being stop-
ped at the Bank, proved to be one of the notes stolen
from Mr. Davidson's desk. The coat found at the pri-
soner's lodgings wasalso the one stolen from the com-
posing-room the same night.
Saturday evening,' ah expert thief found means to
unstrap from behind a Gentleman's carriage, on its
way from Westminster-bridge to Grosvenor-square,
a leather portmanteau, containing a Russian leather
dressing-case with some valuables, a Staff Officer's
uniform coat and medals, and several other articles
of valuable apparel. • - •
A man, in the garb of a Gentlilnan, accompanied
a fair Cyprian to her lodgings in Canterbury, a few
evenings since, with whom he retired to rest, and
during the night, watching the opportunity of his
companion bt4ing soundly asleep, he arose and ran-
sacked her drawers, stealing a gold watch, trinkets,
money, and other valuables, to the amount of fifty
pounds, with which he got clear off.
On the evening of the 29th ult. as Mr. Snow BEATTIE, rlogger.
in Annan, was returning borne after collecting money in the
country, he was attacked at a place called Gallowbank, by four
men, who seriously and wantonly abubeSlianil rebind him of
151. ss. 4d. with which they sot clear off, . .