Star.
London, England, 1828-07-10 00:00:00

QUEEN.SQUARE.

J. ravening% aged 1 5. WM discharged from risen on Ties-
' day, after being logged, was charged es anseicion of another rob-
bery. It appeared that on the 7th of Jo* be went to a trades-
man at brewer's Green, Paddington, :.'company with another
lad, and sold three gold rings' and a gauze inlegkerchief for ins.
and a day or two after he went again, and tamed five pair of men's
'Ames and a silk handkerchief for the same money. Part of the
money was paid him ; but before he could go to olidni the reddue.
be war apprehended for the crime for which be solfered. How-
ever on hi. release he went to claim the residue, aed was detained
oa 9:14/eisin of basing stolen the 'property. In defence, be said be
found the ht Regent street, Vsllwthail; and the latter
on one of the cltask. The Msgisteste told hint be
was a very lucky fellow', tlibilerod him to be detainedt and' the
articles to be advertised.
THAMES. POLICE.
man of colour, was brought is irons to die Office,
charged with having, on the High Seas, endeavoured to excite the.
crew of the merchant ship Iphigeola to mutiny. It appeared that
the prisoner had bounded theta repeatedly, during the passage from
the Isle of France. upon the subject of "a roving commission," in
which be intisturted the great advantages they would have if they
could get the ship into their possesbion ; but the crew remained
steady to their duty. To aAm time, however. he rtiwmcd
efforts, by tampering with two boys, to tam b. agog won

'but the boys refused to lendtliemselvea.for such a purpose, and In
formed the Captain, and the prisoner war immediately put in irons.
Ile was remanded.: , • .
UNMY . HALL.
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Two Young men, named John Thonipsert and Charles Field. both'
fashionably attired, were charged with se/feral robberies at Vale.
hall Gardens, on Tuesday` night. The prisoners were genteel-
looking men. and sported splendid gold watches, chains, and seals..
l'innock Styre, one of the waitera at the Gardens, stated that he
observed both the prisoners, and a man wearing spectacles, in com-
pany together in the Gardens. Fle observed Thompson put his
hand into a Gentleman's pocket, after wfiich he mingled in the
crowd. Afterwards he saw him thrust• his hand into a Gentle-
man's small•clotbes pocket, and draw out a dail purse. The Gen-
tleman called out that he was robbed, and witness then seized
• Thomp ))))) , and gave him into custody. The Gentleman who had
been robbed said his name was Brooks, and promised to attend at
the Office that morning. Aftir Thompson had been disposed of,
hr saw Field push up close to a Lady who had a watch at her bide,
whom he took round the waist with one of his arms, while with
his hand he attempted to snatch the watch, which, however, re-
sisted the attempt, and he slunk among the crowd. Witness fol.
lowed him into the Rotunda, and saw him attempt t• pick the coat
pockets of two people.; witness then gave him into custody. Hall,
the offices, stated, that on Thompson be found a roll of Bank-
notes, amounting to £4O, besides a green-netted purse, containing
fifteen sovereigns and a half ; he also found a small pen-knife,
which was admirably adapted for cutting pockets, with a short
blade, and well sharpened at the voila. On Field six sovereigns
and some silver were found. Both prisoners gave a most unsatis-
factory account of themselves. Thompson said he was an en-
graver, and had recently tome from Liverpool, and brought the
money which was found in his posiu-ssion from that place. A new
hat, which lie bad with him, he said he bought in Fleet-street,
although the maker lived in Cieap,ide. kield said, that about a
week ago he came from Wolverhanipton, where his father was a
farmer; his visit to London w.is for the purpose of seeing a female
to whom he had been attached, and who resided at Kensington
Palace. The Magistrate remanded the prisoners fur a further
, examination.

In the course of the day a Gentleman applied for the Magis-
trate's advice under these'circumstances : Ile stated that for some
time past a Man, who was a labourer in the East India Ware-
houses, bad formed an' intimacy with one of his (applicant's)
daughters, who was nineteen years of age. He had pointed out
to her the impropriety of forming such a connection, and she had
promised to discontinue the acquaintance. The man having heard
of this interruption to his meetings, was heard to declare that he'
would pay his (applicant's) family such a trick that would astonish
them. Ou Monday last the girl was sent out on an errand. and
had not since been heard of. The Magistrate said be did not
think there was much reason „to believe that any violence had
been offered to the girl; it' was most probable she had eloped
with the man, and was, probably, married by banns. If the
man was in custody, a Magistrate had no power to detain him,
as it did not appear that be took her away against her consent.

Yesterday an inque,t .was held at the Feathers, Gros-
venor-place, Pimlico, on the body of Thomas Bayley.
ased twenty. The deceased was a patient in the Lock
Hospital, and on Monday afternoon he engaged in a
sparring march 'With a man named Rtosell, and received
a blow in the stomach, which deprived him of life.—
They had not quarrelled, and were both' in good hu-
mour during the set•to.—The Jury returned a verdict
of Accidental Death.

Satta•day laq, the cotton factory of Messrs. Clarke
and Sons, at Manchester', war entirely destroyed by fire.
The premises-wtre insure&-4nr 52,000 i. but the total
amount of toss is not known.

Friday thonias twe e. a young seanikn belonging to
the ship Belier; of Harwich,, in'ittenipting to get a
boat he was rowing in the'iiirer, opposite the Mansion.
House, out of the way of a keel.fill oakirboard and was
drowned. Verdict of the CorOtieeijufri.-Accidentil
Death.

CiIAiST4L PHENOMENA..--.The brilliancy of several
of thiplanets daring the present he'autiful summer nights
almost compensate for the want of the host of lesier
'lights. 'Mars ii. a_consPistrousobject in the south at
midnight. appearing under bit greatest angle of 26 sec.
Jupiter into be seen dining the evening in the south-
west, :Wing with great brilliancy.: Venus is only vi-
sible for abort aa hour after' iiinset;. od the 11th, one
digit of its Western- limb vial be illnistinated,and.it will
"appear under nearly-its greasestangle of 57. sec. This
is the most pleatitiefotm in-whict this planet can be
seen, its deli Cate ctescent being beautifully defined, and
the cusps reacliing,cousidetaisly. floy:ond a semi-circle.
On the 27th, Venus will pass to the south of the • Sun,
and ceasing to be The " Evening Star," will changeits
sex; and shorily after 'teAppear al se the Son• of the
Morning.",.. Sewn is at preset invisible, be nearly
in conjuoction with the Sim; towards The end ot the
month it Will appear in the eel, before sunrise.
We regret tastale the following melancholy particu-
lars of the loss- ot -the .w.halt-fishing ship Active, Hut-
chison, of Peterhead, at iceland..The.Active had gone
to Greenland, where she had. prosecuted the while.
fishing with very little success, having only seen three
fish during her stay, and got the only fish, on the 15th
of May, which was killed at Greenland; so that, after
persevering until the 25th of that month, without a
prospect of improvement. .she then bore away for
Davis's Strait', taking.ll.. passage on the east site
of Iceland. The we .ther was. easy until the 4th of
June, when (the North Cape then bearing N. by W.
distant four miles), it came to blow a heavy gale
from .E. N. E.; at which time the vessel was brought
up with both anchari, wL,o,'‘ she dragged, so .that
the crew left her. for their preservation. Next day,
tbe• weather having moderated, they returned, but
soon after going on board the gale came on -again,
creasing and continuing with redoubled violence. No,
hope of safety now remained to the.crew but that of
gaining the shore, but in leaving the ship one of ,the
boats was swamped by a heavy sea, when the unfortu-
nate seamen, eight in number, were immeniately
drowned. Their names ale—David and Robert
Gray, brothers cf Captain Gray, who formerly, corn-
manded the Active, and John War, all ot Peter-
head.; A. Smith, It. Allan, and James Scott,
all of Aberdeen; Andrew Mowatr, cf Stretune,s;
and Samuel Smith, of Shetland. The ship, in the
mean time, drove- ashore, and soon became k com-
plete wreck, while the temaiiiing part of the crew
reached the land ; and after travelling a consi-
derable distance, found a Danish vessel, which, for the
agreed sum of OW:sterling, landed Them at Shetland,
from which they were brought to Fraierhurgh in rue
of his Majesty's cutters. The accoui t, of th.r Gte n-
land fishery are so'n favourable, that there was every
appearance of its being a total !allure, the only whale
known to have been killed being that by the it :for-
tunate Active, which had also got about five hundred
seals, the country bring a close pack of ice born th'e
lat. of 80. to 72. with S.E. winds during May to
the time of its leaving it on the 25th. The Active
spoke the Neptune, of this place. on the 9th of May,
all well, but a clean ship; and on the 20th, had
the like accounts of her from the Rookwood, of Lon-
don, which had seen her two or three days previous.
As there was not the least prospect of success at Green-
land, it was supposed that'all the ships which had such
aide:: "would leave that fishery about the end of May
for Davis's Striits, The Rookwood was very leaky in
consequence of the damage the vessel sustained at
Lerwick, on her outward passage, as mentioned in a
foraier paper, and Captain Lawson was therefore de-
termined to persevere at Greenland, as he did not con;
/lacier it prudent to proceed to the Straits from the state
of his ship. Of the Petethead vessels at the seal fishery
Mary bad killed 8,000; Union,-2,400 ; taloa,
somatic; 1,41400.7-Afradcess Chronicle.

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