Star.
London, England, 1820-10-31 00:00:00

OLIN BAILEY.

Yea.%lay; M. Freeley, a soldier in the Slit Roe
-
butt, was indicted for breaking and entering this
house of T. Tallman, and stealing £5 in notes, lls.
in silver, and other property.
The prosecutor was a poor old man, tnilvardl of
seventy, residing, with a numerous familyrin a lone
cottage on HamptOn-common. On the night of the
18tinnstant, after they had retired to rest, the.front
door was suddenly burst open, and four men, in the
undress of soldiers, enteted. One of them, with an
oath, said they had come after blunt (meaning money),
:ea money they would have, or their lives. A son
of the prosecutor, who slept in the first room, said
they were very poor, and had -no money ; but the ruf-
Lam were not satisfied with this, and, after search-
ing about for some time, they forced their way into
the next ram, where Tollman and his wife slept,
and, with horrible threats, asked where he kept'his
money? He assured them he had no money ; upon
which the prisoner, who was one of the most despe-
rate of the gang, and appeared to be the leader,
handed a piece of rope to another, and desited him
to tie it round the old 's neck. This the ruf-
fian did, and held up the poor old man by it, until
he was nearly strangled. His wife at length called,
out to them, for GOD'S sake, not to kill her husband!
adding, that they would find a £1 note in a tin box,
in a drawer. This note they found; but, still hoping
so find more, they pulled the old couple from the
bed, and, after a minute search, they found, between
the bed and the mattress, four £1 notes and some
silver: they. also found, in the other parts of the house,
some provisions and clothes, which they took away.
Tollman's son watched them from the door, and saw
them put on military great coats; he also saw them
joined by a fifth man, who had, apparently, been
watching at the door.
The prosecutor and his son underwent a rigid
cross-examination &y the prisoner; but their answers
tended only to strengthen the case against him. Toll-
man said the moon was shining brightly at the time,
and shone full upon the prisoner as-he stood by his
bed-side, so that he 'could not be mistaken as to his
identity. Both he and his son also pointed out the.
prisoner the moment they saw him, the next morn-
ing, at the guard-house.
A .Seijeant of the regiment proved that the priso-
ner was absent from his quarters on the night in
question.—The Jury, without hesitation, found the
prison: Guilty—lleath.—Aged 2g.

. At the Middlesex Sessions, on Friday, J. GUN,* bookseller
in High liolborn, was tried op an indictment for printing and
publishing a seditious libel. The prosecution was instituted at
the instance of the Soucrroa of the Taaasvar. The libel was
contained in a letter addressed to Lord CASTIIItr44II, and pur-
porting to he found in St. James's-square. A considerable pnr.
tion .was addressed to the soldiers, Ivhons it called upon to be-
come the arbiters in the present at* of affairs, and to set the
nation flee. The defendant was fund guilty, and the Court,
sentences him to be imprisoned Air Twelve Months in Cold.
limb-Fields Prison.
We are authorized to state, that Sir Fnams Co-1
LOMBINE DANIEb, M.D. his accepted the appoint-
ment of Treasurer to the Medical Board established
by Messrs. COOPER and Co. -Of Charlotte House,
Great Chatlotte-street, Surrey.—Messti. COOPER and
Co. have frequently inserted letters from .various
individuals who have been radically cured, no
only of Ruptures, but of other dangerous diseases,
too often deemed incurable by Professional Mete
whose practice is confined. The late Puke of Bed-
ford unfortunately lost his life in a few houri,"by'
a strangulated Hernia ; Mr. Mills, of the 'Kent-
road, also lost his life in a few hours ; Mr. Shear,.
man, of Mile-end, was also afflicted for many years,
and was cured
,; and many, many others, whose
names will never appear without their request.—Mr.
Johnson, of the Borough, who had been seven:
teen months under the care of several eminent Sur-
geons, with a most dangerous disease, and whose
life was. given over, as appeared by his Affidavit;
before Mr. Alderman Wood, then Lord Mayor, and
whose case has been seen by more than one hundred
Surgeons, was in i few weeks restored to perfect health.
—Such are the proceedings at the Medical Board,
Charlotte-House, Great Chkiotte-street, Blackfriars-
road ; and Woodstock-House, near Bond-street, un-
der the immediate direction Of Messrs. COOPER and
Co. who are consulted daily from Eight in the Morn-
ing until Eight in the Evening.—Mechanics have ad-
vice Gratis every evening, from Six to Eight, and
on Sunday Mornings until Twelve o'Clock.