Star.
London, England, 1826-11-11 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

As Ism Pitaaue.—Yesterday, a poor fanatic, named James
Prior, who has been walking about the streets of the metropolis for
some days, attired in sackcloth, asking alms, was brought before Sir
RICHARD Nem, by one of the Overseers of St. niartin's-in-the-
Fields, who stated that the prisoner had applied to him for relief,
but as he had no legal claim upon that parish, being a native of Ire-
land, and had gained no settlement in this country, he wished him
to he passed to Ms own country. The Overseer further stated, that
Prior, who is rather a weU looking man, about 35 years of age, is a
Roman Catholic, who, from some relgious notion, had determined
to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, and finally to seclude himself from
the world, and aU its seduction and vanities. He quitted his friends
in Connaught attired is sackcloth, to proceed barefoot to Rome;
but, unlike the poetic creation of Parnell—
" •ww.. no pilgrim's star be bore,
Noe yet a scollop in his hat he wore."
After quitting Rome, be proceeded to the Monastery of La
Trappe, and solicited admission as one of the brotherhood. For
some reason or other be was refused, and he proceeded from Swit-
zerland to France, and from France, via Calais, to London.
Sir It. Rums asked the man, what be should do on his arrival in
Ireland ? He replied, that be had some friends In Connaught, who
would, no doubt, render him some assistance; but he had no other
relations in the wide world.
Sir It. Mainz said, be was aware that amongst Catholics it was
considered an act of devotedness to religion to go on a pilgrimage,
and GOD forbid that he should punish a man, who, however, erro-
I aeons he may be, was sincere in his belief that he was In the per-

furmance of a religious act he would grant a pass to the prisoner,
hut he admonished him to quit London immediately ; fur if he
was seen begging again, he would be uken into custody, and pu-
nished as ti rogue and vagabond. The pass was given to him, and
be set out with • determination to bend his weary way to his
native home.

Mr. Clifford, a Gentleman residing in Cursitor-street, made an
application yesterday to Sir R. Brame, to compel Mr. Dibble, a
butcher in Drury-lane, to pay for damage done to his windows
under the following laughable circumstances :
Mr. Dibble's man was driving a line ox towards his master's
home, when the animal ran away, and got into Cursitor-street,
where he deliberately walked into the hall of Mr. C.'s house, the
front door being open. An inner door, however, arrested his pro-
gt*s, and he began poking about the passage until one of his horns
caught the bell wire, and the house bell rang. Mr. C.'s daughter
came to answer the bell, and on opening the door was terribly
alarmed at the sight of her horned visitor. She ran screaming up
stairs to her Papa, who, on learning the cause, threw up the win.
dow, and ordered the butcher to remove the animal instantly. The
butcher said it was impossible, he could alone get the bullock out
backwards, and at length a ladder was procured, and the man got in
at the first Moor window, and proceeding down stairs, commenced
the operation of ejecting the huge intruder, in which he was assisted
by some persons outside who took hold of the animal's tail, and
tugged away with all their might. They at length gut him out, but
not until he had poked his horns through several panes of glass, and
it was to compel Mr. Dibble, the master, to make good the damage,
that Mr. Clifford now applied. lie had made application to Mr.
Dibble, but the latter refused to pay, alleging that the os was abort
*bled, a defect that he could not be answerable for.
Sir R. Marna said a Magistrate could not interfere—if Mr. Clifford
had any remedy at all, it was at the Court of Requests.