Star.
London, England, 1826-11-17 00:00:00

produced by Mr. ROpetcand i ffettkenfisitii'Veltsola
was,) he proceeded to the counting-bow. lle f.
bad been forced, and the door was ajar. Rntering
found two men, one of whom was the prisoner, st
over his iron chest, and very busily engaged in exam.
tents. ' Ile went directly up to them, and they st 7
affright, and stared stupidly at him. He struck one
lentty, and wounded his head, but they contrived
escape. Mr. Roper having given information at this
,description of thirmen, the prisoner was apprehended.
He new denial the charge, but was remanded till "-
TOWN-HALte
A ruffianly-looking lamplighter was charged with
liable Spanish She am—William Anderson stated, that
pkyed by Mr. Douly, of Rotherhithe, to put the ass 1
on board Captain Soper's ship in the West India Ducks,
It was sent as a present, and that while it was passing
street the brutal biped, in the shyer spirit of wantonness, stabbed st
in the flank with his scissors, inflicting a wound two inches deep, fut
which act of ruffianism the Magistrate very properly committed him
to prison tor three months, which penance we hope will have its due
effect on his' barbarous mind, and that he will come out a better man.
LA M BETH-STREET.
. Hosts MANIMPACTOCCO Eenuiseaux.--Last night Mrs. Sitoger ap.
?eared to swear an affidavit; and on Mr. %Ares salting its ob.
tect, she announced herself to be the wife of the showman, now is
custody at Plysnouth, for the metamorphosis of two infants, sup.
posed to have been stolen from Whitechapel, and to whom he bait
taught a mortal antipathy to cooked meats, soma carnivorous pro.
penalties. and a great taste for train oil. She attended, she said,
for the purpose of rebutting that part of the charge which referred
to kidnapping, by producing her friend, Mr. Buttress, to swear,
that be was present when she hired the children from their father,
named Thomas, then living in Slater's-court, Rosemary-lane, to svd
to her collection of curiosities.

Mr. Wravv.—When you were making the bargain, did you tell
their father you wanted to exhibit them as liaquimaux?
Mrs. Sanger.—Yes.
Mr. WyArr—How long have you been teaching them to detsw
raw meat, and evince such ferocity? Mrs. Singer—Wi did
of ,teach them at all, Sir. The girl is very artful, sod told do
Mayor of Plymouth, we used to beat her when she spoke English;
but that is not true.

bk. Wravv—But how did you manage to disgube anis t.:ife
stained their skim, and pot furs on them.
Buttress corroborated the statement as to the perches trots
the father, and averred that the children were well treated.

Mrs. ginger added, that the mother of diechlWceo, then is
Plymouth workhouse, died in two days after they were transferred
to them, and they were then naked, and in a wretched state. Since
she had come to town, she had been looking for their father, but
could not find him; and she now wished to make an affidavit that
they had not been stolen, in order that her husband might be
liberated.

Mr. Wrarr promised, when the affidavit was properly drawn
up, to have it taken.—Mrs. Sanger made her exit.

SEPULTORL—The obsequies of Mr. Town,
late of Bond-street, an Artist, were performed the other
day at the Jews' burial ground, Mile-end. The forms
observed differ widely from those of other persuasions,
and the deviation appearei to and to the solem-
nity of the scene; externally, the axiom of the grave
levelling all distinctions was carried practically into
effect, the c lEn, let the rank of the deceased be what
it may, being formed of the plainest materials, and
quite unornamented. On the left side hung out a
portion of the Tollis, or penitential garment, usually
worn at prayer time in the Synagogue, but as to tar
other decoration, or even inscription, it was altogether
wanting. On the arrival of the cavalcade at the burial
ground, the gates were thrown wide open, the corpse
was placed on a bier, and removed to an ante-room,
hung round with portions of the Jewish Liturgy, in-
scribed in the Hebrew character. The officiating Divine,
a Mr. Piesser, of Bittleigh-street Synagogue, who was
attired in a'black silk cloak, and an immense triangular
cocked hat, commenced chaunting the service in a deep
sonorous voice, in which he was joined by the congre-
gation. When this had been gone through, and a very
effective guard against the unhallowed depredations of
the resurrectionists affixed to the coffin, the procession
moved on to the grave yard; while passing along, it
stopped at certain places, where portions of the Scrip.
ture were again recited, and on, its reaching the tomb,
which was bult of brick, and in a shape exactly cor-
responding with the coin, the corpse was lowered
down. When this was done, the nearest relative threw
in three shovels full of earth, and distributed a dole
among the poor ; after which, each of those in attend-
ance having performed an ablution, the ceremony
ended by filling up the grave.
WITCUCItAFT.—Extract of a letter from Annan:—
The witchcraft mania that I wrote you of has at last
been productive of consequences which has exposed the
infatuated dupe of their phrenzical fancies to the visita-
tion of the law. The friends of the supposed bewitchcl,
thotigh on what foundation I know not, discovered (in
their own opinion) the witch, in the person of an old
woman above seventy, one of the most harmless and
inoffensive creatures alive, and the housekeeper of a
man of at least her own age, in the immediate neigh-
bourhood. Un.ler.this conviction, an experiment for
undoing the charm was resorted to, as extraordinary for
its extravagance as disgusting for its brutality. The
sister of the bewitched, a remarkably strong and active
young womant, made up to the poor old object of
suspicion, seized her, and in spite of her struggles, sac-
cceded in cutting, or, as they called it, slowing the old
woman across the upper part of the bridge if her nose
and both the cheeks, with a sharp knife. The wounds,
I understand, were severe, though not dangerous. The
poor old victim, however, made her way to Annan,
and readily got, not only the girl who assaulted her,
but the husband and wife apprehended, and taken
before a Magistra,e, by whom they were all bound
over to keep the peace, as a necessary preliminary step;
but, strange to tell, the old woman and her master were
also on the oath of the husband and wife, bound over to
keep the peace also, althoogh they never in'one instance
can be proved to have infringed ; and thus stands the
matter at present.—Edinburgh Paper..

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