Star.
London, England, 1826-10-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William "Rick and Levis, the engine-keepers of Mat y.la-bonne
and St. George's, Hanover-square, were charged with having unduly
obtained 11. 15s. from Mr. Cole, Secretary to the Grand Junction
Water Works, residing In Lower Brook-street.
Mr. Cole deposed, that on the 12th July the window of the first
floor was opened, against which was a lighted candle; the wind
fanned the flame against the sun-blind, which set it on fire. Heating
a noise below. Mrs. Cole ran out of the drawing-room, and instantly
put the fire out. In about ten or fifteen minutes after, two engines
arrived, and waited before the house about half an hour, when they
went away. About two days afterwards two men came, who re-
presented themselves to be the engine-keepers of the above-stated
plrishes, and claimed and received the rewards generally paid for
the first and second engines in case of real fire.
Mr. Roc said, that he was determined to put an end to this sys-
tem of fraud, which prev4 ed to a great extent, and should send
the defendants to be tried.

Committed till they could procure bail of 401. each.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, three fellows, named T. Edwards, Ames Harris. and
John Powell, were brought up in custody of Waddington and Mills,
of the Bow-street patroloharged with stealing 61. worth of stamps
out of the shop of Mr. &mon, a stationer. residing in the King's-
road.—Tbe prisoners, it appeared, had called at Mr. Benson's on
Wednesday evening, under pretence of purchasing some drawing
paper • Edwards and Howell contrived to engage the attention of
Mr. Benson, whilst Harris watched an opportunity to slip a parcel
of stamps ourof a glass case which lay on the counter, and the fel-
lows went ofE In a short time afterwards the stamps were missed;
but no stranger had come into the shop in.the interval. Xhe stamps
now produced were complainant's property.
Waddington, the patrol, said that he observed the three prisoners,
who w ere all Well known as men of bad character, go into several
shops in Gray's Inn-lane, on Thursday evening. On being appre-
hended, they offered some resisaance, but were finally secured ;
j the stamps were found upon Harris, and a tortoiseshell comb upon
Powell; the comb had been stolen from the shop of Mr. Hicks,
haberdasher, in Gray's Inn-lane.
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The prisoners declared that it was all a mistake, that they had
sever been in Mr. Benson's shop, and that they picked up the stamps
in the street.

The charge wai, however, fully sustained in both cases, and the
prisoners were fully committed.
Thomas Downes was brought up in the custody of a constable,
charged with picking a silk handkerchief out of the pocket of Robert
Dixon, Esq. the baryister.—The prisoner could not deny the fact,
and was fully committed.

MARY• LA-BONNE.
Mr. Ives, proprietor of the Acton and Ealing stage, was fined in
the mitigated penalty of £5 for not having his Christian and sur
name, together with the places to and from which the coach goes,
painted conspicuously on the coeds doors, accorJing to the terms of
an Act passed several yeah ago, but the peualties of which hate

lately been enforced at the suit of I.l.iison and tio or
witneci 12.iwling. Mr. Ives pleaded guilty through ignorance,
paid the fine.

Mr. Green, owner of the Uxbridge stage, wag charged by John.
sores worthy witness with having merely 0 Richard S. Green,
Uxbridge," on the deor, and net the word " London." Mr. Green
observed, he had the words " New Inn, Old Bailey," on the Ude
istumel, not knowing it was necessary to have it all on the door; but
as the Act particularly states the word door, Mr. Green was also
fined A' 5.

Informations bad also been laid against Mr. John Archer, of the
Harrow, and Mr. Joshua Hearn, of the Hemel Hempstead coaches;
but as both these parties were prevented attending by illness, their
cases were postponed.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Joseph Gardiner, an ill-looking fellow, and who appeared in the
dress of a labouring man, was charged with cutting and maiming
two persons. Thursday afternoon, the prisoner Wag seen walking
up and down Turk's-row, Chelsea ;he had an open knife in his
hand, such as shoemakers use ; he brandished it about, and threat.
ened to kill any person who interrupted him. Having knocked att
aged woman down, a pensioner, named Gorman, ventured to ex.
postulate with him; but the prisoner made a lunge at him with his
knife, which cut his clothes and his thumb ; a person, named Knight,
then desired the prisoner to give up the knife; but be said he would
not, and stabbed Knight in the left side, and also in the thigh, near
the groin. Knight immediately rushed on the prisoner, got hint
down, and with the assistance of other persons, they succeeded in
getting the knife from him. Mr. Knight was taken to St. George's
Hospital, and be was in such a bad state, thu he was unable to
attend. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was re.
manded for a further examination.
WORSHIP-STREET.

RIOT; Ix OLD Srazirr.—Charles Williams, and two women named
Pope and Flulam, were charged with being concerned in a riot ill
Old-street. It appeared that Henderson, a pork butcher,
let his first floor to one Pope, and after eight weeks' lodgings were
due, he was compelled to send in a broker last Thursday. The
same evening, Mrs. Pope took out one of the windows, and ell iillited
a placard, inscribed in large letters " The Work of Cruelty by a
Landlord." She alio placed before it a lantern, so as to attract
public attention. In a few minutes after a mob assembled, and he-
gan to throw stones at Mr. Henderson's house, which they threaten.
ed to demolish. The parish officers succeeded in dispersing.the mob,
but yesterday morning they reassembled, when the prisoners were
taken Into custody. Pope had previously effected his escape.
Mr. TWYTORD observed that if a stop was not put to such riotous
proceedings, a man might as well live in the Wilds of Ireland as in
Old-street, he therefore held them to bail.

The verdict of the Coroner's Inquest, in the case of
Thomas Cooper, who died whilst eating roast goose,
was " Died by suffocation."
Thursday evening a drunken female was knocked
down by the Gloucester coach, the wheel of which went
over her head, and killed her on the spot.
The Journeymen silk-weavers of Macclesfield had a
Meeting on Thursday, at which they agreed to petition
!Parliament for the total abolition of the Corn Laws.
Several persons spoke at considerable length, and with
an ability which could not have been expected from the
!rank which they hold in society.
ROWEL—Rooks are zinimonly supposed to be in-
fluenced by an affection for certain localities; but in the
following fact it appears they are also capable of that
individualizing affection which fixes, by a process of
moral discrimination, on man: "A Gent'em an rented a
small farm, in the county of Essex, where he had not
resided long before a number. of rooks came and built
their nests on a number of trees immediately surround-
ing the premises. They multiplied in the course of
three or four years so as to form a considerable rookery.
About this time, however, the farmer was induced to
hire a larger farm, which obliged him to change his
residence and forsake his rooks; but to his great surprise
and pleasure, the whole rookery deserted their former
habitation, and followed him to his new abode, which
was about three quarters of a nsil,.! off." It should be
added, that this Gentleman w.:s dkinguished for his
kindness and attention to the lower animals in general.