Star.
London, England, 1827-03-15 00:00:00

MARY-Lk-BONNE

Yesterday Joseph Ranee, a working gardener, wee committed to
the New Prioun, Clerkenwell„ charged on suspicinn with. stealing
k sheep, thevroperty of his Grace lie Duke of Devonshire. The
prisoner was apprehended at two oelock on Saturday nuirning by
William ',tiny, a Dow-street 'patrol, on Turitharn green,. with
maw mutton, still warm, dirty, woolly, and evidently not killed
by a regular botcher, in his possession. He was examined by Mr.
Gaaeraen, the Magistrate of this office, on Saturday tairnbig. and
remanded until Tuesday, in consequence of the introbaklllity et*"
rusty, which was, mat he had bought it (about sRis. of breast and:
Deck) of a man in the Haurnersmith.read let never kayak' heft-tie.
for olto shilling. Her was brought again before the blegiltratee On
Tooktry morning, and discharged for want of evideteM. loon
after he war liberated, Mr. George Spencer Ridgeway, one of the
Duke's agents, entered the °Mee, and informed the Magistrates
that • ewe belonging to his Grace bad been killed in the park
it Chiswick, on Friday night, and the body carried away:
the bead, Min, and Iwo lambs, which the poor animal was bearing
at tilt time, wets left behind, and were found by the shepherd on
tiMbrday morning. After heating this statement, the Magistrates'
sent Hooker, the tilliter„ to re-apprehend Plank, which he effected
the premises of Jr. Williams, a natseryinats It Tornhant!gerien,,
in Whose employ the priaSser had winked; and there dui offidiar
found, concealed in au outhouse, the almost entire body of ..beep
(easepring the pieces beforenamed) tied up la a sack, which, when i
proAnced at the Office yesterday, presented a disgusting appearinwe,
Sash as would naturally arise bons suck cirensistances. Songs(
blond Were very evident upon the small clothes and jacket Demise
Odic prisoner, who had nothiug to. say in his defence, and be wee
rematuled until Friday.
Jantes S);rhig and Ifigians Asigs were charged with leaving the
sertiise of Wittiam Wilberforce, juw gt.sy illegally. It lase stated
in evidence, the Mr. Wilberfore kis recently purchased a cow-
p_asd and its stock, in the hidgwerestoad, of the Metropolitan
Dairy Company. The defendants had bean milk carriers to the
Company. aod bad continued to act in that capacity from the 2.f.rh
of February, on which day Mt. V•iilberfurce became proprietor.
of the comers, until the following Saturday, when they received
their wage* in the presence of Mikjor u consist. from Mr.
Wilbert.. wee, since which time they had abandoned their employ-
ment. Toe defendants, in answer, to the charge, bald they did
Pot know who was their employer. They writ up to Mr. Wil-
berforee'e house, at tit. John's Wood, net the Tuesday, to know how
they were to go on, and be refused to are them. They. had sever
accepted him as a master; is was the custom of the trade to dis-
charge carriers at a moment's notice, and upon the same principle
they were entitled to leave their employment.
Mr. Giurrim said, if web proceeding's were permitted. allay,
trades could not be carried on, and he adored Mims to give bail,
which not being prepared for, they wire detained Is custody.
UNION-HALL
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Yesterday /Mart Beek, the driver of oese of the Camberwell
stage coaches was etimeneemi to this eller, at the lemon of D.
Harvey, Ewa. a Coonabsioner of Mankrupts, for absolve lams.
The complainant seated, that some days ago, having occasion to
make a call at Camberwell. he got Into the coach of which the_de-
fondant was the deiver,at during-crose,andproceeded to the place
where be was going. Oa alighting from the ouch at the censer
of Acre•lme, the dedrOdeat demanded Is. more, amerting that he
(Mr. H.) had taken a lest on a prior axasion, an,l never paid for k.
In vale the complainant endeavoured to assure him that he was mis-
taken. Jersey, however' commenced, as is nsuallvith many °Mat
frateitsity, to make use of the most blackguard Impost to Mr.
Hervey, who demented the abuse that be.teneived on the occasion
as of the wee grew animandalons description. Mr. Hervey called
a wispy's, who completely confirmed his statement as to the murri.
loos abuse he received on the occasion to question.
The defendant e dared, that be bad taken up Mr. Harvey In
his math on a • previous erasion, which fare be did hot pey as es
time ; and, therefor*, no the occasion in questioo ho depuoded
•but It was refused, and is the height of irritation he might have
'keen more insolent to the complainant than he should have been.—
He lewd his conduct would be overlooked this time, and he would
not od again.
Mr. Harvey said that be was not at ail dbpased to Intercede fee
the defoodant, for notwithstanding be assured him he had never been
driven to his coach before, the defendant still ransacked the vocabu-
lary of Billingsgate and bestowed the vilest epithets upon him.
Mr. Sw.saar—liven had the defendant any previous claim upon
Mt. Harvey, he was not jasdied in yang the base language ascribed
to him.—Tie Magistrate thee convicted the defendant in a penalty
of gds. and es. costs.

A young man named F/Wirms 21pfer, who was dressed in a very
grotesque manner, with a blue cloth rovelattre, lined with scarlet,
thrown carelessly ever one of his shoulders, so as to display a gold
eye-gius, which was smpended from the neck by a chain of the same
material, and instead of a bat be wore a fur cap with a bread gold
band round it and tassels, was brought before the Magistrate, for
having refused to pay for the hire of a cabriolet, in which he bad
been driving about the tows for four hours. The. driver of the
cabriolet said the defendant called him of the stand, pear Bed-
ford.row, en Saturday evening, abort six o'clock, and desired
him to drive to the National Institution, from thence to Drury.
lane Theatre, then to the Adelphi, then to the finellsh Opera-
Hour; but he would net enter either of • the Theatres, 66.1
gauss be said he thought the performances would net give
him any satisfaction.---He then drove the defendant to his
house io Nehon-equare, which plate he reached about eleven
o'clock, having been out with him about four hours' and the
defendant refused to give him mere than Is, ed. the fare being as
—At this stage of the inquiry, the driver of another cabriolet tense
Into the dice, and stated, that on Saturday morning, at nu o'clock,
the defendant hired him, and was driven about the town from one
place to another until slew minutes before six o'clock in the even-
ing, and then refused to pay the fare, giving his card. He
them suddenly disappineed, and happened to Amp into the other
cabriolet, *bid beloNged to the same proprietor. It was stated
that the dehodant *as the son of a respectable individual in the
West et Wend, but had absented himself from his home, at ti was
leading a met dissipated life. The Magistrates ordered him to.
be conunitted to Prieto'', valet, be paid the term clai:ned de
drivers and the sipeesee •