Star.
London, England, 1829-12-11 00:00:00

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HOME ClRCUlT—Commaisai, Dec. 10.
The Commission was opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Baron'
BOLLAND. Mr. Baron GAZIOM arrived soon after five o'clock in
the evening. This morning their Lordship •went to Church, and
afterwards proceeded to the Court House.
Mr. Baron ROLLAND, in charging the Grand Jury, complimented.
the Magistracy of the County on the assistance they bad rendered to
the Judges by the trying of prisoners charged with trivial offences,
making it an easy tub to dispose of the eases in the calendar within'
the time allotted for their Lordships to remain in the town.
There were 57 prisoners for trial, whose offences were contained
in about 37 indictments; all of which offences. with one exception,
consisted of depredations on the property of other persons.
Thomas Perry (aged 50) and Thomas Milburn (aged 41) pleaded
Guilty to an Indictment charging them with ,steafing two bushels
of barley from the .barn of Mr. Windmill,. at Dagenham, in this
county.
anis. Mary Miami (aged 24) stood capitally indicted for
having din alartasoree, the property of MC Rodweli, of Liver-
mere, Ikea& Mr. Knox conducted the prosecution. The Jury
returned a swat of Guilty. • .

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• *Before Mr. Barota Ossaurw. '
Mary Sulalocilial 37, was, charged WIN dealing a quantity of
linen, spooni,latera, and a vatiety of irticles, value 416 and up-
wards, the ptc/arty of her muter, Wllibm Matins, Esq. of Wood.
ford, in thin destity. The evidence being conclusive, the Jury
returned a verdict of Guilty. The'Vroircutor tecenunended her
to the mercy of the Court.
Jobs Jona, a carpenter employed in Mr. Malin's brew, was after-
wards tried and convicted of n similar charge. The property
which this and the last prisoner stole filled.slzlkrge boxes.
Jabs Baker, aged 31,was charged with assaulting Itebecca•Plum
on the highway, and taking £3 Si. from her persod. •
The prosetetrix having made her statement, which was sub-
standatedify several witnesses, the Jury returned, a verdict of
Gullty—Death.

Tun TllAtse Tv NNEL.—The /Limn Journal states
that M. Baum Is now in that city, mei has publicly announced
that the works at the Tunnel will bereciatmenced in March next.
coder his superintendence. This übdertakhigt is regarded with a
degree of interest not only at 'town but in Paris, and indeed In all
parts of the Continent, far exceeding that which is manifested to,
wards it in England.
" SILvEs" AND " GOLD" MINE DISCOVERED IN
Davoissulas.—While working a recently-operied mine—copper
having been the object of 'search—there has been discovered a large
and regular lode of silver and gold in the Wigford Mine, which-is
situated not far from Loildiswell, near Kingsbridge. The ore of
the Wigford Mine is of a dark gray colour, approaching to black,
with a metallic lustre ; and .upon analysis it was found to consist of
iron, antimony, copper, silver, and gold. Tlie lode is of consi-
derable width, and the accompanying minerals are a white Boor
spar, spatose iron ore, and carbonate_of lime. •
An inquest was taken at the sign of the Noah's• Ark,
Retherhiths-street. on Tuesday. on view. of the body of Edward
Lovesy, a sawyer, who dkd of hydrophobia, in consequence, as it
is belieied, of the bite of a rabid animal so.long back as the Ittla of
July, NEL The parish officers felt it to be their duty to haat an
inquest held, notbecause any doubt whatever existed as to tbe dread-
ful malady which occasioned the death of the usifortunate man, but
because a report prevailed in the neighbourhood that the lancet bad
been too freely applied. l'hb supposition, however, no person of
respectability entertained. It was stated in evidence, that in July
1828, the deceased was bitten on the tbunib by a bitch belonging
to himself, from which he was taking some.pups, and that he took
no mice ; the wound being so slight, no suspicioq exiting that tbs.
animal was rabid. •n consequeace, however, of the bitch snapping
at some children in the neighbourhood. he thought it right to de-
stroy her, 'which be accordingly did. The deemed has left a wife
and three children. Verdict—" Died of bydropbobia."
ROBBERIES AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL.—Friday
last, between the hours of two and *three o'clock, during the deli-
very of a lecture at this Institution. some well-dressed thieves in.
traduced themselvesinto the lecture-room, and contrived to secure,
and carry awly with them undiscovered, a red morocco-case, con-
taining a tat of pocket surgical instruments made by Evans ;"
and, on Monday last, they renewed their visit about the same hour,
and from the same place took a dark olive-green great coat, lined
with silk, and a velvet collar • a blue cloth coat also, with a velvet
cellar, fashionably made; and a case of dissectirg.instruments,
made by Carter, of Path, in a French.poll.bed mahogany bOx, iu
which they were contained.
INCENDIARIES....IR the night of Friday se'nnight
souse iillain (hitherto undiscovered) act Bre to a barley rick on the
premises of Mr. Howie, Rag Faun, Highwortla, no doubt with the
intention of destroying the Immense stock of corn and other effects
on the premises. Fortunately Mr. 'tatter, saddler, of Highwor
was on his retom home about oar o'clock, amfdlicovered through
the dark mist that a lire had takka place. lie immediately hastened
to the spot, which was about half a mile distant, and alarmed the
family ; the Bre bell was rung. and the engiqe was got out with
all possible expedition, Ind by the great exertion of the persons
present, the Bre was subdued.without communicating to any other
property. The rick adislitedOlatout forty quartet's of line barley,.
which was all• destroyed. • The sense night a fine sheep was
slaughtered on the farth of Mr. Howse, of 71ant00, nest High
worth (son of the above Mr. 'Hews.); the carcase of which was
carried away, leaving the skin and entrails behind.—Oteheithast
Otroniek.