Star.
London, England, 1817-07-15 00:00:00

POE U'l.

OLD BAILEY, JULY 14.

ATROCIOUS Case.-4arah Perrimea, apparently an
elderly womm, was indicted for having unlawfully
and feloniously assaulted Ambrose Castles, and fur
having feloniously attempted, by menaces and threats,
to extort money fr,:m the said Ambrose Castles. •
Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, stated the CAM—
He observed. that nothing of the precise description
of this offence had occurred during his professional
experience. It happened that the threat had not the
effect of inducing his client to part with his money,
a circumstance which would have made this offence
capital; but the 7th of George U. provided a punish-
ment for an unavailing menace under such circum-
stances, and the Court would see the great necessity
of punishing with the utmost rigour a crime so dam-
table that no name could be found qualified to give
an idea of it. It Was painful to appear as a prosecu-
tor upon such a subject, but the vengeance of the
law was called for in this instance with peculiar
force, and to overlook the offence would be an inex-
cusable abandonment of duty to the public. The
evidence was as follows
The prosecutor was an attorney, residing in Cur-
sitok-stseet, Chancery-lane; he was married, and had
several children. On the night of the 27th of May,
about half past seven o'clock, as he was going
through ae Park he met the prisoner ; ehe accosted
him, and said she bad come there according to an
appointment made by him on the preceding night, at
eleven o'clock, when he, the prosecutor, had given
her a 3s. piece. He answered that he ad not seen
her before, and bad never made any appointment.—
He then walked forward, and the prisosier followed,
jostling and interrupting him in his progress at day.
rent intervals. He proceeded across St. James's.
square up Charles street, and when he arrived at the
crossing in St. Martin's-lane, between Hemmings.
row and Chandos.street, the prisoner put her mouth
close to his etr, and with horrid accusations and im-
precations demanded money of him : she repeated it
in Chandos street, and at the same time endeavoured
to stop him. The prosecutor was very much alar-
med, aid was almost speechless. The prisoner then
said—o You had better give sne some money, for I
' can tell you, you shan't get rid of me until you do."
Fearing a mob would collect, he turned down White
Hart yard, and knowing a person of the name of
Jackson there, knocked at the door and went in. The
prisoner made a great noise at the door, but a con-
stable having been sent for, she was taken into cus-
tody, and carried to the Police Office. When she
perceived the officer she tried to get away.
The prisoner on being called on for her defence,
said, she was ashamed that people should think sit
would talk in so nasty a way.
Commix Situsenn—lo Have you any witnesses 3"
Prisoner " Nu, my dear."
The CousioN &MART, in summing up, stated,
t4at if the prosecutor had given money to the priso-
ner, under the inattence of the threat, the offence
would bare been a highway robbery, and of so atm-
sinus a description as to meet with no possibility of
the substitution of a mitigated punishment., It WAS
impossible to discredit the slightest tittle of Mr.
Cistle's evidence, and the Jury would exercise their
judgment conscientiously.
The verdict was immediately given in—Guilty.—
Seetenced to seven years' traospottation.
The same day the Sessions ended, when sentence
of death was passed on
Alexander Steel, for s eating £l5 privately Ina warehouse.
William Drumu.ond, fa- a logha;:r roWea y.
/Elijah Semi:won' '1 hernias M moo/right, James Willey, loin,
Croxterd, George Watson, John Lane, anal Jonathan Limier,

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for like ottisuces._
Thus. Hitting, Samuel Chapman. Joseph Smitii, James Fitz-
williain, Wary Wilkins, William Bull, Charles Coombs, Robes t
COomlis, sad James lirett, for burglar my. I
Edward Egan, for house-breaking in the day-time.
William loses, lames Pitfield, William Dcare Ururge Ralthb 1
John Parker, '1 hos. Hail. and John Davis, also for like offences.
James I lius, David Barnard, Thunias Grogan, '1 hos. tioward, I
:iobn Jackson, .1 bonus Jones, John Roper, and Atm Peyton, fur 1
stealing goods in a dwelling house.
Thomas Coleman and Thus. Sewell, for stealing four bullocks.
John GeorgeDelbridge, for sacrilege.
'William Kelly, bur privately stealing in a shop.
John Byline and Edward Young, tur a like offence.
George Harvey, for sheep-stsul.ag.
John Calla, tor a rape.
And lbomaa Edwards, fur forgery.
To be transported for ble:
Edward Evans, Rickard Wright. Benjamin Turner. Antonio
3o ph John Iskacs, James Withams, and Was. Greenwood.
To be transported for fourteen years :
William Wheeler, John 1 bonus, Esther Parroit, John Grigg,
Samuel Newman, Benjamin Brown, John limber, and William
Wilson.
To be transported for seven years :
Wilbam Moore. William Bees, Daniel Burke, George Sharp,
Abraham Moues, Jao. Ekiridge, William Milt , Humphrey Sul-
livan, Jam. Gower, William Holder, William Truentan, Janies
Lindsay, James Cantrell, Harriet Molyneux Hamilton, (the
person convicted of stealing a male intent irons the servant of
Henry Porter, butcher, Quebec...tree', Portniati -square); James
Hensley, George Stewart, Josh. Collinsori, Peter Maxwell, Da
eel Fly°, William Kaye, lames Russell, John Roberti., Win.
Fawns, George Methane, Joke Holmes, Richard lams, Thos.
r.. Davis, Josh. Holland, Thomas Flanagan, Ann Slater, William
Smith, :usrph Rose. Chaistopber Emery, Charka Priest, Robe.
kpruce. Henry Rogers, Joins Ruse, Henry Chaplin, P.lchard
Vilma, William Whetkr, :iota. Bowyer, Henry Norton, liem y
Hopkins, lobe Cruker. V. damn batten, Sarah Piartinan, Link
Parkin, ;din Gunnison, :osb. Jack.uo. Robert Walker, John
Mollius, and Hugh l.yuer. .
Eleven to be imprisoned in the Hume of Correction for Lon-
dun; torty-une in the House of Cariection for Middlesex., and
Eve to be imprisoned in lietvgate for various pi:, toils. 1 Ivo
ware ordered to be publicly; whipped at liamustr-nitin, and iii
privately whipped; sir were fined Is. eaes, and s:isclatigtile and
fifty were discharge :I by proclamation.
Sessions adjourned till the 170 i nil September.

The Larkins, WILKINSON, fur New South Wales,
arrived at Portsmouth on Friday ; at.d on Saturday
morning forty convicts from tile Captivity, and thirty
from the Laurel, were embarked on board of Ler—
making the number 230. They are in medical charge
of Dr. 114.4(1)024AL% Royal Navy.
A Jamaica Papa of the 24th May states, that
;Nam Wiley had been tried fur an assault upon
WILLIAM CillgIOLM, the Messenger of the late Howe
of Assembly, in the execution of a warrant of the
Semis= for his arrest. The CillEF Juane% did•not
Consider the pivot of
.the assault sufficient to induce
a belief of the tact and declared that he had no he.
citation in stating that the warrant was illegal, and
that the Jury must find for the defendant. rhe Jury
retired ft.r a short time, and brought in their verdict
Guilty.—A motion was made fur a new uial, upon
the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law,
evidence, and the direction al the Court. The motion
- was granted.

Bow.treerr.—•Yesterday morning between two
and three o'clock, Cordon House Academy, at Ken-
tish Town, was discovered to have been broke open
and robbed of a great quantity of linen, plate, and
other property. Two men were taken into custody in
the course of the day with some of the property upon
them, and were committed for re-examination.
HATTON GARDEN.—M. Maras appeared yesterday
to a summons issued against him under the Hawkers'
and Pedlars' Act. Mr. Harnett stated, that the in-
formation was filed at the instance of C. Cook, one
of the Inspectors of Hawkers' Licences, against the
defendant, for exposing for sale birch brooms without
a licence. The brooms were manufactured upon the
estate of Lord EasKirta by his servants ; and after-
wards, by his Lordship or his steward, sold, whole-
sale, to Mr. Mason ; wno, by himself and servants,
hawked them in carts about the streets. Mr. Mason,
therefore, being a trader, and not a manufacturer,
and not having had a licence, was liable to the pe-
nalty.—J. Huggins deposed, that on the 13d of
June he saw the defendant in Oxford-street ; that
he went to Mr. Richardson's stable-yard, where lie
sold two bundles. The inspector then demanded
his licence, but be said he had none. The defen-
dant's solicitor said he would prove that the defen-
dant was not haw king the brooms, but was delivering
them to a prior ordtr ; but inasmuch, as Me was not
then prepared with sufficient evidence, he requested
the Magistrate to postpone the hearing till another
day, when he mould come prepared for that purpose.
The case was accordingly ordered to stand over.
NARLISOROI:0114TREET•••••RIOT IN HIOII Livz—Mr.
Cullen, M.P. the Jfemurable Captain Parker, son of
Sir W. PARKER. and Captain Moorehouse, a relation
of Lord K--, were brought up from St. George's
watch-house, charged with assaulting William Gor-
don, William Savage, Thomas Ball, John Jones,
John Banny, Joseph Leadbeater, John Dean, and
Frederick Shoutin, watchmen.—Gordon was the first
I witness, and stated, that about five o'clock on Sunday
morning, he was on duty in Berkeley-square; lie
heard we cry of " Watch," and went up towards
the sound, when he saw a man well dressed, and a
woman ; be endeavoured to take him into custody,
but was prevented by the prisoners, who rescued him
and said—" D— these Charlics, let's have some
fun." They then began assaulting them, upon which
he sprong his rattle, and about forty others Came up,
but notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, the
prisoners maintained a standing light for two hours,
arid were then taken, after peat difficulty, to the
watch-house. In the tray Shontin had the cap of
his knee broken, and is now in the Hospital.—The
rest were examined, but gave vcry different state-
ments, one of whom went so far as to say Mr. Culley
had committed great depredations in the watch•house,
by breaking all the things
Mr. Colley...a Pray, friend, what did I break ?"
Watchman—a Faith, you know what, very
Mr. Cagy..." When 1 WI% first taken in, your Worship,some
disagreeable perfume assailed my nostrils, which induced me to
seek out the nuissuce; I wood it to proceed front au old night-
stool in the currier, which I certainly threw out of the window:-
4,,aurtaer.
—Tne prisoners being called on for their defence,
produced Captain Mackenzie, who, in a great mea-
sure, contradicted the ungentlemanly con duct alledged
to the prisoners; and said he was quite disgusted by
the watchmens' conduct; also they offered to bring
forward John Collins, waiter at Limmer's, to contra-
dict the allegations of the watchmen, who stated
them to have been what they termed " beastly drunk."
Mr. licuttows said, the assault was sworn to, but he
telt it his duty to condemn the conduct of the watch-
men, as, by the statement of an impartial observer,
their conduct was both abusive and violent. Under
such circumstances he would recommend peace.—The
parties then withdrew; and an adjustment took place.
John Pyetvell, a genteel well•dressed man, was
brought up by Foy, and examined before the Sitting
Magistrate, charged with conspiring with several
others an a species et fraud denominated Chauntiug
Horses.—He was remanded.

Sixty prosecutions are pending against persons, for
uttering counterfeits of the new coin.
Monday night, the Club Room at the Red Lion,
at Itocester, in Staffordshire, was entered by some
persons unknown, the Club-box was forced open at
one hinge, and about L3U in notes worts taken out,
leaving £l4 in silver, and other property, in an oppo-
site corner of the box.

At a flower feint, held last week, at the Star, at
Cc xheath, one of the party (a young man) unfortu-
nately made too free with the enlivening draught, and
in this state was very imprudently tempted to drink
three glasses of neat brandy, from which rash act se-
veral friends attempted to dissuade him, but without
effect, and the dreadful consequence was the termi-
nation of his life in less than two hours.

Last week, at Whitehaven, during the unloading
of the Volunteer, alongside the Quay, an Exciseman
bad just gauged a puncheon of rum, and turned
tound to make a memorandum, when a boy about
nine or ten years of age standing by, thrust a bottle
into the cask, and filling it with liquor, hastily con-
cealed it under his coal, At this moment he was de-
tected by the Carer, whu seiztti him, and comman-
him to deliver up the bottle. The young acchiu, with
an adroitness in fraud trMy ntable at his years,
took from under his coat an en:pi boetle, with which,
for the women:, lie deceived the Lxciseman, and ran
off in triumph with the lull one 1
Friday atternoon, Stafford was again visited by a
severe thunder aterm. At Milf‘rd it was accompa-
nied by a very heavy fall of hailstones of a very large
size. On Cannock Chase the hail lay for a conside.
rabic time, and the bids had the appearance of being
covered with snow. At Cresswell Farm, near Scat-
ford, the lightning did considerable damage to the
' house of Mrs. Mattes!: one of the beams uas loosened,
sod the plaster shivered from the walls of an upper
room. Two female servants were severely hurt :
I one of them lost the use of her arm, and the otter
was struck blind ; but we understand they are in-a
fair way of recovery.
An article from Turin, in the French Journals,
states, that an enormous fragment of rock was de-
tached from Mount St. Bernard in the slight between
the ltith and 17th ult. which fell on the Commune
of Villard-S lint-Constant, and crushed several houses.
Fourteen persons were killed, and the damage is es-
timated at 100,000 livres. In, the evening of the
18th, about nine o'clock, a slight aback of an earth-
qualsc was felt at t'ou Jame place.