Star.
London, England, 1828-11-28 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, Nov 27.

Thrse Se.sions commenced this morning, before F.
CoNsT, Evq. and a full l3eneh of Magist, at .s.
0 i the name of one Gen•lemao lull; cadet] sv ha had
been summoned on the Gland Jerry, a perto; itforrned
t'le Court Oat Le wa; !Aloes ed to avk that he might be
,xcuvecl fit in serving on account of illnevs.
CIIAIIIMAN—.DO you know of that fact i f your own
knowledo ?

The applicant said he di I not, but he had the certifi-
cate cf a nte6cal Gentleman, stating that it could hr
dangerous lot him to attend, which he would hand up
to the Court.

CHAPMAN—We cannot receive that certificate as an
excuse, without the party presenting it can depose to its
truth. The Court used to allow it as sufficient, but it
led to such inconvenie:Te and abuse, that in future the
Court will not attend to any excuse, unless d,pos .d to
upon oath, a tegulation which I hope, aka what has
now passed, will obtain publitiiy.
Fredo iik ihomas was indicted for stealing a reticule,
containing some silver, fro:r, the pet son of Miss Sur-inn:lh
Beeton.

The prosecutrir, a very interesting young female,
stated, that on the 4th of November she was walking
up the S r and, o hen she felt some one push against her,
and immediately perceived that her reticule was gone,
the strings of which had been cut. On looking round
she saw the prisoner putfng something into his pocket,
and direc:ly charged him with the theft. fie denied it;
"but I was so confident (said Alias B.) that I laid hold
of his coat•skiits, and held him fast, although not with.
out some trouble, till an officer came ty, •ben I gave
him into custody."
The officer said, on searching the prisoner he fou• d
the teticule crammed:into his trowsers, which he now
produced ;he ono foiled a pair of scissors.
Tt.e prisoie,, who is rather a respectable looking
youth, said it was his first offence, and called Several
witnesses, who gave him an escellent character, up to
within a few week, of his being apprehended, when his
f ither and him had a quarrel, and he left home, since
which time he had not been heard cf, until he was taken
to B•rw wee: ; but from what they had since learned,
it appeared he had unfortunately fallen into the corn•
pany of a gang of thieves.
The Jury found him Guilty.
The CHAIHMAN siid. on account of his having re-
ceived so good a character, up to nearly the time he
committed the robbery, he would only sentence hilts to
three m, nths' imprisonmetit.
John kelly was convicted of picking a Gentleman's
pocket of his handkerchief under the Piazzas of Covent
Garden, and sentenced to be transported for seven years.
The prisoner's mother, w ho was in the Court, on hearing
the sentence, went into the most violent hysterics, and
t required the assistance of several officers to remove her.
i John Scriven, an elderly man, was charged on two
ndictments with obtaining goods under fraudulent
pretences.
Mr. ALLAY shortly stared to the Jury that the pri-
soner had fur several years lived in the service of Mr.
Cartwright, as butler, but from which be was discharged
nearly three years since. On the 26th of Octohrr he
went to the shop rf a Mr. Stewart, an ivory turner, in
Oxford-street, and obtained a dozen tooth brushes and
two hat brushes, which he stated were for Mr. Cart-
wtight. However, that Gentleman would prove that
he never sent the prisoner for them, in fact, he could
not, for he did not know what had become of him since
lie left his service, never having seen him until after he
was taken into custody, and he should also prove that
the prisoner sold the brushes at the house cf. the Duke
of Gloucester.

Mr. Cartwright and a Gentleman from the shop where
the prisoner obtained the blushes, deposed to the facts
stated by Mr. Alley.
A bill was produced, which was proved to be in the
prisoner's handwriting, and which he made at the time
he sold the articles. It was as follows:
" His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester,
Bought of Richard Canwright,
" Oct. 28.—One dozen tooth brushes, 14s. . . . 14s.
0 Received for Richard CAnwright,
" J. TOM 1.1 NSON."

The prisoner denied that the bia was written by him,
and in the most supplicating manner begged tor mercy.
He could have the best ef characters, only the families
with whom he lived were old, ttuttatey nut of town.
84 Never," said the prisoner, t. Never, my Lotd, in all
my life, did 1, bsfote the present occasion, see the in.
side of a gaol—never had 1 a key befote turned upon
me; but have by my Lonest lab,ur brought up a large
family, Batt of whom ate now depending upon me for
support. —Vet dict. Guilty.
He was again indicted upon a charge of obtaining.
ttncler false pretences, a bottle of anchovies from the
,hop of Mr. Law, and found Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN -.rotenced him to be imp' isoned three
months fur each s,ffecce, and kept to hard labour.

Wedntsiay an Inqu •st was held before Uswin, at the
Spread Eagle, Limehouse, on the body of Mary Anne
Haw Icsworth, a respectable woman, wife of a ship.
master. It appeared by the evidence that the deceas'p
lodged in a house in Park street, and was in the habit
of getting up in the night to make tea, and was also
subject to fita. On Tuesday morning she was found ly-
ing on the floor in the middle of the room, burned to
death,a flannel wrapper which shewore bell g also burned.
There were several scratches on her body, supposed to be
given by a favourite terrier dog, who was found lying by
the body, in its attempts to tear the burning clothes from
her person. The opinion of the witness was that
she got up to make tea; and her wrapper taking fire.
caused her to fall into a fit, in which she was burned to
death. Verdict" Accidental Death."
It is astonishing ts ith what celerity that most-beauti-
ful bird in the game list, the pheasant, has of late years
multiplied in different parts of Scotland. Twenty years
ago, the pheasant, in Stirlingshire, if not altogether un-
known, was certainly a rare anis in terris. Now it is
lake the reverse. It was but the other day that a
Gentleman, who resides in our immediute neighbour.
hood, told us that they are so abundant in this quai ter,
that he is in tl.e habit of seeing them frequently' un-
sing about his grounds. While walking lately in his
garden, with hes wee and family, he observed a fine
cock pheasant in the hedg- -row. Nothing could pre-
vent the boys from giving it chase; and, strange to say,
the bird suffered itself to be laid hold of with little
difficulty. This Gentleman, not bei.ig a spo tsman
himself, consigned the pheasant to the larder without
the least remorse.— Stirling Journal.