Star.
London, England, 1828-09-10 00:00:00

EPITAPH IN CRAYFORD CHURCH-YARD,
KENT.

Here lieth the body of Peter Isnel (SO years Clerk of
this parish). He lived respected as a pious and a mirth-
ful cnan ; and died on his way to Church to assist at a
wedding, on the Slit of March, 1811, aged 70 years.
The inhabitants of Crayford have raised this stone to
hi, cheerful memory, and as a tribute to his long and
fiithfol service:
The life of this Clok was just three score and ten, -
Nearly half of which time he had sung out Amos.
In his youth he was married like other young men.
But his wife died one day, so be chaunted ifsent.
A room! be took—she departed—what then—
Be married and buried a third with Amen.
Thus his joys and his sorrows were Irak, but then
His voice was deep Ise as be sung out Assns.
On the hens he could blow as well as most men,
St his Awn was eialted in blowing AIM.
But be lost all his wind after three score and ten.
And now with three wirier he waits. till again
The trumpet shall rouse hint to sing out Anew
bIIDDLESEJL—SESSIONS, SEPT. 9.

lams Lerma: was incricted for an assault on Stephen
Renew, a watchman of the parish of Norton Falgate, on
the 19th of June.
There was a second indictment against the same de-i
for another assault on a second watchman,
committed at the same time and plea'.
Stephen Renew said he went to clear out the com-
pany from the King and Queen public-hoose, at half-
past eleven o'clock, on the night in question, when the
defendant refused to quit the house, and knocked him
down.
Mr. Prawn, for the defendant, asked the prosecutor
whether the indictment was preferred by the parish ?
The prosecutor said it was.
Mr. Pitmans denied it, as the Vestry Clerk was not
in attendance, and no Counsel was employed in the
prfnecution.
The night constable said he paid the expenses of the
prosecution, and should be repaid by the parish.
Mr. PHILLIPS said this was a sample of one of the
ways in which parish money was expended. These
watchmen preferred twoindictments against an unfor-
tunate man for a trumpery assault, in which they them-
selves were the aggressors, in the hopes of obtaining a
conviction is with leave to speak to the prosecutor," and
going snacks in the half of two fines, which they would
spend in the public house with the constable of the night,
and the parish would pay the expense of two prosecu-
tions instituted fur the purpose of putting money into
the pockets et these men, without the sanction or even
the previous knowledge of any proper parish authorities
whatever.
Two witnesses were called, who proved that the pro.
secutor collared the defendant before any blows were
struck, and one of them said that he himself was in-
dicted by the same men for attempting a rescue of the
defendant, although he did not meddle with them at
all, but merely expressed an opinion that the defendant
was ill used. He was tried last Session, and was im.
mediately acquited, under the direction of the Chair.'
man.—The Jury immediately acquitted the defendant.
John Cross and Margaret Delray were indicted for
assaulting John Andrews, a chimney-sweeper, on the
10th June last.

The prosecutor said, he was drinking at a public,
benne in the New Road on the day in question, with
another gentleman of the profession, when John. An-
drews had a dispute with him because be would not
sell him his business. As they could not agree about
the price, some harsh words passed, and Cross gave him
a severe wound on the mouth. The woman came for-
ward to aid and abet him, and, according to the prose-
cutor, behaved like a perfect Amazon. -Much recrimi-
nation passed between the parties, and the Lady was.
highly indignant at one of the witnesses, who said that
Cross was her fancy man.
The Jury found the both pay, but judgment was
ftSrl'itted, as there are other charges against them.
Mary Harwood was indicted for assaulting Mary
llatterthwaite, on the 19th of June last.

The defendant is a dins delicate woman, and the

prosecntrix.who complained °Eche outrage, a ponderou,
looking matron, big enough to .soother her. The latter.
• however, insisted that she had suffered very severely.
and most vehemently insisted upon redress.
Mrs. Sattathwaite keeps a toy shop, and the defen-
dant had frequently threatesed° that she would be the
death of her. On the day mentioned in the indictment
she came into the shop, and attempted to put her threat
Into mention. It appeared that hostilities had been
carried on between the two women for sane time; they
Med close togethet, and were continually annoying each
other.

One witness deposed that Mrs. Satterthwaite was a
very bad qtawrelsernse old woman, and was never sober.
So far from Mrs. Satterthwaite having been assaulted,
she bad ordered her servant to best the defendant with
s beadle of canes, and she actually threw herself upon
the defendan►, who could hardly breathe under her.
The Jury acquitted the defendant. but it *as with
some difficelty that the prosecutrix could be brought to
believe the t *cf.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS remarked, that even if the defend-
ant had been guilty. she bad received sufficient punish-
meat by being kept under such a woman as Mrs. Sauer-
eswaite.
It is stated in a letter from Saragossa, that the town
;of Cuzcuritta, in the Rieja, near St. Dominique de Is
Calead*, has been visited by an earthquake, which'
threw down the church and several houses, Upwards
of one hundred persons are said to have been destroyed
in the ruins.
YOWLIday morning, at ten o'clock, a fine boy. about
ten years of age, named Julian, while playing with
others in the open space b. tweets Clerkenaell Church
and St. John-street, recently cleated for building, re-
ceived a blow on the face with a heavy stone, which
completely cut out his left eje, and laid him on the
ground in a state of insensibility. He'iffir taken to a
surgeon in St. Jobtr-street, and from thence home to
Little Sutton-street, in a most dreadful state.
Inventing, SEPT 4.—The herring fishing in the,
Moray Frith may now be said to have terminated fur,
the season. Towards ;he close of last week the fishing
fell off completely ; and yesterday, when the boats re-
turned to Burghead, the whole taken would not have
filled a crane. The average of the take for the season
does not exceed 62 cranes per boat. A Gentleman ex-
tensively coanected with the trade writes us as follows:
a I lament to state that the termination of the herring
fishing must Le attended with ruinous consequences to
sal embarked iu k on the range of coast from 13urg'•ead
tyt Tatbet Ness. Tire boats do nut collectively equal
one-fifth of a computed .fivhing., and not one tenth of
that for some years past. It would seem that this mi.
retool tribe diminish. or tofu instinctive feeling, go
where they may be less mulevted. as this is now tive.
third lesson is succousion that has proved a fAiluse on
our shores."

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POLICE'INTELLIGENCE.