Star.
London, England, 1827-01-16 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 15.

Mary Dunn, a young woman of respectable appear.
ance, was indicted for having stolen 28 yards of printed
cotton, the propertrof Mr. William Tracey, linendraper,
of Mount-street, Lambeth.
James Scott, shopman to Mr. M,Dowell, pawnbroker,
of Lambeth, stated, that on the lith of December, the
prisoner pledged a primed piece of cotton at his master's
shop, for lls. The cotton now produced is the same.
Mr. Tracey called at the shop to inquire a hether such
cotton had been pledged, as he had been robbed of a
cousiderable quantity. The prisoner frequently pledged
property, wearing apparel, &c. at the shop. When
the prisoner called again, he detained bee atsd give her
in custody.
Mr. Tracey stated that the prisoner was in the occa•
sional habit of purchasing trifling articles at hi. shop.
The cotton produced, 29. yard., belonged to him.
He never sold any of that sort of cotton. On Monday
the 11th of December, at nine or ten o'clock in the
morning, be missed the property, and made inquiry
at several.pawnbrokere, when he discovered part of the
property. The prisoner had been to the shopon Setur•
day evening.
Alr.Tracey, brother to last witness, stated, that know-
ing thrabove cotton bad never been cut or sold by his
brother, or a piece being offered for sale, he suspected
all was not right, and informed his brother, who made
inquiries, and ascertained where it had been pledged.
He ident,fied die property.
Other witnesses proved that the prisoner had made pledges.
Edward Perry, a Bow'-street patrol, stated that he
took the prisoner in custody at Mr. M.Dowell's shop,l
on the 29th of December, on a charge of robbery. He.
proceeded to her lodgings to search them, when he
found a quilt, with some pieces in it, corresponding with
the cotton produced, and several duplicates.

The Cluatax.a. summed up the evidence% and the Jury found
the prisoner Gait*
On hearing the verdict she fell into hysterics, and
was carried out of Court in the arms of the oficers.-.-
Being recovered, she was sentenced to iv. elve mouths'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of-Cor-
rection at Brixton.

Elijah Smia was indicted for stealing two handker•
chiefs, the property of Ellis, a seaman belonging to
the ship Kitty, lying in the Commercial Deck.
The cue was clearly proved.
The CUAIBMAN informed him, that by a, late Act of
Parliament such offences came within the jurisdiction of
that Court. Had that not been the case, his lot would
have been to take his trial elsewhere, when, if convicted,
his life would be forfeited. Property in ships was to be
protected; and the sentence of. the Court was, that he
should be transported for the term of his natural life.
Henry Hopewell was indicted for feloninudy enticing
away Jobn Leary, a child six years of age, and em-
ploying him as a sweep—Guilty, but recommended to
mercy. Sentence deferred.

BARMITAPLE.—The following are the prices of same
of the necessaries of life In this little capital of North Devon: Beef
and Veal from Sid. to 6d. per lb. Mutton, 3d. to CI. Batter, ls.
Potatoei,64l. per peck.
We are requested to correct an error in the report of
the trial of Wm. Hickin, in Saturday's paper: he is not,
as stated, the son of the late Vestry Clerk of St. Dun-
srawin-the-West ; Mr. Hickin, we are informed, left but
one son, now only twelve years of age.
The history of Marseilles is full of interest. Its origin
borders on romance. Si: hundred years before the
Christi= era, a band of piratical adventurers from
lonia, in Asia Minor, by dint of superior skill in navi-
Rhion, pushed their discoveries to the mouth of the
Rhone. Charmed with the white cliffs, green vales,
blue waters, and bright skies. which they here found,
they returned to their native country, and persuaded a
Colony to follow them to the barbarous shores of Gaul,
be.oring with them their religion, language, manners,
and customs. On the very day of their arrival, so says
tradition, the daughter of the native Chief was to choose
, a husband, and her affections were placed upon one of
the leaders of the polished emigrants. The friendship
of the aborigines was conciliated by marriage, and their
rude manners were softened by the refinement of their
new Allies in war, their new associates in peace. In
arts and arms, the emigrants soon acquired the ascen-
dancy, and the Most musical of all the Greek dialects

POLICE 11.1 I'ELLIGENLE.
MANSION-110USE.
A man named HalL;Vrastrouglst to the Justice Room, charged
with various acts of fraud. The general practice of which be was
accused was the following contrived to and out the name of
a party who dealt with a shopkeeper In town, and bashers applied
to the latter to send to the former some articles, directing that the
goods should be left at some coach-Mice until called for. He was
sore to be is waiting, and to ask for the property soon after its
arrival at the coeds-dice; god in this plan he was said to have
repeatedly succeeded.' He„ however, made a mistake one day, by
means of which he was detected. He contrived to get 12 volumes
of Shakspeare from a bookseller in Piccadilly, by his tricks; a
quantity of soap and oodles 'roma chandler in Threadneedie-street ;
and a bat from a batter in Clwapside.
A case was about to be entered into 'tabu bins, wbesan Meer
stated that an indictment hadbeen instituted against him at the Old
Bailey; and be was taken off to prison.
BOW-ST BEET.

Stevens and Goodwin, the two men who ►aet been repeatedly ex-
amined at this Mice on suspicion of being concerned in a •attety
of robberies near Hounslow, were discharged, no further evidence
having been produced to warrant their committal; but little moral
doubt, however, talks, of their connexion with t►e daring gang
whose depredations have of late been carried on to an alarming
degree in the above neighbourhood, and they were not permitted to
depart without a suitable admonition; and a wanting, that if freak
evidence should come to light, they would be Immediately sought
for and aprtbended.