Star.
London, England, 1828-01-10 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

David Hart was charged by Moses Solomons, with illegally
pledging a variety of articles entrusted to him for sale.—Hart, it
appears, was to leave been man led to Solomon's daughter, and on
the wedding day was to receive 2001. as a marriage portion. It was
however agreed that Hart should have, the stock in the shop, of
which be was the manager, in part payment of the' dowry, but not
until the marriage was solemnized; and something happened to put
off the union. Hatt had however appropriated to his own use
various articles entrusted to him, and the facts being proved, he was
ordered to pay 51. or be sent to Briztoo lee three months; but he
paid the fine and was discharged.
LA MBIRTII-STREET.

Yesterday William Skew, the elder was brought up on a charge of
threatening the life of Sarah Robinson. After hearing the evidence
the Magistrate ordered him to End bail, and to give twenty-four
hours' notrm Dalton, the salter, stated, that on going to exeeute
the warrant he found Sheen the son at home, who, on hearing
the. nature of, his errand, brandished a knife which he had in
Ins-nano, aria bald, tt hi 3 f3el+33 wont to prison for that woman
(meaning Mrs. Robinson) he would go to Newgate for her
also. The Magistrate, on hearing which, instantly dispatched two
dicers to bring Sheen before him, which they did, and on his ap-
pearance, being apprised of the above, he stated that he was willing
to enter Into his own security not to molest the woman, but the
Magistrate told him such language as that made use of by him was
not to be endured, especially considering the miraculous escape he
bad had. and ordered him to find bail, and give 48 hours' notice.—
The younger Sheen only came out of prison on the 51st of Dec.
having been there six months for threatening the life o: this woman.

BELFAST, JANUARY 74

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A poor old woman, who makes a Miserable sub.
sistence by carrying straw bonnets on her back from
Kitkcubbin, which ►he sells in different towns in the
smith of Ireland, war, on the Sd instant, at twilight,
coming out of Aughnacloy, overtaken by a man and a
woman. They congratulated each other that they w ere
all travelling to the same place ; however, when they
came to a lonely part of the road, the man said. r, Let
us try if this old woman lies any money." They Then
laid hold of her, and in the struggle the old woman fell.
The man searched her pocket, in which he found only
three-pence, and would have left her but for the woman,
his companion. She said, " Irish women sometimes
carry their money in their breast—try that." He did
so, ■nd there got the poor creature's purse, containing
something better than six pounds—money which, it it
probable, she owed the persons who supplied her with
the bonnets. It was raining ar the time, bur, notwith,
standing, the female robber told her companion to %trip,
her of her cloak, observing, it was a warm one. Ti
poor old woman begged them for GOD'S sak: not to
strip her in the rain; that they had already left het
without the price of her bed. The man, in whom errs ry
feeling of natural sympathy was happily not entirely
extinguished, replied, " they would leave the poor devil
her cloak," and, giving her three-pence to pay for her
bed, went off.

' • SINGULAR ROBBERY.
A Gentleman reSiding"...--pto loco et tempore *Mils. the
precincts of Holyrood, Edinburgh, ventured on Friday
last to transgress the protecting limits of that sacred
place, and, as the Caber uses of the law.could scarcely
be expected to be on the qui oive at this si.cial season,
to run tire hazard of indulging in a little conviviality
with his City friends. 44 Stolen Wallis are sweet, and
bread eaten in secret is pleasant," says the wisest
of men. The cup went round; 'all care and peril
were forgotten, or " drowned in the bowl;" and
exhilarated spirits, acted on by exhilarating wine,
soon rendered ti.e temporary refugee a little conglo-
merated. In due time, however, he set out on his re-
turn to the sanctuary, and in puzzling his way along
tile streets, " with just a wee drag in his e'e," he fell in
with an amazingly polite person,who kindly volunteered
to see him home. The generous nffer was middy ac-
cepted, and home the Gentleman and his volunteer
guide assuredly went, and there had sorre grog to.
gether. Meanwhile as time and tide wait for no man,
it was discovered to be very late, or rather early;
and as the psis Achates expressed • some slopbts
of obtaining admission to his lodgingi, it was finally
arranged that he should be accommodated with a
bed in the house. Accordingly, he .retired to his
rcom, but semi- ed there only till all was quiet,
when he very unce,emonionsly to.ilt French leave, car.
rying along with the entire suit of clothes which
the "lusby" gentleman ,bad just doffed, two pairs of
sheets, three bed quilts, and a pillow case, with a
few shillings which he had seen deposited by his
protege in a press or cupboard. When the servant
entered the gentleman's room the following morning
to light the fire, she at once mi,sed his suit of clothes,
and her suspicions being awakened, immediately re-
paired to the stranger's apartment, to ascertain if he was
present bodily. But the bird was flown. He had gone
off with Iris spoil by the back door, which was the only
practicable egress, leaving his compotator of the previ-
ous evening, and the family with whom the latter resid-
et! minus the articles above mentioned. Information of
the robbery was lodged without delay at the Police
Office, and from the description given of the fellow; he
was apprehended in the course of Saturday, with the
gentleman's waistcoat and -pantaloons on his person,
while the coat and sheets were traced to the house of a
notorious gang of thieves in Greenside Lane, and found
there.

PLANTATIONS EXPOsXD TO SRA SPRAY. In sacra. i
tions much exposed to the salt spray of the ocean, esp . a
cially on the eastern coast of Scotland, proprietors of
estates are often Subjected to loss and disappointment .
by the failure of their plantations. It may be service-
able to remind, or inform them, that Mr. Forsyth has
communicated Lord Galloway's discovery, that under
the shelter of that species of wood called pinester, any 4
other kind will succeed, however exposed to the sea. .
Colonel Macdowal of Logan tried the experiment on ;
an extensive scale, with every satisfaction. The seed .
should be sown in rich soil, in the month of Nl.icli.
Sixteen months afterwards tt e plants ought to be taken
up in moist weather, ti,e top root shortened, and the
young trees plante:! in rich ground thoroughly prayer.
ized. It will be rccessary to water them ;en dap., at
till they have taken firm root. In eighteen months, or
two years, plant them out to remain, for the protection
of plantations that are apt to suffer by exposure to the •
Salt spray and marine atmosphere.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, BASINGHALL-STREET.

TO-MOILKOW.

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W. Baxter, Norwich, draper... .......... . SII A
J. Marshall, Huntingdon, linendraper ............ ........ 3
J. White, Fleet-street, baker . 3 11 I
D. Wright, Lower Thames-street, ship agent
W. Ridley, Hatton-garden, carpet dea1er.......—... ..... 3 it
S. Berwick, Doddingtoa-grove, Kennington, 3•111
W. Dove, Gerrard's-cross, Buckinghamshire, bricirmsaker 3 1 1
J. Stowell, Swallow-street, victualler -3 • 1 A
G. Guyatt, Dulwich, Surrey,butchtr ....4 1141 I
W. Morgan, Bond-street, bookseller ....... . . .2 11 i
J. Randall, Kentish Town, aucti0neer..........., 2.11 ,
J. Horsley and Co. Billiter-square, &c. merchants«. ..... 11
W. Mardall, Water-lane, brandy merchant 4ll
S. Thompson, Heath and Reach, Beds. dealer in ;tray plat— $ It
Y. liodlleon,Coburkplace, Borough-road, 8145...t0ur 11
H. Dyett, Clement's-lane, merchant........ ---•• 0
C. E. Collett and Co. Leeds, Yorkshire, merchants

J. Copeland, Burstein, Staffordshire, 1
B. Crochet and Co. Lawrence Pountney;placo, merchant.-- 1
G. Wilkie, East Poole Farm, Edmonton,Tarmer
S. B. Masters, Hastings, Sussex, cabinetmaker ........... ig
J. Burn, Lothbury, merchant ..............« 111
N. B. Hutchins, St. Jamees-sireet, glass warehouseman ......
H.Wood and Co. Chandos.street, Covent-garden, haberdasher. I

DIED.
Lately, at his house, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, Candler, Egg.
surgeon; universally esteemed as a professional ran, and beloved
as a private character.
The 2d inst. Major Conroy, in his 29th year, drowned by the V'
setting of arboat on a Lake near Ballyshannon, Ireland.
At &afield, near Easkoy, William M‘Nair, Esq. In schniais-
tedng a bail to a slandered horse, be took the infection through a
slight scratch on his linger; in a short time he became aroctad ra
both his arms, from whence it communicated to the whole 'yearns.
and at length terminated fatally.

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