Star.
London, England, 1827-08-07 00:00:00

COLCHESTER, AvoesT 4.

Istonday a water laity sAiled from Burnham; they.
returned in the evening with the prospect of being vein`
satisfied with the pleasures of the day.. Ois accosinnf.
the briskness of the wind, howeVer, the Ladies %Vete,
with some difficulty, safely landed; but unfortunately
the boat afterwards upset with the Gentlenten on board,
when Mr. Hewitt, ion of Mr. Hewitt, of Steeple, WM
droWnedl, and Mr. Neathercoat, of the Star lin, Burn-:
ham, was with difficulty saved.
Monday morning,, about seven O'clock. the earl of Y.
granary on the farm of ileitis. Tyson. of Hithint,iviii
struck by lightning,. 'mina burst intotaines, Which in it:
short time consumed that bUilding, alargeitableeddert
a barn, and btilloik sheds, a hay sMek of between eight
and nine tons, about 100 *sacks of tiefOilTa Elie coht,
200 todsof wool, and beteoast° and4o shitp troughs,
liarocalt:Att. A woolen. ran frOta'a neighbouring cot.,
Cage on the first elkiecniery and let Mit the hOiseiremain-
ing. at home; bat. as it nes Wine title before assistance
arrived, and Out gide: Water could be obtained, the
efforts to stop the kitties. of the fire were ineffectual.
Thepremises are the' property of R. Bailey, Biq. of
London.
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HUNTINGDON, SuiT 4.

w, t tending the loteeitApe ityfillitsfeped the
arrival pC the Judges, an "inideeldes reiftWerftlitered,
• op StindaY evening hitt.* fit ibeilp,'et IliaffeWe dls•
tance of little more than a mile from this place.
Poenev-itcatita.--Sunday, Joseph Newell, a car-
penter, living at Godmanchester, on his return to that
place. from Papworth, sat down in a field adjoining the
road, t' rest, whAi he fell asleep and had his pockets
picked of his watch and some money. A young man
at. Ilemingford Abbotts, of the name of Sneesby, last
week experienced a similar loss, and under very similar
circumstances.
In the afternoon of Wednesday laic, as Elizabeth
Sharpe, a dealer in lace, was proceeding on the Caw.
bridge road towardsFenstanton,she was attacked by two
men, who suddenly rushed upon her, and robbed her of
six sovereigns and abOut four pounds in silver. The
villains first knocked her 'down, and whiisi one closed,
I er mvutii; the wiser rifled her pockets and cut open
her stays, where the sovereigns were concealed.
. A GiNTLIMIAII Dr vas PUBLIC LINE.—The fair and
jolly dame of a publican in this town, was, during the
present week, thrown into no small trepidation and per-
. -spiration. •by the following occurrence :—An official
parson paid her. a silt, and politely asked the hostess
.1 if she could accommodate a Gentleman in the public
ant with a bed?" The landlady always willing to
ealc..4 a gdod eustoiner. replied, 4, Yes." 'But her • cur-
riae and horror was inexpritsible, *hen sive diSeolrered
t At.shirjr4d ithielinely caught .ifteFititeh.• Thepiiblic
actioaary; however. was not Perillisetrie Pit Age, .
.• lastaeatlsher roof; the landlady very jimmy teem
'that it was difficult to slraw a fine oFtlisfitsction
',:daya.--aiidlbilt the recollection of INC Whnse 'era
runsanta, wire coo leas, to be atiaivered, had net sierra
,ppe anal in a gale of sasiiinsion.

liiiititi'll4lT/LLIGENCL
littlliEralOUSS.
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1f ' . - *tiassed ' Cforke. wag Irronert Wore dui
iggia.
Limn ' . dm following circumstances :
A Ilmtm be was going hi. rounds no the pre-
ceding • petatmer inked hint wiser* the • VISICIAOIIIa was;
004.6e4ditifit ttualso wanted to go and sleep there, as he had no
Blau In this tumid to go to, and had not a farrbing in his posse,oinn.
fbe witness replied that there were *beady enough of poor people
at the ward:house, and that he (Clarke) could not be accommo-
dated there. Upon bearing this, the prisoner took off Li. hat, tools
a pis* pot out of it, and said, " Look at that ; I just stoic it ; I am
;a thief,. and demand to be taken to the watchhousc." " Why 1
didtwtis" witi the witness, " steal it ?" " Because I am starving;
replica the prisoner,",, and I bad no place to lie dbwn in • I Dover
rated, any thing before. The witness then conveyed the Prieesser to

the watehbouse.
The Won hlayon said that the experiment was a dangeroneoce,
and might be the means of transporting the prisoner.
Clarke said that be had travelled abort in 'search of work and had
been disappointed, and that he had stolen the pint pot in order to
obtain relief. But foe the theft ha should have had to lie in the
streets all night.
The LOUD Torso ordered that the prisoner should he remanded,
and tAat'tbs.puhlican oat of whosetouse he had stolen the pint pot
should be summoned to attend at the Justice-room.

GUILDHALL.
IMPORTANT TO SMOTE ?????? —Yesterday Mt. Joseph Monday,
haberdasher in ileslcross-street, appeared to a summons for oh.
structing the pavement.
Juba Jacket, the complainant, stated, that he was carrying a
clock on hfi bead, walking on the pavement, by Mr. Munday's
house, and the elect was thrown from his head by a blind which
Mr. Monday had placed over his window to protect his goods front
the sun. He did not see the blind tin after the clock was thrown
on the pavement. He bad since measured the height of the blind,
and found it was aft feet four inchei from the pavement. The da-
mage done to the clock was 555.
Mr. Mende', in his defence, stated that the blind was sulticlently
high to allow any person to walk under it; and that it waft owing
to the negligence of the complainant that the clock was thrown
from his bead. Sevetal'Aidernien and City OM:era were in the
habit of constantly walking under the blind, and never objected to it.
The ALDRIMAN observed, that the Alderman and City Officers
were not in the habit of carrying loads on their beads.
The Act of Parliament was referred to, wad it was found that
" any obstruction of the pavement" was subject to a fine of Si.
The ARDOUR/1N said, it was impossible nttt to consider Mr. Nue-
day's blind an obstruction of the pavement, aid lined bim 35a. to
Indemnify the complainant. •

hi A RLBOROUGIWIMIRRT.
A TIMATILICAL QeAa&—The Qar&r.klTO, who• wilt lined five
shillings at Union-Hall, on Friday. for being drunk, was yesterday
brought to this Office for wandering aboit the streets of Soho with.
out coat or waistcoat, e xclaiming," Away the foul fiend follows me!
Tom's a-cold," on which the watchman took him to Saint Anne's
watchhoose as a madman, where, the night constable said, he
ranted ail/ tonsight. ' •
On bears dedred to account for Howell, he said he was appren-
ticed to a hnendraper at Leominster. was a member of the Society
of Friends, enlisted into the 54th regiment, bought his discharge,
lift the city of York, came to Rochester, and had only been nine
days I. London. He left big coat and waistcoat for the charge of
the room where Id der on Saturday night.
Sir G. Fausart—Vay, Quante don't swear; you must have
forsaken your religion when you went into the army?
Defendant—Why, yes, Sir; it was done its lark ; but they'll take
me again.
Sir Gatosou—l don't think they will In the plight you ate in.—
What has become of your hat?
Defeodint-014 Sir, they knocked the crown ; hat I shall
soon recruit my wardrobe. I expect an engagement at the New
Pavilion in Whiteebapel.
Sir Gsoaast—Where, no doubt, they will be favourably Ws-
praised with your abilities; but I am afraid if you go as you are
thei will take you for jiangso's Cihoss I If flat you off now, where
will rage?
Defendants-Reed my steps immediately to the theatre, and close
my engagement. Could yea help me to my coat and waistcoat?
Sir caeacta—You must try your friends to do that. If you are
taken this away again, people will think you mad. You may go.
Defendant—/ hope not. The newspapers have tried to do act
I read an account as long as my band, all lies. If they du so again
I will advertise them •••• Publish and shame the rogues;" and so
saying, strided out of the ofilch

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M A RY-L AZONNIL
Yesterday two boys, Cease Gtoerand Win. Ifeed,were ebstgodl
with robbing the peach trees at Kffbutn Priory.--The case was
proved Wiest them by Mr. Thomas Hill Mortimer, the proprietor=
and Mr. Ravrusiew ordered them to be detained until they paid
the value of the fruit, and a penalty of ss. each. thesevexatiess de-
predatlon's have been repeatedly committed in this Markt, and the
Magistsates now have expressed a determination to asakeittenges.
=pies of future offenders.

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QUEEN-SQUARE.
A Gentleman was charged with refusing to.pay the driver of e
hackney-coeds. for driving him from Charinreress to the Towel.
Gilmore the officer, said it was only a short time since the defendant
was committed. for a similar offence, and remained fourteen days
I. Tothil-fields Bridetrell, rather than pay the then demand. After
a variety of questions his answers to which evinced an eccentric
don, he proposed, if the coachman would again drive him to
Tele'', he would pay both fares. Jarvy, however, refused;
observing sue ;sill was a sufficient dose. He then requested the
lilagistrateto Wirt him Os. cd. but to this modest request his Wm-
Alit niaillio iiitiy ; and finding it vein to "argue the case further,
he Wig dent tiPrisoa.
WORSHIP-STREET.
C. ]finis, a watchman, was charged with being drunk on duty;
111111111. tt. respectable young man to the wand/souse; and when asked
sWlffat .Ifight Consteble on what Charge? instead of answering, he
ditin his bst in the fate oldie latter, and behaved incise most dia.
Wady manner. The Magistrate suspended him for six weeks, and
ordered hie conduct to be reported to the Parish Committee.
Conic Inlielprifflialtees was brought op HO suspicion of stealing
two gold seals, which had belonged to the late Mr. Egerton Leigh.
druipei
.4. few day•shwe Charles Plintbun, the prisoner's brother, was
Wepted in nursing to pledge the seals for 31. He said the prisoner
etten Men to him, and the prisoner that he had received them
is payment of los. from a fellow servant. By the crest it was dia.
at the Herald's College that they belonged to Lady Leigh,
fferiff the wife of the well-known Barry O'Meara, in whose amviee
is as butler. Lady Leigh identified the property, and the
prisoner was remanded. ..
LAMBETH-STREET.
Canine to &Ade COACH DIATISIL—A driver of me of the Col.
'ebestar atedles, appeared on an infonnadon charging Mae with
forks, driving. On the part of the defendant an ohjectienwas
taken is Basins, to the jurisdiction of the bfarates, inasmuch as
the particular Act ander which the infossatisa was laid, required
that all informations under it should be heard by a resident Maisie-
trate ; for that if the parties felt dissatisfied with the decision of the
Magistrates, they must appeal at the Quarter Sessions of the county
'ln which that decision or convktion took place, and not where the
offence was committed.—The Magistrates, however, overruled the
objection ; and the offence being clearly proved by J. Hepworth,
Esq. a Gentleman residing near Colchester, the defendant was con-
victed in the lowest penalty under the Act, of £5 and costs.
UNION-HALL
An old veteran, named John Donovan, belonging to the East
India Company's service, applied for relief to assist him on his way
to Ireland. He stated, that on the 26th ult. he landed at Ports-
mouth, from Bengal, after nineteen years service in that part of
the world. He had twenty sovereigns, Which were paid him by
the Paymaster, in his pockets when he landed at i'ortsmouth Point,
but he had not been many hours on shore before he was robbed of
every farthing; and as Paymaster, Officers, invalids, and all, had
taken their departure previously, he bad no other alternative left
Rhea to march up to town as well as be could. He wanted to get
to Liverpool, and from thence to Ireland. At the former place be
, would be at once supplied with what money he required, as be had
luckily forwarded the greater portion of the money hr bad acquired
' while in India to a merchant at that place.
The Magistrate, desirous of knowing whether the poor fellow had
turned his long residence in an Indian climate to mood account for
Bennett, asked him what money he had contrived to save fur
his services?
..airiovan.—l thlisit myself a rich man, your Worship—l hate
asaved 1001. deducting the 201. that I have been robbltd of.
Mr. CHAMPILAS. Were you engaged in the Burmese war 1
Teo, your*Worshipt; I lost the greater part of the calf of one of
my, legs ar *Mean. 1 also received wounds at Ma and l'egu.
, Mr. CHAMOLAIL Hali'e you received any prize-money let, for
ritii services in the Burinese war ?
Bilsamiarianavrered in the negative, saying that it was not yet in
'the away of payment.
The Magistrate having advised him to be more cautious of the
Lialleankiekt of the money he had so dear:), earned in the set vice of

his tonally. *added Mm with tome sliver Ilmn blr porse, and at.
rented him to be passed to Liverpool.
The old Nadler 'wired from the office after Intim! renirotettio
Magistrate bears, thanks for the attention and nisi/mace that imd
been bestowed upon kW. , - -

gaming several eases In width boys were accused of stealing frirk
venom preferred by a Mr. Carts against ,fuha Rert, who wq
charged with 'twang *e'en pearsfrows du complaisant's gar4eloA

Ketherhisse. •
" I wish," said the Magistrate, so the famcharged being rem.
" that you bed gives& him seven attires with a cane."
" But, Sir," said Mr. Corfu, " had I dope so, the ;greats wash*
have complained to you of air essaetaing him."
sa jythrigialtdoes so," replied the Magistrate. • it "nig ka,
.wailed diem isesitiag, far I should net listen to math complaints."
Mr. Cummins than inquired if the boy's father was limed
and was atuwered la the alinnadve. His Wotship told kis
take away his sea and nog bin fee the dishonest sc.
The father replied. that he would certainly punish his We 1041
was Mao liberated.

The sth of August is genet-10y the day on
those highly-esteemed shell-fish are annually ilittnduced
to the metropolis. As the sth this year was on eitind4y;
the bustle and activity at Billingsgate was postponed
to Monday morning. Those Who wish to be well ac-
quainted with the habits of the people of London, end
to obtain a knowledge of the means by which they earn
their bread, should walk to Billingsgate at the torn:
mencement of the Oyster Season. Tne scene if a very
extraordinary one; the avenues to the Dock, sChere the
oyster boats arrive, and where the article is told by the
bushel, are closely blockaded by lines of carts and car.
riages, which generally extend over London Bridge. At
the purchasers often, at great risk and personal injury,
succeed in getting their oysters lions the Smacks, they
bring the article to the carts, and lose no time in con-
veying it east, west, north, and south of London. In a
few hours, millions of oysters are spread in tempting
profusion io every street in London and the suburbs.
—The oyster season is hailed by .the industrious, as
the commencement of their prtifit and prosperity,

and thousands of poor are supported by it.. The
trade in oysters is of van importance in the view of
a Legislator, and all those who study the wants and
interests of the community. Indeper.dently of the
comfort and profit it brings to the Metscipotis,
oyster dredgers and their midterms. families along tits
coast of Kent find their employment. The manner in
which these dredgers labour in their calling is worthy
' attention. The oyster dredgers of Feversharn form a
Corporation, regulated b f a code of their own laws,
A portion of their profits is reserved to purchase spat,
or young oysters, from other beds to replenish and is.
prove their own. All th* oyster fisheries in the Med.
way are regulated by the Statute, and a Court is kept
for that purpose annually at Rochester, where a Jeri
of Free dredger men make rules and orders, whoa
Oysters shall be taken, and what quantity daily, and
Other regulations for improving the brood. By the 10M
of Geo. U. a dthy of seven-pence per bushel is laid
upon oysters ilisported from France. The manner of
working the beds afford* the spectator in fine weather
pleasant amusement. Some, time before the sea tide
swells the river, the vessels or smacks intended let the
London market are anchored abreast the oyster
grounds. The dredgers in ;heir boats are dispeived
over the whole fishery, and the scene becomes one of
active industry. The dredgers, with a sort of net snide
of leather, and bound with iron, soon fill their boats,
and remove the oysters to the anchored smack, which
receives them in her hold. When.she is full, up goo
her anchor, the sails are trimmed, and having-enure'
the Thames, she makes the best of her way to Billings.
gate Market. Thus the good folks of London ate
supplied from the Medway, and that part of the coast
of Kent which the Romans named Rutupia (Ridabo•
rough), and from whence they conveyed oysters to
Rome. How they were kipt fresh, and in a state to
please the palate of the Roman epicure, history does not
inform us. Melton is now celebrated for the most de.
licious oysters; and the natives, as they arecalled, cows
from Colchester. Although the trade begins in the
present month, oysters are not considered to have the
best flavour before September.