Star.
London, England, 1829-01-08 00:00:00

Bow-STREET.

Mr. Antoci, gold and rilvtr refiner, of Coes-coon, Little 13!".
lain, c.me to this Miler on Saturday. and it.Ltmed the Magira
trates that a considerable qu may of plate hrd been offered for
sale at his &new on that day, under circumstances which excited
his suspicion, and that he had induced the osan who brought it,
and who gave his name Thomas Thompson, at present lodging at
the Ilupe Coffee/souse, Ilenrietta.street„ Matiche,ter.ssuare, to
leave it till the Mo day. Instructi.nts trete immediately given ts
Taunton the officer, to ascertain, if possible, whether the property
had been the produce of a theft or robbery. It was ascertained
that the prop. rty be:oneed to a Mr. &wall, residing in Andover,
in !lamp/tire. A dispatch was immediately sent off to that Gen.
tleman, and in the nn an time Taunton was on the look-out for the
patty who had brought th.• plate to Mr. Anemic's, and who had
not called for it on the 31tond ty as he had promised. On Tuesday
tire ii iee g Tau ton meta man ausweriog the description at a public
howe, ne r Manehest• r square, and took him into custody. lie
was brought nicht, °ince yesterday. Mr. &wall and Mr. Alkock
were iu attendance at the Lime time.

Tie moment Air. Eiwsil saw the prisoner he recognised him as
Wlllisen Tibbs, who had lived as•tootniati in his service wmc use
or six pearl ago.
• The prismer seemed great:), confuted pnd agitated at the sight
of his forms. master.

Mr. Mesa WAS then sworn, and deposed that the prisoner was
the person who had brought the plate to hi. horse on the Suter.
dAy• it cosol.ted • f .deer buttle forks, table, dessert, And
tea Spoons Sauer tail. is, &c. %steeling hi all 1155 ounces.
Prisoner dew tebed them at. briungiits to several persons in the
country, who Wetr ansiuns to 41-pu.e of them for any rice that
could be got for them. Ile said he could a t tell whose was the
cre.t m .eked un some of them.

Mr. litwall Wetttated the property as his. His house at And iva.
had been broken open and robbed than on the night of the gth
or morning of the 9th of December. The articles produced bad
been kept in a secret drawer under the sideboard, which of cw=
the prisoner must have known during his residence in the boost. •
On being asked what he had to say for hintbelf. the prisoners
whose emotion was extreme, replied in a taint vaice that ill he ad:,
and the unfortunate situation is which hr stood, rendered hiM in•
capable of making any exertion. even to defend himself. After the
pause of a moment. he added (his voice almost choked by Incromil
agitation), " L have deceived this worthy Gentleman, who had
always acted towards me like a kind and indulgent master, and if
the forfeit of my life can make any atonement foe my crime, I
shall willingly resign it."
Mr. Hat w, after complimenting Mr. Alleock for the very pro..
per and tradesman like manner in which be had acted. otderedthe
witnesses to be bound over, and the prisoner was fully committed
to Newgate for the burglary, from whence he Will be removed for
trial to the county in which the offence was committed. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

FOX AUNT. lIUNT.

A fine fox made a call In Thornton-street, in this town, abut
two o'clock on Friday afternoon last. He had been started by the
Northumberland hounds at Horton Whin. They had a grand
chase after him for two hours and a halt, and lost him at Elswickr
From thence he came into Mole's garden, and thence along *abort
lane info Thornton street. Ile appeared then a good deal fatigued.
He went up the street to the front of Mrs. Burt's house, put his
head through the paling, and so got it entangled. A lad. observing
Ms dilemma, went and extricated him by tugging at his tail. Rey-
nard, thus disengaged, travelled down the street again, Bad popped
into Mini Nicholson 's garden, as if be was disposed to take les.ons
with the youngsters at the Infant School. But here his career was
stopped, for the whipper-in came up and caught him at the south-
east angle. He blew his horn, and the dogs tame up a.scl killed
him. Matthew Bell, K'q. M.P. though he had his arm in a sling
from a recent fall, was in at the Beaty, along with seven or eight
other Gentlemen.—Tyree Mercury. - •

On the 11th ult. at ten o'clock at night, a female en.
thus ass at Heiman, in Switzerland, set are to her house,
under an idea of driving out from it evil spirits. She
then awoke her husband and warned him of his danger.
She next took a B.ble and Prayer-book, and atter
throwing into a rivulet a bag containing a gold chain
and ring, traversed the village and went to St. Gall,
where she was apprehended and taken back to Herisan.
[be house was entirely consumed, and it was not with-
out difficulty that the contiguous buildings were saved.
Some yeas. ago. this woman was compelled to quit the
village of Sonderegg, which she threatened to bet on
fire. Sr far tram repenting of her crime, she regards
it as a meritorious act, well ,pleasing to GOD.—French
Paper.
Ti.uraday two boys, who were wandering atona
GrangemLuch has bout, where an old vessel has big
lain 11,11 buried in the mud, were surprised to discover
what appeared to them to be an immense sea-terpei
firmly janimed between the planks, and furiously dm! -
ing about i.s root :nous tail. As the tide had receded,
a, seizure was boldly determined on, but no little
colty and address were requisite to secure his eelship.
They eventually succeeded, and got it hauled on shore,
and after its throat was cut, it was so tenacious of life
that it moved for four hours. It proved to be a conger
eel, tithe unusual length of 6.1 feet by about two feet
in circumference, and a eightug four stone four and a
half pound, imperial. This i. probably the largest fish
of the sort that was ever taken so far up the Frith.