Star.
London, England, 1821-12-31 00:00:00

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MAystos-Hoon—Saturday,Jenta Ifendeisoa was
re-eramined, charged with attempting to defraud
Mr. Bish, the Lottery Office Keeper, by presenting
an altered share of a Ticket, as stated in our Paper
of Saturday ; when the Solicitor of the Stamp Office
refused to prosecute, and the prisoner was remanded,
to give Mr. Bish an opportunity to consider how he
should act.

Gambit*Lt..—Saturday, a youth, about 18 years
of age, who had been for five or six yeah a servant
in the counting-house of an eitensive Nottingham
silk-stocking-manufacturer, was brought up for a se-
cond. examination before Mr. Alderman 'fitosinos.
He had already been privately examined upon sus-
picion of stealing a very large quantity of silk stock-
ings
belonging to the firm. The circumstances are II
as follows :—The Nottingham-house (Messrs. Hard--
wick and Duncan) has a town office in Lawrence.'
lane, Cheapside, in which the prisoner and a female
servant perform the general cleaning and sweeping
of the rooms. He was always, it appeared, extremely;
anxious to persuade the female .Servant not to abide!
so close in the house on Sundays. Crn last Sunday
,evening•she went out for about alt hour and a tall,
and took the key of the street door with her, after
locking it. She left nobody in the house at the time;
but upon her return, she kicked her font against
something in the pasage which alarmetther, and in'.
duced her to run across the street to a neighbour s;1
for the purpose of calling in assistance. Upon gettingl
a neighbour to come over with a light, they found
that what she kicked against in the hall was a bag
of silk stockings, and on looking closer, they ascer-
tained that the counting-house had been opened ;--,
and, on farther examination, it was fonnd-that ZOO
worth of silk stockings had been conveyed away dur-
ing her ihort absence from the house on that even-
ing. Suspicion attached to the prisoner., in rouse•
quence of his previously expressed anxiety to persuade '
the female servant not to remain so much at home
on Sundays, and from the statement of the watch-
man's wife,.who, while carrying her husband's tea to
his box in the neighbourhood, observed a young man,
resembling the prisoner (but she could not swear po-
sitively) Cohering outside the counting-hotise. He
was also, according to the information acquired re-
specting his -habits, fend of frequenting six-penny
and one shilling hops, at flush-houses, and also ratite,
loose in his acquaintance. The prisoner said he had
several periods to prove that he was at a distance'
from the place at the time when the robbery was
committed. He was directed to reserve his witnesses!
until Thursday, when he would be again examined.
Bow•STREET.—John Musk, a middle-aged man in
the dress of a groom, and John Barry, a buy about
twelve years of age, weie on Saturday brought be-
fore Sir . RlcliA RD BI RN I E and T. I !a E.t.a, Esq.-..n
the following charge :—The prisoner Musk, had
been about three days in the service of s Gentleman
named Wen, rhiding at Hammersmith, as groom,
when, on -Thursday night, he was absent at a late
hour. Mr. West, jun. went to the stable to search
for him, and found the door unfastened, but the pri-
soner was not them. Mr. West went in, and barred
the door inside, and got out at the hay-loft window:
as he was returning to the house, he saw Musk get-
ting over the wall from an adjoining garden. lle
asked hint where he hal been? and be said only to a
public-house. Mr. West then got a ladder, and en•
tered the stable, and when he had unbarred the door,.
be found the boy prisoner standing close to it, as if
piepared.to slip out unobserved. Upsn being ques-
' tinned, he began to cry, and said that as be ss asking
in the lane adjoining.the stable-yaed, a donkey trod
upon his foot, and while lie was sitting on, a haul;
crying, Musk came up, and after some little conver-
,ation, asked him if he would like to " go a thieving,"
and if he knew anything about thieving ? He replied
that he never did anything of that sort, and was
afraid; but Musk took him to the stable, prdmised
him plenty of money, and asked if he could assist in
stealing a few saddles and bridles, and some horses,
adding that he meant to ride away with the horses,
&c. that night:' Ile then left him (Barry) in the sta-
ble, and eleven o'clock was the time fixed to go off.
All this was denied by Musk, but the saddles and bri-
dles were found tied together in a very unusual man•
tier, and in such a way as would be most convenient
for removal. A constable, was immediately sent far.
The boy, who spewed an extraordinary degree of in;
itelligence for his age, now told the same story ; and
when questioned by the Magistrates as to himself; he
said he had neither father nor mother ; that he had
been liv?ng.fOr a long time with Mrs. Goodenough,
at Maidenhead, in Berkshire, but she was too poor
now to 'keep him, and he came away on Thursday,
riding on the iron of a stagecoach as far as Ham-
mersmith, where he got down, thinking he was in
London'. His father was an Oxford Blue, and was
' killed in some great battle, andiris object in coming
to London was to get among the*Blues, and find out
somebody that knew his father, and perhaps some-
thing would be done for him.—Sir It 101 A HD RI RNIE
said, he hoped the boy had told a true story ; if he
had, it would be a great pity that he should be lost
Ilfor the want of protection. He (Sir RICHARD Bin sr e)
felt interested for him, and should make inquiries,
and if he found his tale to be true, lie would endea-
vour to get him into the excellent school which was
established in the Regiment spoken of, where he
would be eiucated and well provided for. Mr.llatt.s
said he was rather.at a loss to know what offence bad
been committed that was cognizable by a Magistrate.
He had no doubt that a felony was intended, but it'
had not been committed.--Mr. West said, Musk had
only been a few days in Hamnyersmith, and he sus-
pected very much that if time was given for inquiry,
he would be found to be an old offender.—Sir that.
ARD BIRNIE said, he should commit the.prisouers
for further examination, on the charge of being there
with intent to commit felony.--They were accord-
ingly remanded, with an order that the boy should
be kept by himself.
ihnow-HALL.—Saturdey, a man,. named Read,
whose head appeared a perfect mass of bruises and
wounds, complained of a violent assault that four
journeymen bakers had committed on hits. He stated
himself to be one of these persons usually called
" cheap bakers," and being satisfied with a moderate
profit on his bread, he had excited the hatred of the
fair defendants. The prisoners' tale was, that they
went to the complainant's shop to purchase a loaf,
and conceiving it to be very small, they desired to
have it weighed, which was reftued to be done, :and

refusal accompanied vrfh bitterinvectives against
'common informers. On leaving the shop they, had
the loaf weighed, andfound it very deficient; a short'
timerifter they were overtaken by Read and his son-
in-law, and again taxed in coarse language with being
informers, and in the conclusion a battle ensued, in
which Read got the wounds he now complained of.
The Magistrate being unable to decide which of the
parties were telling the truth, desired the defendants
to find bail, in order that a Jury might settle the mat-
ter between them. •

DUBLIN POLICE
Corama-enunte.— Wednesday, a number of woollen-weavers
from the Liberty went down to the Pigeon.home, with in-
tent to receive and accompany the new Lord Lieutenant to the.
Castle. On their return they were met in Oreat Brunswick-
street by a party of coal-porters, and other persons, armed with
sticks, and severely beaten. Mr. Goodisson, of this Meet with
the assistance of a party of the watch, secured a number of the
rioters, and brought them before the Magistrate, when, after
lan examination, three of the principals were committed.