Star.
London, England, 1827-12-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The. Sittings in this Court commenced yesterday,
before Mr. Court., the Ch .irman, and a Bench' of
Magistrates. A man and his wife, named Davis, were
indicted for an assault. The assault complained of
arose out of an endeavour on the part of the prosecutor
to get rid of the defendants as his tenants, but he was
not in attendance to support the case, which was, host•.
ever, sufficiently made out by his wife. The defend-
ants plzaded that they had already sa,isfied the prose-
cutor, and did not expect the charge would have been,
gore into.
The Corm, however, decidedly set its face against
this sort of compromi,e, and the Jury bringing the
defendants in Guilty, fined them 54 and ordered the
prosecutor's recognizances to be estreated, for his non-
appearance.
Ana Hodgkins, Witt. Hodgkins, and Josiali Smart,
stood indicted for keeping a disorderly house in
Brydges-street, Covent•garden.—Mr. Purizirs stated
the case.

Tnom is Frederick Jones deposed to going into tb
house in question on the Bth October, at 12 o'clock,
along with a friend. They staid until three o'clock.
Two persOns came into the billiard-room where they
were, who proposed dice. Afters playing some time a
dispute arose, in which Smart interposed. sod Imes
and his friend were ultimately pushed into the street.
They gave the fellows in charge. The particulars of
Jones's evidence have already appeared in the police
reports. When the case had proceeded Was far, it
came oot thtt Isaacs, the other witness, had given a
false name at the Police Office, bad signed a false name
to his depositions, and also gave a taw name before
the Grand Jury. Mr. Corm interposed, and the trial
was stopped by consent. aad the parties acquitted.
Mr. Aootrtstra !aid, if the case had gone on. he
could have produced all the officers of the palish in
which the house was situated, to speak to the regularity
and good order of the place.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GGILDHALC.
Edward Donors, a drover, wearing the badge No. TO, was
brought before Sir Pavan La cue yesterday, charged wide acting as
a drover in Smithfield-market that worolag without wearing his'
bodge, and with wanton cruelty to woe.
The complainant, Mr. John Cramp. a botcher, in Whiteeharl,
stated, that the prisoner was one of th. palm employed to keep the
droves together is the market. The initial Math the primmer had
wantonly struck with his stick. wad Murelppouiles him, and did net
belong to the drOve that was in his
The prisoner said he struck-the bale it kicked Mtn.
'Mr. Cramp said this intone( till& • -
Sir Prize L•UILIE said he would rather dem complaints should
emanate from the respectable bluchers than from the City Olean.
became It proved, that while they were obliged tridestroy life, they
hated unnecessary cruelty. Mr. Cramp's conduct was most ere&
table to him, and he would fine the prisoner Ws. foe the cruelty,
and 20s. more for not wearing a badge.
The prisoner was committed for one month in default.
Mr. Rogers. of the firm of Rogers and Co, chemists, Cheapside,
attended to deflect to the sitting Alderman, Ms. the balance of
various subscriptions which he had been intrusted by the public to
apply for the benefit of a black man, who galled himself the son of
the King of Congo, and who, overcome by despair and distress, bad
attempted to purchase poison at Mr. Roger. shop Mr. Rogers
stated, that the man was taken into the service of a Gentleman, in
consequence of the statement respecting him is the newspapers;
but he soon grossly misbehaved himself towards the females in the
family, and was discharged ; and be (Mr. Angers) kad lost sight of
the man now fur some month. _

Sir Perms Lau= advised Air. Rogers to pay the money into
the subscription for the Spanish Relegates.
BOW-ST REST.
Sarah Smith, s middle.aged decent-looking woman, was charged
by the son of Ai. Foulkes, liaendraper and haberdasher. of Little
Russell-street, Covent-garden. with purloining a roll containing
several yards of ribbon.—Mr. Foulkes, jun. stated, that the prb
sonar was in the habit of buying small articles at his father's shop,
but, wail Lately, she was never suspected of dishonest practices.
Several articles, however, having been missed off the counter, sus-
picion
fall opon, the prisoner, whose repeat visits to the shop for
trifling purchases. and often without buyinny thing, led to the
belief that she mast be the thief. Accordingly, when the prisoner
came into the shop on Saturday night, between nine and too o'clock,
and asked fur a yard of ribbon. the witness detegmioed to watch
her motions, and while looking for the descript of article she
wanted, he perceived her purloin a roll contaitriergweverol yards of
ribbon. He then invited her to the further eat ad the shop, and
taxed her with the theft. She stoutly denied, however, having
taken any thing, and the witness seat to this take for a constable
to take her into custody.
Parish, one of the patrol attached to Bow-street, deposed that be
took the prisoner into custody on the charge stated by the last wit-
ness, and found the roll of ribbon in her possession. While con-
veying her to the watc►band', the prisoner took thirteen shillala
Irons her pocket, sad offered to make that sum a pouattif the wit-
lieu would it her go.
_ _ _

The prisoner did not ettaMpikr deny the charge, but litept bit-
terly and begged for mercy, for the sake, as she said. of her child,
who would have no one to look after it if she were sent to prison.
As she refused, however, to mention the place of her abode, and
as there was every reasonabl► suspicion that she had been In the
habit of robbing the prosecutor, the Magistrate told her he should
feel It to be his duty to send her for trial, and she was committed
accordingly.

_ .
Monday morning, as usual, brought an extraordinary number of
" drunk and disorderbes" for purgation before the bemb--aod, as
usual, the greater number of those " drunk and disorderliet" were
women.

Of these there were nine, of aA ages, from fifteen to My. With
11 the ea ceprion of one, who was committed to the House of Correa--
tioo for fourteen dais, as an blew rigible, they were discharged, on
paying the fee of one shilling, and promising not to offend in like
claimer again.

Of the male creatures so Wending, there was the usual spriaking
of tailors, shoemakers, and lawyers' clerks, and without exception
they were dealt within tha last mentioned way.
Airs. Martha Joists and, Ma. Alvah Aye, two matronly Clare.
market vegetable-venders, charged eadt other with having commit.
eel terrible mutat one upon the ether.
Mrs. Japes got the brit start and said—" the wife of •
watchman as well, your Worship: Me mad my husband was going
home oo Saturday night with a beg of rice, when this Mrs. Pratt
said to MIX Wailes, so as wand my hashand could bear loam
folks mat be cursed fund of voiding, to go forts qteal sherbet.' I
said, says I, Mrs. Pratt, you re a very insulting woman," which
she Immediately called me expressions too shocking for your Wor.
ship et aityraeatientan to hear, and deliberately polled ef ism
bonnet had cap, and pbuwd up her hair, and withltut the hest in.
suit, she flies at me, and gives uses moat shucking Mew in the face,
which it is plain for your worship to see."
Mrs. Pratt declared that Mrs. Jones struck the first blew ; sad
the was about to enter into a full and particalar, recapkulation of
the aralr, when Mr. It&t stopped bet, aid told both Wimp that,
as die Smiles& were sitting, they would save themselves and him
math trouble by going down, and indicting each other at once.
"-Thmtk your Worship, and we will." said both women at once.
and they left the cam, Mrs. Java Galliag after the other, w yot

may &pied ki I will, Ms% Pratt ;.—mod
,;At Cowles, 'loops * you!"
HAT.TON•fiARDES.
Jigce raibtv, as I+tovght yp ley Vmarai• a efalalaill*.lifoll
charge of format telling. %Incest tlepose*, Mu no Sammy go tt
a }meg woman wee brought into dlairrowhil
iirioua, and teniaineg io that state until thciallrideg day. Len%
. her distress arpse from something told to het* the pallsourw, hi da
capacity of a Sartain teller. he dispatched woman -re have ha
fortune told, end shortly after she matmed the prisoner's's** be
'fidiowed, and saw the prisoner, veldt a peke cards, In the am at
telling another weenie her fortune, He immediately took her nna
.nuarosiy. Sarah Coppendale, the dope, rimmed, that she fainted may
whenthe heard front the prisoner that she was to have w a Ja*
else and a removal." She recollected nothing afterwards until she
found herself in the watch-boom The primmer made no defeat%
and was committed for three noodle to Mahout. of Certeetion
MA RL BOROUGH-STREET.
Themes Milgroor Mena-gni was charged with enteting the homed
Wen. Henry Fellowes, Esq. M.P. Lower Berkeley4trem, na
turday night, with a felonious intent.
John Rayner, who is coachman to the above Gentleman's mother,
and ha. the care of the house in Berkeley-street, during the dkcace
of the owner, who is in the country. has had re.soo for a foods*
or three week. to suspect a design upon it, in frustrate wkid.
Soured), night he placed Robert Irish and Wen. Colemin, yaead
own of his acqnaintance, In the dining room, and he am bowl*
about a quarter after eight went out, leaving the house litmem4
unprotected, rzerpting by the street door lock. A few mama
alter they weregone, there were repeated knock, given at the dew,
and the bell rang several does, but the young men remained
ambush ; a footstep-was then heard in the area, the lock of the do
chen de or was tried, at length the young men heard a key It the
mum door, and Isiah placed himself behind it, and iminedindyl•
by means of a skeleton key, the prisoner entered the ball lo*
seized him by the collar, hrandi.bed a poker with which he had
armed himself Over bit bead, and, assisted by COICIII3O, seat hie
to the watchhouse.
The prisoner was committed for trial. Ile kept a grow tos cer's shop in Limon-street, ilary•lobeene, and has been tried Le.
fore for
41111 Bristow, a girl of the town, was charged en ni.plcinn with
stealing a goad watch, chain and seals, a gold eye.glass. a w.f.
hoz, eceet-boz, and handkerchief, belonging to Mr. dames %%mi.
Saturday night, Mr. Ward said, after dining at she Union, aiddrinking freely, he and his friend were picked op by the prisow
and another Lady in Regent-street, and taken to Butte I/esp.:tow,
for the purpose. of spending the night. Whether he bad had ilk
prisoner as a bedfellow he w:s too tipsy to know—he apprehended
not. However, in the morning be was surprised to find Lined(
tweet home, and alone, and he found he had been robbed of the
above articles.

Margaret Sandell, the other girl, stated. that the Genthames
watch and glass were safe upon a table In the room provided ice
' him and the prisoner when she retired with the other Goldsmith,
a mom above. The prisoner came op to bee early is thesght.seg
said she should leave the house, fee the Gensiemas h.d no nosasy,
and waoted her to go with her, but she salkseed so de io, ender.
stabled. On Suoday she gave Informaties, M imam at which lhe
plicater was apprebeeded at a brioche, in the &rand. Therproynty
not bees found, and the prissier is detatued.
QUiftbi•SQUA RR
Sarah Appieti, who has been in custody for tretoeral weeks fee
passing a forged it note, at Mr. Emery's the landlord of the poke
of York. in the Vauxhall-road, Was brought op for final tisane
dem. The prisoner cohabited for about three weeks with • atheadid•
Pcpptatt, who was committed from this Pace fm pawing.' Iwo
five-potted note. •
Mr. Weirs addressed the prisoner in tin: most f
said, the charge woraLloot be pressed against Ur Ids'
to be delivered to her Mends who WIWI in ninsedilinkshey inein
taking that the shosid be forthcoming V respire& o•t • -

LAMBETH-STREET. • • t,
A notarial's young thief, named Francis Anirear. almilld
to Neonate, on a charge of pickle* the packet of a Goinsio,
warned Becket, while oo one of the Badman stages. of label.

WORS H I P-ST REAM -
H. Rein was sent to the Howe of Correction for lbeetmlle,
charged with embezzling albs. eons of silk, which be bid bees
entrusted with by Mr. Bennet, of Spits! acme, and towards the
roactisfacture of which be bad received IL Is. in part payment.

TINTON—HALL
Yesterday a Mr. Lawrence Zees was brought op from the Sorrel
watchbouse, where he had been confined during the figkt, m a
charge of attempting to defraud the driver of the luckney.eenda
No. 473 of his fare : be was beepattered with mud front top to tot.
The complainant sratech hat be was hired in ficeaflfnathepre.
ceding night, and took op from a public.hoese in Regent-street, three
respectable-looking men, one of whom was intntictie3, and he
directed to drive them to Regent-street, Kennington. Oa hisennal
there, the drunken man was takes into a houm,and the other two
Individuals desired to be driven back to the plat* from where, they
came. On the way, however, they jumped out of the coach, • ith
the intention of " bilking" the eompainant; one of them semend
in getting off, but the other (the defendant) fell sprawling in the
mud, where he lay wallowing till the complainant descerded sal
helped him nut. Upon being asked to pay the fare, the smiths.
spattered *lght refused, and was replaced in the coach by-theesa
plainant, and lodged in the watchhouse.
The defendant admitted the statement, and alleged that he net
have Leto intoxicated: He bewailed the condition of his new suit
of clothes, and his lacerated Inver, bawds, elbows, and nose.

. . . .
1 Mr. Crams's. said he bad brought all this upon himself by sa
attempt to commit a very disreputable act. He ordered him to pay
the fare and expenses, amounting in the whole ro 13s. in default of
which be should be committed to Kingston House of Correction
for fourteen days.
—. . ._

Rickard Welch was committed to the House of Correction for ore
month for the following offence ;--He was in the habit of statiouiog
himself in the Rent-road, and alluring countrymen and boys to play
with him It a game commonly called the thimble rig:. who were
invariably cheated. On searching him. a number of sash notes were
found, which Wel soaunitted to the flames. It was suited that bit
gained from UK op 1111: a the bg thief de

MARRIED.
Yesterday, at dfaryi.aonae Clara, Sr John Gerard, Bart. d
Garwood, and New Hal, county of Lancaster, to Monica, ter
surviving daughter of delete Tllusworlikrickland Stadia, .q. of
&audith HaU, in din am county, nal Singh Castle, cooly of
Westmoreland.
At Blennorville alp& county of Kerry. the Rev. Edward
Maynard Denny, RecildrafTralee.to Mallown.eldest daughter all
embeirees of Arthur artmerhassett,Rei.propletor of toms.

DIED.•
At Debar, aged 65, the Rev. Thomas eroded'. Prebendary of
&. Mideast's, and for nearly 60 Ivan Rector of Dmag and Larch,
in the diocese of Klinsore.
At locking, the Rev. Wm. laanesen, aged 7* years.
At Cupar Rebel Manse, the Rev. IL Walker, ia the 60th year
of his age. and thirty-third of his
At Lady-wood Roost, near Birmingham, Lady Essington, relict
of the late Vite• Admiral Sir William Essington, X.C.
At Marseilles, Abraham Solomon. M.D. of Gilead House, near
IJTerpnoi, shd formerly of Birmingham.
At Ely, Dr. William GoorLay, of Kincraig, late physician In
Madeira.

NKWGATE AID la BADBNHALL MARKETS, Doc. S.
Beef.. Ss ad to Ss Ad Veal 3l 84 to Ss 05
Alouou .. ...... as ad to as ad I Port ...._ Si ad to is sd

PRICES or HAT Aso STRAW TISTRRDAT.
R. SASSES'S. WiIITICII 4 TEL.
Hay 41 4s od to 51 34 OS Hay S 1 10s to SI Os 01
Clover 51 06 od to Si Iss od Clover 41 104 to Si *5. 01
Straw 11101 od to 11 16. od 1 Straw 11 LOS -to ll ISs 01

PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Doe. 3.
wow FOCUS& NSW loos.
Kent s4s to 1201 I Kent 7t5
to 1001
Sussex His to 906 1 Smoot ...... 6.11 to 750
Zoos
Fonda= hoe 1506 to 1686—S8coods. 1401 to Ws
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COAL MARKET, D. 3.
%Ire at Market. Skips Sold. Pura
sok Newcastle kt 30s 60 to 40s 00
3 Sunderland 3 STI 60 to 41s a

'HIS DAY.

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Lisbon 0 0 Sweden 0 1
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Buenos Ayres 0 0 Matta 0 0
Holland 0 1 Jamaica 0 0

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