Star.
London, England, 1816-07-09 00:00:00

JULY S. -..-DAiIES V. HARGROVE.

This was an action for slander, published in The
Teri Herald.

Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL stated that the plaintiff
formerly resided at Tottenham. in this county, but
had lately resided at Scarborough, in the county of
York: It seemed that there existed some difference
of opinion in that place as to the parish rates; and
dining an absence which the plaintiff could not avoid,
there had been some alteration which he did not ap-
prove. He was called upon for three quarters' poor
rates, which he did not resist paying, but he de-
manded to have as a voucher a stamped receipt ;
this the Overseer refused to give him. He therefore,
without further contest, went up stairs, and produced
one for himself. The Commissioners of the Stamps
heard of this, and they thought proper to put the law
in ft.ree against th! Overseer, and commenced an ac-
tion against him, which gave occasion to the present
libel ; for some persons thought proper to insert in
the l'eri Herald, a paragraph reflecting upon the
pl..intift, that he had been the cause of the action
against the Overseer, and to characterize his conduct
as ec unneighbourly, litigious, and oppressive." The
Attorney General here read the paragraph, which
described the defendant's conduct towards the Over-
seer as he had stated. Immediately he saw this in
the paper he applied to know the author, but that
w.is refused; but he was told that on paying for it he
might have a paragraph contradicting the facts. He
had, however, thought proper to bring the present
action, and lay his case before a Jury of the county
of Middlesex. The paper being put in and read,
Mr. Scams TT, for the defendant, commented upon
the plaintiff laying the scene of the trial in the county
of Middlesex, so tar from the place were both the
parties and all the circumstances of the case were
well known. He then stated, that at a meeting of
the Vestry, the conduct of the plaintiff was thought
so unhandsome to the Overseer, that they had ac-
tually come to the resolution so describing his con-
duct. For what was it ? he had owed for three quar-
ters Poor.' Rates, one of which being 1.55. did not
require a receipt, but the aggregate did, being above
42. This the Overseer refused to give, and for this
refusal he proceeded as a common informer against
him. Verdict for Plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing.

pOtze.c.

Bek-gralit.—Yesterday no lest than Cve.
rtoos and daring pickpockets were 'convicted under
the Police Act, by the activity of the officers.
Mr. John Croft, of the Strand, was ordered to re-
move a projection, which he had built in violation of
the Building Act.
Mosstost House —Yesterday John Johnston. n well
known character, was committed by the Lotto MA I'OR
AS a reputed thief,- he having been connected with a
Jew pickpocket, wbo was committed last S:tturd.ty ;
and is reputed a famous bruiser, he having kni;cl:ed
down five of the City officers before he w,is secured.
MA R1.1111101.1011-STIMET. —A Gentleman residing
iu Holles.street, was held to bail, yesterday, for chal-
lenging another to fight a duel. The complainant
had returned some of the defendant's letters un-
opened, and he resorted to another plan of inclosing
the challenge in a pir apple. He was held in sure-
ties to keep the peace.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday J. Paulin was charged
by John Crowder, master of the 0. P. Coffee-house,
Itussel.court, with taking an eighteenpenny piece
and a shilling in silver out of the till in his bar. The
prisoner was committed till he could send for 59111 e
Of his friends to give an account of his situation, and ,
of the truth of his statement. He hal lodged in the
prosecutor's house some weeks.
✓ohn Lennard, a lighterman, was charged by his
employer, Mr. Cook, one of the partners in the
Thames Bank Distillery, with stealing corn out of
one of the barges of the Company. He was rernan&d.

Monday sennight a woodcock ve::s flushed Ecvcral
times in a coppice in the parish of Whits:one, near
Exeter. It was seen by T. Sowoos, Esq. of that
place, two of his servants, and several others, who
declared its appearance, both in plumage and
strength, to be as fine as in winter.
Wednesday an Inquest was taken at Romsey In-
fra, nn view of the body of William Birch, vil:o did
on the 2,1 inst. from a bruise he received in being
thrown from a gig on the 26th of June. Verdict—
Accidental Death.

Mr. Thomas Hickinhothaas, who was bathing in
the Dove, near Ashborne ; a child aged two years,
who fell into a well at Codnor ; ar►d a boy, aged
eight years, who fell into the canal at Willington,
Derbyshire, were drowned last weak.
Monday se'nnight as Rtchard Thomas, the driver
of the Shrewsbury mail, was re•ascrnrliug the box,
after giving the horses water, near litayheatl, the
horses took fright and he tell, and was almost mime.
diately crushed to death, by the wheels passing over
his

.lEaCot'sv—A horrid instance occurred on Satur-
day week at Hein-heath, Statfindshire. A man,
named Rewbottum, lodging in the boost of one Be
son, came home rather late, and was admitted by
Brdcon's wife : he sat down, and the worn in, who
had purchased a.ballad, unwittingly began to sing it
with Rewbottorn, when Bedson came down staiis,
and stabbed him in two places in the belly with a
,hoemaker's knife. The poor fellow now lies in great
agony, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
EXTRAOiIDINARY CIRCUMiTANCE.—A young wo-
man who keeps the turnpike near Henley-upon-
Thames, Oxford, and who has been married four
years, bas now nine children, who are all living and
well. At her first lying-in she had three children, at
her second three, at her third two, at her fourth and
last one. The circumstance has ao‘arislied the whole
neighbourhood, and is supposed to be without a pa-
rall.l in any age or country.
ECOI4OSII.—A Gentleman who had remarked how
magnificently a friend of his lived upon a small in-
come, observed, that with such slender means to make
such a figure was much to his credit. " Not only his,
(replied another) but to the credit of all his trades-
men." .

A HOAX.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, Hereford•
street was crowded with post chaises and tour,
saddle horses, &c. 'tradesmen of various descriptions,
among whom was a jeweller, with jewellery articles,
ordered by a note to be brought to Lady Owes:,
and desiring him to be there at °tie o'clock precisely.
Notes in the same hand writing, which is a genteel
hand, were seat to the other tradesmen. There were
also a number of females, dressmakers, fl. werists,
&c. The same hoax was played off on Saturday at
one o'clock, to 'the great annoyance of I.ady Ow EN
and her establishment:

NEWC,ATE AND LEADENHAI.L MARKVI'S, JULY 8.
(By the Carom%)
Beef, ter stone Ss 01 to 4s 6.1 Veal Si 84 to 54 (),1
Mottos - Ss KLI to 4s GI 1 Pork 3s 4tl to 4s ttcl

Lamb, 44. 4d. io 6s. O&

PRICK OF 1101'S.
NEW BAGS. I':EW POCKETS.
Kent 41 Us to 71 7s Kent . Rl oi to lOi os
Sussex 31 156 to 61 6t Suistx 51 15. to 71 151
Essex 61 WS to Ok Farnham 101 0; to lril OR

PRICE OF "I*AI.I.OW.
St. James's Market 33 ' Okll l'own Tallow 531 Od
Clare Market - Os od I Yellow Rustia 54s ted
Whitechapel Market Ss 0.1 i White ditto COs od
lh per stone of 8.-. ..-........• I Soap ditto 52s ad
Candles per cluz. 10s 6d—Moulds, 14s Od.
Yellow Soap, 86i—Mottled, 94s—Curd.914--Palnt, 94s