Star.
London, England, 1821-04-16 00:00:00

SURREY LENT ASSIZES.

• 'IMPORTANT To GAMESTERS.
W. Oda was charged with a misdemeanour, in
winning money from A. Simone, at hazard.
The prosecutor stated, that Oa Sunday, the 7th of
May, the defendant played with me at hazard ; and
in the course of an hour or two, I lost £6O. He lent
me £3O on my watch, which I also lost ; but he re-
turned my watch next day.
Oa cross-examination he said, " My father is not a
Jew, but an Armenian; my mother was a Roman
Catholic, and I was christened in the same Religion,
and, therefore, I suppose lam a Roman Catholic. I
have been a gamester for the last seven or eight years,
ever since I was twenty-two years of age. I have lost
upwards of 130,000 during that period by gaming.
When reduced to my last thousand pounds, I em-
barked that in a Rouge et 11T7ir Bank ; the gamblers
had long had the best of me, and I wanted to get the
best of them ; but they robbed me of that."
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Mr. Cunwoon.—"-Was your wife present at this
play ?"—Witness, " Which of them? if you mean
Mary Ann, she is not my wife, but my companion,
and she was present."
Simpson confirmed the last witness, as to see-
ing the play between the prosecutor and the defend-
ant; and, after an able speech from Mr. CURWOOD,
the Jury found the defendant Guilty of winning £4O.
The next case was against T. Harvey, an innkeeper,
H. Charism, and J. Harvey, but the two former only
appeared. Simone said—" On the 19th of June last,
J. Harvey came to my house, and proposed that we
should dine at T.,Harvey's ; be agreed to accompany
me. Mary Ann went with us on horseback, and Mr.
Siinp,on was of the party. In our way we overtook
Chainew, and he dined with us. After dinner, J.
Harvey proposed to have the dice, and T. Harvey
produced them. We began to play for a shilling or
two, and it was stipulated, that whoever proposed to
play for more than a crown, should forfeit a bottle
of wine; I forfeited several bottles, and bet until I
- lost two I:5 notes; then I borrowed £5 on my watch,
of T. Harvey ; this I lost, and he lent me £lO more,
which shared the same fate ; andi then asked for an
additional £l5, which was lent me, and I lost all
within a few shillings."
Cross-examined.--" You have been often con-

fined Yes, I have been twice in the King's
Pencil ; I was first there eight years ago, and re-
mained a prisoner for nine months."—" llave you
ever been in his Majesty's Navy?"_" Yes, but I did
not fight ;.I know what you mean; I have been twice
in the Fleet ; but I never took the benefit of the Act ;
I had the Rules."—" Have you not been locked up
ter breaking them, and going to gaming-houses r
" I was locked up two or three times for going out
of the Rules ; it might be half a dozen times ; I won't
swear it might not be eight, nine, ten, or eleven times,
but 1 will swear it was not a dozen times. lam a

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married man; Mary Ann Clarke lives in my house;
my wife lives at Hampstead, in the same street and
. house with Mr. Harvey ; although he lives with my,
wife, I invited him to spend the day with me; it
makes no difference to me his living with my wife ;
I sent. the furniture to Hampstead for them; I was
in the Rules of the Bench when I went swallow-shoots

kg and played at Harvey's. I have lost, altogether,
about £3.5,000. I have brought actions to recover
the money, and also filed Bills in Equity. Mr. J.
Issac was my attorney, bat Mr. Buckland now coh-
-ducts my business, because he knows more about it."
Simpson confirmed the prosecutor as to his playing
on the day mentioned.
A pawnbroker produced the prosecutor's watch,
and proved that it had been pawned with him by Mr.
T. Harvey, for twenty guineas. This closed the pro-
secutor' case. •
Mr. C soNNoN SERJEANT, for the defendant Harvey,
commented w iiii great severity on the infamous cha-
racter of the prosecutor, as proved from his own ad-
sniss,igu, and urged front thence, that he was totally

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unworthy of credit ; and observed, that although his
Lady, Mary Ann Clarke, was in Kingston,.he had not
ventured to call her.
The Jury found the defendants Guilty of winning
from the pro,,ecu7nr U3l.
These verdicts entitle anyhady to recover from the
defendants rive times the amount of the sums so de-
clared by the Jury to have been won.

I%ITDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Saturday, .1. Whates, a respectable master trades-
man, was indicted for cruelty to his bastard-child.
Mary Ann Hill deposed that she and her husband
lodged in the prisoner s house from August to Janu-
ary last. The child lived with the prisoner during
that time. He once stripped him, put him in the
forge-trough, and rubbed him with the stuff at the
bottom, till the blood ran from his back. At eleven
on the night of the 14th of September, she heard the.
child cry dreadfully, and went up stairs, when she,
SAW the prisoner holding•him up by his hair, and,'
rating him by an opprobrious name, say, "I'll knock
your life out, for the sake of the w—e your mother."
On the 2d of September she saw him cram a part of
the child's petticoat, which he had dirtied, into his
mouth, saying, " make you eat your own dung;.
I'll feed you as the Frenchman did his dog." She
often saw the prisoner throw the child on the -.Root
in a manner that made the blood spout from his
mouth and nose. The child was often left twelve
hours without food.—On her cross-examination, she
said she gave evidence as a duty.
D. A. Hill, the husband of the first witness, cor=
roborated her evidence.—To a question from the
Court, he said that he would have continued in the
prisoner's house and employment, but could not bear
to witness the treatment of the child.
Mrs. Pacey lived oprosite the prisoner's house;
often saw him beat the child severely ; once with a
rope ; she often heard the prisoner say to the child,
" I'll be the death of you."
T. Mass, a smith, who worked with the prisoner,
often saw him strike the child with his fist as he would
a man ; he often put him in cold water for half an
hour together. The child was frequently turned out
of the room without any food, when the prisoner was
at his meals.
It. Taylor, another of the prisoner's workmen,
proved similar facts.
J. Mass, a young boy, who had been four weeks at
the prisoner's on liking, stated, that he had seen him
wet mouldy biscuits in the child's water, and Make
him eat them ; the child was then as if starved, and
often bruited by blows the prisoner gave him.
Hannah Caton, the child's maternal grandmother,
stateJ, that after the prisoner had been taken to the
Thames Police Office in September, at which time he
was discharged, he would never allow her to see the
child. She took the child from the prisoner's servant
in January; his body was black from blows, and he
had all the appearance of being half starved, his
bones all starting through his skin.
Mr. Hunter, a surgeon, who attends the poor of
the parish of St. Dunstan in the East, said the child,
when brought to him, was much emaciated, and ap-
peared to harie been badly fed and treated, and had
stripes, as if from blows.
Mr. ANDREOS, for the defence, called upon the
Jury to suppress the feelings that had been excited
by the evidence, which, he said, was the result of a
foul conspiracy to ruin the prisoner. He called
J. Smith, who had lodged in the prisoner's house a
year, and had not seen him ill-treat the child. The
witness was mostly out by day.
Two women, who had lived in the prisoner's ser-
vice, stated, that they had never seen the child ill-
used, but always treated by the prisoner and his wife
as they treated their own child. Two witnesses also
gave the prisoner a character for humanity.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Court
did not pronounce judgment upon him, until they
knew the result of the trial for conspiracy against the
witnesses for the prosecution.
W. Smith, G. Field, W. Robinson, and G. W. Ro-
bins, were indicted for conspiring to defraud J. Hall,
a publican, of ten shillings.
The prisoners are furniture-brokers, and attended
a sale at the Black Horse public-house, Whitechapel,
on the 25th of January. The prosecutor wanted to
bid for some articles, but they would not permit him,
and abused him gtossly. He then called out Smith,
and ordered hint to purchase some coppers for him,
which was done. They called at his house in the
evening, saying they had procured a beer-machine
and some tin articles, and agreed to let him have
them at an advanced price, and finally obtained
fifteen shillings from him, giving him an order for
the goods to the auctioneer; but when he applied for
them he found they had been knocked down to ano-
ther person. The defendants came in at the moment,
refused to refund the money, and again abused him.
The CHAIRMAN observed, the indictment was fur
attempting to defraud, whereas the fraud had been ac-
tually committed. On this ground the defendants
were acquitted ; but they were informed by Mr.
ADOLPHUS, that as the Grand Jury were still sitting,
a fresh indictment would be preferred against them.

INQuErr.—Saturday an Inquest was held at Lam-
beth Workhouse on the body of J. Thorpe, the climb-
ing boy (which had been uninterred for that purpose),
who was supposed to have come unfairly by his
death. The first witness examined was Elizabeth
Elks—she deposed to many gross acts of cruelty.—
C. Hyde, a surgeon, deposed, that he had examined
the body, but could find no traces of external vio-
lence which could account for the boy's death ; there
was a sore upon each knee and elbow common to all
sweep chimnies, and sores upon the head, but which
arose from a diseased scalp. He had not opened the
body, because from the state in which it was, he
could form no judgment if he had done so. He said,
be, however, thought it unfortunate that the body was
not opened previously to interment.—Several other
witnesses were then called, whose testimony uni-
formly tended to expose the horrid brutality of Bush,
the brother-in-law of Footman, who was master to
the boy, but several of them spoke to the humanity
of the latter.—After some deliberation, the Foreman
declared—That the Jury were of opinion the death
of the boy had been hastened by the brutality of
Bush, but there was not evidence to justify a verdict'
of Wilful Murder.--,The Coroner then directed that
all strangers should retire. What his observations
were could not be ascertained, but the Jury were
again shut up, and at half-past nine gave their final
verdict—Died by the Visitation 21 Got).

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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

Wm S.:Agent, Chesham, Bucks, draper, from April 7 to May
12, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

William Hughes, Great Bolton, Lancashire, money-scrivener.
William and James Fur Lea, Paternosrer-row, silk and ribbon-
manufacturers.

' UANKRUPTS.
William and James Parr Lea, Paternrieter-row, Belk and ribbon-
manufacturers, to surrender April 17, May 1 and 26, at on.?,
at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. James, BuchL•r:bury.
William Atkins, Chipping Norton, mealman, i,y 14, at six,
15, at eleven, at the Unicorn Ins,, Srnw•on-the-Wold, Glou-
cestershire, and 9.6, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Stow.
on.the-Wold. Anomie% Messrs. Itussell and Son, Lant-
street, Southwark ; or Messrs. Wilkins and Kendall, :Jour-
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ton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Samuel Jerome, Birmingham, -victualler, April 27, 2n, and
May CO, at twelve, at the Swan lintel, Birmingham. At-
tornies, Messrs. Egerton and Co. Gray's Inn-square ; or
Messrs. Spurrier and Co. Birmingham.
Joseph 'Massie, Derby, mercer, April 24, 2,, and May 2n, at
eleven, at the Kings Arms Tavern, Derby. AttoroLs, Mr.
harbor, Fetter-lane; or Mr. Sampson, Derby.
John Marsha'', Gainsborough, druggist, April 26, 27, and
May 26, at eleven, at the Wh:te Hart Inn, Gainsborough.
Attornies, Messrs. Stocker and Co. New 1;o-4(AI-court, Ca-
rey-street; or Mesirs. Barnard at:3 Co. Gainsborough.
gdwasal Turner Palmer, Bedford, draper, May 1,8, and 26,
at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Toms,
Copthall-court, ThrNmotton-strect..
John Cartier, jun. late or 'Ave-mho', merchant, 'May 1, :1, and
26, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. At-
tornies, Messrs. Acilington and Gregory; Ik:dread-row ; or
Mr. Massey, Water-street, LiverpooL
Louis Stang, late of Fore-street, merchant, April 21, 2R, and
May 26, at twelve, at Guildhall: Auorcies, Messrs. Pullen
and Son, Fore-street, Cripplegate.
Ann Gooch, Norwich, bontbasine-manufacturer, May 5,4, and
26, at four, at the White Lion Inn, St. Peter of Mancroft,
Norwich. Anomie', 14Iessrs. Sewell and Blake, Norwich ;
or Messrs. Tilbury and Langdale, Falcon-street„ Falcon-square..
John Ilinchliff Bradley, Yorkshire, wood-merchant, May 7.,
at four, at the Sessions-house, Pontefract, 19, and 26, at
eleven, at the Yew Tree Inn, Liversedge. Attottries' Mr.
Evans, Hatton-garden; or Mr. Carr, Gontersal, near l.eeds.
Edward Ovtnden, late of Old lloswell-court, Carey-street,
jeweller, April 28, May 5 and 26, at ten, at Guildhall. At-
torney, Mr. Towers, Castle-street, Faleon-square.
Harry Cox, Lambeth, timber-merchant, April 21, 2S, and
May 26, at twelve, at Guildhall. Anomie", Mr. Newbery,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields; ur Mr. I.ll.lcklow, ,

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Frith-street, Soho.
John Bishop, Broad-strcet, Bloomsbury, horse-dealer, April
£B, May 5 and 26, at ten, at Guildhall. Attu' my, Mr. Dodd,

Caroline-street, Redford-square.
Daniel Wain, Liverpool, plamber, May 2,3, and 26, at eleven,
at the Office of Mr. ltawliuu.u, Water-street, Liverpool.—
Attornies, Mr. Al:lngham, Great St. Helen's; or Mr. Raw-
basun, LiverpooL
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DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL.

May s,SV.lleYnolds,l:te of the ship Orient, master-mari-
ner, at eleven. May 11', T. Marto, Bristol, linen-draper, at
ten. May 8, J. Perkins, Tiverton, Devon, timber-merchant,
at ten. May 5, R. Crombie, Chelsea, victualler, at twelve.—
May 5, J. Roach, Russell-court, Drury-lane, bookseller, at
ten. May 5, 'l'. Motley, Strand, patent-letter-manufacturer.
at eleven. May 5, J. Browne and J. Gregson, Charles-street,
Grosvenor-sqnare, upholsterers, at ten. May 5, J. Ansell, Car-
shalton, paper-maker, at one. May 5, G. Phillips, late of Ar-
gyle-street, manufacturer in bronze,at ten. May 12, T. Collins,
Drury-lane, grocer, at one. May 26, H. Nantes, Warnford-court,
Thrognionon-street, merchant, at ten. May 15, W. Dunn,
Houton, cabinetmaker, at one. May 12, E. Leeson, Wood-
street, ribbon-manufacturer, at ten.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.

May 7, 11. and IL Thompson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tim-
ber-merchants, at eleven, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. May 11, W. Hutton, Evesham,' Worcestet shire, porter-
dealer, at eleven, at the Northwick Arms Inn, Evesham. May
8, W. Lowndes, J. Robinson,•and H. Neill, Manchc.ter, cot-
ton-merchants, at tea, at the White Bear, Manchester. , May
5, R. Long:idge and G. Pringle, Painsher, Durham, colliery-
undertakers, at eleven, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. May 5, G. James and H. Cock, late of Bristol, brandy-
merchants, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. May
7, J. Davey, Foulsham, Norfolk, ironmonger, at twelve, at
the Tontine Inn, Sheffivld. May 5, F. Oakley, Hereford, wool-
stapler, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Btistol. May 9, T.
and J. Hellicar, Bristol, merchants, at twelve, at the Commer-
cial Rooms, Bristol. May 7, W. Lloyd, late of Shrewsbury,
tailor, at eleven, at the Fox Inn, Shrewsbury.
CERTIFICATES—Mar 5.

T. Ker, Strand, boot and shoe-maker. J. Lamb, Newing-
ton-Causeway,
glazier. C. F. Woolcott, late of High Hol-
born, window-glass-cutter. J. Smithies, Huddersfield, victual-
ler. G. Clark, Blackburn, Lancashire, grocer. C. Newmarch,
Cheltenham, stone-merchant. J. Marsh, Gracechurch-street,
hosier. E. L Fox, jrn, Idol-lane, Tower-street, broker. M.
Vigor, Bristol, cabinet-maker. D. Pitt, Fenchurch-street, ho-
sier. J C. Moesner, Coleman-street, toy. merchant. J. Nield,
Saddleworth, Yorkshire, clothier. W. Cooper, Nottingham,
grocer. R. W. Sheppard, Aldermanbury, Blackwell-hall-fac-
tor. T. Harris, Liverpool, merchant.

Mrs. LISTON played Distiffina, for her husband's
Benefit, at the Bath Theatre, on Saturday night, on
which occasion she introduced the favourite Ballads
of " Is there nobody coming to marry we r and " The
Baron of Mowbray." Mr. LISTON acted General
Bombastes with his usual pleasantry.
PA RR and JERK INSON were far surpassed in age
by an individual whose name we do not recollect to
have seen published. It appears from the register of
burials in the parish of St. Leonard, Sboreditch,that in
the year 1538, on the 24th of January, was interred,
THOMAS CA RN, of Holywell-street, aged 207 years!

Tuesday, a man having the appearance of a horse
jockey, sold his wife at Tunbridge-market, for I s.6d.
and a pot of beer. She was a very pretty young
woman, and declared her husband was such a good-
for-nothing rascal she could not live with him.
About half-past tdn o'clock on Friday night, a
novel scene took place in King-street, St. James's-
square. Information having been given at Marlbo-
rough-street Police-Office against a certain gambling
house, a warrant was issued, and the Officers entered,
seized the bank, and took the bankers, croupiers, &c.
(altogether about 70 Gentlemen) into. custody, and
conveyed them, in eighteen hackney-coaches, to the
Office, when the bankers were discharged on giving
bail to appear at the Sessions, and entering into re-
cognizances of £3OO each. • Some of the Gentlemen-
were discharged on their own recognizances, and
others without entering ioto any. One Gentleman
attempted to make his enrage by jumping out of
the fist floor window, and sustained great injury, and
two escaped from the top of the house. A great
.crowd was collected, and the parties afforded a good '
deal of amusement to the spectators as they were
handed into. the coaches.
Tuesday morning, about four o'clock, a fire was
discovered raging with great fury in the kitchen and
laundry of Dr. ROWLAND, Surgeon, in the Dock-yard
of Chatham; alarm was immediately given, and an
immense supply of water being obtained from the
steam-engine reservoir, the military-guard (assisted.
by the convicts employed in the Dock-yard, who be-
haved with great propriety on the occasion), speedily
, succeeded in eztinguitling Samar