Star.
London, England, 1826-10-18 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

Tam Wennrec Robert Capon, a watchman, stationed in the
Commercial-road, appe.; red to answer a complaint preferred against
him by a Mr. Henry Edward Baker, for a neglect of duty.
Mr. Baker stated, that on the 15th of October, be is always in
the habit of having a large party, to commemor.ite an event ever to
be remembered, and never to be forgotten, which event it was then
unnecessary to mention. However, up tan tb •t occasion, a great
number of his friends had assembled; dinner was served up, and the
guests had already borne ample testimony to its excellence, by
the apparent happiness the partaking of it seemed to have in-
fused among them: the pies and puddings had already under-
gone gestation, and were succeeded by the d• table Glover and
Stilton cheeses, stout, &c. The Ladies bad retired, and the
bottle was beginning to circulate freely; the usual constitutional
toasts had been drunk, and they were put about to give that
domestic toast, " The single married, and the married happy ;"
when, to! a burglarious knock came to the door; the servant
imagining that it was some impatient guest, immediately opened
it, and waited their entrance, hut no one entered, nor did any one
appear. He shut the door, and returned to enjoy the good cheer
he had left. Another knock came, which VIA; aucceeded by knock
after knock. Added to that, the Ladies in the drawing-room,
while sipping their tea, and masticating their muffins, were sere-
naded by a concert on tin kettles and old saucepans; in fact, such
an uproar had been created, that the guests of Mr. B. unable to
endure it any longer, were about retiring, but that was not eves
kit to their option, for the hall-door, on the outside, was fastened
by fixing a stick across it, and it was with the greatest possible ex-
ertion that they were able to force it open.
The annoyance continued until about two o'clock in the morning.
I He could not attribute this conduct to any one except a certain
neighbour of his, who was envious of his domestic happiness,
and had done it to torment him ; but what he had to complain
of was, that Capon had his box exactly opposite to his house, and
must have heard it, and never in any manner interfered to prevent it.
Mr. BALLANTVNII-1 presume, Sir, that the 15th of October is
the anniversary of your wedding-day?
Mr. Baker, (enthusiastically)—lt is my wedding-day, and a day
I always hold sacred.
Mr. IL wisevme asked Capon what he had to say for himself?
Capon said, that be did not hear all the knocks.
Mr. Baker—You could not but have head them, for you cried,
past twelve o'clock—all's well; during which time they were beat-
ing the kettles, throwing shot up at my windows, end knocking
violently at the dour, and I coil's not get out, for they had me
fastened in.—Mr. Baker's statement was confirmed by two of his
friends, who bad partaken of his hospitality.
Mr:Rasta/awns said, it was evident that Capon had neglected
bis duty, and this Gentleman should not be annoyed. He, there-
fore, should suspend him for two months, and he was sorry he had
not the power of dismissing him altogether.
A Gentleman stepped forward, and begged to interfere for the
watchman. He said, he was a neighbour of Mr. Baker's, and what
had been done was merely a joke.
Mr. liatusuersia said, the case had been disposed of, and all the
parties then left the office.

Friday night, while Miss Chester was making het
obeisance to the audience at the close of her performance
of Lady Townley, the green curtain, falling somewhat
too rapidly, struck her violently on the nape of ►he neck.
The wolves have lately committed great depredations
in •arious parts of the Netherlands. In some instances.
numbers have made their appearance even in villages,
and two or three children have been destroyed by them.
It has been the custom with Mr. Thomas Perks, of the
Lye Waste, near Stourbridge, to invite, every year, all
the poor widows of the neighbourhood who are upwards
of sixty years of age, to a feast. At the last, wLich took
place on Thursday the sth inst. there were twelve pre-
sent, whote united ages were 1000 years.
A flock of 250 rams and ewes, of the pure Leicester
bleed, were landed at Dieppe a tewdays ago from Eng.
land. They are destined for the environs of Versailles
and the Royal domain of Grignon.

MARRIED.
This morning, at St. Marks, Kennington, Mr. Edward Erns, of
Winiboro Minster, to Miss Elizabeth Maria Hadkud, of Gros-
venorplate, Kennington.

DIED.

At sea, on the 13th August last, on his passage home from India,
Mr. James Mathie, son ut %Ir. Benjamin Alathie, writer, Glasgow.
Sunday morning, after a short illness, leaving a wife and large
family, Mr. Richard Clarke, the late operative chymist at Apothe-
caries Hall.
Oct. 13, in Clanbrassil•street, near Harold's-cross, Dublin,
E. Hay, F.sq. late Secretary of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
Sept. 27, at the age of 134 years eigbt months and some days,
Peter Bate, of Bugsworth, Derbyshire. He followed the business
of a collier and farmer until be was nearly 94 years of age ; he had
been rather deaf for a number of years, and his eyesight had hero
weak of late, but he retained his mental faculties until within three
days of his death.