Star.
London, England, 1826-06-23 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Two men, named aocktudi, father and son, were brought before
the sitting Magistrate, M. SwAur,Esq. on a charge of attempting
to disinter the body of *female buried in Newington Church-yard.
The watchman, whose duty it is to keep a strict look out after
the swarms of resurreedon.men who inhabit that quarter of the

town, stated, that about half-past one o'clock that moaning, being
moo4light, he observed die two prisoners walk into the Church-
yard, and approach the grave of a woman that had been interred a
few days previously. One of them carried a shovel, and the otithr
a large iron crow bar. As soon as they came to the grave the man
that had the shovel lay down on the grass, while the other began to
_ilk alto theearth with the crow bar, " which we caU splitting the
cti's; said the watchman. When he perceived their design, he
ely proceeded towards them, and on asking to know their
llisiliseadeale at that boor, they both stood in an attitude of de.
SAN. with shovel and crow bar is their hands, swearing that no
*Should interrupt them in their proceedings. The watchman
was ultimately obliged to threaten to shoot them before he Muhl
insist on their accompanying him to the watch-bouse, whither be
had some difficulty ift removing them.
'The elder Stockwell declared that neither be nor his sin ever
attosiapted to open a grave in their lives.
The brother of the deceased said, that be was convinced Stock-
well and his son had some design on the body of Lis sister, other-
wise they would not have visited such &plate and u nth :about.
The Magistrate asked whether muck of the earth had been re-
amed et the grave, and the answer being in the negative, he ques.
dosed tlse prisoners to give some account of their proceedings on
the night before.
• Stockwell, ten. said, that it was kis love and friendship for the de.
411119sed while living, that induced him to watch her corpse when
end, in order to prevent its being taken up and carved by the docniest
The decessots•brother declared that no friendship, not eves.=
gpaintante, subsisted between his sister while living, and the mss
who now professed such a kind regard for her body. He (the
Statist) was convinced that Stockwell and his eon wanted to disturb
'{rave, and tom the body of the deceased into account for
t~s Ives.
Rsekwell, however, denied this, and spin repeated that be had
suited the church-yard merely with a view of watching the retrial
of a woman for whom he had the highest regard when living.
Mr. Swelter observed, that it was rather eztraordinner
should have shovel and crow bar with them while guartfk:ll;
grave. Those were strange weapons of defence.'
A person present came forward and sta:ed, that while In a pfd lui
house the night before, Stockwell. ass. =enclosed his intention of
visiting the church-yard that night, for the purpose of prey
the body of the deceased from being steles, and 'both the
declaring this to be the fact, Stockwell, see. was bold to bail for
assaulting the watchman, and his son was discharged. When the
letter left the office, he was attacked by sans females the relatives of
the deceased, and knocked down, and weeld have been severely
beaten had it not been for the interference of some constables.

Mks PATON is engaged in making a provincial.tour.
She appeared on Saturday as Diana Vernon, before one of the most
crowded audiences ever known in Manchester. Her reception was
of the most flattering description, and four favourite songs intro-
duced were all enthusiastically encored. " I've been roaming," bids
fair to ben popular in the country as it. has been in town, and was
called for a third time.

The empire of the Burman, previous to the cession;
of territory by the late peace, had a seacoast of 900
miles in extent, containing two fine harbours, those of
Morgin and Tavoy, and the accessible embouchures of
no less than six great navigable rivers. A considerable
part of the country is fertile in corn. Its forests afford
the most ample supply of teak of any part of India, and
for years have supplied the materials fur the construction
of many ships in the portof liangoon,as well as furnished
the arsenals and dock-yards of Madras andCalcutta..Tbe
northern parts of the empire, though inferior in fertility
to the southern, are rich in mineral wealth, affording
gold, silver, iron, and tin. The true oriental sapphire
and ruby esist no where in such perfection and abund-
ance as in the dominion of Ava.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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lIETTING ROOM, TATTERSA IX% Jcsa 12.
The betting of yesterday afternoon did not pre.eat any tbist
wanly of remark; we shall therefore canine ourselves to a nitre
statement 011ie odds.

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