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

UNION-HALL

frity Burn'u,js, the female who, it will be recollected, under
went an examination :t this Office, a week ago, on a charge of stare.
ing her infant, was again brought before the presiding Magistrate;
J. S. CALDWiLL, Esq.
The defendant, on the former hearing, asserted that the child hi
question was not her own offspring, imputing hers to have beet
changed by the person whom she employed to act as nurse; the case
was therefore postponed until yesterday, for the purpose of giving
the Parish Officers of Lambeth an opportunity of bringing forward
witnesses to prove the identity of the child.
The Surgeon who attended the defendant during her acceuche-
ment, stated, that she was delivered of a male child on the 17th
March ; and he, and several of the female neighbours who reside in
the same street with Mary Burroughs, gave it as their opinion, that
the child was the identical one of which she was delivered at the
period abovementioned. _ _ _

The defendant still appeared doubtful on the subject, and re.:
marked, that she should be more satisfied in her own mind, if
Mary Linfield made oath that the child in question, was the same
that she (Mary Burroughs) was delivered of, on the 17th of March.
Mary Linfield then proved, that the child in question was the
one of which she was delivered on the 17th of ,March; and she also
swore, that she was not delivered of a child for a considerable time
previous te the birth of the one in question.
Mary Burroughs—Then I am perfectly satisfied that it is my
child, and shall from henceforth pay it that attention which a child
shc uld have from ha mother. She then produced a certificate from
a Surgeon who attended her for some time subsequent to her con-
finement, which certified that she was labouring under very severe
illeess. She added, that she produced this document in order to
shew that she was unable to pay that attention to the child which it
required, owing to her very bad state of health.
Mary Linfield, the nurse, wished to take care of the child ; but
Mary Burroughs said she would not part with it, and that now she
was made a truly happy woman.

A brilliant meteor was observed near Hinton Abbey,
on Tuesday night, about eight o'clock. It passed from
north to south, and finally disappeared in the milk?
way, leaving behind a bright and beautiful stream of
light, which continued for several minutes.
GLAscow.—The proceedings of the Circuit Court of
Justiciary closed on Monday sennight. The calendar
was an unusually heavy one, considering that it was an
autumnal Circuit ; there having been ni less than ninety
persons tried, who were comprised in sixty cases. Three
men have been condemned to buff. r death for assault
and robbery ; 50 have been sentenced to transportation
for various periods; sentence of outlawry has been pro•
flounced against '2O; 7 ate to suffer irnprismatent, and
7 have been dismissed Iron the bar.
A singular and au Jacious rohbery was committed in
the City last Thursday morning, under the following
curious circumstances :—Mr. üben Dear, a respect-
able butcher residing in Seymour-street, Euston-square,
New-road, as usual, attended that morning at Nevegate-
market, leaving his cart and horse standing in Newgate-
street. After having made some large purchases of
choice meat, which was nearly ail deposited in the cart,
and during the temporary absence of the man'to fetch
the last load, some dating villain eluded the vigilance
‘)f Mr. Dear, and drove off, without exciting the least
suspicion, although the street at the time was crowded
to excess. The consternation of Mr. De ir may be eae),
ima;zined, who appeared to regret more the loss of his
favourite horse than the excellent supply provided for
his numerous customers. Several friendi volunteered
to detect the thief; one went down the Deptford-road,
others to the various outskirts of the City, where it was
possible he might be discovered in disposing of his ill-
gotten booty ; they however returned without success ;
the f Bowing morning Mr. Dear heard that the cart (the
wheel of which was b.ol:en) and horse had been found in
Itose-street, Piccadilly, and conveyed to the Green-yard.

BIRTH.
Sunday, Mrs. It. Ceely, of the Crown, Crown court, Fleet-street,
of a son.