Star.
London, England, 1828-07-31 00:00:00

GREAT FLOOu AT CIIEsTER.

Monday, in this
.city., toe people wele.obliged to taka•
shelter in the tows (a -species of piazza ;set tillar ts
Chester); and some idea of thrviolince of the rain and
'bail nary be formed from the fact, that an impetuous
torrent of water, sufficient format a boas, floweii
from the High Cress through the East-gate. The live,
rose to an unipasat bright. and trio of the boats of the
Chester Yacht Club brokelrom their moorings above
the bridge, and sustained considerable damage. Ever
the ancient ramparts themselves, Oat resisted the re-
peated assaults of the'Putitans, have been forced ro ) ield
to " the pelting of ;he pit less storm * About 15 or 16
yards of that pait nest. the Piste six ToWe,(from the sum-
mit of which King Charles witnessed the defeat of his
army on Rovrtimmaor) gave way with.* tremendous
crash on Monday afternnol,, the foundation being
'quite undermined by ttse effects of the heavy rain,.
The accounts of the crops from all parts of the couary
sore Most ciisttes,ing s aid if the wet weather continue
for a week of ten days longer, the %%heat will be Ore-
coverably gone. Tuesday two large porpoises came up
as tar as the bridge. Tkey were chased by a mul•
titude of boats and men, armed with vasious missiles,
but without avail ; they made good their retreat again
at the trffix of the tide. The accounts lions IVrexham
and the neightoboing part (.f the Principality of Wales
are most disastrous. A little brook that fl iws through
that town, and ruts into the Dee, suddenly rose to a
height unprecedented in the mernoty of the oldest in
hah.tant, and washed do a n several houses, and corn
pkely inundated the low parts of the town. In some
sns:ances breaches were made in the roofs of the hooves
t rescue the inmates from pens:sing. A gird portion
b' king's Mills, on the same stream, was wast,ed assay,
and the bridge, and two neighbouring cottages, were
totaly destro)el. One s.f the Oswestry coaches had
hilt in., passed along the bridge, and another was within
is se= ty ) ards ref it, both heaysly.laden, when it gave
way. Set ei al other bi idg'et were Ilan cartied away, and
among the re-t Leebviood bridge, in Flititbhite, along
which 'lie Rev. Mr. Clough, of Mold, and his Lady,
passed scar Let) fire minutes before in their carriage. A
c ock, a bed, and tither Articles of licu,ehold furniture,
wcie seen fi-oitii,g down the Alwyn, au inconsiderable
stream that Ho A s 'brought part of Ftintthire and Den-
bighshire, and Also the (!ead body of a rosin, who proves
td be a poor collier, who lost his life in endeavouring to
save some of his little effects.
CORON kligirsr4DESTS.

Yesterday an li,que,t was held at the Rising Sun, in
Shi,ernakes-row, Broadway, Blackfriars, on the body of
George Rose, aged 70. It appealed that the deceased,
who was infirm and quite deaf, was knocked down by
the Heist it moil cart, the evening of the 10th March
last, as he was crossin.4 Llidgate Hill. Ti e cast was
driven at the rate tit twelve or fourteen miles per hour,
though there could not be the slightest necessity for
proceeding at ttrat speed, as the cart was returning hoMe,
having delivered the bags to the mail. After the
deceased was knocked down, the driver, whose name
is William Lea, continued to drive on, and was with
some difficulty stopped. The deceased's right ancle and
arm were fractured. and tour of the ribs on the right
side were broken. He lingered until Tuesday last, when
he, died, and it was the opinion of the Medical Gentle-
men who had opened the body that those injuries had
accelerated his death.
A Juror said: that it was matter of great surprise to
hint, and he believed it was to many, that accidents of
• this description were not ut more frequent occurrence,
. when he considered the dangerous rate the mail carts
were-allowed to proceed thrisugh the most crowded
stre.ts in the metropolis. It was a circumstance that
bindly called for an investigation.
• The ConoNka observed, that it had been too long
the practice of the drivers of the mail calls to proceed
at the rate r f 14 or 15 miles art hour ; and he himself

had often wonvered that ac._ideuts had not more lte-
vently o;:nt ed by them. The .Jury had beard the
evidence, mid tt would be for diem to give their verdict
*teen. -

Ifie Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against
Witham Lea, and levied a demi:old Of 301. upon
a Knail cart and horse ; and hoped that their decisson
would abate the practice of radid driving for the !mule.
Last evening, at seven o'cl ck, an inquisition was
tato at Whi!e Dig Tavern. Widegate-street, Bishops-
gate.street, before THOMAS SHELTON, Esq. Coroner, on
•iew of the body of a line boy, only 15 years of age,
ti.iimed Charles Atfield. The deceased, who had been'
aftrentice to a grocer in Bishopsgate-street, wa•. AC-
cn• Ang to tt e evidence of his fell,,w apprentices aid
the servants of the family, remarkable fOr a lively and
cheerfu! disposition. On Monday night he was f tui d
si.spended by his apron from the hallusteis of the stair-
ca,e in his matt i's hcuse. When cut down be was
• qn to de. d. From his general disposition, it was very
improbable that he had intended self•destrutti in; arat
none of the persons ex 'rained could th:ow any light (in
she circumstance. except the fubow ing
William Duirgate, in the employ of Mr. Taylor, the
Slitter q f deceased, stated that with ,n the last six
Months the briy had practised hinging himself with the
jack towel, abich be so ingeniously twisted about his
• neck that he could raise himself off the };round. %%Ta-
nen on one Occasion seat into the 'room, and saw him
baiting; haus: took no 'raise. as he was in the habit'
of Oing it, and went out. Shindy. after, he told wit.'
• 11114 chat be bad nearly hanged himself, for that he was
blick in thefice. Witieis replied, that he would by',
if once too ofeeti,iod do it effeq.taally, like the pain
broker's boy, wbohad bang himself in joke. He made
no answer to that. but invited witness to try the experi-
ment, bet he declined.
Mi. Samuel Taylor, the masier Oldie deceased, could
not account for the act; he never saw any thing about
the boy like insanity. He really believed he was trying
the sensation hanging would produce, and unfortunately
for him he had carried the expel iment sou far.
Cot oner—Was he an ingenious lad?
Mr. Taylor ,raid he was very singularly ingenious,
and was never happy bot when he was trying or find-
ing out experiments. It was his firm belief that it was
his anxiety to discover the feeling suspension would
produCe that had led to his unhappy end.
The Coroner said, that during his experience of 30
yeats, certainly a few such ca.es had come to his
knowledge.
The Jury returned the following verdict—" That the
deceased unwittingly, and against his own intention,
strangled himself.

Ab ut a fortnights;nce, a dOickey which was eras-
ing In a &Id at Halberton was much annoyed by a fig that kept
rubbing against his kgs, which at last so exasperated the long eared
animal, that be turned suddenly round on his swinish tormentor
auk bit off his tall!—Exeter Flying Pea.
A dreadful accident occurred about half-past seven
yesterday evening. A child, named Farrows, about
two years old, was playing at the mood floor window
of Mr. Allen's. greengrocer, in Clare-court, when it 'fell
qui, and wits taken to Mr. Weaver, chemist, in Black-
aLool-)treert.where it aspired Loon after..

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M A NSION-HOUSE.

WEHTESAll.—:Yeiteday, a fisherman, who if called the Leader
of the Whitebait Gang, was brought up. charged with havior
assaulted one of the Assistant Water Bailiffs, in the executtoti of
his duty.
The defendaot said he went to fish to keep his family from the
workhouse. lie denied that he had resisted the authority of the
Water Bailiff until Nelson threatened to do him an injury.
Toe I.oao Ilevoa said, that the Essex Conservancy Jury had
represented to him that if a stop were not put to whitebait fishing.
the poor fi%hei men of that county would certainly starve. He had
also received a strong petition from upwards of fifty fishermen,
cmnplaining of whitebait fishing, and tracing all their wants to the
practice.. _

Defendant—Why. sny Lord, should we be punished for supplying
the Nobility with whitebait ? Isn't it a shame for Noblemenjo he
greedy after the fish, and to encourage us to catch it, if we are to be
punished after all? The loan MAYOR-4 can't help it. I eau
oily punish those who are caught fishing with illegal nets. If any
Lord yr Lady is caught fishing with a net of the sort I'll punish.
them as well as you—( A laugh).
Defendant—Why not punish those that eat whitebait, my Lord?
If you would be good enough to do that, my Lord, I'll show you
olive you can do justice. Only just east your net over the great
roost of the Clown and Sceptre, in Greenwich, and you'll catch
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and several others of his Ma.
joity's Ministers, hard at work upon whitebait, at six or seven
o'clock this evening—( Laughter).
The LORD Mayors advised the defendant to write a petition at
once to the Duke of Wellington, while he was at dinner at Green-
wich on whitebait, soliciting his Grace to attend to your atgu-
ments—l think there is strength in them. If I ate whitebait you
should not have to pay the penalty.
The defendant said he would try the experiment.
GUILDHALL.

Thomas Allen, a mechanic, was charged with assaulting John
Squires. The complainant said he had let some apartments in hiq
house to a young widow, and after be had slept about an hour the
night before, he was untried by hearing some strange man scum
Wing up the stairs. He listened a moment, and was soon satisfied
that the aforesaid widow had introduced the man, and that they
were bath drunk. He asked the man what be wanted ? The pri-
soner answered, that hr was the woman's husband. Complainant
told hint he was sure he was not, and that he would have no im.
proper goings on in his house, and that he had better at once go
peaceably out of it. Witness struggled to push him back, but he
caught hold of one leg, and attempted to throw him over his head
down the stairs. Witness, however, pushed him out of his house,
and gave him into custody.
Aud what did the widow say for herself? Inquired the Alder-
man.—Why, first she said the man was her husband—then that he
was nut, but that she had a right to do whatever she pleased in
her own apartment.
Mr. Alderman FARIMOTHER said, while the widow continued a
tenant she had a right to the use of the room; and the landlord
could nut say, although be might suspect, with what view she had I
hroughi this man home with her. His remedy was to give her
warning, and get rid of her as soon u he could.—The prisoner was
then discharged.

Charlash/tries, a youth about nineteen years of age, was charged
with stealing a box containing Geneva watch materials, &c. value
twenty-five pounds, the property of Mr. Peter Gottheimer, of No.
a, aldermanbury.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Iluntphry Murphy, a little urchin apparently not more than nine
years of .ge, was charged with obtaining goods under false pretences.
Mr. Charles Tilt, bookseller, in' Fleet...street, said, that the pti
saner came to his shop a few days since, and stated that he came
from Mr. Kelly, a bookseller, at the west end of the town, and one
of Mr. Tilt's customers, and that be wanted two copies of Oniniunt
Gatherssos fur Mr. Kelly. Witness let him have the books, taking
him for one of Mr. Kelly's errand buys. Next day the prisoner
came again and had two copies more, in like manner; but soon
afterwards Mr. Kelly biniself called for a copy, which led to an
eclaircisaemene, and the witness determined to stop the boy the next
tune he saw bin,. He went again yesteiday morning for two copies
more, on toe same pretence. They were again handed over to him,
aiml he was taken into custody by an officer as soon as he got outside
the door.

The officer said that the prisoner bad given him information by
which he thought he should be able to find the person who bad set
the boy Oh to get these goods.
Mr. Alderman FAIIIIIIO7IIIII ordered the boy to be remanded,
to give time to bring forward the principal offender.
BO W-STItEET.
_ _ _

Mr. ,h/.,s illldinaills. tieteq;;;FThe.free-liat and boz.book at
the English Opera House, was charged by Mr. A. Crockford, jun.
with assault.—Mr. Crockfotd stated, that on Saturday night last
be went to the English Opera House, and having paid the entrance
money, he stopped in the lobby immediately within the cheek-
taker's place, and carelessly turned over the !easel of the free ad-
mission book, which was lying on a table. The defendant came
up to him, and told him he had-no business to look in that book,
and desired Mtn to desist. Witness said he was merely looking to
ascertain if they bad the same number of free admissions that the
Haymarket Theatre had. The defendant, however, said be
should out look at it, and shut the book, and iota' it front him,and
he (the complainant) then turned round and said he had a right to
look at the book, and that he had often done it before, and he put
his tongue .4 slightly" out of his mouth. That, however, was not
intended as an insult, but was a mere gesture. Mr. Wildsniith
then slapped him in the lace.

Mr. Wildsmith, in answer to the charge, said, that when Mr.
Crockford entered the Theatre, he had a woman of the town with
him. When he was examining the her admission hock, he (Mr.
W ) told him it was contrary to the nil.y of the house. but the
complainant still kept pusseasion of it, end it was With conild, cable
difficulty he could get it from him. Tile complainant then turned
round. and with a mean, said. " supposing I were to knock you
down." For bis personal safety, I said, he had better not attempt
it, and he then put out his tOl•gtle, in the' Inon offensive and de*
gu-ung manner, and putting his face almost close to mine, exclaimed
" bah." My hand was rased at air moment, and it very naturally
went into Mr. Crotkford's face. I admit that I slapped bit face,
and I am now very glad I did so.—Mr. Crockfurd declared that
he dick not say, " suppose I were to knock you down."—. Mr. Wild
smith, however, repeated that he did, and his statement -gas come
burnt. d by fir. Thomas, the constable, wan was in the Theatre at
the t.nie the affair took place.
S:r It. LlItt•It: said, that although there might have been great
provocation, yet slapping a man in the face was certainly a Moab
ut tile peace, and Mr. Vi ildsmith must put in bail.
Mr. Crucktord's Solicitor—Perhaps, Sir Richard, you will not
give the parties the trouble of going to the Session, hut exercise the
power winch the late Act gives you, and pi tiered summarily.
Sir It. liinare•-1 have great doubts about that Act, arid have
never yet is ti.cted a penalty under its authority. It is a Penal
Statute, and I think that, at all events, before we proceed on it, there
should be a regular information drawn up, and a summons issued.
it ought to be very strictly construed.
Mr. Peake and ainither Gentleman became bail for Mr. Wild-
smith, and the parties left the office.

ULratric Tiiitetau.— Air. John Scott, the proprietor of the
Olympic Theatte, attended before the blagigrates of this Office;
and stated that he last night attended at a meeting of the pariah
officers, at the Vestry Room of St. Cluipent's parish, to complain
of an increase of tate levied on Dis property, and which they re•
tubed to reduce.

It appearedltom Mr. Scott's statement that he toot the Olympic
Theatre from the late Mr. Asdey, since which he paid the poor's
rate on a rout of 1501. a year, but lately the parish officers thought
proper to increase it 501. a year more; so that he is vow levied at
the rate of 2001. per annum, although the actual rent he pays is but
lOW. Mr. Scutt here handed in a receipt Signed by the agent to
Lord Craven, the landlord.

Two of the parish officers attended on the part of the parish, and
stated that they lately ascertained that the property was worth ton-
Niderably more, and thereby the raters increased it fifty pounds a
year; and they considered themselves justified in acting as they
bad done from Mr. Scott's statement—namely, that he paid two
thousand pounds for the lease.—Mr. Scott denied having said so—
he said he took the prsmises from the late Mr. Astley, who rented
the ground from Lord Craven, with whom he entered into an
agreement to expend the suns of two thousand pounds on a theatre,
or build four houses on the site of the Queen of Bohemia public
house; and that on payment of the above sum he should have a
lease at sixty-one. years. Mr. Astley accordingly laid out nearly
the above sum, which be expended on the theatre, intending to
keep his horses there during the winter, but subsequently he trans-
ferred the lease to Mr. Scott, who pays the rent of 1001. per annum
and the ground rent. •

Sir IL HIPAIS and Mr. Ileat.listated their opinion, which was
to the effect that they considered there was no ground to justify the
parish officers to raise the rate; but they wished it to be understood,
as they had no power to dispose of the ease, what they said was
only their opinion, and advised Mr. Scott by all means to appeal to
the Sessimis.

The officers said, they were willing to reduce it, but without an
appeal to the Sessions they had no power to do so; but if Mr. Scutt
would swear that he did not give soy money for his lease, they
would report the fact to the neat meeting of the vestry.
Mr. Hafts said be would tender no such affidavit; and he had
no hesitation in saying that be Would at soots belittre Mr. Scott's
word, as he was a highly respectable Gentleman. • '
The parties then left the Office.
gaTToN.G A ADEN.
Mr. Menkhouss was charged with a violent assault upon his see
vane, T. Johnson—Thu complaisant, who ethiblted some Aare,

bruises on the face, deot-ed to the t.l.l.‘:,LLut hint:king hioi
Lim down on Saturday night, only for saynrg he it .d itecn taking a
pint and a pipe with a friend to an adpi ))))) g hou..e. The fact of
the assault was proved by two witne.ars, and the MagiArates or-•
dered him to find bail.
Information was given at this Office of the premises of Measrs.
Vrfgg and Mansfield, builders, of Gray's Int:Anne, being been
broken into on Tuesday night, and ripest); to a COllli.dCi abie
.mount taken thereout.