Star.
London, England, 1826-09-11 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

A young man named Stephens was brought up for : final bearing.
The accuser was Mrs. Currey, of Buckingham street, Strand,
the wife of a purser in the Navy, who alleged that the young man
at the bar was the person who cut the pelisse, as she bad previously
stated, only she wanted to make this addition, that her petticoat
was also Injured.
Mr. Berestord, the Chief Clerk, read over the former state-
ment, to the truth of which she attested.
Mr. Harmer, who appeared for the defendant, cross-examined
the prosecutrix, who appeared extremely angry at the questions
put by the Learned Gentleman.
Mr. Harmer—By the evidence you gave on a former day, it
appears that you arrived late at the fair.
Mrs. Currey—Yes, but there were people of respectabliky there
at as late an hour.
AU the witnesses were positive as to the identity of the prisoner.
Sir Pyres Lao= said, that this enquiry could go no further,
and he was guided by the opinion of the Gentlemen around him,
that it ought not. In discharging the prisoner, he would not at-
tribute improper motives to the ladies who had made the charge.
The young man had received a good character ; but he (Sir Peter
Laurie) sat there to look at facts; and his opinion was, that the
evidence given for the prisoner was more conclusive than that on
the other side.
The young man was discharged, and nearly thirty respectable
friends were ready to receive him.
A young tailor, named Byers, charged with a similar offence,
was remanded till to day.

BOW-STREET.

Mr. T. Taylor, the tradesman against whom a charge of bigamy
has been lately brought, and whose cue has excited considerable'
sensation in the city,from some names connected with it,was brought
up sea Satutday morning to this Office, for re-examination. Mr.
Adolphus and Mr. Butler (clerk to Mr. Harmer-) both attended to
conduct the prosecution, while Mr. Harnet attended for the de-
fence. The first person now examined was Mr. John Inkskip, one
of Mr. Harmer's clerks, who produced a certificate of the marriage
of Thomas Taylor with Anne Greasely, his first wife.
John Tukes, a lace maker, residing at Radford, and who had
married the doer of Anne Greasely, next deposed to having been
present at the marriage of the defendant. Taylor, with his sister-in
law,and that they subsequently were generally known, and cohabited
together as man and wife. He farther swore that the said Anne
Greasely, now Taylor, was still living, and that he bad, in fact, seen
and conversed with her this morning. That she had been residing
for some time past at Birmingham, was well known in that place,
and might have been readily discovered by any one who had inquirai
after her. Mr. Harnet cross-examined this witness at consider-
able length, and elicited from him that he knew a lace manufacturer
of Birmingham, named Regg, in whose employ be has understood
Anne Greasely to have been Living, but on being further asked whe-
ther he did not know that there was a connexion between her and
her master, and Whether there bad not in fact been two children
produced by this intercourse, replied, that he had no knowledge of
any such circumstance. Taylor bad, he said, deserted his wife,
after living With het about a month ih his (witness's) home, but he
was not aware that he had sent the bellman round, cautioning the
tradesmen of the town against giving her credit in consequence of
the debts Which she had already incurred, nor did be know that
Mrs. Taylor was now going by the name of Tibbett.
Anne Bond, of Church Lane, Islington, sister of the woman who
is acknowledged by Taylor as his wife, and for criminal conversa-
tion with whom he has declared his intention of proceeding against
a Stock Broker in the City, proved that she was present when the
Brighton and Margate are both crowded with tom- defendant married her sister Mary Bond, in the parish church of
St. George, Hanover-square, in
.the month of May, 1819, on which
party. At Bognor the visitors are not numerous, but, occasion she was a subscribing Witnesses in the parish register.
as usual, :elect. On her cross-examination, she said that Taylor then represented
ENGLISII OPERA HOUSE. MATHEWS brought a himself as a Widower, and her mother had inquired, and understood
crowded hiPtise on Saturday night. His performance of that was the case. Her sister and the defendant, she added, bad
Jonathan W Donbikita, a lea' Yankee, landed at Lii lived happily together as man and wife, till their domestic peace had
been broken in upon by Mr. Ileapy.
oerileol, is certainly excellent ; and it is an admirable Freeth, a tradesman, who keeps a shop at Birmingham, de-
satire on the cant passing in the Unitettfitates, respect- posed', that be is a brother-in-law of the defendant, having married
lug C,mstitutions, Liberty, eire. while slay/ill's and the his sister—that he has himself scalded in Birmingham upwards of
sale ot, and •• larrapping" of " niggers" is permitted. 40 years, and that he remembers the father, mother-in-law, and
two uncles of the defendant living in that town in the year 1819;
nig engnerrys" in England respecting the British the defendant's wife, Anne, was living there at the same period,
Coniti!Ul ion, and the memorandums he takes, in order and had any inquiry been made concerning her, her existence would
to the wri..iivg home of letters, are laughable enough, have been at once ascertained.
:tnd an extellent hit at the modern getting up of traves On crosa.examination he stated, that the woman in question got
her livelihood at the time by needle-work, employing several other
by the book -piakers. In the farce of Before Breakfast, hands in the same way. at her own house, in Freeman-street, Bir-
wtre nvich pleased with Mr. BaarLev's excellent mingh.m. lie was quite sure she is nut now living wish Tibbett,
acting of a pa-sionate man, moved to that of which he at Warwick, but admitted that he believed she did go by the name
af!er wards repents fr,,m the im;:uhe of the moment.— of Tibbett in company. lie had personally known Tibbett for up-
wards of twenty years; he is a silver iencilicase maker, and he he-
One i‘f ili•hslsx's delightful overtures was introduced heves a single man. He also admittedl that he had heard of Anne
by t:te oichestra between the pieces. Greasley (Taylor), living in the employ of Mr. Ilegg, and that she
Itt the lsle of Arian, Lord FINCASTLE, the Hon. had miscarried while in his service, but he did not believe that she
CIIAMLEi 7AI / RIL.% y, hit bri.ther, and two friends, have, in nine days, had borne any children.
averaging nut mine than four hours' shooting each day, killed 350 San. tiel Bails.) knew Taylor. that he bad matried when very
brace of arouse and black co.:ks. One of the Gentlemen shot only young, and that his wife bad afterwards lived in ite,;g's env:oy,
en four days. but knew of no children.
Partridge shooting, which commenced on the Ist Inst. is affording William Smith, a patrol, deposed, that he apprelienil.,-1 Taylor
excellent sport in tile nortilt this sea-on. The being so Very plenti. in his shop, Bear-str. et, Leicester-square, but did nut starch the
ttil will in a great r.:vasur.: compensate for the scarcity of grouse. It house, nor take any woman erroneously for Mrs. Taylor.-bi: in-
is quite c"mmen to see from 30 to in a covey. The slaughter has 1 quired for Mrs. T.l and was told by the defendant that she was
already been very great. at Taunton.

The Galatea, Sir Charles Sullivan, Batt. is gone out of harbour;
The Phnom), Lotd W. Paget, came in, colt for foreign service;
the Dispatclt, Captain Parsons, sailed this afternoon for the Cork
station ; and the Arrow, Lieutenant Brooking, on a cruise. At
Spithead—Galatea. In the liarboot —Victory, Melville, Spartiate,
Pyramus, Pelican, Philomel, and Clinker.
Lieutenant Cruse, IL N. has seized, on the Sconce Point Coast
Guard station (Yarmouth, I. W.) the vesseb Pallas, Nelly, Marti,
Adelaide, and Kitty, upon supposition of their bring employed in
contraband trade, having disguised concealments in their holds.

This was the case fur the prosecutibn; when, on the examitut-
tinn being concluded, Mr. Ilarnet addressed the Bench, and en-
quired, " Wbe are the plaintiffs in this case? They are neither
the first wife nor the setond wife of the defendant • but they are
Thomas Heapy, anti his Cat's.raw Dobson." He should not
retract one syllable of what he bad before asserted, that the whole
was the result of a conspiracy, and he hoped therefore that the
lowest recognizances would be accepted. He had bail to any
amount.

Mr. Adolphus now rose and said, addressing Mr. Harriet, " It
is d,,ernright impudence to call a respectable citizen a cat's paw!
which I say is false."
Mr. Harnet was replying with some warmth, when Mr: HALLS
put an end to the altercation, by requesting hint to confine himselfl
to the. case.

Mr. Adolphus then applied to the Bench fur the committal of
the defendlot, and alled, that no bail could be accepted, as the
charge Was one of felony.
His Worship, referring to the Act of Parliament, coincided in
this opinion, and Mt. Taylor accordingly stands fully committed
for trial, un the capital offence, at the next Assizes.
MARLDOIiOUGIUSTRERT.

A few days age two solenri.looking youths, that is, as solemn
as persons apparently not more than 17 or 18 years of age can look,
clothed in black, their hair remarkably neat and sleek, and each
having a book under his arm, by way of giving a literary appear-
ance, came to this office, and announced to Mr. Ros, the magis-
trate, that they were two young aspirants to pulpit fame, and wished
to have the Nlagistrate's licence to thunder out eternal destrt►ction
against the world, and the wicked of its occupants.
Mr. lioa asked, was it any particular persuasion or sect they
meant to attach themselves to as preachers ?
The applicants said they were not very particular, but they
meant to go into the general dissenting line.
Mr. Hoe then told them, that before they could have a licence
from a Magistrate, they must according to the statute of William
and Mary, bring with them copies of the oath, against Popery
prescribed by that statute, and be sworn to them iu the presence
of a -Magistrate.
Accordingly, OR Saturday, the embryo preachers came again,
fully prepared with the necessary oaths, which they read aloud in
the offico, and having, with all due reverence and solemnity, sworn
that everything connected with Popery and the Pope was blasphe-
mous, superstitious, idolatrous, and damnable, they went forth
with a benign and Christian spirit, to preach the Gospel and ex-
pound the Scriptures.
The Solicitor of Lieut.-Colonel Archdall, whose committal in
default of bail we have already noticed, stated that, owing to un-
toward circumstances, the income of his client did not now exceed
3001. a-year, and pleaded for a mitigation ol the amount of bail.
Mr. Dees said that the amount of 1,0004 in which Colonel
Archdall was himself bound, was merely nominal, it being or little
consequence whether the sum was 1001. or 1,0001. as regarded bis
own responsibility; and under all the circumstances of his case, he,
Mr. Dyes, did not consider two sureties in 5001. each, or four in
t5Ol. each, as at all excessive bail, and he must therefore decline
making any alteration in the amount; but if Mr. Seal still con-
sidered the bail as excessive, he could have Colonel Archdall brought
by Habeas aritsts before the King's Bench, where the application to
reduce the amount might be attended with more success.
Mr. Seal then bowed and withdrew.
MARY-LA-BONNE:

Joh* 'Peak, footman to Captain Corfield, of Grove•end-pkcei
Regent's Park, was remanded, charged with attempting to defraud
Mr. Flint, pawnbroker, of the Edgeware road, by offering two gilt
farthings as sovereigns, which, it appeared, he had stolen from his
master's house, where they had been used as card markers.

J. Greve was charged with assaulting H. Gunning. It will be re-
collected the complainant was on Tuesday charged by the present
defendant with pulling his son's ears' when the Magistrate dismissed
the complaint ; and, on quitting the Office, Green followed Gunning
out, and most severely beat him. On the prisoner being asked
what he had to say ? he replied, your Worship refused me justice,
and I exercised it myself.
The Magistrate told him, that might be his opinion, but he must
now find very good ball.
Mrs. Green, a tali portly Lady, then commenced arguing the
cue, but, on the Magistrate refusing to bear her, she followed
Gunning into the Chief Officers room, and knocked him down
twice; on which she was brought back, and ordered to be locked
up with her. husband.