Star.
London, England, 1826-09-19 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sam IS.

Mrs. W. West, of the Theatre Royal, Drurriane,
appeared to exhibit articles of the peace against her
husband, Mr.Wm.West, comedian, of the Haymarket
'Theatre. The articles detailed a series of injuries re-
ceived by her from the hands of her husband. About
two years ago, upon the birth of their first child, the
husband told her that thtir marriage) which took place,
in Scotland, was not binding. He frequently struck hi%
wife without any provocation, and made use of the most;
terrific threats. Though they both lived under the same
roof, they occupied separate apartments; the husband
giving as a reason that he was unwell, and in no very
delicate terms told her so. He said, she was " a faded
flower, and might go to and that he was deter-
mined to :nary Miss Lawrence, of Drury-lane Theatre,,
his own marriage being illegal." The husband fre-
quently seized his wife by the throat, and ne..rly choked
her. The last act of violence wascommitt .d on the 7th
of September, when he seized her by the arm, and
pinched it to that degree that it caused strong inflam-
mation, and she was obliged to have leeches immediately
put to it. The articles went on to state, that Mrs. West
was in fear of her life, her husband having threatened
repeatedly to be the death of her. She therefore prayed
the protection of the Court.
The CHalaYAs inquired as to the circumstances of the defendant?
Mr. BARRY, who appeared far Mrs. Nest, stated that
her husband was in good circumstances; he was in part-
nership, as a music seller, and is engaged as a comedian
at the Haymarket Theatre.

The Ctraintun then bound the husband to keep the peace towards
Ids wife, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £25 each.

The cue excited a great deal of sympathy to the Court, and the
unfortunate Lady seemed to feel forcibly her unpleasant situation.

William Lee was indicted for fraudulently obtaining
seine butter, bacon, &c. the property of Joseph Parker.
It appeared the prisoner went about representing him-
self to be arr officer of Hatton-garden police, and ern--
ployed by different persons to collect small debts for
them, through the medium of the Court of Requests ;
it was by this representation that the prisoner was trust-
ed. Evidence was called to prove that he was not what
he tepresented himself, and that he had imposed upon
several other persons 'by the same story. He was
found Guilty.
The. risoner was charged upon a second indictment,
with fraudulently obtaining 3s. from Esther Elliott, in
the name of William Lee, an officer of Hatton Garden
police. The prisoner, in this case, met the husband of
the prosecutrix taking -a womap to the watch-house,
whom he suspected had robbed Him of a watch. The
prisoner produced a staff, said he was Lee, the vfficer,
of Hatton Garden, and had the King's authority to take
the woman in charge. He afterwards went to the house
of the prosecotrix, and insisted upon searching; having
done so, he demanded ss. for his trouble, but took 3s.
being all the woman had. Evidence having been ex-
amined to prove the facts, he was found Guilty.' The
Court sentenced him to 13 months imprisonment in the
House of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour.
Aatois Duff, a marine, was sentenced to 18 months'
imprisonment, for an assault of an indelicate nature
upon Curtis, an infant eight years of age. The
particulars of this brutal assault are too disgusting to be
given. Suffice it to say, the fact was clearly established,
and the Chairman in passing sentence observed, it was
so heinous an offence, that the sentence was scarcely
heavy enough.
The Rev. Mr. Gould, and Ames retying, a corporal in the Guards,
were on Saturday morning tried and acquitted at Hicks's Hall, on
an indictment charging them with attempting to commit a misde-
meanor of a particular kind.

The Elbe, in consequeace of the extreme drought, is
so shallow at Dresden, that it can be forded in many
places without dallier.
GLOUCESTER MISICAL FESTIVAL.-The collection
for the Charity on Thursday morning amounted to about
2461. On Friday morning the sacred Oratorio of the
Messiah was performed at the Cathedral, and attracted
a numerous attendance. The doors were opened at
nine o'clock. By ten few seats were to be procured :
the weather was very auspicious. Two galleries on
each side of the choir were reserved for the friends of
the Stewards, who consisted principally of Ladies ele.
gantly.dressed. The Duke of Beaufort, Earl Bathurst,
Lord E. Somerset, Marquis of Worcester, and the Mar-
quis of Lansdown, were among the distinguished per-
sons who attended the Meeung. There were about
1500 present. In the evening there was a Miscellaneous
Conceit in the Shire Hall, which concluded with s' Goo
save the King."
Yesterday, Messrs. Millingfield and Marsden, the twn
Churchwardens of St. Matthew, Bethnal green, and
Bretton, the Ve_try Clerk, waited upon the Secre-
tary of State at the Home Office. The object of the
meeting was to devise some measures to suppress the
riots that take place every night in the pari.h, by a
gang of thieves, consisting of five or six hundred. The
gang rendezvous in a brick-field at the top of Spicer-
street, Spitalfields, and outposts are stationed to
give an alarm should any of the civil power approach,
and their cry is •' Warhawk," as a signal for re-
treat. On the brick-kilns in this field, they cook
whatever meat and potatoes they plunder from the
various shops in the neighbourhood. On Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, being market days, Mon-
day and Friday at Smithfield, and Wednesday at
Barnet, they sally out into the suburbs, and wait in
ambush till a drove of beasts passes; they then attack
the drovers, and take a beast from the drove, and con.
soy it into the marshes till night, when they hunt it
through the metropolis. Within the last for tnight, up-
wards of fifty persons have been robbed and beaten. In
consequence, the Right Hon. Secretary gave orders that
a teinforcement of forty men should be stationed in
different pans of the parish, and that they should be
relieved every three hours, and with instructions to pa-
trol the disturbed parts day and night, whist! is now the
case. On Wednesday the gang attacked a Lady and
Gentleman that were in a chaise in Bethnal-green•road,
and after robbing and beating them, they cut the reins
and traces. The Secretary of State, on Saturday last,
had an interview with the Magistrates respecting the
state of that part of the metropolis, and inquired if the
robbers were distressed weavers? An answer was
given in the negative—that they wete a set of idle and
disorderly fellows.
EXTRAORDINARY Slane—DO the 2d instant, as Mr.
Scholes, of Grintsthorpe, gamekeeper to Lady WIN-
LOUGHBY D'EsaasY, was out in the field, his dog made
a point at a hate, which he shot at about 20 yards' dis-
tance, and on going to take it up, he found to his asto-
nishment that he bad killed a leash of partridges also.
At the termination of the Northern Circuit, when the,
whole of the Inverness Calendar had been gone through,
it was found that there was not a single trial from any
Lof the counties of Nairn, Ross, Sutherland, or Caithness.