Star.
London, England, 1810-01-11 00:00:00

CHRIST; FESTIF,TIES u T SIOIVE.

The company, assembled at Christmas, continued to
increase to the 30th, the birth day of Lord George
Grenville, who, on that day, was of age. It being Satur-
day, the Monday following was fixed on for the cele-
bration of it; wattled booths, well thatched, were erec-
ted round the North Colonade, and tables were laid
in the colonades and booths ; at half past ten the
company began to assemble, and three companies of
Inoince dancers amused tie crowd until one o'clock,
when the poor people of twelve neighbouring parishes,
consisting of nearly 1000, marched in, each with
their respective clergymen at their head, preceded by
a banner, with the name of the pin i:;it, and took their
places at the tables allotted for them, and on a signal
given, by firing a 6-pounder, the worthy pastors said
grace, and the happy parishioners sat down to a most j
excellent dinner, consisting of soup, beef, and plum-
pudding, and plenty of Stowe beer, in which they
drank with enthusiastic rapture, the health of the ;
amiable young Nobleman, whose birth day they were
celebrating. young Nobleman,
dinner, the sports of running, !
wrestling, &c. began, and prizes of shirts, shoes, &c.
were distributed to the happy victors, which lasted ,
to half past live o'clock, when a grand display of;
very beautiful fire-works, and a magnificent bonfire,
concluded the sports of the day. The bands of the
Royal Bucks and of the 14th were playing all the
morning. The N,u-tit Portico was adorned with a
beautiful transparency of the Grenville arms, and
viriegated lamps, among which G. G. was conspi-
cuous. At seven o'clock a company of 76 persons
sat down to a magnificent dinner, in the State Gal-
lery ; and the evening was concluded by music and
dancing.
On Thursday there was a ball and supper, at which
there were 250 persons, who after dancing until two
o'clock, sat down to an elegant supper; 120 supped in the ;
State Gallery, 40 in the adjoining room, and 90 in I
the State'Apartment. They danced after supper, and'
began to break up about half past four o'clock.
The dancing was in two of the State Rooms. One
set was led off by Lady TEMPLE and Lord GEORGE
GRENVILLE, Lord JERSEY and Mrs. WIIITUORE.--.
The other by Lady Maar GRENVILLE. Her partner
was the Marquis of DOWNSHIRE.

TlM—Monday evening a fire broke out in South-
street, Chichester, at the house of Mr. Andrews, con-
fectiose, which consumed the premises, and three
adjacent houses. This accident happened through the
carelessness of a female servant, in turning down the
beda. On discovering the fire, she gave the alarm,
hut in,tantly ran out of the house, and has not since,
been heard of.
Monday morning, about three o'clock, the house of
Sir Home Popham, at Titncss Wood, near Sunning- I
Hill, was broke open by a gang of robbers. The
noise of breaking in alarmed the butler, who slept on
the ground-floor, adjoining the pantry,and who, upon
observing a light at his window, got up and dressed
himself with all possible speed, and went to the pantry.
Upon hearing some men's voices, he demanded to
know who they were; and one of them answered they
were men, and demanded to be admitted, or they
would shoot him. The butler replied, " You may if
you like." Immediately one of the robbers fired a
pistol ; the ball from which entered the wall, behind
where the butler stood ; but he being fortunately
armed with a pistol, discharged it at the place where
the robbers were ? and he had reason to believe it
wounded one of them, as he heard a man groan after-
wards ; and at daylight blood was traced to the gate.
On examining the premises, it was discovered that the
doors of the larder and dairy had been broke open,'
as 4 ever; thing was packed up ready to be taken, away.

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Yesterday the Old Bailey Sessions coI
fore the Loan MA' the RECORDER of

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YOlti London,
Lord Chief Baron *DONALD, Sir SIMON LE BLANC,
and Sir ALLAN CIFIAMBRE.
Samuel IVall6l alias Leeson, was capitally indicted
under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for maliciously pre-
senting a pistol, loaded with gunpowder and shot, at
Thomas Boswell, and drawing the trigger thereof,
with intent to murder the said Boswell, or to do
him some grievous bodily harm.
It appeared in evidence, that the prosecutor is a
gardener, at Enfield Chace; and that, on the day'
mentioned in the indictment, the prisoner came to
his house, under pretence of purchasing some port.
toes. The prosecutor's wife was in the act of frying
some sprats for dinner, and the prisoner observed—
" I see you have got sprats." The prosecutor in-
vited him to sit down and partake of them, which he
accordingly did ; but, while at dinner, he suddenly
turned to the prosecutor, drew out a pistol, presented
it to his head, and demanded his money. But the
prosecutor and his wife, with great presence of mind,
instantly sprang upon him, and seized him. The
prisoner, at the same moment, snapped his pistol at
the prosecutor, but fortunately it missed fire, and he
was disarmed, secured, and given into the custody
of Handcock, the police officer, of Hatton Garden
Office.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and-vas I
found Guilty—Death.

There were two or three other indictments against
him for different robberies.

George Hand was indicted for burglariously enter-
ing the dwelling honseof Mrs. Mary Cawthorne, a ha-
berdasher, in the parish of St. Luke, on the Bth of
December, and stealing thereout some pieces of rib-
ber, and a silk handkerchief.
Cawthorne stated, that, in the dusk of the
evening, on the date ab we mentioned, she heard a
noise at the shop window, as if the glass had been
broken, and communicated her apprehensions to a
Mr. Greville, and another gentleman who had dined
with her, and were then sitting in her parlour, ad-
joining the shop. They all immediately ran forward,
and (6w/wed that a piece had been cut from the cor-
ner of a pane in the shop window. They watched
for some time, and observed the prisoner several
' times walking to and fro on the foot-way, past the
shop, and, after a short interval, the witness saw him
pulling some ribbons out at the broken pane. She
instantly gave the alarm, rushed forward, and seized
the prisoner, who threw her down on the pavement,
and ran of. He was pursued by Mr. Greville, who
overtook and seized him in Grub-court ; and thele
was found on his person a silk handkerchief, which
was proved to have been one of those in Mrs. Caw-
thorne's window shortly before.
The prisoner called several witnesses, who gave
him a good character ; but the Jury found him
Guilty of the larceny, acquitting him of the burg-
lary, as it appeared that it was not dark when the
pane was broken.
Charles Cadman, a carpenter, of Park-street, Mint,-
ton, was capitally indicted for violating the person of
Martha Gale, a girl of nineteen, servant to Mr. Bar-,
rett, dyer, of Fetter-lane, and Welles Walk, Isling-
ton, on the 14th of December ; and James Notion'
was also indicted for a rape on the person of Jane
Duncan, servant to a Mr. Goosetree, of No. 2, War-
ren-place, on the night of the 23d October—and both
were Acquitted.

Rotert Francis was indicted for burglarious! y break-
, ing into the dwelling-house of Francis Steel, and
stealing therefrom a gold chain, and two gold
broaches, the property of the said F. Steel.
It appeared, that, on the 22d of December,-a pane
of glass, in the dwelling-house of the prosecutor,
No. 86, Oxford-road, had been cut in such a manner
as that a person's hand could gain admittance ; im-
mediately opposite to the pane were suspended the
articles tilccil'ied in the indictment; these articles were
removtA by some person from the outside. Part of
the chain was soon after sold to a refiner in Long.'
Acre, and annther part of it to another person. The
Prisoner had been seen by a neighbour of the Prose-
cutor lurking about his premises, but he was not
identified, either as the person who stole the property
or who sold it after the theft was committed.

The Prisoner was acquitted.
Thirteen wen convicted of felony, viz.
J. Allen and J. Ditch, for stealing 561bs. of butter, the p-o-
-perty of J. Ayhwin and W. Lid& rd.

S. Bundy, for steaLn; 6!bs. of pewter, the property of R.
Joseph.

Ann Cotterell, for stealing a bed-furniture, the property of
Elizabeth Williams.

W. Bateman, for stealing a S 1 note, the property of F.Sparrow.
I Anderson, for stealing a quantity of blue cloth, the property
of J. Ward.

T. Pigott, for stealing two dollars, the property of Richard
Shy w.

T. Simmons, for stealing lib. Stns. of Spanish wool, the goods
of W. Hall.

NV. Cnrnor and W. Stephens, for stealing 101bs. of salt-petre,
the property of J. Maude.

E. Shortlin, for steal.ng fo zeen pair of stockings, the goods
el R. Romaine ; and

W. Maynard, for stealing a dressing-glass, the property of M.
Taylor.

Early on the morning of Saturday last a most dar-
ing robbery was committed in the shop of Messrs.
Coward and Co. silversmiths, in Cornhill. The
thieves, by means of instruments, completed a breach
through the window shutters, sufficient to admit a
hand, in spite of the difficulties whiah presented them-
selves. By introducing their hands, and forcing a
wire case, they obtained watches, silver articles, and
light gold, plunder, to the amount of 8400. The
gang consisted of several persons, who employed them-
selves in pacing the street backwards and forwards,
by way of guarding against a surprise. During the
time the robbers were thus employed, nn watchman
was heard. The villains were once observed by a
person going to Covent-garden market, and who knew
part of the gang to be house-breakers. This man
came forward next day, and gave information on the
business. It has been since ascertained that a gang
of 40 thieves of this description meet nightly at a
house in the vicinity of Shire-lane, where they plan
their nocturnal depredations. Since their success at
Messrs. Coward's, the same gang, according to de-
scription, attempted Mr. Phiinley's, on Ludgate-bill,
but were disappointed of their booty.

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YeSteiciay David Hating and Robert liginipg, fa,
'ther and son, and Thomas Nesbit, were severally in-
dicted for a riot, and assaulting Hutchins and Laney,
two watchmen of St. Giles's parish, and Samuel Ro-
berts the watch-house keeper.
The defendants were returning from Snow-hill to
!Leicester-fields, after a jollification, when, by the
evidence for the prosecution, it appeared that they
were making a great noise in Queen-street, which in-
duced Hutchins to remonstrate, when he was imme-
diately assaulted by the party ; he sprung his rattle,
and was joined by Laney, who also was struck.—
They succeeded, however, in conveying the party'
to the watch-house, where the younger Haining,
after some altercation, assaulted Roberts, the watch-
house-keeper. The defendants said they were return-
ing home peaceably, when they observed Hutchins.
following them ; they stopped to ask the reason, and
observing that his lanthorn was not numbered, some
words arose, when he insisted, without further pro-
vocation, upon taking them to the watch-house, which
they resisted ; but this story not being corroborated
by evidence, the Jdry found them Guilty, and the
Court sentenced them to pay a fine of AI each upon
each of the indictments ; and the younger Hemmings
a further fine of .4'5 for the assault upon the watch-
house-keeper. .
John Davis, (a publican), and Nathaniel Ewer,
were also indicted for assaulting Thomas Bates (like-
wise a publican).
The prosecutor, accompanied by two friends, a
baker and a milkman, had sojourned to Davis's tap,
to take a cordial glass; and Ewer, the other defen-
dant, who was behind the bar with Davis, and a total
stringer to them, proposed a game at putt, for a
A:2 note. Bates remonstrated with his brother publi-
can, for suffering his customers to be so familiarly
accosted by a stranger, when EWer immediately as-
saulted him, stripped off his coat, and as Bates retind
from the house, followed him into the street, and
there struck him several blows in the face, and would
have knocked him down, but he saved himself by
grasping the harness of a dray-horse which stood
near him. .

There baing no evidence against D.tvis, he wat ac-
quitted, and permitted to be examined as a witness ;
wh.n it appeared that the original dispute arose be-
tween Bates and Ewer, upon the form of the glasses
belonging to the lamps in the tap-room,
.the one con-
' tending that they were globular, the other that they
were spherical. Bates became very abusive, struck
Ewer with his umbrella, and called him a coward ;
upon which Ewer produced a £2 note, and offered
Ito fight him for it, but the baker proposed, that in-
stead of fighting they should play at putt for it.—
Bates repeated his abusive epithets, and then Ewer
did strip and know him into the street, where they
se!-to, and Ewer gave the publican a sound drubbing,
although, apparently, the latter was the Lest man of
the two, and made a desperate defence with his um-
. brelia. This story was corroborated by three other
witnesses, and the Chairman l tt the decision to the
Jury, who acquitted the defendant.

BIRTHS.
On the 4th inst. at Winchelsea, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel
Christie, of the Royal Veterans, of a son.
At Warrington, on Saturday, the 6th ingant, the Lady of
Captain W111,1:;,n, of the 9th Foot, of a snn.

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