Star.
London, England, 1828-05-28 00:00:00

LA DIBETH4TREET.

Yammer annerty was fully committed, charged with studio;
variety of apparel and linen, the property of Mrs. Stephens. of the
Sun public house, Sir William Warren-square, Wapping. The p.
saner had lodged in the horse for the last three months, during
which time a great inandty of articles were missing, and suspieim
falling heavily an her an °Meer was sent for, who searched her, ant
upwards of forty duplicates ware found oo her of property beim-
ing to the prosecute's, and other persons, who identified the one.
A daughter of the prisoner was in the service of some of the wit.
nesses, and she used to incite her to steal the things, and fetch them
away under the pretence of being her daughter's dirty linen to wed.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Gosport was held
on Thursday, for the purpose of petitioning Corers-
meat to re•erect the bridge across Hasler Creek.
Ittrasta.—lt rarely happens that females of the upper
classes are seen in the streets alone, or arm-in-arin
their husbands. Women of the town pass under the
name of servants, and are taxed by the police. Even
this unfortunate class keep up some appearance of de,
vetion, and when they receive their visitors, cover their
sacred images, and extinguish the lights, which are, at
other times, kept burning before them.—Wilson's iris.
Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Spread Eagle,
Millbank, on the body of George Oxley, a child two
yens and a half old. It appeared that the lather of
the deceased was about leading his master's chaise into
the chaise-house; he had the reins in his hand. and the
deceased was seated in the vehicle, when the horse be-
came alarmed, in consequence of the gate striking the
wheel, and dashing forward, the deceased was throws
nut, and the wheel passed over his head. Verdict—
Accidental Death.

HAbIBURGH. MA? 23.—According to a communica-
don from toe Senate of this city to the Commercial De-
putation, official iotormatit n has been received from the
Dutch Consul at Tripoli, that the Dey of n ipoli intends
to fit out two pirate vessels against the Hantburgh
trade, and that the Corsairs are to cruise in the neigh-
boothood of Berlin as on the cosat of Portugal.
The annual public examination of the children of the
Clergy Orphan School took place on Frid..y last, before
a crowded and distinguished company, amont.st whom
were present, the Archbishop of York; the Bi,hops of
London, Winchester, Rochester, Chichester, St. MO,
Ely, Gloucester, Llandaff, Chester, and Bristol; Arch-
deacons Cambridge and Bailey, and many other digni-
taries of the Church. The girls were examined is the
Scriptures, and in ancient and modern history, midi
few of them in the French language; the boys in VIP
gil, Horace, and the Greek Testament, and in many
points of general knowledge. The children passed their
examination in a manner highly creditable to then-
selves and satisfactory to their kind benefactors.
Saturday, while the steam vessel Queen of Scotland
was leaving Aberdeen harbour, a warp from the jetty
to the ship having broke, owing to the great strain upon
it, one end of the rope swept with irresistitie force •
along the jetty, throwing down many of the spectators,
when one man, of the name of Shepherd, received such
a blow on his knees as dashed him with violence to the
ground. He was taken up insensible, the blood gush'
ing from his temples and mouth, and carried to die
Infirmary, where he died next morning about two
o'clock. By the same accident a boy had an arm and
leg broken, but is recovering. A person is the crowd
had his watch crushed to pieces by the rebound of the
mope, but was not personally injured.
Yesterday, as some workmen were employed is
making an excavation to enlarge the vaults of Mean.
JoHusets, of this city, wine.mershants, they discovered,
about seven feet below the surface of the earth, a yeti
curious Roman tessellated pavement, in a perfect sow
of preservation, running in a direction from North td
South; but to what extent has not yet been ascertained.
The colours are white and bluish gray. The teasers
are about one inch in length, and three quarters of
as
inch in breadth. The cement on which the pavane°
is laid is several inches in thickness, and appear. to be'
composed of sand, pounded brick and lime, forming,
together a very hard substance. The white mice arc.
of a hard cakareous stone, and bear a good polish; s°,
the gray are of a hard argillaceous kind of stone, low
in many pans of Gloucestershire, and called blue IP'
Tessellated pavements have at different times been die.
covered in four quarter of this city, and this additionli.i
evidence was by no means necessary to indicate the Id
of ancient Glevam.—Gloucester Journal.

DIED.
Saturday, at Ids residence, Braltbkbury, near Woolwich, slt4
74, Captain Dickinson, IL N. who wee auperintendeut of 004
in the Ordnance service 44 years.

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