Star.
London, England, 1821-10-25 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

John Baker and James Bradley, two boys, were
convicted, and sentenced to seven years transporta-
tion, for picking pockets in the Borough.
Hannah Ford was indicted for feloniously stealing,
on the '26th of August, some money, the property of
her master, Mr. Jennings, a butcher at Walworth.
• The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner was in his
service, and had been so for nine months. He had
repeatedly missed silver, and in order to discover the
thief, he marked a crown-piece and other monies,
which he put into a bowl with other silver, and placed
in a cupboard; having occasion to go out on the day
mentioned in the indictment, he left the prisoner in
charge of the house. On returning the next evening,
he missed some of the marked money ; he taxed the
prisoner with the theft, and sent for a constable, who
opened the prisoner's box, • where he found some of
the marked money in a bag, and a key that opened
the cupboard. The prisoner declared at the time
she had not done it. _

Snow, the constable, corroborated the evidence of
the prosecutor. -
The prisoner, in her defence, denied the robbery,
and called some persons to character, who did not
appear.—The Jury found her Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN, in order to prevent depredations
of the like nature, which, he was sorry to say, were
very prevalent, and to deter others from committing
similar offences, sentenced the prisoner to transporta-
tion for seven years.
She was removed from the Bar is convulsive fits.

POLICE.

Bow-sraesr.—Yesterday,- at two o'clock, Mt.
Benjamin Bloomfield was brought to the Office in the
custody of Avis, and Westbrook the jailor, from the
Marquis of Anglesea public-house, where he had
been confined since he was brought from the House
of Correction in the morning. He was very genteelly
dressed, but bis health appealed to have suffered
from his confinement in the prison. Sir IlicitA tin
BIRNIE and Mr. Mitantn.t. weie sitting to hear his
further examination. Another Gentleman at:elided
to prefer a charge, but his transaction with Mr.
Bloomfield not amounting to anything criminal, it
was not proceeded in. The investigation of the
charge of Mr. William Shirley, of Rockingham-row,
New Kenvroad, which has hitherto appeared the,
most serious, was then called on, but Mi. Shilley did
not appear. A letter was handed to the Magistrates
from Mr. Shirley, stating that he begged leave to
withdraw the charge against Mr. Benjamin Bloom-
field, having since had reason to believe that his sus-
picions as to the non-payment of the money were
premature; and in consequence, by the advice of his
Attorney, he was satisfied to make it a debt. In ad-
dition to the letter, Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS, the Bar-
rister, attended, and addressed die Magistrates at
considerable length in behalf of Mr. Bloomfield, and
contended that he had no intention, nor was there
any evidence to prove that he intended to defraud
Mr. Shirley. As to the £2OO which Mr. Bloomfield'
' had received from Mr. Shirley, he had given his
bond for it ; and after that, Mr. Shirley so incessantly
pestered him to be put in possession of the place or
appointment, that he scarcely mined a day without
calling upon him. One day, when Mr. Bloomfield
was sitting at his desk, he having two £IOO notes in
his desk, tendered them to Mr. Shirley, on condition
of his giving up his bond; but Mr. Shirley not hav-
ing it about him, prevented the busine ;s being settled
at that time. The Magistrates, notwitllAanding, or-
dered Mr. Shirley's name to be called over thrice,
which was accordingly done, and he not appearing,'
Mr. Bloomfield was ordered to be discharged ; tlow-
ever, they afterwards directed that he should find
bail to answer any charge that might be preferred
against him it the Sessions, himself in £lOO, and two
sureties in £5O each.
GUILDHALL.—Emma Pratt, scarcely eleven years
old, was brought before Alderman C. &dull, upon
a charge of felony.—Mr. Steevens, a cheesemonger,
in Fetter-lane, stated, that she was,employed by one
of his lodges's to !Ake care of an infant, and since :he

leai been in the hoe se many
oTimtl e,
att
and they suspected some time that she was the
On Tuesday one of the lodgers went down gli,s
j
on her return she missed a petticoat, upon whirt,rl
child was at once charged with the theft. Pue,:;-
isthestocuontlfyesfsoerdsotimieeft:tmcte.
nowhere to be found, nor could threat or r' '4l
Promise
for a long time induce her to give any acconq of •
t•
lAt last, she- said she had taken it to her mcotr'
Thither the parties accordingls wcot e.ith the
l;
when, to their surprise, ththem'learrt that the ti,ti
bad been out at work the whole of the Llay, „rd .17
ber character was highly e \err ary. is ti,"4
taken to the Compter:—The mother
tended, and appeared greatly agitated at the
,'c
vity of her child ; but ail her tears, threats, ar4
suasions, were unable to get loan her any „t 44
tory' account of what she had done with it, ;10.1
endeavours of the Magistrate were equ„Hy finch
She I She was wholly indifferent and unmor h '"
threats of punishment, though he tried
by giving directions, in her hearing, that
be taken back to prison and whiaed eve;; day
she told the truth. Even this, hewevcr,
,prod;cu
confession, the remaining obstinate to the V ety last
The Magistrate accordingly remanded her until Tut..
day next, with directions that she should be kept is
a room by herself, and subjected to such little depii,
vations as might be deemed proper to bring hiatus
proper sense of her conduct.
liarroN GAnnEN.--Yesterday Elizabeth nil%
lai rid Douglas, and T ',owns Jones? were cone/ nett
for assaulting J. Lloyd and 3. Cook, who had an
companied the females to their apartme;t in Vins
street, Mutton-hill. On their entrance, the
demanded money, when they gave them Ss. 61b*
this did not satisfy them, and en their attempting*
depart, they were assailed by Jones, who was aruni
with a poker, and two other men, who were alp
prchcnded ; bat in the affray that cliwed the csna
.vas knocked out, so that they c 0,11,1 not be teem.
!need. J.,nes aimed a blow at Mr. Cook's hedd
the poker, wi•icli he held in both hands, but whid
I he received on his shoulder; he also received tweet
three ether blows on different parts of the body, ash
would probably have been murdered, had nut
Icompanion cor.trived to escape and alarm thew:it/ft
who enteted in a formidable body, when they lied
Jooes connaleJ under a bed, with the poker hkg
near Limn bent nearly double.
MA RLBO ROUGH-`T R EF.T.—Yesterday the propriete
of a sort of Menagerie in Tottenham Caurt-ioad
peared to a summons, which originated in saved
anonymous letters, stating that the place was a is
ceptacle for pickpockets, &c. These letters,itreerrel,
were sent by an Attorney; but in contradictioatohis
correspondence, it was stated by the Clerk of the
Board of Works of the parish, and by the Constables
in the neighbourhood, that the pile:: was kept vet
orderly, and the next door neighbours were not
turbed. The defendant begged to explain, that tG
pit was kept open by subscription, and that the sni.
scribers were persons of consequence. The anirnocif
of this lawyer arose ftem his putting in a doga
fight the badger for a silver cup and cAar, airy
by a Gentleman. The lawyer tried him on toje.
the badger, meaning to tame him a bit, that bis dot
should wan. This the defendant refused. The law-
yer's dog lost, and he wanted to thew his entance-
money back, but, said defendant, "
The Magistrate desired it to be understood, that he
did not sanction this thing ; but under ali the circus.
stances, he should not notice the present case..

BIRTHS.
Oct. 17, at Loudham Hall, Suffolk, the Lady SagMaki
donald, of a son.
Saturday se'nniCht, at Bob'
land, the Lady of Sir Robert

MA:

Oct. 8, at Tenby, Captain
Cockburn, relict of the late A.
Tuesday, at Ansley Church,
Chetwode, Esq. eldest son of
in the county of Stafford, Bart.
daughter of John Newdigatc
flail,

Oct. £2, H. F. Hawker, Et
Josephine, daughter of Joseph
keeper, of Weedon Beck, Nort.

May 12, at liadras, Lit utenat
C.B. of the Madras At ti:lery.

. At Clogher, or. the itith
f.nirth ton of the Lite 1:,.r!, and
Roden.

At Clapham, after an illness
zabeth, widow of Mr. Francis
ner of St. Paui's Churcb-yarts

Monday st'iiight, at the
Toaver.street, York, age(l F 6,
Rev. Dr Waddington, Rect..
At Hammersmith, Mr. Sawn
Mill-street, Conduit-street, aged Y..
Oct. 19, at Dover, aged 82, Mrs. Sharp, relict of cipi
Sharp, of that place.
Same day, at Dover, Anne Steward, third daugiterslC%
John Boyce, late in the service of the East India Carpany•
Sept. 24, at Boulo2;ne, where he had gone lot the brotii
his health, Mr. Ridley 'Forster, jun. of St. Edotuad
ford, aged .21. The immediate caute of his death vial**
tore of a blood-vessel.
Monday se'nnight, suddenly, Henry Byoe, Esq. dSr,
lash House, Devon. Mr. B. was on his journey scie'"
fs
Union Post Coach, from Sluthmuln n to Exeter, 4:0.1.1
the homes, had walked up Dray ford-hill, with °ilia pavel4
with whom he conversed appartody in good heaths/JO
and with his usual cheerfulness ; but shortly after rissekl
scat in the carriage he expired without a str.l,:gle.
Thursday, the 13th of September, about. live o'clock, tar
Jansen, Esq. a Delegate to the Conventi n, from the coP,i
Ulster, when apparently in perfect heaith, fell doom isle:.
pitol, at Albany, in the State of New York, and effo:"
sternly. He had the eloment before.purchascd a tickcslgl:
mission to Peale's celebrated picture of Ts:ease/ill°.
exhibiting in the Senate Chamber ; and while he vas 01
the threshold of the door lezdiag to the picture, he tact jai
eummon;:d i'rom the repteteuutioa t 3 the awful realitl„..

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Ivoir Park, county of Dow„ls ,
t Bateson, Bart. of a son. ,o
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Edward Stopford, R.N. d7o
A. Cockburn, Esq.
i in the county of Waroitl,l
f Sir John Chetwode, ofol4
Sart. to Elizabeth Juliani3Ols
Ludford, Esq. D.C. Lof
r.sq. of the 19th Voot, to MO
ih Wheeler, Esq. Ordnana
forthampronshire.
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tenant-Colonel Samuel pal ,
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and brother to the present
lass of sixteen years, aged i,5
iris Newbtry, formerly of ;to
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6, Airs. W.lthlington,
tor of Cavendish, Suffolk.
Samuel NI alleson, surgeon, Itz
aged 28.