Star.
London, England, 1829-08-05 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

Yesterday a youth, named !dela:lnt Clarke, who Is an apprentice
to Mr. Farrar, a baker, residing in Oxford-market, was charged
on suspicion of setting fire to his master's house. On the morning
of Thursday last, between one and two o'clock, Mr. Farrar's female
servant awoke her master, and said the house was on fire ; flute
was a great deal of smoke in the house. Mr. Farrar went to die
bakehouse, and found the prisoner and another apprentice, named
Houghton, asleep in the dough tub, and under the stairs some
shavings, a chair, a tub, and other articles were on fire ; water
was procured and the fire was extinguished. The only suspicion
against the prisoner was, that when he and the other apprentice
retired to rest, be requested that the candle might not be put out,
and during the preceding week the prisoner had asked his fellow
apprentice something about a recent fire in Cavendish-square, and
inquired which was the best way to set a house on fire? The pri-
soner and his master had recently quarrelled ; and the former de-
elated that he was innocent of the crime imputed to him.
He was remanded.
WORSHIP-STREET.
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Yesterday Mr. Clark: a coach nsauerTappes red with Ms atm-
ney. Mr. Burgess, to answer to an information laid against him by
Byers, for carrying seven outside passengers.
It appeared by Mr. Mules license that be was authorised to
carry seven outside passengers, and the information was of count
dismissed.

UNION-HALL
Jearph Pouter, alias Awes, was on Saturday brought up for re-
examination before 11. Swamis•, Esq. charged wan uttering a
forged 101. Bank of England note in payment of a sovereign that
be owed to Mr. Cohen, a clothes salesman, in the New Cat, and
from whom he received the change.
From the description given of the prisoner to Pople and Curtis,
two of the officers of this establishment, they, after a considerable
search, ascertained that be was already in custody of the keeper of
the Brixton House of Correction, to which place he had been con-
Wined for the period of three mont►s respecting some spirits.
The officers informed the Magistrate that the prisoner was a
well-known utterer of forged notes, and that, were be remanded,
they should be able to procure several cases against him. his fa-
vours having been dispensed pretty generally, but more especially
among publicans ; Mr. Swasev, therefore, ordered the prisoner to
be remanded till Thursday next (to-morrow), to give the officers
further time for procuring fresh evidence.

THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday John Ryan, a cooper in the West India Docks, was
charged with striking a fellow workman with an adze, on the dde
of the head. The assault was proved to be of the most outrageous
description, and it was providential the man was not killed. The
accused was sentenced to pay a fine of 51. and in default was com-
mitted to the House of Correction for two mouths.

A fire broke out last night in a stable-yard, in Great
Queen-street, which entirely destroyed the whole of the stables,
together with Messrs. Robinson and Bon's cabinet workshops.
A fire broke out yesterday morning at the Hotel,
Ozendon-street, near the Haymarket; but from the timely ariival
of the engines, it wasestinguished before it had done mush damage.