Star.
London, England, 1820-07-28 00:00:00

ALEXANDER V. MILNER, BART.

This was an action by an attorney against a Life
High Sheriff, for the costs of an action, in which 11:e
plaintiff, against Ingham, a bailiff, was successful.
Mr. Justice BATLEY said, the Sheriff had been ol i.
ginally only a nominal defendant, and might wi;:i
safety have allowed a verdict to go by.defkatlt. ile
was, therefore, not liable for costs.—Nonsuit.

TILE KING 11. BROWN.

Mr. Justice PARK, having delivered the jail, tried
causes in the Crown Court,. and the above cau,e
came to be tried before him. It was an indictmert
at the instance of the Justices in the ntighbolirllood
of Thirsk, for a gross insult offered, by the defend.irt
saying to them, You work more for money Coin
for justice ; you .want the money to get your dinner,
.and a bottle of wine after it."

Mr. BROUGHAM tried to get rid of the indictmert
by means of several technical objections; but his
Lordship overruling •he apologized for h;i
client, and allowed a nominal verdict to be pica
against the defendant.

POLICE.
• Maftsiou-Hocsr.—Four men, named Fitpbwrs, Cowen, ;AS-%
and Nilson, old-clothesmen, were braug:st up, charged by Car:.
Page, of the East India Company's service, under the new
Street Act, with having obstructed the public 'highway, and at-
tempted to establish a new old-clothes market, in Castle-street,
Houndsditch. The defendants begged fur mercy; and on their
promising to remove the nuisance they were discharged.
GUILDIRALL:-...01TA1%1NG ;HOVEY UNDES. FALSE PRETENCES,-•
Yesterday, a person who has held a- respectable station in the
City, as a boot and Shoemaker, was brought up on a 'variant,
and underwent an examination before Sir Joust Hama, on a
charge of having obtained the suns of 91. 13a. under tai -.e pre-
tences, from a tradesman nansed..Rumbic..—Sir Joust Eames
was of opinion that it was a veil peculiar case, whir.: r::aired
sense consideration, and he should take an opportuni- yt love
the opinion of the City Solicitor upon it. At the request of tile
parties, who said they had many witnesses to bring forward, he
adjourned the examination until neat week. The prisoner aria,
in the meantime, released upon his own recognizance.
Bow-ssitaier.—Yesterday JAn Douglas was charged with steal-
lag two cushions, thiproperty.of Robert Skit, a coachmaker is
Long-acre.—The prisoner was committed for re-ex3minatioo.
.lerennals Afurisity, a porter in Covent-garden Market, was
rhStged with stealing 37 gallonii"of fruit.—lle was reminded.
Limon HALL.--Wednesday night, J. Morris, 0. Illwards;
and J. Inwood, Esqrs after spending the evening at a coffee-'
house, were proceeding to Vauxhall, aril when about the middle
of Vauxhzll-bridge, they were attacked and robbed by five ruf-
fians, who, though closely pursued, etiected their escape in the
confusion at the garden gate.

SIVGULAR VERDICT.—At the Quarter Sessions for
Lancashire County, held at Lancaster Castle, ca
Tuesday se'nnight, Job! Safe, the mate, and fto&rt
Jewell, a seaman, belonging to the Bideford, of
Bideford, were indicted for stealing, at Lancaster,
nine gallons of wine, the property of Messrs. T. Sat-
tertbwaite and Co. and upon apparent evidence of
their guilt, the Jury pronounced the following ver-.
dict :—" Not Guilty, but ue desire they may be repri-
manded!"—This anomalous pi ctice of reprimand-
ing on a verdict of Not Guilty, affords another com-
plete proof of the excellence
.9f the Scotch. custom of
finding " not proven."
DREADFUL EXPLOSlON.—Wednesday night, the
neighbourhood of St. Gebrge's-fi!....lds was thrown into
alarm by an explosion of gunpowder, &c. in the
apartment of Mr. Jones, a file-work manufacturer.
The shock shook every.house within 200 yards, shat-
tering the windows, and knocking doWn chimney-
pots, &c. Mr. Jones occupied the lower part of i. 1.?
house of Mr. Smith, a firtier, who was ignorant <:
his profession, or that he kept gunpowder on the pre-
mises at all ; and on Wednesday night be (Jones) wzitt
out, leaving his wife in care of the place.— About t::e
time the accident occurred, it was said she was hccd
striking a light, and in an instant the house blew up,
and the back front was blown some distance from tl.!
house. Volumes of smoke arose; at length a female
form, with three children hanging about her neck,
was descried through the flames, at one of the u
windows; she threw the children down one
another, and it fortunately happened that taro
them were caught by the spectators; the other fcl;,
and received seme contusions,. but none of a scrim
nature. The woman was then about to jump Mt
herself, but. was dissuaded by a Constable, who nut
up stairs, and succeeded in brin-ging her out of the
ruins; without either experiencing 'much injury.. En-
gines arrived about- eleven o'clock, and the fire wai
got under. By the ister-piiition of ruoviocscs. a
chest ofdrawers was bloWn..tuider the stairs, which
had the effect of keeping therritp, andjiad it i.o: be.'a
for this fortunate circumstance, evert person in talc
house must have perished. •
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LON DO.N : rriuted and published %y Lsvzt. KEPI, I'4 itAlt-
PlAce, Tunipit. bar.

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