Star.
London, England, 1826-12-01 00:00:00

HATTON.GARDEN.

A deaf and dumb lad, named Waits, was charged with the fol-
lowing atrocious attempt to injure a valuable horse, belonging to a
person named Wall, a stable-keeper, in Black Horse-court, (;ray's
Prom the evidence it appeared, that the prisoner entertains a
most vicious propensity to irjare every kind of animal that augurs
within his reach, forting hot iron down doge throats, sprinkling
' aquafortis over fowls, pouring scalding water over cats, &c. About
eight o'clock yesterday morning (his father's premises adjoining
those of Mr. Wall), he was seen to go into the stable, and was
abort! y after followed by Mr. Wall, who, to his horror and astonish.
meat, caught him in the act of forcing a piece of window-lath,
three feet long, into the ►owels of a horse. The boy immediately
ran out, but was pursued, anti taken into custody.
The horse sank to the ground in a site of exhaustion, and is dot
expected to recover. This is the third occasion oa which valuable
►orses have fallen vktioss to the diabolical practices of this young
monster.

The prisoner, who bad been educated in the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, in writing denied the charge, declaring he had never been
in the stable at all; bat Mr. lionessreeollecting him to have been
before him for a similar offence, ordered him to be remanded till
to-day, when the state of the horse might be ascertained, declaring
,that, should the account be unfavourable, he should inflict the full
penalty of three months' impiisonment.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Thomas Ilia and Kilian Brown were charged with attempting
to steal a dead body from the lsuriatground of the Broadway
Chapel, Westminster. The patrol detected the prisoner at five
o'clock in the morning ; they fotasstia sack, shovel, and other instru-
ments I a tarps, bad bees raised, and the bead was just visible
above the ground, with a rope round it. Anetker grave had been
aho opened. A young woman (bursting auto tears) said, that one
of the graves was her sister's; when Brown, in a brutal manner,
told her to held her tongue, as her sister was snug enough.--Com-
mitted for want of bail So incensed were the mob about the
office' that it was with digicatty the wretches could be protected
from their fury.
Thomas AP Dolma was charged with stealing coals from the
Prisoner was one of the Ere-lighters; his salary had been raised
£lO a year, in lieu of having any persuisites. He confessed his
guilt, and begged for mercy.—Fully committed.

ifoblda 4erks, aged 13, was remanded, charged whh stealing o
104 and part of a Dutch cheese, frotn the shop of
TOWN-HALL.
Jens riasevd, 17 years of age, was committed far trial, under sg.
granted circumstances. He was discharged two dap since for
robbing his employer, Mr. Emmett, oil merchant, of TooleyArmt.
of mocha from the till, and a silver spoon; through the humanity
of the prosecutor, on his father's promise to send him to sea, but was
again arrested on the disamery of his having pawned a pistol, one
of a pair stolen from a former mariner, Mr. Pitcher, also an oil
merchant, whose counting-boase door be broke open, forced the
desks, took away a box containing 30s. in silver, and other property.
The son of a reputable Citizen was examined on a charge of
stealing a piece of lawn from a warehouse in the Borough, where
his father had sent him to deliver some goods. He acknowledged
that he had, on his way to the setae of his guilt, witnessed the ter-
rible example in the Old Bailey ; yet so little effect had it cm his
mind, that he committed the crime within the space of an hour.

We stated yesterday, that a poor famine•struck man
entered the shop of Mr. Drew, baker, in Newcastle.
street, Strand, and seizing a loaf, ran off with the
utmost expedition. Yesterday three fellows followed
the example, and each decamped with a loaf. They
were purpled, and one of them taken, but, through
humanity, Mr. D. suffered him to depart.
Tuesday night a melancholy accident took place in
Liverpool. The chimney of a small house in, a court
is Preston-street, fell in through the roof, forted its way
down through the floors, killing two wen and one
woman, and bruising, in a shocking manner, genial
other persons who were in bed.