Star.
London, England, 1816-11-01 00:00:00

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'as the agent
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having occaL , 404
fifty pounds in the hands c,f the defendants, who ac-
cordingly drew tor that sum upon the agents of the
Durham Bonk, residing in-• the metropolis, desiring,
the money to be paid on acconnt of the Durham:
Bank, the.defendant signing the bill a iikhaut descri-1
bing himself in the character of an agent. The
Durham Beak afterwards became insolvent, and the
bill not being paid-, the question now was—Whether
the defendant was liable upon it in his personal
char doter ?
The Co,irt held that as there was no other name
upon the bill, and as it was drawn in his personal
'Character, the defendant alone was liable.--Judgment

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for the plaintiff.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Yesterday a licence was prayed •by Mr. ARNOLD
for the Lyceum, his petition stating that he bad ex,
pended eighty thousand pounds in building -an Opera
House, but that his licence from the Chamberlain to
pel form Operas was restricted to four months. He
therefore prayed a licence to enable him to open his
House fur the residue of the year [or dancing and
Concerts.

His petition was opposed by the Theatres of Drnry.
Lane and Covent Garden.
Upon the opinion. of the Bench being taken, a large
majority was in favour of granting the licence, which
was issued accordingly.
Application wan also made to the Court, on the
part of tie Prow ietors of the Pantheon, for a licence
Music .and Dancing for the ensuing winter. This
was opposed Ity Mr. CUNDY, who had the licence last
year, stating, that he had the occupation of the
Theatre, and claimed a renewal of the licence. It
was asked, whether the public had benefited by the
licence granted last year ? It was said, that owing to
disputes •it had not been used. The licence was re-
,tustd to either party.
OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

bees to the prisoners Ashton
were both found itarbibut

pitally convicted of buraartespi y
he &Calling-house or Samuel
therein some plate and'iwo'
_...Aver money.
October last, the prisoner came to
the prosecutor, And had same li.
Itiot• He then went out and the shutters were shot
pp. At a quarter past ten o'clock, Mrs. Chason sent
her servant up to her bcd-room for some sheets, and
upon entering. the chamber found the windows and
gutters, which bad been previously shut, wide open,
the drawers open, and the property in question gone.
She immediately 'went down stairs ;o inform her
mistress, and while in the act of telling her whit she
had seen, distinctly beard a maw jump as if front a
window upon the pavement in the street. A' person
who was passing through Rubsell•street at the time,
saw the poisoner jump from be window of this room,
and after.poxsuing him through masi; streets, at last
apprehended him, and gave him in charge to a con-
stable. A pistol, -loaded withintalf an inch of the
mouth, containing two balls, cbox with phosphorus,
'Matches, and other articles, were found upon him
when he was taken, and theprisoner was with much
difficulty prevented from pulling the pistol out of his
right-hand pocket when be was apprehended. •

11.1ANstosi Houkt.---Yestaday, Mary Smith was
charged with having stolen a tea-caddy and a quan-
tity of clothes out of the, apartments tel a Mrs. Ca.
balm, who stated that soon after she had left her
rooms in Bishopsgate, she heard they had been broken
open, and upon going to examine them, she met the
prisoner' is the custody of some persons : Smith had
at the time the property above-meatizined, which
belonged to Mrs. Caballo, whose rooms and drawers
had been broken open. The prisoner said, the Officer
imerely wanted to get his forty.
The LORD MAYOR said the prejudice against the
Police, he regretted to declare, existed to an unwar-
rantable -extent. It was certainly a compendious
method to punish a body of people for the crimes of
individuals, and save the trouble of proof ; but as
human as well as Divine justice did not consider
crime as applicable to denominations, but to indivi-
duals, it was we act of rebellion against reason and
humanity to indulge such a disposition against those
who were unconcerned in the transactions alluded to.
The general prejudice induced him to make this ob-
servation. The prisoner was fully committed.
BowNSTRYST.-A-LIONT Bataii.;—Yesterday, Charles
Arrow. a baker in Broad-street, St. Giles's, appear.
ed by summons before Mr. Brame, to answer to an
information charging him with selling bread short of
weight. -The charge was preferred by Mr. Charles
Stray, a shoemaker In Tottenham-court-read, who
had dealt with the prisoner for some time, and had
freqeently discovered his qoartera loaves four and
five minces short of weight, and had as often cons.'
plained to him upon the subct, and the defendant'
had each time promised, it should not happen again.
On Monday Mr. Stray sent a boy In his employ to
the defendant's shop for two quartern-loaves, and,
from what had happened before, be was induced to,
weigh them, and lard they only weighed three
pounds 15 ounces, being six ounces and a half thortl
of weight, and having a family of seven children to,
maintain, and as a matter of public juaticee, bit
thought it right to lay the information.
The Magistrate considered this a very Rapine
case, especially as both the loaves weighed exactly
the same weight; the probability therefore was„that
al: the loaves lie bad made on that day were equally
deficient ; he therefore thought him a proper subject
for a public example, and convicted him in the full
penalty of 10s. an ounce on the IS deficient ounces,
with costs.
Stephen Woolhead, the driver of a hackney-coach,
was charged with stealing a box, containing Jess in
Bank of England notes, some country notes, a num-
ber of guineas, half-guineas, and 7s. pieces, Napo-
leons, doubloons, and some trinkets, which had been
left in his coach by Mr. Savoly, on hiring him Irene
Hatton-garden to Kenton-street. He WAS, committed
for further examination.
HArTON .Albin.—Yesterday Ms Jones, a young
man, Was brought up by Perry, a watefirnao, on a
charge of robbery. The prosecutrix, Harriet
stated, that in the evening of Sweeter last, as she was
passing the corr.er of Charlotte-buildings, Gray° sinn-
lane, the prisoner came up• and snatched her shawl
from her neck; of the value Of £4, and ran up the
above buildings. Witness pursued the prisoner about
half way down the buildings, but was presented pro-,
ceeding any farther, by being seized by ts black dog,i
which held her fast by her clothes, which witness
supposes to have been set npon her by inane confede-
rate of the prisoner, Mary -Ann Harvey, who bed
bean is company with last witness, .corroborated her
evidence. 'rho prisoner was fully committed to
Newgate,for trial.
MARLIOROUGH—STRRIT.---CUARGa or. WILFUL
litUßDEß.—Yesterday, 'Aka Coleman, a youth about
18 years old, was broight-tip, previous to his going 1
**the Session, charged' with the wilful molder of his
father-in-law, Bartholomew Mannar. a shoemaker,
lately .residing at No. 29, Monmouth-street, Saint
Gilts's, on d 15th September. The evidtnce pro-
deiced on the Coroner's Inquest was gone through
again, cad fhe only sew feature in the case was the
testimony of a woman who came forward to awear
that the chtath was the effect of accident. Coleman,
however, was sent to'Newgate to take his trial during
this Session.
Mods HALL.--James Gosport was, yesterday,
brouglft before the Sittirig Magistrate, charged with
repeatedly assaulting a young Lady of fortune and
respectability, residing at Stockwelt. • Frdm the evi-
dence of the young Lady's mother it appeared, that'
the defendant, an elderly man, is a plasterer by trade,
and resideat at Stockwell ; her daughterais A girl of
siitten,and entitled to considerable property on
coming of age. For some time, past, whenever the
yOung La4y went out, the 'prisoner had been in the
habit of way-laying her; and annoying" her with pro-
fessions of love sod idatiration t' 'find he had also ire:
quently of late forced his Wsysyen. into the house,
and distutbetthet fie; nd been repeatedly
recaosatisted with, but remonstrance produced no
goods ect. , A .Getalemeti,' the guardian of the
yowl Latly, ealifirisied this statement.. *The pri-
soner-did net deny the charge, but said.he mist hive
wife; anti a young one to. ; gad Ulu& knells

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LAW INZIWGEIICS. :., .- - u . . lie "alt the facts hoe
who wa
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oimiturpipkyt 14, -.Plitt WAS capitally
I an= :of ~ .1 `exchange Cr ir, • •ng and entering the
facaof tilk case , , 'I. lie defendant • , and stealing. the
;rid of the Chtrbam 'Dili*, residing as elinde lour shiirt•ms miil
in Northumberland. and the ptaiav if On the /-1411 of October
anion for a bill upon London, depuiited -The the He
of the pr
• • .-, -- _. .... iiithr. He then went out