Star.
London, England, 1829-02-18 00:00:00

MEETING AT LAMBETH PAIISH.

1111.
4:. Me NMWY ROADS.
- A numerous Meeting offilhr principal Inhabitants of
Lambeth wail held yesterday. at the Boys' Seim- 1 House.
Lambeth, pursuant to a printed ioviuttinn, in conse-
quence of a notice received by the patochial as chortles
from the trustees ill the roads in that and the adj-ining
-parishes, that the powers of the Act under which they
were empowered tatinihated partly in July nett. and.
partly in 18.99. The inhabit anti only in the line of road:
•ere invited.
After the printed circular and notice hom the trus..
tee:. which had been passed at a Meeting if that body
•o late at August last, had been read,
Mr. Levi, • who presided, as Chairman. said the
Meeting. sem called for the purpose of coming to wine
speedy conclusion as to what was best to be done to
uphold the necessary lighting and watching of the
parish. The Chairman, in answer to various questions,
said it was intended to carry a Bill in Parliament. autho-
rising a rate on the inhabitants of the principal line of
roads and the streets in shrectcuanecti-n with them ;Lid
that the expense of the Bill would of course fallen such
inhabitants. Tl:e present trustees had obtained their pug
for seven years, although their application wax for '2l
years. The trust had been continued since the 9th o
George U. and the first lighting and watching arose
from al' er being rubbed on his nay to the House of
Lords, the horses having been even taken from his car-
riage. It was necessary the parish should cone to an
immediate resolution, 24, if notice of the Bill was not
given by Friday next, the last day of receiving Private
Bills by the Legislature, they would be too late with
their Petition. He (the Chairman) had, with their
Rector (D . D'Oyley) waited upon the Uncle, Secretary
of State, but was intormed his intended p dice regula-
tions did not embrace the lighting and watching.
Mr. Col.l.lwas, Mr. Hilreali, and the CnAinuAw,
spoke of the present dreadful state of crime in Lam-
beth. and said it would be better to light and watch
the parish generally. instead of the masa toads only,
as that would greatly prevent the daring daily and
nightly robberies.
This proposition appeared to meet with the general
approbation of the Meeting.
Mr. HA RWOOD, in an able speech. spoke of the great
expense attending a Bill in Parliament, and thought
that an arrangement might be made with the adjoining,
parishes. so as to free Lambeth from the heavy burden
which would fall upon it. Mr. Harwood read several,
clauses of the Trust Acts, and complained of the Meet-
ing being called so late.
Several parishioners sreke of the great insecurity of
property and p torts in Lambeth from the present
inefficient system. _

A quer ion of amendment was.about to be tarried.,
for the purpose of a general meeting being called; but
it being discovered that if the Petition for a Bill in Par-
liament was not taken op by Friday nest, the parish
would be too late, and consequently without any power
tor lighting and watching, it was abandoned.
It was then mowed, seconded. and agreed to, tbat a
Petition to the House if Commons be upon the instant
drawn up and presented.
After considerable discussion, it was also carried that
requisition be presented to the Churchwardens, to call
a general meeting of the paiisbioners at large, to con-
sider the propriety of lighting and watching the parish
more generally, and of the best means of carrying the
measure into effect.

Thank. being voted to the Chairman, the Meeting
adjourned.
Friday morning, the house of the Rev. Dr. BCPCIIA•
NAN, of Woodmanstone. near Banstead. Surrey, was
broken into by a gang consisting of six men. The
thieves gained an entrance into the female servants'
bed room by means of a ladder. One of them had a
lantern in one hand and a dagger in the other, and
threatened the servants, if they made' any alarm, he
would blow their brains out. From the servants'room
the thieves proceeded onward through the passage, but
were overheard by the man servant, when they imme-
-8 -tely made their escape.
A dreadful accident, which occurred on Saturday
afternoon last, at Blackwater, has thrown the family
and friends of M . Moartmaa, surgeon, of that place,
into a state of great affliction and distress. Mr. M. had
just returned from visiting his patiei is in his phaetno,
and was about to descend at hii Own door, when his
hor►e suJdenly backed at the 'wise of an approaching
stage-coach, and the cattle of luith vehicles becoming
entangled, the a hole f, ur stage horses fell on that of
Mr. Morriman, and thus ()miscuing the phaeton, the
unfortunate Gentlem..n was thrown out with great vio•
lence on his head, and he died almost instantly, from
an injury of ,the I rain.
About ten o'clock on Monday night. a man and wo.
Tan eaten d the house of Mr. James, of Pilgrim-street,
Kennington-lane. The master and mistress were out,
having left charge of the house to the servant girl.
Mr. James went from home about seven o'clock, and
//inflict at half-past ten, but could not obtain admit-
tance, notwithstanding his having repeatedly knocked
at the door. Surprised at the circumstance, he at

length obtained an entrance ino ti e house, and on
proceeding into the kitchen found the servant girl
bound with a rope to the dresser. with her apron tied
aver her month, her hands fastened behind her back,
and her legs also• firmly tied. The account given by
the girl of the situation in which she was found is as,
follows—She was sitting, in the parlour, when hearing
the street door open she went into the passage, and
saw a man mud woman. The man seized ber, and
tweed her into the.positi n above described. Having
bound her to the dresser, he exclaimed." Curse you, if
you speak Ell put the knife into you." The woman
said, " 110 p u confine her—and nt do it." They
then went up stairs into the bedroom, and forced the
lock of a drawer, and took Out a Lady's watch and a
curse containing fimeteen voveleigns, leaving several
lade articles of value in the same drawer.
FALICIIIIC.--SINGVLA a SAGACITY 01 A Don.—During,
the latessnow, a remarkable incident of the brute-rea-
soning kind occurred at a f.rm house in this neighbour.
hood. A number of fowls ism missed one evening,
$t the hem when they usually retired to their roost, sod,
Ili cohjectorres were lost in trying to account for their
isappearance. While sitting around the kitchen ingle,
ersang all.the " ganger' bodies" who had been seen
that day near the hou,e, the attention of the family
was teased by the entrance of the house dog, having
in his mouth a hen, apparently dead. Forcing his
ell to the fire, the cautious animal laid his charge
d .wn upon the warm hearth, and immediately set off.
I He monnenteted again with another, which be deposited
in the same.placr, and so continued till the whole of
ithe poor birds. were rescued. Wandering. about the
stsult.ydrdr, the fowls had becetue quite.benumbed by
the extreme cold, and. bad crowded together, when the
dog observing them, effected their deliverance! They
lwd 'not • lain 104 'before the -glowing ribs -etc they
startgd,..to theiL, legty. and. walked off to their "bends,
e 'skiing Alta kola martir, *Minim new variations, in
thanks to their canine friend----•- -

DOSING.

MILT 11<ETWAIISI kelt ' ROCK *IW MAJttir
IOGROII, FOR ..e.go.
Yfeskt dory the behinditt lb* P. ire • Retest was ne.
copied with eastern elegance. that is, slit- a tear cowls
vans and meagre boric.. Th. re was nothing parties.,
tar 14 a clianAeable nature vireettiy of the day, Assist
attidAscepting that bread and cheese was to be had at
A sr Prin‘alßegent for a..king for, which were handpi
to the hungry in due decnium, genteelly served ape
'dang3 g between the finger and thumb of the wailing.
All this fuss of company was to see the battle be.
tweet L he and the veteran Gidgeon. The former is
a yet utts known some time by the cognomen of the
it • I Youth, and Gi 'germ was known as the Hercules
in Miniature cf the East. Hairy is a Sheeney, and has
the oost wishes of all his peoples. He is a trim made
little fellow, rather " wearing Mitt the vale of years,"
for be is somewhere about forty years of age, slid some.
what the worse for wear. Gidgeon has neglected po-
gili,m rather more of late, and paid his ps incipal sues-
tion Gt the power and points of boll dogs.
Toe too belligerents had a trial i f skill about a
twelvemonth ago on Old Oak Common, and then Loch
was the victor ; but Gidgeon still thought of a chalice,
and his Is iends. thought so too, so they found the money
and Harry was willing t•I fight, and thus went that*
of affairs that brouAht the mill about.
About one o'clock, Tom Oliver had fazed the news.
ratty rattle traps, and at five minutes past one the cere.
moray of throwing up bats, tobsiqu for choice of Oaks
at coming up, scc. had been completed—Locke waa
lucky in the toss. He was attended by. JIM *Card"
and Jce Fishewicke, and fought under the coleus it.,. •
blue. Harry Gidgeon had Jem Ward and Jew I) .dd„
an out-and-out big one, for his seconds; they had y 4.
low for their sign. Two thotough seconds he had, foe
Dodd is quite large enough to pick up the Manaksekg,
had it been engaged its knock down amusements.
Gidgeon weighed fist. 11b. Locke was Lt. 10ib. the
latter the favourite for choice.