Star.
London, England, 1827-11-15 00:00:00

said,Thoirab he did not deem birnselt responsible, being only Wives to keep the peace in the Church, yet be bad exerted himself vain to apprehend the .-ulprit.
Mr. Hawimoists said, be had repeatedly appeared before Malik the character of a peace officer, and recsannwoded Mr. B. Nu,
the question at law, whether he was to be a pryer *Seer or mot
his own pleasure—which Mr. B. promised to do.
A journeyman baler was charged with robbery rod embezzle,
nient.-asliwidence was given to prove that the prisoner bad itailk
some split peas, a barkrt, a roll tin, some oatme.l, and two ealog.
from bit master. Mr. John Bland, of No. 0, Uppet-park pg.%
Miry-la-bonne, and bad sold them to Mr. Chutes Hutkt,of gm*.
street, Lisson.grnve ; and several of Mr Bland's miwomers steed
that they had paid sums of money to the prownet on his otalears,
account, which he embezzled.—The prisoner, who had an a false
occasion been charged with felony, made no defence, and he Li
fully committed for trial.

LA MI BETH-STREET.
Yesterday two woolen waited en the Magistrates, for 'site
as
to time disposal of an intelligent looking boy, named Joint %dui.,
who was thrown adrift by a Captain in the West India trait—. Some time since he was induced by the Captain to kave kis papaw
at Liverpool, and embark with him for Jamaica. do
ward bound pastage,in which they lost the entire se rite ereworkk
the eseeption of the Captain and himself, lte was items
kindness, but on their return homeward ()site when/fiat; aul the Captain, since his arrival, bad turned dim adrift;
this condition he was supported by the applicant, wks ha
some slight knowledge of him. A few days paq he had re, misted a letter from his mother, who begged of him to toga
borate, by being passed by the Parish, or procuring a passage Weak
of the Liverpool traders. In order to comply WWI thew yaks*,
the lad was now before their Worships. Ur. Hardwick divas,*
the Chief Meer to procure the required passage. The Captahrti
a Liverpool trader bad consented to receive him, and woad oil
ois Saturday.

UNION HALL.
A seafaring man was charged on suspicion of being impliewm
all extensive smuggling transaction in August last, when the dee
underwent a Mug investigation, which terminated in the acquited
the defendant in consequence of an informality in the informatiow.
The evidence was shortly this: Barber was wethmg
barge, laden with used, up the River, on the 4th of August, wies
he was accosted by the defendant anti others, olio were tai
board a vessel named the Deception. They engaged vim far
a ontierelgn to land some goods in the neighbourhood of Taw.
hail bridge. At an early hour the following in, mini the bar.
with its cargo, consisting of 3,U4 lbs. of smuggkd tobaccos was
seined and taken to the King's Stores.

Mr. Purr submitted that the informaiion wat net supported
by the evidesace, and tailed the attention of the Bench to the Act
(6 Geo. IV. cap. leditogetber with the words of tie informaris%
to bear him out in his •iew et the subject. The Magistrdies agreed.
and discharged the defendant.,

About 12 o'clock on Thursday night last, a carter, in
the emplc y of Messrs. Johnson and Co. c mien, Mao•
che.ter, when on I,is way from Liverpool ith a can,
was attacked. a little beyond Sinkey bridge, by four
men, who appeared to come born a plantation by the
road sicle. One stopped his horse,, whilst the others
seized the caner, and demanded his money, one of them
presenting a pistol to his head.. tie trld :hem the. he
WAS only a poor carter, and never carried tinge money
than was sufficienj to defray his expenses on the road;
on which they searched his pockets, and toik from him
Ss. 4d., which was all he had about him. They
then compelled him to get upon the cart, tke off
the tarpaulin, and hand down some packages of
goods, which they examined. Whilst they were
thus engaged, a man came up to the sect ham
Warrington, very much intoxicated. The ro►bers
seized him, tied his legs together, and searched his
pockets for money ; but he had employed hirmett too
well at the public-house to leave cash in his-pr.ckets for
the benefit of other people. When the Ibsen; had is.
tisfied theinselves with looking over the goo.ll, and had
taken a parcel of stockings. and a hat, which was in a
band-box on the cart, they took the drunkea man by
the arms and legs, and tossed him i-to the car, telling
him and the carter that if either of them were found in
that place again before four o'clock in the morning, his
brains should be blown out. They then ordered the
caster to drive off, which he did, and carried tis com•
panion in misfortune. back to the place where he had
so joyously spent the evening.