Star.
London, England, 1829-07-07 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

Last night a Unen.draper, residing in Leicester-square, wri
charged with having attempted to violate the person of Slizsbesk
Whitelock, servant to Mr. Brooks, Oxford-street. It appeared
that the defendant went to Mr. Brooks's house on Sunday, to 'lst
a young man, named George, who is in Mr. Brooks's service, and
be then took an opportunity of getting into the kitchen with the
servant, and assaulted her in a very gross manner. The defendant
and George afterwards walked out together, and went into a pub.
11c-house, where they drank some liquor. He bad been but
short time in the house when he went away, under some frivolous
pretence, leaving George alone, and, returning to Mr. Brooke,
house again, assaulted the servant.
He was committed in default of ending bail.
MA R LBOROUG H-STREET.

Henry Avis was committed for trial for picking the pockets of
several persons of smaU sums of money, at the !Leman Catholic
Chapel in Duke•streets Lincoln's Inn-fields.

UNION-HALL
ROBUST 1T • 8110111Allo•••4 shopman in the employment of
Mr. %Wheeler. linen draper, of Newington Causeway, was charged
with robbing his employer.
Mr. Wheeler has two establishments for carrying on his trate_
one at Newington Causeway, and the other in St. Paul's Church.
yard. At the former shop the prisoner oliciated as superintendent.
Mr. Wheeler having been informed that the prisoner was in the
habit of placing in his pockets a portion of the money be received
from the customers, a plan was laid to detect him, by a puke
being sent with some marked money to purchase some articles._
The marked money was afterwards found in his possession.
letter was also found upon him from a female servant who formerly
resided with Mr. Wheeler, couched in very endearing terms; the
main purplrt of which, however, was an application for more of
the " needful," as Mr stock of cash was exhausted.

In reply to Mr. Hosts, the complainant said that the primmer
received a salary of forty pounds per annum, and his board and
lodging.
The prisoner said that he had inadvertently put the marked
money in his pocket, and intended to have returned it again to the
till.—He was committed for triaL

A young man named Bond, who held a very good situation is
the establishment of Mr. Coiling., the engineer, in the Westivin.
ster-read, was charged with stealing some brass screws, &c. from
the manufactory.
The screws, &c. the prisoner had broken up to put into kis
pocket; they were originally worth W. or 51. ►ut in the condition
they were found on his person they would not fetch as many ski.
lings.—He was committed for trial.

Sunday morning, at an early hour, some thieves at.
tempted to enter the premises of Mr. Briggs, an eaten.
sive shoe manufacturer, opposite the Philanthropic
School, in the London road. They applied a centre.bit
to the shutter next the door, and made an aperture suf.
ficiently large to admit a man's arm. Instead of with.
drawing the fastenings, they broke the glass, and by the
aid of a long rod, wilh a hook attached at one end,
these" angling burglars," as they are termed, managed
to withdraw property from the window to a consider-
able amount. From the time at which the family went
to bed, the robbery could not have taken place before
two o'clock ; and it is a little extraordinary that they
should have affected their purpose in such a public
road, and within thirty yards of a watch box. From
the manner in which the " job'' was done, it would
appear that, however daring, the thieves were not
'expert cracksitten.

Saturday morning, about half past eleven o'clock,
as Mr. Knapp, a respectable builder, residing in Ciren-
cester-place, Portland-road, was superintending some
repairs going forward at the reservoir, or cess-pool,
connected with one of the drains at Mary-la-Bonne In-
firmary, the foul air or mephitic gas exploded, and
becoming immediately ignited from a candle held by
one of the attendants, enveloped two workmen, named'
Johnson and Carroll, in a body of flame, that scorched
them in a shocking manner. Mr. Knapp, who luckily
was not so much exposed to the explosion as the work-
men, escaped with less injury. Strong hopes are enter-
tained of his speedy recovery, but the two workmen
were burnt all over in such a dreadful manner, that it
will be some time ere their recovery can be expected.

BIRTHS.

Sunday, the rit6 inst. in TavistOci-place, bin. Edmond Gila,
of a son.
At Edinburgh, on the nth uk. the Lady of Job■ Graham, Es
younger of BaUagnan, advocate, of a son.