Star.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

• POLIO.

Itit,a'r.—Mesreetovs Ant
day the-Loma, Nlavott was occalpiest. tot some hours
in an• investiguion of the following extraordinary. '
case yotteg Gentleman, in deep mourning, who
appeared to be labouring under a distress of mind,
amounting almost to insanity, stated that his father,
who had been a person of some consideration in the
City, died very Suddenly a few days ago, and, from
a variety of circumstances attending hi,. dissolution,
he was led to suspect, not only that his father had
been poisoned, but that a near relation (his father's
brother) was concerned in the foul transaction. The
Loa° MAYOR desired him to explain, at the same
time cautioning him to be most particular in adher-
ing to fact. The applicant then went on to state,
that on Friday se'nnight his father was seized with a
sudden illness, and in spite of powerful medical as-
sistance, he breathed his list early on lite following
morning. lie, at first, imagined his illness to have
been occasioned by eating some shell fish ; but, upon•
reflection, he was induced to think that poison had
been administered to him. He recollected, that while
his father was ill, he requested him (the son) to hand
him come tea which stood in a cup upon a shelf.—
Finding it cold, he told his father it would not do'
for hints, but the latter said, " Yes, it will; your
uncle made it for me." He drank it, but did not
long survive. After further discussion, it was agreed
upon, .as the mode most satisfactory to all parties,
that the body should-be • disinterred and examined
by eminent professional men as to the cause of death.
.11ow-sraem—Satorday, Mr. Joseph Turner, a
pawnbroker, appeared at the Office to answer to a
charge of taking more interest on a pledge than is
Armed by the Act of Parliament, to which he
pleaded not guilty. On the information being read,
it stated that the defendant had taken one pour ! for
the redemption of a five pounds pledge, being more
than is allowed by law. Mr. WILLIAMS, the Solici-
tor, attended for the defendant, and wok an objec-
tion to the information. contending that it ought not
only to have stated the sum that had been taken,
but how much the excess was. The defendant was
acquitted.
Thomas Tobin, a young man of a respectable ap-
pearance, was brought to the Office by Perry. the
Const.".ble, charged with having se:Need a youth
from his relations, and from Scotland, and brought
hint to London in one of the smacks. Ile was dis-
charged on Lis promising to appear at the Office this
Jay to any charge that may be substantially made
against him.

At the Ipswich Quarter Sessions, last week, Ben-
jamin parker was indicted for an assault on Joust
Mussels Score, Esq. on the 26th of June last, the
day on Which the County Election took place.---Jo-
kph Lucas Cook deposed, that on the above evening,
a tumultuous crowd was assembled near Mr. Bevil s,
_that he saw Parker without a hat rushing forward as
if to strike some one, that Mr. Scott interposed to
prevent the blow, and the person got sate into Mr.
Mendharn's house, upon which Parker seized Mr.
Scott by the collar, and hurled him into the midst of,
the crowd ; he at the same time saw a blow struck,.
which caused the blood to flow from Mr. Scott's head,
saw him afterwards quite dizzy from the blow; all
the rabble seemed to be together. The charges being
fully proved, he was sentenced to pay a fine of 20s.
and be imprisoned two months.—The case of Capt.
HATLZY, who was assaulted at the same time, and in
which the prisoner was also implicated, was pat off
till the next Borough Sessions.
Lova AND Rosannv.—Saturday a young man,
named John Mills, came to London by one of the
Gravesend packets, and on the voyage became greatly
enamoured of a young woman of decent and modest
appearance, who was also a passenger. Upon their
arrival in tcwn, Mills became particularly pressing
with his Ctir fellow-voyager to go into a public-
house and take sonic refreshment ; she complied, and
they went into a house near Lambeth Marsh turn-
pike, where, being wearied with the passage, Mills
fell asleep, and was disagreeably surprised, when he
awoke about an hour afterwards, to discover that
the object of his adoration had decamped during his
napt and taken with her and a silver watch.
Mtranaa Ar Ersom.--Dtning the last week, the
town and neighbourhood of Epsom has been in the
greatest agitation and alarm, in.consequence of the
murder of-Ely Cox, Mr. Taserza's game-keeper, on
Sunday se'unight. Very sanguine hopes are enter-
tained that the murderer will be soon brhumht*to
justice, circumstances having transpired which have
furnished the officers (May and Hall, of Union Hall
Police (ffice) with a clue to his person. It was
ascertained by the Officers, that a man of notorious
character, who travels with a caravan drawn by a
donkey, and who is generally accompanied by his
two sons, was within a quarter of a mile of Crock-
ingham-co-rner on the night preceding the morning
the murder was committed. The man lives the lift
Of those persons called gypsies, and supports himself
'and family by the sae-.e unlawful means. On the
morning of the day Cox was found murdered, this
man was seen by some country people in a very
weak state ; he complained of an injury of his back,
and said that it had bled very much, and he was
afraid he should bleed to death. His inquiries were
*free his wife, who it appeared, according to his ac-
count, was " gone a foraging," or seeking for food.
lie said he had received the injury in an affray. It'
•is believed that he was wounded in the back by the
contents of Cox's pistol, which had been discharged
when it was found on the ground some distance from
the body. The sock of the shoe was found also near
the body ; and it is a singular circumstance, that the
man so strongly suspected (not merely from what
we have related, but in consequence of his having
decamped from that part of the country) was ob-
served a few days prior to the murder being com-
mitted puttir.g socks into his shoes, as he was sitting
by his baggage on the mad side near Woodcot Park.
The vigilance and activity of Mr. TROTTIR and the
other Magistrates, who have formed themselves into
a Committee to investigate the murder, and to use
means to bring the perpetrators to justice, has been
eery greatly manifested by their unceasing exertions
to discover and apprehend the murderer.—Cox, is
represented as having been of a particularly mild
disposition, much beloved by his fellow-servants,
and respected by his master. He was.well known as
a most determined enemy to poachers, and as being
realarkabty spirited in ciaecting their rraolccs.