Star.
London, England, 1829-09-02 00:00:00

M A RLBOROUG H-STREET.

John and Thomas Gilbert, two brothers, were brought before
the Presiding Magistrate, from St. Giles's watch-house, charged
with (to use the watchman's expression) " refusing to move on."
John Butke, a watchman, stated that the defendants were stand-
ing in New Compton-street, when a man and bis wife came up,
and were about to fight, when the defendants interrupted them,
and prevented it, and they immediately afterwards refused to go
on, for which game he took them to the watch-house, and there
charged them with being disorderly.
This was the offence complained of, and only confirms the opi-
nion that watchmen, now the New Police system is about to be
adopted, are not particular as to their conduct, and the unoffending
are more frequently Immured in a watch-house than those who
are really culpable.
Sir Groans Passe" after a short consideration, ordered the
men to be discharged.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

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At eleven o'clock yesterday mornin;, an inquest was
held by W. L. Newman, Ea+ at Whfrecross-street prison, to in-
quire touching the death of John Clifton Andrews, aged 40, one
of the prisoners.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death, by the Visi-
tation of Gon." The deceased was a Major on the half-pay list of
the British army, and bad served in the canspaigns in the East

At twelve o'clock another inquest was held, by the same Coro-
ner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to inquire touching the death
of Thomas Sumner, a hair-dressier, in Chiswell-strcet, aged 42
years, who shot himself through the head with a pistol, and died
shortly after being brought to the Hospital.
The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased committed
suicide under the influence of insanity."

In the early part of the last war the Captains of British
vessels were ordered by the Admiralty to give some account of the
country, religion, and manners of the inhabitants wh.re they
touched. The Master of one of our ships of war, lying off the
island of Minorca, made the following entry in the log-book : '• The
country is d—d bad, religion they have none, and their customs are
beastly!"

MARCH OF ECONOMY.—During the present summer
a new species of white bat, in cost about 10s. being introduced into
general wear, much to the annoyance of the fashionable manufac-
turers of that necessary article, and to the sensible diminution of
their pmfits. they have bit upon a plan to disgust their customers
with what they call their ill-judged and tasteless economy. The
obnoxious hats are quite napless, and, as the masters describe them,
Ducking but the woollen felt form before the external beaver is a:-
tached to it, and, therefore, they say, not even worth the small sum
which is paid for them. With the view before-mentioned, and al-
together to exclude the Innovators from the market, they have
within the last few days gratuitously distributed a number of them
of the most modern Asps, among the raggedest and filtalst of the
beggars of the metropolis. The sweepers of the crossways, who
may be considered as public characters, have come In for their
share ; and we yesterday saw two of them,one near the Exchange
and the other at the Mansion-house, sporting their new toppers.
ESCAPE OF .% CON V ICT.—On Monday last, Henry
Ramsay, alias Thompson, a convict under sentence of transporta-
tion, contrived to make his escape from the Justitia hulk, at Wool-
wich. It is rather singular, that frequent information; are re-
ceived at the different Police Offices, of convicts escaping from the
above-mentioned hulk.

Aznoctous Pt; N.—A gentleman, seeing a party of
row-bucks going down the river in a boat of a remarkable con-
struction, asked his waterman what was the name of a boat cf that
description? " The Lord knows!" said he of the coat and badge ;
" it's not got no name whatsomdever, but its summat between
wherry and a funny." " Indeed," said the gentleman. "it looks
altogether, boat and crew, like a wherry/spiny concern!"
ANCIENT JOKE.—One rofruo brought a law-suit
against another, which was beard before Philip of Macedon. His
judgment is admired by Plutarch both for its wit and its justice.
It was. 0 That the ds'fendant should fly from Macedon, and :kc
plainly' should follow !"
Michael Scannell, convicted of a burglary at Cork
Assizes, was sentenced to be hanged oo the P2th of September.
On Mr. Justice Torrens recommending biro to look well to the
counsel of his Clergyman, and to endeavour, by a sincere contrition
for his put offences, to secure that mercy in another world which
he could never experience in this, the wretched man exclaimed—
" The man, my Lord, that's born to be hanged can never be
drowned !"
'The atrocious and diabolical plan of introducing stnpi-
ing drugs into liquor was practised, unfortunately, with ton much
success, at Horneastle Fair. A steady cottager, named. Edward
Dickenson, of Prelatic, having sold a horse (or about VOL was in-
duced to drink a glass of liquor with some of the horse dads's.—
Immediately afterwards he was seined with a benumbing stupid
sensation, which deprived him of resistance and recollection, and.
while lu this state, the villains very easily robbrahltu •d his money
by cutting open his waistcoat, and taking the notes from his t,reas:
pocket.

BIRTH.
Sunday, the Lady of Doctor Beak, of Caher, of a son--and or.
saint day, the LadyrofJobn Jailiens, Esq. of Flontlngstowthainiss•
of a son—both ladies are sisters.

MARRIED.
At Delgany, county of. Wicklow, A. C. Sterling, E'q. fieut••
24th Regiment of Foot.• to Charlotte, only daughter of thelate
.Major-Ciknerial Joseph Bird.

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