Star.
London, England, 1829-07-06 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Ragas Healy, a tailor, who resided in Ormond-place, Little Or-
mond-yard, was examined on suspicion of wilfully setting fire to
the house which he occupied. It appeared that on Sunday night,
about eleven o'clock, the smell of fire was perceptible in the neigh.
bourhood. The prisoner was asked for the key of his shop. At
first he denied having it in his possession, but when he was told
that the door would be broken open, he brought the key. On en.
tering the shop, they found about two feet of the wainscot in a
state of ignition, as well as a part of the floor. The place was at
least four feet from the stove. One witness stated, that on the 7th
of March last an alarm of fire, under similar circumstances, ec•
curred in the prisoner's premises, and he at that time, as on this
occasion, started objections to the persons who were attracted to
the spot, being admitted to the apartment. Several witnesses
proved that the prisoner repeatedly threatened to set fire to the
house. Several persons stated, that on Thursday and Friday
se nnight they heard the prisoner declare that he would set fire to
the place, and" burn all the English heretics in it." One person
stated, that on Friday the prisoner said, " He would set fire to the
whole parish before he had done, and burn all the English heretics.'
During the investigation the prisoner appeared very indifferent to
his situation, and often broke in upon the order of the Office, by
interrupting the examination of the witnesses by passing observa-
tions and making contradictions. In vain Mr. Laing called out
" Silence, Sir—your time is not come yet." Still did the prisoner
interfere, until he was told by Mr. Rogers that if he was not
silent he should be removed until the evidence was taken. It ap.
peared that the prisoner bad a few days previous to Sunday last
removed some goods from his premises, among which was a lea-
thern trunk. The things were removed to his brother-in-law's,
who, with some hesitation, consented to give them up. In the
trunk were found three cannisters of gunpowder, and some shot.
The prisoner accounted for this by saying that he bad lately mar.
tied a wife from Greenwich, and that he intended to go to the
country on a shooting excursion. He made no specific defence,
but had repeatedly said he expected his Solicitor, and begged to
be remanded.—He was remanded.

M A RLBOROUG H-STREET.

Saturday Totu Cannon, of the Castle Inn, Jermyn•street, was
fined Si. for allowing cards to be played In his home.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Saturday a young woman, named Mary Thompson, was ebarged
with breaking a watchman's arm. On the previous night the pri.
loner treated a great disturbance in a public house, and the watch.
man having beta called in to turn her out, she gave him a most
violent blow on 64 arm, which snapped the bone in two. The
witness who proved the cue, when asked if the prisoner had any
thing in her hand when she struck, replied, " No, your Honour,
nothing bat her tin."
MART-LA•BONNE.

Thomas and John Waiter, two young men, were charged with
stealing 1504 belonging to Mr. Bunn, landlord of the Lord High
Admiral public-husse, Church-street, Usson-grove.
It appei.red that the prisoners visited the above house on Sunday,
and dined there. They frequented the house every day from that
time until Thursday. On Thursday John Walker asked Mrs.
Bunn to change him four pounds worth of silver for sovereigns,
and it Is supposed that the prisoners then discovered where the
landlord's cash-box was placed. On Thursday they suddenly left
the house, and shortly after their departure it was discovered that
the cash-box had been forced open, and cash and notes to the
amount of lea stolen. The prisoners were apprehended the next
day at Fairlop Fair. They denied being the persons who had
committed the robbery.
They were remanded till Tuesday.
UNION-HALL

A dolman, named Dowle, in the employ of Mr. Wheeler, a
linen draper, living in High-street,Newington, was fully committed
to take his trial, charged with robbing his master under these cit..

The prisoner having been some time suspected of taking money
from the till, it was suggested to the prosecutor to mark some
money. He accordingly marked three half crowns, which were
them given to a customer to go to the shop and purchase goods of
the prisoner. The latter received the money so marked, and hay.
ing supplied the articles, the customer went away. In the evening
two of the marked half crowns were found in the till, and the
third, on searching the prisoner, was found in his pocket.

LA BIBETH-STREET.
Saturday Elizabeth Briggs and her father, Thomas Briggs, were
brought before Messrs. WYATT and HARDWICK, the Sitting Magis-
trates, for mud examination, the former charged with robbing her
mistress, Mrs. Eliza Taylor, of Fleet-street, ten years ago, and the
latter with receiving the property, knowing it to be Stolen.
The cause of the apprehension of the two prisoners was in con.
sequence of a family quarrel, when the father, from motives of re.
venge, and not suspecting the consequences in which he involved
himself, gave information that his own daughter had committed the
robbery, the pewttration of which he had himself instigated, and
the produce of which he had alone benehtted by. After a long
investigation, both prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for
trial at the next Sessions.