Star.
London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Dien was again brought up on several charges of stealing type.
Mr. Taylor, of the firm of Taylor and Co. printers, Old Bailey,
stated, that a porter came to them, and offered a considerable
quantity of type for sale ; part of it was in pie (loose), and part
was set in pages and tied up, ready to be taken to the form for
printing. Witness questioned the porter respecting it, and he said
it had been given to him by the printer, whom be would bring to
the place, for which purpose be went away. Before he returned,
witness had the type examined by some of his compositors,
who were of opinion it belonged to Mr. Dove, of St. John's-
square, printer. Witness in consequence sent for Mr. Dove ; soon
after wi)ich the porter who bad *feted the type for sale, returned
with the prisoner, who said it was his property, and that be bad
given it to the porter to bringg for tale. Mr. Dove came iu imme-
diately after, and claimed the type as his property, and sent for an
officer, to whom he gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Dove deposed, that two pages of the type produced were
certainly his property. One was a page of Gibbon s Decline and
Fail of the Ream Empire, and the other of Misuse's History of
Essiand, both of which works be printed last year. lie produced
a corresponding page from each work, to prove that they were
printed front the type offered for sale by the prisoner.
Mr. Jeffry, printer, in Hackney-road, produced a quantity of
type, that he had purchased from the prisoner on Christmas Eve.
Mr. BP Dowell, a printer, in Pemberton-row, proved that the
type produced by Jeffry bad been stolen from him, and that the
prisoner had worked for him about 5 months before Christmas last,
The Alderman said, the evidence was fully sufficient to commit
the prisoner for trial. He, however, begged to be remanded for a
day, and, with the consent of the prosecutors, the Alderman re-
manded him.
BOW-STREET.

A lad of sixteen was yesterday charged at this Once, by a Gen-
tleman of great respectability, who is connected with the Gas
Light and Coke Company, with endeavouring to extort money
from him on Saturday night, in the Strand, by threatening to charge
hint with an indecent assault ; he,however, possessed nerve enough
to give him at once into custody. The boy made a counter charge
of the nature alluded to • but Sir Beeman Blame, after a severe
and acute cross-examhultion, found such inconsistencies and im-
possibilities in his story, that he committed the boy at once for trial.
A book of an improper description Wag found in the boy's hat.
which he said be had picked up the previous night in the watch-
house. As the Session is now sitting, he will be put upon his defence
immediately.
This once exhibited on Saturday the rather singular anomaly of a
drunken Scotchman within its precincts ; a sight (to the honour of
the Land o' Cakes be it said) so rare, that " our young remem-
brance" scarcely furnishes us with another instance of a similar
situation. This photnix, who gave his name Jahn Taylor. was very
respectably dressed, and said he had been only eight days "free the
North." Much, however may be done in eight days ; and Mr.
Taylor, who it seems, partakes as little of the proverbial prudence
of his countrymen in pecuniary matters as he dues of their sobriety,
after treating himself to as many sights about town as he could
well crowd into the period specified, on Friday night incurred the
further expense of a visit to Duey-lane Theatre. One piece of ex-
travagance follows another, as naturally as ale follows cheese ; and for
thepurpose ofprocuring a seasonable supply of the very luxurkswhich
have served to illustrate our remark, a friend and clansman, of habits
apparently as little penurious as his own, induced bim, at the close of
the performance, to adjourn to a tavern " where Burton," if it cannot,
like its namesake, analyse melancholy, is doubly potent in driving it
away. It is not to be wondered at, if the influence of realms so mirth-
Inspiring and antibilious, produced its due effect on the sanguine
temperament of the bonnie Scot; in fact, he became quite up-
roarious, and having concluded the night with his friend in peram-
bulating the streets, fell in, at seven o'clock in the rocrning, at the
corner of Covent-garden, with a brace of black-eyed wenches,
who contribute to the supplying that market with " creases from
the spring." Sine Baccho frizet Verret, we know particubrly at
Christmas, but here the stimulus was • not wanting. and Mr.
Taylor began at 00Ct to make love with all the vigour malt could in-
spire ; 30 vigorously, indeed, that the roughness of his addresses
startled the fair nymphs' resistance ; more thin feminine coyness
usually deems necessary in these CM'S ensued. The " laddie's"
love thus baffled, turned to anger, and as be could not gain their
love, he, tore their bonnets. lie relics of these protectors of the
complexion were now eshibitid in a most dilapidated state cer-
tainly ; " the poor remains of beauty once adtnited," as Mr.
Taylor's countryman elegantly styles a fine ruin of a different deno-
mination. The sight of these tattered victims to the undistin-
guishing fury of the blind god, bore unequivocal testimony to the
truth of the allegations of their owners; and Mr. Taylor, who,
though yet evidently under the influence of his potations, was very
reluctant to admit be had been tipsy, received directions to make
an adequate compensation for the damage done. Ilere, however,
the prudence which seemed to have deserted him, returned at
once; he obstinately refused to disburse a single bewbee, and was,
in consequence, ordered to find bail, in order that the matter might
be settled befOre another tribunal, and, in default of it, was con-
signed, pro tem. to the care of the gaoler.