Star.
London, England, 1826-03-31 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachments belonging to the 20th and 90th Regiments of In-
fantry marched yesterday from Westminster, for Coventry.
A Detachment belonging to the Royal Staff Corps was ordered
toarnbark yesterday at Deptford. as a guard, on board the Chapman
convict ship, destined for New South Wales.
The lath (the Prioce,of Wales's Royal) Regiment of Lancers
has received orders, on being relieved at Coventry, by the 4th Re.
gime*t of Dr.goon Gup(ds, to march to Hounslow, to re-placethe
nth (the King's fired Irish) Regiment of Light Dragoons
sirs) ordered totarightott.
A detachment of the Est Regiment arrived At Liverpool on Inns
day last, and the depot of the Eth Regiment on Tuesday afternoon;
they• will embark on beard the War-Mice steam-packet, Lord
Blayne', for Dublin.
The &etch Greys and a detachment of the 92d Foot arrived at
Liverpool last week, and have since sailed for Ireland.
Friday two troops of the 17th Lancers arrived at Exeter, and
occupied the Cavalry Rarratits.
Wednesday sennight, Detachments of the 23d, 64th, and 24th
Regiments, embarked from Plymouth, on board the hlinerve trans-
putt, for Gibraltar.

tau‘ mat. • 10 hitibitNt BtLt l •
In the Stilt or reaterdlry we inserted 1121 absttiet of
Mi. Secretary Pees :estellastt Bill fur amendin the
Criminal Code. Consecked with this subject ii anokgsherl
Bills brought in by the same Right Hon: ()enders:tan,
for amending the Lass relative to Latcehy. These
Bills, which there is nO dbuht will pass, would be suffi-
cient to immortalise the name of Peel, had he nest other
claims to the lasting gratitude of his country.
The Larceny Amendment Bill commences by enact-
the repeal of those numerous old laws which from long
lapse of time have beconle an undige,ted heap of legis.
lation, containing indeed much valuable matter, but
oreiloaied and chocked up with rults, which in their
application tend to defeat, instead of foroar,:ing the
ends of justice.
The Bill begins with the Meets de Areas, a 9tatute of so early
date as the 9th of Henry 111. which enacted the punishment for
stealing the King's deer. Then fellows an Act of the 3d of Ed-
ward 1. against trespassers !sparks and ponds. Neat we come to
trespassers in the King's forests of Ten and venison, Statutes ?elating
to hawks; an Act against stealing, or withdrawing of any Record,
and so on, through a great Variety of laws against thefts and spolia-
tions of different kind, the titles to some of which Acts are suffi-
ciently vague, while otbets ate remarkably minute and particular;
fur instance, one (24 Jac. I. c. 27.) " against the destroying of hares
with hare-pipes, and tracing hares in the snow;' another (t 3 Geo.
e. 32.) ' • for more effectually preventing the stealing or destroy-
ing of tuna's's potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, pease, and.carross ;" and
a third (13 Geo. 111. c. 33.) " for esteudlog the provisions for pre-
servation of timber trees, woods, underwoods, routs, shrubs, and
plant:, to poplar, alder. maple, larch, and hornbeam."
The present Bill enumerates no less than ninety five Statutes,
which, in while or part, it repeals. It then proceed, to enact the
punishments applicable to the (*nowt's; offences : Rubbery from
the person—stealing from the person—stealing in a Church—
breaking and entering a dwelling house, and stealing therein—
stealing in a dwelling house, any one therein being put in fear—
stealing in a dwelling house to the value of 40c—stealing from
furnished houses and lodgiags--stealing goods in any shop or 'ware-
house—breaking and %%tying any coach-hoti.eor stable,etki stealing
therein—stealing goods from any vessel on a Canal or navigable den',
he in any pen, or from any wharf or quay—stealing lead. hon. or
ether fixtures, from any building.—stealing, destroying, or damaging
with intent to destroy, various specified kinds of trees--and also
other trees, shrubs, fences, Ste.—stealiag, destroying, Ste. any vege-
table production in a garden or nursery, and also in other places
—stealing from Certain mines —stealing records, wills, public
enmities, British or foreign bonds, bills notes, and writHgs--
stealing houses, sheep. maws, atc.--stealing deer from inclosed
grounds, and also from uninclosed grounds—entering warrens, and
there killing and taking hares or rabbits in the night-time, and also
[a the day-time, or setting snares there—stealing dogs, beastly ey
bids, usually kept in confinement—destroying pigeons--entlefile
ississaa places, and there stealing fish in rivers, ponds, fitc.4•4l/6,
raking or destroying fish in waters adjacent to inclosures--.0111191111
*Tiers, or oyster brood, from oyster beds—unlawfully diedeate:
rs oyste within the limits of nay fishery—stealing silk, o
Wien, or cotton goods from bleaching ploce•—plundering.virecks2
uealing.goods, money, notes, &c. front masters or employers by
say clerk, apprentice, or servant—esibeszlement by servants,
clerks, die.—also, by agents, with whom money, notes, Ste. are en-
trusted for safe custody, investment, or other special purpose—
agents pledging for their own use, goods, or documents relating to
goods entrusted to them fee consigument or sale--obtaloing money
or goods under false pretences—receiving goods knowing them to
be stolen.

The Bill also enacts the general punishments for Grand and
Petty Larceny, and makes a great variety of Woos for the
=Of a effectual detection of certain crimes, by a search to
be made in particular cases • and also authorising penis hod
the prosecution of certain illegal pursuits to be arrested a$ .
without warrant. It distinguishes as to Brat and second sir
—prevents the taking away of a witness's compaeney, by Season
a conviction of petty larceny—gives a discretion, in venal Wes, to
a Justice, to discharge a first offender—and allows as appaalia all
eases of summary couviction.
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Yesterday Mo:ning, about ten o'cl. 'CI, `'
the' ,neigh.
he:turbo:4 et Behlge-streetl Wombat's, was thiswe tnte a gaud
deal of confusion and alarm, by the awearanat if a huge bear'
proceeding with awful *irides down BeWsoetreet, without a
a keeper, or any check whatever. Bruin proceeded anemia:lt,
Cannon-row, where be enteredthe fore-court of the lace et the
Board of Conroe!, and maintained his position till the owner ant
eyed, who, having baited him with a good breakfast, a chain WaS
slipped over his head, and he was conveyed to his quarters. • '
i here is one clause in the General Turnpike Bill,
brought into the House of Commons by Lord Low-
titan, or considerable importance, which obliges the
Trustees of Turnpikes incisded in the Bil to lodge the
public money arising to the trust in the Bank of England.
EZIMPLARY HONIPIT'T RAWARDZEL—A fear mornings
since, as one of the watchmen in the Vauxhall-bridge-
road, named Green; was going his rounds between the
hours of one and two o'clock, he picked up a large
pocket-book. which, on examination, he discovered was
filled with bills and Bank of England notes to a very
considerable amount, also 20 sovereigns in gold inside.
The watchman kept possession of the property, and after
leaving duty he repair ed to his beat again, in expecta-
tion that some enquiry might be made respecting it, in
which he was not disappointed, for while perambulating
II about the road, he ascertained that a Gentleman was
making the requisite enquiries. Greet accordingly
told him he haJ found a pocket-book with considerable
property in it, and from the description which the Gen-
tleman gave, it proved to be the one he Last. The
eintehm.m. without hesitation, gave it up, when be was
most liberally rewarded with the 20 sovereigns; and as
O further reward for his honesty, the Gentleman de-
posited 10e1. in the Bank of England for him.
BARAD'S:IL AcCiDt4T.—Wednekily night, a respect-
able female, named Platt, the wife of one of the millers
at the steam oil-mill, in Brownlow-s teet, L'verpool,
lost her life by falling into the reservoir for cooling the
water, in the yard of the premises. Her husband usually
left 14s work at nine o'clock. A little before that hour
she called in, with another young woman, to accom-
pany him home, and while in the yard it is supposed she
leaned against a tub, pa the margin of the reservoir,
which rolled over, and she fell in. The female, whose
arm she had quitted f)r a arsmcnt, gave the alarm, and
her husband ran instantly to the spot, and plunged in
to save her, at the imminent risk of his own life ; for
the water, seven or eight feet in depth, and mixed with
slime, was in a scalding stare, and the steam arising
'from it rendered it impossible to discover the Deform
nate woman, whose sufferings, as she was not afterwards
heard, were probably of short duration. The afflicted
man was in a short time, and with great exertion,
heisted out, when be was in an ex'ransted and sinking
*ate; and be was with cllffsculty prevailed upon to re-
linquish a second attain's{ by the people who had now
collected on the spot. The water was then let off as
much as possible, and one of the engineers, with the aid
,of
* Ladd: r, brought up the body, after it had been
three quarters of an hour imnieried. It was instantly
.conveyed to the Infirmary, where every exertion was
made to restore animation, but without avail.
EZECUTIOM AT AftliAelto;.-Piirick Carberry (whose
triad for the murder of Doyle, the postillion, was lately
.given) was on Monday executed, pursuant to its sett-
,tence, in front of Armagh Gaol. On the fatal platform
;he addressed the assembled muf itude wi. h much energy
land earnestness: =,' He admitted baying been concern
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that he was not ftesent at tit.
.nor was be that sight within-
111,49grtisents being made,
Artunate man was. lattieted

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iiiiiio..iiikik, tAtititlALLl, iilicii I&
The attendance ta-44 Was eSiipoied dein4iii Of
.0k
SiPpOrters the Turf, and a great deal's( Wait' belling task Pialtb
on the Rid and Eletht. Vol' 4e fernier, 'lie •isilene
advall:cd it the greateit attiackitm, Isoi64er. Kw that 'tab,
was The Opal, who rapidly rose front li ti I ti 41- to 1, end
plenty of taken; his rim was Proportionate Air Alt Derby. The
Duke of Yerk's W.ful colt fell back for the tanner stake ; Mimeo
was backed pretty freely for age Deity; he is "skins Of ai a yeti
likely colt, and will, no doubt, beauty a muck greater Argetitite
than he now is; Plato also looks up. Scarcely a bet wai Made Mt
the Oaks or St. Leger ; indeed, the latter seems to be Mice est of
the question for the present. Owing to the near appronch of the
Newmarket Meetings, Width are this year mere than nasally Ins:
portant. The betting daily becomes mere btitlt and interemings--

2 to 1 apt Henries
3 to 4 apt The blueing
to 2 art T►e erne&