Star.
London, England, 1820-09-29 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday. Henry Heald was indicted for stealing
a watch, the property of Mr. Thomas Wakely.
The prosecutor stated that he was a surgeon; but,
upon being asked where he lived, begged to decline
answering that question.—[lt will be recollected
that an idle rumour had gone abroad that the prose-
cutor was the person who decapitated the unfortu-
nate men lately executed for high treason].—lt was
between the hours of two and three, in the morning
of the 27th 'of August that his house was on fire ;
he rushed out of the house into the street, and while
standing opposite to his house he was surrounded by
a gang ; he felt his watch go from him, saw the
person who took it, and immediately collared him
and handed him over to a Constable. He could not
swear to the person of the Constable nor to that of
the prisoner, but the man he seized was the one
who robbed him.

Thomas Glasborough, the Constable, proved that
he was on the spot at the time in question, and took
the prisoner from a Gentleman, but he could not
swear that the person was Mr. Wakely.
The prisoner eenied all knowledge of the robbery;
and several witnesses gave him a good character,
and stated that be was of a good family.
The Jury, having consulted for about a quarter
of an hour, returned a verdict—Guilty.
The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to
mercy; but the Coarmom SERJEANT said, that in
such an aggravated case, it was impossible to attend
to such a recommendation.

jaws Westwood, a deaf old man, was convicted of
stealing from Thomas Emmatt, a silversmith, living
in Great Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, two pieces of
silver, value about five shillings. The prisoner was
found with the silver in his pocket, and in his de-
fence pleaded intoxication.
Jonathan Hastop, a private soldier in the Guards,
was convicted of stealing, on the 2d of August last,
a shawl and other articles of wearing apparel, the
property of Owen Hagan, of Church-road, Chelsea.

Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN has resigned the Recorder-
ship of the Borough of Leicester, which he has held
for the last two-and-twenty years. His successor is
Mr. GOULBURN, banister, of the Middle Temple.
A letter from Warsaw, dated September 4, says,
Political news of the highest importance to the
social system of Europe are circulating here at this
moment, when the Polish Diet is meeting for the se-
cond time. A new project is spoken of for the re-
cstabli4inient of the kingdom of Poland. It is af-
firmed that negotiations, in which all the Poles are
interested, have been commenced between the Courts
'of Russia, Austria, and Prussia: If they should agree,
on the re-establishment of the kingdom of Poland in
its integrity, this State might again fulfil in Europe
the object to which it seems particularly destined by'
its geographical positionl

We are authorized to state, that Sir FRANCIS CO.
LOMBINE DANIEL, M.D. has accepted the appoint-
ment of Treasurer to the Medical Board established
by Messrs. COOPER and Co. of Charlotte House,
Great Charlotte street, Surrey.—Messrs. COOPER and
Co. have frequently inserted letters from various
individuals who have been radically cured, not
only of Ruptures, but of other dangerous diseases,
too often deemed incurable by Professional Men,
whose practice is confined. The late Duke of Bed-
ford unfortunately lost his life in a few hours, by
a strangulated Hernia ; Mr. Mills, of the Kent-
road, also lost his life in a few hours; Mr. Shear-
man, of Mile-end, was also afflicted for many year;,
and was cured ; and many, many ethers, whose
names will never appear without their request.—Mr.
Johnson, of the Borough, who had been seven-
teen months under the care of several eminent Sur-
geons, with a most dangerous disease, and whose
life was given over, as appeared by his Affidavit
before Mr. Alderman Wok, then Lord Mayor,
,and'
whose case has-been seen by more than one hundred
Surgeons, was in a few weeks restored to perfect health.'
—Such are the proceedings at the Medical iloard,
Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-
road ; and Woodstock-House, near Bond-street, un-
der the immediate direction of Messrs. COOPER and
Co. who are consulted daily from Eight in the Morn-
ing until Eight in the Evening.—Mechanics have ad-
vice Gratis every evening. from Six to Eight, and
ea Sunday Mornings until-Twelve o'Clock; •