Star.
London, England, 1826-11-30 00:00:00

LANT3FTH•STIIIVET.

A female presented herself to the MAGI* , and stated tiros
her husband and two other men were now confined in the prison
of the Honor Court of Stepney, where the only allowatme was
water, and consequently they were in a starving condition. lie wit
formerly a master carman, but adverse circumstances had reductd
him, with five children, to abject powzrta. To procure some t,nl.
porary aid, ahe, at the Etat Fairiop 'air, got some giuger-heer, ptv.
ter, &c. from one Nlathevrs ; bat the speculation failed, the &DWI
spoiled on her hand, and Mathews sued out, an execution. The
Keeper of the prison said, the Patrols of the Nlanor being dial, ke
had no means of affording relief. Under these circumstances the
Macrsxsaer ordered the Parish Officen to afford temporary idle,
till some permanent aid could be afforded.
UNION•HALL
A respOtable looking female, who gave her name Jolt*, was
charged by a countryman named Davis, with robbing hinißt three
half-crown pieces. The complainant said be met the prisoner is
the Clapham Road ; she talked to him very familiarly, walked hr
his side some distance, and finally robbed him of the half rowit
pieces. The constable, on searching her, said he found in her poe.
kets upwards of 1501. in notes, gold, and silver. The accused de.
nied the charge, and said she had very imprudently allowed the
complainant to walk by her side and chat with her, as she was pro.
seeding in the same direction • but they had net gone unity yards
together before he called out direction;
was robbed. The complainant now
said she had invited him into a field, and it was on the way there
she robbed him. The accused did not deny this assertion, but
again said she was innocent of the robbery. ,
In answer to the questions of the Magistrate, she said she re.
ceivedthe money, which was found in her possession, the same day
at Guildhall, as her share of some City Bonds, which were sold
mat: Her brother, wbo resides in the neighbourhood, was sent
for, and confirmed her statement regarding the £l3O. lie ex.
pressed considerable surprise on being made acquainted with all the
circumstances.

Mr. CIiAIISIRS discharged her, but told her that her conduct bad
been exeeedingly indiscreet, for she bad entered so familiarly into
the company of a thief, she might have been robbed of all her money.
One of the Committee of the Society formed for the purpose of
relieving Distressed Compositors, attended, and stated, that the matt
who was committed for stealing a quantity of type from Air. !Lines,
bad for a length. of time received a weekly allowance from the fu.
of the Society, they conceiving that he was out of employ.

RANOVZR, Nov. 18.—A Resolution of the Govetn.
ment of the 16th inst. orders that travellers for Imeign
commercial Houses, carrying on business in the king-
dom in. wine, colonial produce, manufactures and silks,
shall. from the Ist of December this year, pay a tax like
the Hanoverian wine merchants and ssholesate dealers,

according to the extent of their transactions, to he e.t:.
mated by the Magistrates, so that travellers from wine
merchants shall pay at least 10 and at most 80 dollars,
and travellers in the other abovementioned branches
from 10 to 150 dollars. The tax on other commercial
travellers remains as before.
Avery melancholy and calamitous affair occurred in
neighbourhood