Star.
London, England, 1829-10-14 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Two young men, who gave their names Thomas Roberts aad
Thomas Eglingen, were yesterday morning brought befote 31r.
Rasmus on a charge of attempting to break into the house of No.
40, Compton-street, the preceding night.
John Hollister stated that about half-put twelve on Monday
night he was on duty in Compton-street, when be heard a crash ,
he went to see where the noise came from, when he saw the two
prisoners forcing the shutters down at the house No. 40 ; one of
the shutters was completely broken (part of which he produced).—
The prisoners on seeing him ran away ; he followed them and took
them into custody. He never lost sight of them.
The prisoners, in their defence, stated that they had never beets
near the house in question. They had been drinking at a public-
house, and were returning home when they were taken into cus-
tody.
Mr. Rouses ordered them to find bail, and told them they might
think themselves fortunate be did not commit them for three months.
. .

George Webb was brought to this Office, charged with assaulting
and obstructing Jacob Smith, the toll-taker at Battlebridge•gate.
Smith stated, that early yesterday morning the prisoner came to
Battlebridge.gate with a drove of beasts; he was proceeding to
count them, *hen the prisoner would not let him do so, and struck
him witha stick. _ _

A witneu corroborated Smith's statement, and the prisoner wai
ordered to find bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday morning Sarah Newby and Mary dna Thome were
brought before Mr. tizirarr under the fullowing circumstances :
James Astonparks, of the New Police, letter F. No. 66, said, that
on leaving off duty yesterday morning, a little after six o'clock, he
went into the George the Fourth, in Old-street-road, when the land-
lord told him that a child had offered him in payment for liquor a bad
S*. piece. Witness followed the child to the house No. 9, Francis-
street, Vinegar-yard, City-road, kept by the prisoners, and there
he found the Ss. piece lying upon the table, and on searching the
prisoner Thomas he found upon her person a bad shilling. He also
found in the house a drover, who told witness he ►ad been seduced
there under the influence of drink the night before, and had been
robbed of his master's property. Witness then searched Newby,
and found upon her Li 17s. 6d. The countryman then informed
him that he had got back aZS note and four sovereigns, but that
there were still five sovereigns missing. Newby, it appeared, had
scratched the officer's face severely.
George Halloday said he was a drover, and resided at Little-
worth, near Northampton; on the night before, in a state of ine-
briation, he was induced to go with the prisoners. He gave Tho-
mas 10s. and suspecting Newby to be the mistress of the bouse,he
gave her aXS now and nine sovereigns. On that morning she re-
turned hint the money, and he gave her half a sovereign to get
breakfast. He marked and put the money in his shoe, and in a few
minutes after five of the sovereigns disappeared. The sovereigns
torrid on Newby bore his mark.
The prisoners were remanded.
MARY-LA-BONNE.

Matthew Winfield, a labourer on the Canal, was yesterday placed
at the bar before the Sitting Magistrate, E.Gturnxias, Esq. charged
with embezzling a sovereign.
Edward Kelly, the proprietor of several barges upon the Pad-
dington Canal, stated that the primmer rented a barge of him by
the week, and received from him 10s. for taking freights into the
country, and the same sum for returning with others, the prosecu-
tor paying all the expenses of tonnage. On Saturday last he bad a
freight to be conveyed forty miles, and he gave the prisoner a gui-
nea to pay the toll with (it being the amount of the tonnage). He
was to start on Saturday afternoon, as Mr. Kelly had a bill to re-
ceive of £8 on the Monday from the gentleman to whom the ar-
ticles were sent. The prosecutor accordingly went down on Mon-
day to the purchaser, and there discovered, to his great mortiica-
don, that the prisoner had never been with the freight, but had
spent the money given him to pay the toll with in getting intoxi-
cated, and had even the insolence to go to his master on Monday,
and ask for the money for the toll again; but the clerk refused to
give it, and he was subsequently apprehended on a charge of em-
bezzling the money.
Mr. Gammas enquired whether the prisoner was a weekly
servant ?

The prosecutor replied in the negative. lie paid him so much
for each freight.
Mr. Mallet (the Chief Clerk) remarked that the case of em-
bezzlement could not be substantiated, unless a servant tic(Zii:ed
money belonging to his master.
Mr. Gnirrazus coincided in opiniun with the former gentleman,
and the prisoner was discharged, but ordered to make the watch-
man some compensation fur having committed an assault upon him.

IMPRO V EMENTS 01' LONDON.—The buildings uu tiat
northern side of St. Martin's ;Church, in St. Martiti'salane, are
now roofed, and are in active progress of ccmpletion. Directif
facing the side or vestryaroom doors !d the Church, there is 411
amazingly large building, nearly on the site of the former parson: le
house. On the parapet appears a large inscription, setting for
that" the ground is the gitt of his Majesty." It also annouttccd
by the like means, that the " National School" of St. ?lartin's
will there collect its pupils ; and it is added that the Parish Chari:y
Children may have some portion of the like School. The neat elle.
flee is a very large and commodious one ; it is intended for the
vestry-rooms. The third, which extends to and forms p art of St.
Martin'.-lane, is for the parsonage house. It is a large and •appcats
likely to be a convenient building.

BIRTH.
At Farm Hill, county Wexford, the LaJy ut Lieut. NI11:11, 6C/th
Regiment, ut a daughter.

MARRIED.
At Castle-bill, Ratbfriland, William H. Mayne, of Rahaghey,
county of Tyrone, Esq. to Ann, third daughter of J. Newill, Esq.
At Jersey, Capt. Straith, Half-pay unattached, to Mary, second
daughter us John Lucie Smith, E.q. late ut Demerara.