Star.
London, England, 1826-12-22 00:00:00

WRESTLING.

Pelkinghente has addressed a letter to Cann, declining to meet
rim again, unless the latter will play ip the Cornish fashion ; with•
out shoes.
A challenge hating some time since appeared from JOrdon, of
Devonshire. to " wrestle any man of Cornwall; for 850 of his own
money;' lUciard Parkin, of SL.Columb-.ldinorf accepts-the same,
and will play witelaim at any time or place, for that.or a greater sum.

.POLICE-; INTZtLIGE'bICL
GITtLDNALL

•
Jegaspeadman, a caessan, residing is Turnatill-strett. Osehla,
well, was brought before Mt. Alderman Wm, yesterday. on
picianof being conceroed in snowing as steal hose chests of sea,
ft appeared, :hat on Tuesday last, the usual notice was alma at
same .d the India vowehosses, that Mr. Mills. a tr•-dealer, la
Finsbury-place, would takeout a number of chests of tea which be
had:purchased, and they, were lowered late the yard-its madam
to lie conveyed away. While, however, Mr. Millis carman fon
employed In removing some chests warehoused in Jewry.m...;
three men applied for Ova other, at. the warehouse I. Pendia*.
street, had hoisted them -hate a cart, and were leaving the yak
when Browni the Site-heepectobserved the name and number fik
thesis's were so obscured by Art, that he doubted-whether it had
pot been purposely oblitorAtedi and his suspicions Were increased
by the .cenfusisia of the carman, upon a.sight of the permit beige
demanded. A regular permit, but filled sip with the mar cf
Robinson, instead of Mills, and for livOchests instead of six, wai
produced, and the man who was driving, under pretence et Ltd_
hog the persons by whom he had been employed, anixol in ekes:road
in the yard, and disappeared, leaving his horse and cat in the CZ
s.
.body of the gate-keeper, who eventually lodged them is the gam.
yard. The manse and address of the prisoner was found ou the
cart when the filth was removed; and upon his applying to bare it
restored to hit% he was takes lute custody.
The horse was now claimed by a man of the name of Sparshet, a
neighbour to the prisoner, who said he lent it to him upon la as.
demanding that three young mem whom he saw, waned taking a
chest of drawers from Whiteckapel, and that the prisoner hated'
would go with them to drive and take care of the horse.
Brown, the gate-keeper, admitted he had net seen the risme
before in any part of the transaction.
The prisoner reserved his explanations for the prawn, sad was
remanded for further examination.

HATTON-GA RDEN:
Witham Cook was brought up before Mr. Sergeant Sauap, on a
warrant, charged with ill-treating his wife.
Mrs. Cook stated that her husband had a small milk-walk, and
drank all his earnings. He was her second husband. Shethadlive
children by her first husband. She complaiaed bitterly of her has.
band's bad treatment to her, and said be struck and kicked het.tht
day before yesterday, and she was obliged to ly from Itim.r• a
neighbour's house.. At one time recently hr made a blow With a
poker at her, which fortunately missed her, and struck with sack
violence against the floor; that it actually doubled up. He threat.
coed to cut her throat with a razor, and she was afraid to liie yak
hint without some protection.

Mr. Sergeant Saixon said, the conduct of the husband was very
unmanly to behave with such violence to an =protected woman,
and ordered him to find bail

Thr husband said kis pockets were always searched by Ms wife
when he went home, and she did not leave hint a farthing.
Mr. Sergeant SYLLON said, he supposed there was seldom muck
money in his pockets after leaving a public-housetolse taken by kis
wile.—The husband should find bail'for the assault.

The first time the serpent was used in a concert, at
which Handel was in the habit of pres:ding, he was so
disgusted at the powerful coarseness of its tones, • that
he called nut in a rage, " Vat de'diliel be dat r Oa
being informed that it was an instrument called a ser-
pent, " Oh," he replied; " de serpent!—ay, but it be
not de serpent vat seduced Eve!".
The Comte de Charost hkd two brothers, one a Ge-
• neral, the other an Archbishop. Cardinal Richelieu une
day omplained to him of the, conduct of the: ArCh.
bishop. 0 Does not
,your Eminence kpow,"„reptieddse
Comte, 41 th tt- where there are many brothers in a
family, the greatest blockhead is always put into the
Church:" "'Thanks to ion, M. de Charost, for lOW
compliinent; replied the Cardinal.
As Henri Duke de Konterorenci was one day playing
at hazard, he won a considerable sum of m, nay. A
Gentleman standing neat him said to his friend; " That,
now, is a sum which would make a Gentleman's foe,
tune." ." Would it so,- Sir ?" replied the Duke ; "take
it then, I only wish that it were more."
When a Grand Vizier is favourably deposed, that i 4
without banishing or putting him to death, it is signified
to him by a.messenger from the Sultan. who goes to his
table' and wipes the ink out of hit grilden pen ; this he
understands as the sign of his dismissal.
Death may be said, with almost equal propriety; to
Confer, as well as to level, all distinctions. in consci
quence of that event, a kind of chemical operation takes
place for those characters which were mixed with the
grass particles of vice. by being thrown into the alem•
bic of flattery are sublimated into the essence of singe..
—Kett. . .