Star.
London, England, 1821-12-29 00:00:00

SUE cur.

Mr. Simpson's Fly - - - 1
Capt. Rogen's bl. bitch - - • ..
M -r. Ferguson's Riddle - ' - 5
Mr. Horn's Bagshot's brindle bitch beat Mr. Hall's Nina;
Capt. Green's brindle bitch heat Mr4Goodison's Snowdmp ; Mr.
Arcler's Jezebel beat Mr. Rook's fawn bitch ; Captain John-
son's white dog beat Mr. herd's black bitch; Mr. hose's Ranter
beat Mr. Owen's Musk.
These matches were for five guineas each, and seven others
were undecided.

On Christmas .Day there were no Newspapers]
printed in Dititslin, the Proprietors thereby giving their
workmen an opportunity of attending Divine Service.
W. G: KINLEbIEVE,• Esq. of Ilam, has made the
podr of Aug:tiering happy this Chri.tmas. by causing
to ,be distributed among them, a fat oz, weighing
130 stone.
The Earl and. Countess of COVENTRY are spending
their Christmas at Croome, Worcestershire. They
ate expected in town next week. •
Yesterday, while two children, who had been locked ,
in a room by their parent, in Goodge-street, Totten-
ham-court-road, were playing together, one of them'
had its clothes in a blaze in consequence of a spark',
flying from the fire; the other, in endeavouring to as-
sist it, burned itself dreadfully, and was so much in-
jured that it shortly after died.
Thursday night, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke
ont in an apartment at the house of Mr. ANTIFELL,
in Pliceniz-street, Spital-fields, in consequence of a
child setting fire to the bed-curtains with a candle.—
The greater part of the furniture in the room was de-
ltroyed before it Could be extinguished.—. Another
fire happened on the premises of a baker, in South
Lambeth, about the same time, which destroyed the
'bakehouse and stock.
Thursday night, Michael Conway, a letterman, in
the London Docks, being on duty on hoard a vessel,
and walking on deck, was by a sudden
.gust of wind'
blown off and drowned, before any assistance could
be rendered him. He has left a wife and two children
to lament his loss.
Wednesday morning, Colonel Tau-on, of Itarns-
field, near Mansfield, was out shooting, a person
:tamed Kay (formerly a respectable farmer of Maple-
beck), accompanied him, for the purpose of carrying
the Colonel's game-bag, when, by some accident, the
gun went off, and the unfortunate KEY received the
contents in his head, which carried away one of his
theeks, eye, and part of his nose; the poor sufferer was
just alive on Thursday, but without hopes of recovery.
Canc.Cos. IN AMERICA.--Anthony Noblet, a tai-
lor, at Baltimore, has been subjected to 2500 dollars
damages, for criminal conversation with the wife of
#4l poor man, named George Foggleman. snip, it
'appears, kept a shop for the sale of ready-made
clothes, which were -mostly manufactured by poor
women. Here the plaintiff's wife repaired among
the rest forthe purpose of obtaining work—of course
she became in this way acquainted with the knight of
the Ai**. This intimacy with her increased from
day to day, till at last it ended in her seduction and
Seal ruin. The seduction was proved by the most
credible testimony. The plaintiff was a married
men, with a. family of children. The moment he
discovered the infidelity of his wife, he banished her
from his house, and his family was broken up. This
is said to be the first case of this nature that ever
occurred in the Baltimore Coons.
Extract of a letter from Rio de la Hackle, dated
November 12 :--?" Now the Republic of Chlumbia
has established its independence, things begin to wear
a most favourable aspect, and the New World will
offer great advantages to the industrious of all na-
tions, who may be induced to traffic on its soil, which
sto doubt will cause thousands to flock to its-shores.
Tee country is beautiful, and well adapted to the cul-
ture of sugar, indigo, coffee, &c. Although the town
is not yet rebuilt since the last fire, there still remains
ample resources and protection for those penes who
nay wish to settle the-ea

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POLME.
thrt.mutra—kft.•Muiray, the Secretary to 'the
Bridge-stteet Qnstitudoniti Association, attended by
his Yeoman, .toha Putkon,again snide his appear-
ance at this Office yeitei-day, to exhibit an informa-
tion against another individual acting as a shopman
at Mr. Carlittos, for sidling a blasphemous and sedi-
tious libel. In this instance, as in the two former,
the name of the person charged was unknown, but
the informant, on his oath, stated his ability to iden-
tify the person of the °Hinder. A warrant was ac-
cordingly made out, and delivetid to •Leadbetter,
the Marshilman, to execute. A question, however,
arose as to what was to 'be done, in case the party
was not found in the shop ? and whether, in that
'case, the authority of the officer extended to searching
the house for him? After some consultation, it was
agreed that the officer might apprehend him, if found
upon the premises. As this seemed to imply that
the officer had no authority to apprehend him out of
the premises, instruction' was asked as to what was
to be done, in the caie of his being found off of the
premises—was 'the officer to apprehend him in that
case? On consulting the City Solicitor upon this
question, he was of opinion, that as the party was
iset described in the warrant by name, and was known
only* to the informant as connected with the sale of
the libel in question, in Castile's shop, there was not
the same circumstance to substantiate the identifica-
tion by the informer, as in the two former cases; and
he thought, that the fact of the offender being found
acting in the capacity of shopman upon the premises
where the offence was charged to be committed, was
necessary to authorise his apprehension, in the ab-
sence of the usual designation of his name. This
doubt stopped the execution of the warrant for the
present. Mr. Murray, however, said it was a diffi-
culty that would be easily got over, and he thought
he should be able to obviate it when he again made
his applikation to the Magistrate,. to cause the war-
rant to be executed.
MAN3IOW-novae.—: Yesterday Mr. Charles Murray,
after having been before the Sitting Magistrate at
Guildhall, came to the Mansion-house, for the pur-
pose'of obtaining the assistance of the LORD MAYOR
under the circumstances of difficulty which had oc-
curred in carrying on warfare against Carlite's esta-
blishment. The Secretary obtained an interview with
his Lordship in his private room, the particulars of
which did not transpire, but we understood that bit
Lordship declined interfering with the business, as It
had been already entered into before the Sitting-Ma-
gistrate at Guildhall, to whose district it more pto-..
perly belonged. •
John Henderson was brought up for examination,
at the instance‘of Mr. Bun, the Lottery Office Keeper,
on a charge of forgery, under the Act of the Ist and
2d of George IV. cap. cxxi. sec. 43. Mi. Dish 'stated,
that some time since-a sixteenth of a Lottery Ticket,
'No. 18,268, was sold at hisDtfice, at Charing-cross,
and at the last drawing it came up a blank. There
was a Ticket, numbered 18,868, which had been
drawn a Prize Of £2OOO, and the number and amount
bad been published 'in the * usual manner. About a
wech ago, the prisoner went to the Office, at Cha-
ring-cross, and presented the sixteenth, which was
marked 18,868,' and asked what the amount of the
*share clime to? at the same time denials-ding pay-
ment for it. Mr. Dish stated, that he :had himself
sold the unmher in the whole Ticket, and therefore
the share presented by the prisoner Was, immediately
on its being offered, secured as a forgery ; upon
farther examination it was found, that the number-
had been altered from 18,268, to 18,868. The clerk,
to whom the prisoner preiented the share, detained
it, but suffered him to depart. Ile came, however.
,yesterday morning, to the Office, at Cornhill, and
insistedupon having the money for the Ticket, which
he persisted in declaring to be the same as he had
bought, and that he had not altered it in any way.—.
Under these circumstances, Mr. Bish said he was an-
der the necessity of giving the prisoner into the cus-
tody of an officer. The prisoner voluntarily stated,
in his defence, that he had bought the share for £l.
4s. of Mr. Bish's clerk, when he was interrupted by
the LORD MAYOR, who informed him that he was
saying too much, and that, for his own safety, he had
better reserve hiinself. The prisoner, however, de-
elated that the Ticket was the same that he had
bought, and that he knew no more of any alteration
having been made in it than the child unborn. In
arms er to the interrogatories as to who he was ? he
stated, that he was a cooper by trade, and had worked
last in the London Docks ; bad been down to the
country to look for work; but finding none there, he
returned to town, and was waiting about, when the
Lottery Scheme of returning the greater part of the
money given for a Ticket, it it came up a blank, at-
tracted his attention, and he bought a sixteenth. Mr.
Bish expressed his regret the prisoner bad not had
sufficient prudence to take himself off when he was
at liberty, and bad called again, which gave him
(Mr. Bish) no alternative, but to consign the prisoner
to the law, which was very strict in such cases. The
LORD MAYOR ordered the prisoner to be remanded,
that notice of the case might be given to the Solicitor
for the Stamp Office. Ile prisoner, who did not
appear at first to be aware of the serious nature of
the charge preferred agiinst him, seemed all at once
to be struck at his dangerous situation, and Made an
unsuccessful attempt to escape from the officer on his
way hick to prison.
Bow-stattar.—Yesterday, at eleven 'o'clock, Bond,
the officer, against whom Mr. T. B. Cox; of Soho-
square, preferred a charge of assault on. Thursday,
attended before Sir *Ricusao Bsaatz, with two per-
sons, who he said would prove all that he had stated
With respect to the conduct bf Mr. Cog, to be true.—
These persons were, a publican in Newgate-market,
and a tradesman of the same place. Mr. Cox was
called, btu= did net answer, not- did he appear in the
course of the day, and the matter therefore rests for
the present undetermined.—A man, of respectable'
appearance,. who did not give his name, complained
to the Magistrate, that on the night of Mr. Cox's
affair he was in the two-. shilling gallery, and feeling
much displeased at the piece entitled Giovanni an
Ireland, be hissed. and cried 46 Off, off!" Upon
which a man; who said be was an officer, seized him
by the collar, and dragged him from the seat, and
he was turned completery out of the Theatre. Ile
was going again that (last) night, with. a party of
friends, to the boxes, and he wished to know whether,,
Wile should think pro Per: tO express his disap-'
probation, be would be lilOy to experience ;Wilk

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Wilmot ?-711A Magistrate said, that would depends
of mine, upon his own conduct. If he behaved pro-
perly he would not be molested ; but if he conducted
himself is such a•manner as*to create wdisturbaike'
he would most likely be similarly deakwith.---.The.
applicant said, he had not behaved improperly ; he
conceived he had a right to express his opinion, and
he was anxious to know, before he ventured to go
again, whether for simply doing so he was liable. to
be dragged from the Theatre by a constable ?—The
Magistrate said, he could give no other answer than;
that it would depend upon the demeanour of the ap-
plicant, and he would do as he pleased about•going.l,
The applicant departed, - observing that he would
try the matter.
MaaLaonouou-sTain.—Yesterday, a case came
as a charge from St. Ann's watch-house, of •which
the following is an outline :—The parties are, a Gen-
tleman, holding a situation in the Excise, and the wife
of a respectable tradesman. The husband having a
suspicion of his wife's infidelity, waited within view
of an accommodating hotel, in the neighbourhood of
Soho-square, when he saw his wife and her cher ami
come out. He commenced an attack upon the man,
administered to him severe personal chastisement,
and then sent both to the watch-house. The Magis-
trate had not the power of affording redress to the
husband, and the case was dismissed. The wife, who
has three children, walked from the Office under her
seducer's arm.

, Thursday night, a large party of young folks as-
sembled at the house of Mr. GREGORY, a builder,
residing in Hertford-street, Fitzroy-square, to supper,
after which they passed the night-in dancing, singing,
card-playing, and other amusements ;—at eleven
o'clock, a young man knocked at the door, which
was opened by a servant ; he said he brought a cloak
for his young mistress, as the night was cold; He
was desired to sit down on a bench in the hall, and
the servant left him there, and went up stairs ; shortly
afterwards a second man arrived with a hackney-
coach, who said he was ordered to take his master
and mistress home. The servant, who was not ac-
quainted with the names of half the company, credit-
ing what was told her, went up stairs again, and suf-
fered the two strangers to stand at the stair-head to
listen to the music and singing, with which they ap-
peared highly delighted. Mrs. GREGORY, being sn-
forint' by her servant that there were two young
men below stairs waiting for some of the company,
ordered h4r to give them their supper and plenty to
drink, which was done. accordingly. The villains
then took the opportunity of completing their design.
They stole four silver table-spoons, a silver sauce-
boat, knjies and forks, eight top coats, several cloaks,
shawls, pelisses, and hats, besides a number of um-
brellas, muffs, tippets, and other articles, all of which
they carried off in the coach which was in waiting,
and the watchman shut the coach-door, and wished
them a good night, having no suspicion of the rob-
bery. The robbery was not discovered until the com-
pany were breaking up, when not a hat, coat, cloak,
umbrella, &c. could be found. The two strange ser-
vants were missing ; and, too late, it was discovered
that they did not belong to any of the company.
Monday night, the 17th inst. or Tuesday, the 18th,
the countinghouse adjoining the brewery of Mr.
STUaTON, in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was broken into'
through a window ar. the gable-end, by the aid Of'
some strong lever. Fortunately the iron chestwas
too secure for their efforts, or their booty would have
hbeen considerable. They did not forget to regale
themselves from a half-hogshead.of ale, placed di.
reedy under the window at which they entered, and
broached that night. Upon gauging it,•four gallons
were wanting.
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Friday se'nnight, about six o'clock in the evening,
as Mr. HILTON, of Wellingore, was returning-from
Lincoln market, he had not -proceeded more than
two hundred yards from the -toil-bar, when he was,
stopped by several men, one of whom knocked him
off his horse, by a violent blow on the head with a
bludgeon, which stunned him so as to render him
incapable of resistance, or even of caliing out for
help. They then robbed him of about LV.S.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday an Inquest was
held in the Committee Room of Mary-ladsonne
Workhouse, on the body of Louisa Burrell, aged 60.
It appeared that the deceased was the sister of a re-
spectable clergyman, and was formerly in affluent
circumstances ; but, ,during the latter part of her
lite, she was reduced and driven to the necessity of
living in very obscure apartments in the neighbour,
hood of Davis-street, Mary-la-bonne, on a weekly
stipend which was allowed her by her brother. She
was frequently- seen about the streets very much in-
toxicated. On Wednesday night last she was ob-
served in this situation, lying on the pavement, with
scarcely any clothes on, and dripping wet, she hav-
ing been espied to the rain for a considerable time.
A young man who was passing took her on his back,
and carried her to the workhouse, where she was
received in a state of insensibility. A surgeon imme-
diately attended her, but she shortly afterwards ex-
pired. Verdict—" That the deceased died through ex-
cessive drinking and Me indensencylf the weather."
Last night an-Inquisition was held at the Craven
Head Tavern, Drury-lane, on the body of Thomas
Hawkins, aged 45 years, who was found dead at that
house on Wednesday night last. It appeared that
the deceased was, on Wednesday last, drinking nearly
the :whole of the day, and was very much intoxicated
in the evening. About six o'clock a person went
into the water-closet, and stumbled over the de-
ceased, who lay on the floor ; he appeared to be suf-
focated by liquor, which run out of his mouth; he
as in a lifeless state. The Jury returned a verdict—
Died by excessive drinking:
An Inquisition was held yesterday at the Red Lion,
Chandler-street, St. George's, Hanover-square, on the
body of a married woman, who resided in St. ames's-
street, It appeared that on Wednesday evening the
deceased was found at the bottom of a flight of steps
with her head downwards. • She appeared to have
fallen headlong down stairs ; her head was best
upon her bosom. The deceased was a respectable
woman, but unfortunately gave way to a propensity
she had for drinking ardent spirits. Verdict-, "
cidental death by a fill when in a state of intoxication:
A curious circumstance occurred at Wells is few
days since. 'As J. P. TuDWAY, Esq. was Ins
that vicinity, his hounds put up a hare : after
'her some time she stole away, and sought an asylums
in-the cellar of the Crown Inn, in the ten -
r of she
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town, where she was taken alive.-