Star.
London, England, 1820-02-05 00:00:00

GlntnianLt.—Richard Frisker, a young man of
very respectable- appenrance, who hail been twice
examined in the course of last week, before Alderman
WAITIIMAN, on a charge of having robbed his mas-
ter, Mr. Franks, hatter, Redcross-street, was brought
up again yesterday, before Sir Witmeat
The evidence was then gone into, by which it apf
,pcued that the p ironer had been in the employ
Mr. Franks about four-months, that being the only
place he had been in since he came to 14esdon.--
Money having been missed from the till, suspicion
fell upon the prisoner, and in order to detect him,
some marked money was given by Mr Franks to a
Mr. Sandersonf, of Camomile-street, who accord-
ingly went to'the shop, and purchased a hat of the'
prisoner for 16s. which he paid for vi ith the money!
so previously marked: this was on the 27th efJtsl
nuary. In the evening, on Mr. Franks' return home,
he examined the till, and discovered thatpart of the.
money which had been so marked and paid to the;
prisoner, was gone out of the till ; and by consulting!
with the shopwoman, who had been directed to watch'
what money was taken . during the afternoon, it ap-,
{seared that the cash in the till was short 235. Woody'
an Officer, was then sent for, in whose presence Mr.
Franks charged the prisoner with the robbery;
he denied it positively. He was then asked what
money he had about him? upon which -he pulled
out of his pocket silver to the amount of 15s. from
which Mr. Franks picked out six shillings and foie!
sixpences, all of which he was able to identify an
part of the money he had marked and given to Mr.
Sanderson. Mr. Franks having intended, if possible,
to have procured the discharge of the prisoner, Mr.
Sanderson arid the shopwoman, whose testimony was
necessary toirender the chain of evidence complete,
were not in attendance. Sir WILLIAM therefore di-
rected that Mr. Franks and the Officer should be
sworn to the truth of their respective depositions,
and that the prisoner should be brought up again
this day; the necessary orders being given to ensure
the attendance of the two other witnesses.
MANSION.-HOUSE.—A case of considerable import-
ance to those who are engaged in bill transactions,
came on before the LORD MAYOR. It was stated at
the Mansion-House that several houses in the City
have suffered much from speculations made by un-
principled adventurers, under circumstances similar
to those of which the following account will give an
idea :—A Solicitor charged a young man of respect-
able connexions and appearance, with having prac-
tised a very disgraceful system of fraud very exten-
sively in the City of London. The prisoner was
brought up from the King's Bench Prison, of which
he is said to be, an inmate. The complainant stated,
that the defendant had assured him that be had given
value for a check of £l4O, which would be taken up
in due time, the drawer. being a highly respectable
person. The complainant, lions the representation,
was induced to hand him over the amount of the
check, part in cash, the residue in good bills. It was
soon ascertained, however, that the defendant had
given no value whatever for the check, although he
obtained it under the promise to procure such value.
There were several cases of a similar nature against
the prisoner. The drawer of the check deposed, that
the defendant came to him, and represented that he
was about to purcha-e a large quantity of linen goods
from an eminent Merchant in the City, upon which
a very considerable profit could be had, and that if
the witness would give his check for £630, he should
be secured by having the goods placed in his own
hands. A commission was to be given to the witness
upon the sale of the goods, and this induced him to
give his check, and, at the desire of the defendant, to
post date it for the accommodation of the Merchant
selling the goods. On the following morning the
defendant called upon witness, and stated that he had
given the check to the Merchant, who suggested,
that if it were divided into three sums, it would be a
matter of greater convenience. He requested, if this
were acceded to, that witness would draw them at
once, and upon delivering them to the Merchant, the
latter would immediately return the check for f 630,
which be safely held. Witness complied; but the
defendant broke his word. Having seen him from
time to time, he made frequent excuses, declaring that
he had called upon the Merchant, but could get
neither the check nor goods from him. Witness told
him he should stop payment, and soon after this the
defendant produced two of the checks for £l4O each.
The first for £630, and one for £l4O, had never been
returned. Payment of these was stopped, and not-
withstanding the assurances of the defendant they
were presented; that for £630 by the Merchant, and
that for £l4O by the present complainant. His
Lordship ordered the defendant to find bail for his
appearance upon a charge of fraud at the next Old
'Bailey Sessions.
Bow-svitem—For some time past, a number of
houses have been broken open in Pimlico, Chelsea
Kensington, and the adjacencies, in consequence of
which, the patroles and watchmen have been on the
alert. On Thursday night a gang of three of them
were apprehended at Kensington, and yesterday they
underwent an examination before Mr. BIRNIE, Mr.
SarrearLev, and several other Magistrates. The men
charged gave their names Robert HO, George King;
and John Francis: they had been seen and watched
loitering about the town and neighbourhood of Ken-
sington, on Thursday night, by Joseph Coleman and
Wm. Frewin, two watchmen, who followed them
from High-street, Kensington nearly as far as the
turnpike, close to the wall enclosing Lord Holland's
Park ; the prisoners then turned and went to the
back of the houses in Phillimore-place; and after-
wards came round to the ftont of the houses, when
the watchmen having no doubt but that they were
going to break open one of the houses in that place,
Frewin sprung his rattle, and several other watch-1
men and patroles came to seir assistance: on examin-
ing the back front of the houses, their suspicions were
confirmed, as they found they had been attempting
the house No. 25, near which were found some im-
plements of housebreaking; it was then about half-
past one o'clock. Several implements of housebreak-
ing were also found, upon the prisoners, consisting of'
a carpenter's stock, with two centre-pieces,, a chisel,
a steel for striking .a light, a piece of candle, and a
piece of liver to quiet dogs from barking.—Richard
Chace, Esq. of Kensington-square, stated, that his
house had been broken open on Monday night, the
shutters of the window leading to his library having
been forced open by means of 16 holes, bored with a


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centre-piece; HeProdticed his shutte;ri in their forced !
state, %rhea Lack4ker.e>afrole, whohad forriterly bek
a carpenter, was- called la and tried the stock and f
mitre-pieces upon the holes bored in the shutters,
d. they were found to fit exactly. He also bored
'Other holes with the' centre-piece, which operation
was performed almost Without being heard. The
prisoners were committed forfulther examination.
Qtretta-siatiaatt.—Mari Kink Was re-examined on
charges of uttering forged Li notes,- at the Red
Lion, Prince's-street, Westminster; the Dover Castle,
Dover-street, Blackfriars-road ; and to Mr. Rose,
pawnbroker, in Dover-street. The prisoner was re-
cognized to be the wife of C. King, who some time
ago was transported for passing forged notes. She,
now observed, that she hoped they would not prose'
k cute her capitally. She would plead Guilty to the
minor offence, in hopes of being sent to her husband.
She was remanded, as a great many other charges,
it is expected; will be brought against her.
WORsHIP-STREET.—A female, apparently not .15
years of age, had become pregnant, and her father;
a respectable man, declined to assist her. She went
to the workhouse, where she was brought to bed.
The parties all attended before the Magistrate yes-,
terday ; when it was contended, on the part of the
Parish, that, as the young woman was unable to
swear to the father of the child, they were not bound
to maintain her; and that her father must defray all
expenses incurred by her till she is of age. The fa-
ther said, she was already 21, and he was not any
llonger responsible. The Magistrate was of a dif-
ferent opinion, and, with the consent of all parties, the
consideration of the case was deferred till next week.

Yesterday afternoon, while Alderman Sir JOHN
EAMER was attending a Court of Lieutenancy at
Guildhall, apparently in perfect health, he was sud-
denly seized with apoplexy, and, although the usual
means of cupping and bleeding were immediately
resorted to, we are sorry to hear that he still conti-
nues very seriously ill.
The house of Mr. PHILLIPS, at Whitton, near Bir-
mingham, was entered on Tuesday morning, be-
tween four and five o'clock, by three men. The
waggoner, who had got up to attend to his horses,
left the doer on the latch. In the meantime the rob-
bers, having secured some booty, decamped ; but not
without violently ill-treating Mr. Plitr.Lirs. Mr. P.
however, pursued the robbers; and was engaged in a
desperate struggle with them, when the waggoner
came un ; upon which one fellow ran off, and was
pursued by Mr. P.'s servant. The pursuit continued
for a considerable time; at last the waggoner came
[up with the. robber, who immediately snapped a pis-
tol at him, which missed fire. 'The waggoner, who
had a shovel in hii hand, repelled an attack which
was made at him with the butt end of the pistol ; and'
with the assistance of some persons who-happened to!
come up, succeeded in securing the robber. A pick-
lock of a large size, and some bullets, were found on
his person, and another loaded pistol was afterwards
discovered on the ground where the scuffle first took
place between the waggoner and the prisoner.--Mr.
PHILLIPS was seriously injured.
The shop of Mr. DAVIS, grocer, in North Andley-
street, was broken into, in the night of Thursday, and
between four and five hundred pounds weight of tea
was stolen,; together with EGO from an iron chest,
which was opened with keys, and without force.
'The villains entered by opening an iron railing level
with the street, by which they entered the house by
the front kitchen. No clue has yet been obtained"to
get at the thieves,
Friday se'nnight, about two o'clock, the Turnkey of
Newcistle Jail having occasion to go into the cell
where six male convicts were-confined under sentence
of seven years transportation, it was discovered that
an attempt was making to break out of it. They had
succeeded in penetrating the old wall, and were at-
tacking the new one when he interrupted them. As-
sistance having been called in, they were immedi-
ately secured.
Two felons effected their escape from the new jail
at Durham, on Thursday se'nnight, by picking the
lock of their cell, and climbing over the outer wall
of the prison yard. One of them was apprehended
in the afternoon, at a house in Gilligate : he had
broken his leg in getting over the wall, and his com-
panion (Clifford) had carried him into Gilligate, where
he left him, and he begged to be admitted into the
house in which he was apprehended.
Eirly on Monday morning, four prisoners effected
their escape froM Bath City Jail, by cutting through
the locks of their cells and scaling the prison walls by
means of ropes formed of their blankets, cut and
twisted together, by which they lowered themselves.
upon the adjoining buildings, and thence into the
street. They were seen together in Avon-street, and
an immediate alarm being given, two of them were
secured : the other two are yet at large, viz.—Luke
Smith, a whitesmith, fully committed for felony ;
and Henry Atkins,'serving his time of imprisonment.
The Dublin Evening Poet of the Ist instant stopt
the Press to insert the following paragraph :—" Just
as we were going to Press, we received a letter from
Galway, stating, that upwards of 500 Ribbonmen had
been taking up arms in the neighbourhood of Clon-
fert on Friday night, when the Bishop being informed 'I
of it, went into the church, and continued ringing the
bell until day-light. The church he had barricadoed
and defended by armed men. The next night, Sa-
turday last, a force of 300 regulars were dispatched
to his Lordship, who are patroling. all the roads in
the vicinity."
We are requested to publish the following Letter,
as particularly claiming the attention of those who
have been improperly treated under this complaint :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sta—Obsersing a paragraph in your Paper respecting the
Cure of an Hernia (of a large size), by the Medical Board, at
Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriar's-road, in
justice to Messrs. Cooria and Co. I add my personal testimony.
' flaring been afflicted nearly 20 years, and deemed incurable by
r eminent Surgeons, I patiently bore affliction, expecting every
hoar to be my last: I at length applied to the Medical Boat di
[and have reason to pray for that eacellent Establishment, for al-
though I am neatly '5O, I was perfectly cured M a few weeks, and
now, thank GOD, enjoy good health. C. CLEVEL A ND.
Dog and. Stile, St. George's-fields.
Messrs. Coorpt and Co. arc consulted at Wood-
'stock-House, Woodstock-street, daily, and at Char-
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lotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev.
r,-Rowland Hill's Chapel. Mechanics have ts&rice
'gratis every Evening, from Six till tight ; and on
Sunday Mornings until Twelve o'Clock.
N.B. Private Doors at each :Rouse, and Private .
Doors for Females.,
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At Antigsm, to the' Ist November, Lieutenant-Geseral Bent-
say, Governor of that Island ; and ant the 18th NoVerober, Liar .1
tenant-Colonel Kirby, his successor,:Consmander-in•Chief.
Monday, at the Vicarage Wootton Bassett, Wets, Caroline,
wife of the Rev. Thomas Hyde Ripley, aid daughter of the late
WBll4m Hosterarond, Esq. - •
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NawoAts.xi-LEADENH A L L iia-ii.RK eli; FEB.*.
. . . (By thq Carcase.)
Beef,... ...... -4s 941.t0-'4* ed I Veal 53 Od to es Sd
Mumis .4,4 S to '%s Od I Pork Ss 4d to Cs 4cl

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PRICE ()V ROPS. •
In* NUM NEW tooners.
Kent
Sussex 2l 18s to 31 8. Sussex 3l 3s to 51 19s
Essex
Foreign ... 11 8s to 11 15s Farnham 5l Ss to 61 Cs
PRICES or lIAT AND STRAW YESTERDAY. ..
ST. JAMES'i. . yintrecnArzt
Ray 31 5s Od to 41.15 s Od Hay... 51 16s to 41 114 Vd
Straw 11 4s Od to 11 16s Od t'L'traw 11 10s to 11 15s Od
Clover 0l Os Od to 01 Os Od Clover 51 Os to 61 Os Od

PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP, ',cc. per l2Th.
Town Tallow 6ss 6d Ditto rough
YelloW Russia ..: ..... 52s Od Yellow Soap .... ....... ' G2s
White ditto
Soap ditto .. ....... s3s Od Curd
Melting Stuff 45s od Falai
I'lllelliw CANDLES—FlCiiinVa—s•iien- • HAL
Candles, per dozlls Od—Moulds, 12s Gd; eh per dortn
allowed for ready money. .
RAW HIDES.
1
Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary ... is 104 to 2s Cd
stone) ......2s 6d to 23 Sd Market Calf Ss Od to Cs Cd
Middlings :..2s sd to 2s 44 Eng. Horse Os od tO Os Cd
Sheepskin,—Downs, 4s od to 5s Od—Shearling, Si Od to 610 d
PRICE OF LEATHER.
Batts, 50 .to 56Ibs each led to tOd per lb.
Ditto, 56 to 061bs each ' . 22d to 23d
Dressing Hide; . 15d to 164
1 ine Coach Hides
174 to 181
Cop Hides, 35 to 401hs for cutting ... ~. lsd to 17d
Ditto 43 to 5016- tad to sod
Calf Skins, 71) to 401bs . 2od to 26d
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D::to 50 to 701hs 28d to 344
Ditto - 70 to 801bs
51,541 to NC
Small Seifls (Greenland)
Large ditto 13d to 184
Tanned Horse Hides ' 161 to 111/ .
Spanish ilorse Hides -
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164 to 204
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COURSE OF
Amsterdam ll 19 C.F.
Ditto at sight 11 16
Rotterdam... l2 C 2U.
Antwerp, ez-mo 12 1
I iamborgh 36 1 if U.
Altona 36 2 S} U.
Paris. 3 day's date 25 5 U.
Ditto 25 35 2U.
Madrid, effective 341
Cadiz effect. 34f
Barcelona 34
Bilboa, effective 34f

',NCIIANG E.
:;41
Gibraltar .. ... 30

Leghorn
Genoa ...... 444
Venice Itel Liv. ‘l7 SO
MAlta
Naples
Palermo 6 per 02.
Dublin ' 104
Cork .... . .. .101
Agio of the Bank on Rol-
land 0

PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Portugal Gold in Coin, per ez. .ce 17
Foreign Gold in Bars . 5 7 7 10i
New Doubloons
New Dollars - 0 5 0
Silver, In bars, standard. q s i

COAL MARKET, FEILVAIT •. •
Skip at Market. . Ships Sold. I'rice.
29; Newcastle 231 35s 6d to 444 64
O Sunderland 0 Ms Od to 00$ Cd
O Elgin Coal o Owed to oos Od

COUNTRY MARKETS.
01F01111, Fat. s.—The price of a Bushel of Wheat Bs. sid.
The Half-peck Loaf, Wheaten, Is. 9d.--Household, Is. 7d.
BAXIIOIIV, Frs. 3.—Wheat 7s. Od. to 9s. Od.--Beans 4.. 6d.
:o 7s 64—Vetches Os Od per bulhel.—Barley, 29s to 34s
OA!, 20s Od to 265 Od per quarter—Bread, 1s 6d half peck—
Flour 52s per sack.
NEWBURY BYRES, Fru. 3.—Wheat, 53s to 771—Barley,
27s to s4s—Otte, 21s to 28s—Brans, 40s to 565--Peon, 48s -
to 52s.—Bread, ls•sid to is lid. per Gallon.
Uxaamce, Frs. 3.—Wheat, per load, £l2 as to ,ClB
New Wheat, £OO Os to £0 -006—Barley, per quarter, 32s to
58a--Oats, 24s to 30s—Beans, 39s to 411s--Peas, 48s to Sts
—Rye, —s to —3.

Non est vieere sod valet vita.—Met amt. .
" Life is only Life, velien blest with Health."
THE finest System of Ethics is to confine within
due bound%, and thus to regulate the Passions ; unre-
strained and insubordinate they impetuously destroy those bar-
riers which Religion and Morality have made sacred; to curb,
but not to annihilate them, appears the lesson of prudence, best
calculated to limit their effervescence.
Every disorganization of the human frame requires great me- •
dicil knowledge to remedy, and the public welfare is promoted
when professional men (dissegarding the suggestions of the envi-
ous and interested) devote their studies to the treatment of these
complaints generated by imprudence, and the ebullition of the
passions at an unguarded moment. " The strergth of a Nat!an •
consists in the health of the People ;" but it is melancholy to re-
flect on the daily sacrifice to the ignorance of unfeeling empyrk
cieirt, and to counteract, as far as possible, its further ravage ewe •
offer to suffering humanity, the result of our own experience in
the various diseases of Debility. The unwary victim of solitary.
vice (early acquired at school, before reason has asserted her right
over the mind), will, in contemplating his powerless state, I
come susceptible of enlivening sensations, ha knowing that th
most complicated state of exhaustion may be roused into manly
energy.
Intense study--ientnexierate anxiety—totes residence in tropical
Climes, and many other causes, will f.tquently derange the Ner-
vous System ; in such cases we can hold out an assurance of re-
animation, by remedies which have long answered the sanguin
hopes of Patients of both Sexes.
That bane to human happinets, LUES V ENEREA, can new
be treated fearlessly, the improved state of Medical Scies.ce
having divested its antidote of those distressing properties that
so long rendered its exhibition uncertain and harassing. We but
explain our method by observing to Patients labouring tinder this
malady, that a few days only sce required for the removal of eat :y
symptoms; that the most inveterate case will yield to our reme-
dies within a month ; and that in a person who only suspects hint-
self injured, the disease may be prevented altogether from appear-
ing ;—a similar remark applies to many other derangements of the
generative system, as weakness, ulcerations, &c. especially '
tures, obstinate cases of which are daily removed without the use
of caustic or stimulants. Some peculiarities incidental to the
softer sex have not escaped our attention; in which mildness,
combined with efficacy, have superseded the means usually .
adopted. In fine, our system is unique, peculiarly energetic,
and eminently sucCessfuL • -
Educated in this our native city ; schooled in our professional
attainment by its splendid edical characters; and having been
able, personalty, to compare with admiration the British Sur-
gical practice with the Continental, our pretensions to superiorit
(in a branch we have selected) are method by experience, which
is evinced by theedaily applications we [wales, even from dist.ett
countries. GOSS and Co. M. R. C. Serge.ons.
15, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, London:
ET For the general accommodetien, we do not limit ourselves
to stated periods of practice, but may be consulted at ..'d reason-
able hours, Country Patients are requested tedescrise minutely
their symptoms, &c. when Medicines, with Advice, will be int-
mediately forwarded to any part the Yingdotn.—A Bank Noce
is expected to accompany the Cote. •
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The X.cts of lai is, a familiar Commentary on the above Di'-
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