Star.
London, England, 1826-09-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

,Yoseph Wright was yesterday put to the bar, charged
by Ann Robertson with having indecently exposed his
person before her. on the 25th of July last. The pro-
'secutrix stated, that the prisoner was in her trou.e, at
Bethnal-ereen, drinking on the above day ; that he
came to her at the bar 'quite naked, abd asked her for
a quartern of gin. Witness instantly left her house, got
an officer, and had the prisoner taken into custody.
The prisoner, who had originally pleaded " guilty,'
said, in reply to a question of the CHAIRMAN, that he
was egged on to do as he did, by his comrades, who
were thinking with hit. He was very sorry for having
committed the offence with which he was charged, and
if forgiven, would never be guilty again.
The CHAIRMAN said that it was necessary to make
the prisoner remember the impropriety of his conduct,
all although drunkenness was but a poor excuse, yet,
it in some degree took.from the toot miry of the offence.
Under all the circumstances of the case, he thought six
months hard labour in the House of Correction would
be of infinite service in the restraining of those passions
with which the prisoner seemed affected.
John Taft, who was convicted on Thursday of an
assault upon Charlotte Gunnell, was put to the bar to
rece ve the sentence of the Court. _ _

The CHAIRMAN addressed tht prisoner, and said,
that he had been found guilty of a most brutal and
cruel assai.lt upon an unprotected female, and that his
conduct m"tited the severest punishment. The circum-
stances of his c ,e bad undergone the greatest consi del a.
; and the conclusion come to by himself and those
who acted with him was, that be should be imprisoned
one year.
Prisoner—lt's no use my saying any thing now that I have re-
ceived sentence; but you might as well send any Gentleman in
Court to gaol for the offence as me.
Cnasamais.:—You Mite at least been proved to have said, " D—u
lief, I wish she was drowned;' and " Its not her happiness, but
illy own, that I look to." This was both cruel and unkind.
Jolts Lysicis was indicted for assaulting Patrick Galway.
The defendant, a rough Emeralder, on being asked whether be
was guilty or not guilty, said—" What about is that you want to
know ?"

Jr. C. PIIILLIPS—About your knocking. Pat Galway's tooth
down his throat. _ .

Lynch—ls that it? He bate me and I bate him!
Mr. Ateett—Are you guilty of not guilty?
Lynch—l was guilty of that.
The prosecutor then stated the nature of the assault, which was
literally knocking out one of his front teeth, by what he called a
home blow.
Lynch—Mr. Galway, do you mane to say, that you did not bate
sue first ?
Galway—l do mane to say, Mr. Lynch, that I did not bale you.
Pat—l made my resistance, and why not?
Another witness confirmed the statement of the prosecutor.
Pat—l have two witnesses to call, Dan and Con Bradshaw.
Con Bradshaw &I A.
CH•I Rita N— Wh at do you know of this affair?
Con—Nothing Sir ; 1 was not there.

Dan was thenCaHet, and he gave the same answer.
Pvt—l did not call them to teU what had happened at the public-
house, I meant to call them to tell what happened afttrwards, when
they brought the party to kill him.
His case now failed. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to two
months' imprisounent in the House of Correction.

Sir JOHN CoPLEY was elected Recorder of Bilstol,
unanimously, at a meeting of the Corporation on Thursday.
Sr JAMES FITEGP.RALD. Bart. has taken Wulseley
Park, the seat of Sir CM auto Wor.snav, for three year..
We have received Mauritius Gazettes to the 24th of
June. They contain no news of any kind whatever. The slowness
of communication between that colony and the mother country may
be conceived from the fact, that in the paper of the above date, the
Laos's Speech at the opeaing of the Parliament, on the 2d of
February, is inserted as the most recent arrival.
The Paris papers contain a Letter from the Emperor
Nictiotss to the Governor of St. Petershurgb. which proves that the
Estimates, and the whole Imperial &sully, attached the greatest im-
portance to the presence of Cossmanna at the Coronation.
The King of the NETUERLANDS bas granted permL-
sion to the children of the late celebrated artist David,
to erect a monument to his memory, in the church-
yard of St. Gudule. Thus the same hos?itabte country,
which already possessed the mortal remains of one of
the most celebrated French Poets, J. J. Rousseau, will
preserve also those of the Painter, of whom Fcanoe is
so justly proud.
13y advice we learn, that the Lady-Nog-ant, Coffin,
from Calcutta, is daily expected, with the most valua-
ble cargo imported in so small a ship for a long time,
estimated at 25 lacs of rupees, or upwards of 300,0901.
The Lidy Mary Pelham has arrived, with the Mail
of the 27th July, from Carthagena, and the Mail of the
Bth August from Jamaica.
Letters from Batavia of the 14th June state, that
every thing remained exceedingly dull, and great fears
1611 of the Insurgents. The Governor had collected all
the specie, it is supposed, for the payment of the troops.
Produce was lower.
The influence of the late genial rains upon vegeta-
tion was evident yesterday in Covent-garden market.
Strawberries (scarlets) and red currants, perfectly ripe
and of a good quality, were exposed for sale, as were
also excellent green peas. at 2s. 6J. per quart.
The Observatory at Copenhagen is a large tower so
constructed, that by means of a spiral road without
steps, and which is paved with bricks, a coach drawn
by four horses may be safely conducted to the summit.
The Stamp Office duty on advertisements in Irish
newspapers, for the year ending the sth January last,
amounts to 14 0001. only, while in the year 1823, it
was twenty-three thousand pounds.
An old author mentions the curious fact, that from
the time when London was erected into a corporate
city, to the year 1616, there were only two Lord Mayors
who were bachelors; namely, John Matthew (mercer),
in 1490, and Sir John Leman, in 1616.
CHARLES MATHIRWS inquired of a friend, if he knew
ishy the coach they were then travelling by was called
the Regselatorr " Because it keeps correct tine." I sup-
pose, replied his friend. "No such thing," replied the
Comedian ; the reason is,tbat all other coachesgo by it."
An imitated schoolmaster in the West of England,
not being able to make a clownish scholar remember
the word Mule, exclaimed while riding out one day,,
" Now you booby ! don't you know what's between a
horse and an ass Why yees, Sir, to be sure, I doe
—every fool knows that howsomdever."—" Then why
don't yon tell me ? say directly what it is between the
horse and the ass, or I'll punish yeu."—" Why the sad-
dl,., to be zure, Sir—l knowed that all along."
The custom of altering the names of the Popes after
their election to the Popedom, was first introduced in
the case of some Cardinals being elected, whose proper
name meant swine-snout, which by general consent, be-
ing deemed unseemly for such a dignity, was changed
to Sergio' the Second.
The Peons of South America are such expert horse-
men, that when at full gallop they wiU throw the rein
on the horse's tuck, take from one pocket a bag of loose
tobacco, and with a piece of paper, er a leaf of Indian
corn, make a segar ; and then take out a flint and mad,
and light it.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR JOHN BECKETT.

LEEDS, SErmassa 17.

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Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, was the time
appointed for interring the remains of the late Sir Jou N
BECK !TT. in the family vault, at the north-east Corner
of the chancel of our Parish Church. The melancholy
procession accordingly left GleJhow about ten o'clock
that forenoon, in the following order t
Two Motet.
The Hearse containing the Body.
Two :NI tam
Four Mourning Coaches and Four.
Two family Carriages, and the private Carriages-of the following
Gentlemen :
it. F. Wilson, Esq. M.P. Christopher Wilson, F.sq. General
Marriott (son-in-law of Sir John Beckett); Major Norcliffe • John
Biayds, Esq. John 13layds, jun. Esq. Joseph Beckett, F.sq. Thomas
Beckett, Esq. Thomas Btnyon, Esq. Martin Hind, Rs* Thomas
Chorley, Esq. Rev. G. Lewthwaite ; Benjamin Gott, Eq. T. B.
Pease, Esq. and W. Hey, Bak
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Some of the members of the Corporation of Leeds,
including our excellent Chief Magistrate, were also in
attendance, and as the funeral approached its destina-
tion, great crowds of people, of all classes, joined it as
a mark of repect to the memory of the Hon. Baronet,
who, when living, had been the object of their highest
esteem and veneration. On entering the Churchyard,
the coffin was followed by the pre.:ent Right Hon. Sir
John Beckett, and five other of Sir John Beckett's sons,
as chief mourners ;hi i brother—J. r eis!r Beckett, Esq. of
Barnsley ; his relations—General Marriott ; R. F.Wilson,
Esq. M.P. and Christopher Wilson, E,q. and a long
train of Gentlemen of the first respectability. The coffin
was quite plain, being merely covered with superfine
black cloth, with black mouldings, and a large brass pl•: on the
upper surface, on which-were engraved the following :—" Sir John
Beckett, Bart. died September 18th, 1626; aged 83 years."—lt was,
' indeed, the. wish of the family that the funeral should be conducted,
lin every respect, in the most private and simple manner.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.