Star.
London, England, 1826-03-21 00:00:00

UNION•HALL

A decent looking married woman, named Eliwkik Pearls, was
charged with stealing a valuable shawl from the shop of a trades.
man named Walmsley, in the Landon.road.—She said nothing in
her defence, and was fully committed.

A man named Nina was brought up, charged with interrupting
the devotions at Itotherbithe church. He had reeled Into the
church about eleven o'clock en Sunday, in a state of Intoxication,
calling and bellowing out, to the great annoyance of the congregation.
Dir. CRAIIIIIMS observed, that on Sundays it was really shocking
to behold the drunken men issuing out of the various public-houses,
as families were proceeding to church. Females were frequently
insulted by such exhibitions.
The defendant was fined 1, in default of paying which he was
held to bail.

An insolvent debtor, named Hart, was yesterday
brought into Court for opposition, in the arms of a
turnkey, and apparently within a few hours of disso-
lution ; but the pitiable state of the insolvent induced
the creditors to acquiesce in an order for his immediate
discharge, which was issued accordingly.
The Wcester Journal states, that a Bill will be
brought improbably before the lister Bece.s) for regu-
lating the glove and silk trades ' • and that it appears,
likely, from a conversation which Colonel D. had with
Mr. HIJSKISRON on Wednesday, that the importation
vill be limited to London, and only packages contain-
ing
a certain quantity admitted.
YORK WHIG CLIII.- General Meeting of the
Club Was held on Thursday last, Sir GRORGE CAYIXT,
Bart. in the Chair. Several resolutions were passed,
relative•to the approaching General Election, and an
Address was voted, assuring the Electors that several
Gentlemen, whose principles were in favour of economy
in public expenditure, and unrestricted toleration, were
ready to offer their set vices, and calling upon the Elec.,
tors to reserve their tro•es.

Commercial letters from St. Petersbnrgh of the 3d
inst. mention that the failure of Messrs. IL A. GOLD-
scumtpr and Co. bad pa minced the greatest consterna-
tion. The. exchange with England fell from 911 to 9,
and only one house would negotiate bills on Landon.
At the Stafford Assizes 40 prisoners were capitally
convicted, six of whom are left for execution.

The Ordnance Department is about sending out a'
Military Officer of rank to Canada, to superintend the
construction of a canal between Montreal and Kingston,
avoiding the river Lawrence, the object being to fa-
cilitate the communication between those two towns.

Tuesday night, as Lieutenant Aikin, of the Coast
Blockade Service, was returning to his station from
Cuckmere Haven in a boat, in rising to give orders to
his men, when off Seaford, he fell overboard, and sunk
to rise no mcne.
At Exeter Assizes, gi James v. llolath," the plain-
tiff recovered 351. paid to defendant for the purehase of
three steers, in notes of a Plymouth Bank, which failed
the next day. The defence urged the non•presentment
of the notes, though the bank hdd stopped, but. the
Judge ruled that such pre%entinent WAS useless knd
(unnecessary.

RAW RIDS'
Best Heifers and Steers (per I Ordinary . is 94 to Is Od
stone)
Middlings ... 9s Od to 95 lid