Star.
London, England, 1826-11-11 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A man named &heard Davis was committed to take his trial,
under Lord Ellenbotougk's Act, on a charge of cutting and maim-
ing a man named Timothy hl.drath.
It appeared that the men bad been sitting together in a public-
house, when a quarrel ensued, and the prisoner seizing a knife,
stabbedt 11'Grath with it in the face.

Mr. &&h, a tlvery-stable-keeper, in King-street, St. Jamees, who
acts as a night constable for that parish, was fined 40s. and costs,
for improper conduct in. bis office.

HATTON-GARDEN.

A poor, miserable-looking fellow, dressed in shabby black, with
scarcely a shoe to his feet, and worn-out hose, with a remarkably
white head of hair, and a preposterous pair of whiskers, whose real
name is George Pottle:itch, but who has passed himself off as the" Earl
of Strathmore," was brought before the Magistrate on a warrant
by Andrew Lloyd, the officer, charged with attempting the life of
an old Lady named Colman, residing in Cursitor-street, Chancery.
lane, under the following circumstances s
It zppears that some months back the defendant went to reside
with Mrs. Colman, who ii upwards of BO years of age, and keeps a
lodging house in Cursitor- at reet. When he entered the house he agreed
to the terms of the old Lady, and he was to board and lodge with her;
'he represented himself to be no less a personage than the Earl of
Strathmore, and that his affairs were in Chancery, but that under an
order friani the Lord Chancellor, he was in the receipt of three
guineas a week. Upon this assurance he was treated as a Gentleman
of rank, and his society was courted by every pewon that came
to the house, although his Lordship was in tatters. The credulous
Mrs. Colman was so infatuated with her noble inmate, that she never
thought of troubling him fur money till her demand amounted to
the sum of 141. 17s. 9d. and then being very much in want of
money, she ventured to apply to the Earl for a part, if not all, of
her account. This she did in a most respectful manner; but never-
thetas, she, it appears, excited the displeasure of the Noble Lord,
who expressed his indignation at the old Lady's temerity, by seizing
a sword-stick, and with most horrid asseverations, declared, that if
she ventured into his apartment again, death would be her portion.
Things went on in this way for some time; and no money being
forthroming. the old Lady took the advice of a Gentleman, a'
friend of hers, who undertook to ascertain the right of her lodger's
title to the earldom, and whether his story as to his being in the
receipt of 31. a week, under an order from the Court of Chancery,
was correct; and on Tuesday last that Gentleman ascertained,
beyond all manner of doubt, that the old Lady's lodger was nothing
more or less than an impostor, and thereupon be communed with
Mrs. Colman, and it was determined, if possible, to get him out
of the house ; but on the old Lady entering his room on Wednesday
last to give hint notice to quit, he flew into a violent rage, seized his
sword-stick, and swore that if she ever annoyed hint again on such
a trivial matter, he would tun her through the b-dy. This threat
was made with such vehemence that the old Lady, in a state of
alarm, shrieked out murder several times, and on the maidservant
running up stairs to her mistress's assistance, be declared, by all
that was good, that she should either fall a victim to the sword or
the pistol, and that leave the house he would not till he thought
proper. Under these circumstancet, the old Lady considering
herself in bodily fear, applied to the Magistrate for his assistance;
and the consequence was, that a warrant was Issued for his apppre-
hension, and he was now brought forward to answer the charge
contained therein. _ _ _

The defendant, who is evidently labouring under a delusion of
mind, said that he *as the person he represented himself to be,
bet his accounts were unsettled, and he thought he had no right to
be annoyed.
The assault being clearly proved, the defendant was held to bail
to answer the charge at the Sessions, and he not being provided
with it was locked q.

DIED.
The Sib instant, at Windsor, in the 90th year of her age, Mrs
Hallam, widow of the 'Ate Rev. Dr..HaUam, Canon of that Church.