Star.
London, England, 1818-09-09 00:00:00

'Watt at Portsttmoth some time ago. 1L immediately
.told the Keeper that he was a.—a if that was not his
Monkey, and have it he %mild. The Keeper refhsed
to give it tap, and declared that his master had
bought is•feirly foe The Showman wasiby this
time in a high passion with the Monkey, which had
seized him with sear violence ay the nose as to make
kiln roar out. The animal was growing more and
rriore averse to the control of the Keeper, held his
paws cut to the Sailor, and moaned piteously. The
LORD Maven said, the only way fur him na.decide
upon a case in which there was positive assertion
on both sides, was to leave the matter to the Monkey
himself. His Lordship then directed that the Mon-
key should be placed upon the table, and that each
party claiming him should use his powers of fascina-
tion, in order to ascertain to whom the Monkey was
most attached. The Monkey was put upon the
bet narrowly escaped death from an attack made
upon him by a dog, which has been :t constant visitor'
at the Mansion-horse. The Lone Mavon marked
the effect of this- very important edventere upon the
plaintiff and defendant, arid was of opinion that as
'the greater concern was manifested upon the Fart of
the sailor, he was the right owner. The desired ex-
periment was now made: the Showman put a piece
of stick into the Monkey's paw, and ordered him to
shoulder arms—instead of obeying this order, the
Monkey struck the Keepet. on the head, and then
threw it in his face. ',The Sailor then ceded to him,
"Jack, make a salamb'to his Lordship ?" The Mon-
key instantly stood erect on his hind legs, raised his
paWs to the trip of his head, and' made a low how to
the Lord Mayor in the Turkish style ; he then hugged
the sailor as before.—" If any thing else is necessary,.
(said the sailor), there is a hole in one of his cars,
which I bored in St. Kitt's, for it is fashionable for
the Bucks to wear ear-rings there his left pew is
marked by a fishing hook, and part of his tail is
bitten by a parrot that used to quarrel with him."—
Thess marks were observed. The LORD MAYOR ad-
vised the Showman to give up all cleim to the Mon-
key. The Showman refuse..., ; the S.:ilor refused to
part with the Monkey, and the Monkey refused to
part with him. The two drseutants then left tie.:
(Kee, the Monkey hanging about the neck of the
Sailor in the most affectionate manner.
STOCKPORT ItkOTERS•—•CRESTER Assiza.s, SEPTZ3.I.•
era 5.---Jacob Ilinchrliffe, a dyer of Stockport, in this
county, was indicted as implicated in the riots which
took place in that town on the 15th, 16th, and 17th
ofJuly last. Mr. Garside, a mostrespectable manu-
facturer, gave evidence, that he employed nearly 500
spinners and weavers at his machinery in that town;
and in consequence of some of the persons. in his em-
ploy leaving their situations and refusing to work, he
was under the necessity of sending to Burton upon-
Trent for others to supply their Place, who were fe-
males, whom he lodged, on their arrival at Stock-
port, in his factory, going to which place they were
beaten and loaded with mud by the populace, who
also broke the windows of his factory, and threw.
stones at their highly respecfable Magistrate, Mr.
Harrison, when reading the Riot" Act, by Which a,
horse was knockei down. The mob attaCked
Gareides carter, with a load of cotton, and beat him..
The prisoner, Hinchcliire, broke some of the Winslow's'
of the factory, by throwing stones at the iiiisetherhia!
from Burton. Mr. Garside had igveral stones thrown.'
at himself, which* struck him on the back, the irtincs
being brought to the street by boys, forthe_pitrO'ose
of being thrown by the men ; and .HicchclNe-
particularly active in encouragini:tbe *singirrgjeof a
song of a vete inflammatory nature:accompanied br
a blind fidler, for ihoni he made -a ring, in,prder
that he might be snirounded by the populate, heit
infuriated. Mr. Gaeside was .undue the .neceleittof
withdiawing these women frieni his factory leg aeu-
diciOus manoeuvre, to a house in the neighbour*:e4
the window shut:ere which-were afterwards ptaled
down, and entry into theheukin part made Opug.
the windows ; but further depredations were lye-
vented by the arrival of Sir John Fleming Liam-
ter's Troop of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Mr.
Serjeant BEST very emphatically mentioned ,to the
prisoner, that had he been indicted eapieullyeseltich
he might have been, he should have left him for exe-
cution. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to three
years' imprisomiient; and fined Is. The priscneraeas
very much aretcod. Joseph Baker, indicted frir the
same Offence, was also found Guilty, and scatenced
to one year's imprisor.ment, and fined Is.
• * conot4Ens. •
We have alrrady. noticed the untimely death of
CHARLES GRANT, Esq.- by a spring gun, which lasi
been placed in his garden, in Grove-road, Mile-end,
by his own directions.' This melancholy. event •cseca-
sioned an inquest to be taken before Joliet %Vision?
Ifewisr, Esq. yesterday, at Mile-end:—lt appeared
that on Sunday week, between eleven and twelve
o'clock at night, the deceased was alarmed by the
violent feeekitig of a NeWfotinelland dog, which in-
deiced him . to- go intci the garden, suspecting that
semeepersons were.in the act of robbery, as various
depredations had l'e:ere been committed there. In
order to welk with the greatest silence, he quittedthe
'neer:el-es-elk and proceeded close to the garden-wall,
where inoe unhappily, through forgetfulness, he trod
on the wire of a spring gun, which instantly went off'
antilotiged several bullets in his thigh, and caused
his.death.—The Coroner observed, that the mode of
defending property by spring runs had been tonsi•
dered by persons eminent in the-law es highly creep-
tiouable and illegal. In the present Instance, how-
ever, any observations of this nntu-e were tendered
the less necessary, as the .ieceased had•fallen the vic-
tim of his own. unhappy precaution, -and had been
the only sufferer on the occasion It was quite im-
possible
to view the transaction in any other light
than of an aceident.—Yerdict—"eaccidental Death."
—During she investigation, an anecdote was men-
tioned, deserving of notice : Mr. Grant hippened to
be at the Hague at the time °fella disturbance there
during the list war. • hen the British army came
to take possess:on of the town, the deceased consulted
the Governor, and by his consent, he, in regimentals
planted the British• colours momentarily upon the
fortress. This struck terrier into the lines of the
French army, and they fled in all directions. The
consequence was that the marines and troops belongs
ing to the British effected a binding with -scareely
any opposition. For this service the deceasiii-reeeiie.l
a-gold snuff-boa vattte Elflo:guineas, from the Beilidi
Governmenti-which boa-he else:tee-Opt onehe Irian-
xlepiece of his bed•diamher. • The.ifeceased Welk di
eminent koker, and eee. of the first fieVists oldie day: