Star.
London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

UNION-H A LL.

Yesterday a female, amid WlliOa, &Ted oat in al the odours

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of site tainbow, applied at this Iffsce fo- a warrint of felons- again's(
a Man named M' tees*, viideethe following cfccumstanees
She stated, that on Christmas Eve the person whom she accused
of having robbed her. called at her house, accompa:ied by twu
females; they retired to a loom together, and having retained
in it for some length of time, she
,Iteard his two c ~,,, p
slip down stairs, and the street door being open, they ran nut
of the house. Soon afterwards 116 Gregor came blubbering its"
into the room, wrapped up in a blanket, and coniplained that
the womeo with whom he entered had left him, taking with
them the whole of his clothes, and not leaving him even
his trOwsers to go home in. She lamented his loss, aseceing
that she could not help his' misfortune, and adding, that in
future he should be more careful of the company lie kept..—
M'Gregor, however, instead of receiving her advice with any
degree of thankfulness, abused her, and actually accused lose of
having been concerned with the two women in &priving hint
of his garments. She in vain assured hint to the contrar7, and
requested him to leave her house. What ! (said he) do ynit
want me to gang hatter without ony breeks? Certainly, replit.d
she; I have had ncthing to do with your bret chg.% and • J bat,:
none to lend you, therefure out of my house you roust ad
shall pack. M'Gregor said, that he should not quit the house
until he was furnished with covering to enable hint to pi)..
hame ; and finding at length that there was no prospect of
raining a suit, he ran up to the room where he haJ been (lives:el
of all his clothes by the two women, and- having taken the Wan--
bets, sheets, and counterpane off the bed, he wrapped thens
tightly round his body, 'armed himself with the poker, and darted
out into the street. She ran after him,
and in the p9rin't he
fell into the mud from the weight of her bed-clothes. site now
thought he could be easily secured, but she was mist..ken, for on
recovering his legs, he flung off the two blankets (the mos: cumber.
some of the articles in which hr was wrapped up), and afterwards
ran with great speed, so that he completely outstrip's:A all his pur-
suers, and escaped with her property. She therefore trotted the
Magistrate would feel no hesitation i:: gr./ming her a warrant for
his apprehension.
There was considerable merriment excited in the'Office during
the applicant's statement against the poor fellow, who, it appeared,
was deprived of every article of the dress he had entered the house
in except his shirt.

ThisMactssaayn.—Mrs. Wilson, I should like to know a little
of your history before I grout a warrant against an individual who
was robbed in your house. Pray, where do you reside?—to the
Mint, Sir. DJ you keep a brothel?—l keeps a house of lccom.
modation for Ladies and Gentlemen. Oh ! that is the genteel ap.
pellation you term your sink of iniquity, Is it ? Then, Mrs. Wilson,
said the Magistrate, you may leave the Office, for I shall grant you
no warrant.—Your house,'l understand, is one of the very worst
description in this neighbourhood, and I shall recommend it so
be indicted.

THAMES-POLICE
LeGault or m*l'lll4l6l —.sin Smyth, a young Irishwoman, from
the county of Tipperary, was brought before the Sitting Magis-
trates, for the purpose of having her passed to Ireland.
The young woman protested against the removal; she ststed,-
that about a year ago, she was married to a seaivan, who is now
at sea, and who allowed her a mouthy allowance of 30s. and left
her a note to get that sum from the owners of the vessel : but in
consequence of the owners not paying her the last month's allow-
ance, sod flaying no means to compel them, she went into the
poor-house, conceiving that it would be the duty of the officers to
interfere in her behalf; but she could assure the Magistrates, that
if they paid her monthly money regularly, she would, with the aid
of her own industry, be in most comfortable circumstances ; she
expected her husband home in abort four months, and is would be
cruel to send her to Ireland, and deprive her of the monthly stipend
which she receives from hint.

The officers of the parish said, they should not be anxious to
send her to Ireland, were it not that they were anxious to protect
the parish against the charge of the infant, as, when born, it would
be a bastard,.

The young woman, deeply affected, declared that she was
mauled, and that her husband always behaved to her with the
'greatest kindness.

The Officers did rot deny that a marriage Lad taken place, as it
was celebrated by a Roman Catholic Priest, without complying With
any requisites of the Act.

Sylvester, the officer, stated, that he had called on the owners of
the vessel, in which the young woman's husband had gone to sea,
and they gave him a check for U. two month.' allowance.
The young woman then said, she would ply the officers any sum
they chose to charge her for the time she was in the pour-house.
The officers replied, that was no consideration. The only thing
they were anxious about was, to prevent the parish being burtheneil
with the expense of her coming offspring.
Mr. BALLANTTNIC observed, that their apprehensions with regard
to the child, he conceived, were rather premature ; until they were
actually put to expense on account of it, their complaint did net
come within the Act. He therefore was if opinion, that a sufficient
ease had not been made out, to warrant a removal% and observing,
ae the same time, it was rather a dangerous precedent to have es-
tablished, as, by invalidating the marriage, it would leave 411 the
Irish children in the parish in rather an awkward situation.
One of the Officers--liease your Worship those Irish marry in
such a hurry, without since thinking what that they are about.
' Mr. BALLaarrena—When people are about to Marry,the less they
think about it the better.

The young woman (looking fearfully at the of/leer) said, that it
was just as lucky to marry in a hurry, as if they were wren years
about it.

Mr. flat.t.a*Trwe then ordered the check to be given to her, and
the parties left the Office.

Sunday evening, the lOch, ten young goats (the pro.
perty of a respectable tenant on Lord Cawdor's estate)
were found under the snow, and known to be in that
situation from the 24th of November. This is said to
be singular with regard to goats, although common as
to sheep. These poor animals were 16 days shut out
from the light of day ; and when discovered, appeared
nothing the worse of their interment. --Glasgow Chron.

A •ery lamentable case of fatality in the typhus
fever has recently taken place at Far Oxenhope, near
Haworth. Benjamin Barran is the name of the unhappy
.father of the unfortunate family. His wife, four daugh-
ters, three sons, and one grandson, were all buried
within the short period of little more than two months;
the youngest of the children who died was aged nine,
and the eldest 28—the mother of the family was 50.
M. Ouvrard, in the 2d volume of his Memoirs, rela-
tive to the entry of the French into Spain, says_.►" Being
quartered by a military order upon the house of a man
of fortune, one of my superior agents, at the moment
when be was going to sit down to table, saw the mistress
of the house enter, with a napkin upon her arm, and
plaCe herself behind his chair. On expressing his
astonishment at such a proceeding, the Lady replied in
the tone of a pride profoundedly wounded—• Sir, since
the entry of the French into Spain, we ought to consider
ourselves slaves. lam here to begin my service."—
" The Constitutional doctrine had no friends among
the lower people;, but it had supporters among the
families in easy circumstances; and especially among
the towers. On the same day that I arrived at Burgos.
having a difference with the Gentleman on whose house
I was billetted, about the possession of a chamber, one
of his daughters came in and joined in the discussion.
I paid her some compliments; and among other things
said, 8 that we brought many gallant soldiers in our
army, who would dispute among themselves fur the
hands of the Spanish Ladies.' But the proud Castilian
was not one of those who saw in a Frenchman a 6 Li-
berator.' , Sir,' she replied, , I like not your banner.
I would rather die a virgin, than belong to a servile: "

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At Klnpton, Jamaica, on the sth October, James Grant, Em.
surviving co-partner of Messrs. James and Charles Grant, many
years respectable merchants in that city.

MAILS-THIS DAY.

MIL DIM MIA. re&
Dublin a 0 1 France 0 0
Waterford 1 0 1 Hamburg 0 1
Guernsey and Jersey o 0 Flandess 0 0
Lisbon 0 0 I 13(azil 0 ii
Donaghadee 0 0 . Sweden 0 1
Leeward Islands 0 0 America • 0
Holland 0 1 Buenos Ayres 0 0

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