Star.
London, England, 1829-07-21 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

Yesterday a young man, named James Masi., was charged before
Mr. Rawlinson with felony.
Lord Kensington's coachman (George Wood) stated, that as be
was passing through Osford-street, near the end of South M01t...-
street, at half past eight o'clock ou asturday night, he saw the pri-
soner stealing the check brace from the back part of a gentleman's
carriage; hr had taken one from its place, and unbuckled the
other; and the witness called out " Halloo, you thief, what are
you doing there?" The prisoner threw away the brace he bad in
his band, and attempted to eacape, but the witness caught him by
his collar, and held him till the footman of the carriage, who was
sitting on the boa with the coachman when the circumstance too►
place, came up, and they lodged him in Mary-la-bonne watchhuus..
It appears that be had been more auccesstul in other eves, tur
when be was searched at the watehhouse, G•ur more pairs of braces
were found under his waistcoat, strapped round his body. He was
robbing the carriage of 1.. Stewing, lisq. of Portman-square, and
Ibis coachman Identified the brace ethics the prisoner threw away,
as belonging to his master.
The prisoner said he was a butcher out of work, and was driven
to steal by distress.
Mr. Rawl*nson told him be was carrying on a wholesale trade to
supply his wants, and that audaciously by broad daylight, where
hundreds of persons might have seen him. it they bad looked that
way ; and be committed him to Newgate for trial.

LA M BRT H.ST It ELT.
Yesterday Henry Xing, a young man of respectable connection,
was brought up for anal examination, charged with having sullen
two watches, of the value of near 601:and other articles belonging
to Mr. Wyland, a gentleman living in the Commercial-road.
Mr. Wyland stated, that having known the parents of the pri-
soner, who were the proprietors of a hotel io lioulogne, he, seeing
him in a state of utter destitution, received him into his house,
and supported him loose of his own family. On the 10th of last
mouth be got up before any of the servants had risen, and breaking
his (Mr. W.'s) drawers, abstracted two watch., and other
articles of property, with which he absconded. From that time
until last Saturday week be heard nothing abuts, and he was then
informed that be was io custody. The watches produced were
the same that bad been stolen, and were worth upwards of SOL
Freeman. a Bow.steeet patrol, deposed that ua Saturday week
he apprehended the prisoner near the Mansion House. On taxing
Mtn with the robbery, he at once admitted it, and told him that he
had pledged lase of theta at a pawnbroker's in the Commercial-
toed, and sold the other at Chatham. .

Tine facts were distinctly established by several witnesses; and
the prisoner offering nothing in extenuation. they were bound over
to prosecute. and ►e was fully committed to Newgate.

.he Prise, a Germas, in the employment of the Mews. George
and Co. extensive sugar refiners. is Deal-street. MUe-end New
Town. was charged with having deserted the service of his masters,
whereby they might be liable to a considerable loss.
Mr. Phillips attended as Counsel, an/ Mr. Horseley as Solicitor,
in support of the complaint. The inquiry (the result being most
important to the interests of trade) was long and minute, but the
brief facts are these. The 'Ammer, it appeared, was engaged by
the Messrs. George, as a yearly servant, under the condition of
giving a certain notice before be left their service. This, how-
ever he disregarded, and on the day prior to his leaving, lie
threatened he would do so, saying that it was more for his &dean.
tage, as he could at once be retained by a Mr. M....—, who was
sent over to this country to procure some of the best bands for a
rival establishment in Flanders. He was as good as his word, and
without intimating his intention., absconded at a time, when, if
some of the partners bad not been luckily on the premises, the loss
of his services would have been attended with the sunhat of some
hundred. of pounds.
11l reply to the Magistrates, ere of the Messrs. George accounted
for the loss that might hive been untamed, by saying, that when
be departed. it was at the moment when the sugar was undergoing '
a particular process, the progress of which war known only to the
prisoner and the partners.
The primaises. expressed his willingness to return to work, but
this the aminplainants would not listen to, as they justly ebwreed.
if they indulged him in a mistaken ckmency, their property. and
that of other manufacturon might every moment be escriAced to
tapir* or worse disposition of their workmen ; they. lasw.
ever. did net wish to punish him to the extent which the Act per-
, mined.

The Magistrates said, tbat as an example to °then, the prisoner
ought not to go stripy:Asked, and they would therefore animas* him
to am meat►'s imprisonment in the House at Concedes'.

Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, and just as Corn-
hill crowded by merchants and others leaving 'Change,
a very gentlemanly.looking personage stepped into the
shop of Mr. Savory, bullion-dealer, Cornhill, and re-
quested the shopman to tell 501. worth of French gold,
which he was anxious to purchase, being about to leave
London for Paris. The stranger desired that the gold, on
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its being counted, might be placed on the counter while
he stepped into the next door (Alderman Birch's confec-
tionary shop), apparently for the purpose of taking an
ice. He bad scarcely left the shop when a man rushed
in from the street and made a dash at the gold lying on
the counter, and immediately ran off with twenty-seven
Napoleons. He had snatched twenty-eight, but one of
the coins had dropped out of his hand in the shop. Mr.
Savory, jun. who luckily happened to be behind the
counter, immediately pursued the thief through Pope's-
head-alley, and down past the Mansion-house, never losing
sight of his man for a moment. A gentleman posing by,
whose attention had been arrested by the cry of " Stop
thief," laid bold of him, and he was immediately taken to
the Comport. Another Napoleon was dropped in Pope's-
head-alley, and twenty-six more, making in all twenty-
eight, the exact number missing, were found in his
pockets. On being interrogated as to what he SW where
he lived, &c. he merely answered that he was a tailor,
and in corroboration thereof a thimble was found in his
pocket, but without any other implements of the trade,'
The prison.'. name is Wilson.