Star.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

NUTTING.

A poor labouring man, in the employment of R. E.
Heathcote, Esq., M.P. for Coventry, Hongton Hall, was
tempted to gather a few nuts, in a coppice, near Cock-
stage, for which be was summoned before a Magistrate,
who considering the offence of a trivial nature, fined
him in the penalty of 6d. but the expenses attendant on
the conviction amounted to II s. 6d. making the entire
sum I2s Pt and a friendly intimation was given blip,
that if not paid within a given period, he would be corn-
n iited to prison. Owing to some circumstance, the
" day of grace" was suffered to expire, and then, al-
though he offered the constable the full and entire sum,
it was refused, he was dragged from his family, fettered
wi h handcuffs, and marched off to the county gaol,
there to associate, Jr two months, with felons of every
degree.—Pottery Mercury.
• tint 41ILL.

Summons
Bring convicted . . .
Constable
Finney t (the lqforileer's day)
Damage .

a. d.
2 0
• 6
4 0
3 0
O 6

Total 12 0
t This man receives from his employer 21. Sd. per day.

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.—The following is an
extract of a letter from an English Gentleman, now on
his return from Italy, dated Turin, September 10 :
" Let me recount to you a curious circumstance :—Two English
Gentlemen, travelling from Genoa to Turin, were stopped by a
body of brigands, twelve or fourteen in number • being all armed,
resistance was useless; they were plundered of all they possessed,
and actually left en demise.' After bidding the Gentlemen adieu,
with the utmost politeness, the brigands retired to divide their spoil,
which consisted of their wardrobe, 4,000 francs in gold, and two
bottles of ' Le Roy,' the quality of the first bottle, marked No. I,
being that of a violent purgative, and No, 2 an emetic; one spoon-
ful of ea, It being a full dose. Totally ignorant of the nature of either
bottle, it was considered ardent spirit ; •and brandy (like in tincture
of rhubarb) forming a principal part, it was drunk by the band.
The result I need not relate—one died of the effects, others crawled
home, but two exhausted rascals were caught, tried last week here,
and will be executed on Thursday next."
Amongst the latest arrivals of distinguished persons
to the Coronation at Moscow, were Baron VON HICKSLIIN, Am-
bassador of the Netherlands, the Swedish General &mass sox, and ,
Mr. Minor.avos, Ambassador Extraordinary, and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from the United States of North America.
The celebrated Bill, weighing 5,000 cwt. near the
town of [wan Willky, in the Kremlin, has within a few years sunk
four feet deeper into the ground, where it has been long standing.
It is now to be entirely cleared of the earth in which it is buried,
that so great a curiosity may be examined in its whole height and
extent, with all the ornaments and inscriptions.
A letter from Rio de Janeirr states the report, that
a decisive action has taken place between the two fleets
in the river Plate in favour of the Brazilians.
In the Dante Blanche, with BOIELDIEU'S music, in
Pat is, two Scotch airs are introduced, with which the
Parisian. are very much taken. They are " Roy% Wife,"
and Robin Adair:'

FATAL ACCIDNNT.—An Inquest was held yesterday,
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Arthur
Poole. The deceased was a jonrrey maa plumber, and
employed in bottoming a cistern at Mews. Gosling and
Co. the bankers. The scaffold that was raised to allow

him to woi k broke down, and the deceased was preci-
pitated into the area; he.o as much bruised, 2nd was
a ked if he pelt hurt? He replied, "Oh yes: I fell on
the puttock and bloke my !Hart." He was carried to the
Hospital, and died on Sunday morning : the height of
the Lill was about 16 feet. Verdict—Accidental Death,
with a deodand of 10.. on the scaffold.
At Reading Fair, on Tuesday, the supply of cheese
was full 100 tons short of the quantity pitched last year;
and the whole experienced a reduction in price of from

Bs. to 10s. per cwt.
Last Tuesday, as Mr. Peats, landlord of the Shalt-
speate Tavern, Chesterfield, was employed in the usual
avocations of his house, without any previous indisposi-
ti..n, he soddenly dropped down and expired. A ves-
sel, ruptured in the head, caused his death.
A colossal bronze statue, thought to be that of Apol-
lothm, by Damas, the celebrated artist, was lately found
a few fr. t below the surface, in digging near the Slaison
Cairee, at Nisn.es. This artist constructed the cele-
brAed bridge over the Danube, and Tiajan's pillar, at
Rome, which served as a model to the pillar in the Place
Vendome.