Star.
London, England, 1828-02-01 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday, a Mr. Francis Marines, was charged with leaving
defrauded one Mr. Carpenter, in a very queer sort of way.
Mr. Carpenter is a pastry cook, iu Fleet-street, Pied, according to
his own account, there is not a more perplexed pastry cook In all
London—for be has thirteen children, two shops, and a wife that
he " really does not know what to do with." However, all that
has nothing at all to do with the fraud practised upon him by this
Mr. Francis DicKune; which fraud, it is said, was perpetrated in
form and manner following—
On Wednesday evening Mr. Francis MeKune walked Idassek
into one of Mr. Carpenter's cook-shops, is Fleet-asked, and having
rapidly ogled the tarts, cheese-cakes, and otket delicacies there set
out, he singled out a fine juicy cranberry tart, eipkuded his capa-
cious mouth to its .fullest extent, tucked in the tart,•gavek a crush,
• twist, and a gulp, licked his digits, and observed " There goes two-
pence!" " exactly so, Sir," said the cook behind the counter—
/ming Mr. Carpenter, by :he bye, who happened to be the only
attendant in atteadance at that shop. " There goes twapence!"
said Mr. Francis McKune ; and taking up a cheesaeake, he served
it exactly as be had served the tart; and having so done be
observed, 0 That makes four pence." A mioced pie followed
the same way; add when it was down be observed, v That
makes sixpence." A hot oyster pati was the next mouthful, and
" recollect, that makes eightpence." said he. " Nier pence, Sir, if
you please," said young Mr. Carpenter—" for the oyster pad in
threepence." " Very well—ninepence be it then," rejoined Mr.
Francis McKean, and taking up a damson tart, he tit a and its-
gulph'd one moiety thereof. and throwing the other moiety tinted
in the face of young Mr. Carpenter, he sedulously rdeavolued
bolt; but though be had damaged young Mr. Carpenter's eyes with'
the damson tart, he had not stepped his mouth therewith. and rem,
Mr. Carpenter made so good apse of it that Mr. Ranch Megan,
was caught, brought back, and consigned to the Compter.
In his defence before the Alderman, he said he .was a waiter
out of commiseion ; and having been etedeavoterkg to drown his
troubles at the expense of a few Mends, he had nether overdose the
matter, and was—he was very sorry to say—so drunk that be did
not know what be was about.
Sir Peres Lavaza ordered that he should pay the pastrycook for
what he bad devoured; and having so dune, he was discharged
with an admonition sot to attempt to obtain a supper in the same
queer way.

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CHELTENHAMs 31fflip
The Sall on ThtwadWreling, at the Montpellio
Rotunda, ergs very numerously *tended; rumbers
the company came from Gloucester And. Tewksbury%
be present. D.neing kii.t op till • late how.
The Cheltenham Harriers throw of onf Friday, at Covetiri;
Colonel Elsacrter's throw off to morrow. at Neatness into
Numbers of inhabitants of this soorolssiebeso defrinidedwkllla
these few days of various sums of money, by purchashis aoofr
pretended to have been smenled, which have rased to be sl
British mauifacture. A, 14
WEYMOI3I‘I,. JAMOACT Si.. "4
This town is nnw aseerieof great bisstle lid%ctfiritys
in consequence of the vacancy which has occurred is
ks representation by the elevation of Mr. W A LLsbeeS to a
Peerage. The elevation was no, sooner knowtr then
Main WICYLA ND stepped forward and carrel himself
on the JONNe'rott inteiest, as a candidatelor the hoops!
of representing this Borough. A Deputation from thy!
Union interest waited on the Marquis •of Douro, the
son of the Duke of W 11144 NO I Mao but from prints
motives he declined the ofer. Last oisht,hir. Stoma,
the-Chancery 'Barrister, arrived here, and this morning
has declared his intention. Squibs, quips, and paper.
fillets of the brain are flying in all directions. The taw
didates and their friends are eagerly and Willi art.
vassing: the two:parties are thus. in collision, and on
whose side the scale of public favour will fall, it is yet
almost impossible to conjecture.
BRIGHTON, JAN. Si.

The Princess Avourra expresses herself so satisfied
with the general improvement of her health since her
arrival at the Palace, that it is thought she will re.
main here some time longer. We have already
enumerated instances of her Royal Highness's con.
descension and kindness to the tradesmen, Ike. of
Brighton. She has made purchases on several days
at different slops on the Esplanade. and entered her
name in some of the principal subscription rooms. She
has also made some munificent contributions iti public
charity. In private acts of benevolence. the acts " which
never meet the Illy," the Princess yields to no person.
age in the realms, with perhaps the exception of One,
whose benevolence is equalled only by his high station.
A good deal of noise, or, as it is commonly called,
sometime, has been made here by the follot ing cit.
cumstance:—A Gentleman of splendid dress and sp.
pearance arrived at Brighton a week or two ago, and
took up his abode at one of the principal Hotels, dining
at a boarding house. At the latter place he became as-
quainted with a family residing there, to the members
of which he was remarkably attentive, and in whose
favour he contrived to ingratiate himself most succors.
fully. Unfortunately. hooever, a French Count, who
has resided much at Brighton, saw the Gentleman, and
immediately recognising him as an old acquaintance
whom he bad met at (we believe) Cheltenham or-Bith,
denounced him as a swindler to his new friends, and
also arrested him. So deeply, however, ha Ihe ingra-
tiated himself in their favour, that .the latter ac.ually
became bail for him to the amount of upwards of 6J.
and have since paid the money. The 44 gentlemate we
need scarcely add; has subsequently left the town..
NPORTINii IN 'I k: LIAG ENCE.
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, JAL Si.
The important change effected in the odds by the betting at
Monday last, was confirmed yesterday, by The Colonel's being ad.
Tamed a fall point, with every appearaect of rising still higher; be
is also getting op fee the St. Leger, a lafge sm having bees laid
out upon him for both stakes. Velocipede owl May ifidlam keep
their see-saw game. having again chanpilippons A littleheftri•
o'clock thebetting dosed as f0110w5....
Dram : irA rl
t) to 2 &WA', Coked (s to 1 I Is is /411=4,
take* bed?) 111 to 1 a
II to I apt Merchant (scarcely 20 to 1 apt Par
iceed) I 20 to I apt Mariner
15 toil
agst Sorcery (takes) 25 to 1 apt any other
15 to 1 apt Nevada (taken) •
500 to 400 on Mr. Thornhill's lot apt The Colonel (salson)
0•111..
11 to i asst Rosen* 15 to I apt Lisette
15 to 1 apt Sarah sister to Swiss 15 to 1 apt Trampoline
14 to 1 apt Elisabeth 16 to 1 apt Zoe
Sr. Lama-
-12 to 1 agst Beuy Bedlam I 17 to 1 apt The Colonel (take)
15 tel 1 apt Velocipede I IStai.l apt Coshes (taken)
WRESTLING., • .;
The challenge front Williams to tittle; a ili* t at the John of
Gaunt last Monday, was no go. Williams wit klB friendkwere at
the place of appointments ready to snake the tamildfor elflo or AlO
s•dde, to play with se without shoes, bet no iswalliposee was heard
of Clarke.
THR FANCY.
Yoong Spring bad a benefit last binniay evening. at aloe Infos
Iron, Groat Wiodosill.straet, Haymarket, which was crammed.
Ore of his fingers is injured so much that it will he some months
before he will be capable to fight ; but he is mustering his friends
to lake a match with Tom Gaynor, and intends, when be bas
completed the arrangements, to pay a visit to his Liverpool*
quabitsoces.
LOAD SANDIVICII.—Lord Sandwich, when dressed,
had a dignified appearance, but to see him in the street,
he had an awkward, car Ce,s gait. Two gentlemen ob.
'serving him when at Leicert;r, oat of them aeons bed,
"I think it is Lord Sandwich comings" the other
replied that he thought he was mittaken. " Nayt says
the gentleman, " I am sure it is Lott! :Linda ich ; for,
if you observe, he is walking down both sides of the
street at once.. But Lord Sandwich gave a better
anecdote of himself: " When I was at Paris I had a
dancing master; the man was very civil, and on taking
leave of him I offered him any stork, in London.
41 Then," said the man, bowing. 44 I should take it as a
particular favour if your Lordship would never tell any
one of whom you learned to dance."
Pawn Saltain.—l particularly recollect, that when
Goldsmith was nearly completing his Natural History,
be sent to Dr. Percy and me, to state that he wished
hot to return to town, from Windsor. I think, for a
fortnight, if we would only complete a proof that lay
upon his table in the Temple. It was concerning birds,
and many books lay open that he occasionally con-
suited for his:own materials. We met by appginttnent;
and Dr. Percy, smiling, said, " Do you know any thing
about birds?' 44 Nolt an atom," waslstrpigate Do
you ?" "Not I," says he, " I scarcely higgpmaopsiefsom
a swan; however, let us try what we ettaAnt" We
set to work, and our task was not eery diffieultaAllame•
time after the work appeared, we compared smirk but
could not either of us recognize our own stietteaLCro•
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