Star.
London, England, 1826-02-01 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

ROBBERY BY ♦ SEAVANT.—Mary Ill'Afahon was charged with
having robbed .her mistress, a widow Lady, named Alacbeath, of
three silver forks, a silver spoon, two tab!e-eloths, and ten towels
The prosecutrlx occupies too houses in Norfolk ►erect, StrZl:4
receiving families of high respectability as boarders. Prisoner was
one of four servants attached to the house, No. 24, Nut folk-street,
and under pretence of iUness obtained permission to join her
friends until restored to health. On Thursday last, however, a
young woman named Mary Mack, who had been employe.'
prisoner to pledge some of the plate, was detained on ..sspici:•n at
the shop of Mr. Newby, a pawnbroker, in Thtiry.iane.
inquiry being made at the address given by lief, (No. it, I.'7rw-r-
-street, Parker-street), the necessity of constabulary interferatige be-
came obvious.

I - T 4 same night, Cousins, one of the patrol of this estaldishmeut,
app den the prisoner, and the case came un for bearing on
Friday, whence it was adjourned to this day.
It appeared in evidence, that the prisoner bad been materially
assisted it) her nefarious conduct by several of her countrywoman
(natives; of the Sister Island) who, occupying apartments in vh•
wure situations, facilitated the object of McMahon, by permitliog
the sequential removal of her trunk containing the stolen property, ,
Atom place to place, with a view to elude any attempt at pursuit.
1 The testimony of the several witues-es t.,iling, !tom ver, to Ex
these individuals with a guilty knowledge of the contents of the
box, their evidcoce was taken against their ci-devant friend, why
was fully committed for trial at the clotting Old Bailey Sestions.

RLBOROUG STREET.
A female of distressed appearance, accompanied by her daughter,
attended yesterday at this Office, and stated that her husband had
been a Lieutenant in a Regiment in Upper Can tda, where having
been tried by a Court Martial he was dismissed the service. lie
had in vain applied at home, to be reinstated in his rank, and equally
ineffectual bad been his endeavours in Canada to obtain any employ-
ment. The consequence was that the whole family was in a state
of the greatest distress; and she therefore solicited relief.
The Magistrate (Mr. Garnett) informed her that on their dis-
tressed state being made known to the benevolent, hr had no doubt
she and her family would receive relief; and in the meantime be
ordered a supply of food to be sent to their residence, No. 85,
North-street, Manchester-square.
Patrick Clifford, Thomas Welds, and Patrick Murpky, were charged
with violently assaulting several persons in Liston Green, on the
preceding evening. They were committed in default of bail.

UNION-HALL
A poor girl, evidently labouring under mental derangement, who
gave her name Hannah James, was placed at the Bar, and a young
man named Andrews, the son of a licensed victuallt r in the liprough,
complained that he had been greatly annoyed by her. She 'fancied
that be was her husband, and under that impression followed him
wherever he went, and attracted crowds of persons amend him,and •
before whom she upbraie.ed him as the author of her misfortunes,
for refusing to acknowledge her. lie declared most solemnly that
'he had no intimacy whatever with the girl, next r having seen her
in his life until about three wets ago, when, walking along the
streets, she addreued him by the name of husband, The defendant
did not take the least notice of the young man's statement. hut paired
up acrd down the liar with that vacancy of countenance indicative
of a disordered mind. It appeared that she had made her ("cape
from a lunatic asylum at Oxford, and came to town without shoes
er stockings to her feet. She was given into the custody of a female
who promised to protect her until her real situation was ascertained,

NEGRO SLAVERY.—A Public Meeting wa, held at
Gainsborough, on the 20th ult. for the purpose of
Petitioning Parliament on the expediency of amelio-
rating the condition of the Slaves in the British Culon'es.
At the Clanmel Quarter Sessions on Wednesday last,
two wretched-looking objects were tried for stealing a
quantity of potatoes out of a pit at B..llydine. On
bring taken up by the Kilsheelan Police, they adm;tted
that hunger and starvation prompted them to commit
the theft—adding, at the Sallie time, that they had tint
tasted food for 58 hours! The mention of this circum-
stance excited much comn,isseration throughout the
Com t. The robbery not being satisfacotily proved,
the prisoners were acquitted.

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