Star.
London, England, 1821-07-21 00:00:00

ST. PETEItSBURGH, JUNE 23.

• The squadron, consisting of some ships of the line
-and frigates, which is to sail in a few days from
CI onstadt, undo. the command of Admiral Crown,
i. only for the purpose of the usual summer cruize
in the Baltic.

As Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN was yesterday after-
noon driving his gig near Leicester-fields, his horse
stumbled, fell, and threw him out of the gig. He
fell with great violence, and broke one of his thighs
a little above the knee, receiving at the same time a
contusion upon the forehead. The Learned Serjeant
was conveyed to his chambers, when Mr. ASTLEY
COOPER WAS sent for, who set his thigh, and the
Learned Serjeant is doing well.

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday fifteen prisoners were tried, thirteen of
whom were convicted of felony, viz.
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Thomas White and Mich. Morton, for stealing a handkerchief
--both transported foc.life ,• Ann Wood, for stealing a quantity
of knives and forks.; Andrew Trumble, for stealing a suit of
clothes--transported for life; John Croft, for having a forged
note in his possession without lawful excuse—transported for
fourteen years ; William Allford, for embezzling males; John
Haynes, for stealing a quantity of carpenters tools—transported
for seven years; Gem ge lluagetts, fur stealing a large quantity
of nails; John Crompton, for stealing three sheets—transported
for seven years; William Willis, for stealing a handkerchief;
Richard Ferris, for stealing a coat ; Daniel Wilkins, for stealing
several articles of wearing apparel ; and Isaac Curdoz, for steal-

Jag 68 hati—transportedfo; seven years.
Thomas Welman, aged 18, and Martha Webum,
aged 17, brother and sister, mere indicted f4,r stealing
in the dwelling-house of George Alexander, £13.5 in
Bank-notes, the prQperty of Wm. Rae.

Mr. Rae is a dealer in jewellery, and in June last
was a lodger in the house of Mr. U. Alexander, at
Islington. Mrs. Alexander being confined to a bed
of sickness, the female prisoner was hired as an extra
servant, and in that capacity had access to Mr. Rae's
apartments. On a Monday Mr. Rae deposited £135
in Bank-notes in a small desk in his bed-room, and
on the following day, on opening his desk, he found
that the whole of his money was gone. The lock
had no appearance of force, and must therefore have
been opened with a fate key. The servants were all,
searched, and taken before a Magistrate, where, how-
ever, nothing could be proved to affect any of them,
and they were discharged. Mr. Rae, however, was
active in his inquiries, and he learned that Thomas
Welman had been two or three times to see his sister,
and had been seen conversing with her at the door,
but not inside the house. He then endeavoured to
find the male prisoner, and ascertained that he likd
absconded from his house on the day of the robbery.,
—He also learned that the female prisoner had been
endeavouring to persuade a woman, a friend of her's,
to take charge of a small key, and upon her refusing,
she threw it away. Having taken the precaution to
stop pa) ment of the. notes at the Bank, one of them
(for £l5) was traced in a few days to a tradesman in
Holborn, to whom it had been paid by T. Welman,
on the very day of the robbery, in payment for wear-
ing apparel. After a long search a Police Officer
apprehended the male prisoner on the Chatham coach.
He was very smartly dressed, and had a large quan-
tity of clothes in his trunks. .His sister was then also
given in charge.
Both the prisoners merely declared that they were
innocent of the charge.
The Common SERJEANT, in his charge to the Jury,
expressed his doubts whether the evidence was suffi
cient to convict the male prisoner as a principal, he
never having been seen in the house; and the Jury
would acquit him unless they should be of opinion
that he was standing at the door at the time of the
robbery, and had a knowledge that it was about to
be committed.

The Jury retired for upwards of an hour, and
then returned a verdict finding both the prisoners
—Not Guilty.
The Comasos SERSEAST—Prisoners, you have had
a very merciful Jury indeed, and ought to be ex-
tremely thankful for your escape, for, had the verdict
been otherwise, I have no doubt that the law would
have taken its full course.

BRIDOE-STREET Soci krf.—The London Grand Jury
yesterday found a true Bill against Sir John Sewell,
Charles Murray, J. B. Sharp, and one Longueville
Clarke, for a conspiracy, in forming an unlawful
Society, and for committing several alleged acts of
oppression and extortion.