Star.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

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9LD BAILET.

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Yesterday John Bryant, a man of decent appear-
ance, who stood indicted for embezzling from Jul em-
ployer tour several sums, amounting to £ll7. 7s. 4d.
on being brought to the bar, pleaded Guilty, in the
hope, try a candid confession of his criminality, that
his punishment might be mitigated.
The COMMON SERJEANT, who sat on the Bench, in
a feeling and pathetic appeal to the unfortunate pri-
soner, lamented that he had by his conduct brought
himself to the disgraceful situation in which he stood.
As he (the Common Serjeant) sat there, however,
for the strict and impartial administration of justice,
he could not, consistently with his duty to the public,
suffer a delinquent of so dangerous a nature to pass
by without the most exemplary sentence. Of all the
catalogues of crimes which were so frequently presen-
ted to his view, that with which the prisoner stood
charged, he conceived to be the most inexcusable.—
What tradesman was safe from the villainy of such a
character ? The most honest and industrious exer-
tions of a long and arduous life might be blasted by
the dishonesty of such a servant, who, from the confi-
dence placed in him, might secretly undermine• and
counteract the most promising hopes of fortune, by
dissipating the property of his master entrusted to his
care. Were death the punishment awarded to an
offence so heinous, no hope of mercy could be enter-
tained. The preservation of the interests of the coun-
try required the full sentence of the law to be carried
into execution, and under that conviction, therefore,
he ordered the prisoner to be—transported for four-
teen years._ _ _

The Unfortunate prisoner seemed much affected,
and pleaded hard for mercy ; lre stated himself to be
.52 years of age, and to have a wife and eight children
dependant on him for support.
The CONIMON SERJEANT said, he must apply to a
higher tribunal, as he could not depart from the strict
line of his duty.
Thomas Mays was indicted for stealing a truss of
hay, the property of his master, Mr. Shirley, of Sa-
lisbury Farm, Hertford. _

The prisoner, it appeared, drove the waggons of his
master, Mr. Shirley, to and from town, and was fre-
quently in the habit of selling the hay, intended for
the food of his team, to the ostlers at the different pub-
lic houses on the road, who were the principal insti.
gators, by the encouragement they gave, to such de-
predations, to which the farmers round London are
continually exposed.
The prisoner was brought to trial on his own con-
fession, and expressed the greatest contrition. Guilty.
As the principal object of the prosecution was to
lead to -the detection and punishment of the ostlers,
who were the receivers of the pronerty stolen, and the
encouragers of the thefts so frequently committed,
the prisoner was fined a shilling and discharged, in
order that he might give his evidence against the
ostler of the Bull Inn, at Holloway, who is now in
)dy.

lVm. Smith was convicted of stealing a hearth-rug,
from the shop of Mr. Kearne, upholsterer, in Upper
Ma, y-la-bonne-street, on Thursday se'nnight.
Margaret Shipley was also convicted of stealing a
'watch, the property of James Bainb.-ook.
The prisoner was a woman of depraved character,
and the prosecutor having accompanied her to her
lodgings, she ran off with his watch. She was appre.
hended in about three weeks afterwards, but the watch
was di posed of.

lb:lmA Smith was indicted for stealing the lead
from the top of the house in which she lodged.
This lady, it appeared, lodged in the garret of a
poor milkman,. in the parish of Aldgate, and, as a
new way of " raising the wind," occasionally raised
pieces of lead from the gutters of the-house, till at
length she had completely stripped the roof. The
trap-door leading out to the scene of her depredation
opened into her room, and facilitated her occasional
labours. She was found Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
J I.uerson, for stealing a quantity of rape oil.
J. Cruize, for stealing a shovel.
Shippen, for stealing a spring of pork.
H. Osborn, alias Moss, for stealing three pigs.
J. Matthew, for stealing a quantity of flour.
Diana Jennings, for stealing three pewter pots.
Eliz. Hensley, fur stealing two sheets.
Mary French, for stealing a tub and a flat iron.
J Callaghan, for stealing three•pair of shoes.
Fliz. Smith, for stealing a gown, shift, &c.
Mary Baker, for stealing sixteen yards of cotton.
Sarah Davis, for stealing a pewter put.
W. Holdsworth, for stealing 6lbs. of copper.
J. Reardon, ft.r stealing 51bs. of soap and a pair of clogs; and
E. W. Wicking, for stealing a coat.
The following were acquitted, viz.
S. Whitelock, D. Harragan, and J. Kelly.
The RECORDER passed sentence upon the following
prisoners:

Death—Thomas Strut, for stealing goods, value £7, In a dwel-
ling house; Richard Jones, alias Cooling, for forging the receipt
of a sailor in the East India service; Melinda Mapson, for burg-
lary ; John Ingram, for horse-stealing; William Crowch, for a
simllar offence ; James Pope, for a highway robbery ; George
Humphries, icr stealing in a dwelling house; Edward Powell,
for a similar offence ; James Stnitkg, for highway robbery
and William Hamilton, teli.z.r Mathews, for hekuse-breaking in the
day time.

Fourteen years Transportation—Joseph Pearce, for stealing
privately from the person of a Gentleman in Bond-street; John
Bryant, for embezaling :Et 17. 7s. 4d. from his employers ; and
Samuel Solomon, for a similar offence at Shoreditch. The latter
prisoner abused the Recorder in the most virulent language, for
which he was ordered to be confined In the cells, until the time of
his removal for transportation.

Seven'years Transportation= Thomas Kemp, Elizabeth Booth,
Martin Perry, Daniel Bedford,Thomas Bradford, William Horn,
Thomas Davis, Mary Booth, John Raxworthy, Margaret Fitz-
gerald, Wiiliam Stowton, Samuel Loverrue,. James Carey, James
Butler, Edward Cliertley, John Stoker, John Browne, Ann Smith,
alias Webb, Donald Foreside, James • Doran, James Anderson,
Mary Browning, Mary Browne, Mary Smithie, Abraham Hart,
Robert Reeves, James Barkley, Villiara Murray, John Crawley,
Henry Larches, Mary Wilson, Edward White, John Martin,
Thonitt Hatcher, Catherine Keith, William Mackay, John Coe-
per, John Henshaw, Harriet Whitelock, Henry Osborne, Mary
French, John Callaghan, Elizabeth Snilth, James Reves, and Ed.
ward William Nott, for felonies of various descriptions.—Toral
forty-five.

'l'wo years Imprisonment—John 'Taylor and Anne Brent, for
felonies.

Seven were sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
Twenty to six months ; and seventeen to be imprisoned for
shorter periods, whipped, and discharged.

The Sessions then adjourned to Wednesday, the
6th of June.

Gage, alias Forr, was executed at Taunton on Mon-
day last, for the murder i.)l. Mr. Stiting, of Goathurst,
near Bridgewater.

POLICE, ter.

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At Union-Hall, yesterday, a very long case was
heard.—The prisoners were, Thoma, Ilgton, the father,
Alice.aged 21, Maly-, aged4l7, Caroline,aged 16, Ann,
agecil3, Henry George, aged•ll and a half, and William,
aged 14. It appeared that they had taken a great num-
ber of valuable articles from the shops in the outward
parts of the Borough; that the boys and girls had long
been at a very drifting game ! and that they have
made great business with the pawnbrokers and others.
The final hearing was postponed.
Yesterday a man and a woman were convicted at
the Mansion-hcust, under the Bum-boat Act, having
been detected the preceding night with a quantity of
lead pipe and brass cocks in their possession, of which.
they could not give a satisfactory account. -

A boy was committed, for re-examination, charged
with robbing his master (a taylor) of a quantity of
cloth.

Yestet-day Ann Pittard, Noun:well, and lif!ry
Dorrington, were fully committed, from Hatton-gar-
den Office, charged with hustling W. Miller, near the
river Fleet, at Somer's Town, and robbing him of his
watch, &c.

Elie. Timett, who had been capitally convicted at
the Old Bailey, as an utterer of counterfeit coin, was
fully committed, for passing counterfeit silver to Mrs.
Ann Warwick.

Lucy Grosvenor, an •old fortune-teller, was recently
charged, at Marlborough-street, with fraudulently
obtaining money of Elizabeth Winkworth. The
Complainant, who had a husband and two children,
had not only given money, but had pledged every
article she could lay hands on to snpply the demands
of the prisoner, who had led her to suppose that she
would soon be separated from her husband, and see
better days. A similar charge was made against the
prisoner by Rebecca Hinton, sister of Mrs. Wink-
worth, who had parted with her clothes to, her in re-
turn for her predictions. The prisoner was commit-
ted-till the Sessions.

Saturday se'nnight, Frances Thompson, widow, for
forgery on the Bank of Enl;l.:nd, Robert .l'arton, Ro-
bert King, Robert Vessey, and Edward Francis Sfrenre
Thompson, for forging and uttering the guinea notes
of Messrs.• Peate, Ilarrison, Bedford, and Watson,
bankers in Hull, were executed at the drop behind
York Castle, pursuant to their sentence.—On the
platform their demeanour was submissive and re-
signed.
Friday night the bar of the Kettle Drummer pub-
lic•house, Ratcliff Highway, was broke opca and
obbed of £6O in notes and cash.

A few nights since the furze. Bcc. on Staddon
Heights, not far from the Plymouth magazine an•d
battery, took fire and burnt with great fury for up-
wards of four hours. After dark it looked uncom-
monly grand, as the place on fire covered a consider-
able extent o; ground. At length it rapidly approached
the magazine, and considerable fears were entertained
for its safety ; fortunately it went out before it reach-
ed the spot, or the magazine must inevitably have
exploded.

Friday last a fire broke out in a stable belonging to
Messrs.' Wood and .T.Arvis, at Deptford, which de-
stroyed the building, but fortunately did no further
damage. A party of the-cavalry were quartered in
it, and it is supposed that the accident occurred from
one of the men smoaking, and a spark from his pipe
having fallen amongst the straw.

Thursday evening, the inhabitants of Bishop Auck-
land were much alarmed by a man of the name of
Shaw, who, being in liquor, drew a numerous as-
sembly of the lower orders into the Market-place, to
witness his skill in pugilism. Having selected various
persons on whom he might display his brutal dexte-
rity, in a little time all became riot and confusion.—
A constable was called to preserve the peace, whom
Shaw struck several times ; he was, however, at
length obliged to surrender, and was put into the stocks,
where he continued nearly three hours, tearing
hair and shirt, and performed the m•taiac to a won-
der. The following day the assaulted constable ob-
tained a warrant for Shaw's apprehension, but when
he and another constable, of the name of Wrangham,
were about to apprehend him, he escaped, and pre-
cipitated himself into the river. A man riding by in
the mean time, rode into the water after him, and
brought him out. Wrangham, who- is upwards of
GO years of age, then endeavoured to secure Shaw•,
when the latter overpowered him, and dislocated his
arm. Assistance coming to hand, Shaw was at
length apprehended and taken before a Magistrate ;
who will, no doubt,-take every efficient method. to
preserve the inhabitants from such an outrageous of-
fender.

ECCLE SIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.
Friday week, the Rev. Edward Trevenen, A. B. was instituted
by the Subdean of Exeter, to the valuable rectory of Drewsteign-
ton, in Devon, oh the presentation of John Trevenon, of Holston,
in Cornwall, Esq. void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Manning.
'The Rev. John Collinsan, A. M. bat licen presented with tk.e
rectorage of Gateshead, vacant by the presentation of the V cv.
H. PLillpotts to one of the prebendary stalls in Durham catb edral.
The former arrived at the rectorage house on Saturday, iud was
inducted Into the living on Sunday.