Star. — 1808-01-14 (London, England)

UNION-Har.L.--Yesterday a young man, late in the employ of Mr. Mills, a coal-merchant, in the Borough, was charged with embezzling the property of his master. Mr. Mills stated, that the prisoner had been about five months his collecting'clerk, during which time, he suspected his fich.!,:y, and that on Monday last, he went out to collect money, and to receive orders ; but, on his return, said he had received neither. This Mr. Mills conceiving to be rather strange, asked him, if Messrs. Larkin and Eade had not paid him ? to which he replied, no; that they had not had time to examine the account • on which Mr. Mills called on these gentlemen, when they produced areceiptgiven by the prisoner for the sum of S .17s.5cL being the amount of his bill against them. The prisoner was committed for re-examination. Yesterday -- Stone, who stood charged with stealing boots, and other articles, at the Bricklayers' Arms, in the Kent Road, was discharged ; the pro. secutor not appeari_n_g against him. Bow-eraerr.—thonwAy Ronngay.—Last night William Walker, a private in the West London militia, was brought up on a charge of highway robbery.— Thomas Oldfield, farmer, at Islington, stated on oath! that about eight o'clock onTuesday evening, as he was' going home in the fields near Islington, a man accos-' ted him, who said, " I want your money I" to which the informant replied "You want my money, do you?" the answer was " Yes." That then the informant gave the man seven-pence with his left hand, whilst he struck the man with his right ; that this blow brought the prisoner to the ground, whereupon the informant closing with the prisoner kept hint down, and at the same time shouted out " Murder l" that whilst in this posture the prisoner endeavoured to unsheath his bayonet, which the informant prevented by catching hold of the prisoner's hand ; that a little perky ensuing, the prisoner begged the informant to withdraw, to which proposition the informant agreed, on condition that he would disengage his hand from the bayonet ; this done, the informant stripped the prisoner of the bayonet, and told the prisoner that if 1 he did not keep at a distance he was a dead man ;—'l that the prisoner seeing another person coming up, fled , and disappeared. Robert Bell, cu. poial in the said regiment, stated on oath, that the prisoner came yesterday to the parade with a borrowed baronet, and that the prisoner's great coat and face indicated that he was the preceding evening engaged in some fight; that on the complaint being lodged, the witness, accompanied by an officer, went to Suffolk-street, Pentonvdle, where the prisoner lodged, and apprehended hint. In his defence, the prisoner said he accidentally lost his bayonet on Tuesday afternoon, in the King'sroad, and that he was quite innocent of the charge.— He was fully committed. Monday, as a child, 6 years of age, of Mr. Chambers, of Addle-street, Aldermanbury, was taking a flat-iron from the fire, the flame communicated with her clothes, when she was so dreadfully burnt as to leave but faint hopes of her recovery. A few days since as a servant of E. Igguldens, Esq. of Deal, was returning from Ramsgate on a mare, it took fright, and by a sudden plunge dis-. mounted her rider, who was extremely bruised.; after which, running away, she came in contact with a windmill, then at work, the sweeps of which struck it so forcibly on the head as to fracture its'skull. It was however ridden home by the servant, a distance. of twelve miles, wheabona.awo inches of the cranium were taken of saiffitwill, it is nowthought, recover.