Star. — 1813-07-22 (London, England)

MEET.—HaIf a dozen young men of Fashion were charged with riot and assault, yesterday, at this ofilce, arising out of the following circumstances :—ln the neighbourhood of the Park tilete lived a c2urtczan, who was supposed to have been the there curie of one devoted gallant. The lady, however, had captivated others, amongst whom were some of the )oung geneemen included in this charge. The lady had given great offence, and a few evenings since, her mansion was attacked with stones, until the windows were completely broken, and a servant wounded in the upper part of the house. It turned out that the lady had suddenly left the place, and it was occupied by a Gentleman of respectability, unknown to the defendants. The Gentlemen were not identified, but they coteented to make that sort of apology which satisfied the prosecutor, and they were bberattA, on making a present to the servant who was struck on the head by one of the stones. Bow.sTnEFT—Yesterday J. Silvester was fully comMitted for trial, charged with extorting £2O horn a tradesman in Oxford-street, by charging him with a detcstalAc offence. •  OLI) Byl ILE r.  Yesterday Eliz. Rowe. was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of R. Ginnery. The prosecutor stated that he ,was walking about the streets in pursuit of night-men,- on the evening of the'SOth June, when he fell in with the prisoner, with whoto the hail some conversatitm. Soon after he left her.liepissed his watch, and gave information of the rOlibetryoriat a description of the priioner, to an officer, and she was apprehended, when the duklicate of the property was found upon her, and ste *as identified by the pawnbroker as thc person who pledged it. In defence the privlner said, the Intosiecutor had left his watch with her, being unable na give her more than a few halfpence.—Guilty. The following were also convicted of felony, viz. : D. Truman, for stealing two bags of nails; E. Read, for stealing seven pocket handkerchiefs and a pistol ; J. Lilly, for stealing a quantity of hog's lard ; J. Law, for stealing a cotton mantle; 3. Holmes, for stealing a saw and a pump-handle ; W. Jones for stealing a pair of shoes ; Mary Kerwood, for stealing a sheet and an umbrella ; Eliz. White, alias Carter, for steal-lag a muff and a counterpane ; W. Gold, for stealing three shillings and two sixpences ; W. Greerson, for stealing a quantity of carpenters' tools • J. Benson, for stealing a handkerchief ; J. Smith, stealing several pocket handkerchiefs ; and Ann Arnett, for receiving the same t J. Whiny, for stealing a silk handkerchief ; T. Upcott, for stealing a coach glass ; and W. Clark, for stealing a hammock and a bed. And eleven were acquitted, viz.—Mary M'Cabe, Eliz. Kelly, W. Mitchell, T. Moulds, C. Carey, Susannah Swanson, J. Hunt, T. Isaacs, J. Dahlbery, W. Wells, and Gosling, alias Ladd, "who were ordered to be detained till the nest Session.  At the time of the murder of Mr. Steele on Horn. slow Heath, in December, 1804, a man of very had reputation resided in Hounslow, from whence he immediately afterwards absconded, and has never been heard of till he was apprehended for cow-stealing in the country. lie has been accordingly sent down to Hounslow with two constables:, to be identified as the resident there at the time.  Tuesday, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Baker, at Minster, in Sheppy, occasioned 5y a spark from the forge fire communicating with the thatch of the wheeler's shop, which it entirely consumed, toge-, tiler with his dwelling-house. Joseph Wilson, late under carter to Mr. Hilder, of Mountfield Park, Sussex, has been committed to prison for 18 months, for carelessly setting his master's premises on fire. .