Star. — 1830-09-22 (London, England)

ROBZETS.—The plaintiff in this case claimed 4a. Bd. of the defendant, which was not admitted ; Allen was therefore called on to make out his case. He told the Court that his claim was for the value of a fowl which he had purchased of the defendant, who had warranted it to be a young cock, but so fax from its being a young one, it turned out to be the very Methusalem of the poultry tribe, and when cooked, was so tough, that he verily believed all the horses in Calvert's brewery could not have palled it to pieces ; under such circumstances, he trusted the Court would at once order him the money. The worthy Commissioners, however, are not in the habit of deciding without hutting both sides; they therefore asked the dealer in poultry what be had to say in answer to the plaintiff? He said, in the first place, the price for which he had sold the fowl was 2s. bd. and not 41. 8& but that the plaintiff had made up his charge by including cooking, sauce, 8w which he submitted he bad no right to pay for, even if the fowl had been it tough as was represented, but he altogether doubted the story of the extraordinary toughness, for though Allen had told the Bench that a host of brewers' horses could not have torn it limb from limb, yet he had every reason to believe that every bone of it had been picked, for it had never been produced, as it ought to have been, to convince him of the unfitness of it for food. Roberts was hereupon examined as to the fact of its having been eaten. but he was very unwilling to answer the questions put by the Commissioners, and wanted to make it appear it had been given whole to the dogs and cats; but the Court enquired how they could get it to pieces, if Mr. Calvert's horses could not; this posed him a little, and be was still more posed by the production of a lad on the part of Roberts, who had been a sort of errand-boy to Allen, who was now discharged and who had been a partial partaker of the fowl in question, and who deposed that " es how he picked a good many of the bones, which were very good bones, but his muter had left precious little meat on 'em, and that moreover he had cracked all the leg-bones to suck the marrow." The Commissioners seemed to think this pretty good evidence as to the fowl having been eatable, but asked Allen what he thought of it ? His only reply was, that the boy was such a hungry rascal, that he believed he would crack even a brewer's horse's leg for the sake of the marrow. This was rather too much, and the Court instantly dismissed Allen's claim, ordering him to pay the costs.  A horrible murder was committed a few days ago at Manic d'Artieres, department of the Puy-de-Dome. Most of the inhabitants of the village having gone to the fair of Chignat, two miscreants eatered the house of a lady who was left alone, and after stabbing ha in several places with a knife, and endeavouring to strangle her, threw her upon a dung-hill, where they left her for dead. They then fled, taking with them from the house the sum of B,ooofr. The atrocious deed was discovered by the sister of the victim, who, seeing traces of blood, was guided by them to the dunghill, where her sister was found. The unfortunate woman was still alive, and before she earphed was able to make known the assessins, for the apprehension of whom dicers have been sent out in all dbecdons.....GaNgemers Memenper.  OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Sept. 21.