Star. — 1821-11-02 (London, England)

TOWN-H ALL, SOUTIIWA EMPT AT MT" DER.— - Payne was brought to this Office, yb terday, charged with cutting and stabbing, and a, tempting to murder, his wife. The prisoner ap peened about forty years of age; he is a personnel known in the Borough, having for a considenbi time attended the Blackheath coaches. Rebeca Payne, a young woman, about IG years of age, ttg daughter of the pri,oner, deposed—" My father at. tends the Blackheath stages in the Borough. came home about one o'clock this day, to dinner. was Standing in the room, near my little sister, an 4 my father took up a rope, and beat me with it; said it was because I had not taken my sister to schod Ile then went to my mother, who was standing at neighbour's door, and knocked her down with 144 fist; she had given him no provocation whatever.— When she got up he struck her again with a tope, and also with his fist ; and when she fell on the ground he kicked her in the ribs, and in the loins;— he then seized her by the hair of the head, arida?. ged her several times up and down the kennel. lie took a knife from his pocket, and cut and stabbed* with it, and TM attempting to thrust it into her side, when a bystander, amidst the cries and screams of all present, seized the knife, but his hand was cut shock. ingly. My father then ran into the house. beet to see for an officer, and for medical assistance fa my mother, who was bleeding dreadfully."—Kincy, the officer, here produced the knife ; it was a ciast knife, about six inches in length, and was identi6d by the above witness. The evidence was confirrod by several witnesses, and a message Laving been ceived from St. Thomas's Hospital, where the relic had been carried, stating it was impossible, at present, to say whether there was any chance of her recovery, the prisoner was committed for exadinatice on a future day.  MANstox-House.—Yesterday, Painter and Cote, who were brought up on Monday by Hawkins, the Marshalman, underwent another examination on 56 veral other charges of having obtained goods Mo. niously. Mr. HARMER attended as solicitoroobe half of the prisoners. A solicitor attended ton duct the prosecution. The Office was crowielW tradesmen who had charges to prefer, but thelnu MAYOR said he would not enter fat thee into thew that day, and he should, therefore, rem:sad the pr soners until Saturday next, that it might be retie more completely, for the town was now surreal with depredators, and the utmost strength of 'hell, ought to be exercised for the protection of the Lost shopkeeper.  Wednesday evening, between eight and as o'clock, the premises of Mr. Hunt, a watchmaker,it Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, were broken is and robbed of three gold watches, two silver, cap and jewelled, and a horizontal one, during the to porary absence of Mr. Hunt. The thieves, it 3 geared, gained entrance by a false key, into the frc4 parlour, and took from a drawer the above article with which they escaped. A number of watches in the parlour, which the robbers had not sufficia time to carry off. Yesterday, an alarm of fire was given at a 6:LW shop on Holborn-hill ; but, by the timely exert of the emen, was soon got under. ,