Star. — 1819-08-24 (London, England)

STREET.—Yesterday a soldier in the Guards was charged by a publican under the following circumstances : The soldier called at the landlord's house with a respectable looking woman, and a child, which was from two to three years old. The woman went away, and left the man with the child ; and as he denied any further knowledge of the woman than that the asked him to drink, lie refused to encumber himself with the child.—ln defence the soldier said, that the woman asked him to drink, and he did so ; and afterwards she decamped, under a frivolous pretext, and left him with the child. She was far advanced in pregnancy, and was a stranger to him. The child was sent to the workhouse until the mother may be found :—the soldier was discharged. liNiox-lIALL.—A few days back, under the head of this Office, we gave an account of an atrocious committed, forios h enpi oetris‘o, ens of of jaeya loouunsgy. w onmiaeni ia.l L .1 murder, which a man named Wood, confessed hay. in egiceo gistrates have since made every inquiry into the circumstances of the case, the result of which has proved that the Whole of the statement made by Wood was false. The young woman alluded to is alive and well, and has not the slightest knowledge of the man.  Not*ithstanding the adjournment of the Kennington Meeting, announced in the placard, signed by the ,‘ Committees for the Borough of Southwark; and the Counties of Surrey and Middlesex," the MagiArates had reason to believe, from certain information and movements, that precautionary measures would be prudent. Accordingly, yesterday, morning, sundry of the inhabitants were summoned to attend the Magistrates (Messrs. LETT, of Lambeth, and HOLMER, of the Borough), at tha Vestry-hall, Lambeth : and two hundred were sworn in as Special Constables.  Mr. Lear afterwards addressed the assemblage, thanking them for the promptness of their attention, and adding that he should not call them from their homes unless circumstances required personal attendance at the Common. Their warrants and staves, however, should be forwarded to them, for they had good reason to believe that an actual Meetting would be attempted, should appearances be favourable to the parties. He added, that communications had been held with Lord Sidmouth. His Lordship expressed the opinion that there would be no Meeting at all ; that none of the Meetings which had been talked of, for Smithfield or elsewhere, would take place; that the persons who should go to such places would only have their trouble for nothing ; that, in fact, they could do nothing without the presence of their leader, Hunt ! The Magistrates .had engaged the Horns Tavern, Kennington, to enable them to be present ; but they remained at the Sessions-house, Horsemonger-lane. Mr. Rofey, the High Constable for the Borough, and the Under Sheriff, Mr. Abbott, however, were present ; and they were attended by upwards of 120 police, Sheriffs' and other officers, and regular constables. All the gates leading on to the Common were locked and chained, so that any cart or waggon attempting to enter would have been seized. Not above ten of the surrounding respectable inhabitants, who are accustomed to go to the City daily, left their homes. About twelve o'clock, a lad appeared on the Corhmon, exhibiting a board, on the end of a pole, on which it was announced that the meeting at Kennington wars postponed till a future day, but that one would lae held at Omithfield-on Wednesday, at ,iota o'clock is th's afternoon.