Star. — 1822-09-05 (London, England)

ARCHERY. prosecuted for the assault at the expense of the City, and they During the lag week, the Woodmen of Arden held their An. were committed in default of bad. ' nual Grand Wardmote, at the Forest hall, Meriden, which Several pickpockets, detected at work, in the Fair, were comwas attended, as formerly, by a considerable assemblage of rank mittcd for re-examination. and fashion of this and the adjoining Counties. Amongst the Bow-svßrrr.—Yesterday, Gearge Gooch, a young man now company present were the Earl of Aylesford (Lord Warden of very smartly dressed, but who a short time ago was in a state of the Forest), the Countess of Aylesford, two Ladies Finch, two extreme distress, was brought before the sitting Magistrates, Ladies Legge, Colonel and Lady Barbara Newdigate, Mr. and Mr. Mtesnuer. and Mr. Huts, in the custody of Salmon, a, Lady Georgiana West, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Brad- principal officer, charged with forging the name of Mr. J. S. ford, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, lion. General Finch, Taylor, the Vestry Clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to preHon. Daniel, John, and CharlesTinch, Mr. Wynn, Hon. and terded copies of bills of exchange, drawn upon,Messrs. Coutts Rev. Mr. Bridgeman, Hoe. Capt. Bridgeman, Sir Francis Shuck- and Co. Bankers; and thereby defrauding his aunt, a poor aged burgh, Sir Gray and Lady and Miss Skipwith, Sir Eardley and and infirm woman, of wearing apparel, some trinkets, and Lady Wilmot, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Dugdale, Mr. Digby, Mr. money to the amount of £l9 10s. The circumstances of the case Lucy, M.P. &c. Monday, the Master Forester's Gold Medal. were very curious. About five or six weeks ago, a man named and the Senior Verderer's Silver Medal were shot for at a hun- Robert Hartley was brought to this Office by the same officer, dred yards, and won—the former by the Rev. W. Somerville, charged with burglary, committed at the residence of Count and the latter by the Rev. Coker Adams. Wednesday the Sil- 13ylantl, at Blackheath, and sent to the Maidstone Assizes for ver Arrow, at nine score yards, was decided in favour of the trial. The principal, indeed almost the only material witness Rev. Coker Adams; and on Friday the Silver Bugle, at twelve against bins was the prisoner Gooch, who had been a messmate score yards, was won, after a severe contested sweepstakes with with him in the Navy. Hartley had met him accidentally in the the Earl of Aylesford, by Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart.—The street, and communicated to him that he was getting his living Gold Digby Medal, " °Mime mere'tti," was adjudged to the Rev. by plunder, and in the course of conversation he threw out some Coker Adams, as Captain of Numbers ; and the Silver Digby hints respecting the murder of Mn. Donatty. Gooch upon this Medal, " bene ',serener," to the Rev. T. L. Freer, as Lieutenant waited upon lalr. Taylor, the Gentleman who had the manageof Numbers.—The fortunate Lasses of the Forest in the Lotntent of the investigations which took place in consequence of tery were Miss Skipwith and Miss Steward, the first drawing that horrible affair, and having told him all that he had learned the Gold Arrow, and the latter the Gold Bugle. from Hartley, the latter was taken Into custody. Nothing,' His Memel' has been graciously pleased to express his deter- however, was elicited of a satisfactory nature faith respect to', urination to honour the Royal Company of Archers with the the murder, but a complete case was made out against him' presentation of a gold stick, as soon as he shall determine thede- as to the burglary at Count 13yland's, and be was convicted I vire to he placed upon it. This completes the right of that capitally at the Maidstone Assizes. After his conviction, seveHonourable Company, which is thereby placed on the same rap conversations were held with Mm, with a view to obtain footing with the Honourable Band of Pensioners, whose Cap- some information, if he really could give any, respecting the tame, bears, as his badge of offiet, an ebony stick with a gold murder; but nothing was learned from him which could be head, with which he is invested by the Kure. It is a singular relied upon. When Gooch had been some days returned to leer that the Band of Pensioners, as well as the Scots Guard at town, he waited upon Mr. Taylor, and told him he thought Paris, who had similar duties to perform, were originally bodies that if he went down to Maidstone, and had an interview with of Arebers.—Edinburgh Observer. Hartley, the latter would tell him anything that he knew re• garding the murder of Mrs. Donatty. Mr. Taylor consented to