Star. — 1822-01-03 (London, England)

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Alderman J. J. SMITH, the acting MAgistr ate at this Justice Room, WAS engaged for a considerable time yesterday, in an examination with a view to the discovery of the murderers cf a male infant, which had been found by a waterman on the 17th of December, upon one of the starlings on the west side of London-bridge. The body of the c:iild was wrapped up in flannel, and inclosed, together with a large stone, in a coarse bag. A Coroner's Inquest had been held upon it, and a verdict of Murder brought in against some person or persons unknown. The Churchwardens of St. Mary Magnus, in which parish the body was found, had offered a reward of £ for the discovery of the murderers, and the officers on both sides of the river have been using every diligence to obtain some clue to the perpetrators. At length, Welfare, an officer of this establishment, got private information that a young woman had stated that she had seen a child thrown into the river. succeeded in tracing this young woman out, and ,brought her up yesterday before the Magi.strate, when her deposition was taken, which was to the following effect :—That her name was Elizabeth Canty, and that being on London-bridge in her way home to the Alorough, about eight o'clock in the evening of the 12th December, she observed a man-with something wrapped up in his arms, which she soon knew from its cries to be an infant. He was standing over the first arch of the south-east part of the bridge. He looked about him cautiously on each side, to see if he was observed, and she distinctly saw him thrust the bundle with the infant through the ballustrades of the bridge into the river. Suspecting his intention, and seeing a female with him, she addressed herself to her, and said, " The man is going to drown the child ;" to which the woman replied,. a What is that to you r or," Mind your own business." While this conversation was passing, the man accomplished his horrid purpose, which was no sooner effected, than he and the woman made off down Tooley-street.-The description given of the parties by Elizabeth Canty is, that the man was about five feet four inches high, dark complexion, and large dark whiskers, and dressed in a light drab coat. The female 'was a tall stout woman, and had ou a dark gown, a slatecoloured whittle, and a black willow bonnet, with red ribbons.—From a review of all thecircumstances, the Magistrate was of opinion, that the body found by the waterman was not that of the infant which had been thrown into the river in the manner described by the v. itness.  Yesterday morning the area in front of Mr. NICHOLS'. house in Parliament-street, printer of the Votes, was forcibly entered, and the thieves stole from the pantry upwards of fifty pounds worth of silver plate, and other articles of value.  LAWYeas.--According to the Asiatic Researches, a very curious mode of trying the title of land is practised in Ilindostan: Two holes are dug in the disputed spot, in each of which the plaintiff and defendant's lawyers put one of their legs, and remain there till one of them is tired, or complains of being stung by the insects, in which case his client is defeated. hi this country, it is the clicnt,-and not the lawyer, who Inds his foot into