Star. — 1817-01-14 (London, England)

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.--.-Yesterday 'WM Steinliteld, a porter at St. Thomas's Hospital. in the Borough, was brought before Sir JOHN EAllaa, charged with an assault on Williams Allen, on Friday evening last. This case related to James Johnson, a black man, who died in the Giltspur-street Compeer, on Saturday morning, after being refused admission into St. Thomas's, when taken there by order of the Lord Mayor. The charge was for asnuking the Officer whom his Lordship seat to the Hospital with the posy black. Sir JOHN EMU' reprobated the unfeeling conduct of the prisoner, and ordered him to be held to bail fnr his appearance at the Sessions. Mr. NASH, the Steward. acquainted Sir Jowl EAU'S that a Committee of the Governors would investigate the case, and that meanwhile the prisouer would be suspended in his situation.  Bow4rraaer..—Seaser-Itosaenns.—findreep Barton was charged with being concerned in a daring robbery on W. Harley, on the night of the 23d of December, in St. John-street, and was apprehended by Wilson and Jefferson in consequence of a description of his person and he being well known. One of the gang, of the name of Frampton, who emptied the Prosecutor's pockets, was committed a few days since. Harrow-Gahm*.—Yesterday Mr. William IV, of White Hart Wharf. Lambeth coal-merchant, tip. ,peered to answer an information 'laid against him by the Coalmine* for conducting the Subscription in the parish of Clerkenwell for the relief of the Mannfactoring and Labouring Poor of that Parish. It appeared from the statement of Mr. WALFORD, who acted et Counsel foe the information (assisted by Mr. Rosana, the Solicitor, of Bartlett's-buildings, and one of the Committee), that Pugh had suntracted to supply the Committee with three hundred chaldrone of coals, and bad delivered twenty-five chatdrone, in part of the same, upon which quantity, on re-measurement, a deficiency was dibcovered of fitty bushels and a half I but,. in consequence of some technical informality in the mode of re-measurement, which, although done by sworn meters, was feared not to come strictly within the Act of Parliament; and the present informations were therefore laid upon that Section of the Act, which imposes a penalty for the non-delivery of tickets properly countersigned by the meter. The necessary evidence being adduced, the Magistrate, Mr. Sums' convicted the Defeo. dant in two several penalties of £lO. and S. each. Quzaw•anuatta.—Garde Knight, .who keeps a picture shop, and sells and lets oat caricatures in Charles. C•vent-garden, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, by the Officers Bly and Gilmour, togs. ither with Franco, his wife, charged with burin as their possession, and secretly 'hewing within doors, and vending both within and without of the home, dicers obscene prints and publications. The wife was admitted to bail, and Knight permitted to go at huge, on his solemn premise to come forward whenever he may be sent for. Woassus-stassr.-6--Bvancaavo--Jesses Hargis, Join Pask Edward Willis, and Merritt Lupton, alias 'War, were fini.ty examined on a charge of breaking iato the warehouse of W4kinson and Co. Brokers and Appraisers, in MonrSelds, on the 13th of last month, and stealing therefrom £l4O in Bank of England notes. They were fully committed for trial.  Mannioanuou-srazer.---MVADei.--”johe' alias Maw Wake., was brought up, Merged with being one of the persons concerned in the murder of Edward Stanton, at a coffee-shop in St. Giles's, about three welts ago. In addition to former evidence, Mary Canton stated, that she wain in the-coffee-shop at the time, and saw the primes: seize the deceased by the throat ; and when they were pushing him out, she beard him make a kind of throttling noise in his throat. as if be was strangling. The prisoner stated in his defence, that be could not deny being in the coffee room, but the deceased went over to a cook's. stop after he left the coffee-Mop, where he bad two supenny-worths of boir, of which Patrick Downes