Star. — 1823-10-22 (London, England)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.  Yesterday, William Rowland was indicted for conspiring with a person named Hanson, to defraud Colonel Wheatley, of Hill-street, Berkeley-square, of the sum of 55 guineas. The defendant is the proprietor of livery-stables in Mary-la-bonne-street, Golden-square. Induced by an advertisement in the newspapers, the , prosecutor went to his yard, and seeing a horse which he thought would suit him, asked the defendant if it answered the deicription given in the advertisement ? to which the defendant replied, that he believed so. Hanson then coming in, the defendant pointed him out as the owner of the horse ; and the prosecutor was • assured by him, that the horse was in every respect 'build. lie therefore purchased him for S. guineas.— It turned out, however, that the horse was broken'wiacied, and worth little or nothing, and that the defendant knew it. The prosecutor, not being able to get back his money, preferred this indictment against the defendant and Hanson ; but the latter did not appear to take his trial.—The Jury found the defendant Guilty.— Judgment deferred. John Cooper and Henry Cooper were indicted for assaulting Jacrib Josephs. The prosecutor stated that his wife, one evening, in August last, asked leave to go to see a young woman who lived with Henry Cooper. 'and who was then in her confinement. After she had been at Cooper's lodgings about a week, he went there, and was informed by the people of the house that she slept with John Cooper every night. He went up stairs to Cooper's room, and found his wife and the defendant John sitting at tea. He told her that as he had found her out to be guilty of adultery, he would have no more to do with her : upon which John Cooper collared and struck him, and Henry Cooper coming tip, did the same. Both of them, with the wife, then followed him borne, and endeavoured to 'carry away his trunk. He struggled to keep hold of it, until Henry Cooper, pulling a knife from his pocket, threatened to cat off his hand; upon which lie went and lodged his complaint before a Magistrate. The statement on the other side was, that Josephs 'was going to choke his wife, and that John Cooper only interfered- to save her ; and that the reason why they -iollowed the prosecutor was because he invited his %%lie home to give her up her clotbes,.4nd they were afraid, 'Men his threats, that he would murder her. .b The Jury fotind both defendants. Guilty, and they . were adjtidged to a fine of 13s. 41 each.  • Last week, a RAO was poisoned near Irvine, by swal-1 lowing a quantity Of King's yellow. His daughter had laid some powders, which she received-from the doctor fat her father, upon a.shelf, beside a paper containing King's yellow. In mixing the medicine, the girl unfortunately Med the 'Kings yellow by mistake. The error was notdiscovered until the powder was swallowed 'by her father, who lingered about twenty-four hours, and expired hi great army. -Flag IN Pgfascur-sten .TAlL.—Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, a strong sensation was excited in Manchester, by a report that the New Bailey Prison was. on fire. It appears that a Lady, who was passing by, observed more smoke rising from the roof .of the Court-ho Use than could be supposed to pass through the chimney, and she communicated the circumstance to the gate-keeper. On examination, it was found that that part of the roof which covers the Magistrates' room wagon fire: though, from the depth of the 'nfister-drawing, the extent to which the flames had proceeded,was not at first ascertained. Soon after six o'clock the roof fell with a tremendous crash into the Magistrates' room, from which veers" Gentlemen, who had been employed in removing the books, had not retired more than a minute. Beneath the Magistrates' room are the • lock-ups, in which persons are confined who wait the decision of the Magistrates, and in which there was at the time a number of prisoners, who, of course, were flreadrully alarmed when they heard the roof fall upon the floor above them, and expected every moment that the burning wreck would the place - here