Star. — 1824-12-04 (London, England)

HATTON-OA RDEN.  An exceedinglyintetesting young woman, named Jaw MoStia Boyce or Bops, was brought up in custody of the Mendicity SO. ciety's officers, charged with bang found wandering about the street ind squares at the west ettid of the town, in a state of the greatest destitution, with the totention of exciting compassion and obtaining pecuniary assistance. When brought to the Society's Office, Red Lion-square, alsetave the following account of herself. a H father iris a wealthy .farmer, residing at. OwesburY, in the county of Hints ; she had an aunt in London, who kept the Blatt 'Bull Inn, Aldgate (a Mrs. Nelson), who sent for her to assist in the house as bar-maid ; but in consequence of repeated ill-usage she had left it, and since bad subsisted on some money she had.brought from home. She said she had another aunt, a Mrs. Jane Palmer, Who kept the Blue Boar Inn, Aldgate, and an uncle, a Mr. Jansee Boyes, who was landlord of the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch.street, and that the two last persons are guardians to the property she would be entitled to on her coming of age, which amounts to £11„700, which torn was vested in Bank of England securities in her name, and was left her by Mr. Charles Woolridge, of Oxford University. She also stated that she was one of four daughteri born at a birth ; one of whom is now maintained by his Majesty. at his sole expense. Her father, she said, had received £O,OOO in the late Lottery ; but, notwithstanding this wealth, it seemed she was compelled to come to London in search of a bar-maid's place. The present 'curve of her distress; she said, arose from her having been robbed-a fevt nights back of five sovereigns, and several arilcies of vreaging apparel, which were taken from her by three men on the roadlretween Islington and London. She had not tasted food for three entire days. For the truth of this statement, she referred the fiociery's officers to Mr. James Brownjohn, of the White Hart Tavern, Hammersmith. The MAGISTRATE, under aU the circumstances of the case, said that he felt himself authorised in committing the prisoner to the House of Correction, until the Mendicity Society, which had alrehdy so humanely exerted itself in her behalf, should have advised with the young woman's friends as to her ultimate disposal  FONTHILL Atrim—This magnificent structure felt severely thg effects of the tempest : glass to the amount of several hundred pounds was destroyed, and upwards of three hundred feet of the battlement th!own. down. Thursday, as Charles Daley was going up a ladder, at some buildings, on the Surrey-end of Vauxhall-bridge, with a coping-stone on his shoulder, one of the rounds broke, when he fell to the ground, ruptured a bloodvessel, and expired in about two hours.  There are thirty-six prisoners in York Castle for tiial, at the next Assizes, thirteen of *horn stand charged with murder  Tuesday, the 30th ult. was rang,..at St. Mary, Rotherhithe, a true and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5,00 changes, which was completedin a masterly manner, in three hours and-two minutes, by the following persons, ringers of the parish, Tedham, triPle.; John Merritt, ,second ; Joseph •Ladley, third; Thomas Dixon,. fourth; Edward Sawyer, fifth; William Rice, sixth; John Morgan, seventh ; John Prior, tenor.— The above performance was conducted by Mr. Joseph Ladlty.  • Poi.AsnEs.—The following important communication, was recently Made by the Treasury to one of the Members for Bristol, viz. (Cory). " London, 21st Sept. 1824. " Mir DFAR Sit —ln reply to your note on the subject of the drawbacks on potashes, as it respects those from the Uuited States and &Om Canada, I beg to 4c/quaint you, that the Treasury have directed a clause to be prepared for the next Session of Parliament, for confining the allowance of drawback upon ashes, used its the manufacture of linen, to the produce of our own Colonies en y. As the Law now stands we are compelled to allow it indiscriminately in Great Britain, because it is so allowed by Statute in Ireland. " I ani, &c. • " J. C.