Star.
London, England, 1808-05-27 00:00:00

POLICE.

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MANSION Hom.— Wednesday 4aralt Goodwin,
About twenty yea's of age, servant to Mr. Adams,
upholsterer, in the Mistoriess underwent a priiate ex-
amination, charged with forging and uttering two
checks for 51. each, upon the hous:! of Messrs. Grant,
Prescot, and Co. purporting to be signed by a
draper, at the cctoer of John-street, Minors ; for
one of which she got payment, but was detected in
getting cash for the other. The prisoner confessed
her guiit ; but denied that she had any accomplices,
although it is suspected the check was not filled up by
herself. She was remanded for further examination.
Yesterday T. Brown, and another young man, who
would not tell his name, but apparently brothers, were
charged with privately stealing several valuable rings
and trinkets from different jeweller's shops The pi-
sonem who were very genteely dressed in black, went
to different shops, pretending to bespeak mourning
rngs, and in looking over the patterns, in general
found means to carry off some valuable trinkets. In-
formation of this having been given amongst the trade,
the prisoners were apprehended in the shop of Mr.
Fearn, a jeweller, in C:ornhill, by Mr. Taylor of Lea-
deuhall-street, from whom they took some valuable
rings. When searched, several rings and trinkets were
found in their possession, and sworn to be stolen from
the shopkeepers, who told his Lordship of the diffe-
rent names and places of abode the prisoners had
given them, which were false. They were commit-
ted for further examination.
HtrroN-G4nor.x.—Yesterday Aldridge and Cox
were fully committed, charged with breaking open
the counting-house of Mr. Bennet's brewery, in Comp-
ton-street, Clerkenwell, and stealing therefrom SOL in
cash and notes.
SH AnWEL L.—Yesterday Hannah Gagan and Sarah Jones
were fully committed, for stealing a piece of cambrick
from the shop of Mr. Hoskins, linen-draper, in Rat-
cliff-Highway.
WIIITECITAPEL.—Yesterday, Parsons, a pub-
lican and crimp, was fully committed, charged with
breaking open the box of John Lecruex, a Portuguese
and•stealing therefrom 44. in Bank notes, and
a quantity of wearing apparel.

In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Thursday last, the
SOLICITOR GENERAL moved, en the part of Henry Limes Blake,
bfq. Lieutenant-Colonel rf the C.-linty of Gahvay Militia, for a
conditional order or rule to shew cause why a criminal information
hhovld not be granted aeainNt Mark Brown, who 11::d been a
Lieutenant in asp same regiment, for attempting to provoke Co-
l mel Blake. to break the peace by fighting a duel. The Cuter
I UsTTCP: observed, that the conduct of Colonel Blake had been
very honourable, and granted the conditional order.
A most afflicting circumstance occurred on Mon-
day se'nnight, in the house of Mr. Whelan, a respec-
tahle farmer and dealer, at Kilmeaden, Waterford.
His two daughters retired to bed at their accustomed
hour, and by some fatal neglect or circumstance, of
which we are as yet ignorant, the bed took fire, by
which means both of them lost their lives. We un-
derstand the fire was discovered in time to preserve
the house and furniture, though too late.to save the
lives of the unfortunate females. The youngest lan-
, irt ished until the following tWednesday morning, in
the most excruciating torture, and then expired,
Wednesday se'nnight, about five o'clock, as one of
the Portsmouth stages was on its way to town, the
coachman turned a little out of the road, near Clap,
ham, when the coach immediately upset. The con-
sequence was, that one male passenger on the outside
was killed on the spot, another was so dreadfully
bruised that he is since dead, and a woman had. her
thigh broken, and was conveyed in a cart to St.
George's Hospital, .where she underwent amputation.
Not one passenger escaped without being severely
bruised, and the coachman had his leg broke.
Yesterday se'nnight two soldiers, at the One Bell.
public house, Margate, had a scuffle, and on both
falling on the floor, the bayonet of one, the brass
being lost from the er.d of the scabbard, entered the
right breast of the other, and' killed him on the ;pot.
On Saturday a Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, and
brought in their verdict—Accidental Death.
An Inquest was also hell at the Robin Hood, in
Shoe-lane, on the body of Elizabeth Gearing ; who,
in emptying a bason out of at wo pair of stairs window,
on Sunday morning, fell therefrom, and was killed on
the spot.
Yesterday at three o'clock, an inquest was held be-
fwe A. GEL'., Esq. Coroner for Westminster, at the
White Swan, Mount-street, on the body of John Hen-
dren, in-door porter to his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, who was found drowned in the Serpen-
tine River, Hyde Park, on the preceding day. Ben-
jamin,Perks, a gunsmith, coming to town from Ken-
snytan, at seven in the morning, saw the body float-
ing on the water, and, with the assistance of the Park-
keeper in his boat, brought it on shore in a totally
lifeless state ; J. Clements, a servant of Lord Dundas,
bad seen the deceased late on Tuesday evening, in
complete possession of his senses. There was a half-
guinea, a seven shilling piece, and a half-crown, in
the ilockets of the deceased. There was no other fact
aalaced, and the Jury returned a verdict—" Found
drowned, but it did not appear by what means."
A most barbarous assault was lately committed at
Great Paxton, in the county of I luntingdon, on a poor
woman, about 60 years of age, by an ignorant and
brutal mob, who accused her of witchcraft.
The body of a young woman was picked up on
Wednesday, below Blackfriar's Bridge, which to are
appearances had been several days in the water ; and!
ye,terday it was owned, and turned out to be that of
a nursery maid of the name of Garrat, who lived in a
family in Tavistock-street. She had been absent
since Sunday se'nnight, but it is not known how she
came by her death. There were no marks of violence
on her person.
Friday 'last, while some men who were employed to
div gravel front a pit tin Penge-common, were at din-
p: r, a cart arrived to fetch some away, and on their
r urn they missed the driver, whom, after Fame time,
.1.e1• found buricil, ac they sarposed dead, under a
quantity wit;ch had fallen in. He was conveyed to
the Gyps:l-houe, where be soon recovered suffi.
icntly to ask v by they had ciisturhed him from such
s 1 c,,, but had scireely uttered' the last word,
wlh.a he p- ve a ga-p and expired. On searching his
- ronains, IL was found that both legs were brokus,
Oat. y had rl/4c.:11-ei seine treitetukous bru:se'.