Star.
London, England, 1808-11-05 00:00:00

PUI.ICE.

BOW-STlMET.—Thursday T. Cannon and J. Cod
dington, in custody for extorting money from Mr.
Butler, by charging him with a detestable crime,
*were re-examined; and both fully committed for high-
.
way obberies.

Miss Sarah P—, a maiden lady of considerable
fortune, who keeps a house in Beniard.street, Russel.
square, was charged with robbing one of her female
servants. It appeared that Miss P. suspected that
some brandy had been stolen, and on Thursday,
while searching the servants' rooms, she called to
Martha Kent, one of the servants, and asked her for
the key of her box ? The girl was readily giving it;
but Miss P. observed, that she need not, as, when
she was moving the box, it came open, and she was
satisfied the !moldy was not there. Martha was hit-
inediately struck, as her box was open, to ascertain
if her things were side, when she found that it had
been broken open, •and 16 guineas stolen, which she
saw the night previous ; and Mary Dixon, the cook,
saw the box safe, a short time before Miss P. was at
it. Miss P. urged the improbability of her taking the
money, and that all the servants, as well as a hair-
dresser, had access to the room where the box was.
Mr. READ observed, that the servant had lived with
her between live and six years, consequently she had
approved of her conduct, and as such her testimony
was uniniptached. It was clear the box had been
broken open, and she (Miss P.) acknowledged to
have been at it. With these facts before him, it was'
impossible to discharge her ; however, on the appli.
cation of her Attorney, she was not committed, he
engaging for her appearance on a future day.
MAststox-Horsr.---Yesterday MA Thomas and
Hannah Slash (the footman and cook ofbfr. Strutfield,
a Blackwellhall factor, in Basingliall-street), were
charged on suspicion of robbing their master, at dif-
ferent tinier. It appeared, the discovery took place
from Mr. S. sending for a smith to pick the lock of
his eeUaret, which be could not get his key to open ;
tlie smith, upon taking the lock off, found that part ,1
of the inside of the bole lead been taken opt. The
prisoners COD to the smith, that they had another
key, fitted to the hole the day before ; but begged
he would not take any notice to their master. Upon
this discovery the prisoners were searched, when seven
keys were found upon them, two of which opened
almost every lock in the house. Two smiths proved,
that they were sent for by the prisoner, Thomas, at
different times to pick locks and fit them with keys,
in a great hurry, under pretence that they had lost
theirs ; and that the keys found on the prisoners were
those they made. A number of pawnkoker's dupli-
cates were found upon Slack, for sheets, silver
spoons, etc. all of which she pretended was her own
property ; she was committed for farther examina-
tion ; but Thomas, at his Own solicitation, was sent
on board the tender.

Maarmortotfou-srarEr.—Yesterday Pallier, bet-
ter known, among the pugilistic tribe, by the name
of the Scot:Tartar, was charged with a wanton assault
on a female. lt appeared, that this professor of the
present/a:Mina* and manly exercise was conducting a
drunken sweep along the pavement, when the com-
plainant, a respectable woman, not getting out of his
way with sufficient expedition, he heroically saluted
her with a violent blow on the eye ; and, on a man
who was passing by, venturing to remonstrate with
him on such imprtiper treatment, he received a simi-
lar' salute. •

Wostrintr-svnr.e.r.—Yesterday Mary Bullod, who
was liberated only three days since from the House
of Correction, having been confined for pot stealing,
was fully committed for stealing similar articles from
he Nelson's Head public house, in Old-street-road.
On Thursday, a baker of Hackney, was charged
with selling 33 loaves, which were short of weight
139 ounces. The Magistrate was about to inflict
the full penalty of ss. an ounce, amounting to 591.
15s. but the Gentleman who attended for the prose-
cution, represented the prisoner to be a young begin-
ner in business, and it being his first offence, it was
mitigated to half that sum.
tbtrom HALL.—A genteel looking young woman
complained` on Thursday of a Gentleman, then in the
King s Bench prison, of marrying her, well knowing
he &d a wife thin living. She said it was a long
time before shidiscovetetthe deceit, and would have
coMplained of it before, but that he had continually
:unused her with a promise of making a settlement on
her, but that' he noir refused it altogether. The facts
of this case were so far established, that a commitment
to the coUnty goal for trial was made out.
. _ _

G*,tnics:.—Yesterday Maria Kemis was
fully committed for re-examination, charged with
staling from the house of Mrs. Ahern, in Little Essex-
stieet, Strand (into which she had been introduced
as' a lodger, pietending she had come from Ireland to
prosecute a Chancery suit), various property, to the
amount of 71.

grstattioes AFFATR.—On Saturday last, a corpse
was brought from Charter House-square, and buried
in Islington church yard, and a stone erected at the
place with this inscription
IV ML:4011.4 or
MRS. ELIZABETH EMMA THOMAS,
Who died 28th Oetober,lBoB.
AGED 9.7 TRAPS.
She had no fault, save wh.l; trav'llers give the moon,
The light was bright, but died, alas ! too soon.
Mr. flonoso, the Coroner, received a letter, inti.
Mating very strong suspicions that the deceased had
not died naturally, in consequence of which he applied
to the parish officers, who ordered the grave to be
opened, which was done yesterday morning, and the
body'removed to the vault under the church, for the
inspection of the Jury, which sat upon it in the course
of the day, when the following appeared in evidence.
The Lady died on Friday, was buried on Saturday,
and the Gentleman with whom she lived (not being
• yarned), left town on Sunday and embarked at Ports-1
Month on Monday 14. Spain. On examining the
bar,- a due pin, about nine inches long, was found
violin: in the heart, through the left side of the body.
A Medical gentleman who had attended the deceased,
declared that the pin was inierted at the request of the
Gentleman, to prevent the possibility of her being
bUried. alive. The Jury brought in a verdict of, died
lythe visitation of Goa. The corpse stiil lies unburied
in the vault.