Star.
London, England, 1808-10-04 00:00:00

POLICE.

glinstitts.r.L.—Yesteiciay Mary Wa/itrwascham..
with stealing a piece of jean, value 41. from a Ittfan
chaster warehouse, No. 1. in CateatOn-street.
A phiter proved his having seen the woman tome
down stairs in the house when there are several ware-
houses belonging to different Manchester merchants;
tend suspecting site had stOlensOmething, he followed
het through the Baptist's Heid.tottrt, and on coming
close td her, she asked liiinj with some alarm, if he
wanted her .He answered he wanted something she
liad;uptni which she took the piice of jean from under
her elOthK gad it to and asked for mercy. He
hrotight het back td the Warehouse.
George Baker; clerk in the same warehouse with
the last witness, laid He had no doubt that the jean
*as the property of h 4 employer ; but it had no
' mark by which he could sweat to it positively.
The Alderman then Ordered the witneisei to retire
with the prisoner, otdet, as it should seem, that she
might restore the goo& spontaneously to the right
owner ; as he could not Order her to give them up to
a person whil would not swear io the property, nor
yet suffer her to depart with propertY which she ad-
mitted to be Stolen: She restored the property, and
was dismisf.ted;

Mary Wear: was charged by JameS Gude, a porter,
with robbing him of a leathern purse, containing 14s.
by picking his pocket, at the corner of Aldersgate-
street, On Sunday night; on his way to Horton. The
prisoner, one of the lowest order of unfortunate wo•
men, took him, it appeared, by the arm, as he came
along. She suddenly ran givay, and he missing his
purse, pursued and took her, and charged her on the
watch: A ybung man ttlio was passing at the mo-
ment, saw the prisoner drop the purse, and picked it
up, and it was immediately identified by the first wit-
ness ; but it had been emptied of its contents ; and
the prisoner, being searthed in the watch house, no
more than three Shillings were found in her possession.
The prosecutor was ready to swear to the robbery ;
but the Magistrate; fibt coaCeiiing the proofs such as
to ivirrattt.a conviedoit; Cent the prikoner to Bridewell.
Piiabith. Poiuoey, inhaler of the same order, but
rather of a higher rank, was broitht forward, charged
by one of the sisterhood with having knocked her
down, twice, and torn all her finery, in Fleet-street, on
the preceding night. Mrs. Ponsonby was an Irish
Lady, and had thought fit to make her debut on the
Fleet.strect jeavi in the way of her Location, without
hating paid-the usual feet of induction, or offered the
customary libation to the Nun: of the walk. They
consequently denied her privilege, and became urgent
for the penalties: Mrs. Ponsonby gave battle, and
soon Vanquished every thing female that came within
her reach. One of the patroles and some of the
watchmen came up as a cosp dc reserve ; but Mrs.
Ponsonby instantly hoisted Irish colours, set up the
war-whoop, avowed her country, tackled to, and ac-
tually beat fotir watchmen. She was, however, over-
pciwered by numbers, and brought to the watch house,
but refused to walk to the Compter, and it actually
required the strength of five watchmen to force her
into a coach to convey her thither.
No part of the battle, however, was charged against
her, but the first assault, and this appearing to the
Magistrate a mere street-quarrel between persons al-
ways a nuisance, he dismissed the charge.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—It was stated yesterday,
that one Smith, who resides in Beuch amp-street,Leather-
lane, had been taken into custody on, suspicion of wil-
fully setting fire to the dwelling house in which he re-
sided, and that he had undergone a short examination
at this office on Saturday. The minute particulars
were not entered into in consequence of the wife of
the prisoner not havinf been taken ; but that event
was accoMplished on Saturday evening, and yester-
day the parties, were fully examined. It appeared by
the testimony of one witness, a lodger in the house,
that the prisoner, who is a shoemaker, occupied the
first floor, and on Thursday evening he house was
discovered by the lodgers to be in a smother. Oa
one of the lodgers going down stairs, he observed t
man prisoner standing with a lighted candle, with hls
back against the wall, where the smother seemed to
issue from, and it was afterwards discovered that a
hole had been made through the partition, which was
of lath and plaister, behind where the prisoner was
standing, and that a quantity of burning rags and
other things had been introduced through it, which
communicated with the stairs. From expressions
having been made use of by the female prisoner, she
was suspected as an accessary. Fortunately the wicked
deed was discovered in time, or the other lodgers
above, amounting to about eight persons, must have
perished. The prisoners were remanded. Another
person is about to be taken into custody.
A patrole of St. James's parish, of the name of
Green, was held to bail for an assault on another con-
stable, Mr. Rotton, of Sackville-street ; the latter
hating interfered to know what was the matter, two
patroles and two watchmen being conversing together.

General LAFALCETTE has been appointed Governor
of Hanover.

It was lately stated that a Court-Martial had been
held in Edinburgh Castle on two Officers of the 94th
Regiment. The sentences have been since laid before
his MAJESTY, and approved of. By the first sentence,
Lieutenant EsCOURT CRESSWELL has been dismissed
his Majesty's service. By the second, Ensign ROBERT
ARMSTRONG has been acquitted.
Croydon Fair, with all its winter attractions, was
held yesterday : all was fun and jollity : many par-
boiled and half-roasted geese were eagerly devoured,
and thousands of walnuts cracked. The few lean
cattle, sheep, and pigs sold brought good prices.
At Jedburgh fair, on Tuesday last, the shew of
cattle was not so great as has been for some years past;
those in good condition sold readily at an advance in
price ; there being a number of buyers, few were left
unsold.
Another Comet has been seen at Edinburgh :—its
great distance prevents its nucleus from being di stinc tl y
ascertained as to magnitude. It may be seen with
the naked eye every night after seven o'clock. Its
northern declination is about 53. SI. right ascension
352. 30. ; it passes that meridian SO minutes after
twelve, Y. M. its nucleus appears circular, throwing
out rays of light like hair on all sides, but the greatest
quantity of light is emitted from its eastern parts.—..
our Correspondent first saw it on the 21st of August,
and has seen it frequently since.