The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

PUtinffALL..--Yesterday a miserable looking old
woman, who called herselt Muria
,arace, near 70,
yeas of age, aid whose personal
,charms might qua
iffy her to represent fit .ale, car theirkilch of Endor,.
was brought up for examittatiun, charged with
raising a mob, and creating a riot, ,about the house
of a respectableLtosier, in NeWgate-street, on Satur-
day night last.
The complainant statei, that she "had frequently
done so before ; tor successive 3-cars she had insist-
ed that he Wag her husband, had dtlltri.44 her, and
must either take her home, or give her. a Sep3r;it:
maintenance';' and that she not only lid this claim
to him under a name totally difTerent from his own,
but had imputed the same maritatcruelty to his part+
ner in trade.

The defendant, in- .her own vindication, -insisted
upon the truth of her claim ; and Mid, ,she was mar-
ried to thisfolse man SiXtet-11 years agn ,
The complainant, a resPeauble and vi ell-looking
min, not much. more ti)an forty, solemnly
*our of `this alliance; ,and, iodeed, none but
an inveterate antiquarian could have been disposed
to hiive esponscd her, even at the time she stated.
It was pretty clear, however, from her deport-
inetit,that the poor woman watt deranged' in her
ititrllecls; .and the. Magistrate
.ordered het to be
passed to her parish, which is
,in the neighbourhood
of Tower-hill.

illichuel Cook and, James Mr'ereagh, two of those.
pugnacious Hibernians who bare for some time
carried on the war between the Chichsaws-of
Chick-
lane, -and the Catalaws ()ISt. GileS!s, were .brought
up on a charge, .by the watchmen, belonging to
Cripplepte Ward, of riot and • assault ort Saturday
night last..
It appeared from the testimony of one of the
watchmen, that, while on his stand, near the • end
of,Whitecross-street, about one 'O'clock, be heard
a cry ,of,stop ! and,§iaw Cook running :" he attempt-
ed to seize iiiM4 but Cook knocked him dcswn in
the kenUel, and then chastised Irian for fiAng,.by
several severe kicks. on the'head, back, belly, and.
sides; so that,he was unable to stir, and was atin
• ally taken off by some of his conspanionS for dead. A
number of. watchmen came up, having heard of the
fate of theii companion, to, take the offender into
custody ; when-M'Creagh, a huge fellow, began to
.play about their heads and shoulders with a little
stAtch he flourished, tantamount Ip4l- middling bed.

pest ; and.in this operation he was joined and sup-
ported by a number of his countrymen, out of
WhileCTl9Sistreet, armed with stout shile/agits.
The two defendants wert?, however, secured, after a

desperate resistance and taken to .the Cornpter;
the deputy-keeper of which stated, that a.party of
their countrymen .came to see them there on Sun—
day,lobviouslyfoi the purpose of enforcing their en-
largentent,tand h4cl.adually gut one of then,out as
far as the firit gate.
The Magistrate offered them the alternative of
volun.eeting for the naval or military service, or of
being committed fey the assault. They. preferred
the latter, and were accordingly committed to find
bail for heir trial:
_ _

Anne Pine, a woman of the town, who plies her
calling in the N,iciptity of Fleet-mat ket, was
charged by 3. Burner,' the lamplighter of the ward,
with robbing him of a metal match and gold seal,
on Sunday morning, about one. o'clock. He stated,
that he was going -his. usual trimming-rounds, end
on turning the corner of a lane that leads into Theet
Market, the Prisoner, who 'stood there, seized' him'
by the kit hand, and suddenly snatched his watch
(rum his fob, He instantly seized her, when she
threw herself doWn in the Mud. Two young men
came up, attempted to rescue her, and pelted him
with hind ; but he took her to the watch-house.—
No trace o the watch, however, could -be found
on searching her ; and he supposed it must have
been given to one of the persons who attempted to
rescue her from hint. The prisoner was fully cOm-
miLkea. ' .

ITAT'rom.GAttnow..---Yesterday two young bloods
of the names of Belcher and Swagger, were
,brought before: the Sitting Magistrate, 'charged whir
the,rnischievOus but witless arausernent of smashing
lamps, train Bedford .row, along Gray's-inn-lane.
.They were conviaed in the penalty of twenty shil-
lings, and ordered to pay the expenc.es of the frac-
tured lamps, alter a severe reprimand from the
Ma-
gistrate. '
INottAmuna.---Surah White, al young girl, was
also broUght before the Sitting Magistrate, charged
by Mrs. Margaret M‘Guire, of St—Giles's, on sus-
picion. of having, robbed her of some linen and
wearing, apparel.. The Imam() 'prosecturot had
accidentally met the prisoner some days ago ,in a
Wretched 'state of health, with A deep wobrid in her
bead, and having known her some years ago, and'
complissionating' her condition, she brought her
home, gave her some refreshment and her night's
lodging: In the ,Morning, when theprosecutrix
got.up, she discovered that her ungrateful guest had.
decamped, having tatter) with her property,. &c.---
The prisoner' was remanded' for farther eitatnina-
.
tion.

'Bow-sTitEP.T.—Yestlerday Charles 'Shropshire, a
porter at' therGiAden Cross Inn, Charing-cross, un-
derwent another examination, ,charged, with feloni-
ously stealing three int. Bank of England notes, the
property of-Mri, Dobree, a pawnbroker, 13
ford- st reef . _ _

It appeared that on • the I nth instant,, a parcel,
containing
,three 101, Bank of 14ngland notes, and
aeyeral , other articles, were taken to tho above Inn
by John Pogoley, a Clerk to Mr. Dobrce,- dirg6ted
to Mrs.t?nbree, at EJit-itteet, Worthing, who paid
for itt; bauk~ng, fir,

Frederick Thompson, a clerk at the inn, proved,
that on the i Ith instant; when they wese•
log the parcels to go to :Worthing, Mrs, Dobree's
was missing, and could ,not he found in the inn
on which day the prisoner was employed as porter
there, and bad the care of the parcels to *milting,
and the conveyance of them in a hackney-coach to
the Elephant and Castle, to meet a stage there to
comer them to Worthing.

Thomas Darweli, —hach,ney-coachmat), said,
that co 'the 12th inst. the,prihoticr caked upon him,