Star.
London, England, 1830-08-30 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

GUILDHALL.—INCODIPETENCY or A MOTHER TO PROVE THE
ILLEGITIAIACY OF HER CHlLD.—yesterday, Mr. Miller, assistant
oversecr of St. Andrew's, Holborn, applied to Sir J. PERRINO and Mr.
Alderman SCIIOLEY, to sign an order for the removal of a child, al.
leged to be illegitimate, to its legal settlement in Saffron-hill parish.--
Mr. Miller stated, that the mother of the child was a native of Gemiany,
and married some years ago in this country, but her husband and she
had been separated for some years, and he was now in America; where,
according to the last accounts received from him, he was married to
another woman. The mother of the child which was sought to be
removed, formed, subsequent to the separation between herself and her
husband, an intimacy with a respectable man, who at present lives at
lirentford, and the child In question was the fruit of this intimacy. He
added that the mother was now in attendance, and ready to swear that
the child did not belong to her husband. The woman came forward ;
her appearance was highly respectable. She stated that she had not seen
her husband for the last eleven years, and lived with the father of her
child (which was now nearly seven years of age) for three years. He is
perfectly able to support it ' • but for two or three years put had given
her no assistance, and she has been obliged to maintain it by her own
exertions. Sir ohn Perring declared his conviction that the magis-
trates could not rective this evidence. It was permitting a married wo-
man to bastardize her own offspring • a proceeding, which, hecon-
ceived, the law would not tolerate. ihe proof of non-access on the
part of the husband must come from some other quarter than the
woman herself.
Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY coincided in this view of the case.

BOW.STREET.•-•-•LEVY, THE BAILIFF, ire QL7ODo-LCVY, jun.
an officer employed by the Sheriff of Middlesex, and one of his assist-
ants, were charged, before Mr. HALLS, with having forcibly entered
the chambers of Mr. Tomline, a solicitor, residing in Staples-inn, and
committed an assault upon that gentleman.—lt appeared that the cham.
ben cf Mr. Tomlins adjoin those of Mr. Curtis, against whom the de-
fendants had a writ to execute. They knocked at the door, which was
opened by Mr. Tomlins' and, without any ceremony, rushed in without
explaining the object of their visit, or showing any authority whatever.
Mr. Tomlins, upon learning that they were in search of another, assured
them that that gentleman was not in his apartments, and he told the
defendants to quit his chambers, desiring, at the same time, to know if
they were provided wiih a warrant ? One of the defendants replied
" Oh, yes, we have a hundred warrants;" and they kept ransacking
the place, until Mr. Tomlins, losing all patience, insisted that they
should be gone; and was in the act of shoving them to the door, when
Levy's assistant pushed him on the breast, and Levy subsequently struck
him. A scuffle then ensued, and the defendants were pushed into the
passage ; but they afterwards returned to the charge, and, forcing open
Mr. Tomlins' door, recommenced their search. Mr. Tomlins then
called in the aid of a police-constable, and gave the defendants into
custody.—Mr. Arnold, a barrister, son of Mr. Arnold of the English
Opera House, corroborated the statement of Mr. Tomlins. The de-
fendants met the charge by asserting that Mr. Tomlins and a Mr.
Curtis rented one set of chambers between them, and having a writ
against the latter gentleman, they conceived they were entitled to search
for him in his own apartments. They then insinuated that Mr. Tom-
lin, had assisted in the escape of Mr. Curtis, who, they alleged, had
either bolted through one of the windows, or was concealed in a press,
of which Mr. Tomlins held the key, and refused to give it up. They
denied having assaulted the gentleman ; or, if they had, it was in self-
defence, he having taken up a poker, with which he threatened to smash
them. _

Mr. HALLS.—And if he had used the poker on your beads, he would
have been justified In so doing. You had no right whatever to fora I
yourself into this gentleman's chambers, unless you had positive infor-
mation that the person whom you sought was concealed therein.
Mr. Tomlins said, that Mr. Curtis, to his certain knowledge, was
many miles from town.
Levy and his assistant were then ordered to find bail.
QUEEN SQUARE.— EXTREME DISTRESS. -... Yesterday, a poor
woman named Emma Tancard, with six children, the eldest not more
than eight years of age, applied to the magistrates for relief, as the
overseers of St. Margaret's Parish had refused to take her into the
workhouse. Mr. Chapman, a hatter, in Peter-street, attended with the
applicant, from whose statement it appeared that the poor creature and
her children had been turned out of their lodging for a week's rent, and
had been laying about the streets for several nights, and were all but
starved. Hcr husband he had employed as long as he had work to
give him, and he had gone into the country to seek for employment.
He entreated the magistrates to compel the overseers to take her into the
workhouse, or she must perish in the streets with her children.—Mr.
Wilson, the overseer, said that they would take her and the children
into the house if she would swear that her husband had ran away and
deserted her.—The applicant said she could not do that, as her husband
was only seeking for employment.—Mr. Chapman said, he knew that
to be the case. She could not swear to a falsehood.—Mr. Marriott: I
think that this is a real case of distress, and I cannot suffer these poor
children to perish in the streets.—Mr. Wilson : Why, she had a half-
crown given her last night.—Mr. Williams, a county Magistrate, who
tat upon the bench, said that this was through his interference; he had
met the poor woman and her children on Friday, and seeing her distress,
had given her his card to take to the Magistrate.—lt appeared that
Hall, one of the officers of the establishment, had given the poor creas
ture a half-crown out of his own pocket, the overseers not being at
home, or she must have slept in the streets on the previous night....
Mr. Chapman said he had come forward to advocate the pour woman's
cause, as he was well acquainted with her case, and he knew there
was no deception.—Both Mr. Marriott and Mr. Williams said that
Mr. Chapuran's conduct did him the highest honour, and insisted on
the poor woman and her children being received into the workhouse
immediately.—Several humane individuals, seeing the wretchedness of
this poor family, gave her a small sum of money as she left the office.
A Tit t:STY SERVANT.—WiI/iOM SinlMollB was charged by John
Mills, a horsedealer, of Crayford, in Kent, with embezzling the sum of
91. 10s. It appeared that the prosecutor had sold a horse at Smithfield
market, on Thursday last, to a gentleman at Chelsea, for 91. 10s. The
prisoner was entrusted to take the horse home to the new master, and
to receive the money, but Master Simmons forgot to return with the
money, and was found at the Feathers, in Dean-street, that morning,
fast asleep, and it took the prosecutor about a quarter of an hour to
wake him. When asked for the money, he said he had been robbed of
five sovereigns, and had spent the remainder. The prisoner, on being
called upon for his defence, gave himself one of the best of characters,
and said that he was very willing to make a debt of the business, and
pay Mr. Mills five or six shillings per week, as he was no common
swindler, but every inch a man of honour. Mr. Mann:OTT committed
him for trial.

LASHIETILSTREET.—JEWISH :MORALITY.—Miss Prescian Ja-
cobs, a smartly.dressecl Jewess, and her mother, were brought before T.
WALKER, fr sq. and the Rev. Mr. MATHIAS, on a warrant, charging
them with having committed a violent assault on two other daughters
of Mrs. Jacobs. It appeared front the statements of the complain-
ants, that their sister, Miss Priscilla, encouraged the visits of a
married man, and that the act was connived at by the mother.
The fact coming to their knowledge, and they being respectable
persons, they feared that the continuation of such intimacy would
be most disgraceful to them. They, on Thursday last, called
at their mother's to entreat that it should be put a stop to.
While calmly talking over the matter, Miss Prescilla waxed wrath, and,
misted by her mother, she committed the assaults now complained of.
After a most stormy debate, and a volley of crimination and recrimi-
nation, the parties, at the request of the Magistrates, consented to make
up their differences, and left the justice.room apparently reconciled with
each other ; but on reaching the outer office they furious;, attacked
each other, and it required the united strength of four officers to separate
them. They were then locked up in separate cells until their passions
became more cool, when they were liberated.
WORSHIP-STREET.—CHARGE OF ASSAULT ON A FEMALE
AND ItoastertY.—John llandlon and H'. Denny,men of forbidding
appearance, being dirty in their attire, and of a ruffian-like aspect, were
on Monday brought before the sitting magistrate, Mr. BROUGHTON,
on a charge of assault and robbery.
Mary Thomas, an interesting looking woman, stated that she sold
milk, and was the wife of a soldier then in Gibmlter, and that she re.
sided in Helmet-row, near St. Luke's church ; that on Sunday morn.
ing she rose early, for the purpose of proceeding to her landlord, living
at some distance, to pay him his rent. On the road she met a neigh-
bour, who invited her to drink. The prisoner Denny said, " Why,
you are a Cork woman. My wife is dead, and for the gratitude of your
people I will, if you will come home with me, give you a Leghorn bon-
net." She consulted with her friend, who advised her to accept of the
present. On entering the room of the house where the prisoners reside,
in Playhouse-yard, Vi'llitecross.street, she said, " Where is the bonnet ?"
upon which Handlon committed the violence of which she complained.
Prosecutrix was here convulsed with tears, and it was with difficulty the
worthy magistrate could elicit from her the facts of the ease. Having
In a degree recovered herself, she proceeded to state, that, seeing a shoe.
maker's knife on the floor, she attempted to sieze it, in order to protect
herself from violence, but was unable, in consequence of the superior
strength of the prisoner, who, seising hold of a hammer, struck her se-
veral blows, but which, in consequence of her clothes, did not injure
her. At that time she perceived, through the keyhole, the prisoner
Denny outside holding the door, who, on bearing her scieam out re-
peatedly " Murder !" entered the room, and, laughing at the conduct
of his companion, said, "Let us see what she has got in her pockets,"
and forcing his hand in, took out half.a.crown.—(fhe half-crown was
here handed to the magistrate by Inspector Rogers, who found it on the
prisoner, and which was sworn to by the prosecutrix.) He (Denny)
afterwards also assaulted her. Having gained her liberty, she ran out
of the house without her shawl or bonnet, to the public-house, where
she had left her friend, to inform her of what had occurred. Her bon.
net and shawl were afterwards thrown out of the window to her.—A
very respectable-looking young man, who attends the bar of the Crown
public-house, deposed to the prosecutrix entering the house a •el meet.
ing with the prisoners, who, in his hearing, promised her a bonnet, and
that, in a quarter of an hour, she returned in the state described, with.
out bonnet or shawl, and bee person disordered. It was then about six
o'clock. She stated she had been very ill used, and requested the as.
sistance of a constable. Inspector Rogers stated that when the prison.
crs were brought to the station-house they appeared to be drunk. The
prosecutrix was quite sober. The prisoners denied the charge, and

called a witness living in the same house, who stated that she heard no
screams of murder. Mr. Broughton said he believed the officer. (..nd
after commenting upon the atrocity of the case against them, told the
prisoners he should send them for trial upon the two capital clrgo,
but to be brought up again for re-examination on Saturday.
Saturday, the prisoners were again brought up. The landlady
of the house (and a female lodger,) in which the prisoners lodged the
last four months, and where the prosecutrix stated she had been brought
by the prisoner, Denny, both positively swore they did not hear .the
screams of the prosecutrix. Two other females also attended, and of.
fered to swear that the prosecutrix was of a questionable character, and
had previously stated to them that the first man she gave het company
to, and who did not generously pay her, she would swear a capital of.
fence against him. The prosecutrix in tears denied this, and said ore
of the females kept a disorderly house, and the other was her lodger :
and the cause of their enmity against her, arose from their having wished
her to visit a gentleman at their house, which she positively refused ;
and a few minutes before, outside of the office, they threatened her life
it' she attempted to prosecute. The latter part of this statement was
confirmed by the testimony of a girl owned Mahony, upon which one
of the females, named Gibbs, was held to bail. Denny, the prisoner,
denied having solicited the attendance of any of the witnesses. There
being other witnesses suuunoned, but who did not attend, the magi:,
traces remanded the prisoners for a week.

Toww.llALL.—Mary Arm Craltirce, the wife of a tradesman, in
the Maze, rooley.street, was re-examined, charged with stealing a
silver watch, the property of Abraham Matthews, baker, of Tooter.
street.

The prisoner had been on terms of intimacy with the progeoucer
family, and called at his house on Vl'ednesday evening ; while there,
the prosecutor's wife went up stairs to put her children to bed ;
when she came down again, she found the prisoner gone.--She
committed.

THAMES•POLICE.—John Brown, an old sailor, was charged alth
attempting to plunder the crew of the brig Thomas, now lyir.g
river. The prisoner is well-known at this office, as a noted • ti::_
ranger," and has long been in the habit of visiting the tiers of 611ippirg
in the river during the night, and carrying away whatever property h.
can lay his hands on.

Mr. BRODERIP sentenced tlle prisoner to three months' imprison.
neat and hard labour, as a reputed thief.

As George Marx, Esq. of Bedford-place, was proceeding
along Burton Cresent on horseback last Thursday evening, the shaft of
a gig passing by, came in contact with his leg, and, we are concerned to
state, the limb was broken, and otherwise seriously injured.

BATTLE-BRIDG r. t's DAT .—Yesterday morning,
from nine o'clock until eleven. the metropolis was visited with unceas-
ing heavy rain, which in many parts completely inundated it. The in.
habitants of the lower part of the houses in the vicinity of Battle-bridge
and Bagniggc Wells-road, were necessitated to remove their goods with
all possible speed up stairs, as in less than a quarter of an hour, so rapid
was the increase of water in the main sewer, (or river) that runs through
those parts, from the Hampstead hills, that it overflowed its banks, and
for some hours a barge could have floated down the stream. Every
house was flooded, and considerable damage sustained.

MELANCHOLY DLATlL—Yedterday afternoon, between
the hours of two and three o'clock, a gentleman lost his life undet the
following melancholy circumstances, near the Sluice-house, llornsey.
He had a favourite little Spaniel dog with him, which he threw into
the water, for the purpose of wing whether it could swim ; when the
dog got near the mill, where the current is very rapid, and fearing it
would be drowned, he asked a bystander if it WAS out of his (the gen.
tleman's) depth ? to which he replied he did not think it was, when he
immediately plunged into the water, but unfortunately the man had
misinformed him, it being out of his depth, and not being able to swim,
he was drowned. Sometime elapsed before the body could be found, al-
though the drags were almost instantly on the spot. humeibmely it was
found it was taken to the nearest public-house, where a surgeon was
promptly in attendance, but all attempts to restore animation were
unavailing. Upon the person of the gentleman was a card care, with the
name of Burrige on tt.e cards, but no place of residence.

On Friday an inquest was hell at the Horse-shoe, New-
ington Causeway, on the body of Mr. Charles Dudley, late a linen.
draper of One Mile House, in Blackman-street. It appeared that the
deceased had for some time been unwell from severe pains in his head;
from the 2d to the 4th inst. they were so severe as to confine hint to his
bed. On the latter day the deceased inflicted a severe wound in his
throat. It was, however, not sufficient to cause death ; but owing to
the high state of fever and excitement the wound chewed no disposition
to heal ; and on Saturday he died. The fever and inflammation were
stated by the medical gentlemen to be the cause of death, and a verdict
to that effect was returned.

SUDDEN DEATH.—An awful occurrence took place on
Saturday last at Sturton, near Gainsborough. M. Joseph Dowaes, of
that place, farmer, whilst employed with some of his labourers in
forming a stack, fell down and instantly expired. It is a melancholy
and remarkable fact, that he is the third person in the family who has
expired in the same manner!

PROPIIECY FULFILLED.—There are few, we believe,
whose predestinarian notions lead them so far as to place inpliclt con&
dence in the predictions of Moore's Almanac, but we occasionally see
them verified in a manner which would almost induce us to think, that
" coming events do cast their shadows before." In the Almanac for
the present year, page 48, the compiler alludes to the forebodings of
"J. Adam Muller, called in Baden the Maisbach prophet, and finds
them, in many respects, as interesting and complete as those of Nostra.
damns." In enumerating that person's unfulfilled announcements, ho
speaks in nearly the following terms —"Armies will cleave the three.
fold lily ;" or, its other words, " will divide France into four portions ;
and her monarchs will give way, the old to the young, the young to
the younger, and the younger to him who will be monarch, but is no
monarch." This prediction has not certainly been fulfilled to the letter,
but the main points will find an easy interpretation in the recent OCCUT.
renccs in Paris. Though we have no faith in astrology, we think the
circumstance worthy of notice. The same prophet proceeds to state,
" That in the East of Europe there will be a struggle between two
monstrous females, one a Heathen Christian, the other a Turk ; that
each shall conquer the other, and that then they shall unite in bearing a
large book, scented with the richest perfumes, and surmounted with a
massy golden crown; that this book shall be universally read. when
Britain knows and keeps her true place, and after a year of universal
opposition." Moore, in commenting on this announcement, (part of
which has conic to pass), says that the final accomplishment will be
subsequent to the present year, and that the opposition is in the sky—
not upon earth.