Star.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

Maztoonooan-senor.—Yesterday morning, a *retch, of the
name of Thomson, of rather shabby dress and appearance, and
about fifty years of age, was brought from St. Jasnes's sestet-
house, before Mr. CONANT, the Sitting *Magistrate, charged by
a watchman and by other witnesses, with having been detected,
between eleven and twelve the preceding night, in the com-
mksion of an abominable offenceibehind the Haymarket, where
Suffolk-street stood. On their being discovered, the scldier, by
knocking down the watchman, effected his escape; hut as he
left his cap behind hint, there is some prospect of his being yet
detected. Thomson, on being taken to the watch-house, was
found to have his cheeks rouged ; and upon examination a box
of rouge was found in his pocket. When called on fcr his de-
fence by the Magatrate, he said that the c7aarge had been brought
against him by the watchman, because he had previously refused
to give him money. The description he gave of hisusetf wee, that
he was% wholesale dealer in pins. Ile was remanded for fur-
ther examination. lie had his head bandaged at the Oilier, in
oonsequence of the treatment welch he had received fruus the
indignant populace.
Clesex-sou,sur.—Mork Grace, a bargeman, from Ilenley-co.
Thames, was brougkt up on the charge of a corporal of the Gre-
nadier Guards, who stated, that as he was coming along West.
mins er Bridge, with his wife and child, about 10 o'cluek on
Tuesday night, the prisoner, with three or four other til-loo:ring
fellows, his companions, assailed him with cries of " Soldier.
here's a Bishop, do you want to earn a few sovereigns?' He
seized the prisoner, but instantly released him, upon me inter-
position of a respectable person of the name of Scott, who on.a
passing, and advised him to take no farther notice of the b:ack-
guards, unless they molested him again. He had not proceeded
many paces forward, when the same gang again raised the tAlen-
sive outcry after him; whereupon, with the assistance ut the
person before named, he secured the prisoner, and gave him into
the custody of the Bridge-lit:err. Being asked what he had to
to say for himself? the prisoner answered, " Why, I thic4s as
how lam a /terry innercru: young man." The Magistrate (Mr.
Mani:LANs)) said, ;his offensive species of outrage towards the
soldiers was carried to such an intolerable pitch that it nut,: ba
put a s•cp to, and as far as it lay in his priwer it shot Id
stopped. It tended immediately to a breach of the peace, ea.i
he therefore required the prk,,oer ro give bail to keep the ;sac:,
or he should be committed to the Sessions.
BCW-STREET.—Yesttrday, Jahn Parcy, a labouring man,
tees
brought to this Office, in custody of one of the nylon-I:dt
cers, on a charge of having married three wives, two of sit ;
were present, viz, the first and third.
The third wife, Mary Thomas, said she was the widow of a
gunner, who died about two years since, in :.is Majesty's servka,
and that she had obtained since his decease the suns of l:•25 per
annum as a pension; that ten weeks ago, last Sunday, she II.:-
fortunately met with the prisoner on I:laektriars Bridge, a:l4
thinking him a nice sort of mar., fell into conversation with him;
she was at that time with a niece o( her's. The priPmer walked
as far as her home, and obtained her-sonsent to meet again. The
result was, that at the end of Three weeks they were married by
bans, at St. Clement's Chords in the Strand, and th..t ever since
that time she had lived in pet fect harmony with him, until last
Saturday, when to her utmost surprise and astonishment the
first and second wife appeared at her lodgings.
The prisoner, upon being called uponfor his defence, saldhis
first wife's ill-treatment of him was the cause of what he hail
done.—lle was remanded.
HATTON.GARDEN:—IO pursuance of directions given by ere
of the Magistrates of this Oifice, to the olicers uf the e,:a1)::;u-
-went, a host.of street-walkers were brought up yesterday morn-
ing in custody. Some were very genteelly; others indilierently
dressed ; the whole were collected in Chancery-lane, Serie-street,
Carey-street, and other places in the immediate vicinity of the
Inns of Court. They were sentenced, souse to seven days, others
to fourteen days, and sonic to a month's imprisonmazt :n the
House of Correction.

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BIRTH.
Sunday, the Lady of Capt. Fowler, R.N. of Warefield,l3erks,
of a son.