Star.
London, England, 1809-10-21 00:00:00

POLICI.

Bow-rrnErr..--On Thursday morning, abent One
o'clock, as Smith and his party of patrole were pas- •
sing through Bowl-yard, St. Giles s, they observed
'two men with bundles, who, perceiving the officers,
threw down their bundles and ran away ; the patrole
pursued them, and one of them was stopped by the
landlord of the Lion and Still public house, the cor-
ner of Brownlow-street ; the other man made his
escape.
The man who was stopped proved to be Joseph
Nowell, who had only been -liberated about a month
from the House of Correction, for having implements
of house-breaking in his possession. He was taken
before Mr: GRAHAM, and underwent an examination.
An iron crow was found near the spot where he was
stopped, as were the bundles, which proved to contain
23 gowns, and other articles of considerable value,
and in a short time after information was received of
Mr. Sheddon's house, in Gower-street, having been
broken open.
Frances Williams, a servant of Mr. Sheddon, said,
that she left the laundry secure on Wednesday night
about half past ten. The laundry is at the back of
the house, and surrounded by the garden wall, with a
door into the fields, but which door they never open.
The articles found upon the prisoner were all sate in
the laundry when she locked it up.
Mary Kemp, a. servant to Mr. Sheddon, also stated,
that the property was safe previous to her leaving the
house on Wednesday evening; and James Parry, ano-
ther servant to Mr. Sheddon, said, that he went down
to the laundry on Thursday morning, about seven
o'clock, in consequence of being alarmed by the house
maid, and found the laundry had been robbed, and
some casks and other things which had been rlaced
against the back door were removed and placed
against the garden door. The prisoner was commit-
ted for trial.
A lad of genteel appearance, named Charles Vatter,
was yesterday brought before Mr. GRAHAM, on a
charge of felony, in having stolen several hooks, the
property of Mr. Lunn, bookseller, in Soho square. I
Mr. Lunn stated, that the prisoner had lived with
him for a short time in the capacity of shopman, but
being incompetent to the services required, he dis-
charged him. The young man, after he left his cm-
Oloy ment, continued to call occasionally, and in one
instance was detected in stealing a book, and on
searching his.lodgings several others were found, ad-
ded to which many persons had bought books of the
prisoner, which Mr. Lunn did not recollect to .awe
sold, but which he believed to he his property. There
were other circumstances occurred that led to a strong
suspicion that he had committed depredations of this
sort to a very considerable extent.
He was fully committed for trial.
Mr. Lunn stated that the prisoner came from Ox-
ford recommended to him by a gentleman of the name
of Parker, and had been in a bookseller's employment
in that city.
Mr. GRAHAM now recognized the prisoner to be
the prosecutor of the Rev. Dr. Shipley, of All Soul's 1
College, whom he had charged with the commission I
of an unnatural offence, nnd who was tried at the last
Oxford Circuit, but was acquitted. Notwithstanding
that Acquittal, however, Dr. Shipley was constrained
to leave the College, and had since, in consequence of.
the stigma thrown on his character by this circum-
stance, been expelled all respectable society.
From a fabricated letter which was found in the
prisoner's possession, by Rivets, who .apprehended
him, and the flagitious disposition be has shewn since
his arrival in London, added to other suspicious cir-
cumstances, it is shrewdly suspected that some foul
conspiracy has led to the late charge against 1)r.
Shipley, and that that gentleman has fallen a victim
to a base and unmerited slander. _

Mr. Gami.lm has signified his intention to make
tl:e most minute and general inquiries into this mys-
iorious affair, and, if possible, bring to light the teal
state of the facts.

In all events the crime with which the prisoner
now stands accused, is a convincing proof that his
testimony cannot be very credible, and will in a great
measure assist in restoring Dr. Shipley to his former.
rank in society, who, we understand, previously to
the late charge exhibited against himt was held in
universal estimation.

MANSION-UOUSE.—Yesterday Joln %INlnton was
again charged with stealing twenty-two yards of car-
pet, the property of Mr. E. Lander, jun. of Moor-
fields, with whom he had lived as porter. Mr.
Lander swore to the carpeting having been stolen
from his shop, and the prisoner was fully committed.
Jrints Hales was charged with having in his pos-
session 15 pieces of ribbon, which had been stolen
from the warehouse of Mr. Smith, of Gutter-lane,
who stated, that his warehouse was robbed on Sun-
day the I st of October ; his two warehousemen had
left it about one o'clock, and returned about ten,
when they found the warehouse stripped of silk and
ribbons to the amount of X9OO. He had information
that part of his property had been sent by the -pri-
soner to be dressed, and he had likewise found fif-
teen pieces of the ribbon in the prisoner's house. An
racer produced several parcels of silk and ribbon,
which he and the other officers found in the prisoner's
house. Mr. H. Smith, of Maiden-lane, said, the
15 pieces of ribbon which he produced were brought
to him by the prisoner's wife to be dressed ; that he I
suspected them to be part of the goods stolen from I,
Mr. Smith, and gave notice of it. One of the por-
- tors from the wareholve that was robbed, told the
Magistrate that he and the other porter came home
about ten at night, and finding the doors fast, one of
them went to bed, when the witness saw two bags
standing in the middle of the floor, which were nut
there when they went out ; he then saw two draxcrs
open It here die ,roods weretaken from, which he told his
.i lelew-servant, and they called up a Mr. Hambleton,
who slept under the warehouse, who said he observed
the door open about seven o'clock, but thought some
of them was at home. He also soon after saw a
coach standing a little below. The prisoner, in de-
fence, said he had the ribbon from a Mr. Jackson,
who sells ribbons in Fleet-market, and other silk and
ribbons found in his home he had bought and ex-
changed with a man who said he came from Coven-
try. He was remanded for farther examination.
Yesterday several bakers were summoned, charged
with making undue returns of the price of flour, and
others for neglecting to make any returns, supposed
with a view to keep up !he high price of bread.—
Some of them said that the returns given by them

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were %he price paid, or was to be paid; without any '
deduction ; and others were forgiven by pleading ig-
norance of the Act of Parliament.
GUILIN! A LL.—Yesterday William Clark, aged 14,
was charged by William Porter, of Wardrobe Ter-
race, with stealing a shirt. The prosecutor stated, that
he was a lodger an the house of the prisoner's master,
and that he charged the prisoner with the fact, who
confessed that he had pawned it, in a fictitious name.
The prosecutor then went to the pawnbroker's, but he
was informed that they knew nothing of it. The
worthy Alderman (StatoLEv) recommended to. the
prosecutor to forego the charge, and to the prisoner's
master to take him again into his service, as. the lad
seemed truly penitent; and as it would give him a
chance to retrieve his character, which they both.ac,
quiesced in, and the lad was discharged.
Richard Bennet was brought uP. by a watchman,
who stopped him in Fleet-street, about. three. in the
morning. Another watchman stated, that the pri-
soner had a box in his hand when he atopped him,
and that be took to his heels, on which-filey gave an
alarm, and he was stopped. Both watchmen stated,
that the prisoner offered them first Is. then '2s. to let
him go, which they refused ; a*d that he struck them
and abused them all the way to the watch-house.—
This was corroborated by Mr. Parker, the silver-
smith, in Flect-street, who overheard it. The pri-
soner said, be was a master hat-maker in Fetter-lane;
that he had that evening carried home a hat, which
was not approved of, and was retaining with it, when
ha was stopped. He had also spent the evening with
some friends, Rnd was somewhat in liquor. The wor-
thy Alderman advised them to retire, and make it
up, alter giving the prisoner a suitable admonition.
I lAT rox G A fIDEN. —Yesterday John George' was
fully committed, charged with breaking open the
bureau of Mr. Strangways, butcher, of Edward-
street, Stepney, to whom he was servant, and steal-
ing therefrom £2B in notes and cash, a gold watch,
some silver spoons, &c.