Star.
London, England, 1830-07-30 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

CURIOUS CIIALROIC or FELONY.--Yestirday, S young man,
named Waller Tyler, a butcher, was charged before Sir J. Pais.
ante, with stealing a box, containing n quantity of female wear-
ing apparel, the property of Mr. John Burt, landlord of the Grey-
hound-Tap, Smithfield.
Mr. Burt, stated that, on Wednesday morning, about seven
o'clock, he was informed by a man in his service that the prisoner
was leaving the yard with the box in question under hie arm. Mr.
Burt immediately pursued him, and overtook him with the pro-
petty in his possession. The complainant identified the box as soon
as he saw It, it being one which was moll kept in his own room ;
and, on examining it he found it contained'a quantity of wearing
apparel which be had purchased for his daughter.
Samuel Chambers, the man who had informed Mr. Burt in the
first Instance, stated that, seeing the prisoner leaving the yard with 1
a box which he knew to be his master's, he felt it to be his duty to
acquaint of him of it.
Sir Joint Pianism asked the prisoner what he wished to say?
Tyler replied, that he was called by Miss Burt into the yard,
and the box placed by her in his hands, with a request that he would
convey it to his brother ' • and as he knew there was a correspond-
ence going on for sometime between them, he felt no hesitation in
complying with the young lady's wishes.
Sir Jona; said that this account altered the character of the charge
in a very Important degree, and asked Mr. Burt if he knew any.
thing of the intimacy -between his daughter and the defendant's
brother ?
Mr. Burt, who appeared exeeeedingly distressed, replied that it
came to his knowledge the day before. His daughter was not yet
17 years of age, and had, he found, been carrying on a clandestine
with the brother of Tyler for some time past. The banns
of marriage had been published in St. Martin's Church, and last
Sunday was the last time of asking. But he had fortunately found
out this circumstance just in time to prevent the solemnisation of
the marriage. Yesterday morning she eloped from his house, and
notwithstanding the strictest inquiries have been made since, he was
unable to discover the place of her retreat. His leen ho said,
were dreadfully excited through anxiety for the fate of his ter,
and he hoped the Alderman would give any assistance in his power
to recover her.

Sir John sympathized in his distress, but was afraid no jury
would convict the prisoner under the circumstances.
Mr. Burt observed, that the girl being under age, the property le-
gally belonged to him.
Mr. Beresford, the Chief Clerk, replied, that although his daugh-
ter was in law an infant, still, as the clothes were necessaries, they
must be considered as belonging to her, and, consequently, that she
had a right to give them to the prisoner, if she pleased.
Sir J. PERRINO entirely concurred in this view of the case, and
held that there could be no felonious intention proved against the
prisoner, unless it could be shown that he had not received the pro-
perty from the complainant's daughter. The prisoner was accor-
dingly discharged.
Bow.svaxEv......Yesterday Captain Thomas if she, a tall elderly
man, of most respectable, but singular appearance, was placed at
the bar before Sir R. Mishit ; and no persons being present
besides Mr. Maul., the solicitor to the Treasury, and Inspector
May, of the police, and Mace, one of his men, Sir It. BIRNIE ad.
dressed the prisoner to the following effect :—Mr. Ashe, I have for.
warded the document which you confided to tut: to the quarter you
wished, and I have to inform you that no notice can be taken of it.
It is the intention of the government to go on with the prosecution ;
it is, therefore, not in my power to do any thing more for you.
The prisoner—Sir Richard, I am very much obliged to you. 1
ant quite ready and willing to submit to any thing they may please
to do with me. I could have wished they bad returned me the do-
cument, fot what defence can I make without it ?' I am old and
poor, and deprived by the Government of the necessary means for
preparing my defence, and shall therefbre submit tomy prosecutors.
Sir R. Mom—Then there remains nothing to be done but bind
over the witnesses to prosecute.
The officers, May and Mace, were then sworn to the truth of
certain depositions, which were shown to them, but not read; and
they were then bound over to appear at the next Old Bailey Ses-
sions, to give evidence against the prisoner, Thomas Ache, fur

" knowingly, feloniously, and wilfully sending a letter to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, threatening therein
kill and murder him."
The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and shortly site;
placed, handcuffed, in a coach, and conveyed by odd, the gaoler,
and the two officers, to Newgatc.
Permission was asked by the Reporters present to he allowed to
see the depositions, but the reply of the magistrate and of Mr
Manic was, that they were not at liberty to accede to such a request
All that could be asertained was, that the prisoner is the author of
" The Spirit of the Book," a publication which excited much at.
tendon during the investigation respecting the conduct of the late
Queen Caroline. It would appear the offence for winch he is to
take his trial was committed some weeks since, for the prisoner has
been in custody a fortnight, and Mace, the officer, was employed in
watching his movements for some time previously. He was taken
into custody in a mean lodging, which he occupied In the house of .t
plasterer, at 17, King-street, Kensington.
Miaturoactuort-sxmcwr.—For several days riot the fatniliei
residing in Park-square, Regent's Park, and that neighbourhood,
have been thrown into a state of great alarm and terror by the airy
cious conduct of some person or persons who, from some conveni-
ently adjoining place, have almost daily carried on the most dan-
gerous practice of discharging from au air-gun, or by some othet
means, pieces of stone and other hard substances at those who fre-
quent the square or the neighbouring walks, to the serious injury of
several who have been struck in this way, and to the banishment
of the several families, children, servants, &c. from the recrea-
tion which the retired walks of this beautiful square afford, and to
such a height have the Inconvenience and the danger attained, that
every effort has been made to trace out the author or authors of the
mischief, but in vain hitherto.
Yesterday the lady of Colonel Malcolm, residing in Foley-place,
came to this office, and stated to Mr. Roe, the sitting magistrate,
that on Tuesday last, as she was passing through Pot-square in
her carriage, on her way to the public breakfast given by the Du-
chess of St:Albans, the footman, who stood behind her carriage,
was suddenly struck In the neck, just under the ear, and severely
wounded by a bullet, formed of plaster of Paris, or some other ce-
ment, that must have been discharged at him by an air-gun from
some adjacent spot, and the consequence was, he was obliged to re-
turn home and have medical assistance.

Mr. Res said that such conduct was most scandalous in whoever
practised it, and desired Clements the officer to go up into the
neighbourhood where it took place, and try, if possible, to ascertain
the source of the evil, and, if the guilty parties could be traced out.
to bring them at once before him, and he would deal with them in a
way that, perhaps, they were little prepared to expect.
Tbe officer in the course of some time returned, and told t:,
Magistrate that he had not the slightest doubt but he had satisfa...
tofily ascertained the place from whence the annoyance complained
of proceeded. He had been shown the spots in which several per.
sons bad been struck, and at once suspected from the degree of
force, the uniformity of distance, &c. that the offence was corn.
witted by some person in a particular house that he bad marked,
and his suspicions were strengthened when he made inquiry at se-
veral of the houses in the neighbourhood to know if the occupants
could give him any information on the subject, and they all, as if
with one accord, pointed out to him the very house on which his
own suspicions had already rested, as the place they believed the
bullets to have been discharged from.
Mr. Roe desired the officer to take another opportunity that
evening of seeing the inmates of this house, and, if possible, of
detecting the immediate author of the offence.
The officer described the house as being situate on the cut side of
Park-square, near the Diorama, and as near as possible to No. 22,
in that impute.