Star.
London, England, 1809-11-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-sTaErr.—Yesterday. George Earle, a liver
stable keeper, at Brornpton-row, was summoned, be-
fore Mr. N ARES, the Sitting Magistrate, to shew cause
why a gelding, in his possession, stolen from Nicho-
las Flack, a livery-stable keeper, of the Red Lion,
the Surrey-side of Westminster-bridge, should not be

restored.
It appeared, that on the 24th day of October last,
Robert Norton, the man in custody, en a charge of
stealing a horse frorn the livery stables, at Moorgate,
and who s-,1,1 it in a few hours after at a stable in
Halkion-street, Grosvenor-place, (but who since his
confinement cut_ his throat, in the 'New Prison, Ger-
ken-well ), went to Mr. Flack's stable, and hired a
horse, to go to Hounslow Barracks ; but there is
every reason to believe he rode it directly to Collins's
livery stables, at Brompton, and put it up to bait.—
He told the ostler the horse belonged to a friend of his
from Lincolnshire, who was in distress, and he want-
ed to sell it for him ' • and asked th,.• ostler the days
they sold horses at Tattersall's, and Aldridge's.--
The ostler told him he thought he could get him a
customer for it. Norton told him if he dtd, he would
make him a present of the saddle and bridle. The
ostler accordingly introduced Norton to Mr. Eade.—
Norton asked thirteen guineas for it, but at length
took £lO, and gave the ostler the saddle and bridle.
Mr. Eade produced the saddle and bridle at the of-
fice, and Mr. Flack's son, who let the horse ; also
his ostler identified the horse to be Mr. Flack's ;to-
perty ; upon which Mr. Eade agreed to give up the
horse. Norton remains extremely bad from the wound
he gave himself in the throat, while the gaoler was
gone to procure a coach to bring him to the Office
last Monday, for examination.
The distressing case of the robbery of Carolina
Wilcox, who was robbed of ail her money, amount-
ing to upwards of 0200 and all her clothe:, when
she was about to se& off, by the Liverpool coach, for
Ireland, on Sunday morning, from the Golden Cross,
Chasing-cross, excited so much compassion with the
gentlemen in the Bow-street Office, that they made a
liberal subscription for her. Mr. READ also ordered
her property to be advertised at the expense of the
Office. The statement of the transaction, in the pa-
pers of yesterday, caused several subscriptions to be
sent to the Office.

MANSION-IJOUSE.—Yesterday IYrlliam Fyanderr, a
drover, who was apprehended some days since, was
charged with stealing a great coat and 8 bundle of
linen, which was found in his possession, and which
he pretended to 'Lt.:: had from a stranger to carry,
but no person appearing to claim the property, the
prisorwr was suffered to go at l.!,ert v. The constable
brought him again before the Lotto MAYOR, and told
him the property was owned. A Mr. Clark, from
Stockwell, stated the coat .11,d bundle to be his pro-
perty, which was stolen '-:: m. the Bull Inn, White-
chapel, the same night the prisoner was apprehended,
he having left it there to go_by the Colchester coach;
that the linen had his initials on ..hem. Mr. N•Ason,.
of the Bull Inn, said he received the coat and bundle
from Mr. Clark, which he put down in the ware-
house to be sent by the Colchester coach, but found
thzy were stolen, as were three other great coats from
the same place some time since.
Thompson the officer said, he saw the prisoner
with two boys, about six in the evening, come from
the Bull Inn, the prisoner carrying the great coat,
which he threw down when he saw the witness. The
prisoner was fully committed to take his
Two bakers were charged by the Inquest Jury of
St. Andrew's, Holborn, with exposing to sale bread
short of weight ; but it being their first offence, the
LORD MAYOR fined them in the mitigated penalty of
ls. for each ounce deficient, and ordered the bread
to be given to the poor. His Lordship also compli-
mented the Jury for their vigilance. •
Hatrivs-caanmt.-7-Yesterday Pt/out, a car-
man, was charged by two Officers of Excise,_ with
obstructing them in the execution of their duty. It
appeared, that the prisoner was driving his cart,
loaded with unlicensed spirits, from a place near the
Philanthropic-buildings, St. George's-fields, and was
stopped by the officers in Woodbridge-street, Clerken-
well when he made a stout resistance, and refused
to declare the name of his employer. He was, there-
, fore, ordered to find bail, and the spirits sent to the
Excise-office,
Qut.EN-sotunr:.=—Yesterday, Mr. Paul Gen ap-
peared before WtoLiam FIELDING, Esq. to answer to
a charge preferred against him by Mr. Seymour, of
Queen's Elms, Chelsea ; who stated, that the defen-
dant was a lodger in his house, and whilst they were
disputing about sfrtne pecuniary flatters on the pre-
ceding evening, he was repeatedly struck by the de-
fendant, in a most violent manner, during which he
received so severe a blow in one of his eyes, that there
was little hope of his recovering his sight. The as-
sault being I Lilly substantiated by the testimonies of
several others, the defendant was held to bail, him-
self in £lOO, with two sureties of £5O each, to answer
to the complaint at the ensuing Clerkenwell Sessions.
On Wednesday afternoon, between one and four, the
house of Mrs. Sother, of Brunswick-place, Camber-
well, was broken open, and robbed of several articles
of slate, and apparel : the family were absent at the
time, and the servant who was left in charge of the
house, was gone to visit an acquaintance.