Star.
London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

The indictment for a conspiracy, against Mrs. Clarke
and the tw•o Wrights has been removed by the Defen-
dants into the Court of King's Bench by certiorari.

NT AR LBOROUGTI-STllEET.—Saturday, a pauper from
the St. Pancras w, rkhouse, was, by his own desire,
taken into custody for the wilful murder of his wife
five years ago. He stated, that he had administered
arsenic with some buttered rolls ; and that his wife
cat the greater part of it, and died soon after. The
Magistrate took gt eat pains to investigate the matter,
but there was not the slightest corroboration of the
confession. The prisoner was told that he was giving
evidence to get himself banged ; and he replied, that
he desired justice on his own person, for his troubled.
conscience was worse than death to him. It turned
out, that the prisoner was in a state of lunacy, and
that he had attempted to commit suicide. He was
sent again to the workhouse until further inquiry can
be made.

Bow-STRUM—On the evening of the 26th ult. Mr.
Scrooby, of Newport•street, leather-seller, was robbed
in the Foundling-fields, of his watch and cash, by a
single footpad. The watch was the next day found
pledged, at Mr. Perryman's, in Compton-street, who
kept it for some time, at the request of the Magis-
trate, in case of the robber being apprehended. Mr.
S. however, being at length impatient, demanded it;
but as Mr. P. refused to deliver it unless the money
was returned, which he had deposited on it, the matter
was yesterday brought for investigation ; when, or
Mr. S. swearing to have been robbed of it, Mr. P. was
ordered to return it.

HATTON GARDEN.—•Yesterday John IViley and John
Lindsey were fully committed, charged by Mr. Mait-
land, of Drury-lane, with stealing a large quantity of
cheese from the front of his shop.
Gordon was charged by B. Solomon, of Field-
lane, with coming into his shop °A Saturday night, to
fit himself with a pair of breeches, but none suiting
him, he braced up his own, with a child's pair of
breeches in them. After the hearing, he made his
escape from the lobby of the office.
Woustur-sTREET.—James Hall, a dustman, was
fully committed yesterday, charged with stealing
.a
quantity of cheese out of the cellar of a tradesman, in
Spitalfields.
QUF.EN-QUARL.—Yesterday Cecilia CmcZnellr was
fully committed, charged with stealing a great coat,
the property of Mr. West, of Strutton-ground.
MANSION-HOC/W.—Yesterday Geolge A-üban, a sol-
dier of the 10th Regiment, was charged with extort-
ing money under false pretences. A Mr. Gaskell
stated, that he lived in Bishopsgate-street, and hear-
ing that a soldier had power to cure diseases, he called
upon him concerning his child, who was lame, when
the.prisoner- said he could cure the child, and would
go home with him to his house ; that when they got
there, he desired him to send for two shillings wcrth
of rum and water, with some ale, which he drank.
He then desired him to get some oil and sugar, which
the witness changed from one hand to the other, ac-
cording to his direction. He then demanded l ls. 6d.
which was given him, n hen the witness suspected
him to bean impostor, and threatened to have him
before his Lordship. The prisoner then launched out
in most horrid oaths, threatening to take them all be-
fore Lord Mulgrave. Several other persons charged
the prisoner with imposing on them in the same man-
ner, wanting some of them to give him great coats
and boots. They had heard of a soldier in the Tower
Hamlets h avi ng performed cures, and thought he might
be the same person. They produced some phials of
medicine, given them by the prisoner, and a card of
the chemist's where he hacl
to know whatprocuredthem m
them went to the chemist's the ef
medi-
cines were, and were told, that the prisoner asked fur
some stuff to kill rats. The prisoner appeared in a
very intoxicated state, and was committed to the
Poultry Coipt