Star.
London, England, 1823-08-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-Syszsu—Saturday evening, a respeetable-loeidnit young
man, named Alm Mama Afters,- ass Brown, core brought,
before My, Mistsaum., charged with attaapting to defraud a •
Mr. Scat, a sailor, a salt of clothes.- The pri-
soner went to Mr. Scott's shop, a few. days ago, and ordered a
suit of clothes to be made in the drat style of elegance and fashion,
and said he should pay ready -snowy ter it. Ina day or two,
'however, when the clothes were nearly Snisbed, he called again,
and said, it Would not be convenient for him to pay ready-mo-
'ney, but he would give nefeeenoas IA the most unexceptionable
kind. He referred to the Rev. Valentine, Chaplain to
the London Hospital Ip the morning the tradesman received a
letter, which he found purported to come from Mr. Valentine,
and gave a very good account of the prisoner. Mr. Scott, how-
ever, found that this letter was a forgery, and caused the prisoner
to be apprehended. The primmer was remanded till Wednesday.
Qowne-Stmeax:—T. Holloway, a shabby elderly personage,.
was brought up, baying been 'found abusing the sentries at the
bask of Carlton-House, and demanding to be admitted to the
presence of his Majesty, about two o'clock yesterday morning.
As he refused to go away, he was taken to the Watch-house,
r where a case of surgical instruments, some jalap, saltundves, &c.
were found on lain, 'and also some bills, which' he meant, it
seems, to demand payment for from the Xing. He stated him-
settee be a Surgeoorat Hambledoo, and was remanded till a
person In 'town, to whom he says be is known, shaWbe made
acquainted with his situation.
Meammooist-Suute4.--3antes liateley,irho resides *Mir. 9,
Angelooirt, King-street, &. dames's, charged Mary Bran
with the murder tot' his wife. . The deposed, that
he was io bed an Saturday Wind*, when die deceased and
the prisoner bide quatrel•in his room.' He was. Ul at the time,
but be got out of bed; and endeavoured
.to part. them. The
prisoner kicked the deceased its the body, which brougbt.on a
mortificadoe, and caused the death of his; wife& last night,, at
eleven o'clock. This transaction appears ameloped in a great.
deal of mystery. There were several persons in attendanie at the
ace, who seemed disinclined to sayall they knew on the sub-
ject. The man appeared witLkis headbosnd•up, and•hiliqww.
The constable of St. James's said, Met: thewitnessload Po WlWl-
kerchief on his hied last night when be came to the watch-house,
Mr. Roe, under all the drcumstances, did not think it advisable
to proceed further with the ease yesterday, and remanded the •
prisoner until Thursday, with an injagetleo to the Wieses to gain
all the Informadon. they could on the subieet in the iaterlin. •
MA 111Y-LA-130.1111. 01/71101S, —Yesterday fourteen Irishmen were
brought to this Dace, charged with heing concerned in a dread-
ful tiot is Cehaell-buildings.• Mary-la-bovine, on Saturday night.
—lt appeared that this place. was again made the scene of a des-
perate conflict between ewe pieties or &pastas of Irish people,
arising out of, challenge previondy given-and accepted. A des-
perate battle, which was continued fora length of time, took
place, and many *ions were very mach injured. At ength
some of she Row-sweet patrol, end a strong body of watchmen,-
rushed.amoug.the rioters,. and, after a shirt vastest. emended
in securing the fonweenprisonets and Lodging them In the watch-.
house.-T-They all denied biting concerned In the a/fray, but being
distinctly recognised, they weee,all held to bail
Uanne-HALT.. Cuenca Batatast•Ottor.—Arestirday
InSumation was received at this Office, that Lambeth Church'
which almost touches the Archbishop's Palace,
_had been broken'
open by thieves.-Glenna, the paper. ImmedisfelY wens to she
Church, by direction of the Magistrate", to examine the build-
ing and ascertain whether there was any 'pound for supposing
that tbethieves who banks open the Htlata were not tbose who ,
broke epee the Cluirch,--The coujeettumanwegst those who arc
well qualifird•tokadge es to the attempt to, get into the Church
is, that the villains who brake into the Palace, upon Seeding that
they bid- no *sacs of gCtting-isold olds, exptcuza cheats of
plati,Aesswalosi to ter the-Chirch cad strip the communion
table, but In their Ipgs cht;shboseplet alms they were mistaken.
Theve.is 'no plate keit in the Chuich. That which belongs to

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it, and iroccasionany used, is regularly taken toms*. itriecu. •
rity remote from the Church, when not wanting, spajilat they
ksd effected an entrance, the consequences would have Menem-,
t4artant as far as regarded the Mischief sustained by the rob-
ot the building. The thieves miiht have got 'as many
cushions as they could carry, and prayer-books in abundance,.
but they could not have touched anything else; sod their rejec-
tion of the property in the Palace which they might hale taken
away, proved that they are men who are determined to he well
recompensed for the danger which they undergo, or to twelve
nothing at all. Some are of opinion that the gang divided, and
commenced their attacks upon, the Palace and the Church si-
multaneottsly.—The Archbisliop strived yesterday morning, and
confirmed the statement made by Mrs. Sutton, that nothing of
value was missing. The presems which were made to him, and
which are estimated at £15,000, were removed immediately be-
fore his Glace went upon his visitation.—The eficers have not
yet succeeded in getting hold of any person upon whose partici-
pation in the burglary they can presume:
In consequence of the many depredations that have of late
been committed by a tribe of Gypsies at Norwood, Mr. Aga",
.the Magistrate deputed Hail, the Chief Constable; to repair,
with other °Ricers, to the spot, with instructions to capture ae
many of the tribe as they could meet with. Hall, in eonse-
quence, attired two officers (Gill and Rice) in suns of livery,
and two others (Harris, jun. and Edwin)as " Gentlemen." Tin•
two latter drove up to the woodin a gi_a coach, and on get. •
ring our were followed by the " footthen." The " Gentlemen"
were met by Ann and Lee Cooper, who ecinducted them to their
habitation, where, upon being palmed with a bit of silver, Ann
Cooper told them their future fortlMes. ' The footmen pro-
ceeded to the Woodman public-honsev where they found two or
three others, who told them their fortunes likewise; after
which they threw off their disguise, and appeared in their tree
character, to the no small consternation of all present a one
fellow flew up the chimney, • where he kept himself concealed
tin the departure of the satellites of justice. Here they captured
Ann Cooper, jun. Sebrina Cooper, Anna M. Cooper, and
Mary Ann Lee. In a lane near the Wood, they found gophia -
Lee and Elisha Cooper, whom they also captured, all of whom
were sent to shew their dexterity at the Tread 141111
AnytNTURES Or A HEAD-HAWKIR.-.oae of the cmsablea of

Bermondsey applied to H. fur a warrant
against a man named .13Itit Bull, for taking from him the head of
an Indian King, which was most magnificently tattooed, and was
Calculated to produce considerable profit from exhibition to the
Public. The head, upon the lowest estimate, was valued at
from £1.5 to £2O, although the constable thought it might have
been purchased in the very best pickle at £lO. The constable,
as he walked along Bermondsey on Saturday last observed a
suspicious-looking fellow carrying a baas which looked as if it
contained some stolen property. Upon. examining the bag, the
officer put his hand upon some human features, and pulled up•
the head of a black warrior, who was slain in battle. The
tattooing, which was of the vety first order, spread all over the
face, from which it was palpable that the former proprietor of
the bead must have been of the very first rank. So that in fact
the heed was a great curfodty.
The bead-hawker, upon being examined by the constable as
to the manner in which he became possessed of so extraordi-
nary a novelty, said that he was empowered by another person
either to dispose of it altogether, or, if the sale could not be ac-
complished, to exhibit it from door to door at a penny a sight
The constable then desired to see the license for hawking heads;
but no such license being produced, he told the head-hawker
that he must answer for the offence before a Magistrate.
On the way to the Office the bead-hawker contrived to .slip
away, leaving the constable in possession of the bag and its coo.
tents, whereupon the latter took it into the house of his land-
lady, who kept a barber's shop, not Art be shaved, but to be
looked at, grad; by Ids friends. Mr. Bull happened to be pre.
sent at the time, and, requesting to ezatnine the head minutely,
got bold of it, swore he had as good a right to k es the constable,
and that he would stand all consequences.—The constable ob.•
tained a summons otra former day for Mr. Cull, calling upon
him to appear and answer for his conduct, but no obedience was
paid to the command, therefore a warrant was now applied for
to bring up the body of 'Mr. Bull and the head of his Majesty.
Mr. Quanta. asked the constable how he knew that
cense was necessary tor disposing of such a commodity as a
human head?

The too---stable said, he knew that pickled heeds were an en-
datable article—that the duty had not been paid upon the head
he had lost—that it was a smuggled bead, and that it should have
paid fifty per cent. ad valorem duty.
Mr. CuAstitas.--44 Well, but how did he get away with the
head r

Conatable.—" The man ran of with it, and neither he nor the
head ever came bash since."
Mr.

Then I don't think that a man with nth
a head as you have can be better employed than in running after
the head. But take care that somebody does not run away with
your own in the pursuit."
. Constable.-1, VD take care of that, your Worship."
Mr. CUAMIIIILL" Whatever they do with your head, they'll
not touch your brains at any rate."
The Constable said, that without the warrant there would be
Noose in his going after the bead.
Mr Coarraass refused to grant one; but said, if the Custom.-
house thought it worth their while to run after a pickled head,
'lse would grant a warrant to one of their Officers, but not to any
edger person. •

Saturday, at Winchester, the Lady of the Rev. Henry Mdtards,
of a son.
Monday le'nnight, at Amport Rectory, the Lady of the Rev.
George Harwood, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
Thursday. at St. Aogustine's, Bristol, by the Rev. W. Cir.
ter, Charlotte Rama, only daughter of the late Rev. James Su-
therland Rudd, and grand-daughter of. the Rev. Dr. Ititdd,.ef
Full Sutton, Yorkshire, to R. J. Peat, Esq. aed Regiment,
eldest son of the late Samuel Peat, Req. of Calcutta.
Thursday, at Bath, John Catsphell, Esq. Adjutant of the
Portsniouth Division of the Royal Marine Forces, to Catherioe,
youngest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sweaty.