Star.
London, England, 1814-10-07 00:00:00

POLICE►.

GUlLDHALL—Yesterday R. Moe, porter to Mr.
Scott, of 'Milk-street, who was remanded on Wednes.
day, charged .with having a keg of brandy, and a
quantity of Bandanna handkerchiefs in his possession,
was again brought up. Mr. Scott attended, and
stated, that he did not deal in those articles, neither
did be know that the prisoner was in the habit of
buying goods of that description. It appearing to
the Magistrate, that the whole was a smuggling trans-
action, he ordered the prisoner to be discharged, and
the officer Who found the goods on him to take them
to the Custom House.
QUEEN-SQUARE—Yesterday M. Marks was charged
lon suspicion of having robbed the house of Mr. Pope,
14, York-street, Westminster, to a great extent, dur-
ing the absence of that Gentleman and his family
from town. Marks' wife kept the house, and being
poor, he was allowed to live there in the family's
absence. They returned on Wednesday, when Mrs.
King, Mr. Pope's sister, found his bed-room in disor-
der, the clothes press open, and bundles ready packed
up ; and every appearance concurred to impress her J
with the idea that robbers were actually in the house, I
or had very recently been there ; she gave the alarm.]
land search was made, but in vain. '1 he garret win-1
dow was open, and a large horse pistol, loaded, found
lying in the gutter. During the alarm, Marks was
tranquil and indifferent, and this circumstance led the
officer to conclude that he had some knowledge of the,
transaction, especially on learning Marks went to the
house poor ; and that, notwithstanding he had little
work and low wages, he contrived to buy many new.
things for himself and wife, to go to plays, to have
tea parties, &c. In Mr. Pope's absence an opposite
neighbour had met Marks in the Park, early one mor-
ning, with bundles under his arm, one of them having
apparently two pieces of stocking for pantaloons,
covered with a table cloth. He was remanded.

UNION HALL.—Yesterday J. Muller, alias P. Peter-
son, a foreigner, was charged with obtaining money
under false pretences. This man has been in the
practice of going about Deptford and Greenwich,
and pretending to be a sailor just come home, entitled
Co a large shale of plize•mbney, and having various
and valuable contraband goods on beard a ship.—
With this-tale he would impose upon the credulity of
the honest people of those towns, and obtain lodgings.
He would then, under pretence of getting his things
on shore, borrow money, which he would decamp
with. He was, however, detected in the Ant the
preceding day, by Glennon, and brought up for exa-
mination. Sarah Varderville, of Great Maze Pond,
stated, that the prisoner came to her house, and ob-
tained a lodging by the above trick. In the morning
he pretended that he wanted to bring some silks on
shore, as also his trunks, from the Mary transport,
lying at Deptford ; but before he could accomplish
that object, he must have some money to pay the
Waterman. Not suspecting the troth of Iris story,
she lent him 7s. and to make " assurance doubly
sere,", accompanied him to the water side. In a
few minutes he tripped lightly over the ships which
lay off the shore, and decamped. After waiting some
time, and not finding him return, she enquired for the
Mary transport, but no such ship was there. She,
however, in her way home, discovered, from relating
the trick, and describing his person, that he was welF-
knciwn at Deptford -and Greenwich. He was re-
manded • as a great number of charges are expected
against him.
Hairor. GARDCN.— Yesterday James Powell was
brought up •in the ;custody of William Read, jun.
charged with being found, about two o'clock that
" morning, in the area of a Gentleman's house on the
' Bedford estate, having at the time several implements
of house-breaking in his possession. It appeared year
within the last week several of the houses in that
neighbourhood hive been burglariotr.ly entered, and
robbed et various articles : some of the Gentlemen
whose houses have been robbed, attended, but in or•
der to afford sufficient time to investigate the matter,
the prisoner was committed for a second examination
on Monday next.
Mr. Dastard, a pawnbroker, residing in Skinner-
strret, SoMers Town, appeared to a summons, at the
suit of Rebecca Johnston. It appeared that the c
plainant pawned a print with the defendant, for 6s.
and that the twelve months expired .on Saturday
night ; that on Saturday night the complainant came
to defendant's shop, and gave him the duplicate, as
die came to redeem the article pledged, that being
the last night ; that after the defendant looked at the
ticket, he told complainant that he was then very
bury, and his shop full, and to come on Monday and
she should have it. She did so ; but on her coming
on the Monday, as soon as he looked at the ticket he
threw it to her again, saying—" Why bring me such
a ticket as this ? the time is expired." She expostu-
lated with him to no purpose.; he denied seeing her
on Saturday night. The complainant swore to the
facts, and the defendant wits ordered to restore her the
print.

NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE M•MORROW.
Morning - - Ss in;nn,cs a ter 9
Afternoon . - 19 minutes after to