Star.
London, England, 1822-02-07 00:00:00

POLICE.

Maestoss-}lnuse.—Sommel Waddington, of bill-sticking cele-
brity, yesterday applied to the LORD NIA‘OK for a warrant against
a Bow-street officer, under the following circumstances:—Wad-
dington stated, in a very indignant tone, that he had the day
before received a most gross assault from a Bow-street officer,
who entered Mr. Carlile's house in Fleet-street, for the purpose
of making an illegal seizure. An entreat in aid had been just
levied upon the house, and the Sheriffs officers were in posses-
sion. The front of the shop did not belong to Mr. Carlite, but
to him, and he remained in it unmolested by those who entered
with the legal authority. A Bowistreet officer,' however, took
upon himself to enter the shop, and take away by force some
papers which lay upon a shelf, not at all exposed to public obser-
vation. Those papers were by no means intended for sale, nor
for any purpose except that of lighting the gas of the shop ; but,
worthless as they were,Waddington was determined to expostu-
late against the attempt to take them away. The officer, upon
his resisting, struck him, and told him that if he made any fur-
ther effort against the measure he (the officer) thought fit to adopt,
he would blow his brains out. Waddington said be was ready to
produce witnesses as to the ill-treatment he received. Mr. Gehl,
the Sher ills' officer,was one, and a respectable broker was another.
The LORD MAYOR ordered that a summons should be made out
for Parton (the officer complained of, residing at No. 6, Cross-
court, Orury-lane) to attend at the Justice-room to answer the
complaint. Waddington was astonished at the mention of a
summons. The law of the land, he said, demanded that a war-
rant for assault and battery should be forthwith put in exeoution
against such an offender, and that a summons was too mild a
course of proceeding.—" He assaulted me," cried the orator,
" without sending me either warrant or summons !" The orator
was then supplied with a summons, and left the Justice•room.
llow-rerazaz—Yesterday Mr. Parkins, the late Sheriff, ap-
pelred at this Office before G. 8.. Minsratru., Esq. the Sitting
a! agistrate, to give evidence in support of a charge against a
young man, named James Eiinsp,who was apprehended on Tues-
day, near Spring-gardens. The circumstance of the case are as
follow :—ln August, 18:16, the Procession with the Address of
the Citizens of London to the late Queen was proceeding along
the Strand, and when it got near Southampton-street, Mr.
Parkins, who was there in his state carriage, saw a man who
strongly resembled the prisoner rob a Gentleman of his watch
and pocket-book, for which offence another young man, named
Sydney Smith, was taken up on suspicion, committed from this
Office to Newgate, found guilty on his trial, and sentenced to
death ; but through the active exertions of Mr. Parkins he re-
ceived his Majesty's pardon. The prisoner could not be met
with until he was seen busily employed amongst the crowd on
Tuesday, as the King was going to the House, by William
Cotton, a constable; he immediately went to Mr. Parkins, who
was then on horseback, and informed him of it. Mr. Parkins
desired Cotton to take.him into custody and convey him to the
Office. Mr. Parkins laid, as Mr. Middleton, the Gentleman
who was robbed, was not present, he should wi,h it to be un-
da stood that he (Mr. Parkies) might not be looked upon as the
prosecutor. The Magistrate stid, certainly not; the Public
must feel much obliged to Mr. Parkins for his exertions
and loss of time in endeavouring to apprehend the prisoner.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said, he had
been out of the way ever since he was accused of the robbery.—
Mr. MursnuLL advised the prisoner to be cautious in what he
said, as it was a charge which affected his life. The prisoner
said, the way he knew he was suspected was, that Cotton called
at his father's house soon after the robbery.—The Magistrate
then said, be should remand him until Saturday next at one
o'clock, in order that Mr. Middle:on might appear.—The pri-
soner was renfanded accordingly.

MAILLIOIOI:CH.STRICET.—YrEerday William Gould and Thomas
rupee, were charged with stealing a silk handkerchief, the pro-
perty of Mr. Swindle, of King-street, St. James's-square, on
Tuesday last, during the Procession. The prisoners were ob-
served by Cooke and Glassbornugh, constables, trying the pockets
of various Gentlemen amongst the crowd opposite the Palace in
Pall-mall, and on the state carriage coming from the yard a rush
was made, when the prisoners were observed to take the hand-
kerchief from the prosecutor's pocket. They were instantly
taken, and the property found upon them.—They were fully
committed for trial.

Several persons laid informations of robberies committed on
them during the Procession, and gave descriptions of the stolen
property.

A black man was brought from St. Giles's watch-house, under
the following singular circumstances :—He went to the house of
Dr. Blair, yesterday morning, to get a truss, by virtue of a cha-
rity to which the Doctor belongs, and on a sudden he feigned a
fit in the hall. The servants were all alarmed, and the Doctor
was call:1r; and the fellow acted the part so well, that he de-
ceived the latter, who thought he was dying, and he sent for the
beadle to bring a shell fur him. When Barrett, the beadle, ar-
rived. the dead man was in a boxing attitude in the street, but he
took him into safe custody, lie was discharged with a reprimand.
Questi.sousas.—Tuesday evening, a poor miserable-looking
' fellow was brought before Mr. HAINSFORD, the Magistrate at
this Office, by Jeffreys and Dew, police-officers, charged with
having assailed his Majesty with hisses, hooting, and groans, on
his Majesty's return from the House of Lords on Tuesday
afternoon, after his opening the Session of Parliament. The
primmer gave his address, ~Thomas Jledman, tailor, Wasted-
street, Somers Town." The officers stated, that they were on
duty near the Exchequer Coffee-house, and as his Majesty was
returning from the House of Lords, they observed a number
of persons hissing, hooting, and groaning at his Majesty.—
The prisoner being the most prominent, they seized him, and
although some resistance was made by the mob, yet they secured
him, and conveyed him to Queen-square. The prisoner denied
the accusation altogether. The Magistrate said that there could
be no doubt of his having acted in the scandalous manner de-1
scribed by the witnesses, au it would have been much better
for him had he kept at w on his shopboard, than have gone
to commit a riot and breac of the peace, by joining other dis-
graceful persons in assailing the Sovereign, when be had just been
exercising one of his momisacred functions, opening the Session
of Parliament. The prisoner, not being provided with ball, was
committed till yesterday, when he was again-brought up, and
two respectable housekeepers laving become sureties for hint,
he was discharged out of custody.

Thursday, as Mr. Henry Sift of Hungerford, was
returning from Newbury, his horse took fright, ran
off with him, and coming in" contact with a single
horse chaise, belonging to Mr. Gray, the shaft en-
tered its breast, and killed it on the spot. Mr. Gray
and his son were limb thrown from the gig, but
neittier of the parties sustained much inliery..

lIECORDEff g REPORT.

festeidy the RECORDER made his Report to
MaJaatv in Council of the following convicts under
sentence of death in theiil of Newgate, who were
convicted at tht list Sessions :
Gauge Bryan, for a burglsty in King-street, Westminster .
Edward Smith, for stealing in a dwelling house in Duke-street'
Wistrinster ; John Tye, for uttering forged 15 nines; 'William
Elton, tar a like armee; .To Lairs, for kouseioreakbig, i 4
Orelardratreet, Westminster ; John Redgrase. for a burglary is
Colimalialtreet ; James Tuffnell and Thomas Wilson, far bar.
glary at Edmonton; Robert Chridopher Kitt, far stealing £l4
and Opwards in the dwelling-house of his master;
for a burglary hi Castle-street, Westhrintter; George
for housebreaking in hiontagowequare, Mary-la-Bonne; Laity
Williams, for stealing AS in a dwelling-house; /Mary Scot:, for
stealing a watch and seals, &c. in a dwelling-house at Chelsea
—When John Tye and William Rivers were nro.‘"l
}for execution on Tuesday next. The rest we:e .e.
spited during his MAJESTY'S pleasure.

About ten o'clock on the evening a Ftiday, as
[oilman at Kirkoswald toll, in Ayrshire, was ")peeing
the gate to allow a
_person on horseback to p iss, hel
was accosted by an-Irishman on foot, who asked f, r
a draught of water, which he consented to give
and they entered the toll-house together, after
rider passed on. As soon as they got within de.<l:.,
another man rushed in, threw down the tollmao, a- I
held him ia that situation, while his compani,a
opened the chest where his cash was deposited, Rod
seized on the whole contents, amounting to £2 :1
.notes, and 23.61 in silver, with' which they beta
made their escape.
nursday se'anight, Thomas Affieck, farmer, at
Bridgestones of Barra., was in Stonehaven, transact.
ing business, and remained there till about one o'cicck
the mat morning; when, on his way home he hal
unfortunately gone out of the road, and fell over tlte
rocky braes at Thornhive, and was killed. His body
was not found till the afternoon of the next Sunday,
During the last fortnight, nineteen corn-dealers
(principally millers in the vicinity of Norwich 11. are
been convicted in mitigated penalties under the Act
of 2 Geo. IV. cap. 87, sec. 18 and 19. for regulating
the importation and exportation of corn into and
from Great Britain, which requires all buyers of ors
to mike a declaration that they will make a return
of all corn purchased by them, with the names cf
the persons from whom it was purcha ed ; assn that
they also do make weekly returns to the Corn Ll-
spector ; and for every such neglect they are flab?,:
to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding " ten pounds,
nor less than forty shillings."
The Fox Club, on the 24th of January, unani-
mously voted that a monument should be erec:ed to
the memory of the late Mr. Pennv, for his faithful
exertions in the cause of the people, and frr his uhi-
form adherence to the principles of Mr. Fox.
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Lord COVENTRY, Lord Lieutenant (1 W. cester-
s!tire, has refused to call a County Meeting ,-;.t:e stia-
ject of the distressed state of the Agricultural liiteres!.
The amount of sterling money to be invested br
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nationil
Debt, for the Quarter from the 6th of January to the
Sth of April, 1822, is £19,51.3 Ss. 7d. daily. which:a
the Quarter will amount to 1:1,036.822 16s. 7d.
There are at this time only five of the theatrical
contemporaries of Mr. GARRICK living, \l2.—Mr.
WROUCIITON, Mrs. HARTLEY. Mrs. MATTOCK), Mr.
\VEwITZER, and Mr. QUICK; the youngest of w::oni
has passed the 75th year of his age.