Star.
London, England, 1814-10-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

QUEIO7-SQUARE. —Thomas Allen and anot!ier young
man were brought up yesterday, by Gardiner, the
officer, charged on suspicion allaying stolen a pocket
handkerchief, found in their possession. They were
known to be regular pickpockets, and to keep com-
pany with persons of thi attme profession ; and as the
above officer was passintfrar the Fiee-fidds,Chelsea,
where a pugilistic contest was taking place, there was
a cry of stop thief. It appeared that Mr. Jones, of
Covent Garden Theatre, the comedian, h.td become
one of the spectators, and whilst busily observing the
skill and prowess of the actors of another class, with
due attention to the under-plot, a little bye-play' was
performing in that Gentleman's pocket I The thief
was pursued, when he dropped Mr. Jones's handker-
chief, but the constable was interrupted in his progress
by. the prisoners at the bar, who had knocked him
down to ;:romote the rescue. They were, however,
taken, and a suspicious handkerchief found on them.
—Remanded for a week to give Mr. Jones time to
appear.
James Abrahart charged Susannah Smith with
having robbed him of a one pound note and some sil-
ver, by stopping him at Charing Cross and forcibly
taking the same from his person. When the officer
apprehended her he heard something fall which
proved to be part of the stolen silver ; he also ob-
served that she appeared to be chewing something,
and on examining her mouth, it was found to be the
identical pound note. Committed to Newgate to take
her trial. _ _ _

The Magistrates were not a little amused with the
circumstance of Adam Heath, a blind man, living
at Brentford, having apprehended M. Kidd, a deser-
ter from the 17th regiment, and bringing him from
that place to the Office to surrender him. Heath
very artlessly stated that they got into conversation
together the evening preceding, and having been a
soldier himself, it was a way with him to ask every
one to whom he talked, whether he bad been a sol-
dier ? and he ascertained from Kidd, who said he was
very uneasy in his mind, that he hal deserted from
the 47th, then at Hull, in August list. Then, said
Heath, you are my prisoner, being a deserter from
his Majesty's service, and brought him to the Office
•nest morning. Committed to the Savoy, to which
place Le W4S sent in his original custody—•the blind
man I

John Haley and Mary, his wife, were finally exa-
mined for robbing A. Simmons, tailor, of the Strand,
of gold epaulets, &c. and were fully committed to
Newgate to take their trial.
GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday two journeymen tailors,
named Jones and Stratton, were brought up, charged
with assaulting A. M'Phael. The prosecutor stated,l
that he keeps an early breakfast shop in Bell-yard,
and that about four o'clock, yesterday morning; the
two prisoners came into his shop, and had an im-
mense quantity of coffee and muffins, (15 cups of the
one, and 12 of the latter). When asked very civilly
to pay for what they had eaten and drank, they be-1
gan to talk gibberish, as it they were foreigners, threw'
the coffee and muffins about, broke two panes of glass,
and, (to use the complainant's phrase) knocked his,
poor old pate about most unmercifully. Having ex-
tricated himself from their clutches as bell as he'
could, he called a watchman, who had no sooner en-
tered the shop than •he was laid prostrate by these
valiant Knights of the Thimble and Bodkin. They
were, however, secured, and taken to the Compter.—
. They were discharged on paying all damages.
Wilton, a sailor, stating himself to have been
lately discharged from the Narnu-, was charged by
Lee, a constable, residing in Field-lane, with ()diving
a quantity of wearing apparel, boots and shoes, to his
wile for rale, at prices much under their value. Mrs.
Lee stated, that the prisoner came to her under sus-
picious circumstances, and she thought it right to call
her husband, who took him into custody. When
Lee questioned him about the property, he said he
had found it in a lane near Highgate ; but at last he
fell on his knees, said he was a poor distressed man,
and that the property was stolen. He was remanded
till Saturday, to give Lee time to advertise the ar-
ticles, which are almost all marked.
Bow-STREF.T.—Yesterday five persons were charged
before Mr. BILLNIE, the Sitting Magistrate, under the
Lord's Day Act, passed in the reign of Charles the
Second, with selling fruit on Sunday. They were
all convicted in the penalties and costs.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Mary Starkey, a girl 14 years
of age, was brought up yesterday in the custody of
William Read, jun. charged by her father John Star-
key, a milkman, residing in Hatton-Wall, with rob-
bing him of several articles of wearing apparel, a
quantity of money, silver spoons, and many other va-
luable articles. It appeared that the complainant's
.wife had been dead for some time, and that the pri-
soner was his only housekeeper ; his business required
him to be out from an early hour every day till night,
which gave the prisoner an opportunity of committing
the robbery to the extent of £lOO, at various times,
having picked the locks of his drawers, boxes, and
cellar, and taken away all his deceased wife's wear-
ing apparel, bed and table linen, child's coral set in
silver, silver table spoons, &c. Several pawnbrokers
attended with many of the pawned articles.—Ordered
for second examination.

MANSION-HOUM—The driver of No. 248 hackney
coach, was yesterday brought up upon a warrant:
charged with an assault upon a gentleman, who on
the 24411 of September last, interfered in the settling
a dispute wherein the defendant was alleged to have
grossly misconducted himself towards his fare. This
was a young woman, a servant, who with five did-
dren under her care, had taken the coach from the
Minories to Bishopsgate-street, for which she tender-
ed one shilling, whereas defendant demanded Os.—
This she was advised to pay, provided defendant
would give her a ticket, with an acknowledgement
upon it. He accordingly gave her a ticket on which
he wrote 6s. in pencil ; but which ticket the com-
plainant discovered, did not correspond with the num-
ber of his coach (instead of '248 being 1024). On
his remonstrating with defendant he received a vio-
lent blow on the face, accompanied with abusive
words. The defendant appeared to be much in li-
quor. The complainant being summoned before the
commissioners, Mrs. Fisher, proprietrie of the coach,
appeared instead of defendant, and was tined 10s. for
not baying the driver's name entered, lie not being a
_ the abuse.—
licensed driver, and 1 Os d I for
Mrs. Fisher it appeared, had since furnished the com-
Iplaigast with defendant's name, wishing him to pro-

seeste,and he was new brought up to mower For the
assault. He was rem:►nded tor further ecansination,
until the young woman, or other witness, should iden-
tify his person. He acknowledged, however, that he
drove the coach that day, and that being much intoxi-
cated, he was relieved by another driver.

DP:TON A TINO BALLS.-Mr. Banks,. whose name was
mentioned in our account cf the examination bdf we
the Magistrates at Queen-square, respecting the deto-
nating balls, has written a letter in explanation of the
part he took in that investigation, in which he *says:
" Although the experiment I made was fairly stated in your
Paper, yet it is generally allowed by my scientific friend-, that the
accidental ignition of the gunpowder was assisted by its superior
quality, and by my shoes having retained silicious matter, from
my walking acrossthe Park to Queen-square, which striking some
ferruginous body in the fluor, caused that apparent failure in the
experiment, ma which I match depended. It assuredly was the
collision of thtse sub:maces, and not tke Detonating UaU, that
fired the powder."
A dreadful fire broke out at Dunstable on Monday
night, which destroyed part of the Saracen's-Head
Inn, and several houses.

A few days since, between twelve and one o'cicck
at noon, an alarmin fire suddenly broke out in the
work-shops of Mr. Wm. Hutchinson, joiner, George-
yard, Lowgate, Hull, whilst his men were ab-
sent at dinner, and Mr. H. on business at Newland.
For some time it raged with dreadful fury, the pre-
mises containing a great quantity of dry wood, &c.
and threatening the whole range of closely-built and
thickly populated premises adjacent. By greet exer-
tions, and prompt assistance afforded by the Corpo-
ration and Dock Company's engines, we :ire happy
to say the flames were subdued, although not until
the shops and great part of the stock of Mr. Hutchin-
son, with all the tools belonging to himself :end his-
workmen, were entirely destroyed; the back part of
his dwelling greatly damaged, and the neighbouring
houses of his tenants, /cc. considerably scorched. No
certain account can be given as to the origin of this
calamity : for it is with great sorrow we have to add,
that Wm. Smith, book-keeper to Mr. H. who was
the only person about the shops at the time, lost his
life in the conflagration ; his body was found, a most
dreadful spectacle, amongst the embers, on the fire
being subdued. The premises were insured.
An elderly woman, on her road into Scotland,
called a few days ago at the Police Office, in Man-
chester, with a pass, for the usual allowance from Mr.
Nrclin, the Deputy Constable. Unfortunately, how-
ever, she presented to him, instead of the pass, a piece
of paper containing bank-notes to the amount of Olt.
It may easily be imagined that she would profit little
by rectifying her mistake.
Saturday se'nnight, IPillia,n Murphy, for uttering
forged notes, and John Brown, for horse-stealing, were
executed at Lancaster.

COAL-MARKET, OCTOBER 12.
Ships at Market Ships sold. Price.
531 Newcastle - 99 . 85s. Od. to 625. 9d
4 Sunderland . Sf . . SY s . 6d. to GO•. 64.1
1 Cinders - 1 425. 6d. to 00s Od

MARRIED.

Thursday last, at St. George's Church, Hanover.square, E. 1.
Priestley, Esq. Lieutenant 3341 Regiment, to Mary Anne, only
daughter of the late John Ken:sadly, Esq. many years President
of the Hon. E. I: Company's Board of Trade, Nlad: as.