Star.
London, England, 1801-02-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

Sir WILLIAM ADDINGTONhas not only retired
from his 4tuation, the duties of 'Which he has fo
long fulfilled with equal tredit to himfelf and-,a51-
eantage to the public interefts, hut has the honour
and fad:fa/Son,* command of his Alsje'sre,
ccmfideration of his firvlces to be allowed a veil,
handfome penflon for life.
• Poetic-OFFICE, .Bow.Bitszr.—Several COTO.
plaints 'having been made againft a Ifakor httbe
neighbonrhPioa `of 1316oitistbuty, fox) felling bread
fhort of weight, he Was yederclay ilimmoned bn
two informations; thi. one for felling a miaiteip
loaf deficient of its proper weight eight Minces,
and the other for a 'quartern oaf wiantirf fiSur
ounces. A Warrant was alfd to Weigh all
the bread is his fhop, when 29 eitiaitcit lOarts
were feized; which 'wanted; together, sfl oithees
of their propel'' weight ; the 'light .bread 'Was
brought to the `Oftice.irapd the Defendifit app-‘Y
ing to anfwer the ifiarget, the psnies were fworn
al to this pirchare Orthe two firft: loavei, which be-'
big proved, 'ind the loaves being weighed fts the
prefence of the Magitirate, the Defendant was
conviCted in the full penalty of 51. per ounce for
12 ounces they went•de6cient t, and mt. FORD ob.
ferving.that, as the parties complaining were en-
titled to one moiety of the penalty, he could not
with justice remit any part of it. Refpetting the
29 loaves, as it was the report of the officers who
executed the warrant that theit were a confider.
able number more found in his chop that were'fill,
Weight, it was the opinion of him and the other
Magittrates thcn prcfent, namely; Mr. Roanisou,
Mr. KlNNnano, and Mr. Rroo; that the fine fhouhl '
-be mitigatea t 9 is. per ounce, amounting to 51.
265. winch the Defendant was accordingly obliged
to pay, and the 29 loaves, which of courfe were
forfeited; *ere ordiired to be. di fiributed to the poor.
A fearch *arrant was alfo expefted at the fliop
of a Poker near Drury-Lane, againft whom an in-
formation had alfo beetilakl,for felling light bread;
but it. being near three o'clock in the afternoon
when the officers went to the Chop, very little bread
remained ; out of which; however, they found
eight quarters, three half quatterr, and four two-
penny loaves, fhort of weight 28 ounces, and on
which the Baker was adjudged to forfeit as. per
ounce, and the bread difpofed of in the fame matt-
ner as the other.
In confequence of a private information laid be-
fore the above Magistrates, that a number of per-
forts, of fufpicious charaCter, nightly affembled at
a boufe, in Jermyn.Street, St. James's, for the
purpofe of playing at hazard, and other unlawful
games, a warrant was granted to fearch the faid
houfe on Sunday night lad, when feventeen per.
fons were apprehended, and who were on Monday
brought up for examination.
The prifoners who certainly were the molt
wretched group of gamblers that ever appeared at
that bar, had very little to urge in their defence ;
the majority of them laying that they went to the
houfe in hopes of meeting with a perfon that owed
them lone money. Three or four only had money
about them, and that not to the amount of more
than a few !billings each ; fo that a vicious-habit
muff • impel them to refort to houfes of this de-
feription, as many of them had been appiehended
and brought to Bow.iireet before, under familar
circumflanccs.
The Magiarates (Irongly reprobated the con-
do& of the proprietors of the houfe, for fuffering
fuch unlawful proceeding, efpecially on a Sunday
evening, and declared, that they were determined
to tale every legal meatis to fupprefs it in future.
The Fanners were therefore ordered to 6nd
bail for their good behaviour, to anfwer for being
finsad, in a common gaming-bottle ; and the tables,
&c. to be detained till owned. _ _

MADSIOIII.HOU I R.-wSenral Mater Bakers wait-
ed upon the Loan MAYOR, with Complaints againli
different Mealmcn, for fellmg them flour to adul-
terated that they cannot life it, fpecimens of which
they produced the flour they had lifted, the re-
fute of which teemed to be the chaff of oats.•
The Bakers raid, they had applied to the Meal.
men to take it back, who had refuted it.
Alderman Corns attended along with the
LORD MAYOR, both of whom reprobated the Meal-
men's condu&, and told the Bakers not to pay for
it, as the gealtnen would certainly be antwemble
for the lofs ; and the City Solicitor fhould be
fpolcen to, to profecute every adulterator of flour
not prepared according to the Aft of Parliament.
?horns Broung was fully committed by the
Lord Mayor to take his trial, charged with Ogg:
ing two cows, the property of Farmer Chalk.

Melts. Quixote and Sancho in the uncqua".4)
Pantomime of -that name, drew en overflowing
company, for the Aid tirnc at tiR Realty Theater,
la 6 night. . Indeed, the whole of this %reacts
amufernents form a change of the molt fplend44,
•pature, and promife, on being repeated to-morrow;
and Soviorrity evening for the laft time, to fill the
hou{e with delighted beholders.
1113-n Monday the fecund of next Month the Eng-
• lifh State Lottery begins drawing. The Ticket.,
Halves,Q_uartets, Eighths, and Sixteenth Stoutsputd
Shams are felling in the greatetlYarioty of Num-
bers, end loweß terms, at Mr, Nocnoxsotr's Q40e,1
No. 16, Cornhill, oppotite the Bank of Engltind3
where the (chants at large, containing the ;lard-
titian of the extraordinary fuccefs wlitch has ate
tended the purchafers at this office, arc to be had
jr wit: N. B. As Tickets and Shares will not it
keetre Merehants, Clubs. Alec. Sm. will fate money
by an immediate. purchafe.
No. a 6, COILN 14/u., Lox Doe t—alfo at Liierpool
and Exeter. Yigot Diamond* Ticlzts are
at Two 'Guineas each, by Ho IL N sax and Co. TJ'e.
Prize is rained at sp,ooo I. and is to be determin-
ed by the torawin_g of the prelcnt Englifh Lottery.
will be the it drawn Ticket of the Nam.
hers from t tg 11428, hull-iv.. :113; only
Diamonds that em were ditofed of by Lottery
were 0141 by Mersey and re. in the year ty74,
at their uld elabSfhed 'State-Latte:T • Office.
}falsity and Cts. beg key: to Ts-Commend an
enrly Parcbafc. On account of :he
very trifling
• Number they have for Sale.

couNvir NEWS.

'On Wednefday night lag a vndeman seas rob-
bed, in. Marlborough Foteft, of.fourguineas and a
ball* and his watch, by two ruffians armed with
bludgeon's.
Tuerday fe'nnigbt, in the Vicarial robing-romp
of Chichester cathedral, a female thief found menns
to concenlAnd carry away, mordee-her petticoats, the
gown, fcarf, and hood, of the Rev. Mr. Wakals,
one of the'Vicars of the. Cathedra- ' -
At Manchefter SetU9ts, laft week, the young
Lady of relpeetablefamtly, frotaltockpprt, (men-
tioned lately in this paper 4 tor ifilfertng trinkets
in a goldfinith's Chop; was fentenced to one year's
folitary imprifonment, 'and hard labour. • On re-
ceiving !entente, the fainted, and was-long in a
!fate of infenfibility, The feelings of the auditors
were mucli afialedt

usastino malt:.
An, JANUARY E7.-.-The late Fifhery Adt, pall:
ed tlia yid ult. has pui the BritHli upon- the lime
footing as the Irifh, in retina to 'curing cod, and
all kinds of wholefome filh with faltdefiveresi deo
free. Adventurers hi this fishery are about intim-
diately embarking in it, both from this low.h and
pampbelltown. By this laudable Meanie in Go-
vernment the fmuggling of fait from Ireland will
be effetlually difc,ouraged, and our filheries pro-
Fted fo as to procure abundance of Or for the
ood of man on the well mart at Britain on alci-
Venue terms. . .
BU/kiiiISLANd, JANUARY 30.----Yelletday the
'ee- of Hertings were 22 s. per etati.
.Yorchafing
Or the Societies in England aill.coVnues. The
curers from ‘Leith lave returned to Market,
'd it is probablewill continue as long as the her-
kings are in feafon. The filhermen and boats from
the north-eaff coalt of Ireland fet off on Saturday
lail, after, by tuck of drum, requiring alr perfons
`o whom any thing was due, to come and be pa 4,
...rhe boats were (even in number ; they have Made
a fine hand of it, and as the fifhing is Rill good, I
had they continued, they might have taken a thou-
land banels (or trans) more before the feafon
concluded.
, DUNDRE, JANUARY 2,..--The .herring filbery
Mere is beginning tp take off. It has been fuppofed
the breach,of a drave going up the Frith of Forth,
octafioned by thunder and lightning, about three
weeks ago, that this fifhery fet in. To compere.
Fate fOr this, it is with pleafure we announce the
eftabliffiment of a Company here to profccute the
cod Ming, upon an extenfive feale, for fupply to
;very demand of 'London, and the tall coati of
England. .
k.DINISURGH; JANUARY 19.—Monday the He
Court of jufliciary.met to confider the verdiet or,
inerly mentioned in the cafe of Gene Elliot, for:
forgery, or iffuing bank notes knowing them to be.
forged. This being a cafe of cenfiderable impor-.
tance and difficulty; the Court delayed giving judg-
ment for a fortnight. .
The 2d corps of Royal Dumfries Volimteers,,
commanded by Captain GRACIE, was infpeaed ,
lately by Lieutenant-Colonel Winwr, who granted
them a certificate exempting them from duty fot'
three months.
• -On Tuciday Mr. Williamfon, meffenger,
brought the following prifoners horn Ayr, where
they -have, for fume time' pall, been incarcerated
and lodged them in the jail of this city, in order to
be brought to trial before the High Court of Jul-
ticiary here, viz. Michael O'Neil, joins O'Neil, and
knbs Ceeely, accufed of having forged, or uttered,
owing the fame to be forged, certain notes of the
Bank of England, within this part of the united
kingdom.
Y.eflerday a hackney coachman was convi.led
before the Magiftrates of forcibly driving the pole
of his coach through the back panne' of a Gentle.
man's carriage at George-greet Affembly Rooms.
fie was fined in three guineas, which the Gentle-
man requellecl might be appropriated for thebene.
fit of the Houk of Induftry.
A melancholy accident happened at Perth a
few days ago :—A party having gone out to the
South Inch to (hoot for a prize, a young boy
came between one of the pieces and the mark, and
received the contents in his leg. An immediate
amputation became necellary, and, we ate happy
to add, be a doing well,
JANUARY 3i.—The mother who fo unna-
tufaUl expnfed her child in St. Andiew's.ftreet,
on Saturday morning Lift, is difeovered : her name
is Bell' Bled after, refidcnter in. Burntifland.—
By the vigilant attention of the Magiftrates of
Burntilland, file was apprehended and lodged in
jail there, and has fine been brought to this city.
Left week, the officers and privates of the Tar-
bolton Volunteer: prefented Capt. Acta. GARD.
!tr.!, ,'trot commanding officer, with an elegant
(word, valued at so guineas, and at the fame time
gave a month's pay to the poor of that place. '
Thurlday the Magiftrates fined feveral bakers
As.the vicinity of the city, for felling bread before
the eLipfe of 24 hours after being baked, but being
a firs offence, the penalties were modified.
On Wanetilay, lath yamcr ANVilliano or wit.
fizuOzt, a uativc of Ireland, but Who refided lately.
at. Ltlicart, flood for half an hour expoled to.the
, Vieth of Viz multitude on the top of the Town-
houte-fiair, Glafgow, with a label before him, ex-
preffing his crime, which. was uttering counterfeit
moilee, in inlitiniXl of the current falser coik;
eallediiii the Hang language, fineybiszlhan. • This'
crime bat bten very common of late, and the more
wicked as it chiefly, affells (mall dealers and the
poorer claffes of fociety. His mode of frnaling
the fhlin was, by buying fame &will article, for
which, he idked change of a 6:ve fhilling note, when
he returned ono onus own fhilEngs to the dealer,
&Lying, it was a bad ene.iktlie change.
' On'Saturday fc'nnight, about five o'clock in the
morning, a very alarming tire broke not in the
I v:ming-4race of Mr. JOHN TAY f.pa, printer, Ber-
wick, winch we arc lorry to fay was not got under
until it had done a great-deal. of damage. A cost..
lderahle quantity of types, cameral puffer, and ap.
Ivied% of 20.000 volumes, in flows, were cut:only
pc:lntel Ilappily the mifcliicf did not extend
'to the neiglibrainng tenements. The eau& df this
unfortunate accident aroma be pofitively afar-
.. tined. The prernifes, we bear, wrreinfured.

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