Star.
London, England, 1825-12-19 00:00:00

MARLBOROUG H-STREET.

Saturday, John Coombs was brought to this Office he Valentine,
charged by Dr. Joshua Brooks with comitting a daring burglary in
his house. Dr. Brooks repeated his statement (narrated in the
Sraa of Saturday last), which he nude on Friday, when he ap-
plied for the assistance of the Police to apprehend the prisoner;'
and added, that the prisoner was in his service from May to July
last, and be discharged him, in consequence of his absenting him.
' self from his house, which he left him to take care of for a few
days when be (the Doctor) was absent in France and the Nether-
lands. He was positive the prisoner was the man .whom he dis-
covered under his sofa at eleven o'clock on Thursday night; and
after the prisoner effected his escape, be (the Doctor) found a pair
of shoes and a hat, wbich the prisoner had left behind him.
An elderly female servant of the Doctor's said, that on Thurs.'
day night last, about eleven o'clock, she heard her master in the
hall, crying" Murder!" she ran to the/spot, and saw prisoner and
her master on the floor, holding cad other, and rolling over each
other. She believed the prisoner knocked her master down.
A person named Styles, stated, that he was in Blenheim.
street on Thursday night, and heard the cry of w Murder !" be
saw a man rush out of the house of Dr. Brooks, without a hat ; he
was satisfied the prisoner was the person.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was at home at the
time he was charged with the fence in question, but becould not
bring evidence of the fact, because he had-a key to his lodgings and
let himself in, without being seen by any of the family.
Valentine, the officer, said, the hat and shoes found in Dr.
Brooks's house had been tried on the prisoner, and they fitted
him exactly..
Mr. Dees, the Magistrate, said, it was a capital charge, and be
would remand the prisonei till Wednesday, to give him an oppor-
tunity of bringing forward evidence in favour of his innocence.

MARY-LA-BONNE.
Saturday two women, named Conroy and iliekey, were charged
with robbing Mrs. Hunter, of Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital,
and also a Lady named Banster. The prisoner Conroy had .been
but a very short rime in the service of Mrs. Hunter, when she dis-
appeared, carrying • ith her spoons, jewellery, and nearly the whole
of the two Ladies' wearing apparel.
An officer having been dispatched to apprehend her, he found the
prisoners in the upper room of a house in Little Quebec-street, in a
state of intoxication, and drinking with a hackney-coachnun, who
bad been driving them about town all day.
Conroy was dressed in one of the silk gowns she had stolen, and
the duplicates of the property were found on their persons. They
were remanded for a further examination.
James Simkin, driver of one of the Hammersmith stages, was
charged wkh furious driving. It appeared that the defendant was
driving on the Hammersmith-road, in opposition to another coach,
and his horses were galloping at such a rate, that one of the passen-
gers was calling for hint to stop, which be did not do.. The de-
fendant said that one of the horses only war galloping, it being •
small one, not able to trot like the other. Several witnesses proved
that there were two coaches on the road racing together, and the
defendant's being one of them, he was convicted in the penalty of
40s. and costs.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Thomas Robson, a journeyman silk weaver, was charged with
having in hts possession some silk, a harness and reed, which were
alleged in have bean stolen from the house of James Longuett,
another weaver, on the night of the 51st of October. This cue
latterly occupied much of the Magistrate's time, there being no less
than ten examinations, in consequence of a strong intspicion that
I onguett himself had been a party to the Gloat? of which the.
Magistrates diScharged him ; hut as the property was, traced tot
Rol)bou, he was taken into custody. Ills defence was, that the
harness and reed had been in his possesaiow more than 18 months.
It was however proved, that the reed had only been made LW
August.— Remanded. . .

ofFcers, known as Robin• Hood and Little John,
went on Friday to serve an assault warrant on a brick-
TrAker, in CLIBITT'S brick field, near Chelsea; but no
sooner had they arrived, than the labourers set up the
alarm cry of 66 War natal" The warranted man im-
mediately scampered across the field, followed by Robin
Flood and Little John, who got upon an elevated part
.el the .fiel3, and were Looking round after their fugi-
tive, ss hen they instantly sunk into a clay-pit, which
was covered with rushes, and from which they were
with diffi:ulty got safely out, having lost their game.
ImmoVemsarrs Ix Bsaux.—The measuring of the
district called
,Copenick.field, within the city of Berlin,
and the adjuating of the claims of the parties who had
rights el commOriage, &e. are now completed. As a
Knot that the extent of this held is not small, it deserves
to be tn. n that ti e Governor of Berlin, pro
tempore, has always had the tight of hunting on it, both
for large and small game, probably the only instance of
such a hunting grouni (not a preserve) within the walls
or a capital city. The plan tor the intended new quar-
ter of the cis y is by M. Schmidt, and includes twelve or
fourteen new streets, a cLut C:., A testa!, and two gates.

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