Star.
London, England, 1824-12-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M ANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday, a young man of gentlemanly appearance and address,
named James Archdeacon Richardson, appeared before the .1431t0
navvy upon a summons, to account for the possession of a bill
of exchange for 501. which had been stolen.
Mr. Dent (the owner of the bill) stated, that on the night of the
14th of November last' as he was passing down Ludgate-hill, at
the time the premises of Messrs. Wilkinson were burning, his
pocket was picked Ohl, pocket-book, containing the bill in question,
which was-drawn by a Mr. Taylor, and accepted by a Mr. Sprigs.
The defendant, upon being called upon to account for the posses-
sion of the bill, stated, that he was informed, on the 16th of Nov.
by Messrs. Fawcit, of St. Swithin's-lane, that a Gentleman had
called at their office with a bill, for which he wished to get Poyais
Stock; that he afterwards received an anonymous note, on which
he declined treating; that he then received a second note, with the
name of Brantley on it, and enclosing the bill, in return for which
he enclosed 2,300/. in bonds, or twenty-five 1001. Poyais bonds.
The LORD MAYOR asked what was the market price of those 100/.
Poyais bonds ?
The defendant replied, that they were at the time of the sale of
theM for the 501. bill at 2/. each.
The Loan MAYOR..-P And did you take no numbers down, nor
make any memoranda by which you could, if it were necessary,
identify them?"
The defendant replied, that he did not; that they were bonds of
his own ; that be was not a contractor for the Poyais loan, but an
agent ; and that it was not the practice to hold the numbers of the
bonds which were sold.
A letter was here handed in to the Lotto MAYOR from the com.
plainant ; it was dated the 7th of November, and we believe was
a notice given to the parties on the bill that the defendant had
negotiated it.
The defendant said, he had received no specific notice not to ne-
gozociate the bill
The Loan MAYOR—NO specific notice ! Why, Sir, had you not
been informed that it was stolen—and would it not have been the'
duty of any honest man, under those circumstances at least, to wait
until he saw what steps the party had taken ?
The defendant replied, that he bad given his property for the
bill, and certainly, as no positive notice bad been given hint not to
part with it, he thought himself entitled to negotiate it.
The Loan blaroa, after having consulted with Mr. nobler,
said, he felt it his duty to order the defendant to find two bail for
£lOO, and to enter into his own rccognizances for the sum of
another £lOO, to appear and answer any charge that might be made
against him on the subject.
The defendant said he might have acted erroneously. The fact
was, he was not a commercial man, but like many others, he dealt
occasionally in the stocks.
The complainant said, that perhaps the defendant would be wil-
ling to give up the bill?
The defendant said he was, but not on condition of a compromise
of his character. If it were publicly stated that the defendant did
not consider that he came by the bill improperly, he would consent
to lose his bond and give it up.
The LORD Maroa—l advise you to do so as the moat honourable
course. The 'complainant consented to say the word.
The bill was then put Into the handi of Mr. fabler, where it is
to lie until the day before it becomes die.
The LORD Mares, of course, required no sureties, and the par.
ties left the office.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday morning an application was made by a person calling
himself the head assistant at a Private 4syluni for insane persons at
Richmond, requesting to know from Sir lt. ilisaia, whether,on the
following facts, he was entitled to seize the person of a Miss 13iin-
kinsop, then present, who had escaped the evening before, and
come to London?—Sir it. Brame said, he wonid give no authority
to any person to seize a British subject, unless he had committed
some crime. The present case, according to the applicant's state-
ment, was peculiarly for the interference of the Lord Chancellor.
Sir Kimono asked if he had got a certiffeate of any physician as to
her insanity?—One was produced, signed by a person calling him-
self Dr. Ferguson, but, on referring, to tha medical list, no such
name could tie .found.—Here Aliss Blinkinsop said, that she was
the victim of a foul conspiracy. She had endured misery, from
her easiest infancy, of so poignant a nature, that the hardest heart
must pity her. She was by no means labouring under the malady
represented ; and nothing but the extreme necessity of her case
could have obliged her to come thus into a public Court of Justice.
Mr.. Knight, who accompanied the Lady, sow "stated, that, on
the preceding day, she had come in a:post-chaise to his hotel, dui log
hit absence; she had made a statement there, which, on inquiry, he
found to be perfectly correct. She had informed himthat she was
the sister of a Lady of title, and they he found to Ie the fact. Irlis
servants had attended uput, her, and they could perceive nothing
in her manner at all confirming what the applicant had mentioned.
Miss B. said, she had never been allowed to see any of her friends
since she 'Was first confined. There were two persons, cyan&

selveeshercolusiTs in the
, red!ivgAiundi t')r nrv.:vol,,ci.i.re.s•rie zr
hplace,nl on of whom w
was in the justice of the worthy Nlagistrate, and (am; th'
s
*as convinced she should obtain it.

Sir R. Btastz told the applicant, that if he took the Le::; (IA
it at his peril. Ile should grant him no authority t.l) d the
fact was as he stated, he mudt obtain proper certilic e
oe
authority of a Magistrate at Richmond, and when al the rseceitite;
were complied with, the law would authorize him i.i taking the
legitimate method of again putting her in confinement— 4h
Knight then said, that the Lady should remain at his house as long
as she thought proper, until a legal authority was obtair:ti for
removal.—The parties then left the office.
Tux CALIDONIAN ROSCIUS.-01)ft Mr. B. F. Flowerdeiv. a ,tender
Gentleman in a skirtleu coat—to which skirt/en coat his owi.bt
mudded trowsers were appended by a wooden skewer threo tra„:
veriely, and wearing on his capia a plaid woollen cap, like tho,e
with which the smacks-men from the Land o C:ltes prot: ct
pericraniums, was brought before the Magistrate, eharge4 wits
divers irregularities committed by him in and about that dr ctin.
hotel in Covent-garden, denominated Richardson s, and we;; ku3v..;
to those who delight in the good things of this world.
It appeared in evidence, that this gentleman of the dVrtlesa
and sweet name—this Mr. B. F. Fltruyrdetv, or Bona Fide newel..
dew,.as he sometimes calle' himself, entered the coff,-e-eom at
the hotel aforesaid, attired es aforesaid, sonic time betweta tFr
hours of eleven hod twelve at night, and flourishing I,:s aim in mite,
of command, exclaimed, " What, ho!—who waits there ?--kt ur
have some supper !" Then the waiters, instead of hainlit.g i,i th,
bill of fare, fairly turned him out of the coffee-room it,to the aired::
whereupon, Mr. Flowerciew became exceedingly wroth, and !Ada:
himself in an histrionic attitude, lc! cried—

" As wicked dew as e'er my Mother hrush'd
With raven's feather from unwholesome ten,
Drop on you all ! a south-west blow on yr,
And blisteryou all o'er."—
With many other (7alibauish and Ancient Pistol-like ansflierre.:,
too dreadful to he here set down; which anathemas caused a crir.v,l
of curious persons to conglomerate about the house ; so that at laq
it became necessary to shut up Mr. Flowerdew in the watch-hots*,
as a cracked contemner of the public peace.
Mr. Flowerdew, in his defence before the Magistrate, having
first readjusted his skewer, which had faithlessly slipped from its
office, thereby rendering his galligaskins extremely treublesomei
said, " May it please your Worship, 'tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'Os
'tis true, I have done as these have alleged against me. But I had
been innocent of food for full twelve hours then past. Heivktnce
croaked in my belly for two white herrings; and niethought
might satisfy his cravings with the crumbs that fall from the tables
of this luxurious hotel. If I was wrung, I cry mine host pardon,
and there's at, end."

Mr. Richardson, the proprietor oldie hotel in question, said he
did not wish to press the question again Ft. Mr. Fluwerdew, if he
would only abstain Irons visiting his house in future.
The Magistrate therefore discharged Air. Flowerdew, with a
serious admonition to that effect ; which admonition he protnised
to engrave on the tablet of his memory. " Yea, from my memory,"
said he, " I'll wipe away all triviallond records, and thy command-
ment all alone shall live, within the pith and volume of my brain,
unmixed with baser matter."—He then departed, and some time
afterwards he sent in a paper to the Magistrate, of which here fol.
lows a copy :
" IMPROMPTU, BY 13. F. FLOWERDEW,
_ _ .

Formerly designated the • Cakdonian Ruscius,' late of the Theatre
Royal, Haymarket; Teacher of Reading and Public Speaking tur
the Pulpit, the liar, the Senate, and the Stage.—Writing,
Ski rt-
hand, Latin, French, and Greek, 104, High Holborn:
In search of happiness, met: various paths pursue,
Fohow'd by Christian, Pagan, Turk, and Jew ;
Some think happiness is gaitt'd by health,
Others think happiness consists in wealth;
Sir Richard thinks better—the happiness of his heart
Is being an impartial Judge, and acting an upright part:
Thrice happy Sir Richard!—increasing blzssings be thy let,
For thy kindness to poor F. shall never be forgot;
Thy merit, justice, and spirit, I well can scan,
I revere you as a Judge—esteem you as a man!"
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Wednesday last, Juhn Wyatt, the young man who had been twice.
rentanded upon the charge of forging a cheque for £2B, on Lieut.-
• General Long, with intent to defraud the firm of Messrs. Cex and
Greenwood, Army Agents, was again brought up; when no per-
son appearing against him, he was discharged.