Star.
London, England, 1802-10-01 00:00:00

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The blowing is a cot.; ea Amen:eat of the Polso6
force at prelim e x Mitt in the Metropolis t •
City efl.ondon —Tke hi abuen =Beadles, and Con-
Itables, amount to -- - • Ir.
- e Watchmen and Para ' - e 1 . 31
City and Liberty of 'IV efttninfier....Conftables - - /s .
Watchmen and Paroles - - 7' 302
Ho born Divilion —Conftables. - - _ " .79
Watchmen and Patrols - . . 377
Finfbury Ditition.—Conflables - • • 69
Watchmen and Patroles - • • 533
Tower Hamlet*, including the Eaftcrn Part of the
Town,—Conitables - -.-
Watchmen and Patrols
Liberty of the Tower of L0nd0n.—......
Watchmen and Patrolcs - -
Dirifion of Kenfington and Chelfea.—Conflables‘
Watchmen and Patrolcs -
Borough of Southwark.—Conflables -
Watchmen aid Patrols -
Seven Police Offices, including Bow-f 1
and Patroles -

218
268
• 27
14
• 22
. 66
88
'9

*Wes

- - !so
Total - 3077
BOW-STMT.—On the 29th of &null haft a
young woman, appai entlibpnder twenty years of
age, of rather mean apFarance, embarked on
board one of the packets from Dublin to Holyhead,
and from her being alone, foon excited the atten-
tion of a gentleman, who with his family, was
coming to England, and to whom file Rated that
the was the daughter of a deceafed fitter ofa noble
Lord now in London, to whom the was ithen

coming, having received letters of acknowledg-
ment irom him as to that fat, and hisreadinefs to

receive her: the alfo Rated many other circum,
(lances refpeLing her hiftory, particularly that
the and Tome other young ladies bad eloped from
a very refpeaable boardinechool in Ireland
during the rebellion, about hve years fence t her
relatomibip to many noble families, one of which
had advertifed her; and her refidence with others

in Ireland, until the was put on board the vele),
with only 18s. 6d. in her pocket, by 3 perfon who
pretended he was then lending her to the noble
Lord before alluded to.
The gentleman, with the greateft humanity, fet
on foot a fubfcription among the palfengers in the
packet, by which a handfome funs was colleted ;
brought her to town at his own expence,'-refolving
to afford her proteftioni until the truth .of her
Rory could be afcertstined; but on inveftigation, it
proved to be entirely falfe. She was taken into
euftody, as an impoftor, by order of Sir Richard'
Fqrd, before whom, and Mr. Robinfon, the was
vfterday esamined at Bow•fireet, when the per.
lifted in her foamer Rory being true, notwithiland-
ing Sir Richard Ford had then come letters before
him, in anfwer.to the enquiries he had canted to
be made, which contradiaed her in every point.
.On her croft-examination, the admitted that
many of the circumftances the had related were
not in her own remembrance, but had been told
to. her by Come perfons whole pames the mentioned.
She lays the is only fifteen yEars of age, that the
was born in London, lived in St. James's fireet,
and went when the was very young, with her
mother to Ireland; lays the has na recollection of
her father, and very little of her mother : her
appearance and deportment are vulgar. She
was ordered to be detained, in order that this
extraordinary affair may, if poffible, be developed.
UNION HALL.—Tuaday Robert Bewell,
appre-
hended the night before by the night conftable of
St. Saviour's, was examined on a charge of felony.
The evidence adduced- proved his breaking open
a used .ufed as st depot for cooper's ftores, belong-
ing to Meters. Barclay and Perkins, and taking
therefrom fever:al articles- of iron utenfils. The
pritbner could not give a fatisfaaory account how
he obtained the property, nor why he was out at
two o'clock in the morning, and was therefore
committed for trial. •

Wednefday George Reedand was brought before
the Mbgiikratss, charged with committing a
burglary in the dwelling houfe of William Fidler.
The profecutor, who is a publican, and keeps the
Nun's head at Peckham, on coming down (fairs
in the morning, dircovered his houfe to have been
broke open, and robbed of plate, &c. to a confi.
derable amount. The prifoner hat: lived fervent
with him, and bad left him about a'fortnight
before, but was there'oa the day the robbery was
committed. •
Another witnefs faw the prifoner in a field in
the neighbourhood, early in the morning on which
the robbery was committed.
Jorcpit Fifher, on his ,way from Nunhead to
Peckham, found in a ditop, wrapped up in an old
newipaper, a filver tati4cd, a filer pint, and a
(liver cup, which were patt.of the property Nolen.
Wisher Bird, who keepi. the Artichoke, at
I Ntwingtonreaufeway, tut it on the Thurfday
Iprior to the robbery, the prifoner hirecra lodging
at his bottle; he flept there on the Thurfday and
Friday, but on the Saturday night (when the_
• robbery took place) he dill not peep at home.
Two other witnelfes were examined, but as their
evidence only went to lime a declaration of the
prifoner's before the robbery happened, we forbear
to mention it. He was committed for trial.
Yellerday a perfon of the name of 'Merry was
brought before the Magiftrates by a Mr. Frith,
father to the wife of Anberry, whom he accufed.
of having for a length of time left his wife and fix
children to want, which was only averted by. his
(thefather) haviug taken them under.his protealon.
The.Magiftrates.ftrongly reprobated the con.
daft of the hu(band, and dirdted that he find
b.til for his appearance at the girarter Seflions, or
give iumediatelecurity to make ample proviiion
for his family.
Two heroes belonging to one of the places of
public arnufement, on the Surry fide of Wamin-
fter.bridge, charged each other with an alfault.
The affair happened during the reprefentation of
one of their Heroic Ballets, in the coosk of which
7' the one fired his piftol fa clofe to the ear of the
• f•ther as to give him ferious alarm, to refcnt which
he immediately knocked the aggreffor down with
his /mt.

The Maginrate obferved, that as this aff4ir
happened 'while the parties were in charalfr, he
thought the better war to fettle it' would be behind
the/calm A large pasty. of the Amphitheatrical
corps attended upon this -occalion, and the cir-
ctuultance altogether afforded much laughtci.

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WORSHMSTIELT.—Yettirdif A. keeper of an'
qld Stop in the asiglabotwhped of Yettkaat•
lane, was convicted is the penalty of SO. for having
various articles in h:s partitin, which he could
not fairly account 'for; the .poffefflon of, and
which became forfeited. • •
14,1ARLBOROUGH-3TRERT.—Edward ithrahams, an
old clothefman, was fully committed for trial, for
Realing fome filk, the property of Jane Dalb7n.
The prilhner bad purclialcd fome old clothes of
Mrs. Dalbin foam months fence, but could not
agree for the price of the filk; (he accordingly
laid it on a foiphain the room; while her back
was turned, he watched his opportunity, and
secreted it in his bag. She had not feen him fence
till %Vednefday, when happening to pals by a
houfe to which the had removed, the gave him in
diarge. The. pi ifoner in his defence acknowledged
he had the filk, but laid, he bought it in the lrit.
A boy, however, who was prefint, contradi&ed
this. ltatement; and fwure that this filk was not in
the bargain.

The beautiful feat of Sir JOHN SMITH BultOßss,
at Riveting llower. Mix, has lately been broken
open and plundered of confiderable property.

liefterday morning, about two o'clock, the houfe
of • Pepper, Efq. Upper-ftre,,t, Iflington, was
broke open by a gang of thieves, to the number of
eight. or nine ; they got in at a back window, and
went into the kitchen, from which they took f >rne
filver fpoons ; going into the hall, they broke a
fquare glafs, which fet the alarm bells a-going,
and awakened the fervant maid in the attic ftorey ;
throwing open the window, the fprnng a rattle, at
the fame time laying the would blow their brains
out ; in an inftant they made a precipitate retreat,
ufing the moo horrid imprecations. During this
tranfaition no watchman was near the place.
The following audacious fraud has been prat'
tired within there few days : Mr. 'l'oomer, banker
at Newbury, having refided at Lymington for the
;bathing learon, and principally at an inn, for the
;enjoyment of fociety, a young medical gentleman,
of genteel addrefs, arrived from Dorfetfhire, and
having formed an intimacy with Mr. T. 'he con-
fided to him his intention of fettling there in his
proftlfion, and after a few days he took a furnith-
ed houfe at soot a year, to which. he brought his
wife. Mr. roomer went home on bufinets, and
learnt that 7001. had been remitted from London,
by Lubbock and Co. to his order at Wareham :
circum fiances led him to fufpetct his medical friend ;
lie.haftened back to Lymington, and the Door
and his lady being engaged in making purchafes,
they were loon met with, and informed of the
awkward fufpicion, and he .was taken before a
Magiftrate for examination. Luckily the inn-
keeper was potreffed of a written order from the
Do for for wuus, and on comparing it with the
letter to the banker, they proved to be the fame
handwriting. The refult was, that the Donor
was ordered into the fafe keeping of the eortftableN
for further examination, but they were permitted
to take him to his own houfe ; and while they were
regaling themfelves below, he made his efcape
from a chamber window, and has not fence been
heard of. The crime amounts to forgery, fome of
the bills remitted having required Mr. T.'s in-
dorfernent, which was put, without troubling him
on the fubjeet.
On Monday evening laft the following melan-
choly eircunatlance happened in Brillor: a lad,
named Philip Mafon, aged about t 5, who had been
lately dirchatged from a marine corps, was walk-
ing the ftreets, carrying a muilcet,-which he very
imprudently pointed towards feveral perfons, near
the Back, obferving to them that the piece was
loaded, and to intimidate them, threatened to fire ;
this, however, he defined from doing ; but on Brif-
tol•bridge, without giving any previous notice to
the paffengers near him, he wantonly drew the
trigger, andthe whole charge entered the legs of a
young man, named Richard Lovett, about Ist years
'of age, who was in the fervice of Mr. Cooke, iron-
monger, on tfie Back, and wounded him In dread-
fully,that even the fuperior attention and affittance
which the faculty of the Infirmary on,fuch occa
fions afford, could not flop the progrefs of a mor
tification that alrhoft inftantly followed; and his
life has fallen a sacrifice to this unpardonable in-
fiance of wanton wickednefs. Mafon has ab-
fconded.
A very curious dircovery has latcq been made
in the Cathedral of Briftol : fome workmen em-
ployed in making necetiary reparations in the
Church, on removing the (tones near the entrance
of the Choir, came upon the vaulted roof of the
Burying-place of the Founder, Roar. Firz HAR D.
ING ; the Dean, with an attention which does him
great honour, prevented any further violation of
the Sanduat y of the Dead, and ordered the «hole
to be doled up immediately. On throwing in the
rubbith, they found an old Brafs plate, which by
the holes at the four corners, appears to have been
fattened to the top of the Vault or to fome other
place ; thinking it of no value, they were going
to throw ii in with the loofe earth, but Mr. Moss,
,the Sexton, letppening to pars at the time, they
Aimed it tea him, who, on a near infpeaion, dif-
' covered fomething. like letters, though in lonic
parts obliterate t by age or acicident ; he took it
immediately to the Dean who was in another part
of the Church, and he being a learned Antiquary,
form made out the following lines. " The original
-Plate is depofited .in the Chapter houfe, and is
daily vifited by the curious. The infcription is in
the old Gothic letter.
Vi'hen the Sea fludi ceafe to flowe,
Up to the Wallet of faire, Brigitowe,
Yet the Waters be sip to the brim,
So that every Ship lhaltfirini;
Then ne.phico flourilb mime
Then the Towne of [sire Brigitowe.
But when bisiketings runne fo high,
That nothing can be done forthy;
When Men of enrich degree,
Have: no aped for S4norie:
When Weenten be dight in (wide !macre,
That you would think: thorn Men by their geese;
When Preettiamaril and revel to halls
Mid LernmansAt in tbelarebende Rails ;
When Churches pods be bought and fold,
And an Eagle of beefs be turned to gold ;
.Conti that time, when come it may, ,
lkiiilowe City ihaii rue the dey!

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MATH.
teeter* Mrs. Writley, wife of Mr. Williry,trza.r.
;in tbe•Strond, of a fon, Was her eievetda opt

MAttlitlEl).-
An the 20th et. Paol Welon, Eft!. of Smolt Caroliea to
Nfifs Antonia newly, eltidk threghtetfif IlterititCes,lo„ '
Eren
g. of Clipping Norton, deeeafetl.
At the Gums time. George Hafell. lift of &Noll Carolina, is
Mifs Penelope Bendy, CI Daughter of Scotty ;orduu Buit4.
F.fei. of Chipping Norton, &ceded.