Star.
London, England, 1807-04-03 00:00:00

FOLIOE.

CHILD DitOPPING.-7. Eels was yefterday charred
by the Churchwardens and Vary Clerk of the pa-
rilh of St. Sepulchre, before the Siring Alderman,
at Guildhall, on furpicion of dropping a male child
in their patifh, by which means it became charce-
able to them. The Landlord of the Gliten Bull
public houfe, in Cow-lane, Rated, 4, that on Wedtief-
day night, ab .ut eight o'clock, he perceived a (mall
bundle lying in his paffage ; that at fittl view he
thought it was a burn pinned up as an April trick,
and was railing his font to kick it into the Itreer,
when he was at rolled by the cries fan infant; when
lifting up the pare 1, he found a very (mall infant,
apparently about fix weeks old, tolled in a bit of flan-
nel ; that on going to the door, to look for the mo-
ther, he law no perfon but the ptifoner, who, conti
wring to lounge about the door, and a young man
having raid, he raw him in cenverfation with a wo-
man a limn time before, and his refuting to anfwer
any quellion, induced him to take him up. The pri-
loner, in his defence, raid, he was a f'mith and farrier,
had not longleft the Flofpit#l, and denied all know-
ledge of the child. He was,however, remanded until
the young man can be found.
R. Lewis and Mary, hit reputed wife, were charged
by Mr. Walker, bookbinder, of Watlineireet, in
whore employ they had lately been, with robbing him
of a quantity of bound books. The evidencenot be-
ing complete againti the male prifoier, he was re-
manded, but the female was fully committed, and a
detainer lodged agantt her for robbing her landlady
of fume blankets.

Wednefday a poor woman, named Howard, relid-
ing in Fleet-lane, fuinmoned a butcher in Fleet Mar-
ket to Guildhall, who had fold her a piece of mutton
for ten pence, which proved unfit to eat. The com-
plainant produced the food in a putrid (late, and as it
was purehafed on Monday Lilt, the defendant could
not make any fair denial of the charge. The Alder-
man, therefore, feverely reprimanded him, and or-
dered the money to be returned, which had been paid
for the meat.

Wednefday a man named Berridge, habited as a
failor, was brought before the Lord Mayor, by one
of the City Officers, charged on fufpicion of (leafing
twenty four yards of fine olive coloured broad cloth,
found in his cuflody on the preceding Eight, in Lea-
denhall flreet ; and for the p•lffeffion of which he
could give no tatisfaftory account. The Officer Rated
that, palling through Leadenhall-ftrtet, about eleven
o'clock, he obferved the prifoner call two coaches,
and heard him chaffering with the coachman about
the fare. While the prifoner remained there, a boy
ran up to him with a bag upon his back, which he
took from him, and was about to place in one of the
coaches, when the officer alked him what he had got
there? to which the prifoner anfwered ropes. The
witnefs doubting this anfwer, infifted on fearching the
bag, which, while he was opening, the prifoner at-
tempted to run away, but the witnefs feized and fe.
cured him. The boy, in the mean time, darted
under the coach, and made his efcape. The prifoner
laid, in his defence, that he knew nut the contents
of the bag—that two perfms, whom he did not know,
had employed him in the street as a porter to call the
coaches.—Tne Lord Mayor remanded the prifoner.
Ycfterday, at Marlborough..ftreet, Cuddiford, the
accomplice, and the principal witnefs againtt O'Don-
nel, Gore, and Carter, who were convitted of a bar.
glary in Oxford tireet, at a recent Old Bailey Seffion ,
was fully committed for trial for ftealing a pair of
boots. The property was ftolen from a woman in
the ftreet, who had them to clean. A woman, who
cohabited with Gore at the time of his appvehenfion
En' the burglary before hated, fwore to having feen
the prifoner with a pair of boots under his arm in the
ueighbauthood, at the time they were Paid to have
been flolen, and the woman who loft the property had
teen the prifoner lurking about the lireet, previous to
the robbery having been committed.
Wednefda y evening a well dreffed man was charged
at Hatton Garden Office with going into the (hop
of Mr. Chandler, pawnbroker, in Holborn, under
pretence of purchafing a gold watch, valued at 451.
and on its being laid on the counter for his infpalion,
he drew a metal one from his pocket, which he laid
down, and taking the gold one inhead, walked off—
he was, however, after a Rout refinance, brought
back. While before the Magiftrate he condneed
himfelf with great violence, by (biking the officers,
&c. and on his at tival at Newgate, to which he was
fully committed, he knocked down one of the Ttnn-
keys. He was, however, fpeedily overpowered, and
put in douhle irons.
Yenerday two women of the town, of the lowefk
order, named Licartor IWO and Catharine Baxter,were
charged at the Police Ofnce, Union Hall, by John
Jones, with having robbed him in the greet of a' to.
twee) box, in which was his little all, fix pounds in
Bank of England Notes. The evidence of Junes
went as to the prifuner Nafh meeting him in the
(treet, and acconing him in a very loving manner,
while the other prifoner came up, and putting h.r
hand in his pocket, took out his tobacco box—wli,
they both drew off, he felt his lofs, and had them ap-
prehended.
A girl named Stephenfon, a finer Cyprian, heard
them acknowledge the robbery ; and that the prifoner
Baxter had laid, while un her tranfit in cuhody to the
Hall, (he had taken out the notes from the box,
which the threw away.

Baxter did not deny the charge, and faid fhe had
fpent with her cumpaninn 31. of the money, and
been robbed of the other 31.—Committed to t'
County Gaol for trial.
7. Wickham, for fowl dealing, was ordered to he
conveyed, by Collingbourn and Worley, to Wadhuot
in Sider, where the offence was committed.

John Corns, the boy who received fentence of
death at the lan Shrewfbury Affizec, was reprieved
before the Judge left the town.
The body •)t a young lad, whole name is unknown,
who was drowned by the ti getting of a boat on Mon-
day lall, has been call on DJke', thore, and is taken
►o the bone bode for a Jury to fit on his body.