Star.
London, England, 1809-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-mtErr.---Yesterday evening a poor creature,
of the name of Andrews, was brought before Mr.
READ, charged on the oath of a Mr. Holmes, of
Essex-street, Strand, with circulating the following
-h and-bill in the avenues leadicig to the Theatre:

" MENDOZA AND KEMBLe.
" It is a notorious fact, that the Managers of Covent-Garden
Theatre have, both yesterday and to-day, furnished' Pamid 211cn-
doze:, the fighting Jew, with a prodigious numbtr of PIT OE DER s
for Covent Garden Theatre, which he has distributed to Dutch
Sam, and such other of the pugilistic tribe as would attend, and
engage to assault every pers•u who had the cour:ve to express
their disapprobation of the Managers' attempt to ram down the
NEW PItICE.I.

" This shameful abuse In the Manavrs shall be provecl to the
satisfaction of " THE Lor.o cIIAMMERLAIN."
" October 10, 1809.',

Mr. JANIES BRANDON stated on his oath, that, to his
'knowledge, no such orders were issued by Mr. Kem-
ble ; and that if such orders had been issued for the
above purpose, he must of necessity have known of it.
Andrews, in his defence, said the hand-bilis were
given to him by a gentleman near the Royal Ex-
change, with a shilling for his trouble, to distribute
them near the-Theatre—that observing the name of
a respectable printer to them, he considered he was
not doing wrong in circulating them : that he got
his bread by distributing bills, having for the last 15
months been engaged by Mr. Blur, who he had no
doubt would give him ,a character. The Magistrate
enquired if he would give up the "name of the Gen-
tleman who employed him ; this Andrews affirmed
was unknown to him, and, in default of being able
to find bail, he was committed. He is a singular
looking object, being without a nose. •
Mr. Blackburn, of the Borough, was charged with
coming into the boxes at half-price, and nnging a
dustman's bell. He was ordered to find bail.
Mr. Hewitson charged Messrs. Herbert and - Mos-
sineau with assaulting at the Theatre. They also
charged him with _assaulting them. The affray be-
tween the parties happened by Mr. Hewetson going
out during the beginning of the Opera, and on his
returning, Messrs. Herbert and Mossineau were with
the crowd, waiting to be in at half price, and a dis-
pute arose respecting Mr. Hewetson passing them.
They were all ordered to find bail.

A- Clerk in the Navy-Office was also ordered to
find hail.

Several Gentlemen, charged with assaults, on Mon-
day night, at Covent•garden Theatre, were admitted
to bail.

Monday afternoon, as a hackney-coachman, in a
state of complete intoxication, was turning from Ha-
nover-streetinto Long-acre, he drove over a child that
was crossing the street, by which its legs were broken
in a shocking manner. The coachman was secured,
and yesterday morning he underwent an examina-
tion, when it appeared that the child's life was not
despaired of. He was therefor* admitted to bail.

A baker in the neighbourhood of the Strand was
charged by his apprentice with •iolently assaulting
end ill-treating him. It appeared that the appren-
tice was called up about six o'clock on Monday mor-
ning, but not getting down stairs so soon as his mas-
ter expected, he beat him about his head and face, of
which there were very evident proofs. At other times
it was stated he beat the boy with thick ropes, with
wire in them, till :•-s back was in such a bad state,
that he was obliged to be under the care of a surgeon.
—Mr. Read adjourned the decision for a week, when
further evidence is to be produced.

G. Gregory exhibited articles of the peace against
Sarsk Mi!kr. The prosecutor is servant to Messrs.
Smiths, linen.drapers in Tavistock-street. On Sun-
day evening he called upon the prisoner, whom he
had known for some time, to write a letter for
her to her sister in the country ; she left him in the
kitchen,' and he supposed she was gone for pen, ink,
and paper ; but upon her return, he found she had
been fastenifig the door : she then attacked him vio-
lently, charging him with deceiving her, and being
engaged to another girl ; and, he not denying the
charge,-she swore she would have his life, and seized
the fire-irons and struck him ; after a violent struggle
lie got them from her; she, however, struck him vio-
lently on die head with a boot jack, and scratched his
face so completely,-tbat it rite hidanmsly disfigured.

ne at lenrb got the street-door open, %Olen- she 101-
lowedliim through the crowd, beating him with a
rollingpin. The virago acknowledged the charge,
but said she had beat him in her passion,' and that lie
had not told all. She said he owed her upwards of
81.—The Magistrate ordered her to find bail ; but
they soon returned, saying they had made it up, and
she was dismissed.

4nn Smith was on Monday committed for purloin.
ing a watch from a gentleman named Simpson.
George Price was also committed for stealing 295.
from a cupboard in the house of Longley, who
keeps a table d'hott, in Drury-lane. The prisoner went
in on Sunday to regale himself, and having seen the
servant deposit some cash in a cupboard in the room,
he took the money and decamped. He was, however,
pursued, and the money found on his person.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterda y J. Fawcit, a cabinet
maker, was fully committed, charged with breaking
open a box, belonging to a Benefit Society, held at
the Wheatsheaf, Red Lion-street, Holborn, and steal-
ing therefrom 028 and some books. The latter (fear-
ful of detection) with several notes, lie threw down
the privy, 16 of which were, however, recovered.

MARLBOROUGU-STREET.—William Treble, some days
in custody, charged with robbing the Arundel Mail
of. Bank notes, to the amount of 7001. was examined
on suspicion of being a party to another robbery,
though not to so great an amount.
Mr. George Clarke, Solicitor, of Gray's Tot, stated '
that some few months ago he Avas on his way from
Redcross-strcet to his house in King's-mad, and that
a pocket-book, containing Bank notes to the amount
44001. the property of Dr. Rees, was picked from
his pocket. He had that morning receiv.'d the votes
at the banking-horse of Messrl, Drummond and Co.
Charing-cress. On tnissing• the pocket-book he re-
turned to the b inkersi and obtained the numbers of
the notes, and ordered the payment to bz stopt at the
Bank of England; and in consequence all the notes,
except one, No. 7,4E9, for 401. were stopt within a
shrnt time.

A Gentleman who is related to one of the partners
in the Surrey Bank of Watts and Co. stated, _that
some time since, the note, No. 7189, for 401. was
paid into the Bank at Croydon, by a person, who
state .1 his name to be Thornton, and after narrowly ob-
serving the prisoner, was positive that he was the man.
Mr. Clarke felt also a strong impression, that the
prisoner was the identical person who picked his
pocket. Upon these circumstances being substan-
uitted, and the prisoner declining to say any thing in
his defence for the present, he was remanded for fur-
ther examination.