Star.
London, England, 1813-02-02 00:00:00

*POLICE. .

Cmummx,Yesferday C. Danis was charged by
A. Sumner with robbing her ready-furnished lodgings.
The prosecutrix stated, that she keeps a lodging.
house in Old-street, where the prisoner had a room.
On Saturday she went into the room occupied by the
prisoner, in order to demand the arrears of four weeks
rent due to her, and, on casting he: eyes round the
room, she missed several of her own articles. In ad-
dition to her loss, the prisoner amused her with no
small portion of the most elegant invective. When
the prisoner was searched, a duplicate of a pair of
sheets (one of the articles belonging to the prosecu-
trix, which she missed from the prisoner's apartment)
was found on her. She "was, however, discharged,
on her promising to pay 'the rent, and to restore the
missing property to the prosecutrir.
Sarah Drake was charged with stealing a quantity
of candles, the property of Mr. Murrell. Mr. M.
stated, ,that the prisoner (a very decent elderly-look-
ing woman) had lived in his family, as cook, for
about eight months. Suspecting, from the frequent
demands she made lately for candles, that they could
not be all used, he had her box searched, and in it
were found a great number of candles, some whole,
and others a little consumed, tied up in a towel.—
The prisoner stated, that she had the candles before
she came into Mr. Murrell's employment.—ln con-
sequence of Mr. M. declining to prosecute her, she
was discharged.
G. Star was charged by W. Diggs, a Black, with
robbing the warehouse of Mrs. Newberry, of Pater.
noster-row, on the morning of Friday last. Digger
stated, that he was employed as a scavenger in sweep.
ing the streets, when he saw two men coming out of
the house (the door of which they lett op.en), carrying
parcels under their arms. He, suspecting they were
thieves, followed them into Watling-street, when he
hut sight of them, and returned. In the passage of
the house was discovered a bale of goods, which had
been cut open, and past stolen. The Black, going
towards the door, exclaimed, 44 Master, Master
here they be." (This was the prisoner and his ac-
complice, returning for another load.) On being pur-
sued, they ran through alleys and narrow passages,
till the prisoner was overtaken by the Black, whom
be knocked down, and several others coming to his
assistance were likewise knocked down by the pri-
soner, who is a strong athletic man. He was at length
secured, the other making his escape. The witness
was positive, that the prisoner was the same whom he
had seen coming out of the house.—A conversation
having taken place between Alderman BayDeEt and
the owner of the goods, the prisoner was asked, whe-
ther he would volunteer for the navy ? He answered
in the affirmative. and was ordered to be carried on
board the tender.

HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday five lads, appre-
hended at a house in Portpool-lane, underwent exa-.
mination, charged on suspicion of being reputed
thieves ; when persons attended in the behalf of three
of them, and were bound for their future good beha-
viour, and they were discharged ' • but the other two
were committed to the House of Correction as repu-
ted thieves. _ _

UNION HALL.—J. Douglas, Charlene Jaciron, and
Ann Martin, were charged, on the oath of A. Davis,
of robbing him. Mr. Davis stated, that, having oc-
casion to go to Blackfriars-road, about seven o'clock
in the evening, he passed through Martin-street, St.
George's-fields, where he was accosted by Jackson,
who wished him to come into her house. Mr. Davis
declined, when Jackson, with two other women, drag-
ged him in, and Douglas instantly rushed from a
back room, seized him, and demanded his money,
which he refused to give. Douglas then knocked
him down ; and he and the women, after beating
him, tore his pockets away, containing four £1 bank
notes, and various memorandums, after which they
suffered him to quit the house. On searching Dou-
glas, a certificate was found in his possession, of his
having served seven years on board the Laurel hulk,
at Portsmouth. They were all committed for trial
at the Surrey Assizes.

One of the ruffians, supposed to belong to the gang
who so recently committed the outrage on the person
of Mrs. Eale, at Ashley-hole, as already stated, and
ransacked the house, was taken into custody on Sa-
turday, about four miles from Wellingford. His
name is Wiggand, and belongs to a tribe of gypsies.
He excited suspicion by offering a quantity of gui-
neas for sale to a coachman, a number of such
coin having been stolen from Mr. Eales' house.—
He had also a spoon in his possession, with the ini-
tials J. E.

Friday se'nnight, Donald Mackay, a notorious swin-
dler and impostor, who, on false pretences, particu-
larly giving himself out as a drover and cattle dealer,
had obtained money from several Gentlemen and
others in Aberdeen, stood an hour on the pillory there,
with a label on his breast denoting his crime ; and was
afterwards drummed through the streets to Bridewell,
where he is to be confined 12 kalendat months, and
in the course of that period is to receive 50 lashes on
his back by the common executioner.
Sunday morning, the 17th instar*, the stable of G.
M'Gee, vintnerin Dumbarton, was broken into, and
a gig and harness belonging to bins, together with a
horse, the property of Captain Dun of the Galloway
militia, were taken away. Pursuit having been made,
the horse and gig were found at a toll bar, about
seven miles on the road to Luss. The horse is ren- I
dered entirely useless, from the very inhuman treat-
ment
he met with.
About a week ago, in the evening, as one of Gay-
ton's Edmonton stages was proceeding to town, it
was met in the dark by an empty hay cart, unatten-
ded by the driver, who had stopped at a public house
to regale himself, whilst his horses were passing on by
themselves. The animals were in a full trot, which
rendered it impracticable for the stage.coachman to
fret out of the way in time ; and the consequence was,
the coach was overturned, and Samuel Audley, the
driver, thrown from the box: The whole weight of
the coach passed so heavily over him, that be was
taken up lifeless, and conveyed to the Red Lion pub- f
lic house, where he languished until two o'clock on
Sunday morning, when he died in great agony. The
only passenger was a Lady in the inside ; she also
experienced considerable injury, but is in a fair way
of recovery.
The poor of Arundel were very seasonaVy relieved
on Wednesday last, by a donation of £5O, distt ibuted
to them in coals.