Star.
London, England, 1824-09-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HOUSE. '
A short time since Mr. Blencarn, a Gentleman residing in Ame-
rica-square, waited upon the LORD Miami, and requested his Lord-
ship s interference to protect him (Mr. Blencarn) and a number of
other inhabitants of the Ward of Aldgate, from some very oppres-
sive proceedings, which it was stated the lay improprietor of the
parish had adopted towards them, to compel them all to pay the
21.9.1. in the pound on the rack rent. The Loan 31evirt then said
he had no power to interfere, and advised the applicant to call a
meeting of the parishioners, and enter into measures with others,
also oppressed, to resist the unjustifiable proceedings.
Mr. Blencarn now waited upon the Loan Melons in behalf of a
number of the other inhabitants. to thank his :.ordship for the pan
'he bad taken in the business, and to state to him, that having fol-
lowed his advice, they were going on prosperously to the defeat of
ujustiflable ilemar.3.. A parish meeting had been held, and a
'larger subscription was going forward. They had discovered that
the• tithes had been mortgaged for £30,000 (the applicant was un-
derstood to say), or an enormous sum of about that amount. They
intended to apply for aid to the Court of Common Council, and
they had now to request of his Lordship that he would give his
powerful support to the application.
's he Loan MAYOR said every case of oppression was certain of
Isis support, and believing them to be oppressed, he should not hesi-
tate to support the application.—The applicant thanked his Lordship.
A boatman who plies near one of the wharfs in the City, was
summoned befure the Loan Mavoa, for having taken into his boat
more passengers than the law allows, to the imminent danger of
life. One of the Rulers of the Watermen stated, that the lives of the
public were frequently exposed to great peril in consequence of the
conduct of watermen in ferrying ever more passengers than their
boats were capable of conveying safely. It was determined to check
this practice, by prosecuting those who were guilty upon the Act of
Geo. 11. which inflicted a penalty of £3 upon any person convicted
of carrying in his boat a greater number than eight passengers.—
The defendant pleaded a wife and several children in mitigation a
the penalty, and solemnly declared that he would never exceed his
number again.—The Loan MAYOR said there could be no abate.
inert of the penalty.
Coles, the informer, said he would take none of it.
- The Loan MAYOR said he had just been given to understand that
Coles, the man who was called informer, was the person who was
most instrumental in saving the lives of tle people who were over-
turned up the river, when Mr. Bull's son and another lad were
drowned. Ile was not disposed to make the defendant's family
suffer privation, and had heard a good character of him, and there-
fore would remit the penalty.
A young man of respectable appearance was brought before the
LORD MAYOR, charged upon suspicion of having committed a for-
gery, to the amount of sfeoo, upon the house of Williams and Co.
bankers, of Birchin-lane, in the name of his employers, Messrs.
Williams, tea-brokers, of Jewry.street. The Loan Meroe thought
it necessary, for the ends of justice, that the examination should be
private. The following account contains as many of the particulars
as we are at liberty to give at present:
A gentleman of the name of Hayne, of Dorchester, has dealings
with Messrs. Williams, the tea-brokers, and remits money to them,
which they receive through the banking-house in Birchin-lane. A
notice always precedes the order upon the banking-house, and the
clerks of the tea-brokers are always aware of the transactionfbe-
tween the house and Mr. Hayne. A few days ago Mr. Hayne
wrote word to the tea-brokers, that he would send an order to them
for £2OO on the 20th instant; and a communication was made to
the banking-house, in Birchitedane, from the Dorchester bank,
-(according to custom), to the same effect, with a direction to give
cash for the order of Messrs. Williams. The hankinVhouse was
scarcely open on Monday morning, when a young man entered and
presented an order, signed Williams and Co. Jewry-street; for £2OO.
The clerk immediately paid the amount in a se2oo Bank of Eng-'
kind note, and the person who presented it speedily disappeared.
In the course of the day, Mr. Williams, to whom the sum ought to
have been paid, entered the banking-house, and presented an order
for the £2OO, to the great astonishment of the cashier, who said
the money bad already been paid, and exhibited the order upon
which the amount had been given. It was then ascertained that
the first order was a forgery. It certainly was such a deception as
none but the most experienced hand could have executed. The
prisoner was, upon being apprehended, seen by the person who paid
the £eoo, but it was positively stated that he was not the man.—
Application was then made at the Bank of England, where the
young man who took up *the money had been seen immediately
after he left Birchin-lane, and where he had changed the £2OO for
sovereigns. It was there mentioned to Mr. Williams, that the
person who received change for the £2OO note, appeared to be in a
state of confusion, and, on being asked in whose name he presented
:tbs Bank-nuts? said in that of Messrs.Wiltiams. As he had written
the tame of " Murray. 13, Tavistookesquare," on the note, some
surprise was expressed, but upon his saying that his name was
Murray, the sovereigns were put down upon the counter to him.
The moment he saw the gold, he began to tumble it into his bag,
without reckoning it ; and upon being asked by the clerk whither
he would not reckon his money, be said he thought it unseeing,
and was in a hurry.
The prisoner was apprehended by the direction of Mr. Cope,
but no conclusive testimony was given against hint in the course of
yesterday. He denied any kno-/ledge of the transaction, and was
remanded for a few days.

GUILDHALL
ACTIV ITT or THZ CITY Pouch—As early as between eight and
nine o'clock on Thursday morning last, two fellows went into the
shop of Mr. Mettler, optician, Ludgate-street, under pretence of
purchasing same trifling article. They affected, however, to have
no knowledge or connexion with each other, each bargaining for a
separate article : they neither of them, however, purchased anything,
but a short time after they had gone, Mr 4 Bleuler missed two pair
of silver double eye-glasses, and a small pocket telescope. But the
thieves had got no farther than the corner of St. Paul's Church.
yard, when they were met by Charles }lerdsfield, a City Officer,
who knowing one of them, Jem Jump, a notorious character, and
judging from their being out so early that they had made sonic
aga, as it is termed, was preparing to stop them; but Jessop knew
the officer as well as he knew him, and bolted off iMmediately.—
Herdsfield seized his companion, one James Detail, and on search-
ing him found two pair of silver eye-glasses, which he, reckoning
that his companion had got safe off, said he had received from him.
Herdsfield lodged Dewell in the Compter, and knowing something
of the haunt; Jessup was likely to frequent, set himself upon the
look out for hilts, and in lets than a couple of hours apprehended
him and lodged him in the Compter with his companion, from
whence they were both brought to this office, and remanded to give
an opportunity fur discovering the owner of the property. In this,
too, the officer has been succes4ful ; for on the prisoners being yes-
terday brought up before Mr. Alderman Cox, Mr. Bleuler at-
tended, identified both the prisoners as having been in his shop on
the morning befurementiOued, and swore to the eye-glasses found
on Dewell as. hie property, and those he had missed soon after the
prisoners had left the shop. The telescope stolen at the same time
has not been found.--.l.ssop denied all knowledge of the robbery,
sod his companion, Dowell, no longer as used him of having given
him the eye-glasses, and told a story of his having himself bought
then of a boy in Smithfield for 4s. although, according to the va-
luation of Mr. Bleuler, the price of them was 245. the pair.
The Case against them was too dear to admit of any hesitation;
and the Alderman committed them both to take their trials.
BOW-STREET.
Two chimney-sweepers, named While and iriekender, were placed
at the bar, charged with stealing a watch, value £3, the property
of Wm. Gulliver, of Tothill-street, Westminster.
Cooper, an (dicer of this establishment, was sent for to appre-
hend the prisoners, who had stolen a watch on Thursday last. It
appeared the prisoners called at Mr. Gulliver s, and requested to
sweep a chimney; while one of the prisoners was sweeping the
chimney, he said the soot was falling down another flee. Mrs.
Gsiliver was persuaded to go into an adjoining room by the pri-
soner White. She found that no soot had fallen down the flue,
and soon after the prisoners left the house she missed the watch.
Wllliam Goltiver stated, that on Tuenday night a woman called
OR him and gave him his watch and ten shillings. She wished him
crpromise not to prosecute, but he refused.
Phis woman was suspected to be the mother of a boy named Dunn.
The prisoner, Wickendr, r, confessed that he stole the watch, and
sold it to a boy named Duou.-.-White was discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET.
T. Edwards and his wife, residing in 'Wilkes-ptime, Horton, were
charged with cruelty to their daughter, aged eleven years. The
child, who is very deaf, exhibited a shocking appearance, having a
dreadful black eye.which she said her father had given her, on Tues-
day, by a blow with his clenched fist; and, the same day, the mo-
ther dashed her against the wall with great fury. Several of the
neighbours gave testimony to the cruel treatment which the child
,experienced. The father said he did the best he could for his
family of eight children, of which the present is the eldest; that
she. was extremely disoisedient to her mother, refusing to obey her
.commanck and calling her by opprobrious names. The Magistrate
said, even that could not justify such barbarous treatment, and dis. red the nrueller on account of her family, but ordered the

f.ther to find bail both for her and him elf, and the Pal II CIE n
engaged to prosecute•

H.ATTON.G ARDEN.

Yesterday William Stanitors,,maiterto Mr. Lane, White
Bell yard, Temple-bar, was brought up in the custom of B itley,
beadle of Saffror..hill charged by his master with violently maul:.
ing him, as also with embezzlement.
Mr. Lane stated, that it wss customary at Ms house to futrikh a
certain number of tin tickets every morning to the waiter, with tlic
ferent sums marked on them, which are delivered at the bar accord.
le as the liquor •is served, to prevent any slelay in wahine on
:customers. On Saturday last the prisoner received two mut de
worth of tickets, for which he did not account, and on Sunday
morning be absconded. Mr. Lane, after much exertion, traced
the prisoner yesterday to a coffee.shop in Saffron-hill, where. no
attempting to take him into custody. he usuck him violently, at the
same time exclaiming, " I have spent your money jolly. I gli
its robbing you."

I. I►lr. Serjea nt Srt Lox expressed his regret that be could not in.:.
terfere judicially for the tintsezzlensent, but ordered the prisoner te
Bud bail fur the gross assault.
UNION-H ALL

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THE 51111thilt AT half CINHAM.•••-•7110Mf13 Coombs, wilt, has biti
examined several times, on suspicion of being concerned in ti:
murder (aflame' Morgan, under gardener to Emanuel Goodlovis
El. Langley Park, in the Parish of 13eckenham, Kent, was
terday brought up for re-examination, before Att.rx, Esq. Sit
Cnaittas Fa RNABT, and a full bench of Magistrates.
Mr. IL Green, of Bexley, repeated his testimony of some mei*
having been stolen frem his farm-yard, and now produced a piece
similar in quality to that which had been stolen front him. On com-
paring the piece with a pair of trowsers which the prisoner wore,
the texture seamed to be exactly of the same kind ; but the winter.
said, that he would not swear positively to the fact of the trowseri
worn by Coombs being a part of that which had been stolen Ito n
his premises. Mr. Green added, that the day on which be and Mr.
Taylor found the grapes and a gun concealed in West Wood, they
went together to the place, armed with pistols, in the evening, and
remained in the thicket during the greater part of the night; but no
person appeared during the time of their stay. Mr. Taylor described
the gun, which he stated he should know again.
Richard Brewn, gardener to Lady Carew, of Eltham Lodge,
stated, that in the beginning of February her adyship's garden and
tool house at Eltham were broken into and robbed. The toolkoese
was broken into by a crow, two inches and a half in length, and rob.
bed of several packages of seeds, a pair of razors, a pruning-knife, a
chisel, and hammer (the seeds, pruning-knife, &c. now produced,
the witness said, were those which were taken away). These ar-
ticles, it will be recollected, were found at the prisoner's lodgings
when he was apprehended. Upon looking at the prisoner, the
witness added, that his waistcoat was stolen on the same occa-
sion. Ile was desired io examine that which the prisoner now wore,
and he identified it as being the one 'stolen on the night in questi%n.
Witness added, that he believed he had seen the prisoner before,
near Chiselhurst, in Kent.—Mr. ALLEN here asked Coombs if be
wished to put any questions to the witnesses who had been examined?
Coombs replied, that he had nothing at all to say. •
Mr. ALLIM, after having consulted with Sir C. Farnaby and Mr.
Goodhart, observed, that It was necessary he should remand the
prisoner for another examination, and then, addressing the unfortu-
nate prisoner, told him that he would give directions that he should
be provided with proper nourishing things during his illness.-11::
prisoner thanked the Magistrate, and was then conveyed back to
Horsemonger-lane jail.