Star.
London, England, 1814-10-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

Mitwstilti-.nest.. Jamie, charged welt picking the
pocket of Mr. Shepherd, of Suffolk, of his poekeee me...eeerael.
it% £134, on Friday east, ht 'the door of tee Ball Inn, irl Aldgate,
was yesterday discharged, from the prosecutor's noreatteadance,
which was owing to his infirm state of health.— i I.e Lees)
MAYOR told the prisoner he might thitili.hintself very fortunate
in having for the present escaped taking his
Queers-see ARE:BAK MlL—Yesterday Aidrew Coref•st, of
Swallow-street, was charged under the Bread Act with • having
in his possession alum, contrary to the Statute. An Officer vl-
-ited the premises, and found two bags which had b:en filled
void' alma, still retaining the dregs of it. Thee: bags with their
contents he seized, and the polo' being satisf ictury, the Magi-
strate. convicted Corntoot in the penalty of £5, and eosin.
Wicked Ward, of Grey Coat Walk, Tothili-C6d 4, baker, was
charged with exposing to sale bread short of its heal weielit.—
lho Officer, on'llursday evening, seized fifty quartets loaves, and
twenty-five hall-quarterns, each being of defeient weiele some
wanting from four to f !LOIS dunces!, The whole deficiency
amounted to one hundred and sixty-nine ounces: Ward was stotel
to be one of the cheap bread bakene—The Magistrates observed
on the enormity of this Offette.e, it tending too strongly to prove
that the proceeding was a regular part of the trade ; and added,
that It assumed increased eriminaltty. frum the eircumstanie ot
bolding out that seductive representetiou to attract the poor, of
selling tinder the assize.--Convicted in the penalty of eseed. per
ounce, which amounted to .C. 21. es. 6d. the bread furfetted, beet
distributed antringsf the poor.
Bow.sracre,—Teerwer Dooley, who was acquitted at the 04
Bailey on Thursday of the robbery in Beeltent-lacer, was
.ye?:ei-
chit brought up nt custody of readies arid Bishop. on the chat,ge
of another footpad robbery, when a man of the wine. of Home
attended, and stated, that on the morehte •ot .the le ti mane
soon after one o'clock, RS he was returnirig from Lietherherei to
his residence :a liwed, be was alarmed by the voices ot several
persons approaching tower's him ; they appeired to be goleg the
beam wait as he w rs, which ineueed lens to call to theist; levy
.canoe up t, hint, and asked him where Lewes gable he reieatel,
,seeeeesse, They waked and talked together ter a eoesieeretsle
way, when one of the men stepped forward and the two others
walked beelud. This circumstance alarmed him, for although
he sometimes walked in the road, and sometimes on the foot-
,* le they persisted in keeping to the same arra:vent:ht. lie
bad frequent conversation with them, and a full view of their
persons. Su.pectieg they intended to rob him, he told then he
was a journeyman plasterer and had been to Lea:herr:cad to re-
ceive some money, hut was disappointed. When they got to the
end of a lane, one of the men, who he had no doubt was tbeprie
toner, and whom he saw an 'Thursday tried at the CAC hail y,,
*selzest him by the throat, and Old him he should go no further
teU he gave what. money he had. .1 he prisoner told him he would
murder him, if he reseed, and heel a bludgeon over his head
,with one hand, while he held his throat with the otter. One of
his companions called to the prisoner, and desired him not to
Murder him. He then took front his pocket a dollar and a sta.
*pi: And delivered them to the prisoner. One of the othei men,
Aliso lie had no doubt was the man tried with the prisener at the
Old Bailey, called to the prisoner, and desired that he mielit be
ikaireired, to ascertain if he had ere a watch or other property
worth taking; but he bad none. The prisoner and his armee.
nions then dragged bins across the road, and were endeavouring
to pull him through a gap in the hedge, but he entreated their
rey. Dooley said, if he Made a uoise be would murder Wee
and insisted and made bins take off his coat audevaistcoat.
prisoner then took off his hue and searched It, and returned it;
they t':en nuels bliss take off Ids shoes, and one man tried it
they e Auld fit hies. He then suppering Dooley wet armee wit te
a knife, zed was E0!:).1 to stab him, offered them all his clothes
to spare his life. Aralersun call .4 to the prisoner, and desired
that he would cot hurt hint. 'I he prisoner replied, with horrid
oaths, and said that he made mote disturbance than the mon
they were robbing. Prisoner then took hire to a place in the
field, where he threatened that if lie moved from that place, or
made the least alarm, for a certain lehgth of time, they shotild
return and murder hint. lie remained in that position and piece
a cousiderabletime, when Ilea:ins some veices in the rued, he
began to mote, and fount les great coat and shoes —The Ul-
cers produced a comb and ether property which they teund
the prisoner, and which Mr. Hoare ideatified.—Conunitted for
•trial et the ensuing Awises for Surrey. •
'flit benevolent Mr. Wean is so intuit beset and annoyed by
a gang of sturdy beggars:, that his S eiciter has eveagel a peke.
coostetee to attend is Groorettor-street to pretest him. Oa
Thursday, the Officer ohm:reel a bay, with a pocket-book in his
baud, waiting for Mr. Welsh. It was traced to be the preieety
of a Mr. Brown, 01 Pewits s nett, Lambeth. The Office;
brought the boy to the °Dice, when a woman :menthe!, who re-
mentlatred seeing bins go out ot the shop on Thursday morning.
She missed the pocket-book, which had been taken out of the
the—Coninetted for trial.
LlerroreGAlette—Yesterday meriting, the private watch.
man it: etteklepbut gh-square,Gray's-inn-lane road, suer he cause
of duty about 7 o'crock,ohservedewn persons on the tap of ooe
ot the new built houses; tie procured ass:stem, and bad Ceera.
both taken into custody. There was nothing found on their per-
sons, bora great quantity of lead was cut off, just ready to be
taken away. They are two boys, the name of the eider is, George
Leiter; and the younger Dennis Carey ; they were seen the pre-
ceding day near the piece, on pretence of catching birds. els
being taken to the seetch.house the youeger of the twodeenne
Quest, Confessed having assisted the other prisoner, George Lee
ker, to strip a quantity of lead off the house, 16, beloogine to
Mr. Spencer, met door to where
.thex were taken, ea the night
before, wh ids they carried the sante iiigist to Anthony Htiniert a
black man, who keep' an old item shop in Bell court, Brooks's-
market, to whom they sold the same, which weighed about half
a hundred weight. Limberick and tiandcock were scut With a
warrant to search the premis: s of Hunter, where they found the
lead so doles; and olio several other pieces ot lead and copper,
and a quantity of pewter. Hunter and the two boys were com-
mitted for another examination.

Bread is now 9d. the qitartern loaf at Huntingdon
and Bishop Stortford—this is the effect of allowing
the price to find dr own level.
Quere —lf six bushels of wheat will make a sack of
flour what are the Miller's profits on each sack, when
the price is at 745?
A letter from Lerwick states, that the weather.
throughout the Shetland islands has been.extremely
favourable for the harvest; and the crops, which are
in general good, are cut down, and all in the barn.
By the returns from the Tax-office, it appears, that
there have not been half the sporting licences is.sue,l
this year that there were the last ; some ascribe this
to the scarcity of game, and others to the emigrati „is
to France; but the defalcation has probably arisen
from both causes.

The two farmers who lately fought so de,:perately,,
proved themselves to be goo.' thrashing tnachincs
Johavus Southcolt now resides in Manchester-street,
Manchester-square. The house, which was usually
let furnished, has been gratuitously given by the pro-
prietor, one of her proselytes. for the accommodation
of the old prophetess, the infant Shiloh, and their
inja-
imatedfollow: I
Au :irtitle from Vienna, in the Paris Papers, states,
that one of the Princes uho came to the Cui;lress Las
lost a diamond worth 22,000 ducats.

Monday afternoon an accident took place at Sut-
ton Bonnington, Notts. It being wake time, a num-
ber of young people, had assembled at the Tailta-s%
Arms public house, to make merry by dancing, S:c•
when on a sudden the floor fell through, and the whole
company disappeared, with the exception of the tid-
dler, who kept his station in one corner of the room,
with a foundation under him, just cicnt to.contain
the space of the chair he sat upon. Scveralpt the pain)"
got broken legs, fractured stulls, or other injuric•.

•
Wedneiday morning, In km:sal-place, the Lady of the gee.
Robert Corry, of a son.

•MARiUk U.
Tueiday seestalAht, arc liirtningham, Jam % Macfarlane, Eag•
Captain in the Hum Egbt India 01111p:imp% stte:te, to Anne,
eldcat dataglatec Of jams Alston, E I.linvuo-,irccu.