Star.
London, England, 1802-09-02 00:00:00

POLICE, tes.

GUlLDHALL.—Yefterclay Mrs. Barriqt" wife
of the celebrated George Barrington, was brought
before Mr. Alderman BOYDILL, on fufpicion of
tubbing a Mr. Cox. This perfon Rated, that he
war paging through Newgate-ftreet, about half
part eleven o'clock, when he was accofted by the
prifoner and another woman ' - that he had tome
Vonverfation with them, when he miffed a guinea.
Upon charging them with the theft, the other wo-
man ran away. The witnefs, however, faid, that
he could not charge Mrs. Barrington with taking
his money. The Magiftrate Aced him whether
he had not been promifed she money in cafe he
did not fupport. the charge ? this he Routly de-
nied. The oath was then adminiftered to him,
and he was cautioned with refpea to the confe-
quences of giving falfe teftimony. He then ac-
knowledged that he had been promifed the mo-
ney, but still faid that he did not know that the
prifoner was the perfon who had taken it. He
was afked where be had been in the morning ?
he replied at a public houfe,.and faid it was there
that the promife had been made. The conftable
received a (evert reprimand for daring to take a
prgoner to a public hOufe, and Mr. Cox was ad-
monifhed for his incautious conduit, in fuffering
filch a daring offender ro efeape the arm of JuP
tine. She was then. committed, as a diforderly
perfon, for ebe Month to Bridewell.
yobs Tr Amu, a country lad, was charged by
Tipper, acre of the City Officers, on fufproon of
healing a fpangled velvet jacket. The prifoner
was ended' by the above officer, offering it
for fZialtirleet-market. He had been brought
up before, when there being reafon to ilippoie that
it was the property of tome of the thew-folks at
Peckham fair, enquiry had been made, and Mifs
DaWroncamcforward, and Rated that it was her
Weißeoat, ar.d one he ufed to wear when perform-
ing it the -different fairs, and faid that her fa-
ther's chow had been robbed of a great deal
prOpeity.' ' The boy faid that he was an aaor, and
ebb:Arai he nfcd to wear *heti he rode on horfe.
back at his *mace% el/dab-est Brill& The pro-.
pettr being loft in Ssitre
Slay; the parties were feat
oveV 'to Union Hall-
. is
s I..—Yellerday Cap. Raul roma:
watt charged before the Loeb MA tOR with a/faulting
David Suter, a deputy coat-meter, in-the etercik
of his duty, on board the defendant's Chip in the
river. Mr. Suter gave a long account of this
affair, the (übtiance of which_ was, that being a
deputy coal meter of the Sea Coal Company, and
Captain Young, Wafter of the fhip
.Three Sifters,'
in the coal trade from Shields, he went on boated
his Grip' on ditty. to fee her cOali *Matured out;
that after beittg on board three dam' and eating
and drinkingwith the Captaid,•feemsnify in the
molt friendly moult!, the defendant firft began
iifulting his man very much, telling him that he
and his matter to the vdt too svech, meaning that
they filled_the mature of coals ; that.toon
after he' Ilan to abufe him in the. molt grog'
*mks, threatening to throw him overboard, put-
ting.his 6R dote to his face, .and at' ag hd gave
him a 'Went tick, Sic. &c. The tomplaiennt
called is lr. johnfton, another deputy coal meta,
and both tbetr *len to prove this aren't*. all Of
whom heard, eery high words on both fides:
Sate?: Manta** to his haiing Peen the Captaie
kick at his Mailer behind, but could not fay vihe-
therjaiti fait hit him or not, he ,having only feel)
theikirts blhis Boat move.

The Captain, -in his defence, . pofitivelco ridenied
having kicktkVhim at all, but . Mkny
ihreau *were made on both fides, which,' e raid,
were-occa6oPed-by the meter not
,gettipg the Chip
**led out fa Coon as he Might have &as s. said
not about over-nieafuring the coalt, '46 hid been
plkged ! -that :he had agreed to give theiighter-
min two'gnineas, as dirpatch money, which was
a cults=; bpt, he having had wads with this
mg* 004
_hefore;ho. thought he bore him a fPite.
lie,oonfaired he was in a pillion ; and although
he bad .been in the 'coal trade tbefe twenty years,
he neva'. bad Fly words with any meter but this.
Three of -the ad meters fupported.tliiir deputy,
aid 14reNVaser, a 'weltinfotmed coal-faaor, ably
13#14Wertiy: his LordAtip the nature of the griev.
ance, . Rae in favour' of the CaPtain...-Afterl
al thig ' 'elligiti4M-bf.this butanes thi. Uzi.
WAIT, told the. CaPPOti that the orficers,nmft be
Prnteati rile &boat of thjp, and:he 'Duna
Oiler i ittSc!licitOr to profeente bim for 'this
offelatgraT the garter Sitoni.; aid raid, if the
Captain could "prove the coal meter had delayed
ibc skating the !hip, he might. foe 'Mtn for iia.
cages I-but he mug} require him, in the mean
time, to emir into recognizance to appear lathe
nestfellifms. This he and Mr. Winer did.
Wit-vacs is ts..—Yeltsrdsfy a man was charged
ay
tf.r, • MatlasMer.• &gar psych_ en fnfPicion
_of
Wog' fttfar. lift,' giladtted 0 bolo IRO*:

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Woastity•rrairr.—Yeftertlay a woman exhi-
bited articles of the peace againft her hufbandfor
feveve correaion. The man (who had lately re-
turned from fea) acknowledged the allegations,
but he gave as a teaton for fo dojng, that he found
her frequently fo much intoxicated, that the was,
:incapable of walking. The Mar,iitrates recom-
' mended "reform and reconciliation, which they
both prornifed.
SH ADWIIL L.—Yefterday a great number of con-
viaions took place agaiuit perfons for haying in
their poireffion a quantity of foreign produce,
which went to defraud the revenue, as well as the

merchants.
Under a fearch-warrant, half a ton of (agar was
feized in the'houfe of a woman, which became for-
feited, and the *as conviaed in the penalty of $l.
with coats.
Ms LIOILOUO H.STIL II IT OFFIC R—Yefterdal a
man-fervent was *barged before NA THAtilk I. CO-
NANT, Efq. with having defrauded the Marquis
of WORCESI la by taking the carriage and por-
terage of a blank parcel, direaed to his Lordfhip,
pretending the fame had come from Plymouth.
Sophia CoOkfon informed the Magiftiate, that
the prifoner knocked at the Marquis of Worcef-
ter's houfe, ift Grofvenor-greet, the preceding
night, between.nine and ten o'clock: on her going
to the door, he Paid he •bad brought a parcel for
the Marquis, from the Swan with Two Necks,
Lad-lane ; that the carriage came to es. and the
portcrage is. She took the parcel, and paid the
two thitlings ; but having read in the public papers
that frauds bad been committed by perfons leav-
ing blank parcels at Gentlemen's houfes, the de-
termined, before the paid the other Chilling, to
open the parcel, the family being from home, and
accordingly pulled out ber fcifikrs to cut the cord
the parcel was tied with, but was prevented by the
prifoner, who infifted that the pared should not
be opened wiles the would go with him to the
coach-office. His behaviour induced her to be
neve that he meant to praaife a fraud, and the
had the courage to feint hold of his collar, and to
call her filler, the only perfon in the houfe, who,
intently came, and procured the affiftance of a
sr. Role, who kept a grocer's (hop oppofite, and
they fecured the prifoner till the parole was fetch-
ed, who took him to the wasch-houfe. On fearch*-
big him, two other blank parcels were found, one
direaed to Lord Bathurftf and the other to Com-
fellor Baldwin, in the fame hand-writiog with the
one direaed to the Marquis.
Lord Gower's porter alto appeared againft the
prifoner. He Paid he came to his Lordthip's houfe
is Arlington-street, Piccadilly, on the Ith of An-
ita, with a parcel, which be Paid he had brought
from the Swan with Two Necks, Lactlafte • that
the carriage was is. 6d. and the porterage
Hiving no fufpicioft of the fraud, he paid him
as. 6d. and gave him is: porterage,obferying that
his trouble in bringing it. out of the city,deferved
more than 6d. as a recompence. When he was
gone, his Lordfhip being in Scotland, he ripened
the parcel, and found it contained only a !beet of
.brown paper, and that he bad been cheated.
A fervent, belonging to the Marquis of SLIGO,
told a fimilar Rory refpeaing . parcel brought to
his Lordfbip's houfe .in Grafton-beet, with this
Only differenceethit he would trot pey'the demand]
'Mlle bad opened it ; and while he was fo'doing,
the prifoner made his efcape.
The prifoner, who was a weldreffed young
man, confeffed that he had been difcharged only
the preceding Saturday from that office, on a fimi.
tar charge ;
.and that he had nothing to offer in
extenuation for himfelf. He raid he had lived
rottly four months fince, as footman to Lady
RUMIoLD.
The Magiftrate told him he had taken tome
pains to warn him of the fate he was likely to meet
with en the preceding. examination, if he did not
return to hone and induftrious ways ; and that I
be was lorry his admonitions had failed of fuccefs.
He was then fully committed for trial at the en-
ruing Weftminfter Sellions.
A. few days fince a lad who had exercifed feveral
ids of eruelty to fume (beep, was convicted before
the fitting Alderman at Guildhall, and committed
for am monat to hard labour.-a-This proceeded
upon the profetution of the Society for 'the Sup-
prifiloiti of Vice.
On Sunday afternoon a lad, about feven years
old, bathing in Mawby's pond, Kennington-crofs,
was unfortunat:ly drowned.
Lail Monday, as a Gentleman was going along
the Kent road he was attacked by a ferocious mar-
tiff dog. Fortunately he had a heavy flick in his
band, with which he conquered the creature, by
betaking both his fore legs and linking him on the
bins. The owners of fuch fierce animals are
cenfurable far not lecturing them.
'On Thefday fe'nnight, about nine o'clock, as
Mr. Heszvriez, jun. was travelling on the road
from London to Lewes in his carriage, accompa-
ftledby his Ladt, he was flopped by threefootpads,
near Brixton Caufevray, who robbed him of his
pocket-book, containing bills to the amount of up-
wards "of three hundred pounds, and made off.
On the i4th of August, was executed at Swab-
munches, near Aug&urgh, a woman, aged 38,
whole crime ia of a nature calculated to fix the
attention of thofe who Rudy mankind. Between
the isth of January) 1798, and the 2d of No-
vember, lboi, this woman fet fire to the town of
SWibmenchen, fifteen times, in confequence of
which fifty houfes became a prey to the flames,
and a great number of perfons were reduced to po-
eerty. Several individual!, on whom fufpicion
fell, Were fent toprifon; but at length, happily for
them, the real criminal Was dikovered by a la-
bourer, who caught bulb) the fad. Her name is
Maria Frankin : after (even examinations, in
which the denied the crime, the at length, on the
eighth, confefed her guilt, and pleaded in her jut.-
'ffication, that from her youth, the had; een tor-
mented by a violent pealkait ea fee houfes on fire ;
that the had refifted this defire for a long time, but
-at length overcome by her paflion,' the had burnt
the bodes alluded to, without any end in view,
and without any remorfe. This woman, in other
ete.as, bad condnaed ikerielf with gnat pro.
-.41 kid not. appear to be deranged in her