Star.
London, England, 1824-06-01 00:00:00

POLICE LVVELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
havaorsit Da auto.—George Tus.m, driver Pf the Marlow co:.:11,
was fined £5 fur furiously driving against the Bennet of Caruiz
Griffiths, in the Strand, in such away ,s to • to.inger the life uf
'that Gentleman, as well as that of his wile. In eon4i !elation
the former good character of the defendm 4 how, vet, th s
was mitigated to half the sum, and the half of that, to which:.
law Captain Griffiths was entielsd, was also rAnitted by the Cas.
talus express desire. All, he said, he desired wet to chew thtx
men that t!.ey could not commit such outrag. s with impunity.
MANSION-lit/USK.

A respectably dressed man was brought before the linto Mar ,t
and ch-rged upon suspicion of having committed fr :td; upon
merchants. It was stated, that a man had made it hi. practice la.?,
about to ditrerent public-houses, and after drinking a glass
to enter into conversation wi!lt the landlord, of whom he would in
quire who wos his wine-mercha:it, low long he had drab with hop
and matters of the same kind. The publican being iecilited to v:
tol the respectability of the quarter trout whetter he received :
liquors, was generally very c•or mink:Aire on the fajta. 1
man having provided himself with the requisite
went to the wine-inerchart, st.iteil that lie had tatty the h 3,8, 4
the landlord, with whom he had been communicatieg, ai
had hitherto been well served, he NI as desirous of cominuitig i;
the same trade, and had come to give an order. lie was
received with all the politeness that a wine-merchant hetute,,,t,,
new customer. The n•an, after tasting largely cf viirieet
and sheaving great circum.pectien, gave an order for a Liz, ea.,:
tity to be sent in at prompt payment. Ile then w:11: Lwa,7l,
suddenly returned, and stated that he had unfortut tatty 1:4
purse et !wine, and he wanted to snake a purchase In the way
fore he returned, would the merchant lend ten cr twelve
until Ins clerk called with hisbill ? This trifle was always
out hesitation, and in some instances it w.s prtsseil upuo um;
his appearance was so respectable, and he &hewed each a
of the place, that no suspicion vas entertained of his story.
taking home the cart load of urea the fraud was discovered ; it,.
COUf ion was created by the information of the change of pro.--:-.
tor, the anxiety of some of the wire-merchants to get
ncitig accounts, &c. The priooner went with 'a steey f
above tett me to a wine-merchant who had been put upee i;e4a.
and caused hint to be apprehended.
The Lotto MAYOR ordered him to be remanded, that
rni6l:t he made respecting him.
• UNION-HALL

Y(-wn•dar, - Jones, Ow to7l.collect.'r at the Ncw Cr,;
turopilre-pte, was summoned !serum L. B. tlLLev, I'q.
with haying demaoded and t.lken a toll it that gate wai
authorised by Act of Paribmeot.
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Mr. Chamberlain stated, that on the Ctlzh of M:y he tr.ty,!.
ling in his own clrriav, float Foot's Cray to London, and raid
legal toll at that gate. Upon his arrival at the New Crn.s
in the I)..ptford-road, the defendant d-itiard...! a tol cf tja.
for watering. Witness produced the tietet wh'cir he had rez,•W-,1
at Foot's Cray; but the defendant said he 11...1 to.thirg t,
it: tap= Willa Mr. Chamberlain paid the ;d at :!
same time informed the defeuGut that he svoti!d sund...un Nita I,r
tl. extortion.

Mr. A tun observed, the exactions of this description were veg.
preva;ent amongst the tolt.takers. lie was wising to t.; bold eitis
cl.,ss of men in the discharge of their (Mice; but when sue,' impe,i.
dons were practised, an exemplary punishment should be ammled.
The defendant was fined 51.—1 le pee notice of appeal.

The late Bithop of CIIICIIESTER has hequea ...if to
the Dean and Chapter, for t!:e Cathedt al Library,
his Greek and Latin books on Tileoloty, of which t'ley
do not already possess a copy." A selecioa ha :':it
week been sent from Chichester-house, and when tll4•e
from London are added, it will corm a valuable bequest.
BALLOCIN.—Mr. Livingston attempted to tvcen,tia
his balloon cn Wednesday last, at Belfast; but c,ns:ng
in contact tvith one of the roles, it received such injury
that the whole of the gas in'.tantly evaporated, and thus,
fortunately, perhaps, for Mr. Livingston, ended this kik
and sily

There is now living at Holbeck, in the borough of
Sheffield, a poor widow wr wan, of the n-: um of Jackioa,
who has attained the very advanced age or 101• ye.tis.
When Gene,•ai Wade's army l•assed through S:ietlield,
in the year 1715, she was livirg as servant with. a shop-
keeper in Vicar-lane, and assisted in :erring his troops
with bread. She was mairit:d at the age of 23, aihl
lived with her husband considerably mole than half a
century, and has been a widow twenty years.