Star.
London, England, 1806-01-06 00:00:00

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Satnedly a mat ine charged 14 gitl of the tnirn. tt
;nee, .11-quare office. with robbing him 'of fade
•retnds, hut failing to ellabfillt his charge,- die its.
.iberated.
'Saturday Jane Thompfon was again brought 4.
to Uninn tail, charged with flaobing Ann 12diard!
with a pen kinfe, but the furgenn pronouncing the
wound nut mortal, and the injured party declining!
to profecute, the was difcharged, after a fuitable ash!
Saturday a hackney coachman was fined sos. for
taking more than his regulated ft.re. Mr. Jenner, on
Thurfday.night, en tenanting from the Thea,re to
Q.neea'aquare, Bloomfbuty, agreed to give a coach-
man half a crown for his conveyance. The fellow
• had drawn MT his (land to the fide of the pavement,
and declared he was hired, until half a crown was of.
h•r•,l to him t on arriving in ...Q2een.ftiare, how-
et et. he demanded three (hill ngs, which was of
• .111 fe paid. The MAgillrates announced their inten-
tion to pint& like offences with the greatell (trinity.
. Saturday morning a young man of retpeflabie
chanter was taken into cutiody, chat god by a hack.
ney et aelonan with having robbed him of 14, 6d.
and his watch, near Kengington, on Friday night.—
It appeared that two well shelled men and a woman,
on Friday night, took a coach in Portloid.liteet. or.
Bering the driver to proceed to Kenfington. The
woman alighted at Knight& idge, and about half a
mile further the men got out, and one held thecoach-
man while the other rifled his peckers, and cleaned.
The young man in cuandy, however, rally 'Rahn&
ing his innocence. was of ci•utfe difcharged.
On Saturday Phebe Parker was chat zed. at Hat-
ton Garden office, with robbing Mary Burnham of a
box, containing a large quantity of wearing apparel,
and country bank notes, value sl. It appeared that
they were fellow travellers in a Page from Kent,
that the profecutrix .bring a ((ranger in town, was
token by the ptifimer to the Bull and Gate Inn, in
Holborn. whence Ilse enticed her nut to thew her the
coriofities of London, and having taken her through
feveral intricate ways, contrived to Ink her, and re-
turned to the Inn in a coach and obtained pone/Goa
of the property. The profecutrix, with infinite
pains. retraced her way back to the Inn, and to her
afloniffuneut, difcovered the deception. The ofß.
eery with promptitude, difcovered that the box was
removed to another inn, in ,which it was found, di.
veiled of its contenu, which were replaced by rubbith,
the ptifonet having equipped berlelf with the bell
things, in which the waa taken. She was fully.com-
mined .
Saturday another inflance occurred of the care
lauds of (creams, and the danger of throwing temp•
eating)s in the way elf the number of vagabonds who
Well the vicinity of the metropolis. Mr. Mainby,of
No. 6,,Gt eat Char lotte-fireet, Surrey Road. had been
entertaining his friends on the preceding evening,
and the plate was in the morning brought down to
the kitchen to be cleaned. It was fomewhat too of-
, tentatioully difplayed, and the opportunity of carry.
lig it off was too inviting to be negleikd. In the
.interval of the [avant% abfence for about five mi.
uutes,a man was obfervcd walking leifurely down.
the area, and immediately after returning again. He
. bad contrived to fecret about his prelim upwards of
twenty pounds worth of plate, with which he got
clear off, though purluit was inflantly made after him.
A young man, named Martin, who came paffen-
ger in one of the Leith traders to the River, was, on
Friday evening, appteltended on his arrival, on full
pities+ of having broken nut of Greenock gaol, while
under a charge of murder. Two (*Millers of the
Perthatire militia, who were on board the paciset, in
order to join their regiment at Afbford, had a Scotch
Paper with them. in which the elcape was announ-
ced, together with a defctiption of the offender, and
en their landing, they caufed Martin to be taken
into cultody.
The perfon who efcaped from Greenock was named'
Gray, and bad been rethanded to that town from
Inveraty, as a place of greater fecurity. It appears
he cut a hole in the roof of the primal], through
which, though final!, he paired into the coffee-room,
And thence let hingelf into the Greet by the blanket
of his bed. He left his (hoes and an old razor in the
coffee.room, with which he-probably cut the hole.
The Lalears who, on numerous occafions, have
thrown the neighbonrhood of ftatelitr Highway into
riot and contufion.. °teal:oiled farther eiourbence on
Friday evening, and required the relive and decided
interference of the police.
A maltlier, of Ware, had hie pocket picked nn
Thurlday, while looking at a p.int-lhop. in Bilhupf•
gate Area, of bills to the amount It is te-
markable that about tutee weeks fence, near the fame
(pot, he had his pocket picked of Dank nutes value
forty pounds. •
Saturday as Mr. Ritikin, plumber, -of Cow.crofs-
Areet, was leading' a houfe in Ray-fired, Clei ken-
-well. the feaffolding gave way. and Mr. R. and his
man falling to the ground, both received confiders-
ble injury.
Thurfday two women were thinwn from the roof
of the Lewilham Rage, in Blackfriar's road, by the
wheels coming in entitaa with a gentleman's car-
riage, by which they was feverely, but not danger
roufiy, hurt.
On Tuefilay hall an inquifitinn eras held at Hay-
kid. near Eati Qe.dford, Yoticfliire, nn the body of
-Elirabeth Hnlberry, aged at, one of the daughters
*C J.depitkiolberry. when a reedit( of Murder
was found againa the father.
Saturday a writ of inquiry was executed in the
Sbetiffs Cofrt. It was betatett n rmitt of the name
if Mal's, a broker, and Elie shed) White. a girl of
the town ; who, having been feed. had hatred jade•
• nt to pafs spina her, throngh probably (he might,
ss heinir, under age, have refitted the demand with
eff. oft. The debt was soh. and was for the hire. for
fix months, of a fufficient quantity of futni,ure to
(anti& a bed room and a dining,rorm in a plain
A yle. She attended, and declared that 301. was eon-
&let-ably more than the whole t f the moveables were
worth to be purchafed outright. The plaiatiff, how.
ever, proved that, allowing tor the rifle he ran, and
the aiml enure dof the trade in olio:ging for furni-
-141:C Ito Oil! to hire. the demand waa not an unrea-
h.! al:le one. Ihe chtrar}se, wet.- accordingly afkired
..! that lune, White, 1.0x.%..1, vowed the
liter' b. 4.0.1.4 pay.