Star.
London, England, 1824-03-23 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, Join Hill 11"aqrtof was brought up-by Bisleaa. r 1 .tgcd
with having been guilty of a number of-forgeries to a large ..mo,:tt.
The prisoner was a short time ago an extensile carpet et- Ike, is
Skinner-street, Snow-hill. Ile some time since ahwondeal from a
Connnission of Bankruptcy, and soon after hand bills were dec-
lated, offering a large reward for his apprehension as an outlaw, and
for having committed divers forge-ies upon the I.nnelon hanker,
police, hosvever, could not note/ him, notwithstanding the m t t
diligent tiearch. On Fails), night he slept at the Old ilummums,
Covent-Garden, and of Saturday morning he: sent a ticket-porter to
the banking-house of. Messrs. limn:and Ce. 'Change-alley, with a
check, purporting to be drawn'ttpon that house by Ifiilliann Itnney,
foe 2501. The Gentleman whose sign :tore it purported to bear is at
the head of a firm in Crstle-street, Holborn, with whom the pd.
soner had formerly had dealings. .Some time ago, however, Mr.
Ridley had ordered his benkers (Bond and Co.) to look very nar-
rowly at any checks presented in his name, and nbt to pay thenturt-
lessthey bore a private mark .with which he then furnished them.
The <;ineature " Win. Ridley" was an eve-A.llloy alma- imitation of
that of Mr. ltidley himself, Intl it did not bear the private mark,
and consequently the check was not paid. Mc.antres were taken to
apprehend the prisoner, and the evening a- Mani-coachman
called at the Hotel, and asked if the porter who iv* sent into the
City in the morning with a check had rctarned, and if he had
brought an answer? Ile was informed in the affirmative, and
he asked if it was a letter or a parcel that the porter brought, but
was told that it was no matter whiaare-the Proprietor of the Hotel
bad it, and should keep it until the Gentleman came himself. In
about half an Irate afterwards the prisoner drove up in a hackney.
coach to the door, and. ai previously arranged, was shown into a
private room, where Bishop, the °Seer, was waiting. As soon as
the prisoner entered,, Mem) asked him his name, and he replief.
" Samuel Tompkinson;" and on being asked where he lived; he
said, " Next door to the White Hart, at Ryer. te." Bishop said,
" You sent a check into the City this morning, I believe?" 'I he pti-
.soner said," I did, and received it front Mr. Smith, is the Strand."
Bishop then informed hint that the ch-ck was a forgery, and that
e was an officer, and would'accompany film to Mr. Smith's. The
/ismer, however, declined going, and said, in an under-tone, " It's
lot' no consequence." Bishop secured bib', and while searching his
rockets he saw him endeavouring to put something underneath his
glove, and on taking of the glove, Bishop found a small parcel of
oxalic acid. In one of his pockets he found a phial filled with asp.
lotion of the same destructive poisan. Nothing else of consequence
was found upon him. When the search was finished, he requested
'Bishop to give Infn back the phial, hut the officer, of course, refused
to let him have it. lie was conveyed to St. Martin's water-house,
where a man sat up with kini on Saturtlay and Sunday nights.
When the above facts„,h\ad Seen stated in-evidence, Sir R. Waste
areked the prisoner what he had to say? at the same time cautioning
hint not to criminate himself. Ile -requested to be permitted to see
his Solicitor ; and was remanded for further examinatiSn.
Riot Is COVINT:GARTIKH.— Gcorge Climbs was charged with
creating a tumult in James-street, Covent-garden-market, at sit
o'clock on Sunday marling ; and with violently assaulting James
Bethel, one of the beadles of-St. Pani's, Covent-garden.
Sunday morning, according to custom, Covent-garden and in
neighbourhcod was beset with hundreds of the vilest rabble—deputy
costermongers, ditto drovers, hackney-coachmen out of ',bec, jme.
neymen cats'-meat-men, supernumerary porters, incipient and full-
grown prigs, running dustmen, chimney-sweeps, half.nalted vaga-
bonds, and dragglenail'd strumpets of. all sizes—showing and fare.
ing, And guzzling gin, beer, dog's-nase, and cauffec, with might and
main, according to their invariable-custom on Sunday it-nimblys as
aforesaid. The defendant, George Cuointisi was amongst them,
stripped to the huff, and bellowing for a custonser is Bethel
and Nott, the parish beadles, and Taylor, a watchman—who was
just then retiring to rest atter the fatighes of the night, im.ce.:tbd
th the thicket of the huhhuls, and seize d George Coombs, s one
of the ringleaders of the row. This visa in front of the King's
Head gin.shop, in James-street; and they would have taken their
prisoner down to the watch.house adjoining the churchyard, hut
the cry of " A rescue !. a rescue !" was raised, and before they ;an
him half way thither—what with their own want of vigour, ant
What with Ms kicking their shins—and what with there being nothing
to hold hint by but the waistband of his breeches—and what watt
the assistance of his friends—he slipped out of their grasp, and went
off up the market, like a shot from a nine-pounder • but Cormbs
having incautiously directed his flight towards Bow-street, was
eau& by two of the patrol, on duty at the Office, and by them
lodged in the watch-house.
George Coombs was asked what he was, and what be had to say
for himself? to which he replied that he writhe watchman of Lom-
barel.stiect,•in the City, and being off duty on siaturday night, in
consequence of leis going a, little too late to be put on, he looked
upoh it as a sort of " holyday night," and kept it up with a few
friends until he was so very drunk that' he had, no recolleetiOn of
what happened.
Sir RICHARD expressed his surprise that a City watchman should
misconduct himself so outrageously, and ordered him di give notice
of bail to answer it at the Sessions.

BERnis.
March 15, at William&ld, Leith Fort, the Lady .of captain
:,11aliners, Royal Artillery, of a daughter.
March 16, at the Manse of Kilconquhar, Mra. Ferric, of a soot.

MARRIED.
At Ryigate,_ Vermont, Colonel Jacob illanctard, to Miss Tho-
Inas Jefferson Cameron, daughter Judge CUTIPtOiI# and grand-
!daughter of General Stark. Tilt ecctutticitits of some of the sons-
lin-law of the veteran Stark were scarcelyjcss reinarkable than hi;
t the whole family were admirers of Jefferson. Previous :o
the birth_ of the Lady-whose marriage -is announced above, the La-
Idler predicted that the infant would be a son, and insisted, soh:cher
male or female, it should be named Thomas Jefferson.
The Bth inst. George Ogilvie itt:d Isabel Bowie, two venerable
members of the mendicant fra:ernity, were united in the frosty
bands of wedlock, at Huntfy the bridegroom numbers 84 years,
and has been blind since 1 816 ; and the bride 76 years. This is the
third time she has .had it in her power to ling " W.xi'd and mar-
ried and it' !"

DIED.
At Cramond House, on the lilth inst. John, the infant son of .101au
noprJohncmtie, Esq. of•Annmlaie.
At CJapinim Common, Batter*ea, on the 112‘) rr a trilby;
protracted innecs, and in her 63th year,• Hannah, the wife of :VT.
Alderman SZholey. Her amiable endowments had long endeared
her to a nuipe..-ous circle, benhin her rablic and ptivate:ank of Ile.
Sanday lau, at the house of Dr. Stoddare, in Doctor's Common,.
Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late John Swann, Esq. ci
Wotcercote, in the county of Oxford.

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