Star.
London, England, 1805-09-06 00:00:00

POLICE. Efc.

PULLIC °Wet, . HATTON GARDSN ---Vcßerd”
Chetter and. Walker, as receivers of (Mien reale,
htoaches, mettuted comas and a quantity of trinkets,
which were thden out of theShrest flinty mail coach,
the bcginnng of May lalt, value near .2031. the pro-
perty of Mr. Pcstarcros, of Birmingham, were put
on their final examination, when nine witneffes were
examined to implicate them. 'the principals, Wake-
, lin and Dobbins, ate imprifoned at Oxford, where
they remain to be tlicd.. From the firength of evi-
dence adduced before the -244agifiratet here, Chefter
and Walker were fully comMitted to Netvgate for
ttial. 'Two yottng men, who had belonged to the
Volunteer Corps, and afterwards enlitled into the
Army of the Line, were fined rot, each, with. ut mi.
ligation, for not ramming their arms and Accoutre•
menu to the Corps they had belonged to, winch their
Colonel muff pay for.
John Miles, a youth of eig'lteen years of age, wbo
was convieted at the lag Affixes for Norfolk, of Heal.
tog two gold watches, the property of Mr. A. Gwyn,
and Mr. K. Gwyn, of Pentlhorpe, in Norfolk, on
Tuefday 'aft, broke from his etWody in the county
gaol.. The eircumaances attending his drape were
extraordinary.' Alter having, with the gii.tanee of
one of his fellow prifoucrs, contrived to readi the
roof of the prifou, he let himfell down ahem; five
yards, by the help of blankets tied togeth..r ; and
then, in order to reach the top of the Shire liall, was
obliged to drop from a height of near twenty feet,
upon the tiles, which were literally chilled to pieces
where he fell. From thence, throwing himfelf down
upon the other offices, alio of confiderable height,
he finally Inceeeded in gaining the ground, and, not-
withflanding the %chola occurrence took place at
noon day,got clear off, and hasnot (ince been heard of.

Tucfday as Mrs. Baker; of Portland-ftreet, Oxford.
road, was flapping from her carriage into a fhop in
fhe flipped down, and received a violent
contufion on her head ; her fervant, who was at the
carriage door, was unable to prevent the accident.
The Lady was inflantly attended by a Profeffional
Geftfleman, who pronounced the wound to be dan.
gerous.
Yeflerday, Awn twelve o'clock, as Capt. MG.
cuss, of the NAvy, WAS iiJing in a curriele, in So-
Ineittt:iireet, fonmar..foitiate, his horfe became un-
ruly ; alter fern; cc,nfiderable time in plunging, be
flung the Captain near eight yards from his feat on
the pavement; while the refiive animal, in fpite of
the efforts of the cuiffergers, kept plunging, and broke
' the curricle. On the Captain being picked op, as
Tome pairengers fupprifed, liklefs, he .was conveyed
to the houfe of a Medical-Gentlemanin Doke-ftrcet;
on examination he .was•found to have a fevere cootu-
lion on the head,•.afd foveral other bruit_es. The lots
of a leg in an action
•materially added to his
iocapabiiity of extticating himfelf from his perilous
On Monday eveniag#'7ahout ten o'cleek, as Mr.
Wharton, of St. Andrew's-hill, was_ roaming to
taw in a tingle horfx cbaife, he was accoded near
Stockwell by two footpads,armed with hedge (lakes,
'who robbed him alas purfe, containing near sal.
in bank cotes and caffs,vitith irhich the villains made
their efnape.• . •