Star.
London, England, 1830-10-09 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

GUILDHALL—SeraIt Bawd was yesterday charged with committing
a dangerous assault upon he husband.
Sharp, the constable of the night, stated that the complainant was
lying in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a very dangerous state, from
having had his collar-bone broken in two places by the prisoner, at two
o'clock that morning, in his lodging, deorge.yard, Ashetree-court,
Whitefriars.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS asked the wife if she was disposed to say
how this matter happened ?
She replied that she had borne her husband 14 children, and had
been married to him 31 years, but they had lived span for the last nine
years. On Friday morning he received his pension for serving his
Majesty; they were reconciled to each other; both got a little intoxi-
cated, and at night he took her home to his lodgings, but here, unfortu-
nately, they quarrelled, he charging her falsely with being intimate with
another man, and, being irritated, she struck him. He had kicked ber
legs, and severely bruised them.
The Alderman directed that she should be remanded, and ordered the
constable to obtain a certificate upon the state of her husband.
It was understood that she had indicted the blows with the flap of an
old table.

A lad, named Frederick Saunders, was charged with having sedated
his brother, and two other lads, in defrauding various persons, by deli.
vering sham parcels and letters.—He was remanded.
WORSHIP.STREET.—Yesterday Henry Sirsemonds, alias Leicester,
was finally examined on a charge of embezzling a quantity of leather,
the property of Messrs. Peterson and Co. He had applied for work in
the name of Leicester, and sometimes sent another man for his work.
The work was always delivered for the prisoner, and the greater part of
it, including some which had been sold, to the prisoner personally. The
prisoner admitted having sold some of the leather; but, finding himself
in danger of punishment, he procured leather from other sources; but
the prosecutors seeing that it was not their own, refused to receive it
from the prisoner's wife. The prisoner was sent to the tread-mill for
one month.
A well-dressed young man was brought by Inspector Rogers from
the station-house, Bunhill-row, on suspicion of having committed the
following robbery :
Mr. William Stanley, an elderly gentleman, who appeared to labour
under great excitement of feeling, stated that on the previous evening,
when he returned to his lodgings in the City-road, on entering his
apartments he found great part of his property strewed in disorder
on the floor of' the drawing-room, and a tin box, containing
plate and money to a considerable amount, broken open, and plate,
consisting of an old family silver tankard, a silver tes-pot, jewellery, and
other articles, amounting to 801. and upwards, had been taken away, in-
dependent of a quantity of sovereigns, guineas, and a valuable mourn-
ing ring. The money had been deposited there ever since the death of
his wife, 14 years ago. The complainant added that the prisoner
was his landlord, and the only man besides himself living In the house.
Mr. BENNETT—Did you give the prisoner in charge yourself?
Complainant—No ; the Inspector took him into custody upon his
own responsibility. The moment I returned home the prisoner sp.
prised me of what had occurred, and informed me that he had sent for
the Inspector himself to investigate the mystery. He is by trade a
carpenter.
Mr. BKNNETT—Have you any evidence against the prisoner?
Complainant—No.
Mr. BENNETT told the complainant, that as the cue stood he must
discharge the prisoner ; but in order to discover the person or persons
who committed the robbery, every assistance should be rendered him by
the officers.

The prisoner, who said not a word during the investigation, was then
di
sZnarettly man, by trade a brickmaker, was brought before the Ma.
glatraie, charged with having committed an indecent assault upon a
child eight years of age.
Mr. BENNETT, after hearing the evidence of the prosecutrix, an
interesting little girl, who stated her charge with evident reluctance, and
in tun, ordered the prisoner to find good bail to answer his conduct at
the Sessions. In default of bail he was committed. _ _ _

Uxiox.HAE.L.—Yesterday, John Wilson, one of those fellows who
hawk lead pencils about town, was charged with stealing a massive
silver castor-stand, the property of Mr. Nutting, of Peckham Rye.
While Mr. Nutting's servants were occupied up.stairs, they observed
from the window of the front attic the prisoner letting himself out of the
front garden gate Into the road. The servants suspecting that he had
been within the garden foe an improper purpose, called out and asked
him what he wanted, upon which he immediately held up a bundle of
black lead pencils, saying, at the same time, I only called to know if
you wanted any of these ; the moment, however, he got onside the gate,
be took to his heels, and began to run acmes the fields in the direction
of town. One of the servants hastened down, and having missed the
silver castor went in pursuit of the prisoner, and being a smart active
young lass, soon outstripped him in the race, and after a chase of
about a mile and a half, she, with the assistance of a blacksmith, secured
the offender. In the course of the pursuit, be had disencumbered him.
self of the silver castor, which was found in the route ha had taken
across the hedges and ditches. In his possession wan found the bundle
of pencils, by hawking of which description of article, be said that he
obtained a livelihood.

The prisoner was committed.
QUEEN...QUAIL—Yesterday, Simeon Carter,' a baker, Robert-
street, Chelsea, was charged, before Messrs. Hansoms and WHITT,
with moulting Wm. Ingle, a lad in the employ of Mr. Levi, the well.
known contractor for turnpike tolls around the metropolis.
The complainant stated, that on Friday last. about two o'clock in the
afternoon, the defendant passed through Queen's.elma turnpike in a one
horse cart, without paying or producing a ticket. Witness ran to the
aide of the cart to ask him for the money, when the defendant cut him
across the back with his whip. Witness took up a stone and threw it at
him, when he
_jumped out of the cart and beat him with the but.end of
his whip, and knocked him down r when he got up, he again struck
him with his whip and lashed him with the double thong, hit his head
against the wall, and knocked him down. His master came up, and
asked him for the toll, when he made use of a vulgar expression.
Mr. Levi, jun. of No. 39, Brompton.square, confirmed the statement
of the complainant.
The defendant in reply said, that he had paid the toll in the course of
the day. The complainant called out to him, and being conscious of
having paid the toll. he did not atop, when the lad threw a stone at him
and hit him on the back. He certainly then got out and hit hint slightly
with the whip.
Mr. WRITIC asked the defendant if he struck him before he threw
the stone ? _ _ _ _ _ _

The defendant replied that he did not, for he never came near monk
to the cart to be struck by him.
Charles Lister, in the employ of the defendant, who was in the cart
at the time, was called as a witness on behalf of his muter, and, ost
being questioned by Mr. White, said, that the complainant came near
enough to the cart to stop the horse if he pleased, but he would sot
exactly take his oath whether his master struck him with his whip or
not before the stone was thtown.

Mr. Levi said that lie knew the defendant, alto frequently passed
through the gate; but it was a black horse be paid for in the morn-
ing, and a gray hone was in the cart when the payment was de-
manded.

WHITZ said that he did not approve of the toll.collectors stop.
ping persona when they knew their addnvt, if there was a dispute about
the payment of a toll, as they might easily have a remedy without acre.
ing a disturbance in the road, at the same time the complainant was
doing no more than his duty in seeing that the toll sou paid, or that the
defendant had a ticket for his exemption, and it was the duty of every
wmiger to satisfy the toll.collector that be bad paid. When the de.
tendon had got through the gate, he ought to have stopped and sodded

the collector, and not have cut him with hie whip: and as an example
to the public, he should fine the defendant in the full penalty of 111.
The defendant wished to appeal.
Mr. GRZOORIE told him there was no appeal, and the money was
paid.

LAIIIIILTH-STIMIT.—A gentleman, named Harvey, residing
Osbomphce, Whitechapel, appeared before Mr. WTATT, to W
cause why he refusal to pay the,sum of M. 91. N. being the amount of
a rate made upon him for the maintains= of the poor of the above
parish.
The collector stated that he had called upon Mr. Haney for the
above sum of money, and he refused to pay it because he (the collector)
would not write down and give a separatcreceipt for that portion of it
which went towards the new police. This it was quite impossible for
him to do, as the police-rate and the poor-rate were incorporated to.
gether, and he could not separate them, and say the precise aunt which
went to one, and which to the other.
Mr. Harvey told the magietrate, that, being very much surprised at
the amount of the rate, he asked the collector the reason for it, and he
was then for the first time informed that it was to go to pay the police.
rate, as well as the poor-rate, which two bad been incorporated
and the collector refused to give any account of what portion wal:rtehrt;
police, and what for the poor. He, consequently, refused to pay until
be was satisfied upon that point.
The magistrate referred to the act of Parliament, and said, that it
was quite correct that the maintenance of the poor and the polies were
paid out of the poor's rate ; but the act at the same time directed that
the overseers of every parish should give notice to that elect to their
parithioOWS.
Mr. Harvey said be had had no notice whatever.
The magistrate said he should dismiss the summons, sod the oven
seer intimated his intention of procuring others, and getting the vestry
clerk and overseers to attend to support them.

Thames Poutz--Yesterdsi, David S'inith, in the employ of Mr.
Hart, slopseller, was charged with robbing his employer, of cloth and
other property. Mr. Hart found in his bag $ quanty of broad cloth.
The prisoner went on his knees, confessed the robbery, and prayed for-
giveness on account of his family. He was given into custody, and it
was disco►ered that he had been canying on a system of robbery. He
was coalmind for trial.

Towx HALL.—Catherine Lamp** was charged with robbing her
ready furnished lodging. The prhoow had been only one month in
the apartment. before she stripped it of the sheets and sundry other &rd.
des, produced by the leas, as pledged by her. She was fully
committed.

For this week put, from 50 to SO Irish paupers have applied for
passes to their own country. Those who bad age or infirmity to plead,
were granted them ; but those wbo came on fools' errands, and only for
a short time, were told they must return in the same way they brought
themselves hither, u the parishes could not be burthened with such con.
tinned expense.

CORONER'S INQUEST. t

At three o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, and a
Jury, met at the Coachmaken' Arms, in Benti.street, Manchester.
square, to inquire respecting the death of Richard Taylor.
The deceased was a groom in the service of Mr. Minshull, one of the
Bow.street Magistrates. We have before given the principal facts of
the cue, as they were represented by Mr. Minshull, at Mary.le•Bone
Office; and in behalf of Charles Ellison, the Greenwich coachman, who
was charged with misconduct, it was stated before the Coroner that the
deceased had drunk freely, and that the horse was jaded, and inclined to
lean towards the wrong side of the road.
Before the Jury retired to consider their verdict, Mr. Minshull, In
justice to the accused party, described his horse to be aged, and, in a
general way, steady; but, when tired, it would bear either to the right
or the left, and was very obstinate.
The investigation lasted nearly seven hours ; the evidence in many
parts was contradictory, and the Jury, in the first instance, delivered
their opinion, " That Charles Ellison, the coachman, had grossly mis.
conducted himself in driving, and thereby bad occasioned the accident.*
Then, said the Coroner, you find him guilty of manslaughter ?
They replied, He has acted very improperly, but we do not wish to
send him to Newgate.
Cosoxza—lf the death of this poor man was occasioned by wilful
misconduct on the part of the coachman, he is guilty of manslaughter;
and if you think so, you must send him before another tribunal.
The Jury again retired, and then charged him with Manslaughter,
and be was committed for trial.

We rejoice to learn that intelligence has been received,
stating, :that although Lord Blantyre had been severely wounded at
Brussels, his Lordship still survives--(Glasyom Courier.) We fear
that the accounts from Brussels have been too unanimous upon this
lamentable subject to admit of hope that the above intelligence is well
founded.

PARLIAMENTARY Bow MOT.—Sir Henry Cavendish, a
member of the Irish House of Commons, was so expert at sbort-hand,
that he was corset even to a word, and frequently, during impor-
tant debates, sent the most remarkable speeches to the Castle, gratify
the solicitude of the impatient Viceroy. His Excellency, a warm
debates, (during which Sir Henry seceded from the Devonshire party),
asked Sir Hercules Langrishe if Sir Henry bad taken notes that
night ? The Baronet, affecting not to understand the tenor of his Ez-
allmcy's question, pleasantly replied, that he believed Sir Remy had
taken either notes or ready looney, but be could not needy inform hie
Excellency which. Sir Henry went into Ace immediately after.

A large portion of the western district of this county (Li-
merick) was thrown into great confusion on Monday night, by an
armed party, who entered several houses to execute Exchequer war-
rants, at the suit of a Gentleman in the neighbourhood of the old
Abbey, for the non-payment of tithes--A tea, Kilcolentan, and
New Bridge, were the principal points of attack. A respec-
table farmer, of the name of Hurley, had his house fired into,
his doors and windows broken, and his family put in imminent
peril of their lives. A brass blunderbuss krst in the hands
of one of the assailants, which wounded himself, scattering bul-
lets and slugs on all sides, and all this for refusing to open his
door. On Friday a Petty Sessions wu held in Shona-golden ; it was
composed of two Magistrates, unconnected with the district, who met
for the purpose of issuing warrants against the farmers for this year's'
tithe. Where will all this end ? Do these tithe farmers, or lay pro-
prietors, or grinders, or name them u we may, want to have the scenes
of Paris sad Brussels brought home to their doors? Every man in-
terested in the peace of the country ought to look seriously to this state
of things, and petitions should be got up against the system altogether
for the approaching Session of Parliament—Limerick Paper.

Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, a number of male
convicts were sent off from Newgate in a caravan to the hulks at Wool.
wich. Charles Phillips, the convict under sentence of transportation,
who effected his escape from Newgate last Thursday week, has not yet
been re-apprehended.
Friday last were brought into the County Lunatic Asylum
at Bodmin, two brothers, the oldest 22 years of age, and the youngest
20, sons of Mr. Saunders, a respectable farmer of the perish of War-
kggan. A few nights previous to their confinement, the one awoke his
bedfellow, and greatly alarmed him, by saying that he had plucked out
his right eye, and cast it from him, and that he was now prepared for
Heaven ! The man with whom he slept immediately called the father,
and light having been procured, it was ascertained that such was the
fact—the eye was completely forced out of its socket, and was found on
the bed ! The next morning the other brother was discovered with a
hatchet, and was about to cut of his right arm, stating that his left
should not know what his right did ! The father accounts for their
insanity by their close connexim of late with that class of Dissenters
called Brissette* and Ranters!—Western Luminary.

Poacniwo.—Poaching is carried on to a great extent in
the neighbourhood of Fordbam. A men, named Claydoo, was appre.
heeded there a few days since for poaching on the estate of the Duke of
Rutland; he was committed, and as a plea of safety, was lodged in
the cage, the constable having the precaution to place a watch over it.
About 12 o'clock at night, however, a gang of poachers beset the cage,
with a determination to release Claydon; some mounted the roof, and
tore off the load and tiles, while others attacked the brickwork, at the
same time threatening the guard, who thought it not prudent to con-
tend with so formidable a host, but went for the constable, who came
and secured the prisoner. The cage was literally torn to pieces. A man
named Bishop is bound over to the Sessions; he is supposed to be one
of the principals of the gang.—Cambridge Paper.

A GAMEKEEPER SHOT IT POACHERS.--011 Friday
night, a party of poachers, four persons, entered the woods at Oatacre,
and commenced operations by shooting at pheasants. Information
having been received at the Hall, the two keepers, with several of the
servants and others. proceeded to the place from whence the report of a
gun had been heard to issue, and approaching the poachers one of them
discharged his piece (an air.gun loaded with ball) at Oakley, the keeper,
and wounded him in the cheek. The poachers were instantly pursued, and
one of them, who proved to be Wm. Bennet, formerly a gamekeeper, at
(lateen, was taken with an air.gun in his possession, and shot and balls
were bound upon him. The wood was then surrounded by the remain.
ing keeper and his associates, and towards morning two other of the
poachers, Robert Edwards and James Whalley, were also taken. On an
examination before the Magistrates at Bridgnerth on Saturday, Bennett,
Edwards. and Whalley. were committed to Salop Jail for trial. The
other poacher, James Morris, was taken in this town (Wolverhampton)
on Saturday night, be Joseph Sparrow, one of the police acne, and he
also has been committed to prison. With the exception of the
aitsgun, the poachers seemed to have been armed only with sticks. It
appears that Whalley was &resident at Bilston. and that the three other
prisoners lived in this town. The ball which Oakley received in his
cheek passed along the jaw-bone to ite back of his neck. It was
extracted on Sunday morning, when it was tound to be cleft open by
the force with which it struck against the bone. There is, we are
fad to state, a prospect that Oakley will recover.— Wolverhampton