Star.
London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

b% lc? svinger?
BOW-srt.gEt.„,
" nroolc? and speakparrot ? and 'scua
and cl%cours2 ful/4tiati with one's oven y?-0 thcia
virit of brunt/yand .cvaler, if thug bast no name to be known by, Ll
n: ::+l; thee—devil!"

A must respectable rnan—a nnnt of middle age, sedate bearln;,
eeten,ive businass, and high reputation—one who•e ti,,
hnccA•i:l,.; dawn of (-trate:, was called upon, before the
yesterday, to answer for the knocking dow:t of a watchnt,u, the
abu,ing of women; the detnolitiou of parish property, &e. Ile w;.,
brought up in cootody fr•itn St. Clatient', watch-hou,:, with I,i,
dress-Aloes and black silk hose covered with mud; hi. inexpres,i.
Mrs ittexpresnibly torn ; his netherlip sadly lacerated ; his upper cn,
bruised and swollen; and his what. ?cram' atanifesting
miSery as any sober citizen. need desire.

There was a multitude of -witnesses against him, aid
evidence it appeared that the fullias which brought him
dif.t restful state were briefly thu‘; :—!Between twelve and frtl•!
en Tuesday night, or rather yesterday num/inf; he veer;
a-Lt.:rude-beef house in Clare-court, kept by the widow
and sealing alms; if in one of the boxes tip stairs, he called f.,r a ;;;J,v
of brandy and water. It was handed to him and he drank it 14,
Ile then called for a second bumper, and-having ingulphed it, 4e--
called fur a third; hut the widow refused to Fupply him ..V.!!!I 2.1
m that ure—in her opinion he bad drank more th eauntab berorc
entered her house—it wt.s late, company all gone,
wished to close her house and go to bed; and she sent tip a
messaz.e to him, beseeching him to pay for what he had crank
depart in peace. lie came down stain, an !, a., licr great as,or.r.:.
foid her he had been robbed in her hcris. , or, a. he t Xpre.ltd
i:, the house had robbed him of a t:iamoial pin, four sov,rei,nseid
a half in gohl, and his watch; and therefore b. demi.rdel V, it sh.:
should give him credit for the brandy an I water hc had ‘..r.ek,,,„„t
lend him seven sl illiugs where..vitit to procure him a bed ter v.:::
niOtt. wiJtAv was mightily iii(Nuatit at hearing this-4 ta;
the tithe of a hair was never hat is her boos? before." She 1,1.1
him flatly that she did ton believe a word of it, nor would she it:rai
hint a -in le f‘ixp. tnce ; aid if he had tin rionty he was eve!c:eue to
the br.hoty and watt r, so lie would only leave her !untie. Dat Ire
r-ottld not leave; and, after aifull hoor's altercation, the 'v dote
called its the watch, and treated her troublesome customer with
niglietiodging in the watch-house.

For this, as he had no money, he ought to have been much olirszi•
to her—he wanted her to lend him seven shillings to pay for a bed,
and she found him one fur nothing; and, though the bed might be
a hard one, it would have been still harder opon her to he kept- tree
of bed ail night, a butt for a'battery of hard words. Iloweetirete.
viewed the matter in a very different light—though, for the fir,t
hour or two after he was locked dean, he tank it quietly eeough;
but towards five o'clock in the morning, he awoke in such a far:
that, in a very short time, be had totally demolished the ofliciai
table; battered the shutter of the amen room to splinters; " ter?
a watchman's coat to ibands;" and floored the self-same watch-
man by a smashing blood-splashing blow on his proboscis!
Toe Magistrates (Mr. Ainssitur.t. and Sir R. Boma) express:A
their astonishment that a person of sods high respectability th.ae
have demeaned himself in the manner described, and asked
what account he had to give of it
" Wliy, Sir," he replied, "it is true that I went into this ws-
man's haute ; it is true th.:t I had two glasses of brandy and water
there ; it is true that I wished to Rave a third glass; it t. our th.a
she refused to let me have it ; it is true that I bad not too yto r.ay
fur what I had drank! and it is true that I wished her t ,end
sewn shillings to pay for a bed. But it is not tree that I Id hit-
hail been robbed of my watch; for, on the contrary, I ,red her
my watch as a security for what I requested; and I even to it ietts
the hand of her servant for that purpose"—
" Certainly you did, Sir," said the girl of the house. ut e rept:a;
Lint--" certainly you die, and by the same token you s.”1:CI:el I:
away again with such a teen°rtearice that the seais tilled toe
my hands in twenty places. And you know, that before ou pulled
your watch nut of your rocket, you swore ten thousand oaths that
you had been robbed of it."
Ile had nothing to say in reiaiy to this, but he assured the 'Magic.
irate that he had indeed been robbed of a diamond pin and four se-
vereigns,and to the best of his belief he was robbed of them la that
holm.. though he had no idea in what way.
Their Worships observed that the house Wet a very reputable one,
and as he was so much'inebri,tecl before he went there, it was very
probable he might have lost them elsewhere.
Ile was then ordered to put in ball for Ids appearance at the
goarter Sessions; hut we afterwards hcaid that lie found means to
make his peace with all his adversatie'.
Ellen (anitor, the tamale on whom Avis found a gold watch
worth seventy guineas, was yesterday sin brought up for exami-
nation. As another proof of the propriety of publishing Police Re-
ports, a Gentleman, whose name we fothear it.entioning from mo-
tives of delicacy to his family, came forward and itT,:utified it, Let
was unable to say positively whether or not be had made the pri-
soner a present of it, being very much intoxicated when in her
company.—Pe watch was Loomed, and the pristmerdischa

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO PAMILIES FURNISH-
mG —By applying at the re..l 31anufacturer's :11,y will find a Soring
of nearly One-Half. Every arci.:le oz Furnittne manufactured un
the Premises, and Warranted of the best Quality. Sixty different
patterns of Chairs.; from Twenty to Sixty atzeii well,tasoned
Mahogany, real Rosewtpud, stainest ~.d, rutt4,,,,, sod 11e.'..
room Choirs of all colours, ready for inspection, .md real ROE&
wood nearly as cheap as stained. Card, Sofa, Lou Tables. a. 0.1 t.:-
binets•to mach. A large assortment of welt-seasoned Alahnga.ty
Sliding Dining Tables of all sizes, Sideboards, AVardr..b •.,
Drawers, and all other articles of Furniture, too Mitt ter nub to nrll-
- at It. Wst.zworoti's Manufactory, 214, II:gh Iluluurn, oi-
posite Southampton street, Bloomsbury-square.

BIRTH.
March 18, at Fasque, the Lady of Sir Alexander Ramsay, of
13a!main, Bair. M.P. of a son. •