Star.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

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ATM .—Ye terda y ienr3e, who was on TUIIS •
day charged by oire'tlf the turnkeys ofNewgate with
'uttering expresbiont whith etched suspicion that he
could give information touching the Lite murders, was
again brought forward, but k beltig satisfactorily
proved that the words were used in Mere idle drunken
conversation., he was discharged, with a suitable lee-
tare fr.nu the Bends.

During the interment of Williams, Humphries, of
Bow-(trees, observed Bob Barney and George Bignell,
two notorious characters,att-m ptirig to pick the pocket
cif a gentleman. The officer immediately secured
them, and brought them up to this offices On the petion
of Barney was found two £1 notes and a small red
pocket-book, and in the pockets of George Bignell
only a large canvas purse, filled with 24 half-pence,
and two skeleton keys. The Magistrates fully corn-
.ruitted the prisoners to take their trials at the next
Sessions.

Sylvester Dryscoll was again brought up, and dis-
dorgel
Jobe Cahill, al'as John Butler, alias John Frederick,
whose examinations before the Magistrates of this
Office, have been marked with such repeated incon-
sistencies and palpable falsehoods, was recognized on
Monday night by Captain L. of the Sligo Militia,
who had an interview with him. On seeing the Cap-
tain, the prisoner satirically said, " How are you, •
Captaiin ?" Examining him very minutely, the Cip.
tirin'iephed, "I do not know you." The following
parley took place :—" Pray, did you belong to our
regiment ?" " Yes ; I did, seven years ago ; I was
enlisted by a Serjeant Clark, at Sligo ; I never jnedci
the regiment, but know you very well ; and I. eon.
sider myself a deserter, and no other regiment hat a'
right to claim me." " Did you know the Serjeant-
Majcr of the regiment at that time ?" I don't
know his name, but be was a lusty man." The
Captain again looked at the prisoner, and at length
recognized his person ; and, alter putting a multi.
plicity of questions, found out that are man had now
told the truth, and it is supposed that the prisoner
will be delivered up to the regiment.
QUEEN-SQUARE. —I. Curie was again brought up
yesterday on suspicion, in consequence of his persofi
ithd dress answering the description given of his being
one of the murderers of Mr. Williamson. Mr. J.
• Spanton, of Horse ferry-road, attended, and proved,
that on the night of the murder, the prisoner was at
the Bell public-house, in Prince's-street, Westmin-
ster. The prisoner was in consequence discharged.
Truism Pow E.---On Tuesday, two men were
charged with having in their possession a quantity of
grain, for which they did not satisfactorily- ac-1
count. It appears that the Lord Mayoris entitled to I
halt a peck of each sort of grain in every ship entering
the port of London, or to sixpence in lieu thereof ;
and it has been customary lately to ply the sixpences'
instead of the samples. But the cfiicers of the Thames
Police have discovered, that some if the agents have
been in the habit of paying the sixpences, and instead
of charging them, have converted the samples 'to
their own use, whick of course, makes a considerable
difference to the owners. It being, therefore, a case
ofconsiderable importance, the Magistrates adjourned
the determination till Friday.
. • .GUILIIIIALL.—Yesterday James .111iirlhy and Thomas
Hunt v. ere charged with robbing Margaret ltartie, in
'Gun-powder-alley, Shoe-lane. She ti,hl his Lord-1
ship that en 'Tuesday rog'it, between eleven and
twelve o'clect,..the met the prisoners, who asked her
for some gid, Which she refused,Avilen one of thenk
knocked her down, and cut her pocket from bet,
which contained a.three-shilling-piece,, and other sil-
ver; that her cries brought several persons to her as-,
sistance, when the prisoner Murphy WAS taken teihej
watch-house; that he stole her shawl, and used bet
very ill. Henry Rollers, a reTectable looking young'
man, confirmed the old woman's statement : end
said he thought they would have murdered her.—'
Cresswell the constable said the prisoners were noto-,
liens characters, and had committed many depreda-
dons in St. Brill 's parish. They were both fully
committed fcii trial.

An elderly man was charged with stealing mt. um-.
brella front the shop of a tradesman,at
field-bars, on Monday night. The prisoner informed
the Alderman t' at he bad bien urged to take the
property by his.distresses: cold, hunk, and without
the means of obtaining a shilling, with a. wife and
four children, at Deptford-, almost starving, he had
been tempted to commit the act for which he then
' stood under examination. The Alderman consider-
ing the culprit intitled to some commiseration, asked
the prosecutor what would s...isfy him ? Uttar
'observed that the man might go for a soldier.. He
added, that he had pulled out a knife, apparently
with intention to execute vengeance on those who had
detained him, and at these times, when the most
atrocious murders were committed, it was necessary
that such character, should be secured. The defen-
dant ackridwledv,ed taking out his knife, but with the
intention only ot -eudalg his own miserable existence.
The Magistrate reprobated the idea of self•murder,
and asked him if be was willing to go into the th.-
tines? After some:objection, in which the dtlendant
said he was not fit fort* service,he consented, and
a Constable was sent with him to the enlisting officer.
MA RLFIGHOOOII•STREET.—Dentrit Connor and towers •
-cenno4 were charged with counterfeiting the Current
coin of tharealin. It appeared in evidence, that the
two Foys and Jackson went to the hoarse of the priso-
ner,.Connor, . No. 6, Summer's-street, Hatton -Gar.
yesterday.morning, and the door was opened by
Connoes wife, in his absence. The officers, by virtue
of a warrant, proCceded to search the house, when
they found a room completely fitted up for the pun.
pose 'of coining, together with a furnace, crucibles,'
?Alen, moulds, and all the other necessary apparatus
for the purpose of making and colouring base coin.—
j Truhics and packages were also found, one of which
contained nine dozen counterfeit sixpences, and other
articles, most material in evidence. The officers
waited until the arrival of Connor, and on searadng
him, they found a quantity of unfinished counterfeit
dollars, dexterously executed, but not coloured.._.
Connolly arrived soon after the other prisoner, and
on him was found one bad dollar. Connor pleaded'
that.the contents of the trunk belonged to a licensed
hawker who lodged at his house, but who was now in
the country.
• Two well known characters of the names of Fitz-
gerald, the one of whom is deaf and dumb, were
charged with assaulting a Mr. Aldridge on the .high-