Star.
London, England, 1812-08-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

QUARN.4olAllE.—Thursday a Gentleman in V ere-
strkt, Oaford-street, appeared befcee.the Magistrate,
to answer to` a complaint preferred-againsi him by a
eivati 'soldier in the lit Regiment Alf Foot Guardi
for havtg stsiistfd the'escape of a deserter. It ap-
peared y the testimony of i'serirant of the Lieute-
nant Colonel of the .52d Regiment of Foot, that bt
discovered one Friend who deserted from the said re.
giment while embarking for foreign service at Deal,
going into the defendant's house, in Vere-street, and
not wishing to seize him at that moment, went im-
.` knediately to procure assistance, and met With the
e 'complainant who repaired with him to the place, and
took the deserter into custody. The defendant in-
faisted that they were not legally authorized to se-
jure the man without a constable, on which Leming,
'the 'errant, went for further assistance ; but whilst
gone it appeared, by the evidence tlf Morrison, the
private soldier, that the defendant was the Means of
!effecting the escape of Friend, though he had been re.
peatediy told by them that he was a deserter. The
• defendant was convicted in the penalty of £2O.
Yesterday &Thorp, d private soldier in the second
Tower Hamlets l‘liktia, was taken off parade at Abe
Barracks, Deptford, by the civil power, and carried
before WILLIAM GOODIIEW, Esq. the resident Ma-
gistrate, on a charge of defrauding his Majesty's re:
venue, by obtaining the signature of the Comman-
ding Officer of his company to hank a letter, purpor-
ting to be from himself as a private soldier, but which
proved, on the examination of its contents at the Post
Office, to come from a woman, and therefore not en-
titled to the exemption of postage, as in the case with
letters bona fide written by private soldiers on their
own business.
UNION HALL.--Yesterday Edward Celfin: was
charged by Mr. Carnegie, a Gentleman residing in
the Rent-road, with attempting to pick his pocket of
his watch. Mr. C. stated,, that he Wes one of those
who went on Wednesday evening to partake of the
enlivening pleasures of Vauxhall, and on Coming out
of the Gardens on Thursday morning, percCiting a•
number of persons standing round the door on the
outside, he tucked the chain and seals of his watch
withinside his fob. He had not, however, got mail),
steps into the crowd, before he felt some cne pull at
his watch, the chain of which he perceived was polled
out; he immediately seized hold of the prisoner, and,
'from the position in which he was standing, he had
no doubt he was the person who had attempted to
*.draw the watch. The prisoner could give no satis-
'factory account of himself, and was ordered to find
Robisuon was charged bx a Gentleman
"-named Flood, with having picked his'pocket of his
ewatch, seals, chain, and key, previous to his quitting
Gatdens. He was committed for re-examination.

- Pu t LlSlC—Wednesda y a pitched battle wai riitight
in a field at Limehoute, between --- Scotch ard, a
-Lancashire man, and an Hibernian, nanteskßiley,
both excavators, for £lO 'a
-side. They Sit -to-with
.t great resolution, exchanged hard plows, and repeat-'
*telly knocked down each other ; when, after a very,
faibstinate contest, which lasted above twe'hours,
-tory declared in favour of Scetchard, his antagonist
rviating.so much beat as not to be able to stand* see..
• A pitched battle for a purse of guineas took place
rain Saturday last, hear Margate, betwren Croiley of
• pugilistic ctlebrity, and Watkins, a coachman, from'
-Oxford. At one O'clock the combatants set-to, when
zaftet ria minutes hard fighting, in which they had
a fie rounds, the coachman was so disfigured, thath'4
';lriends took him from the 'Ting. This bittleaffOrded
-lout little gratification to the amateurs of boxing,
v4Cropky having decidedly the adiantage"asiet \lns.
:v..opponent, both in nature as well' asitt—bettip.
1 on Cropley:
• yes del clay a curious bet agahistliine,to a condi.
wadeable amount, was decided, by a Than, attempting'
L nits's' chariot wheel, by hand, from Hyde-park
• Turnpike to Windsor, and back again, within
'-Isours. He started exactly at a quarter after four in
I the morning, and was therefore to arrive back at the
Gate by a quarter piiatiwelve, to win his wager • but
deems that he gave the attempt up at Cranford-
- /Midge, on his return, finding it impossible to effect
t. his object within the limited time.
• ''- Tuesday seinnight an Inquest was held at Lisburn,
12'0* the body of a poor aged woman, who v. as seen
eitWing in a field near Lisburn, so long ago as from SA-
_VT, then supposed to be drunk, and asleep ; and
"dough it • ough rt was very near the public high road, slir
itmained.there until Monday, when, shocking to r'
dogs had actually torn the fleslioff her Tegs,
.4' lite Jury brought ih.a verdict of--Pied by the vv
''''ll6ioitOon. •