Star.
London, England, 1824-09-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Stn—For some time past reflections injurious to our
reputation have very frequently appeared in the" Medical
Adviser." The Proprietors of that work, sensible that
they have been grossly imposed upon, have published
an address to their Readers, in the last Number, wherein
they make the " amende honorable."
'l he following are extracts from that Address (Vide
No. 42):
" We have now to express our regret that we have been the
means of giving publicity to that, which subsequent inquiries have
convinced as was unfounded. We are now speaking of all thorn
parts where allusions have been made to Messrs. Goss and Co.
&aerie-street, Fleet-street.
" The allusions made to the professional claims of that firm were
made from information we had received, that the Gentlemen con-
ducting it were not regular practitioners. Subsequent inquiries
have convinced us, that such information mast have been given to
impose upon us—indeed we have much pleasure in stating, that
they are Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, and that their
professional education has been regular and liberal."
Anxiety to rescue our character from undeserved re-
proach, must plead our excuse for requesting an early
insertion of the above; we remain, Sir, your obedient
Servants, G 033 & Co. Surgeons.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HOUSE.
A porter of Mr. Lee, a hardwareman in the City, Was lsronght
before the Lora Maros, upon suspicion of having stoke a parcel,
containing bilis of exchange for upwards of XlsO, and also of hay-
ing forged a receipt in the mune of the proprietor of the Swan with
Tivo Necks, in Lad-lane, for the parcel.
Mr. Lee stated, that he had several days ago sent the prisoner to
the Swan with Two Necks Inn with a parcel, containing bills of
exchange tothe abovementioned amount, and directed to a Gentle-I
man in Birmingham. The parcel had not been duly received, and
had not been heard of since it was delivered into the prisoner's bands.
Upon the file of the prosecutor's once was fixed a piece of paper,
purporting to be a receipt for the parcel, and with the signature
" Waterho" to it.
The clerk at the Swan with Two Necks denied, upon being shown
the paper, that any part of the writing was his, and it did not ap-
pear from his books that any such parcel as the prisoner was en-
trusted with had been received in the booking-once on that day.
The prisoner, upon being suddenly questioned as to the writing
on the paper, appeared greatly confused; at first he said it was not
his writing, and afterwards that it was, with the exception of the
abbreviation of the name of Mr. Wm.:thous., the proprietor of the
inn, which he asserted was written by Mr. Waterhouse's clerk.
The Loan Maros gave directions to Mr. Cope, the Marshal, to
make further inquiries, and the prisoner was remanded.
Earn:siva Itosasse.—Mr. Alderman Thompson, accompanied
by Mr. Stanley, of the firm of Hawker and Stanley, came to the
Justice.room to complain of a very serious robbery which had been
committed on the premises of the Latter Gentleman, in Duck's-foot-
lane. We understood the Alderman to express his opinion, that
the circumstances did not reflect any credit on the vigilance f the
watch and ward officers of that district. The warehouse and pre-
mises were left strongly secured on Saturday night, and on Mon-
day morning it was discovered that they had been entered, and
robbed of hills and negotiable securities to the amount of 41,000,
and 40 sovereigns.
Mr. Brown, the Marshal, said the robbery had evidently been
committed by experienced thieves. Several serious robberies had
been committed upon premises which had been left uNuarded, as
was the case in the present instance. The impression of a front-
dour lock was speedily taken, and when a key fitted, admission was
instantaneous. W ken thieves got in on Saturday night, they often
remained on the premises the whole of Sunday, packing up for
Monday ntor ll ill g, when a coach drove up after the departure of
the watch, and received the thieves and the plunder.
The Lotto :11). you gave the Marshal some directions on the sub.
ject: Four thousand pounds, in Navy bills, were kft ur.touched.

GUILDHALL.
A very elegantly-dressed female, apparently abbot 30, who
stated herself to be Mri..444 Fwid, the wife of a, cattle jobber, was
brought up yesterday before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
Sumer, on toe charge of having defrauded one Isaac Hicks, a
farmer and grazier from Wialsech, in Cantbridgeshire, of the sum
of five hundred pounds.
The prosecutor, a plain-looking countryman, apparently old
enough to be the pi iioner's father, contented himself with saying
that she had asked him for the loan of X5OO to redeem some money
that she was to get out of Chancery : that be was desirous of assist-
ing her to obtain this property, and bad accordingly furnished her
with a draught upon Meurs. Fuller and Co. to that amount. That
he waited at the Goose and Gridiron, In St. Paul's Church-yard,
while she went to get the money, and on her return be allowed she
'hewed him the notes, and alio a paper upon which she had taken
down the numbers of them. They then walked together to South-
amptonsbuildings, Holhorii, where they went into a tavern to take
.some refreshment, and while there, she pretended to miss the notes,
and still persists that she has lost the whole of the money. He bad ,
since ascertained that she had no money to redeem out of Chan-1
cery, and he therefore concluded that the whole story was a trick to
defraud him of the property.
The prisoner, who is a woman of much personal attraction,
seemed perfectly at her ease under the accusation. She declared
that the complainant (who, by the bye, has a wife and family in the
country) had deluded her away from her husband, and that she had
been living with him as his wife, ever Minx last Easter-day was
twelvemonth. She, however, omitted all mention of the money
that she was to get out of Chancery ; but she was extremely sorry
fur the loss, and she was willing to try if she could raise him any
money to supply a part of it.
Mr. Alderman Seminar observed he was extremely sorry, but it
was wholly out of his power to afford the complainant any relief.
Ile had parted with the money to the prisoner voluntarily, and
whether she had imposed upon him in the first instance, or whe-
ther site had really lost the notes or rant, there was no criminal of-
fence in the transaction of which lie could take cognizance, and the
prisoner was accordingly discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Samuel Lloyd, in eMetly man,armis charged, with embemleinent.
The primmer had bcevo a clerk in the employ o/ Mews. Grading and
Broatiweidd, the ale-brewers, of Broad-street, Golden-square, to at-
tend the.drays. It was proved that on the 10th July, he received a
sum of Sit. 10s. front a person named Franklin; on the 12th of July,
201. from a Mr. Caley, on account of .15/.•and in November last,
51. 10s. from Mr. Duggan. These sums Mr. Iluggings, one of the
clerks, raid had not been accounted -for by the prisoner. Mr.
Gotliug arid, that a number of similar charges could he made out
to the amount of 200/. In Mr. C.'iley's case, the 201. had been
paid to the prisoner's wife, and that charge could nut therefore be
proceeded M. Upon the others he was committed fur trial.