Star.
London, England, 1825-07-19 00:00:00

POLICt INTELLIGENC E.

GUILDHALL. • • ,
A very respectable looking middle-aged mash a lie. Lhert Fewer,
well known sane years ago as an underwriter at Lloyd's, was
brought up yesterday before the Sluing Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
C. Smug, charged with uttering a check fee the sum of £3OO, on
Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co. the bankers, in Lombard-street,
knowing the same to be forged.
Mr. John Mitchell, one or the clerks is the banking-house,
stated, that about four o'cleck on Saturday afternoon, the prisoner
presented the check now produced to him at the counter, request-
' ing to bare it cashed in three notes of ~rioo each.' The signature
to the check. namely, 4, Arthur Shakespeare and Son," being that
of a firm which no longer existed, be sent the check in for errand
-
nation to Mr. Smith, another clerk in the house.
Mr. George Smith said, that on returning from his dinner on
Saturday, the check alluded to was handed to him for examination.
The flint of Shakespeare and Son bad ceased to be in existence
from the death of Mr. Shakespeare the elder,which occurred many
years ngo, but the present Mr. Shakespeare, the son, kept cash at
their house, and he ( \lr. Smith), bad at first conjectured that the
draft might have been signed in the old way by mistake, there
being a tolerAble similarity in the signature, to the usual hand-
writing of IJr. Shakespeare. (hi shewing the check to Mr. Tat-
too, one of the partners, he was desired to question the person
who presented it, and he accordingly asked the person from whom
he had the cheek? " A friend of mine upon 'Change," he re-
plied. " What! good Goo! is there anything wrong about it?"
He next inquired the name and address of that friend? This the
prisoner said he was not able to give, but he would give his own,
and hr did so accordingly, correctly. They then proceeded togetherer
to the Royal Exchange, to find the person from whom the prison
alleged he received the 'check, and on reaching the gate, Foster
said, "if you will wait here, I will go and find him.' Snitis
plied, that he thought they had better go together. After some
time, the prisoner not being able to fix upon Any person, he (Mr.
Smith) asked him if he was himself known to anybody t
in.
.re? The
prisoner said he was; but upon Inq-,!lry, the persons question
had known nothing of the prisoner during the last twenty years
?tlr. Smith also added, that the signature of ;NIL-. Shakespeare
w was
not in his hand-writing. lie had, soma years paid dratts t
the signature " Arthur Shakespeare and Son."
The prisoner declined entering into any defence, observing, that
no doubt, at the profer time, he should be able to explain all the
circumstances satisfactorily. Ile was then remanded. Dail was
offered, bt.t refused.

'GLASGOW. JULY 16.
Yesterday was St.Swithia's Day, which rarely passe;
without rain. It rained till about one o'clock, when it
cleared up, and the afternoon became fine. We may
therefore calculate at half at least, and the remaining
half oirrest six weeks will he dry. Yesterday was also
the greatest day of our Fair. The number of people
from the country was very consithrribie.; and-the crowd
on the streets, where the shews are eollected,was exceed-
ingly great. The utmost good humour and harmony
prevailed. The mirth and revelry usnal upon such
occasions was
-kept up till a late or rather to an early
hour. The roads and streets were this morning crowded
with 4‘ away a weary body," plodding their way home:
wards-. The lower part of the Green, this morning,
resembled a field of battle, where the living and slher
were busily searching for their relatives and friend;
amidst the accumulated troops slain by the breath ot
the barley bree." there were very few cases in our
Police °dice this morning..
The number of Black Cattle at the market was not ab ve cus
half the numher seen in previous years. Mach Cows ran from £lO
to .40, pi ices which are higher than have in mineral been previously
obtained this season. Fat Cattle ran from 10s. to 12s. per stcv..

THE MEXICAN Mt:res.—The letters by the EGER:A,
from Mexico, are dated to the 22d May: they give
v •ry ing accounts of the mines. .The quantity of
silver sent to the city of Mexico to be stamped k very
great ; two millions of money are reported to be in the
treasury. Three vessels had arrived with workmen and
machinery froth England, the Rosalind from Swansea,
ani dr! Cambria and Robert huge, from Falmouth.
The rains had set in on the Mexican coast some day;
before the departure of the Ea/NIA.; but our newly ar-
-rived countrymen to the number in all of nearly one
hundred) had safely re Iched the Table Land ; after
which the heat is no longer oppressive to European
constitutions. The t iftsure merchant vessel sailed
from Vera Cruz the day before the ECIERIA, with a de-
putation of Priests, to froceed on a mission.to Rome,
sarictioned by the Alextean,GoYernment, to conclude
I a Concordat. -
Tuesday last, the following trick was played upon
the landlord of Saiham White Horse, near Bury
A woman with her husband and three children, called
there for refreshment, and soon after the woman pre-
tended to be taken in labour. Boniface, with a view of
henefitting the parish, immediately offered the man
money to take his wile and family_ to Risby, the adjoin-
ing village, hut the money offered not being enough, he
refused ; the publican then gave 4s. which the man was
satisfied with, and immediately left the house with Ills
vile and family, soon after which the woman, without
the assistance of an accoucheur, delivered herself of her
burden, which was a pillow, which she had about her
person for the purpose of deception.
ANECDOTIC OF HIS MAJESTY.—When the late Mr. T.
SHERIDAN was on the point of sailing for the Cape, he
was cruelly arrested and thrown into a spunging-house.
This was mentioned to his MAJZSTT, then Prince of
WALES, while at dinner; the Prince whispered in Cot.
M.Manox's ear, who instantly left the table, and in
about an hour returned with TONI SHERIDAN, whom
his Royal Highness took kindly by the hand. Colonel
M'MAHoN had, by his Royal Master's orders, pal&
Tom's debts, amounting to 3001. and at parting, the
PRINCe presented him with a 1001. note, saying nete;*
Toss, I am devilish poor, but I loved your father—
take this to buy a hammock to stow away upon your
voyage, and write to me from the Cape, and tell me
how Constantin drinks on its native soil.