Star.
London, England, 1801-10-10 00:00:00

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POLICE.

CI VIC PR !VI LEG EL—The followingeircumflance,
Wi.ich materially affeds the privileges of the Cor-
•a yianation of Lon-don, and the-rights of its Citizens,
occurred on Thurfday before the Lord Mayor, at
the Mansion-Houfe.
Mr. Bolt, of Thames.flreet, one of the principal
warehonfemen in the City of London, was fum-
moned, at the inflance of three of the Fellowfhip
Porters, for having removed a quantity of pota
toes from one place to another, without having, in
compliance with the cut-toms of the City, employed
either of them or other of the Fellowihip Porters
in In doing. They infifted, that by the etillom
of the City, confirmed by various Charters, no
perfors but Fellowihip Porters, appointed by the
Corporation, hnd a right to remove goods of any
kind within the jurifdidion of ilk City, under the
penalties contained in its bye laws.
On the other hand Mr. Bolt maintained, that the
Charters of the City authorifed.no fuch custom as
the one contended for by the Fellowfhip Porters;
but that it was a privilege founded on an unjull
principle of monopoly. Bel-ides, the cullom, ad-
, pitting its exigence, could have no application
whatever to him ; the goods he had removed were
not the property of perfons to whom he aged as
Agent, neither had they been brought to market ;
they were his own private property, had been cul-
tivated on his own ettate, conveyed in his own
barge, and landed on his own pri.-miles.
for 'his convenience, to remove them, he had done
fo, employing only his own fervants, who were all
freemen of the City. It was not the value of the
deniand by the fellowfhip Porters, that induced
hint to refill it ; his objed was to relcue himfelf
and Ms fellow-citizens from an affumed and un-
founded
tortion. He declared it Was one he fhould hold'
himfelf bound not to fubmit to ; and was ready
to meet the Fellowthip Porters where each party
would have the advantage of an impartial Judge,
and an intelligent Jury.
The Loan MAYOR, with the titmoft candour,
- profeGd himfelf inadequate to the determination
of filch a queftion. He emild only recommend
an appeal to that tribunal which is deemed moll
adapted to its invefligation.
Mr. 'Boer laid, if an adion wasbrought againft
him, he fhould certainly defend it.
It was at length agreed the refpedive Solicitors
of the parties fhould meet and determine upon the
mol eligible manner of bringing the queftion to
an ultimate decifion in a Court of Law.
In obedience to his Lordfhip's fummons, Smith
and Simpfon,the two officersof Hatton-Garden,who
had unadvifedi y.apprehended Mr. Barker, a refpee-
table tTadefman, the preceding day, at the India-
Houle, conceiving he correfponded with the de-
fcription of one Ruggles, a (windier, appeared to
anfwerlhe complaint alledged against them. They
(hewed a warrant from Mr. Bleamire, authorifing
thew to take Ruggles wherever they could find
him. Anxious to difcharge their duty, and im-
preffed with a belief that Mr. Barker was the man
they *ore in fearch of, they had feized him, and
it wts not till they were near the Mantion-houte
they difcovered their miflake. They would then
have releafed him; but he infifled on going before
a Pfagiftrate, and they had taken him to Hatton
Garden, 4,here, of courfe, he was difchargcd.
The LORD MAYOR exprefred his difapprobation
of any conflable, or police officer, prefuming to
take any fuppofed offender out of the jorifdidion of
the city.
It, however, appearing there men had, on many
occaGons, alEfled the City Officers, and had prin-
cipally erred by being over zealons in their duty,
he should difrnifs them, as far as their offence con-
' cerned the public.
Mr. Barker, altuated by the fame motives as Ms
Lordfhip, readily 'confined to forgive two men,
whole conduct was attributable to their anxiety to
terve the public, by apprehending one of its un-
worthy members.

Bow-SrxEsT.---Yellerday Thomas Caine, John
loses, WlLlam Dallry, and George Sarney, the four
perfons apprehended a few days :,go at Brentiord,
on fulpicion of Realing five horfes fonnd in their
poffeffion, were brought up for re-examination,
when tro of the horfes were claimed. One
proves to be the property of Mr. Hale, a coach-
mailer, at Tottenham, and v..as llolen out of a
field near Waltham-Abbey, on the 14. th of laR
month, and brought to the Kitig's•Arms Inn, yef-
terdayfe'nnight, by the prifoncrs Dailey and Sar-
ney ; and the other belongs to Mr. Baker, clerk to
the Rev. Dr. Glaffe, of Wanliead, Eiftr, from
whence it was Itolen about the fame time, and
which was alfo found in the prifoncrs'
The prif incrs were remanded for re-examination.
John Sakr, the man flopped with the Brown
horfe, at Macy-heath, was alfo again put to the
bar, but no owner appearing, he was likewife re-
manded.

HA rToti-Gar.nt!.—Wednefday night a young
man of the mune of Betion underwent an exam-
ation on a charge of having. on Friday night,
during the rojoicing on account of the peace, dif.
charged a loaded pitlol, the contents of which
flrnel the temple of Mrs. Bowden, as the Rood at
her cellar door. in Eagle-ltrect, Red lion-frivare,
whereby her eye was 'knocked our .old her tkull
much franured. She was immediately taken to
Sr. Bartholomew's iiofpital, without hopes of ic-
corcry.
-l'hurftlav the prifoner was taken to the hnfpi-
sal, to be identified by the woman. A Magi drate
attended to take her depolition, after which the
priloncr was condoned to prifitn.
:j9f.ts C4stvir, a labouring man, was commifted
for trial, charged with fleabag live poultry, ft urn
tin out-bottle bc1:•:‘-ing to Mr. )anfon, at Hamp
!toad, which were found upon him by the [wrote.
Scarc-ly any g:ntl,men's hottfes in that neigh-
have efcapcd this fpecies of depredation.
Vefterday WII/Ltis Poutr, alias Bes:m, was again
esamined, on a cLirg:: of firing a loadA piftc,l :It
Ann Bowden, atoi cortnittcd tot re.cx,tminatittu,
11% :cr, l'hu trt!.l a young man, a wateli.
"taker, was charged on si:ivicion of acalhiga watch