Star.
London, England, 1830-10-16 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

BIANSION.NOVSE —Capt■in Read, accompanied by Mr. J. L.
Jones, one of the owners of the &lips' steam vessel, appeared before
the LORD klaTost, to answer the complaint of a man named Noakes,
whose barge had been sunk by the swell arising from the rapid pro.
greet of a steam.ressel, and who had been in imminent danger of
being drowned.
From the evidence, it appeared that Noakes and his assistant were
rowing the barge in the Thames, near Limehouse, when the Eclipse
approached them at a speed much beyond the regulated rate of going.
The bargeman called out to the Captain, and said he (the Captain)
would sink the barge if he went on so rapidly, but no notice was taken
of the appeal; the steam vessel dashed on at full speed, and just as she
passed the swell overwhelmed the barge, and down it sunk. The two
men sank with her, but were providentially saved. The barge was now
at the bottom of the Thames.

Captain Read said the vessel was not going at full speed. The Cap-
tain called witnesses to disprove the case against him.
Thomas Nash stated that he was mate of the Eclipse these 18
months, and had been three years in the service of the Company to
which that vessel belonged. As the steamer went along he saw the
barge very deep in the water' and evidently overloaded. The steamer
put passengers ashore at Limehouse. and then the Captain de-
sired him to go ea easy. The vessel did not go at the rate of more
than three or four miles an hour when she was passing the barge, and
did not go at full speed.
The City Solicitor—Do you remember, about three months ago, sink-
ing the boat of Joseph Haynes, a waterman ?
'Witness—.l do not.

Another person employed in the vessel said that he saw the barge as
the steamer went along, and that it appeared to be very heavily laden.
He said toe gentleman near him that she lay very deep. He heard af.
terwarda that ahe sunk.

The Captain and the Owner said they were prepared to defend them.
selves, as they by no means considered the steamer in fault.
The LORD MAYoa—Very well ; perhaps the bat way is to have
it settled ins Court of Justice. I trust that it will be tried, for I really
begin to tremble fur.the public.: I have presented a petition in the
Court of Aldermen on the subject of these vessels, sad I have no doubt
the Court will adopt such measures very soon as will give some protec-
tion to the community. From what I have head, l have reason to sup.
pose that the regulations of the Court sre as little attended to as if they
had never been made, and I shall certainly use all the power of which I
am capable, to remedy this very serious mischief. The parties then
retired.

OtriLDßALL.—Williases Bennett was re-examined, charged with
stripping a furnished house, which had been let to him in the course of
the summer, at Prestbury, near Cheltenham.
The prisoner had been remanded, in order that the prosecutor might
come to town to identify him.
The complainant, Mr. Jonathan Briggs, of Cheltenham, stated that
the prisoner hired the house from him, and decamped in the early
part of last month with the greater part of the furniture, which he sent
on to Londoo by a waggon, assuming the name of Warlters. Upon
learning these flues. bs forwarded a notice to the Bell Inn, Wunieh.
lane, where the goods would arrive, and were to lie tin called for. They
reached this place on the 13th of September, and the prisoner, on apply.
lug for them, on Tuesday last, was apprehended. The complainant
produced the agreement under which the prisoner was put into posses.
slim of the turn tore, and also a warrant which had been granted spinet
the prisoner by a local Magistrate.
The prisoner produced a paper to shew that he had agreed to pur.
chase a portion of the furniture, and said he could shew the rest of the
property_ bad become his own.
The complainant admitted a portion of the goods had been sold to
the prisoner ; but the articles recited in the warrant had not been dia.
posed of.
The Alderman therefore ordered that the prisoner should be con-
veyed to Cheltenham.
Bow-rracrY..—John Bennett, a lad apparently about 18. years of
age, was brought up on a warrant obtained against him by the officers
of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-flelda, who charged him with being
the fattier of an illegitimate child, of which • plain-looking young fe.l
male, named Harriet Russell, had been delivered.
The mother of the child swore positively that the prisoner was the
father of her baby, but she could not bring to her recollection the time
when their intimacy took place.
The prisoner as pertinaciously declared that he was entitled to r.o such
honour as that intended to be conferred upon him. He admitted, how-
ever. that he knew the complainant on the 31st of March, but he assured
the Magistrates that their Intimacy was limited to that day.
txsetut.r. asked if the complainant was quite sure that the
prisoner was the father of the child, and cautioned ha to be careful how
she swore ?

The complainant answered that she was quite certain, and that her
intimacy with the prisoner subsisted for more than three month,.
Mr. lillsouttra., having consulted with Messrs. BLCKETT and
Massage, county magistrates, agreed to make the order of affiliation.
Mr. Palmer, the clerk to the overseers, hoped that nc more than
Its. Id. a week would be allowed fur the mainttrance of the child, as the

.• 111,1 •tV4I to 'll • • ,r, ti.
h. 4! 14,11 y 2tl. a %e,k.
Mr. M I 14911 U r.r. expressed very great reluctance to order any smaller
maintenance than Ss; but under the impression that tile ptisoncr held
been seduced by complainant, he at length limited the allowance to 2s.
The prisoner was then remanded into custody, until he shall have sa-
tisfied the parish.
BIAILY-LA•loxxr..—Silas Tilling, a man of sallow complexion, and
marked with the small-pox, who appeared to be about thirty years of
age, was brought vester&y morning from the Regent's Park, by the
police constable No. 110, of division D, for creating a disturbance there.
He claimed the Colosseum as his property, and demanded entrance that
he might go to the top of it, and carry home the old ball of St. Point
Church in his pocket. He also gathered flowers and broke the shrubs
in a neighbouring garden, and he was taken into custody. He conducted
himself like a madman before Mr. Hoskins, and with some difficulty
was persuaded to give any account of himself; at length he said, 1 Uve
at No. 9, George-street, Portland-plats, and Isere is (throwing down a
grocer's shop-bill advertising cheap tea), my title to the Colosseum, and
who denies it ?
Mr. Hoexitts ordered Keys, the gaoler, to lock him up, and he sent
the policeman to George-street, to make inquiry respecting him.
The policeman returned without any tidings, and all that could be
learned of him was, that a person at the office knew him as a shoemaker
in Somers Town, and a field-preacher.
Mr. HOSKINS ordered the gaoler to bring him in again, and when
Keys opened the door of the cell, the prisoner burst into a loud fit of
laughter, and pelted him with pieces of his coat and hat, which he had
torn into a hundred pieces.
Mr. lionise told him he was very foolish to tear his clothes to
pieces.
" What shall I tear then?" said he. " This ?" seising the note-book
of a reporter.
Mr. Hoskins ordered the officers to remove him to the constable's
room, and send to the workhouse for some one belonging to the parish
to come and take care of him. They had some trouble in doing this,
and when he got near the fire-place, he made a snatch at the poker, it
was put out of his way ; he then seised the fender, and two men Wer.
wards were obliged to hold him.
Mr. Wiffen, one of the assistant overseers, came from the work.
house, and said he should have proper attention, and he went quietly
with him, declaring he would order Temple-bar to be pulled down after
the King's dinner in the City, for that had brought on his disorder, and
that if he had not watched the moon for 11 hours the night before very
ausfully, the world would have been set on fire.
BLIMLIIOIIOUGII-STREET.—Thursday Mrs. Sarak Collins, a lady
of considerable property, whose case was a short time since given at
considerable length, was again placed at the bar. It will be recollected
that on a previous examination and full committal of this lady for the
robbery at the shop of Mr. Ward, Piccadilly, a few yards of La had
been found in her reticule, and this circumstance induced the Might.
trate to order her to be again brought up In the hope that the lace, if
stolen, might in the mean time be owned. A description of the lace
was given, but no person came forward to claim it.
Mr. Isaacs, sen. attended, as on the previous occasion, for the pri-
soner ; and on a question being put by Mr. Roe, the Magistrate, whe-
ther any person had come forward to own the lace, that gentleman re-
plied in the negative, and begged to ask the Magistrate if he would
allow his client to be admitted to bail. Mr. Isaacs also stated, that the
prisoner wax allied to a noble family, and was possessed of a fortune
amounting to 100,0001. She had left Cork, her native place, only a
few weeks, and had come to London on particular business, and since
her arrival here had borne a highly honourable character.
Mr. Roe said, that admitting all that Mr. Isaacs had stated to he
true, still it did not tend to deny the specific charge.
Mr. fuzes assented to the truth of this observation, but begged to
call the attention of the worthy Magistrate to the fact of the lady expos-
ing her willingness to he searched ; and the circumstance of Mrs. Ward
in her evidence having made use of the words, " When I was up
stairs, I said to her, Now, if you have it, give it me, and I'll let you
out by a private door, and no more shall be heard of it." He
(Mr. Isaacs) had since learned that there was not a private door
and this, in his opinion, threw some alight shade of doubt upon the
question. If the probabilities of the case were to be looked at, a rea-
sonable being, conscious of guilt, would not have refused so good an
opportunity to extricate herself from the dilemma. He must say, that
in the course of the prosecution more than an ordinary degree of feel-
ing had been evinced. The observation respecting the private door
warranted a belief that other inconsistencies might have been adduced
in evidence.

Mr. Rocs—lily object has always been consistency, and if I admit
this lady to bail, all would claim the same indulgence at my hands. I
must go on fairly and steadily, and cannot give way to my feelings,
however much they may be interested. lam sorry to see a respectable
lady placed in such a situation, still my line of duty must be adhered to.
31r. Isaacs—But some circumstances might warrant one in forming
a reasonable doubt.

Mr. Rot—l am told, sir, that the lace was found in her bosom, and
lam bound to believe the oath of the individual who states that; and
any questions of doubt must be a subject for another tribunal. If I
were to let my feelings lead me here, should repent it another time. I
am, on oath, told that 201. was offered by the lady if the constable
would let her go at large.
Mr. Issees—l believe, by the rules of the Commbsieoen of the Po.
Hee, the constables are bound to report particular circumstances, and I
feel assured that this alleged offering was not reported to them, but "got
up" m an after transaction, and only told to the Magistrates and not to
the Commissioners.

Mr. Roe repeated, he was bound to believe the evklence on oath,
and be ordered the prisoner to be remanded until the Sessions com-
menced.

The prisoner, who appeared more tranquil than on her formerexami.
nation, was conveyed to prison in a coach.

Towx-HALL.—Mallhew Kelly was charged with assaulting police.
man M. 130. James Broklebank, of the Red Lion, Honleydown-lane,
said that at 10 o'clock on Thursday night the prisoner had some words
with others at his house, and was about to fight ; when he attempted to
get bim away, he assaulted him also, and tore his shirt ; he was very
drunk. Sir John Panama and Mr. Alderman ASTILZY fined the
prisoner 40s. and he was committed in default of payment. Presently
the policeman returned, to say that he had been set upon by Bridget
Kelly, the prisoner's mother, who raised a mob round him, and called
him a perjurer and a thief. She had herself been several times com-
mitted to Brixton from this Office, where she was sent again for the
offence.

Urtiow-Rat.t..—Two men named Robertson and Steed, were charged
with the following robbery, the examination of which disclosed a
case of felony against the man who brought the charge against the
accused panics.
Richard Brooks stated that, on Saturday, as be was proceeding down
the Kent-road, in his cart, accompanied by the two prisoners, he fell
fast asleep in the vehicle, and that during that time he was robbed of
his watch, together with a gold seal and key. When he awoke and
missed them, he accused the prisoners of the theft, but they denied it,
and he gave them into custody, convinced that the offence could not
have been effected without their being instrumental in it. Subsequently
to their apprehension the watch and its appendages were traced to a
pawnbroker's shop in the London-road, where it had been pledged by a
person resembling one of the prisoners. To account for the watch not
having been found in the actual possession of either of the prisoners
when taken into custody, it is suspected that they handed it over to one
of their companions as the cart was proceeding along.
At this stage of the examination, the prisoner Steed's brother stepped
forward, and stated that Brooks, the very man who now made the
charge, was concerned himself on Friday last in breaking into the stable
of a Mr. Layton, at Kew, and stealing therefrom a pet of harness. The
informant then detailed the manner in which this robbery ass effected.
He said that on the day in question Brooks, accompanied by informant's
brother and a man named Lee, went down to Kew together, to dispose
of a load of firewood to Mr. Layton, and that, after the purchase had
taken place, the three of them went to a public-house in that I
neighbourhood, and remained drinking there until twelve o'clock I
at night, when Brooks and Lee went and broke into Mr. Lay.
ton's stable, and stole the property alluded to. While :Stooks
and Lee were committing the robbery, deponent's brother
waited in the cart until they returned with the stolen property, which
they deposited in the cart, then drove to town, and sold it at an old iron
shop on Saffion-hill. The above statement of the alleged robbery was
declared to be true by the prisoner Steed, who, it appeared, had in-
formed his brother of all that had transpired since it was committed.
To strengthen the statement against Brooks, the complainant in the
other ease, Mr. Layton attended, and said that he perfectly recollected
the day on which Brook.* came to his house at Kew with a load of wood;
and on the same night his premises were broken into, and a set of
harness stolen. Brooks was immediately transferred to the bar along
with the other prisoners, and evidence is to be adduced on a future day
to substantiate the alleged charge against the parties implicated.
Trustee Foxing—Francis Trepartben was charged with robbery
on board the Camilla, of Penzance. tle was found to have on three
pair of trowsers, two jackets, two waistcoats, and two silk handkerchiefs.
Tb. prisoner had left his own clothes behind. Clements, the officer,
said the prisoner had admitted the robbery, and mentioned that he •as
the son or a respectable ship-owner, but for some time past had been
leading a dissolute life. His mother was now pregnant, and it was
feared, if the information of her son's conduct reached her, bad comae.
quenoss would ensue.— C.apt. Brener:t fully committed him for trial.
Was. Bwaketastee, a waterman of the Custom.house Lower-stairs,
was charged with demanding and taking more than his legal fare. The
defendant was engaged to take the complaicant to the Hatavier Dutch
stennta oat, off Ur lort.stairs front the Customhouse. His legal fare
was ed. but the complainant gave hint a shilling. The waterman
mantled 2s. and collared him, and would not lit hint go until he paid the
demand. Capt. kiennext. convicted him in the penalty of twenty
shillings and costs.

A society has been formed in Bristol to protect creditors
front the schemes of fraudulent bankrupts and other insolvents A
plan to prevent the harpies of the law horn Khios to their own aoleitee
the roklue of ru;ner.l propetties, would be to the-full as beneilciaL

A PPREE UNION OF ME RINGLEADER 'N
TINY' uF 'MR COLuNIAL BRIG

Yesterday, a person came to Queen-square Office at an early I.n: r,
give information of the retreat of this man. The officcut with b..,
little difficulty got into the house, and found him In a room up star,
and took him into custody. He had on a shoemaker's leather apron, se;
beside him lay his working tools. Being questioned, he said lie was $
shoemaker, and was not aware of any offence be had committed. Tlir
officers now called up the landlady of the house, and she said that he had
taken a room in her house at the rent of 3s. per week, but she did n.,
know what business he had in the room he was found In, as that belong.
'to her son.in-law, who was a shoemaker, and the tools were his. TI„
prisoner trembled excessively, and said his name was Watson ; and after
searching the prisoner's own room, three pawnbroker's tickets were
found; one of them was for a quadrant, pledged in the name of Will.
Weldon, a few days ago; another was for a telescope ; and the third
was fora coat. On the prisoner being brought to the office be w::
found exactly to correspond with the deacription given of Captain Wal.
don, alias Swallow, alias Walker, alias Todd, and was identified ss
being transported from this country by the name of Swallow. Tin
prisoner was then taken into an outer room, and on being closely exit •
mined a scar was found on his right arm, and also a small scar on the
chin and nose, as described in the Rae and Cry. The circumstance
having been communicated to the Magistrates, they ordered him to b•
remanded, and in the mean time he was to be taken to the Thames pt.
lice to be identified.