Star.
London, England, 1822-08-30 00:00:00

POLICE.

13ow-srarter.—& Simpson was fully cotnmitted for.stealing a
horse, the property of a poor man at Turnhani-Green. The
prosecutor traced the animal to a slaughter-house in Sharp's.
alley, Cow-Cross, where the poor beast was about to be killed,
and the slaughterman pointed out the prisciner as the person from
whom he bought it.

li Westivr, driver of the hackney-coach No. 1127, was re-
manded, charged on suspicion of being concerned in a burglary
in the house of Mr. Staton, a draper and tailor, the corner of
the Gulden Cross Inn, Charing-Cross, and stealing therein a large
quantity of cloth, and several articles of wearing apparel.
Gun.nuati..—On the morning of Sunday, the 18th inst. while
the family were absent, attending Divine Service, the house of
Mr. Miller, boot and shoe-maker, Upper Thames-street, was
entered, and robbed of property, in money, plate, and wearing
apparel, to the amount of • nearly £5O. Circumstances having
.caused suspicion to fall upon Mary Eagle, the servant at Mr.
Jarvis's, who resides directly opposite, and John Gay, a friend
of her's, they were both examined here on Wednesday ; the
evidence was very contradictory, and threw but little light upon
the transaction. They were remanded for further examination.

Lien Eyre was brought up on a charge of felony. The pro-
secutor, W. Leonard, a musician, in Castle-street, Clerkenwell,
commenced his charge by stating, that the prisoner ran away
front hint on Monday last. " What," said Mr. Payne, the
Magistrate's Clerk, who was examining him, " she lived with
you as your wife?"—" Yes," replied Leonard, " she has done
it several times." The prisoner here interrupted, by declaring
that she was his lawful married wife. Leonard reluctantly
acknowledged the fact. He had been married to her some
years, and had had five children by her. " What do you bring
her here for now ?" said the Magiatrate.—" For breaking the
room open, and robbing me."—" But you are married to her,"
said Mr. Payne; " and a wife cannot rob her husband "
" Indeed, Sir," said Leonard, " she. has robbed me several
times, and almost ruined me." He then proceeded to state,
that on his return from his last voya`ge to India, in the Marquis
1 of Wellington, he found his wife in the House of Correction,
for a robbery of which she had been convicted at the Old Bailey.
lie took her home after the expiration of her sentence, and she
bad several times since stripped his lodgings, and run away from
him. On Monday, she set off again, lid took with her, among
other things, two clarlonets (the instruments by which he got
his living), and he had seen nothing of her since, till he met her
accidentally that morning, and gave her in custody.—The Ma-
gistrate regretted he could do nothing .to assist him. The law
considered the interest of a wife in the property of her husband
to be complete, and consequently no felony on her part could be
committed with respect to it. Leonard could not understand
this law ; nor could he he brought to conceive why, after his
wife had violated her matrimonial vow, his own should be held
so strictly binding, that his wife might rob him whenever she
thought proper. " I can't get my livelihood," said he, " with.
out my clarionets--she bas pledged them. Can't your Honour
make her give me up the duplicates?" But the duplicates
standing in precisely the same situation is the rest of the hus-
band's property, the Magistrate could not interfere, and the
unfortunate musician was left to his own ingenuity to make the
best of a bad bargain.

THAMZS Poucr.—Yesterday, the Rev. Thomas Wilds, a cler-
gyman serving at Twickenham was brought before the Ma-
gistrate, upon a warrant, charging him with committing an
assault and battery on the person of John Sills, the owner of a
sailing-boat.—Sins stated that the Reverend Defendant was in
the habit of employing his boat for himself and family, to make
short aquatic excursions • that be got into his (Sill's) debt, and
he could not for some time get any money from him ; but at
last he got it by instalments. On Saturday last, the defendant
again engaged his boat, and with his servant came on board.
The boat was under weigh, but wishing to put the Sails right,
he thought he would cast anchor, to be able to do so with greater
ease. On his attempting to throw out the anchor, the Reverend
Defendant told him nut to do so, and said, " if you do, you
shall go over after it I" Witness still persisted in throwing out
the anchor, and the, defendant came up and struck him with his
fist in his mouth, and knocked out one of Ms teeth (which wit-
ness produced from his pocket, carefuUy wrapped up In paper),
and cut his lips : he also told his servant to follow his example.

John Sills, jun. son of the last witness, who was In the boat
during the assault, stated that the defendant said, " I will knock
you over, if yon throw out the anchor," and then put himself in
a boxing position, and struck his father in the mouth : his fathcr
gave no provocation whatever.
The Magistrate said, a clear case of assault had been proved on
oath, and the defendant must find bail.
The defendant said, there was not a clear case made out against
him, and he was ready to make affidavit be never striick the man
at all, but merely put his fist In his face : and be insisted upon his
servant being examined. • _ _
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Sills, and the officer who served the -warmats 4304 that the
defendant had sent bw servant out of the *it morning, to
prevent his examination.
The. Magistrate said he should send the eta!'ttl die Sessions,
for it was evident chit the men's Oxide' tilmild lest have been
knocked oat without a blow eflideemern• . •
The defendant's hand was ogsimbiedi thl.hafthig which was
lacerated by the teeth of the plaintiff.
The .bfagisttate said, the maths on the bad; ratio hand were
presumptive proof of the troth.of the "accusals*, god orderei
the defendant to lind bail, or be committed.. 11* biked la die.
custod7 Asa Am. till hie bell StflYeds