Star.
London, England, 1802-03-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

Maasior-Haust.--Saturday, feveral pbrfons,
apprehended at a honk in Glafshoufe-yard, Mina-
ries, for taking Lottery infurances, were brought
before the LORD MAYOR. Two poor men, who
lodged the information, Slated, that their wives
had pawned or ahem ife dilpofed of all their ap-
parel, befkdes other property, for the purpofe of
infuring at this place ; but they could not identify
the prilbncrs, all of whom pretended to have gone
there by chance, and pleaded great poverty. They
were difcharged, on promiling never to be Peen in
the place again.
Mr. T—, a merchant in Savage-gardens, was
fummoncd on the complaint of a young man,
who had lived with him near a year, and to whom
he refuted giving a character, by means of which
he had been prevented for fix weeks from getting
a place. Mr.T. faid, he could lily nothing againft
the lad's fohriety or homily, but that he had been
faucv to him. •
The LORD MAYOR faid, he highly difapproved
of she conduel of Mr. T. in fending a youth into
the world, exposing him to danger, and depriving
him of the means of getting an honeft livelihood;
and it Mr. 'l'. perfitled in his refufal, the lad might
bring an aelion againft him for damages. Mr.T.
faid, he would relieve him with a (mall fum of
money, but would give him rio character.
Two apprentice boys belonging to Mr. Goff, a
paperhanger in Houndfditch, were charged with
Stealing a gold ring. One of them confelfed hav-
in.• Stolen it, and was fent to the Compter. The
other was ditaarged.
SHADWILL.—Levy Allan underwent examina-
' don, chimed with felling counterfeit (even Shil-
-1 ling pieces, at the rate of three for los. 6d. He
was committed until the Solicitor of the Mint ihall
attend.

WHITICHAPEL.—Saturday Wm. Roberts was
fully committed to Newga:efortrial, bei:lg charged
by Mr. Gregory, potatne-merchant in Spitalfields,
with hualing and robbing him of a watch, value
five pounds.
Michael Davies was committed for three months
as a rogue and vagabond, for taking illegal in-
furance in the lottery.
HATTON-GARDE N.---Laft Saturday Frances Bol-
ton, a waiting woman on tick perfons, was corn.
mitted to the Houle of Correlion, to be forth
coming to fubtlantiate a tale, propagated by her-
fell, that a Gentleman, of the name of James Bar-
well, was clandeffinely buried from Somer's Town,
under an idea that he was poifoned. Throughout
her whole Rory (he was fo contradidory as to give
room to fuppofe the invented the tale with a view
to extort money.

Mmuncutoudii-sritEET.—Wednefday, Thomas
Skelton was fully committed to take his trial, on
a charge of robbing Mr. John Manton, his matter.
Alfo Sarah Hyde, charged with robbing John
Potter, and taking from his perfon a 51. and a 11.
Bank of England notes. The prifoner is an un-
fortunate fzniale, and accpfted the profecutor, who
gave her fnmething to buy food, as (he pretended
to be much diareffed, and not to have eat any
thing during the day. On leaving her, he difco-
vered he had been robbed, and on defcribing her
perfon to the watchman, a 51. note was found upon
her, but the infitled it was none of the profccutor's,
as it had been given to her by a Gentleman who
lived in the country, and who always gave her
money when he came to town. The profecutor,
however, (wore to the note, and was bound over
to profecute at the Seffions.
(4, e EN-SI:VAR it,WEsrmiastea.—On Thurfday,
Tho. Levertidge, a foldier, was charged on the
oath of P. Wilkinfon and others, with (haling a
filver watch, the property of the raid P. Wilkin-
fon, a foldier in the Guards ; proper enquiry being
made,the watch was difcovered at a pawnbroker's,
near the Almonry, Weaminfter ; the journeyman
of the fhop (wore pofitively to the perfon of the
prifoner, and be was fully committed for trial.

The duty on Hops being only one penny and a
fmall frattion per pound, which has not been aug-
mented !ince the year 1783, the fmall addition on
the next year's growth of that article of one penny
and a fraCtion, making the neat duty 3d. per lb.
would produce 43,0001. fuppofing the next growth
to fall v:ry far fhort of the laft, as it generally does
after an abundant year. Such an advance to the
private confumer can be no °tried whatever, and
would be fo comparatively trivial and eafy to the
publick brewer, that among the ways and means
of the current year, few or none could be deviled
that pare lefs objettionable.
The talked of duty on Malt, w: hear, is intend-
ed more as a regulation than as an additional duty-
Tuefday morning a fire broke ou: in a malt-
Imre belonging to Mr. Nind, of Afton-on-Car-
rant, near Tewke(bury, which entirely confumed
the fame, together with about aso boards of malt;
and before the engines could arrive from Tewkef-
bury the flames communicated •.o the dwelling-
honk, which was loon burnt down.

\Vednefday morning, about three o'clock, a fire
broke out in a glazier's (hop, in Church-ftreet,
Birmingham ; but by prompt exertion was fpeedi-
ly got under without any confiderable damage,
Thurfday afternoon, as one of the men in the
employ of Mr. Burton, plumber, Newcaille fireet,
Strand, was cleaning a three-pair of 'lairs window,
he MI into the yard, and was literally dallied to
pieces. The unfortunate man has left to lament
his leis a fick wife and five children.

Saturday fe'nnight as a fervant of Mr. Dale's
of Lawfhall, in Suffolk, was driving a waggon near
the end of that town, the horfes took fright, and in
endeavouring to flop them he was thrown down,
and the wheel' going over him, he had his leg
hal:hired in a (hocking manner.
On Sunday fe'nnight, John Nice, Merman,
of Melford, was thund drowned in a pond on Mel-
ford Green. It is fuppofed, that on his return
from Bury the previousevening, he drove his cart
into the above pond to water his both ; when, in
turning out again, the drafts broke, and left the
cart, which ran back into the deep water with him
therein, who is imagined to have been either afleep
or intoxicated. The horfe being blind, was found
sear the fpot.