Star.
London, England, 1812-03-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

Cumn-HALL.—Saturday a sturdy beggar, warned
',noir, was brought before Alderman Corns, char-
ged by Mr. Cocks, a gentleman residing at Hackney,
with insulting a female on Holborn Hill, with a view
to extort money. Mr. Cocks stated. that he obser-
ved the defendant, who had his arm in a sling, last
night accost a decent woman, carrying a child, and
after following htr for some time, he uttered the most
gross language to compel her to give him money..,—
When takento the watch-house, he removed his arm
from the sling, and confessed that he could use it.
Sir W. Curtis observed, that the defendant. should
have an opportunity of exercising his arm in Bride-
well. The prisoner was committed for one month as
a cheat and impostor.
Bow-sraexT.--Blozwit.--Saturday Joke Pilcher
was brought to the office and charged with unlaw-
fully marrying Elizabeth Talmasli Poarke, at the
parish of Saffron Walden, in Essex, in the year 180 s,
he having a wife then living, to whom the prisoner
was married at the parish of St. Olave's, Silver-
street, in the year 1798. Both the wives attended to
give evidence against the prisoner. He was commit-
ted for further examination.

Catharine Foster was charged with falsely persona-
ting herself to be the sister and next of kin, and re-
ceiving the wages, amounting to £27, belonging to
Charles Stewart; an able-bodied seaman. She was
committed for further examination.

ROSSINO THE House or COMMONS.—On the 6th
instant, the Committee Room No. 9, of the House of
Commons, was robbed of a valuable clock which
was placed up in it. No trace could be discovered
of it nor was any particular person suspected : it was,
however, ascertained that a pawnbroker's duplicate
for A clock bad been offered for sale to Mrs. Meyer,
who deals to pawnbroker's duplicates in the London.
road, St. George's Fields, on the second day after
the clock had been stolen, by a man. Mrs. Meyer
went to Mr. Folkard's shop, a pavoabroker's, in the
London Road, but they could not agree upon
terms fur the purchase. On the following day. Mr.
Folkard received information that the clock had been
stolen. After that, a man presented the duplicate
to see the clock, when he was taken into custody and
brought to the office. He proved to be a broker in
the Strand. The account he gave of his having pos.
session of the duplicate was, that a man of the name
of John Brotherton had given him the duplicate for
the purpose of purchasing the clock. This account
of course did not satisfy the Magistrate till he had
procured the apprehension of John Brotherton, which
was effected on Friday,evening, when he underwent
an examination, and acknowledged giving the broker
the duplicate. The account he gave of his having
possession of it was, that •he took it of a young man
for a debt of hon.)ur, whose name he did not know
nor where he lived. A Gentleman belonging to the
House of Commons idernifird the clock to be the
same that was stolen from the Committee Room.—
The prisoner was committed.
Usam-HALL.—Satarday ;Tones, carter to Mr.
Rumsey, of King-street, and Rae and Wafier, ostlen
at the Black Jack and Black Horse public-houaesi
Russia-green, were charged before Mr. BERNIE, the
Magistrate, the first with stealing hay and corn from
his master, and the other two with receiving them,
knowing them to be stolen. They were all commit.
ted for trial.