Star.
London, England, 1814-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

QUEEN•SQUARE -HACKNEY COACUEa.—A gentle-
man exhibited a complaint against William Saxton, the
driver of No. 137, for abuse and taking more than
legal fare. Complainant had gone over the same
ground so often, that he knew exactly what he ought
to pay, and he resisted the man's demand of three
shillings, that being one shilling too much. Much
abuse and altercation then took place about tickets,
and the man gave a ticket with the name of Fisher
attached to it ; but there being some confusion about
the amount actually paid, the Magistrate said, he
would convict for the abuse, that being established, as
it was of great importance to punish as often as op-
portunities offered, the rude behaviour of hackney-
coachmen.—Convicted in the penalty of 20s. and costs.
Bowornerr.--Yesterday T. Burroughs, late Purser
on board his Majesty's ship the Rhin, . was charged
with embezzling stores to the amount of 5e92.155.1 Id.
Examining the prisoner's accounts at the Navy
Office, Portsmouth it was found stated, that the
slop-room had been broken open, and slops to the
amount of £92. 15s. l 1 d. stolen ; and the prisoner
had taken credit to himself for that amount. To the
accounts were attached a certificate, purporting to
be from Captain Malcolm, of the Rhin, vouching for
the correctness of the statement, and also an affidavit
of the prisoner, stating the fact ; but some suspicious
circumstances, during the investigation, occurred,
which caused a further enquiry ; and the result was,
a suspicion that the whole was a fabrication and for-
gery. Yesterday Captain Malcolm attended, and
stated, that he had examined the certificate which
had been delivered in by the prisoner, purporting tet
be signed by him ; and that the signature to it wit
a forgery. The Captain also stated, that he had ex-
amined the affidavit, at the back of the certificate—
(which was sworn by the prisoner. at Portsmouth on
the 23d of October, 1813, respecting the breaking
open the slop-room, &c.), and believed no such ctr- ,
cumstance had taken place, or it would have been
entered in the log-book. The prisoner persisted in
the correctness of his statements, and endeavoured to
convince Captain Malcolm they were so ; but the
Captain said, the only occurrence he could recollect
respecting the slop-room door was, that the key was
lost, and the carpenter, by the prisoner's desire, open-
ed the 1 tck in his presence.—He was committed to
a future day, at his own request, to enable him to
procure bail.
A master butcher was convicted of cit Mug a heifer
on the pavement in Piccadilly.
Elizabeth Burnell, the keeper of a house of ill-fame,
in Panton-street, was brought to the Office, on a
charge by Anne Williams, a girl not 20 years of age,
who, with three other girls, rented a room in the pri-
soner's house, for which they at first paid RS a week,
but which was afterwards reduced to £2. 15s. On
Monday night she slept out, and on her return on
Tuesday morning the prisoner told her the room was
let to another girl. The prosecutrix then demanded
her property, but was denied until she had paid the
rent. She then offered to pay her proportion, amount.
ing to XI. 7s. 6d. but this was rejected. She having
ten duplicates of articles in pledge, she went to the
different pawnbrokers ; when she found the prisoner
had paid the interest, and transferred the property •to
her own name.—Mr. BIRNIE considered this transfer
as a fit subject for the consideration of a Jury ; but
as it appeared the prisoner acted under the influence
of her husband, he admitted her to bail. It also
came out that the prisoner's Iseeband • was about se

have billiard tables fitted up in the rear of his dwel-
ling, which is within a small distance of that of Mr.
EIIiNIE ;—he therefore, sent for the Parish Officers
and some of ;he neighbours, with a view of indicting
the house at the next Westminster Session.
A most extraordinary scene, from another house
of ill-fame, kept by a woman in Bedford-court, Ca-
therine-street, was exhibited. A genteel-dressed le,
male entered the Office, with her nose cut open, and
streams of blood running down her face. She war
followed by a motley group of females, belonging to
the same, house, and accompanied by a young Naval
Officer, with his uniform torn to rags, covered with
dirt, and a white mixture completely covering his
hat. A charge was made. against him by the first
mentioned female, of violently assaulting, wounding,
and ill-treating her. She stated herself to have ar-
rived in London within these few days, from Ports-
mouth, where sbe had been acquainted with the Offi-
cer ; that she had met with him yesterday morning,
when he had treated her in the manner above dt.

cribed, without the least provocation. The Officer
said he had given her 6s. and had been robbed in the
house of 46; that the prosecutriz h.id violently seiz-
ed hisa. bit two of his fingers through, tote his maths,
and, by a signal gives to another girl, the white
liquid WA* brought into the room and throws over.

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him, which blinded hiM ft,r ten Minutes; and he ex-
pected he should lose his eye-brows and part of hi'.
hair. Swine of the girls of the house contradicted
him, and said he attacked the prosecutris first, and
also the mistress of the house. The Officer having '
said he knew Mr.BIRNIE, without the least conscious.,
ness that he was then before him, the Magistrate very
coolly asked him what sort of a man he was ?—he
answered, a similar Gentleman to yourself. Mr.
BIRNIE then asked him his name ? and, on being in
formed, it brought him to his recollection. He then
ordered him to be detained till he sent for his father.
The Officer then entreated th tt his father might net
blow what a situation he was in ; but the Magistrate
persisted in his orders being obeyed.

- A woman applied to the Mlistrate to compel a
pawnbroker in St. Giles's, to deliver up to her a trunk
and its, contents. She stated her name to be Hannah
Keate ; that she is the wife of a soldier. Some time
since she laid in at Bristol, at the same time her hus-
band was in London, to pass into one of the veteran
Battalions, having been disabled in the war, and at
that time he was in possession of the trunk, which con-
tained wearing apparel, linen, and Bank-notes, to the
amount of ,0100. Her husband being then obliged to
leave town, he, for the safety of the property, pledg
ed it at the pawnbroker's for only Al 15s. Some
time after this, the parties applied to redeem the
pledge, when the pawnbroker, knowing its value and
having heard that a robbery was committed at Man-
chester about the time he received it, communicated
his suspicions to Mr. BERNIE, who authorised him td
detain them. The parties then stated that they be-
came possessed of the property by their industry, !he
having been abroad with the army, and washed and
worked for the officers. This statement has since turn-
ed out to be correct, and the Magistrate gave her an
order to receive the property.
HATTON-GARDEN..—Brown and Thisselton having
received ilformation that a quantity of skins, stolen
from Mr. Collins, furrier, in Allen-street, Clerkenwell,
were concealed at No. 3, Chancellor-court, Church.
stteet, Shoreditch, they went there, and found J. Ro-
bertson, a porter, in the act of packing up a quantity,
whom they brought to the Office, when he was re-
manded : as was also J. Brook, .charged with bring-
ing a forged order, purporting to be from Mr. West,
of Hammersalith, to a Mr. Davis, for three dozen of
candles.

MARLBOROUGH-STIMET.--A singular case came be-
fore the Magistrates in the case of a child, named
Collins, which had been left in SL George's Hospital,
under the following circumstances :—The mother,'
who was formerly a lady's maid in a Noble Family,
swore it to a servant in another Nobleman's family ;
but they afterwards cohabited together, and the man
was not called upon to exonerate the parish. The fa-
ther died, and the mother having been confined by
sickness in the above Hospital, the child was occa-
sionally brought there by a poor woman who had it
to nurse; this woman not receiving any money, re-
turned it to the mother. On Saturday the unnatural
parent went to the Hospital under pretence of seeing
one of the patients, and left the child there whast she
went to Westminster, as she stated; but forgot to re-
' turn. The-child remains in the care of the parish
officers.

Last week a young Lady eloped with the son of
a respectable tradesman of New Buckenham, in his
father's carriage, supposed on a matrimonial excur
sion to Gretna Green. The Lady is a minor, very
highly allied, and of considerable expectations. They
have not since been heard of.

J. Rose, an American prisoner of war, was drown-
ed last week at Plymouth, in attempting to effect his
escape, by slximming from his Majesty's ship Leyden
to the shore.

Tuesday, about twelve o'clock, a very respectable
looking female called at the house of Mr. Ward; in
Stanhope.street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and inqi:ired
the rent of the first floor. After viewing the apart-
ments, attended by a young woman of the house, and
returning down stairs; she informed the attendant that
she had by accident dropped a paper in one of the
rooms, and requested her to fetch it her, which was
accordingly complied with, but in the short interval
the female visitor entered the parlour, and purloined
a watch, which usually lay on the mantle-piece, and
with which she got clear off, although the loss was
almost instantly discovered.
Tuesday evening last, about seven o'clock, as Mr.
Vickerman and Mr. Shepherd, of Marfleet, farmers,
were returning home on the Humber bank, from
Hull market, they were attacked about half way be-
tween that town and the public house, by four men,
who knocked.Mr.V. down, and attempted to rob him,
but he resisting, and calling for help, some persons,
who happened to be at no great distance, came to his
assistance, in consequence of which the villains made
off. One of them was dressed as an artilleryman, and
the others were in soldier's clothes.

It being given out at the litter end of last week
that a day's play at fighting would take place at
at Wilsden on Wednesday, and that Messrs. Caleb
and Gibbons had again condescended to exhibit the
powers of also bulls not only the amateurs of the,
milling fancy assembled on the Green, but every
lad who had a fancy for a hank, and as a matter of
course, could not do without his bull.dog, formed
part of the precious lot The principal fight fixed
did not take place, but another was exhibited, and it
was well contested for an hour and twenty minutes.
The combatants were, a man named Matthews, and
a Coachman, the former of whom had a trifling ad
vantage in science, but the Coachman was compact
and heaviest. Cropley and J. Smith seconded Mat-
thews ; and the veteran W.Wood and R.Whele, the
Coachman. In the first round, Matthews made two
hits which did but little execution, although they
told ; the Coachman fought with him and drew first
blood. In the second round,' Matthews again went
in, but he was manfully received, and got the worst
of the round. Matthews fought shy after this, and
endeavoured to avail himself of science; but a very
smart conflict ensued for more than forty minutes,
when it was any odds on the Coachman. He shewed
bad condition, and got the worst of the latter part of
the battle, aad w•as ultimately beat. It was a well
contested battle, and beth men shewed much native
courage. The bull waa next bronet into the ring,
in rather sulky trim. After dislocating the limbs
of a few of the canine bitted, he was taken off, as
usual, victorious.

Monday, the Countess W l'enibtoke, of s is ghter, at Ils
I..ordsLip's house in Arting .In-street.
Wednesday sennight, at Weser :wed Park, near Hotihstn,
the Lady of Sir C. M. tarry% Bart. of a ,on.
At Barnhill, near Pettit, on the 41st ult. Mrs. Captain Came-
ron, of a son.

friday, at St. Martin's, near Looe, the LAT of Lieutenant
Prrel, Rsiyal Navy, of a son.
Wednesday in Wimpoie-rreet, the i ady of Jan
Archer Hamblen, E•q M. P of a son. . .

MARP.IED. •
Monday la4t, the 91st ult. At Hu.httersfiell, by the Ray. Dz.
Coultharst, Bei jAniiii h Allen, F.l. uf Greenhead, is 'seek
!ninth daughter of the loe I he Whitacre Esti of Woad-!owe.
Monday sennight, ac Work.reton, Captain John Genres. of
Miss Ann Wallis, second daughter of Mr Voilliazn Waldo, war-
chant, of that port. _ _

TiresdAv se'nnight, u Dower. WW am R. I)kktrissn, Esq.
Emma, daurht. rlo he lic 1. het or, Esq of that rue

alkll.

Monday se'llinght, aged 7u y. ars Mr. John Como, many
years mganist of Sr. (;..org 's Church, lavvrpool
OR. St, et hi. house in ip•Wrf street, Deal in the a4l year og
bis age, the Rev. Philip itrandou, hl 1. 28 years perpott,al attain
of Deal Chapel. •
luesday, the 4th tilt at Cornish-hal, 17:!oribire, in the 'frith
year of his age, Royer Ellis. Isl. High •Iver.ff of the said trinity.
Oct. 31, at Ramsgate, in the 64th year of her a,e. Elizabeth
Iterates, Contngham.
Oct. 21, at Chat ham, Captain Hinton, of the Inyal Navy.
Oc:. 30, at the House of the Dovrag. r of 1 evils, Lowy
Grosvenor wrest, Mi., Mara Anguish, ilsughier of T Angtdieti
Esq. late Acrountaii,-General of me High Cour of Chancery.
At Cramond, on the 2111 lilt Mary Goo us, wife et 1 imam
Wilson, Cu-tom house Oflker there, ate 176 The parties ba3
been married et year.; 4: was the mitti-t o 14 chil-!ren, ana
his n grand-children and tWv • r. at I(TRI141-4