Star.
London, England, 1806-10-04 00:00:00

I °LICE, &c.

l'eflerday William Watts, carpenter, was corn.
milted from the Tl.emes Police Office, for re.exami-
nation, on a charge of bigamy.
Wednefday a refrattory apprentice was committed
by the Chamberlain to ..ittle fate, in Guildhall.—
The vnpleafant ;wafture in which he Road for one hour
occ finned him to make much nnife and uproar.
STRORT.—Yefterday a Gentleman of relpee-
table fun stinn qpd connexions, was brought in the
Windy of ilarltes, charged with a breach of the
peace, tiotnufly affetubling at the hnufe of Mr.
Sheddon. in Bedfordlquare, and attempting to fhont j
him, on Thurfalav night. It appeared that the pri.
foncr is a Gentleman of confidetable property, and
he has been very intinaate with the family of Mr.
Sheddon. He unfortttely has a great propenfity
t • excellive drinking, fr. much Is. that he would drink
a pint of Ipirituous liquors b fore breakfall, till, at
length, it had Ruch an effeit upon him, that he be.
came infane, and went to the Admiralty, Tome
months (ince, and behaved with (itch violence, that
he was teemed, and taken before the late Sir R.
Foao, who fent him to the Houle of Correflion, and
from thence his relatives had him taken to Bedlam,
where he was in a Ilion time cured, and difcharged ;
but the Gentlemen of the Faculty were of opinion,
if he drank liquor to excels again, hie diforder would
return. His relatives, therefore, took every poffible
precaution to prevent him from getting liquor.
About a month lunge he purchafed tome filver
(Dorms, and Anne knives and forks, of Mr. Parker, of
Mortimer•fbeet, and gave him a draft on Mr. Shed
don, of Bedfordlquate, f r payment. On it being,
prefented. Mr. Sheddon faid lie had no money of Mr.
—, but would pay it the beginning of ORober.— j
Thurlday moaning Mr. Parker preterite.' the draft,
amounting to tot. 6s. for payment ; Mr. Slieddnn,
on the draft being prefented a month fusee, fuppofed
it was only 61 and upon examining the draft on
Thur May, he thought the tom had been altered from
61. to ;cal. 6s. and Mr. —, having before played
off a fimilar trick for the purpofe of getting tome
ready cans to procure liquor, he refuted payment.
Mr. Parker in confequence returned the draft to Mr.
and about ten o'clock .at night both of them
went in a coach to Mr. Sheddon's !mule. On the fer-
vant coming to the door, Mr. —. with a bode-
;Meal in his hand, allced for his mailer. The fervent
!hewed him into the parlour. On Mr. Sheddon en-
tering the parlour, he defired Mr. Parker to leave
the houfe, as he had nothing to fay to him, which he
refuted io do, and hlr. faid he fhould not ;
when Mr. Sheddnn was about to turn him ova, Mr. j
—.. took a OM from hes pocket, and was about'
prefenting it at Mr. Sheddon ; his brother and two
friends entered the room at the intlant, and knocked
the pillol out of his hand and fecund him, and on
fearching hint they found another pittol in his pocket,
loaded with three bullets& They them gave Mr.
in care of a watchman to condat him home, and
.turned Mr. Parker out.
.. The Magifirates committed the Gentleman to the
Enure of Cotre6ion for want of furetics.
• MURDER Or Mae. Pooxsar —Yellen:lip, Anthony
jand Hopwood took Metal front the Hnufe of Cot-
xenon, ail.: rep from the Brown Bear Public haute,
who was is futpedied with Maycock of murdering
Mrs. Poole'', in flotayelown, to a labouring man in
that neighbourhood, in confequence of his being fo
Intremely ill, that his life is delpaired of, and of
courfe could not be brought to the Office to give his
evidence.
Mr. GAANAN, accompanied by Mr. STATTOP" the
_principal clerk, met them there, and took the depofi-
tion of the lick man, in the pretence of the prif men,.
He flatted that Mayenek told him he knew old
Mrs Prioley had a deal of money in her honk, and
elk d hi n to accompany him in going to rob her,
wla ch tie declined. The wretches were fourteen hours
in the honk, and Maycock feized the old lady by'
her throat as Ile was coming out of her bedroom.
Mayctsck was taken back to the Houk of Correc•
lion, and Pope to the Brown Bear.
MARLBOROUGH srasEr.—Yeaerday the young
Midthipman, who flood charged with malicioufly,
fling a piths' at Mrs. L. his aunt, underwent a long
and minute private examination. It appeared that ex-
dnfive of the ball in the pianl, the prifoner had three
other balls in his pocker,and a powder lialk, which were
produced. It was Rated that fince the prifoner had
left the Monarch, he had collated as a private in the
Surrey Militia, from which corps he abfented him.
(elf, without leave, three weeks lance. He wept bit-
terly during the examination, but as he laid, not to
much for has iituation, as that an ilea lhould prevail
eat his having attempted to (bout his aunt, who had
been his benefattrefs and Mend, and through whole
interehl he obtained his place in the Navy. His whole
intention was to defray himfelf, in contequetwe of
his having incurred his aunt's Misleading. The pri•
f mer was committed for trial.

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UNtnv Hats..—Yefierday Jahr Hornet a water.
man, living at Twickenham, appeared before Tints.
EvaNcs. GIDII.III Foteutra.and CARPIDITSIL SMITH,
Efq. and three other Magiarstas. to wawa a lion•
mons to the following putpurt—
That on Monday the silt day of Ltd September,
at Richmond, in the County of Suney, be did in an
unlavrfol way demand of, and receive front John
N. Vistew. Efq. a greater fare for the hire of his
boat than what is allowed be law, and was alto at
the fame time guilty of abufive Logone to his fare.
Mr. Crags, the Cies k of the Waterman'a Com-
pany. an 4 Mr. Williams, the Solicitor, attended on
the pan of the perfun futons/sued—the perfons who
fummoned him had no Solicitor. After a very long
sad redoes invcliigaturn, before fix Magistrates, it
was admitted by Mr. Williams, that the above might
jet held to be proved,.bot no other part. Twelity
/hidings fine, and tas. coos, were then taken.
Saturday fennight, at an early hour in the even-
Mg. John Keberny was barbaroufly murdered in the
town of Fethan.t, near Cork, and we underhand two
other perfons were fu defperately beaten, ma to con
rinue in very great danger. Keherny had for fume
time been confined under various initiations, but for
want of fufficicnt proof had Len liberated, and was
Paid to have become completely reformed.
On Monday lad John Muckett, a private in the
4th regiment of foot, was committed to Chelmsford
gaol, by Mr. JOHN Meson, one of the Coroners for
the borough of Coleiarder. charged with the wilful
sourder of Rlizabeth his wife, on the night preceding.