Star.
London, England, 1813-08-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

MARLBOAnUGII-STII Eifel . —Yesterdayß. ilfatterrroas
charged with assaulthig two young females, in Bed-
ford-square, on Monday
.evebing. The deftn.tAttt
forced himself between them, so as tis separate them,
and behaved to one of them in a very indecent and
unbecomingmanner. The ether, in endeavon-ing to
rescue her companion, was knocked down, but the
defendant was secured. He was ordered to find bail.
Beak was held in sureties for sending a chal-
lenge to a tradesman in Huntingdon pl ice.
UNION HALL.—SWINDLING.—The following fratte,
was practised at Kingston fair liv week, upon Inv
unfortunate Welchmen, who mete shire with *num.
ber of beasts for sale ; —Two men, appa. ently far.
mers, came up to them, and having chose!, itShea,tL
out of a' large drove ; a price was agreed upon, ;ITO
ten pounds paid as a deposit ;—forty prnnds more
were to be paid as soon as one of them sheedd have
disposed of a horse on which he was riding, and fo:
which he had several tames been hid moner in the
fair. Fiir the remainder of the m• ney they gave a
draft upon a Gentleman in the town, payable at sight;
and the bargain being fully arranged, thee aajourned
to a public house in the fair to chink. Whilst there,
one of the farmers suggested the propriety• of the
Welchmen going to the house of the Gentleman on
whom the draft was drawn to ascertain that all
was right, and offered to go with him. Tile offer
was acceded to, and they went out for that ph rprse,
but were soon separated by the crowd in the f
The Welchman continued his way to the Gentle man's
house, and, on enquiry, soon ascertained, that the
draft was not worth a farthing ; he hastened t taelf to
the public house, expecting to find the parties there,
but found no one except his own friend, tit e other
farmer being gone into the fair to sell his hors ?. Un-
der these circumstances, they hastened to d .e spot,
*here they had left their beasts under the es re of a
boy, determined not to part with one of therri till they
had better security. This determination, 1 flwtver,
Came too late ; sixteen of the best of them W re gone.
The poor men immediately applied to Mei non, the
officer, and by his activitxeight of the sixts -en were
intercepted on their road fur Smithfield, will .re tliey
were no doubt xoing to he resold,. The pet -sons of
the chief perfortners• in this Welch Tragedy, 11l )n-ever,
are not unknown at the office ; active sort,irrh is
making after them, and it is to he opeathey will non
make their appearance beforitheMagistratesi t their
proper persons.
BOW-STREET.—A few days since Dr. Wm. Go r2on,
of Berbice, was brought to this office, charged a ith a
breach of the peace, in puttiog in bodily tear by tst nd-
ing.a threatening letter by way of a challenT to
Hugh Rose, Esq. Mr. K INNAIR Di the sitting his ;is-
:trate, after a .ititable admonition to Dr. Gore!, c
the heinous na:urc of his offe..ce, ordered him to :find
bail to keep the peace till peat :Tim, himself in d: UKI.
and two sureties in A 1.50 ea:h.

MURpEIt.OF CLIIToRD.—On the eraminatiett of
Leary, on Monday. a persiut stated that he kneel
prisoner hada knife, and which he had heard bins de-
scribe as being broken at the point. He was she %vn
the knife fonnd, and was•of opinionsthat it answl
the description tt e•prisoner had given him, of tEe
'knife which lie hacl spoken ()f. i'br.wirness .de-
sired td takie the knife to the prisoner at the bar, :t
a.,1 hint if it had ever bgenlis. The prisoner i mit
diately acknowledged that the-knile efai his.—Lc. t y,
the reistglev. did•net-sy ar word:,escept when he t •:.-
knriwledgecl.tha..tthe•knife belonged to him; but eel 4.•
ral times darkly, the examinatipn he,shed tears.
Nadia ifesars a privateln'the Yoik Rangers, It 3e
been coinitiiiteifor trial at • the next' Admiralty St s•
I sions, charged with the murder of Lieutenant Jowts-
.roNs, of the 15th Regiment, witik. un their pastage
to the West-Indies. . • • - .

Friday, five•Plrencb prisoners "Me trt_aome
farmers' servants near the great§iiteetta, Hants.
having ei,eaped from French prison, at NortriahCrosss
and who• were making their way to the Coat in or.
der to 'get to France. Tire prisoners hive beer) sent
on beard one of the prison ships sn Por.strinutis
harbour.
3` ridgy afteriron, about four o'clock, the pier ereem
tell on Millbank, for the purpose vf landing sr.mes of
great weight, to build Vauxhall-bridge, suddenly
gave way, in consequence of tie worlcruen overload.
ing it. Three men were on it when it first began us
fall, and who could not ascape helore the whole hill-
' ding was preckitated into the river. Pr-Videntialiy
it was low tide. There were many persons walking
about, who, upon hearing the tremendous crash, re-
paired to tit spot, when, to their great astonishottit,
they saw the three men ernerhing from ti.eir perilous
situations unhurt, with the excepti..n of a kw
contusions.

BIRTHS.
This morning, Mrs. R ieltat ds, 11, of Clarm-street, of a son.
Sultday, W'impole•strt•ct, the Right lion. Lady Charlmta
Hood, of a daughter.