Star.
London, England, 1825-12-28 00:00:00

POLICE lUTELLIGENCE,
GUILDHALL.
George Fidd, a drover, was charged with obtaining, by,
dulent dulent pretence, the sum of £3B los. lid. from Mr. 0 •
banker, in limithileid. Mr. Walker, of &field Highway,
had employed the prisoner as drover, and about the 25th
ber last sent Mm to Lend= with twelve sheep and foarteen hat. with directions to deliver them to Mr. Brutt, the 8aki,,000,-;4
would dispose of them, and place the
was as usual, *
hands of Alr. Griffiths. The money was paid into the hoe
Brut,
and soon after some person went there, and having awei
for Air. Walker's and money, received the 381. lOs. gd.
bring the fact of hiving received the money borne to the sus
twm. Joon, a drover, was Called, who stated, that between noe
two months ago he overtook the in leaner upon Forty Hut,
Raßeld, who told him he had done a pretty job. He asked ~°7
what was the matter? To which the prisoner answered that he
sited.
taken SRL of Mr. Walker's, and he must go away for it.
He ~o.
vied him to make up the money again, take it back to Mr. %Vti
ker, and beg his pardon, but the prisoner said he could
list toza.;
that. fur it was all spent, except lateen or seventeen pce:ido
which be had left in the hands of a woman. After some
tr=ial conversation, they parted, and the next time witness saw gr
Walker, he mentioned the circuttistance to him.
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being recalled, said, he bad never authorised the Pd to
Mr. wa,
any money for him; and the prisoner, who declined sall"ii larking
in his defence, was fully committed tor trial.

H ATTON-G A RDEN,
Tux COUIPILIMIXTIS or TIM S!ASiI,4 ---Yes:erday 31,.
3.
' an importation of the Sister Kingtiont, of such dinloisi,„,„ as ouch;
to affect the " exchange' between the countri, s, and who sitter ins
arrival in this country has been engaged in architectural studies
ass
bricklayer's labourer, was brought up under a warrant, by Lloyd, the
racer, charged by Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, of pigeon court,
the South of Ireland,
fron-hill, with having paid them on Saturday evening (Christian
" South Sea bubbles;
Eve), with an extraordinary warmth of feeling, and strength of
bflaystieftrnh.eyeaientrdCboelis.peii:Fagutedrps ohfiypt,hetanhSeasooyutg4fr"rke
they have, however, for some years patronised the " Herring
Fisheries," by keeping a stall with that commodity in the above-
named court.

It appeared from the complainant's statement, that near twelve
o'clock, en Saturday night, u they lay awake waiting co hear the
" Wake," they were tat-tiled and horrified by hearing a key up.
plied to their bed-room door, and in an instant In stalked the de-
fendant. Mrs. Murphy of course delicately smothered herself in
the blankets, bat Mr. Murphy roared out for the name and ad-
dress of the robber. Instead, however, of the intruder being inti-
midated, be cried out, " Damn you, what business have yen
io
my bed r Mr. Murphy concluding that Mrs. Murrivi's Cichty
was imprached,sprung out of bed with the intention of tents;
his visitor out, when Mr. Moriarty seized a poker, and felled heat
to the ground, and nearly fractured his skull.
Mr. Moriarty, in explanation of such extraordinary conduct,
said, that he was assisting with a friend " to bang in Christmas,"
and being a little " overcome:* he mistook his lodgings, as belies!
quite 'lose to the complainants, and was of course astonished w
find a man and woman in his bed. As to breaking Mr. Morphy's
head," he only meant to strike him on the jaw "
'lke Magistrate not perceiving much moral distinction, otderri
the dvfendant to flnd bail.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Scarcely any other business was transacted at this Office yeses.
day, except hearing an unusual number of charges preferred spire
persons of all ages and descriptions for drunkennms and night fOlll.
The excuses that were made were equally abundant. Some pleaded,
that being Christmas time, they had a license for applies, or eves
for getting into that delightful state—druakrtmess; others said,
that they had eaten nothing all day, anii.llterefore, that only s
glass or two had overcome them. It is customary to fiat Mae
persons five sbillinp who were brought up for drunkenness, bet
the Alaglstrate, on this occasion, did not deal so hardily, excepting
where the offenders bad been guilty of some outrageous :midget.
In the course of the day a most miserable-looking mas, named
James Iresschin, was brought to the office by a party of soldiers, awl
charged with having deserted linen the Rast Rutz Militia, stationed
at Colchester. The poor fellow admitted having deserted fres
the Regiment, and he was delivered to the &tram to be tried by
a Court-IdartiaL

MARY-LA-BONNE.
Yesterday Jan leAdsos watchman, was charged with a
brutal assault upon John Draper, a cabinet-maker, of No. is
Shouldham-street. The prosecutor, with a friend, were attracted
towards Queen-street, Bryanstone-square, by the mks of " Mss.
der !" and, on their arrival, they found the defendant dragging
along, in the most Again manner, the famous Mrs. Baum.
alias " Mother Bang." The prosecutor merely requested him not
to hurt the woman, when be left her, and beat him over the bad
until he lay senseless on the ground.
The prisoner denied the assault, but it being fully substantiated.
he was suspended for two months, and the complainant left to in-
dict at the Sessions. .

Harrison was committed, hating been fonad in his sub's
Louse. is Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, under sum:Adam cir-
cumstances. It appears he bad Were committed various depreib
dons on his father and uncle.

UNION-HALL
Lamm Jastsr.-•.Many of our readers have* doebtlest, moo'
tered a disgusting-looting little object in Fleet.street, and is
Blackfriars-road, who, is a mis-shapen dwarf, to be sees daily
moving, at a creeping pace, on a low-wheeled boa. His name is
Andrew Whitson, and he yesterday appeared as a compleieset be-
fore Dd. Swaim, Esq. at t►is office, against a yew man wbses
name is Stokes, who was charged with 111-treating him, by Oil
him with mud on the evening of fist instant.
The def :ndant denied this, and asserted that he was in the act
of removing the complainant to the pavement, edits be was Mold
and struck by the patrols. •
Mr. Swam called w the defendant to enter W101118'1" ricit
nizance to answer the charge at the Sessions.
Clark and some of the officers now entered into a testament of
the complainant's conduct, when in the streets, which dearly proved
hint to be a nuisance. It seems that .he is in the habit ef ititK
very indecent language towards respectable females, and list the
money which he obtains in charity, is squettleted is drink, be
being excessively partial to liquor, and an drink a vast gssatkl
before he is intoxicated.
Mr. Swann, wrote a letter to the parish officers of Saint S
slow's, to which " Little Jemmy." as he is designated, WWl'
desiring them not to suffer hint to be in the strmts, but to codlse
,him to the workhouse. _

LA SI BET LLSTRILIIT.
Mr. .Tyde, formerly an engraver to the Armoury, was charged /41!
refusing to support his daughter and her children, who wee .
destitute by the death of her- husband, and had been obliged
ceive aid from the parish. It appeared the defendant Y Pow"'
.f considerable property, having received a large fortune with a
seeoad wife. He was, therefore, ordered to allow them S. Int
week, and to remunerate the pariah for their expettivs•

When HURT VIII. hesitated as to seizing the
church lands, he was encouraged by a boa wot of Sc
Thomas Wyatt's. •• Butter (said he) the rook e nest.
and they will not trouble you ; referring to a distribn•
tion of abbey lands among the Nobility.

MARRIED.
On the 21st inst. at St. George's. laneen.square, Baron de RANI
to Miss Hammerder, of Covent Garden. This has OW
the joke of a noted wag, who, on beim told of the Barolestmlitt
courtship of the heiress Miss Flower, °Deena, that wad PS
donors ought to njoice at the anima, nine the verbal font wg°l6
be kolliitowers.

DIED.
At Spalding, of the typhus fever, aged t 4, the Rev. Wio4lll
Johnson, Vicar of Bibby, Lincolnshire.
At Herby, near Beivoir Castle, aged SS, the Rev. T. Nowril,
M.A. Rector of Amity, Vicar of Granby cum fintteo. near °alls.
ham, and a Justice oft he Peace for the county of Lciee!

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