Star.
London, England, 1802-06-14 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bosr-Srotur.—Saturday Daniel' Cuthbertfon,
a letter carrier for the Borough dithiet, charged
with taking a 201. Bank of England note out of a
letter entrulled to his care, and David Rofs, clerk
to a pawn broker in Weliminiter, as an acceffary
after the fact, were committed for trial from the
Office.

GY PSI EL —This tale of wonder at length proves
to be a grofb impofition, on the part of the girl,
almoli in every refpeet, and the account given
by the gypfey, of meeting her on Kennington corn-
mon, is true, the following circumftanccs hav-
ing tranfpired on Saturday laft :—The late over-
leers of the mins of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, at-
tended, and identified the girl, who, they Rated,
had been received at their parilk by the pats pro-
duced, dated Plymouth, March $l, ifioa, and
from the Examination annexed to it, the had re-
prefented herfelf to belong to Rotherhithe, by her
father, who the Paid was dead, and called herfelf
Elia. Mary Hibbius, in eonfequence of which the
was received into their workhoufe ; but on enquiry
refpeeting her fuppofed father, no fuch perfon
could be heard of; they however did not like to
turn her out, the concluding herfelf very proper.
ly. This induced one of the Overfeers to give her
leave to go out to work in the fields for her oa•n
benefit ; on the 4th of May the went out, but
never returned back.

Andrew Dew, a Serjeant of marines belonging
to the Plymouth divifion, Rated, that he well knew
the girl, whom he believed to be the daughter.in-
law of John Killings, late a Serjeant in the laid
divifion of marines; that he.remembered her in
January latl at Stonehoufe barracks, near Ply-
mouth, felling apples and nuts for her mother ;
that he ha I lately teen her father, who informed
him the girl had abcconded from them loon after
January, and, as be fuppoted, had gone to tome
relations near Taunton, in Somerfetthire ; that he
underflood the caufe of her going away was occa-
fioned by her diflike to Cling fruit in the ftreet ;
he Laid, that her father-in law, about three weeks
agn,obtained his ditch arge from General Bowater,
and was, as he believed, gone with his wife to her
friends at Taunton. In addition to the foregoing
circumfiances, to eflabltfli the falfity of the girl's
,
itorm appeared, by 2 letter to Slr RICHARD FORD,
form the Mayor of Plymouth, that every means
had been taken to afcertain the truth of her being
taken away by the gy plies, but that the whole was un-
founded, there being no fuchperfon as the &Scribed
the was going to.
The gy plies whole party the had been with were
brought up from prifon and difcharged ; and, in
order to make them tome amends for being con.
fined, the confequence of their humanity towards
the
.girl, tome money was given them. The girl,
during Amon the whole of the examination, teemed
extremely unconcerned at being deteraed in fuck
a complication of lies, and %%hen fira challenged
by the overfeers, denied any knowledge of them.
She wept a little on being placed at, the bar, and
told the would be tent tc prifon, but afterwards re-
fumed her fiubbornnefs, and would not anwer a
tingle quettion ; the was fent to the Houte of Cor-
reili on untither place of-legal fettlement can be afeer-
tained. She is very little, and plain in perfon, and
cannot be above eleven or twelve years of age,
though Ike lays the is feventeen.
GUILDHALL.—con Saturday a man of the name
of Morris underwent an examination, charged with
breaking a window on Friday evening, in
lane, and exciting a riot. He was further charged
upon the oaths of James Coleman and others,
with violently afFanhing, and drawing a knife on
the raid James Coleman, a conftable, in the execu-
tion of his duty. He was committed to the New
Compter, to ant-wet the complaints at the editing
Seflions.