Star.
London, England, 1814-09-05 00:00:00

POLIO!.

Bow-svneer.—On Saturday France: Nohow was
charged with stealing a sack, the property of Mr.
Hutchins, of Earl's. court, Kensington. Mr. Hutchins's
foreman stated, that, for a long time past, one of Mr.
Hutchins's fields had been robbed of a great quantity
of onions, and the prisoner being suspected, a watch
was set on Friday night, who secured the prisoner
with one of Mr. Hutchins's sacks on his arm ; when
he did not deny that he had come to fill the sack with
onions that were lying there to dry. He was commit-
ted for further examinatioo.
H. Wilkinson was committed for stealing two watches
from the apartment of Mrs. Whiting, of
.Shepherd-
street, May-fair.
Mary Chamber: was committed for further exami-
nation, on suspicion of stealing a table-cloth, which
was deained by a pawnbroker, to whom she offered
it to pledge, on her giving a contradictory account of
the manner in which she became possessed of it.'
Sarah Haywood and Hannah Maycock were com-
mitted for two months-each, and Elizabeth West for
five weeks, for taking illegal insurances in the State
Lottery.
GUILDHALL—Saturday .Eliza Delahant and Sarah
Gibbs, charged with having assisted in the commission
of a rape on the person of a child only eleven years
of age, on the 21st of July last, were discharged, as
it appeared that the former did not live in the house
in which the crime' was committed, at the time al-
ledged.
J. Solomon: was charged with cutting a gold seal
and key irom the watch ribbon of Mr. Goad, in
Smithfield, on Friday evening. Mr. Goad had gone
into the M ,rket to view the preparations for Bartho-
lomew Fair, and while in the crowd felt his watch-
ribbon pulled. He looked down, and missed his
trinkets. The prisoner being nearest him, he seized
him by the collar, and found a pair of scissars in his
hand. The key and seals were found at his feet.—
He was fully committed.
UNION HALL—Saturday J. Jennings was charged
with a breach of the Act of Parliament, in having
sold certain printed books without the printer's name
to them. Collingbnurn stated, that on Sunday, the
28th of August, whilst the Rev. Mr. Tozer was em-
ployed in edifying the followers of Joanna Southcott,
the defendant was as zealously employed in spread.
ing the fame of the Prophetess abroad, by proclaiming
that any one might be supplied with the Water of
Lite contained in the Prophecies of the holy Joanna,
on application to him, for the trifling sum of one
penny. Numbers became purchasers of the inspired
writings, and unfortunately for the vender, Coiling-
bourn conceived an inclination to ed.fy himself by
the taste of so precious, and, at the same time, so
cheap, a beverage, he therefore became a purchaser,
and on examining the book, found it had no printer's
name. The defendant was fined £5, and in default
of payment, was committed for a week.
QUESN'64QUARE —STAGE.COACII OUTSIDE PASSEN-
GERS.-Saturday, William Williams was cited before
this Odice on an information, grounded on the sutli
of the King, for carrying twenty outside passengers,
instead of twelve. Cooper, late an officer at this of-
fice, proved, that on the 13th of August, this Read-
ing coach was standing in Piccadilly, ready to start
with twenty-two persons on it, besides two children ;
Mr. Williams, the proprietor of this Reading coach,
whom he did not tnen know, appearing as the driver.
It started with .twenty-one outside passengers, beside
the two children and the coachman ; three persons
and the coachman being an the box.
Mr. !CNA!' objected that the licence had not been
proved, as the person from the Stamp-office. believed
that it was not delivered till about a week ago, al-
though it was dated August 1, which made out Wil-
liams to be unlicensed at the time of the offence, as
he could only be deemed licensed from the day of
taking up the document at the Stamp-office.
Mr. ALLEY (after observing that he should make
an effort hereafter to do away with the necessity of.
this proof from the Stamp-otfice, as an immense deal
of public time was consumed by it,) maintained that
the date of the licence was what they must go by, for
the clerk said, that it must have been filled up many
days before it was fetched away, so that its remain-
ing at the office was to suit the proprietor's conveni-
ence.

The MAgistrate (Mr. FIELDING) ruled that they
must admit the date of the instrument as their guide,
for, otherwise, coach-proprietors, might omit to take
up their licenses, alter having had them regularly pre-
pared, to promote fraudulent views. With respect to
the offence itself, it was as abominable and disgrace-
ful a case as had ever come before him ; nor was it

where some vulgar, unfeeling fellow was the coach-
man, but where the proprietor, who had not the
worst of countenances, was himself the driver. By
so unwarrantable and disreputable a proceeding, he
not only put in hazard and jeopardy the limbs and
even lives of twenty-four persons who were riding on
the outside of the coach, counting himself and the
wo children, but he must also have filled with alarm
and dismay the minds of all those who saw the coach
so dreadfully overloaded in its progress through
town. The Magistrate said, that the case was but
too clearly made out, as eight only beyond the Legal
number were charged in the information. He could
only remit a third of the penalties, amounting to ABO.
If Mr. Williams had been proceeded against us
proprietor and driver, the penalty for every outside
passenger beyond the number of twelve, would have
been £2O. The remitted penalties, however, were
taken at £53, carrying costs.
The same informer (Millar) exhibited a similar in-
formation against Mountain and Phi/i/u, the proprie-
tors of a coach running to Exeter, for having 15 pas-
sengers on the outside of that coach, on the 18th of
August lair, being three more than are allowed by
the Act, which regulates the numbers to be carried.
Cooper, late an Officer in this Office, proved the fact,
and the defendants were convicted, but no other out- '
rageous circumstance appearing, only in the mitigated
penalties of £l5.
There was also another information against the
same parties for the same coach, the offence being
committed on the 14th of August last, in carrying
thirteen outside passengers, one more than the legal
number. On the hearing of this information, a long
discussion arose between Mr. KNAPP and Mr. ALLEY,
in consequence of the offence being set forth, agreea-
bly to the license, against B. W. Mountain, instead of
W. B. iblounsgia, is was marked on the stage; but

the Magistrate over-ruled the objection. The con.'
victim was in the mitigated penalty of £5.
Mr. ALLEY withdrew other informations that he
had against Mr. M for similar offences, in overload-
ing the Birmingham and other coaches, as tlke objec-
tion which had been taken in the last case would also
apply to them: under such circumstances, he pre-
ferred withdrawing to pressing them.
Mr. Mountain declared, that his constant orders to
his coachmen and clerks were never to allow more
than the legal number on any of his coaches.

ROBBSRY. —A most daring burglary and robbery
was committed at Caswick Lodge, in the parish of
4Angton, the habitation of lohn Lavidge, shepherd
to Sir John Trollope, Bart. on the night of Saturday
se'nnight, about eleven o'clock, by f .ur villains, arm-
ed with guns and pistols, and in disguise, who forci-
bly broke open the dour (the poor man and his family
being in bed) with ap iron crow, and three of thin
entering the bed-chamber of Lavidge with a lighted
candle, whilst the other remeined below stairs as a
spy, demanded his money, threatening to blow his
brains out if he did not instantly comply. Having
obtained from him his purse, containing about lts.
phis watch, and the key of the bureau, they proceeded
to ransack it, and took what little property it contain-
ed, about at 1. in silver, and half-a-guinea a they next
proceeded to search the other parts of the house,
which they did in the most deliberate manner, and
took from the pocket of a young woman, the daugh-
ter of Lavidge, who slept in an adjoining chamber,
five shillings in money, and afterwards from a boa in
her room 18 silver teaspoons. They then seized on
all the linen they could find (a considerable qa.inti•
ty), several articles of wearing apparel, a quantity of
tea and sugar, five or six bottles of made wine, some
cheese, and, in short, every thing they could convey
away, and then decamped, having first secured the
poor man and his family by locking them all up in
a chambei. Whilst the three villains were up stairs
extorting the purse from Lavidge, the one below
called out to them several times to blow his brains
ult. It is observable, that amongst the things stolen
were some bundles of clothes belonging to the servants
of Sir John Trollope, which had been taken to La-
vidse's, for the purpose of lying washed, and the v;I-
-lains, net deeming it prudent to carry them r.ff, ltf t
them under a hedge near the house. We understand
that an investigation of the transaction has taken
place before the Re'''. B. V Layard, at Wiagton, avid
hope it may lead to a discovery of the perpetrators of
this most daring and atrocious offence.
Inquests on Saturday were held on the body of the
unfortunate Jane Ware, murdered on Wednesday
night in the Kent-road, and on that of the murderer.
No new facts came out in the first Inquest, and the
Jury found a verdict of Wilful Afirdor. In the In-
quest on Hack, however, which sat at Horsenionger-
gaol, his master was examined, and spoke to many
symptoms of insaniry which be had observed in his
conduct, for some time past. Upon this testimony
the Jury returned a verdict cf Insanity. ft is stated,
that Hack became acqu tatted with Jane Ware about
two years since, at which time she lived servant at an
Inn, in the Borough. Hack was at that time married,
and had three children. An improper intimacy took
place between them, however, of which time was
Likely to be living proof. Mrs. Hack, in the mean-
time, lying in, Jane was engaged to nurse her, and
afterward., it appears, received the same kind office
from Mrs. Hack, who did not seem to be ignorant
of the intercourse which existed between line and
her husband. Hack was afterwards taken up by the
parish officers of Christ Church, in consequence of
the child becoming chargeable to the parish; he, how-
ever, found security, and was liberated. After this
the unfortunate young woman got into service at
Blackheath : here, however, Hack followed her, and
their intercourse again becoming apparent, Jane was
obliged to leave her place. About three months ago
she was delivered of twins, and Hack allowed her
seven shillings a week for the maintenance of the
children. Oa Sunday sehinight she applied at his
house, as usual, tor her weekly allowance, on which
occasion, Hack urged her to return again and live
with him. 'Pais, however, she ret used to do, as Mrs.
Hack might have objections : but she pro•eised to
meet him in the Kent•road on the Wednesday even-
ing, and in the mean time he prevailed on his wife to
consent to her coming to reside in the house with
them. It is supposed that at the fatal meeting which
took pl.ce on Wednesday evening, he again urged
her to comply with his wishes, and that her perse-
vering refusal irritated ?brit, and led him to commit
the fatal acts which terminated the existence of both.