Star.
London, England, 1824-07-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARY-LA-BONNE.
Ex-Suzatrr P•11(11411 •ND 11•11N•II WHlM—Yesterday, this
Gentleman attended to a summons before the Magistrates, at the
instance of the Overseers of Mary-la-Bonne, to .haw cause why lie
refused to pay for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. Mr.
Parkins, with tremendous energy, declared hr would not pay any
thing more, as the Parish Officers would not allow him to see the
child, which he was informed was not at all like him, but as" black
as a Creole." The Magistrate reminded him, the Parish could not
be compelled to grant his wish, unless by Habeas Corpus; and mi
his persisting in the determination not to pay, committed him to
the House of Correction to hard labour for three months.

Mr. Parkins then, in violent language condemned all around him,
and after continuing his remarks for some time, in his usual eccen-
tric mode, sat down, and on the warrant of committal being made
out, and about to be placed in the hands of the jailer, he started up,
paid the money and expenses, and hurried out of the Office.

130 W-STREET.
STRICT ROSSKIIIES.It behoves every person who carries a
watch in Melo!) at this moment to watch his fob veil—or, as the
poet singeth,
" He who a watch would wear, this he must do—
" Pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too,"
Otherwise every such person will be in imminent danger of having
hi, watch go very irregolarly. Scarcely an hour passes in this me-
tropolis without some unfortunate Gentleman or other finding his,
watch either going too fast, or quite gone; and no wonder; for the
said metropolis 'weer was more infested with those whose business
it is to get them to go, than at the present moment. One of thgse
watch-witching wnrthies—a stout young Irishman, named .74,11 n
Shear, who has mask it his business to watch for ,s aches about the
Opera [Luse every night this season—was broiielit before Sir R.
!invite, yesterday, charged with having made a violent attempt on
the watch of an elderly Gentleman named Stevens.
This Mr. Stevens was leaving the Opera House on Saturday
ni;;ltt, when John Sheen—backed by another professor, went bust-
ling up in !rout of bins and made such a ds:sperate tog at his watch
that the ientlant broke. John Sheen amid his copp.tition instantly
inade off, in diff,:ivnt directions, with the chain and s.!als ; and Mr.
I Steven 4 fullow;At John Sheen, trying " Stop ;Mel!" but, unfortu-•
irately, in tints tollooilig, he slipped down and fractured his arm.
John Sheen al ,t) cried " Stop thirst !" as he ran ; but the VI4Se did not
• answer; for the watchmen caught him as he was trying to give his
pursuers the slip, by creeping, on all fours, under the hackney-
coaches, which wore then and there assembled.

'I he priqerty sea; not found upon him, and in his defence he
deititd had anything to do with the matter.
WIL.t btiags you at the Opera every night?' said the 'Magis-
trate. " I never was at the Opera in my life!" replied John.—
" l'erhap; not, but what brings you at the Opera-hoiese?" said the
Magistrate. " To look at the folks coming out," replied John;
" but 111 anybo.ly to say lam there every night, or that I ever
did anything wrong." _ _ _

This was an unfortunate challenge for poor John, far it was in-
stantly answered by the oaths of at least half a dozen witnesses, by
whose evidence it appeared that he had been several times punished
for picking pockets, and one of them added that big own father,
when told of his prevent capture, said, " I am glad of it ; and I hope
they wili transport hisn this tisne—or else he will come to the gal-
lows !"—lle was fully committed to take his trial fur having taken
the chain, Arc. frarn the prosecutor with force and violence.
Jaws a siitar.ly dress:d young man, and 'Mier Baynes, a
young girl of bad character, were charged ixi suspicion of stealing a
pocketbook containing a ,E2n Bank of England note, and a hill of
Exchange for £5O, payable at Barclay and Co.'s, front the person
of .Edwarol ,11' Le in. a Bookseller, in Tavistotk-street.—The
prisoners were retuatidtd till Thursday.

AIAiRY-LA•IIIOXNE NATIONAL SCHOOL—A selected
number of the children educated in this School, ct.o-
sisting of about 'lO-girls and 100 bogs, dined togtther
,on Friday lost, on the spacious lawn attached• to the St.
John's Wood Tavern, commonly knoWn as Lord's
Cricket Ground. May distinguished persons were pre-
sent, andAbcpreeeedings of the day afforded the utmost
gratification to the Tectutors as well as to the children.
A type-foundry and piloting establishment in Salem-
strLet, Llost(.o. (United States), was destroyed by fire on
the evening of the 23d of June. Setetal large and
valuable works, which were in the pi ess, have been al-
most wholly destroyed. The loss is estimated at 60,000
dollars, and the pi Opel ty was insured for 40,000.
NVedoesday afternoon, a di- ttessing accident oc-
curred at a I;urglier Chapel now building in Tradeston,
Gla;gow. The scaffolding gave way, and 14 men,
wt ights, were precipitated to the ground, about 30 feet,
,six of them wet e severely hut t, :hire of whrin were int-
' mediately carried to the Infirnia:y, and one of these is
considered dangerously ill.
Monday se ithight, between three and four A.NI. Tyr-
fel, a constable, observed the parlour window of Mr.
Rogers's house, 31., North-Strand, Dublin, open. A
man was in the parlour. I:ie constable alarmed Rogers,
who descended, but wou:d out open the door. Pro-
curing the aid of o;her watchmen, one, of the name of
Fitzpatrick, elite! ed the window, and was proceeding to
open the tqwr for Tyrrel, when Rogers, mistaking him
for the robber, stabbed hint twice in the hall with a
ba.one:. Meantime the robber effected his escape by
the :ear of the house. Fitzpatrick has been removed to
Jervis-street Hospital.
ACCIDENT ON TIIE THAME,.—Yesterday afternoon,
three young lads, apparently about fifteen years of age,
who had hired a boat for the afternoon's excursion, met
with an accident which had nearly proved fatal to the
whole party. When opposite to the Penitentiary, some
difference arose between them, and one named James
Harris, in the act of aiming a blow at his companion,
lost his balance and fell overboard. The other two,
one his brother, rushing to his assistance, overbalanced
the boat, and thus all three must inevitably have pe-
rished, had not a waterman from the opposite shore
pushed off his boat to their assistance, and aided by a
party in a pleasure boat, which by that time had ar-
rived at the spot, he succeeded in rescuing the half-
drowned sufferers from a watery grave. One of them,
whom we understand to be an apprentice to a linen-
draper in Oxford-street, had sunk twice, and was caught
by the hair of his head, just as he was sinking a third
time, by a Lady on board the pleasure-boat, who was
so overjoyed in the consciousness of having been the
providential means of saving the life of a fellow-crea-
ture, that after ejaculating " 0 Gon ! I thank thee !"
fainted away in the arms of her friends. The three lads
were accompanied home by the waterman in a coach.
Sunday night, soon after ten o'clock, an alarming fire
broke out in the front two-pair room of the house,
N 0.43, Holywell-street, Strand, occupied by a person
of the name of Barber, a hair-dresser. In consequence
of the quantity of timber used in the construction of the
houses in that street, the greatest consternation for a
short time existed; a person who lodges in the same
house rushed into the room, and with the greatest pre-
sence of mind opened the windows, and threw every ar-
ticle of furniture on fire into the street, by which means
without water, and before the arrival of even the parish
engine, the element was completely subdued without
any accident or any material loss. •

ADMIRALTY COURT, JULY 17.
Lord STOWELL, upon entering the Court this mOrn.,
ing, ordered the following Order in Council to be read
" At a Court at Carlton House, held on the 25th May, 1824, pre..
sent the King's Most Gracious Majesty;
d, Whereas it has been represented that certain vessels and good,
have been captured on the high seas, in the hostilities now subsisting
between his Majesty and the Dey of Algiers, and that it is ripe.
dient that measures should be taken for bringing such vessels and
goods to adjudication; his Majesty is pleased, by and with the ad.
vice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, th 4
measures be taken for bringing to adjudication in the High Court
of Admiralty, all vessels and goods taken on the high seas as prizes
of war, on sccouotof the said hostilities, subsequent to the 50th dAy
of January last, or which may be taken during the continuance of
the present hostilities between his Majesty and the Dey of A!giers.
And it is ordered and directed that the Judge of the said Court sh:.!!
take cognizance, and judicially proceed on such ships and than htzr
and adjudge the same, according to the couzse of Adrn•ral:7 :n
Law of Nations; and on due proof that the same de brim% to ti„
Doi of Algiers, or to subjects and inhabitants of his territories, or
be otherwise liable to confiscation, shall adjudge and condemn 'lt
same as lawful prizes of his Majesty.
(Signed) "JAMES BULLER."
Lord Svowzra. then asked whether any vessels had been cap-
tured from the Algerines which were likely to be brought before
this Court?

Romanis (King's Advocate) said he was act

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aware of any.
Air. NICOLL (the King's Proctor) said that some vessels had been
recently taken, for which applicatiun for head money was intended
to be made to this Court.