Star.
London, England, 1807-10-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

Saturday a gentleman refiding in the cit. csm.
pl•tined to the fitting Maginrate, of the mifenndue
of a parifh conflable; He Rated, that on Friday
night he was furrounded bT feveral women of the
town, who picked his pocket of a pound note. Har-
ing called the watch, he gave one of the girls in
charge, and accompanied her to the watch bottle,
where the conflable refilled to fuller him to return
home, and kept him all night in cenfinemtnt. He
had been many years a houfekesper in the parilh ;
paid 2001. a year rent and taxes; and his detei Lion
from a large family occafioned confiderable anxiety ;
as the conflable had exceeded his anthnrity,he hoped
the Alderman would prevent a repetition of conduit
fo illegal and oppreflive. The con (table, in anfwer
I to this charge (aid, he had confidered it as neceffary
to detain the complainant in order to infure his ap•
pearance before the Magillrate. Mr. Alderman
Bitten feverely cenfored his conduit, and obfet red,
if the conflable received the name and refidence of a
perfon giving charge, there was no ground for de-
taining him. In the relent inflance, he confidered
the conduit of the contiable a grofs abofe of his
duty, and threatened to commit him unlels he made
an apology to the coMplainant' which he accordingly
did, and was difcharged, withinitable advice for the
regulation of his conduit in future. The girl charged
with picking the tradefman's pocket, was alfo exa-
mined, but, as the property was hot found upon her,
(the was difcharged.
Saturday a woman hatred Hickey was fully com•
mined from Worfhip fireet Office, for robbing a gen-
tleman, whom the had enticed into a honk of iU
fame, in Banner-11feet, Bunhill row, of his pocket-
book, containing upwards of 401.
Saturday, at Hatton-garden Office, two peaces
wets taken before the Magitlrate for wheeling bar.
rows on the payment hi Holborn ; bnt on the lolisee-
tor tlatiog that he only Intendcd to eflablith the ille-
gality of the "prailice, as a warning to others, they
were difcharged on paying cofls.

Mat,Earranot —Thatamanmay be a very worthy
MagiQrate, and yet know nothing of Latin or Greet,'
is a truifm conflantly evinced by many of our Wor-
thipful Sages at Guildhall. One of the molt worthy
and humane of there, but who, unfortunately, is a
little hard of hearing, had, Ihme days fence, brought
before him an unfortunate Scots Tutor, who had
bee nmaking rather too free over night with BPI.
to Falernian, and was found by the watch " ran-
, Law jiib terming fagi," or, in plain Engin, drunk and
fait afleep Muter a porter's pitching block in the
flreet. The Confiable of the night having Rated his
char?.e, the worthy Magiltrate put the ufual quellion
Well, my friend, what have you to fay fur your.
felf?" SANDT hoed; but reckoning nn his learning
as a certain proteilion againfi the colferinences of his
frailty, he addreffed the Magistrate in a penitent toner
and Edinburgh accent—" ilia Lord, I'm an auforeisii
man, its true; but,
Nemo monalium MINIMS Hooita cAUPIT." s s

The worthy Alderman flared. ,‘Eh ! what ! What's
that he f.rys about uh—: in a faapit ? Hatkee, my
good ft iend !
.filevp;tr are very improper places for you
to go into with fuch company. I'll difcharge you for
this time ; but never come here again with fuch a
dory."

On Thurfday as a ferryboat was croffing the river
near Putney Bridge, with feveral paffengers, the
ferryman was feized with a fit, and fell overboard ;
he was with great difficulty recovered.
A. fire was dikovered on Wednefday morning at
the houfe in Downing flreet which is afligned to the
Fill Lord of the Treaftwy. The Duke of Potty,. A
who recopied this houfe lately, and who has returned
to his own in Piccadilly, left the former under the
care of a female fervant. The girl was going to drefs
fionething for her dinner, but on opening the (love. '
door, the room was filled with fmoke. It was loon
found that the flue was red hot. Mr. Newcomb,
the mailer of a neighbouring public houfe, with great,
prefence of mind, and the moll aetive exertions, con-
trived to put a fiop to the mifchief, which other wife
might have been attended with the molt fatal confe
quences, confidering the number and mago;tude of
the AdjacenCmantions.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTF, OCTOBER 3.
A'erage Price of Corn in England and Vf ales, from the Returns
ending Sept. 25, tBO7.
Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Peafe.
a. d. a. d. s. d. a. d. a. el a. d.
7( 0 47 6 39 % %8 4 30 If 59 a .
The average Price of Sugar, computed from the Returns made
lb the week ending Sept. 30, is 31s. od.per hundred weight.
SEA-COAL METERS' OFFICE, LONDON, OCT. 3.
cam:tors Soto, and micas.
Monday, I Wcdncfd. I Friday,
Sept. di I Sept. 30. a.
1151 91 52
1 52 9 1 51
3 55
I 149
50
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3 S 4
4 34
51

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Adair 's Main
B:nton Lcng
Biggs Main
Croft's Main
Milton •
Platworth
Heaton Main
Hebburn Main
Holywcil Main
Kenton Main
Morton Main
Percy Main
Pontop Windfor'a
South Eighton
Tanfield Moor
Gateshead Park
Townley Main
Wall's End

51 0

54 0
54 0

54 0
54 3

53 9

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Whitcikid •

Willingten
Wylatn Moor
South Millburn
Killingworth
Bell and BIOWIeS Walls End
Cowpcn Main
Hartley
SUNDERLAND COAL.
Bryan Main
Blrtley Moor
Eighton Moor ' -
Bourn Moor
Eden Main
Hedwnrth's •
Fillinglove Main
Low Main •
New bottle Moor •
Primrole Main •
Red'tory
I Ronal* Main. •

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54 3

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49 0

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47 0

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