Star.
London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOVIATRITET.—Yesterday Charlotte Aaron, in cus-
tody on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery
of Mr. Miles's furniture wareLause, in Holborn, was
discharged on bail.—Mary Ann Robettson, IV. Horton,
and T. Dobson, were charged with taking insurances
in the State Lottery. Horton was sentenced to six
months imprisonment, and Robertson and Dobson to
two months each.
MANSION-HOUSE.-.FRACAS ON TIIE ROYAL Ex-
CHANGE.—A foreign Officer, in our service, was yes-
terday charged by Mr. Hall with accosting him on
the Exchange, on Monday, in a vety ungentle-
manly manner, and holding up his stick with intent
to strike him. The defendant stated, his violence
had arisen in consequence of language uttered by the
plaintiff in company where Liclies were present. He
had refrained from demanding an explana don at the
rime, as he did not wish to disturb the harmony of
the entertainment ; but, meeting the plaintiff ou
'Change, he had called on him to explain his words,
and not receiving such an explanation as he consi-
dered necessary, he had called him an impertinent
puppy and a scoundrel, and had raised his caee,
which he thought his conduct bad warranted.—As it
dicl‘not appear that the affair could be amicably ad-
justed, the defendant was directed by the LORD
MAYOR to find bail. Th;s he accordingly did, and
was discharged.
GUILDFIA I,L.—TV. Iliarfleet, who was on Tuesday
charged with setting tire to the house of Mr. John-
son, in Dyer's-buildings, was again brought up.—
J. BJescoe, a parish officer, stated, that he leaf exa•
mined the remises, and had little doubt that the
stoves alluded to on the former examination had been
purposely lighted ; and it they had not been extin-
tinguished as they were, the house would, in all pro-
bability, have been destroyed. Under these circum-
stances the prisoner was orde-ed to find bail.
RLBOROUGII-STII =T.—S[lOOllNa, Wllll INTENT
TO XI LL.—Sm;,h, a carpenter at 'Walton, was le-exa-
mined yesterd.l on the charge of shooting at
Carrington, as has been already stated. The prose-
cutor attended : he deposed, that the wife of the pri-
soner washed for him, and on the evening he was
wounded, he called at the house of Mr. Mott, where
the prisoner and his wife resided, to get some articles.
The moment he rang at the bell a euir was discharged,
and he felt himself wounded in hi) leg. He got to
the house of a Mrs. Piper, and thence two men con-
veyed him in a chair. The prisoner made his ap-
pearance during this process, and called the prose-
cutor a scoundrel, and said he had waited for him,
and had got him at last. Cart irigtou hes still several
slags in his leg.—The prisoner was committed for
trial at the Kingston Assizes.
UNION HALL.--Yesterday W. Johnston and IV
Batl;ery, the first in the employ of Messrs. Beving-
toe, leather-dressers, of Fenchurch-street, and the lat-
ter a tanner, in business for himself, were charged,
the one with stealing, and the other with receiving,
number of Kid-skins, the property of Messrs. Beving-
ton, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Be-
vington stated, that for some time past they had suf-
fered very considerable losses, by some persons about
their premises changing their valuable kid-skins,
whilst under the process of dressing, and substituting
others, not one-eighth their value, in the room of
them. Thus the number of skins given out to dress
were always completed, though their value was very
materially deteriorated. By this species of fraud they
had, in the last two years, sustained a loss of upwar Is
of £lOOO. They had tried various schemes fir de-
tecting the plunderer, none of which had succeeded
till yesterday morning, when the watchman, who had
been directed to conceal himself in such a maiiner
that he might observe the conduct of the workmen,
reported to Mr. Bcvingtnn, that on the prisoner John-
ston coming into the yard, he scut
~to part of the
premises where he had no right to go) and took seve-
ral skies out of the trough which he concealed near
the spot. Mr. Bevington directed that no notice should
be taken of the circumstance, but desired that May
and Graff, the officers, should be sent for. This was
done, and on his attempting to leave the yard, to go
to breakfast, Johnston was stopped and searched, but
nothirg was found upon him. On going to the place
where the watchman saw him conceal the skins, how-
ever, eight were found, wen th from Gs. to ds. each.—
They then proceeded to search Johnston's _lodgings,
where several other skins and pieces or leather ere
found, which proved to be the property of the prose-
cutor. And, in consequence of suspicion entertained
of the other prisoner (Badgery) the officers proceeded
to search his premises also, where upwards of 30 kid.
skins and several lamb-skins were found, which Mr.
Bevington identified as his property. Johnston when
called on for his defence, said, there was no truth in
what the watchman had sworn ; and, as to the skins
and leather found in his lodging, they were given to
him by Mr. Bevington's foreman. This, however,
the foreman positively denied. Badgery said, hel
had bought the skins claimed by Mr. Bevington
amongst a lot of 800, some time since, and that he
gave two guineas a hundred for them. Mr. Be-
vington said the skins now produced were worth R3O
a hundred. The prisoners were fully committed for
trial.

Herring, who was tried and convicted at the late
Assizes for Surrey, cf picking the pocket of Lord
NORMANTON at Vauxhall, on the night•ot the Vittoria
Fete, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment and
bard labour on board the hulks, and who made his
escape from thence soon after, was, we understand, a
few days since, again apprehended at Bristol fair,
exercising his old profession. It was not till after he
had been committed to Bristol gaol for trial, for
picking a Gentleman's pocket, that his persun was
recognised.
Sunday eveniu an audacious burglary was com-
mitted in the hOuse of Mr. Day, of Lawbeth road.
Between seven and eight o'clock, whilst Mr. Day and
his family were sitting in the back parlour, the vii.
lains found means to get into the front parlour from.
the street, by pushing up the sash. They took away
a large pier glass, several articles of plate from the
sideboard, and other things, and then deliberately
walked out at the front door, shutting it after them.
Mr. Day heard the door shut, and immediately went
'to see who it was; but was not in time to stop the
r thief.
A considerable number of well executed forged
notes, of AI each, purporting to be of the Notting-
!hula Dank, are now 1s circulatioa,

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