Star.
London, England, 1822-01-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

Qrries gorAse.—Yesterday the. further examination of the
person who was remanded on Saturday, on a charge of robbing
the printing-office of Mr. Nrcums, in Parliament-strcet, and
another, since apprehended on the same charge, came on before
ilatieseoart, the sitting Magistrate. A cheesemonger, in
Princes-street, Westminster, was also charged with receiving the
property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. M thew, of
Waterloo-mad, and his brother, who resides in Great Surrey-
street, wholesale-stationers, at whose houses the officers found a
great quantity of the stolen books, attended, and proved having
purchased them as waste paper from one of the priioners ; they
had paid hint, for part of the honks, 6d. per pound, and for the
other part Bd. per pound: they had no suspicion the property
had been got dishonestly. The person charged with receiving
the goods, said he had known the prisoner in custody for a great
kngth of time ; he considered him to be an honest lad, and in-
capable of committing theft. The first time he had brought
paper to his shop he said be lived with a wholesale-statiOnek; and
that was his perquisite. The paper he had brought then seemed
like the'swrepings of a warehouse, containing hooks and paper.
Ile told him he had a large quantity of paper to sell, which had
been damaged in its removal from a place where there was a
fire; tha' his master lived in Fleet-street, vd allowed him to
sell it. This was about June last, and since that time he was
in the habit of bringing paper to sell ; sometimes other boys ac-
companied him ; and they received id. or 54d. per lb. for it.—
Mr. Nichols expressed some surprise at this. The prisoner had
been'in his service until about three weeks ago; he considered
him an honest lad ; but it now appeared that he had robbed
bins to a great extent. Ile began at first by selling waste paper,
and then stealing valuable works, which he sold in the same
manner. llr. Nichols here swore to the piles of odd volumes
of the " History of Gloucester, I?irmingtuint," Sm. which wire
stolen from his office, and which he was obliged to have made
good. The other prisoner was also in his service, and bad been
apprehended upon his own confession of having participated In
the spoil, although perhaps he had not absolutely stolen the books.
—The Magistrate ordered the prisoners to be removed from the
Bar, upon ss hich they began to weep. Otte of them wished to be
permitted to address the Magistrate, and on being told he was
at liberty to do so, he declared that the other was innocent.—
Mr. Nichols said he could not ascertain the whole extent of his
loss. He believed the papers and kooks had Lot been purchased
with a guilty knowledge, yet it was erange some inquiry had
not been nl::de respecting the mture of the prisoner's employ-
mein, when he repeatedly brought such works to be sold fur
waste paper.—The Magistrate said he would require the person
charged with receiving to find sureties for his appearance at the
nest examination; and the other prisoners were reniandcd.

Yesterday, THOHAS EvAsce, Esq. who has for 21
years presided as a Magistrate at Union-Hall Police-
office, resigned the situation, and MAURICE SWABEY,
jun. Esq. was appointed to fill it. The resignation of
M EVANCR i* much regretted by those who were in
he habit of acting under his authority. He was 46
years Recorder of the Corporation of Kingston, Sur-
icy ; 20 years Recorder of the Corpotation of Deal.
and 44. years Chairman of the Michaelmas Session of
the county of Surrey. In the former part of his life
he had been in extensive practice at the Chancery
Bar, during which time, in consequence of the respect
entertained for him by the late and present LORD
CHANCELLOR, he was successively appointed a Com-
missioner of Lunacy, a Cornmissioher of Tarr c,uam,
and a Commissioner of Bankrupts. which he still
holds. Ile resigned on account of his age and infir-
mities. Ile is 76 years old.

Tuesday the Courts of Session and Exchequer met
at Edinburgh, after the Christmas recess.—The Hon.
DAVID Hula presented his Commission to the Court
of Exchequer, appointing him a Baron, in room of
the late Sir JOHN STUART, Bart. after which he took
the oaths and his seat on the Bench.

Tor some time past, thefts have been committed
by taking off the nose-bags from dray-horses, while
the brewers' servants are engaged in putting beer into.
the publicans cellars, and in some instances they
have been dexterously cut from the horses' beach,
while going along the streets in the dark. In order
to make the servants vigilant, the brewers have made
them accountable for the bags, and as the cost price
is 15s. a pair, the loss has fallen very heavy on this
class of servants. Two of these mischievous pilferer s
svere on Thursday last detected, and fully committed.
CEREBRAL EXAMINATION or FRANCOIS GAUTTEX..
—The bodies of the two unfortunate men, Peter
!Iceman and Francois Gautier, who were executed
on Leith-sands, on Wednesday se'nnight, having been
delivered over to the Professor of Anatomy, at We-
burgh, agreeably to the sentence of the Court of Ad-
miralty, the brain of one of the deceased was in-
spected as early as possible after death. The body of
Francois Gautiez had arrived at The dissecting-room,
and the brain was opened at about two hours and a
quarter from the period of execution. The vertebra
of the neck had not been dislocated, and the appear-
ances of the brain differed in no respect from those
usually seen on examining that organ in persons who
have died from suffocation. There was little or no.
distension of the blood-vessels of the brain, cerebel-
lum, or Medulla oblongata ; no effusion of blood
either into the substance of the brain
.or ventricles,
and little effusio4 between the membranes.