Star.
London, England, 1824-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BO W-ST BEET.
Yesterday, William rmtpalrick, a young man of respectable ap:,
pearance, was brought up in the custody of Wooton, a cnpductbr
of patrol, charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Macbelath, a ,
jeweller, carrying on business at No. 11, Ryder's-court, Leicester-
square, of jewellery, to the amount of Al/42b0 ; and James Willshsr, a
rmaster working-jeweller, was charged on suspicion of receiving
'part of the property, knowing it to have been stolen.—The pri.
sopers were remanded for further examination.
M A RY-LA-40 N NE.
Mr. RAWLINSON, the Magistrate at this office, has been engaged
this last fortnight in a very important investigation. The investi-
gation was caused by the apprehension of a man of business-like
appearance, named William Gregory, but whose manner, although
prepossessing, possesses not the polish or refinement of education.
The history of the ease appears to be as follows, as collected
from a host of witnesses, of almost every trade in London : The
prisoner, dressed as a Gentleman, and in a very dashing tilbury,
called at the house,: of various tradesmen, and ordered goods to be
sent to his house, and the residence of a Lady named Saunders, in
Craven-hill, Bayswater. This Lady, according to the evidence of
Mr. Winsell, of Howland-street, harp-maker; 11r. Errand, of
Berner, street, harp and piano-forte-maker; Mr. Dulau, in the
same business; Mr. Rutting and Mr. Delveau, and a number of
other highly-respectable and eminent tradesmen, called on them,
and making representations that she was connected with some West
India families of distinction, and that she had immense riches in
that country, succeeded in obtaining harps, piano-fortes, up-
holstery, &c. &c. on bills drawn at nine and six months, on
houses in the City, and she gave references to persons at various
parts of the town, who spoke highly of her fortune. But
those persons, as well as the " houses of business" in the City,
had vanished ere the bills became due, and the tradesmen were
thus completely duped. The prisoner was, it was proved, at all
times her managing and active agent on those occasions arid he,
by a system the most ingenious, succeeded in furnishing the luxu-
ries of life, the most fashionable wearing apparel, furniture, and
linen, for himself and her. In the same manlier he removed from
house to house, and evaded paying rent. lie was taken into cus-
tody by a tradesman in the Borough, and examined at Union Hall,
and from thence iorwarded to Bow-street, front whence, at the in-
stance of Mr. Green, of Oxford-street, he was brought to this
office, and yesterday underwent a long examination ; and among
• those who, in addition to what we have already stated, made
charges against hint, were, a butcher, a fruiterer, a publican, a tai-
lor. a shoemaker, a livery-stable keeper, for the hire of a cabriolet,
a dashing gig, and tilbury, a coal-merchant, a musician, for a violin
and some lessons oa the instrument, and a Gentleman, a Captain in
the Army, for the rent of his cottage at Hampstead.
Mr. Harmer's clerk attended, and suhmitted, that the prisoner
Iced not been guilty of any talse pretence which could be sustained
by evict: lice, the whole of the charges, which he admitted as vo.
lumitom 1, amounting to mere matters of debt.
Mr. IZAwi ',isms said, there was more than that in the bnsiness,
and therefine he remanded the prisgner again ; whom he wished to
understand, even supposing for a moment he would then be dis-
charged, it must be under very heavy mngnizances, to answer
sonic of the charges, which, in his opinion, were provable frauds.