Star.
London, England, 1815-03-24 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, Serjeant J. Condor un-
derwent an examination, charged with forging a ma-
rine's discharge, for the purpose of receiving an in- '
creased pension.—Alexander Watts, a disabled ma-
rine, stated, that he has lately been discharged at
Portsmouth, by Major. General R. Williams, Com-
mandant ; and his discharge for 13 years service en-
titled him to a pension of NI I Is. 3d. He fell in
company with the prisoner at the White Lion pub-
lic-house, in Hemming's-row, when he told him he
was a clerk in the Admiralty, and that his discharge
was filled up wrong, and he would alter it for him,
to 14 years service, which would entitle him to iff9
14s. Bd. pension, which he 'paid the prisoner
LI ss. 6d. On his presenting it at the Admiralty
the alteration was discovered. He was committed.
GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday, Elisabeth Young and
Hannah Houghton were remanded, charged with
stealing a quantity of silks, ribbons, &c. the proper•
ty of Mr. Dimes, mercer in Holborn.
C. Sarting was charged with robbing his father
of property to a considerable amount ; and with
threatening the life of his wife. The first charge
was not proceeded in, but on the second he was fully
committed.
G. Walker was charged by Lee the officer with
stealing several shirts and handkerchiefs from a house
in Skinner-street. On Wednesday night the officer,
while going his rounds, heard a cry of 44 Stop thief,"
and observing the prisoner turn the corner of Snow.
101 in gr:•.it haste, he knocked him down, and the
property was found in his breast.—Remanded.
J. 'ft d man, aged 10 years, was fully committed,
charged with cutting the seals from the watch-ribbon
of a Mr. Day, in the neighbourhood of the Royal
Exchange, on Thursday evening. A pair of scissars
and some seals were found in his pockets

HATTON•GARDEN.Yesterdayt •••-•••• LIMAS was
fined £3O, being found quitting a house in which a
private still was at work. The still, with a quantity
of spirits, was also seized.
R. Keyte was re-examined, and fully committed,
charged with btealing a loaf of sugar from the shop
of Messrs. Blake, grocers in Percival-street, Clerk-
enwell.

QUEEN4QUARE.—Yesterday, Mary Beswick was
charged with stealing a shawl from J. Fletcher.—
She denied the charge with so much appearance of
truth, that she was about to be discharged, when
Mr. Culquhoun ordered her to be searched, and the
shawl was found on her person. _ _

Mary Roberts, dim Smith, was charged with a
fraud on the East India Company.—lt appeared,
that she received three years pension from the Ad-
miralty, as the widow of one Smith a boatswain ;
and six months pension from the Company, as the
widow of Roberts, late a steward in the Com-
pany's service, she having married Roberts in Smith's
life-time : but both her husbands died without a
charge of bigamy having been preferred.—She WAS
admitted to bail.

COURT MARTIAL.—A Court Martial was lately
held at Fort Colomso, in the Island of Ceylon, upon*
Lieutenant TIIONIAII ATKINS, 72d regiment of foot,
charged with drunkenness when on duty ; and ano-
ther, at the same place, a mouth or two aftematds,
upon Lieutenant ARCIUBALD M`NAUGIITON, of the
lst battalion 73d regiment of foot, charged with a
similar offence. Both were found guilty, and sen-
tenced to be cashiered, the Court concludinp, their
decision with the declaration, " and they are hereby
cashiered accordingly." The PRINCE FOMENT has
just confirmed the sentences of the Courts, but re-
marked, " that in the concluding words of the sen-
tences the Courts exceeded the power and authority
vested in them."

CORONER'S luoutsT.—Yesterday an Inqtrest was
held at. the Green Dragon public-house, in White-
chapel, before J. W. UNWIN, Esq. one of the
for the county of Middlesex, on the body of a
man of colour, who died in the London Hospital on
Sunday Lost, under the following deplorable circum-
stances It appeared from the evidence of Thomas
Humphreys, Surgeon's Mate, at the Hospital, that,
about ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the deceased
was brought to the Hospital supported by two .men,
on of whom was a black man, and the other, witness
believes, to be a pauper belonging to Whitechapel
workhouse, the deceased was unaMe to support him-
self,.and was speechless ' • the men said they found
him by the London-docks wall, and out ef humanity
took the trouble to bring him to the Hospital; he
could speak when they first met him, and he told
them he fell down the hold of a ship, but what ship
they did not know ; witness assisted to carry him up
to No. '2B ward, in the cloisters, but he almost in-

scantly expired. John Francis Tomlinson is Assistant
Surgeon at the London Hospital. He was called
when the deceased was brought in, but when he came
he found him quite dead He, assisted by his col-
league, Mr. Rodgers, opened the body on Tuesday ;
he could not discover any external marks of violence,
the internal parts appeared in a very healthy state;
he appeared very much reduced and emaciated.—
Witness believes him to have been about 3.5 years of
age. The stomach was almost empty, and witness
was of opinion he was in want of food. Mr. Henry,
Atley, M. 1). of Stepney-square, deposed, that he
went to view the body of the deceased, in company
with the. last witness. Knows from a certain bandage
found upon him, next to his body, that he was of the •
Mahometan religion. The Jury returned a verdict of
—Died for want of the common necessaries of lift!
MURDBR•—On the night of the Bth instant, a
gang of ruAlians attacked the house of J. and M.
Brogan, on the lands of Knocfcdrin, in the King's
county, near Road. They first placed a guard on
the barn, in order to prevent any resistance from the
servants, and then proceeded to break open the door
of the house with a hammer, which they speedily
accomplished, and rushed in after firing three shots.
On entering the house they attacked M. and J. Bro-
gan, the former of whom they murdered on the spot,
and left the latter apparently lifeless.—The villains
then broke open a chest, out of which they trok
guineas in gold, and ‘IOQ in Bank-notes, drank a
bottle of spirits, and departed with their booty. We
are glad to learn that J. Brogan is likely to recover.
An Inquest was held on tire body of M. Brogan, by
the Coroner, who returned a verdict of Murder against
some person or person* unknown.