Star.
London, England, 1813-07-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

UNION HALL.-a-Henry Herrin, one of the persons
in cu tr‘dy an suspicion of picking' the pockets of the
Earl of NORNIANTON, and several other Gentlemen,
on the night of the grand fete at Vauxhall, was again
brought up for examination. Since his last examina-
tion, Collingbourn discovered that the prisoner had
lodged in Windmill-street, where he passed by the
name of Wilson, and where a female resided with
him, and passed as his wife. On searching these;
lodgings Collingbourn found several pocket-books,.
containing bank-notes, an open glass, and several'
other articles of a suspicious description. Yesterday
GILBERT HALL, Esq. of the Albany, appeared, and,
stated, that on Tuesday, the 20th inst. he had his,
pocket picked of a satin purse, containing notes to a
considerable amount. Collingbourn produced a purse
answering this description, which he found on the
prisoner when he was apprehended, and which at that
time contained some bank-notes. Mr. Hall, however,
declined swearing positively either to the purse, or the
notes, though he declared he believed them to be his
property ; but he said if the prisoner were remanded,
he would on a .future day bring forward the person
who.made the purse for him, and would also use his
endeavours to ascertain the numbers of the notes he
had lost. Under these circumstances the prisoner
was remanded. Amongst the persons who suffered
by the activity of the light fingered fraternity on this
occasion, were the Earl of NORMANTON, who lost his
snuff box ; GILBERT HALL, Esq. his pocket-book,
containing a twenty, three ten, and four one pound
bank-notes. The Hon. W. LAPEL, a snuff box ;

Haaeterox, Esq. of Allysmarle-street, his
pocket-book, containing several notes; Mr. TENNANT,
of. Great' Ormond•street, a very valuable snuff box ;
Mr. SAWYER, of Aldermanbnry, a gold hunting-
watch : several other Gentlemen also lost their
watches and purses, and a number of Ladies have to
lament the loss of their shawls, lace, veils, &c.
Bow-STREET.---Yesterday 7homas Wrkirr, John
Martin, William ClarA, and Thomas Smith, all boys, the
youngest about twelve years of age, and the oldest
not sixteen, were brought to the Office by Cox and
his party of patrole, charged with picking pockets at
West End Fair, on Tuesday evening. They were de-
tected in robbing Mr. Debenham. On searching them,
no less than eleven handkerchiefs were found upon
Webster. They were committed.—Georg, Hancock,
was uttering a counterfeit shilling at the same fair, in
the purchase of some gingerbread, and seven other
counterfeit shillings being seen to drop from him, he
was committed for trial.

Nicholson, the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. &WAR,
was last week seriously indisposed, and considerable
doubts were entertained of his recovery ; but by the
protnpt exertions of Mr. \Venni:, of Coldbath-square,
Surgeon to the Prison, and the timely arrival of Mr.
ArTcrs• Cooprit, he is now pronounced out of dan-
ger. He has, of lat.!, become very sullen, and often
spe:As of the shortness of the time to next Friday
three weeks (the day on which he is to be tried). He
has made no further co•fession, nor has he wished to
retract any thing which he formerly advanced. Mr.
BONAR's other son has returned to this country from
the Peninsula, and within these few days saw the mur-
derer of his parents.
A few days since was committed to Newgate, by
SAMUEL Pumas, Esq. a man generally known by the
name of Old Simon, strongly suspected of being con-
cerned in the murder of Mr. Steel on Hounslow
Heath, about eleven years ago.
A fine boy, four years old, the son of a plumber in
Faulding's.buildings, Mary-la-bonne-fields, was de-
coyed away from a young woman who h'ad another
child under her care, yesterday, by a decently dressed
woman, v.-110 affected to be acquainted with the pa.
rents. The young woman consented to let the chid'
go to the corner of a street for some cherries, but not ,
returning, she became alarmed, and went towards
home. The child was identified by a neighbour and'
restored to its parents, and the woman was secured.