Star.
London, England, 1828-10-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
Ja&* Reece was on Saturday charged with defrauding )Jr. Dan
das, a linen-draper iu Basing-lane, of three pieces of muslin. value
W. Mr. Dundas mid, he became slightly acquainted with the
prisoner some years ago. and meeting him on the 15th ult. in the
street, he said be was then in the silk line, thathe had received an
'order for some muslin, and that he would be a customer in a day
or two. He came to witness't shop about the time he had named, ,
and was told, in the outset, the dealing twist be for ready money.
He selecte.: three pieces of muslin, and engaged to return them or
pay for them that evening, after he bad shown them td his - cos.
tomer. The prisoner pressed for an invoice, but as it would carry
the appearance of parting absolutely with the goods, witness refused
to give him one. He never heard front or saw the prisoner again,
till that day, when he met him accidentally in the street, and took
him into custody.
" It was a very dishoner thing," remarked the Altlerbitn.....
Oh num wicked :" exclaimed the prosecutor.
Rut I was going to observe," continued the Magistrate," that.
although be has deceived you, I fear, I can be of No service to
you, because you delivered the goods, and be toolithetri out of four.
fitiu:e, with your content."
The prisoner said he had beard Mr. Dundee Was 111, and he was
going to his house when be was apprehended, to say be would pay
the account neat week.
• The Magistrate upon talking the' matter over with his itgal ad.'
viers, determined upon wooing the prisoner to trial, and be was'
committed in defablt of sureties. '
£; as Gray, who had been in custody some days for attempt.
log to pledge, under suspicious circumstances, an uldfashioned sil.•
ver cruet-stand, was released upon her own recognisance, the owner
of the property nbt having been discovered.
• Five men, named lines. Castry,Clarey. fitas,and Armand, 'were
charged with being concerned in an stray with the watchmen of
Doctors Commons, one of whom was so much injured as to be
conveyed to the hospital, where he remains unable to stir out of the
ward. The man who first excited his companions (about fifty In
number) to beat the watchmen who desired them to disperse, milks
his escape; but Alderman licitoute desired hint to look round the
Justice Itoom for him, as possibly. be might be there to learn the
fate*of his companions, when he was immediately discovered atoms
the crowd, and was. with the others, ordered to find bail. • •

IIdW—STK HET. r
ROPOIRIICS sr Ssevairie—,Two young lads, named Jain Green
and Edwant Gerald, were brought up, the further charged with,
stealing a quantity of cloth, the property of his master, Gus-
tarn, a draper in Bedford-street, Covent-garden; and the Litter'
with limiting him to commit the 'robbery, and receiving the pro.'
perty knowing it to have been stolen.
The prisoners were both reminded fur a week, to give the mo-
secutor time to make further inquiries.
Irahiatts Gent was charged with cruelly treating his wife. The
complainant, a very decent looking woman, who was scarcely able
toitand front the effects of the defendant's brutal conduct, stated
that last Wednesday evening hkr huidund carne boots in a state of
intoxication, and immediately commenced beating her with his fist ;
he afterwards took up a chair, with which be continued to strike
her until she was bruised from head to foot, and sustained 'an in-
ternal injury, front which she is but likely to recover fur a consi.
derable tune. - 1
The defendant, in a very methodistieul tone, commenced his de-
fence—" I bad been to a nietuit; of a iltirdiry Missionary Society,'
your Worship."
Mr. HALLII" D in't talk to me of Missionary Societies. A
wretch who could tryst his wife.* the manner you have dome is
disgrace to any society." • •
' Defendant contioued.—" And when I left the Meeting, one of
the members and myself Welt to a public-house, and bad a few
glasses of gin together ; after that I went home, acid lay down ea
the bid; Use my wife would not let me alone, and so I was pro-
voked to thrash tier."
Mr. HALLS...." And-so, after tile,, precious meetings. you' and
the rest of the members go to public housesand get drunk together,
and then return home and beat your wives ? So much for Nils-
sionary Societies You must fiat' bail for the Assault; and I would
advise your wife to exhibit articles of the peace *pink you." -
The defendant was then locked. up, and the complainant was led
oat of the office, apparently almost in a dying state.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Amsc Sims was fully committed for trial, on a charge of stealing
fifteen yards of printed cotton, value 15s. from the shop of Mr.
Graham, linendraper, High Holborn.

Aim -Williams and W s. Mtge. two &MOW sum were also
consigned to Newgate, on a charge of stealing lbs. Millen from
the bowie of Mr. Adams, tin-plate worker, Great Tldgleklis, MM,
where they were employed in their sooty avocation.
MARL BOK OUG 11-STREET.
Mr. and Mrs. Aries, the occupiers of 'the home No. SI Bvita
Frith-etreet, Soko;where Mti. Goddard and her doughty, reddest.'
were brought before 'Mr. Drs., an an infirmities, and charged
with having kept and toed the above mentioned house as ir die.'
onkel), house and a brothel. The information was preferred at
the instance of the parish officers of St. Anne's, and the wily eel-
device given was that of Ivory. the beadle. who proved that the'
defendants were the oceuplera of, the house. Nothing was said by
suer of the parties, or their friends, in their defence, hot they
prideced bail, and were discharged.
Numerous complaints having been made by some of the respect&
Me inhabitants of Frith-street, of the conduct of several of the uccua
piers of houses in 'that street, Mr. Alien, the Vestry Clerk, kin
no time in preferring informations against those persons com-
plained of, and two of them appeared before the Magistrate at the
time Mr. and Mrs. James were ih attendance. The first was a
Mr. and Mrs. Mem:Ml:who keep the house; 44, in Frlth..tnset ;
and the second, Mr. and Mrs Vetoer, who keep the house .211 A, in
the same street. No further evidence was given than to prove that
they. mere the occupiers •of those houses. No defence watt asedosj
and they were Masi ordered to 61111 bail to appear at the &edam,
A poor woman, residing in Libarko&street, Fitzroy.tqUare. ap."
reared before the Magistrate to cbmplain of 'a grois umiak which
bad been committed upon. her by a fellow Of the name of SWAM,
and who, she stated, Lad decoyed her daughter Irons her houte.
The poor woman, who was in a dreadful. state of agitation, stated,
that Stotiftart, the person of whom she con.phined, had recently'
'Mme to town from Yorkthire; and baying seen her d tughrer, bad
employed all the means in his power to seduce her trout her borne.
The last attempt was made on Ft iday night, when be nearly suc-
ceeded in effecting the girl's ruin. Ile called at her house under
pretence of leaving a note. aid having obtained all interview with
the girl, contrived to get her out ut the house. and then prevailed
upon her to walk with him to Litt,. Dean-street. -There she was
induced to go with hint trio a house, which is one of a notorious
description. Fortunately, however, she (applicant) received infor-
mation of the route Stetilhart had taken with her child, and traced
them to the house after they had been there holy a few minutes.
She Wasted upon searching the ho use.for bet datighter,-whoheird
her voice mid flew to her arms. Stodbart at the Milt moment
nude his appearance, and struck her several blows.
Mr. Drift instantly. granted a harrant against Stodhart, and
Goddard, the officer, went to Little Dean.street, to execute it, but
although be examined every part of the house, the object of his
search could not be found.
• ' ' QIIREN.SQUARE:'
'J. Roberts,. tl.'illejihird. sad J. Hayes, were charged with anaqlt•
ing Mr. Oallomleadlord of: the-king's' Head, in Orchard-street;
Westmhister, atitalko;with breaking needy every pale of glass. in •
the front of thetas/sae. The landlord stated, .that on Thuttelai
evening Maynard sad Hayes, with two women, came to his house,
and wanted some liquor; knowing them wire reputed thieves., he
refuted to serve theirs, and with vothe difikehy ejected them from.
the house. In a closet time they re/timed, 'and Maynard Mho.
, to the door to get in; wkness held the door, which was shoutirdt
open,, and rtlaynard cut him over the bead with a stick. Slaw
soldiers in the house came to his assistance, or hr would have been
'Murdered'. 'An attack then comffieticed upon-tit hotlse;end neatly
all the glass its Irvin. Was broken. .The-damage 'den& we'll; 10s.
The police officers were sent. for. who did every thin, in their
power to quell the riot. There were near 100 persons assembled.
A private in the 3d•Guards deposed that he saw 'Roberts strike
the landlord ilolintly, and' witnfss wrenched the stick out of his
ham% whentst was insmediattly knocked dosvh.
Mr.'WHlte drdetedvach•of the defendants to pay El. sod to And
seguritiel to keep-the peace for three months, being the full, mount
in Mr. Peel's late Act, and they were committed in default.
UNION HALL
Mr. Hilliard, Mw of 'the ()Veneers of 'Bt. 'Saviour's Parish,
brought up four natives of the Emerald bk. • Mr. H. stated. that
that footmen had appliedto hint to lie removed home; but front
mew circumstance, which bad come to hisitnowiedite. be conceived
they* were not *reedy objeets for parechialleitef. Air. Hoer asked
them if 'key Could not get home at theirontst expense-" Areal+,
your Hotattur." one of them, the LOStrand tit. Patrick snows
we havn't a maravidy in the world, nor a tatteeol clothes but the
rags upon our backs.' Mr. Hotta—" But you'll:iglu walk to the
wartist sealutt."end mit pot theparish to captain." " Walk, your
Honour !" 'replied the Arst egrattre, chattier hi self it the idea of
being able to put in a thatcher to she worthy Magistrate's proposal
We might beg our way. and walk to Bristol ; but. pease your
Honour, bow could we idalk acrois the herring brook ?"
The Magistrate inquired how long they had been in England?
when ohe replledisliteek years, another twelve, and the. two ushers
shorter periods. They denied having been employed several works
past at . any' business, and Mr. Hoax requested the Overseer to
state on what grit-4nd he retailed Passes.
Plipie; one of the oaten:. theirstated, that' on Parlay, a few mo.
' metitt Sher lief bed applied tie Mt. Hilliard, the whole party
stopped at the corner of Union street, nod after coneMaing lOW
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`time about the profitable season among the hops, divided tree; ...
pounds between them
.4 What a set of rascals:: exclaimed the Matiotrate, " to corm
ion:ging, said have so much mosey at the same time."
I The lone iertymen, quite eloop•fallen, then left the Office to
try their kirtune in some other perish, anittering about .Rnglioh
cruelty, that would let them starve In a Christian country. •
DUBLIN POLICE., Oct.
Terterday the Magistrate of Henry.strert Police Ogee wes
visited by a fair young woman. who called- herself Mrs. Conway.,
She came with a complaint agitate her bed and master," Sir.
Conway. hit. Conway was alai and lieu Conway, with the
reception of her eyes, was very young and very panty, and took
are to di.play a neat foot and anele—dillictsk thioga it is said, to
be found amongst our Irish beauties. But Mrs. &away having
put forward one of her little fret, and turning the pupil of one eye as
if site ,were looking out in the street, and the other se if admiring
the aforeiaid foot, she made a long and melancholy complaint of
how she had the misfortune to poetry that Conway—how 'old and
iticapable he was of paying her these delicate little attenuates which
all rains women expected from every man Of common pliantry.--4
bow to reted-like L brio, by beating her, and giving her two black
eyes, io the tourseof every *reenientbo—baw ke lad firee*.
bet, and afterwarde%murdered beritotirely.". lta• •
Poor Mr. Conway patiently listened to. his misdeeds recounted
by bit young and ill used wife. When called upon to answer, he
delivered the following oration, orbkii was evidently prepared' lot
the occariun :

My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jorp—Wbeoeveryiso marry,
take care that your wife has no nwedier—..all my uslabonenes,
my distress, and my reinadon, and desperados, come of my
'having a motherds-law. Oh! it's she that is the real Mother.
iodate, for I, that am her somihine, the his la lair; andesten her
!own daughter is now a dangliterdodaw. •Obl tie dilations vile
,old mother-in-law. fib ! she has a Mope like a serpent, a nose
'like a hatchet, an eye like a gimlet. and a band like a hammer.—
M Mrs. Conway, Mrs. Conway it's you tide "mold be the db.
vent, Moe, eensfettable, well•bekered' little trona*, bet for pose
'mother-412*aq eastber-Imivri Phase your Mows, my bitmo
is not my own. once Mrs. Coo ney% wither enter,. it—my bed
not my own, for my mother in-law slops in it—my breakfao is
not my own. nor my 'dinner, nor My supper, fur my anotbet.id.
•lasti eat' them—and my wife is riot My own. becate-e• she it Id
'daughter• of my motherdu-law. Now, Instead 44 beating Mrs.
,'Conway, I newer du such a thing--ILottly leather her
was to her. end not Mrs. Conway; 1 lase the two black eves, as
'you would see if she was isrre to the At/ and why shouldn't I
teat her, whin she pot up my sweet little wife 'to take away nty
•things? My motber.indaw robbed me. •
Mrs. Conway—No, please you Winship, it was I. •
Mr. Conway—My mother-in-law pawned my clothes.
Cotiway;—Na, it was I.
Mr. CMS/ay—NT motherin-law got drunk with the money.

Mrs.- Coorwiy-.-lio, it was • 1.
Mr. Couway—My oether•ia

came In and broke all the

rs. Conway—No, it was I.
• Mr. Conway—And it was my mother.in.law that came and tore
my cravat and .catered all my face, before I laid a hand on her.
Mrs. Conway—Obi ob ! isideed, your Worship:it was I did that
The Maui —Then, ;according to your own confession, I
must dismiss thus complaint.
Mr. Coliway—Very Well, yuut Worship, and I 2M no* ready
to fort4t and foil* aft and take her home to me apin, if she will
babe dime with her mother. •

Mrs. Conway—llave,dosse with my mother!—seer, lir. Con.
way ; tab ! she is the kindest, best, and darlingest creature that ewer
Neill—nut to be snatched from the lower end of Townsend street to
the uppet Ind of Censtitution'-hill in making arirop of burnt whisky.
Indeed, your Worship, be 4s always. beating sow, and. I dune know
for why (with a sweet smile), except,. 1.4,4 that be -ks a bit
ikaious of nte.
lir. Conway—No, Indeed, I am not; I am willing to take her
Metre tbis very minute, if she will have dons with my mother in. law.
Na, than, I will never go hosne.solon ipinb Mt. Conway, said
the Lady,, as-she walked mit. of the Allier '• .1 will seamen you to
the Court of Cunaciente, and you will he intide to give me a.sepacate
maintenance, and dun I can live in peace and quietness with your
mother inblaw.

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom love itself.
To talk without effort is, after all, the great charm of
tltitkOrg.. , -
Look at four Englishmen in a stage oath; the odds
we they will be sitting as stiff and unsocial as fair
Friday evening, a pane of glass in the Shop.window
of Mr. Green wood, jeweller, of Charlotte-street. Fitzroy 7
Opiate, was cut completely through, although the
„Ismer part of the window wavprotected by a guard,
end two diamond ear-rings abstracted, with whicirthe
thieves got clear off.
A Pates Paper contains a whimsical account of a duel,
to which the combatants were. females. Two market wawa
haring met by agreement, et rhe barrier des Deus-Ilosilins. tu ter►
asioate their differences by cudgels, our of them lust an eye by a
blow. The principals were • attended by ataxia, -one of whom
dropped a few ominous remarks upset the coasesiftesices of this ec-
hidna, suggesting to the •victoriwis party some fears. The Lady
replied, 0 I teed in the paper. that duelling was permitted, and
entseqiiently not punishable; we both knight bravelY I there is
,Itothing to be afraid of." •- ' ' . . , .
'SHOOTING AClClDeNTWednesday morning; as the
nom and Rev: THOMAS Cosawrirr was shooting with
three other Gentlemen, neat Powick; One 'of his aim-
panions, who ►tc,,,rl near Lint, dischaiged • his- gun' in
tech a direction ill'afthe greater part of the charge Was
lodged in Mr. C.rs thigh and arm ; happily' his dreis
was nt so thick a texture that few of theXhui Oenetraied
deep into the flesh. Mr. Covastay immediately went
talWoreester, and had • the shot extracted. We he happy
It's say that he is doing very well. •• •
A time king accident occurred at Weston, near Spall-
'ding, on Siturday. last.
.A quarrel between two per-
sons of that place tinlottunately ended •in a fight. when
groan mottled Featherstone letrived i blow, whereby be
was so dreadfully bruised that he only lingered tintil the'
following morning, when he eipired.- His antagonist
his since absconded.—Stataford New. *
Mr. Alderinin Jerome. the late Mayor of *Limerick,
*lnd who conduited himself with so much courage and
discretion in arresting Mr. grail.' on Saturday last, has
been the victim of the most brutal insults and offensive
attacks. Monday being the day appoirited fur swearing
Is the new Magistrates of that City, 'the Cotut•house
was filled with ruffians of the loweit grade. and Mr.
,Janet:, on his appearance, was assailed with yell.,
shouts and hisses the most hideous. It became neces-
iarY.. furf the put pose of protecting him trona personal
violence, to have a strong party of the police, and a
guard was under arms; lairgebody.of the
-Most respectable citizetteinstaptlY repaired to the
of the Courthouse, and escorted-the worthy Al-
.detman from 'thence to his residence. • In our anxiety to
justice we state—and•We do's() with much intisiaca
'tion—that our private letter' inform as -that. the 're-
!spectable Roman Catholics of Limerick. ask only • took
pate in this atruCitali outrage, beet have itinted• the
'Masi decided disapprObation of the conduct punned.—
'Detblix Evemiitg
A stout man, marked with the small !tor. has recently
deft ended theiceepers of a number of • boarding schools
in the vicinity of London. and he is new On the prowl.
'He'siatialliat a diat and intimate ftiend.'an'Offieer in,
India, kali toinfisitied to hiss charge' three Children; to'
get them edutited at a respectable whool. The int.!
postor is usually smitten With the *excellent appearance
of the children OT The by their condition,
end is litaliifist riving found a`stiot far the
'dear Wants. He givei reference to persona attic first
lespocuibility in the City, mos‘ly,to, some of the chief
of the company's Officers. at the Indio House, who of
course only Imo,/ 9f him by the frequent ep,plieations
made respecting his frauds. He suddenly, as he is.goina
aw•Yi.lecitliects that he has not bictoght out mom,
enough to pay his expenses back to a distane.part of thf
town, and he obtainssmall sums ofmouey. 4 fter_his
oepaitu, e some portable attack is found missing. The
day before yesterday, he stole a new silk umbrellA,
fr.oun tie el Lady in..capiden Tciwn. Ile stole
wvelai book.. from • boost tog school at Clapton. At
some, 91 the schools be hat obtained tefiesha.ents, and
Ira; pressed to, pas talie 44%110m-iliac could be pros idcd.