Star.
London, England, 1816-08-13 00:00:00

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Bar Smut attended every day last melt,
eseapt' Monday. to. transact tbe whole of the bombes. of the
Of both morning and evening, In consequestee of Sir HATNA-
Nos& Cole*NT and Mr. Nal!, being enpgad a the Secretary
of State • Utfitx, whh Mr: 81T1141.1.4 the Under Secretary of
State, and Mr. Bac aa, the Magktrate belonging to Marlborough-
street Pollee Office. in Inquiring and investigating into the cm.
1 diet or Vaughan, tbi patrole, and his associate,.
Fire o tay.—A short time since Messrs. Camay, Heghesood
Matey, wholesale woollen-drapers in West Smithfield, MPSrt
egulki their cash account with Messrs. Jones and Lloyd, ban.
,bore, of Lotlibury, found the balance smaller against them than
what they expected; and on the examination of the drafts, one
was found to be upon plain paper, coutrary to their usual prat.
Oat, It was dated tOth July last : and on an ezaatination of it,
***trvery was made of its being a forgery, but not until it was
eleinporit closely with the handwriting of tile partners, being
earensely weU 'tented. An loyeedgetion took place with the
clerk who paid the draft, &c. and s= fell so man who
to AIM supposed have uttered it. T the siker, was Mb.
played to trim him out ; and it was strossiy empeted that be
kit Lando, on the Ilith of July, front the 801 l and Mouth Inn,
,by the Editiorgh Mail, being the ask el the day he uttered
the forged drift. Taunton started to' pa him, but had ate
Iffeedventaile Oben, nearly a week bel sot lesaug Londe°
Atha Saturday night after be lied_ gime oft the Monday. He
hint by the sane conveyance (the Eirgh Mad). On Saw-
day morning be arrived in Loudon wkh the forger of the draft
lo eastody. He underwent as ezeaduales before Mr. BM Ina,
, what k appeared that Taunton hod plooll no loCormation till be
Inlieled at York, when it was indeed thee, Instead of going to
the York Hotel, when the map passougers put ep, be went to
the Faleon raver", Middiegate-street, when hemmed in cons-
geof with an attorney from Doncaster, to whom be said be had
Wale Leaden, aod when he expected to naive Zion), but
atw disappointe4. He told the attorney be was going to Sear-
besollgh, bet toe& a different come, sod went in a chase to
Dais el-Moor, then to Beverley, and that ordered a chaise to
HA, but did not enter the town of Hon; begot out of the chase
about a quarter of a mile before be ante there, and walked into
the town. In consequence of this manauvre the officer lost all,
tracts of him none of the inns having seen such &person as he
was described to be, viz. wearing a erhke hat, carrying a green
bog, red hair, sod lisping; neither had 111 gooe by any of the
boats that aess the Humber. it was (Iwo suspected he must be
ale inhabitant of the town. Tatmton, in ameopience,perambu-
lemd the town for a considerable time, neelstod by a man who
had seen him in a post-chaise, when he saw a inn looking fa at
▪ lop-window who he had every reason to believe was the man
and accordlogly went up to him, telling him that he suspected
bins to be the man' and cock him into custeily. On searching
Mai. he found a CS Bank of England note, which on examination
roved to be one of those he had received for the forged draft.
Taunton then told him that was sufficient for him to take hint to
London : be then confessed that he had left London in conic-
"knee of being embarrassed, and hid been living in HuU for
some time under the assumed name of Preston, and had kept a
school. Taunton then went with hint to his house. and after a
laborious worth bead all the ootes obtained for the forged draft,
except sea. The prisouer was committed for further nava.
gado°.
Maids Peter a allow-chandler, of Hammersmith, was
beessbt to the (Ake, charged with vielendy and cruelly beak.
las Wreaks boy, of the name of Nicholls. between 14 and IS
jam *raga Mr. Thomas Coucher. of Bruton Maws. waled.
*at on the ad Instant he was returning to Lasko es buusbeak
when his feelings were arrested by a most eides4 ureamkg,
, which induced hint to stop his horse, when he found it proceeded
front Mr. Pater's house and soon after T. Nicholls came out of
the house, Mr. Pater following him, and beating him most us-
'needfully with a honewhip ; he also kicked him, and streak
bleu with his fists; he saw blood come from the side of his baud.
The boy got under a cart to screen himself from the blows. He
remonstrated with Mr. Pater several Mies, to desist from sorb
410141Itcondua towards the boy, but k had no effect upon hiss,
saying k was no business of his, till be told him If he dame
desist Iran beating the boy, he would come and give it bhp in,
• wbkh induced him to leave of Ke then mad be wished
he knew. where the boy's parents Hired, when a woman, a ad.-
hour of hlr. Pater's, came nod told hint where his parents lived
la London. On his. arrival he went aad told them what be bad'
sew *wort. sheir-obild. A anakficato was psodocad front Mix
Fuller, a medical Gentleman who is attending the boy, stating,
that he did not consithir it sate for him to cease out to attend the
examination, but Mr. Brute considered Mr. Coucher's Mileage
stlicieut to bold Mr. Pater to bal.

Yesterday WtAides Whiteman and Letitia Whitesurass were
brought to this Office, charged with taknig iUegal Insurance
in the State Lottery, to which they pteaied Guilty, and Mr.
Heese, the Seaetary to the Lottery Oilier, very humanely allowed
them to go at large on their promising not to be guilty of the
like offence again; and in caw they du not keep their premise,
they are to be brought up for judgment on this charge.
Jule( Ley undit went a second examination on a charge of
fraudulently obtaining money under pretence of being a distrewed
sailor. We gave the particulars of the tiro charge a few days
since, of his obtaining A 7 trout a woollen-draper in Rupert-street,
under pretence of leaving A watch of the value of tweuty guineas,
which proved not to be worth Xi. The charge yesterday given
by Mrs. Gosling, of Chapel-court. Swallow-street, was, that he
went to lier lase November twelve months, pretending to be
very much distressed, and dressed as a sailor, when he obtained
ae7 on a watch, which proved to be made up for fratta. He was
remanded for funher examination.

QUEIII-11QUAR1.—Scurday William Williams was brought up
In the custody of Gardner, the officer, who apprehended him,
after considerable trouble, iu the garden of Mr. Cock, at M.II-
- on a charge of violating the pension of his own child, only
ten years of age. The prisoner was remanded ,
Yesterday Thomas Pilton, Est of Sloae-street, Chelsea ,charged
William Liftman, a (Immo with riding upon the shafts of his
dray, in consequence of wads It killed a sheep on the spot. He
was ordered to satisfy the owner of Use sheep, and was also
lined ss.

UNION liatte.-Joreph Shearing was charged with threatening
the life at bb own fattier, Edward Shearing, a wheelwright, of
Vauxhall, who stated, that his son is 26 years of age, and in a
flood of tears, described the ill-treatment which be frequently re- I
caved from him, particularly on Friday evening, when be not
only broke and destroyed his property, but he swore that he would
cmunit murder before he left the house; and bad it not been for
the interference of a Gentleman of the name of May, the cense-
quenees might have been fatal. Mr. Blame recollected the pri-
soner to bap been before him at Union Hail, on a similar charge.
He was ordered to lied bail.

Guitnnat.L.---On Saturday &mei Led was brought up on a
capital charge, under Lord ELLesmoaotion's Act, fot stabbing,
swath intent to do some bodily harm, bee husband, J. Lock. The
calmplainant stated, that en his return from daily labour on Wed-
nesday evening last, be was stet on the stairs by the prbooer,
who followed him into their room, and in loud tenni desired him
"to go to the strumpet from whence he cattle' He protested
that she bad no ground for such an imputation ; but. deaf to bis
assertiows, she seized him by the neckcloth, which she endeavour-
ed to untie, and take off : failing us this, however, she stabbed
him in the neck with a small knife, which she held in her hand,
and the noise of the opening of which he had heard; she was
about to repeat ber blow, when be put his hand up to prevent ber ;
, upowwhich she cut his thumb severely, and then dropped the
' knife on the floor. Complainant became foist from loss of blood,
and was conveyed by his ne.ghboors eo a surgeon, who Messed
Iris wounds. Un his mum home he found that bW wife was
in custody.
Alder man ScuoLeT. baying asked the consplainant if he wish-
ed to swear to hie evident, the unfortunate man said, the pri;
sonar was his lawful wife, and be bad lived with her for many
yowl; her groundless jealotwe tended so materially to mar their
happinots, however, that he could fk4){ thilik , after this fresh proof
of its violence, of again living with her. He bad no wish to hurt
her, bat was determined that she should be bound over to keep
the pause. Alderman SCIIIOLIT said, it she escaped now, he had
Do security for her abstainiug from similar misconduct in future.
lie ordered the prisoner to be rensaddedtilaneeday.
MAIL1101[017012•1111111ZT. Yesterday Mary Kafiri was
eberpd with being an accessary in the murder of Maurice Walsh,
est, &. Glles's watchman, •en Monday se'susight,—Mary alias
Hannah Mabooy, Who cohabited with the prisoner, it will be
remembered, bas been committed tor trial, upon the verdict of
the Coroner's Jury. The prisoner upon that occasion was a
wines% and on this exanunation she confessed that the whole of
what sba suited was fa m— Doe also cenfessed that sbe
had said but Made on the Coroner's Inquest and what she said
was also NU. She wu placed beside Use p;istmer fur prevarica-
tion, and odds her eenuwitted on auricle(' of Wing been an
waxen in tbealieged murder. it also turned out, that the de-
caned was a Pensioner, and had lately nceived fail money.