Star.
London, England, 1817-01-10 00:00:00

RELIEF or THE Pooh.

Lnrci Gi.swoitz, having selected ISO of the mosi
indi4ent families in either, sent them on Christmas-
day a liheial allnwince of coals and ,beat; &..
Lesrd C ,sieettuans, thinuh fully oc6ipi.d by hid
commanl in France, is not unmindful of his 'pivot
neighbows at hoop,. Oa Christmas-day laic, his
Steward distributed 15(X) weight of beet, five sheep;
and a Froportionate q.i.iniity of bread, to the indium:
trious labourers in die neigh!) .r 1; hood of Combermese
Abbey ; and 201 yares f Linsey t ) the wives and
families of sev-ral of Or,- poorer classes.
The Marquis of LtINDONDEIIRY, ir, atl.lition to his
liberal donation to thz poor on his Lordship's Drury
estates, has advanced £l,OOO ft:- the purpose of put=
chasing furl and provisions, which are to be delivered
dut to them at eery low prices.
Harewool-home, in Y•skshire, has had numeroul
partiet during the Christmas holidays, where old
English hospitality lias retained its usual state. The
poor Wire been particularly attended to, and highly
to the credit of the Noble Earl, he continues to give
employment to those who Call labour, and to rpl,tve
the wants of the aged, infirm, mid indieent. Lord
and Lady LasceiLes coatrihute very liberally to the
comforts of the poor, lit giving blankets and other
necessaries. •

Lard and lady DUDLEY-AND-IVMM, are now
spreading-their beneficent st..n Atolls around the parish
ut Himley, as they «ay. do at this seas•m of the You.
Amt. Smits, al. of Elderslie, has given
an order for twenty cuts of coals to the poor In the
united parishes 11 Housings and Ksllelan, and the%r-
.mers in throe pat ishes have come cheerfully forward
to lead home the fuel to the poor gratis.

EAST.iNDIA Hones.—lo our report of the Debate at the Is.
dia on Mr. Hurne's motion, given in yesterday's Paper,
it was errorautisly stated, that the question, when put a refund
Rti‘ztrtLi,,we d wriathrroieul,
a division.wilstoia
t a divissuo. It should have been—was
ROUBIRY or LAVitrantit THE OVVlCaß.—Wednes-
day evening Lavender and his wile were from the*
residence, in Long-acre, leaving a servant and their
children ; soon alter six o'clock a man, respectably
'dressed. with his great coat closely buttoned up and
his head cowdered, called and inquired fcr Laven-
der, appearing in great haste, and expressed great
disappointment at the officer being from home, saying'
he wanted him very particularly to go to Chelsea t
take a man ; he mutt therefore leave a note, and he
desired the servant to give him a sheet el paper
she replied she had not got any. He desired her to
go and purchase or borrow some of the other
lodgers, both of which the git I very prudently decli-
ned doing. .He then took a piece of paper and pre.
tended to write a note, part of he contents was, Mr.
Johnson would meet Lavender on the following mos.
sing, the rest was a mere scribble. and uuinteliigsble.
The impost.e. then said he had a coach waiting. and
as he had only a batik note, asked her to let him
have a few shillings, and lie would pay her again in
the morning ; this she mimed, she, However. inCatl. •
tioucly let him have a good umbrella, saying he
thought it would rain before he got home, after he
had discharged the coach, and he would bring it
with him in the miming. After he was gone it was
ascertained that, although the girl and the children
had never left the room, I.e had contrived to carry
off two silver tea spoons and two silver salt spoons.
On the officer's return home, and being informed of
what had happened, he had 1.0 doubt of its 1)4%44
been one of his old acquaintances. who had taken ad-
vantage of knowing he was from home.
A TTICAIPT AT Itosamtv.—About six o'clock in the
morning of Tuesday se'nnight, as Mr. David Abra.
barn, of Boston. was on his way to Spilsby market,
with a box of goods fur sale, fie was stopped a little
on this side of ti.e third mile stone from Boston, by a
single footpad, who placed a pistol at hs breast, and
demanded his money, at the same time feeiing at
h s pocket., es it to ascertain whether he had any.—
Abraham told him he was a poor man, and had only
goods; and seizing hold of the pistol, vociferated
loudly and rep. atedly, in the Hebrew language—
" Murder!" The cries of Abraham were heard by
a young man, named Moses Isaac, who was also on his
way to Spilshy mat ket with a box of jewels-ry, and was
to have set off with Abraham, but mis sag of him,
Was about a quarter of a mile behind. Isaac ran into
a house by the road side, inhabited by Mr. flradberry.
a constable, and who happened to be up, when they
set off for the spot from which the alarm proceeded,
and the robber escaped without his booty.
tseaen :most GAol..—Early on StltlllAy morning,
the 29th ult. four of the prisoners confined in Hull
gaol for trial upon charges of felony, viz. Aka
Witistrawi:l, late of Withatn, labourer; William Stan.
kr, late d Boston, in Lincolnshire, mai iner ; %h.mat
Bead, who 'had lately come to Hull from Liverpool,
mariner; and J.his Amrs, of Sculcoates, labourer,
effected their escape from the gaol, by cutting
through the iron fastenings of the doors of two of
their cells, with saws, &c.; alter whie h, laving
obtained a free passage to the day-room, they cut
away a remarkably thick iron bar in one of the
windows of that roost, and tearing out the lower
part and the stone-work together, obtained an open-
ing sufficiently large to all.iw their passage through.
They then proceeded to let themselves down from
the window by means of their blankets fastened to.
gether, and tied at the top to the upper part of the
bars t and having descended to the root of a small
building under the window, at the back part of the
gaol, got down into the garden, scaled the cuter
wall, and have Dot since been heard of. Each pri-
soner hail an iron on his right leg. The night being
remarkably stormy, was greatly in favour of the
above operations, so that net the smallest alarm was
given, and the prisotims were nut missed until day-
' ght•
CORN-EXCHANGE, LIARK-I.ANE, JANUARY to.
We had a good supply of Wheat Irons Sal. ,lk this
morning, the sale of which was rather heavy at AVed-
nesday's prices. Having a very large arrival of
Barley today, the best qualities are 2s. aid all rah:
descriptions Ss. per quarter lower. Oats maintain
Monday's prices, but go off more freely than 'in that
day. Is Peas, Beans. and other articles, limit is
no alteration. . .

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4MMIFIELD MARNE?, JANUARY 10.
116.1 Sr 44 to 4. 6.1 Veal 5. of t•. 64 01
Minton Re 4d to to 6.111".rk 44 114 ,c) 5- 61
Bests 6su —showy and Lambs 3,740 120—P7611 .00.
KAY AND STRAW PER LOAD.
HA, sa.o to £6. 0.--Cluver £l5. 06 to 11 Ills.
Straw 41. 111 e• to les.

POLIGE.

ilenry TAO, butcher, of Phan•
eery-line. appeared to a summons issued against him
by Mr. Westwood. Solicitor in t! e }lank of England,
charging him with nelawitely having in his posses.
him a forged Bank of Eop,land note tor Al, without
being ahie legally t' acc nuit f.lr it, or to give a rea-
sonable excuse or it, he "we.l k•towatz it to be torged.
Mr. Westwo td stated the case: He alluded to the
canstant practice of the flank is detaining forged
notes, which he conteioled they were legally justified
in doing' by the Act of Parliament, but their only
motive for doing at wis to be enabled to trace out
the forgers of them, which was for the public gond.
Although a great deal was said upon this question,
yet it did not appear how the now, after it had been
paid into the Bask, had got out of their possessioh.
Mi. Westwood called Mr. Thomas Harris, one of
Cie Inspectors of Bank of England notes, who stated
that on Saturday the 4th instant, he went to the shop
r,f Mr. uck, the defendant, in Clis,pcery-lane, and
gave luni a regular notice that a forad £1 note had
been paid int ) the Bank, which had passed through
hi: hinds, to whith Mr. Tuck replied that he had
retorned it to Mr. Starkey, the Gentleman whom he
took it from, and who was a customer of his. Mr.
Harris, in consequence went to Mr. Starkey's house,
in Chancery-lane, and informed him what Mr. Tuck
had said, who admitted Mr. Tuck's statement to be
correct, and that he then had the note in his posses-
sion, but refused to give it up to the Inspector, as-
signing as reason that it was his intention to keep
it, in order to enable him to trace it to the person he
bad received it from.
Sir NATIIANML CONANT cited the Act of Parlia-
ment under which the Bank agents acted ; and was
of opinion they were justified in detaining forged
Bank notes, as they were accustomed to do. The
Act of Parliament made the punishment transporta-
tion for fourteen years, for any person having a forged
• Bank of England note in their possession, without
being able to give a satisfactory account how they
became possessed of it; and Mr. Starkey having
avowed himself to be possessed of a note which the
Bank of England pronounced to be a forgery, and
which was proof sufficient that it was so, he therefore
cautioned Mr. Starkey to reflect at his answer before
he gave it, or to consult with a legal adviser, if he
bad one present, upon the subject.
Mr. Westwood, however, informed the Magistrate,
that he knew Mr. Starkey extremely well, who was
a barrister.
Mr. Starkey admitted that he was in possession of
the RI note which had been alluded to, and which
be had taken in Lancashire, and he kept it for the
purpose of tracing it back to the person be had taken
it from, otherwise st would be in vain far him to tell
any person that they had given him a forged note
without he had that forged note to produce to them.,
He had no objection to give the Bank every possible
assistance in tracing the forged note; in tact he
thought they ought to have it, and he had come to
the Office voluntarily for that purpose. He argued
that he had a right to the note, and denied that the
Bank of England had any right to it. He had
brought the note from Lancashire to London, and
bad paid it to Mr. Tuck, who had brought it back
to him with the word " forged" in large letters on it
in two places, and Mr. 'ruck requested to have another
instead of it. He examined the note, and found
from the name of Schofield on it, that it had passed
through his hands, he had therefore no hesitation in
giving him another ; and he now possessed the forged
note, and admitted that he had refused to Mr. Har-
ris, the Inspector, when he applied fur it, to let him
have it, as•if he did he should not be able to obtain
another for it, he knowing that he had taken it from
Mrs. Whitaker, the "wife of Dr. Whitaker, of Holing,
near Burnley, in Lancashire, who had received it
from a tenant of the name of Schofield.
Mr. Westwood, in reply, said, that if tracing the
note was the only objection to delivering it up, which
the Bank deemed essential, the business might be
very soon settled, as he pledged himself that an agent
of the Bank sixfold go into Lancashire to trace the
cote--in fact it did not signify to what distance, ei-
ther in this particular case, or in any case—and be
wished it to be publicly known, that the Bank would
send agents to all parts to trace forged notes, fres
from any expense to the parties Whom the note was
last traced to„ as it was the wish of the Bank to be
liberal upon such occasions. He therefore pledged
himself, and would give it in writing if Mr. Starkey
preferred it, that the note should be forthcoming and
produced by a Bank agent upon any occasion as a
a matter of legal evidence.
. This statement appeared to satisfy Mr. Starkey,
and he produced the note from his pocket. It proved
to be a very excellent imitation, so that any per-
sem might be deceived by it.
• Mr. Starkey preferring an undertaking in writing
for the production of the note, Mr. Westwood gave
him one, which was drawn up and signed by him in
the office, in the presence of the Magistrate.
Mr. Starkey delivered the note to Mr. Harris, the
Inspector.
Mr. Tuck requested to be informed in what way
be might know whether a note was good or bad?—
An answer was declined, and the Magistrate cen-
sured the inquiry.
Mr. Westwood admitted that the question had not
been decided; but the Judges bad always approved
of the conduct of the Bank agents. .• •
James Frampton was charged with robbing and
most cruelly treating Mr. William Harlot, who sta.
ted, that on the night of the 23d of December last,
about tea o'clock, when he was passing along St.
John-street, the prisoner walked dose to him for some
dlstance, and when they came to near Adsby-streve
he came up with a tall stout man, armed with a
'bludgeon, with which he knocked him down. The
blow was given with so much violence, that, together
with the. tfects of the fall, be became senseless; the
upper part of his forehead was much cut. When he
came to himself a little, the prisoner was then in the
act of turning his pockets inside out, and taking
what they contained. The tall stout man was kneel"
ing on his breast, pressing a stick on his upper lip to
prevent him from making any noise" and he ex.
claimed—"You if you make any noise, I
will blow your brains out I" Having got the con-
teats of his pocket, consisting of 16s. 4d. a silk hand-
ketchief which was rptmd his neck, and a cotton one
out of his pocket, he then received a violent kick from

one of them, which did considerable injury to his
nose, the effects of it were still visible, as was the cut
on his forehead. He was then again ►enseless for
some time, but did not know tor how long ; the first
circumstance that he recollected alter hE came to hitt:-
sell was rime cold water riming d::wo the back of
his neck in the kennel. He had no daubt of the pri.
saner being the min ; the prisoner, however, denied
it, and said that his father could prove that he was at
home at the time. T.ie lathe:, a respectabh trades-

man, attended, but could not spezt.; to the night.—
The character of the prisoner, however, WAS pretty
well ascertained ; as Wilson, the Constable, who ap-

prenended him from the descriptida of the prosecu-
tor, said be was in company with a number ni thieves
when he took him, and Humphreys recollected his
being brought to the Office on Lord Mayor's Day,
charged with a robbery, but it being only sightly
proved, he was discharged on the entreaties of
;iis mother. This lenity, however, bad no effect
upon him, and be was in custody again on the fol-
lowing evening on a charge of felony. He was com-
mitted for trial.
Gorge rater was charged with being concerned
with others in stopping and robbing Mr. Wilkins, of
H anway-street. William Jefferson, the Const.ble,
stated, that al)nut eight o'clock on Wednesday eye.
ning, Mr. Wilkins was attacked in Great Ruud:-
street, Bloom,bory, by four or five men, who
knocked him down, and robbed him of his gold
watch, chain, and seals, with which they made their
escape. The robbers ill•treated Mr. Wilkins so
moth, that he was confined to his house in conse-
quence. and he understood had two of his ribs broken.
Mr. Wilkins gave him a description of the robbers,
arid he h lying seen the prisoner pass through Long
Acre bAween eight and nine o'clock, about the time
he could have got from Russell-street, and he answer-
s ing roily the description of one of the robbers, and
I knowing him to be a reputed thief, he took him into
custody yesterday morning at a public-house in Wild-
' buret. The prisoner was committed for further exa-

mination.
A genteel dressed female entered the office, and
stated that she had been most daringly and violently
attacked by some robbers in Covent Garden-market.
She received a violent blow on her head from one
man, so as to stun her for the time, while another
man snatched a valuable veil off her head, and ran
off with it, and they made their escape.
MANSION House—Yesterday William Collins, Gee.
Potter, Wm. Judd, Wm. Ramsay, lietkrt Carliburn, and j
JYm. Lee, were brought up and underwent a final exa-
mination, charged with unlawfully carrying on what
is termed a " Little Go," or Lottery.
Mr. ARARIN, on the part of the Commissioners ofl
Stamps, stated that the prisoners stood charged with'
an offence contemplated by two Acts of Parliament.
The first was the 42d of the King, which enacts,
that if any person or persons shall be found practising
in what is termed Little Goes, they shall, upon infor-
mation in the Court of Exchequer, be fined in the
penalty of &SOO. The other was the Act of the 17th
of Geo. 11. that if any person or persons be found
offending as before described, they may be appre-
hended by any person, brought before any Magis-
trate, adjudged to be rogues and vagabonds, and
dealt with accordingly. The proceedings in the pre-
sent case would be founded on the last mentioned
act, his clients humanely abandoning a prosecution
on the former. After making some observations on
the illegality and the shameful tendency of the of-
fence, the Learned Counsel proceeded to call wit-
nesses to prove the facts of the case.
Henry Turnpenay, the officer, was the first wit-
ness on the part of the prosecutionfhaviog taken the
prisoners into custody.
Mr. Andnews, on the part of the latter, objected
to his testimony, inasmuch as he had apprehended
his clients without a warrant, and the Act of Parlia-
ment expristly declared that in order to entitle the
informer to a share of the penalty, to be inflicted
upon conviction, such an instrument must be
issued for the apprehension of the party.
The Loan Mayon overruled the objection, and re-
minded Mr. Andrews that the proceedings were not
instituted to recover the penalty, but to prove that
the prisoners had committed an unlawful act, and
had exposed themselves to crimioation as rogues and
vagabonds.—Mr. ANDREWS then took an objection,
as no warrant had been issued, the Lord Mayor had
no jurisdiction to hear the case.
Mr. Arotarsr replied, that the Vagrant Act gave
any person power to apprehend the offending party.
and the Magistrate power to decide.
The Loan Melton concurred, and desired the evi-
dence to be proceeded upon.
Turnpeuny then' stated, that in consequence of in-
formation, he went a few days since to the house of'i
one Adamson, a baker, in Lime-street, where be
knocked at the front room door of the first floor, and
was admitted by .a woman. Upon entering, he per-
ceived the six prisoners and two others (who imme-
diately fled out of the room), apparently engaged in
some business. There was a large table in the room
upon which lay three boxes, each containing pieces
of paper, some blanks, others writtvn upon, some
rolled up and some loose; a large pocket-book was
also found, containing papers of a similar description,
together with two Al notes, but this none of the par-
ties claimed. On the person of the prisoner Colima,'
were found an Exchequer bill, banker's drafts,
notes, &c. amounting to £l7OO. The witness told
the prisoners they roust come with him, and they
complied quietly.—Braud, the Marshalrnan, deposed,
that the payers, etc. found in the room of the priso-
ners, were such as were used by persons practising
in Little Cwt.
• Mr. Ilsoazwa now took two other objections, the
first of which was, that the evidence was not of a na- I
tore to justify the conclusion that the papers pro-
duced we used in the Little Go ; and next, that
even if the Lord Mayor was of a different opinion, it
DM incumbent by the Act of the Legislature to chew 4
Who kept the house where the offence was committed.
Mr. ALUM said, the evidence was of the same
nature as that which had governed all similar cases,
that the keeping of the house was demonstrated by
the use, and that the landlord cook' not be expectecil
to' come forward and criminate himself. .
The Lotto Karon said, that the carrying on such
a traffic was quite sufficient ID skew the keeping, and
it, was satisfactorily clear tp him that the parties were
assembled for the illegal purpose in question.; be
felt it his duty, therefore, to commit them for the
ofillice, and send them to the Sessions before a

Bench of Magistrates, who would finally decide the
case, and apportion the punishment. His Lord-
.!-ip expressed a wish that the conviction would have
a good effect.—The prisoners were then commitud.
MAMAS ntoucir-sri:EtT.--Yesterday Patrick Danfic
was brought tip by Foy and M'lntosh, officers, t.ncl
brfore Sir WILLIAM PAP-SONS, upon the
following charge:—
Rich-ad 13mm' said, lie was a farmer, and lived
in a cottage at Sherry Green, about hall a mile from
Wilsden. On friday, the sth of December, about
,even o'clock, he, his wife, his son, and daughter,
were in the kitchen, mangling some linen. His wife
ialt,.d his so:iWilliam, who is nearly 20 years of age,
to go to the well for some water, to boil half a call's
head for supper. His son went out of the door and
called to him to fasten the door, for there were
thieves round the house. He had scarcely spoken,
when he (witness) heard a pistol fired; he ran to the
door and bolted it ; he heard several persons threat-
ening his son, and him begging for his life. His
wife told him to go out and prevent his too being
murdered. He went the back way, and had got
into the yard, when a blunderbuss was fired at him ;
and one of the men called to his companions, and
said, 't Fire away, my fellows, while your blood's
wst'rm I" He could distinguish the figures of three
persons. He went in at the door, and fastened it
after him. His wife said, she thought they should
all be murdered ; she broke one of the panes in the
front window, and called as load as she could—
" Murder I" several times; another pistol was fired,

the slogs passed by her; she was stunned for a mi-
nute by the report. He took up the poker, and stood
by the side of the window with it, to prevent them
from getting into the house. A pistol was fired at
him, and the slugs grazed his arm as they passed
through the sleeve of his coat. He heard them
breaking in at the back of the house, and ran up
stairs with his wife and daughter, and fastened the
room door with the poker. He heard them coming
up stairs, and his wife pat his daughter through the
window, and told her to run as fast as she could to
Wilsden, andbring assistance. While she was away
he heard one of them call to another by the name of
‘. Fotherick." They pushed against the room door,
and broke it open. He resigned himself up to them.
They swore they would murder him. He told them
that he had never done them any harm. The pri-
soner replied, “ You would if you could ;" and he
and the other two dragged him down stairs. He
begged them to spare his life ; at that 'moment he
heard a bind whistle outside the house; one of them
said, "• Shoot him, and put a stop to his noise ;" and
they left him lying upon the ground, and left the
house precipitately. His daughter returned at that
critical time with four men from a public house at
Wilsden. The villains had decamped and got
clear off. .

William Banton laid, that on Friday night, the
sth of December, he was sent by his father to the
well for a pail of water ; when he got out of doors a
few yards, he saw the prisoner and two others behind
a cart ; they seized him, and tied his hands and feet
with some thin cord ; the prisoner struck him with a
blunderbuss, and he fell on the ground nearly insen-
sible. Oirt of the prisoners fired towards the window
Of the house, and snapped a Fistol at him, which
missed tire the first time; the second time it went
off, and a bullet passed through ha smock frock.
Foy, the officer, said, he was sent down toWilsden
to endeavour to discover the offenders. He found
some buck shot in the front room, and also found the
door broken which leads into the sleeping-room.--
He produced the string which the last witness's bands
were tied with. _

The prisoner was apprehended that morning in
Queen-square, Bloomsbury, at work in raving the
square. The complaivants were accidentally passing
by, and recognised him. They positively swore to
his person, and be was committed.
Two men were charged with stealing a 450 Bank
note, the Property of an East India Director. The
prosecutor had gone out, leaving the 450 note
amongst others, loose on his table. One of the pri-
soners was found in possession of the note, which he
got changed at a baker's in the neighbourhood. He
had called at the house of the prosecutor to see one
of the servants', and circumstances of suspicion con-
nected the other prisoner in the robbery.—They were
both remanded.
Harrow Gannete.--Yesterday Richard Dude, a
young man of notorious bad character, who has been
frequently examined at this office on various charges,
underwent a long examination on the following
charge :—lt appeared that the prisoner went about
twelve o'clock that day to a school for children, kept
is Richbell-court, Lamb's-conduit-street, saying he
was sent by Mrs. Wigzell for her two children, Dick
and Tom, and that they were ordered to go home
with him immediately. The Governess, not knowing
the prisoner, refused to let them go with a stranger
he said the servant was out, and she might rest assut•-
ed he was very right. The children were•retused to
be delivered up to him, and on further inquiry it was
discovered that his pretences were false, but for what
purpose he wanted to obtain the children, if not of
rubbing them of their clothes, was not k.trnt. As
the prisoner did not commit the offence, but only
attempted it, the principal part of the charge fell to
the ground. He wet, however, committed for one
month to the House of Correction.
Woasute•araner.—Yesterday John •Dallcy and his
son, a youth about 16, were examined before Mr.
Mantwatano, charged with stealing a musket, the
preperty of 1s1;. Elwell, wine-merchant, in Wood-
street, Cbeapside.—Wann, a constable of St. Luke's,
deposed he met the young Dailey in Golden-lane,
about seven o'clock in the morning ; he had the gun
wrapped up in a piece of green baize. On beans;
questioned about it, he said his father, who is a
bricklayer, gave it to him to carry home. He was
asked where his home was? he replied, near the
Foundling Hospital; that his father was at work in
Wood-street, at the house of Mr. ElwalL The con-

stable observing him going in a contrary direction to
where he said his home was, followed and took him
into custody. Having lodged him in the watch-
house, he then repaired to the house of Mr. Elwall,
and found the father, as he stated, at work in the
wine Cellar. On examination i gun was found missing,
but Mr. Elwell refused to come forward. The pri-
soners refused to say any thing.—The. Magistrate
observed, they had been already a week in custody,
but as Mr. Elwall refused to do his duty to the pub-
lic, of course there was no prosecutors ud cope.

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*tidy they must be discharged. He then cant:
the old man not to be guilty of a similar offence,
to train his son in such evil and disgraceful prite
They were accordit►gly discharged.