Star.
London, England, 1826-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

mAkstolcilovss.
Tut SManill Ala Itsuast Rerebres.—The Loth Marna ex.
premed his oratilication at the circumstance of having received a
number of applications for teachers of the Continental languages,
from amongst the.lisfugees. One was from the Town Clerk of
Cambridge, who UnaUy offered to defray the expenses of any
Refugee of education who might be sent down, as competent to
teach the Spanish bagasse to the Students of that University.-1
Similar proposals were liberally made from other quarters; but his
Lordship was glad to avail himself of this opportunity to state, that
Mr. Waterhouse, the coach proprietor, bad handsomely renewed
his offer to take down, carriage free, any of the Refugees, to any
part near which his coaches travelled. His Lordship expressed
himself now, as be always had done, eitrelitely sollcitiOS t. .b.
tam relief for these uefortimate Gentlemen, rather by any kind
of employment than by means of pecuniary advances, which how-
ever ilberal, could only be temporary. The Refugees generally
chewed a laudable desire to live by their labour, rather than the
latter mode; but they had no alternative.
Yesterday, a respectable-looking woman appeared before the
Loan MA yea, and made the following curious complaint against a
lotterroMce-keeper. She said that she bad purchased a sixteenth
in the last Lottery, and that it had come up a prize of 20,0001. and
was declared also entitled, under the scheme of drawing, to an ad-
ditional 10,0001. but that she bad applied to the lotterrollice-keeper,
who refused to pay her share .f the prize, but offered six shillings
and three half-pence only, which she refused.
The LORD Maven said that the applicant must have been mis-
informed as to its being drawn one of the capital prizes.
Applicant—Oh ! no, I am no:, for I was present at Coopers'
Hall when the Lottery was drawn, and 1 beard the number called
out, with my own ears, as a 20,000/. prize, with 10,000/. in addition,
and I think it very hard they did nut pay me, as my share would
he above 1,8004 and therefore I hope, my Lord, you will assist me
in getting it.
The Loan Ma vox had no doubt but that the applicant would be
very glad to get the 1,8004 but he was certain she must be mistaken
in the ticket.

Rlccidentally, In the Regent's.qundrant;when she Immediately seised
Mm by the collar, and giving him into the custody of a watchman,
had him taken to &. James's wachliouse *here he was searcbtd;
but no property of a stasideinu‘ nature found upon hi&
The pier In his defence, positively denied the charge Wu..
tether, and said that he was a Gentleman, and quite above the corn.
mission of any ant Of the nature of that attributed to him; so that it
the Complainant had lost her watch at all, it mast have been taker
by some Os:ier period.
The trenilainant declared, that when she quitted the parlour she
saw the watch safe in the room, and no person whatever had gone
in there &ring her abience, so that no person could have taken the
watch except the prisoner.
Mr. Roaasketl the prisoner whets he resided 7—He replied that
he lived at No. 7, Dratirwiek Tertace, Qty Road.
Mr. Roe pve directions that a search warrant should be imaa
diately issued, and etecuted at the prisoner's residence to see if
any trace of the watch druid be discovered there; but when the
search warrant was drawn up, and Avb, the officer, about to set oh'
to execute it, the prisoner told him he might save himself the trou-
ble of going so far, as he, the prisoner, had never lived at Brunswick
Terrace in his life.

The Magistrate then asked hint where he really did reside?
The prisoner said, he should decline answering that question.
At this time a genteel looking young woman came to the °Mee,
and said, that she wished to see the prisoner, who was her husband.
Mr. Roe had her shewn into the Magistrate's private room, before
allowing her to see the prisoner, and asked her where her husband
and herself resided ? She at first replied that she should not tell, as
they wished to keep their place of residence a secret.
Mr. Roe said it was of no consequence, as her husband had al.
ready told, and the question was merely asked of her to see if he
bad spoken truth, because if he had not, it would be worse for him:
She then said, that as her husband bad told, she might as well tell,
and gave as the place of their residence, "Elm-place, Bayswater."
Avis was then dispatched along with her to search this place ; but
he returned without discovering any trace of the watch. In the
reticule, however, which the young woman carried in her hand,
the officer found upwards of forty pawnbrokers' duplicates for
various articles of property pledged; but there was no watch named
amongst them.

Tbi Magistrate inquired if any communication had taken place
between the prisoner and his wife, or any other person,' since his
apprehension on this charge?
The watehbousr.keeper of St. James's parish said, that on the
night the prisoner was brought to the watchhouse, a man who oc-
casionally acts as asupernumersry watchman contrived, unknown to
any other person, to supply the prisoner with pen, ink, and paper,
and privately conveyed a letter from the prisoner to his wife, who
in consequence came to visit him the nest day.
Mr. Res expressed much indignation at such conduct, and said
that nothing could be more scandalously improper than the negli-
gence of the watchhouse authorities, which allowed of such a pro.
ceeding where a prisoner was charged with a felony; there could
be no doubt hut this communication had in a degree defeated the
ends of justice, by affording the wife an opportunity of removing
out of the way anything that could implicate the prisoner in guilt.—
There was, however, Mr. Roe said, although no trace had been
discovered of the watch, sufficient in the evidence of the complain-
ant to warrant the full committal of the prisoner for trial, and he
was committed accordingly.
One of the officers of the ?lendicity Society said, that the pri-
soner was well known at their office as a writer of begging letters to
Noblemen and others, from whom he has for years past received to
the amount of some thousands in that way; be had been in cus-
tody, and imprisoned upon such charges, and there were others
pending against him now.

Ddr.ltus ordered that the prisoner should again be brought to the
office on Thursday next, to meet any charge the \lendicity Society
might have opium him: