Star.
London, England, 1821-12-04 00:00:00

POLIeE.

BONV-STREET.-Ivsterday, a mar. named Harkr,reare,
was fully committed for tt ial, charged with being one
of a party who surrounded, beat, and attempted to
rob, an Italian Gentleman, as he was passing through
King-street, Covent-Garden, late on Saturday night.
The other ruffians escaped.
Ellen Connor was brought up for stealing coals from
the barges lying off Scotland-yard. Her accusers
said, this wretched woman annoyed them so much by
her continued thefts, that at length they were deter-
mined to punish her; but they added, that they had
extreme difficulty in catching her ; for she ran in and
out among the craft, up to her knees in mud and wa-
ter, with as much dexterity as a wild duck ; and one
or two stout fellows were nearly drowned in the
chace 'What are you, woman 7' asked the Ma-
gistrate. 44 Poor Nelly Connor, the erocUark, your
Honour!" she replied : at the same time gathering
herself up from the floor, upon which she had squatted
herself whilst the complaint was making—" Och,
your Honour, downs be after listening to their tales
about it—its only for picking up a little bit o' coal
your Honour, after crawling through- the mud and
water, your Honour, all from the Delphy to Scotland-
yard, with two poor fatherless childer your Honour,
into the bargain, your Worship Why, you have
been sent to prison for this offence before," observed
his Worship.—" Innocently, your Worship! inno-
cently !" responded pcor Near; with all her might—
" It was innocently I was prisoned that time itself;
only for doing a small trifle of mad-larking for the
poor fatherless childer, your Honour, and burrowing
a little bit o' caul!"—Notwithstanding all this native
eloquence, however, the prosecutors remained firmly
obdurate; and Nelly was committed to take her trial.
John Williams, a tailor by trade, underwent an ex-
amination, charged on suspicion of being concerned
with another man, not yet in custody, in a daring
footpad robbery, which was committed last Wednes-
day afternoon, on the turnpike road between High
Wycomb and Great Marlow, on the person of H.
Lewis, a foreigner, who was knocked down and
cruelly ill-treated, and property to the amount of £49
taken from him. Mr. Lewis being absent at Wycomb,
attedding the examination of three men who have
been apprehended there on suspicion, the prisoner was
remanded.
H ATTos-GA aners.--Joka Crooks, a shoemaker of
Tuttle-street, Gray's Inn-lane, was charged, yester-
day, with stabbing his wife and his daughter, about
eighteen years of age, with a knife he used in his busi-
ness. The poor woman was brought into the Office,
and stated, that she was the prisoner's seventh wife,
and was married to him seven years ago ; she had
two children by him, but they had been living apart
for four years, she having learnt that he had two
other wives still alive. About twelve o'clock, yester-
day, she went to remonstrate against his keeping her
children from the National School, and high words
arose, during which she threatened to prosecute him
for bigamy ; and that be then, in his passion, seized
a knife, and, having overtaken her while she was re-
treating, she fell, and he inflicted two deep cuts in
the lower part of her abdomen while on the ground.
The daughter then came to her assistance, and, in
wresting the knife from the prisoner, had her hand
nearly cut off. Mr. Skinner, surgeon, of Hatton-
garden, attended the complainant, and gave it as his
opinion, that the wounds inflicted on her endangered
her life, from the knife having entered the intestines;
and that in the event of inflammation, her death might
be looked upon as certain in even a few hours. The
attention and humanity of the worthy Magistrates
were most conspicuous during the examination; and
upon the evidence of the complainant being con-
cluded, they directed Read to have her conveyed in
a coach to St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; where she
was instantly received, and every possible attention
paid to her.—Crookes was committed for further exa-
mination on Saturday next.

Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, two men, re-
spectably dressed, took a hackney-chariot from the
stand, near Middle-row, Holborn, and desired the
coachman to drive to Pancras Church. On their ar-
rival, and the coachman (Thomas Summers) opening
the door to let the passengers out, one of them seized
him by the collar with one hand, and put the other ,
into his mouth, Whilst the other robbed him of 275.
in silver, a silk handkerchief, a silver watch and seals.
Saturday evening, just after dusk, some person or
persons unknown entered the back parlour of Mr.
Watson, landlord of the tap of the Golden Cross,
Charing-cross, by means of opening the winalow-
sash, and stole a quantity of cut decanters, goblets, •
wine and other glasses, as well as other articles of
value, with which they got clear off.
BURIAL Of ANN NORRISYMIETday afternoon, as
early as one o'clock, a large concourse of persons
were assembled in front of Whitechapel Church, to '
witness the obsequies of this unfortunate young wo-
man, who was executed on Tuesday last, at the Old
Bailey. So great was the anxiety to view this shock-
ing ceremony, that, although it poured torrents of
rain, the streets adjacent to the church were rendered
completely impassable, from the numbers then col-
lected, and every moment increasing. It being feared
that the mob would attempt a forcible entry into the
church-yard, the gates were kept close shut, and the
Lambeth-street officers, aided by a party of the Bow-
'street patrol, were stationed inside to preserve order.
The multitude were wearied with expectation until
the hoth of four o'clock, when the procession ad-
vanced from the deceased's late habitation, in George-
yard. The corpse was preceded by the undertaker,
borne by four of his men, and followed close in the
rear by five couple of mourners, in front of whom
was her brother and near relations. On the gates of
the church-yard being thrown open to admit the
body, a rush was made by those outside to enter, but
they were reptilsed by the police, and tranquillity was
soon restored. The body was then conveyed into the
church, where the burial-service was read by the Rev.
DANIEL MATIHAS, the Rector, and afterwards was
taken out and consigned to the earth, close to the
watch-house. On the coffin was a plate, on which
were engraved the deceased's name, age, and date of
her death. Her age was only twenty-two. After the
funeral rites were performed the people dispersed.
FATAL ACCIDENTS—On the I lth ult. a fatal acci-
dent occurred at Halifax, occasioned by the incau-
tious handling of fire-arms. Two persons who were
on the most friendly terms, after they had been walk-
, ins together, called at a neighbour's house ill parkin.