Star.
London, England, 1826-11-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

-...siw-.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Oates, the nun who was charged with having piqued a .C. 5 note
belonging to the Leicester Bank, knowing it to be stolen, under-
went a final rumination.
Mr. Gates, who attended as Solicitor to Messrs. Paget and
Kirby, the Leicester Bankers, produced evidence to skew the
manner In which the robbery was committed.
The parcel, with £6,000 in notes, was put in a portmanteau,
which was locked up in the hind boot as an ordinary parcel. Be-
fore the coach got to Leicester, the boot was broken open, and the
parcel gone. Evidence was given to prove, that the £5 note pro-
duced was one of those stolen, and that the prisoner had uttered
it. He gave three different accounts of the mode In which he be-
came possessed of it. The last account be gave was, that he had
taken ft at Itomford Fair, and could produce a witness who saw
him take it. He was remanded, to give an opportunity of bring-
ing the witness forward; but now no witness appeared, and the
prisoner was ordered to find good bail to appear, and answer for
the offence of having the note in his possession, knowing it to'
be stolen.

A number of young men were brought up, charged with having
let off lire-works on Tower-hill. The watchmen, who get half the
penalty upon conviction, were uncommonly active on this occasion,
and made a large haul. There was a large crowd on Tower-hill,
to witness the celebration of the occasion, which has always been
commemorated there in the highest style. It was the great amuse-
ment of the young men to throw squibs and crackers among the
crowd, where there were a number of females, who were much
alarmed whets the fire-works got near t►em.
An old Gentleman in powder spoke in extenuation of the young
men, by asking what business had females at such a place?
The Loan Maros—The women have a perfect right to see any
thing amusing which is going forward, and must be protected from
wanton conduct like this. I hope that we shall in time bring our
streets to such a state of order, that females may go where they
please, without special protection being requisite. His Lordship
convicted the boys in the penalty of Ss. each.
One smartly dressed young man, who was charged with having
been particularly active in the amusement of throwing squibs
amongst the crowd, said he was a Gentleman.
The Loan Masoz—Then I fine you 10s. A common person I
should only.fine Ss.

Another smart young man was brought up for the same offence.
The Loan Maros—Well, are you aho a Gentleman ?
Defendant—Upon my honour 1 am not, my Lord.
The Loan Mayoa—l fear, from your dress and your address,
that you are • and that I must inflict the larger fine upon you.
The defendant assured his Lordship that he did him too much
honour, and that he was by no means a Gentleman.
His Lamar therefore inflicted the ignoble penalty upon him.
Five others were brought up, and they each, so cheap was gen-
tility in their estimation, denied all claim to it, to save themselves
a few shillings.
GUILDHALL.
X.Cluminins was charged with assaulting Mr. Mosby, the Com.
mon Councilman for the precinct of St. Martin, Ludgate. By the
will of John Locke, the Churchwardens bf St. Martin's, in con-
junction with three Common Councilmen, are entitled to have two
boys constantly on the foundation of Christ's Hospital. Notice of
a vacancy was published in the Church on Sunday week, and on
Monday the election took place. The defendant was one of the
unsuccessful applicants, and in the evening he went to Mr. Dunsby's
shop on Ludgate-hill, behaved with extreme violence, called Mr.
D. a perjured villain, threatened to knock his brains out, and finally
struck him in the face. Mr. Green, the silversmith, and Mr.
Wilkinson' the gunsmith, in Ludgate street, were the Churchwar-
dens, and Messrs. Dunsby, Harmer, and Ramshaw, the Common
Councilmen, upon whom the selection of the most deserving object
devolved. Ibe defendant was very furious before the Aldermen,
and complained of the partiality of the Trustees, in selecting a child
whose parents hired a room in the parish only a week before, on '
purpose to qualify, while he, an old parishioner, bad been rejected
%st •cause he did not keep a house. Mr. Dunsby declared his belief,
t at if John Locke could rise from the dead, he would approve
their choke, and denied that any partiality was shewn. Defendant
was held to bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
-'Yesterday, George Hall, a young man in the service, as a groom,
Of Captain Astley, B. N. was brought before Mr. Comore, the
sitting Magistrate, charged with stealing a valuable silver chrono-
meter, the property of his master.—it appeared that the prisoner
removed the chronometer from a wooden case, in which Captain
Astley always carried it at sea, so as to keep it in a steady and un-
disturbed position, and took it to the shop of a Mr. West, a pawn.
broker, in High.street, St. Giles's, to pledge; but so little acquainted
was he with the value of the article he had stolen, that mistaking it
for a common silver watch, he asked of Mr. West only an advance
of 11. on it, which was of course readily given to him.
Mr. West said, that when the prisoner brought the chronometer
to the shop, and offered to pledge it as a common silver watch, he
was questioned u to how he became possessed of it? and his reply
was, that he had purchased it of another servant.
Mr. Commix said, that it was by no means excusable in Mr. West
to take a valuable piece of property of this kind in pledge from a
person in the prisoner's situation of life, particularly when it was
clear that the nun did not even know what it was, and mistook it
for a common watch, so that It was almost a certainty that he came
dishonestly by it.
Captain Astley said, that this chronometer was made for himby
Earnshaw, the famous chronometer maker, who obtained a pre-
mium of SAM. from the Board of Longitude for the perfection to
which he had brought his workmanship. This chronometer. Capt.
Astley said, he had taken with him on several distant voyages, and
the most it ever varied during the longest period that he was absent
from England, was two seconds only. The lowest sum at which
he could estimate its value would be 50 guineas ; but, in fact, a
chronometer, ►o well and often tried and proved at sea as this bad
been, was almost invaluable.
The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, and was fully
committed for trial.