Star.
London, England, 1817-08-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

MAtltten • TIOUSt....aintGL R T.—At a very aptly lour on
Monday ntuirniti.,,, the warehou,e and Co. of
Crowbar, W3l broken We and pPan of a i y of
C.ls4iii, re' per,* piniewo, ar.d other a:iv
c:es to an inunen.e ainuun.. Ye•terday it wa.. dis.c.,vere.l that a
great part of the p•opery W.C., in the ctiqualy ,dyne Farrar
Officer' at Mackwall, who stopp;ll a cart a., it pawn ii al ,tia tLe
road, upon a suiptcion that it ctiwai... if cotitrAiaa goods. In
ili's opinion they were confirmed by tie ti. Fitt of die driver and
the exatoination of the art:cleg, which urnr afterwards recog•
rized as the prop. ry ut Me.ses. Smith. The 4:.v: a
clue to the driver, and received_tl e nixes. try iniarta.tnint.

GuILIMALL.—A IfISLLT Wit!!f'ki:e, a ',blow of the most
profligate habits, was charged by a woman of the town wth
basing assaulted her on Holborts-hdl. a his cue, which at first
appeared to b • merely a disrute between a prostitute and her
bully, proved very important. Ihe matter discluied :Tun it
was such as may ten I to bring to justice ono of ti.e most timid-
dable gangs of thieves by which tier s kinfeated.—Sarah
Anne Kirtland, the complainant, rani, she had been repeatedly
kicked and beaten by Whtte, who come time ago lived with her,
and was so well pleased with the life of laziness imported by
her proritution, that he refused tow .rk sir long as she consented
to adminisr to his wants. She had at last separated truer lent,
and he beat her severely with a cliditei.—A number of (Peers
and watchmen then came forward, ard said the pristr!er was
one or the lea,.lng c.aractcrc in a gang of desverre thieve, who
nightly prowl-ti ahtitit Hotboni-hid. H:• repot:lrma drew tyon
him the notice td several of the watchmen, ail et whom he set
at defiance with the aid of a clasp knife, width hr was celebrated
for using most dexP• :Dusty in the nuenrrous confiets in which ue
was nightly engaged. One night, wink he and hi- party war,
dividiug their spoil at the corner of a street, tie watchmen
them away, but the prisun•er returned soon axe wort greater
numbers, and with his kink disabled one of Ins opponents, by
almost dividing his thumb and Angers. Ile then loomed Ids nee
into ranks, put Miamis in their hats and off, red fight. Ibe
neighbour: euil was in a state the most alariinns. Ihe watch.
men thought it prudent not to engage, 'or sonic of the less vie
lent of the gang were exerting themselves in the peace aide pur•
suit of their occupation during the trw,3lll the prisoner escaped.
I Alderman ATetst ordered that the watchman whom the pris
sow had assaulted should attend on a future day, and that the
gang should be brought to hist, whoh..ate or piectmeal.
Low-s I atty.—On 'Tuesday last a titan went to the agents for
the Belfast limen.Conipany, t:rt at Russell street, eltniinsliacy,
r and •ild he was sent by his master, Colonel Col:ett, tor two
pieces of Irish linen, which lie desired to he sent to slaug:iter's
Coffee-Louse, St Martin's lane, with change fur a note
the agents sent the bolo and change by one of their shop/nen;
the man accompanied the ahopMan to Slaugiaer's -isteuse,
and when they sane there the man WWII 11110 the Coffee house
with the clutb and change, which amounted Cu .1.10 Ins leavnig
the skupniata at the *finance, and alter rentai.iatig .0111 e time cattle
out and desired the amnia", to get a receipt : when lie rcturitel '
the man had decaii.ped with the change. On etiquisiog at tit••
bar, the shopmcn tumid the man had boll th( linen their, ,iy.ng,
it was for Cub ant comic; ; the bar maid mt knowing such a
person declined taking it in till he had said the would
call fur it. He is a young nun, fair coti.pica ton, wore a blue
truck coat, and much the apps arance of a groom.

MAILLBOICIUOH -5 rRYFT.— I He PRINCIL kl.l caltarr.—Yess
terday an application was nude to the Sitting Mal;istrate on the
part of lTince li,rrrhazy, the Attorri.lll It .arose
out of the following ciresanaraistes some time back thi.
Prince's house had beets annoyed by numbers •.t I iunLsarian sea-
m. n, wbu assembled routed it, claiming a right to be sent Want
by him, atisl demanding passptsrts and money our that purpose.—
A few days buck be gave some of th9le who callsd upon eon
14s. each. 1 his excited the hope of the test so strongly, that
they asseniVed In still grtaier numbers, and so enmpleitity Muck-
ed up the Prince in his own house, that he could not attempt :o
go out without much difficulty and h.cnnvensence. Ih, object
of the applicat;on was to remove this annoyance. The seamen
said, that they had been sett there by the Lord Mayor, who, as
they stated, informed theist that their own Ambassador was the
proper person to apply to.--;ftle Magtstra•e fa irec ed that at.-
pl ic a t ion shoui.d be made to the Mary. lashom.e Court tiouse,
and that the parochial Constables wound attend to prevent 'tie
nuisance.

ELOPEMENT or A WARD IN C,IANCERT.--Cartell
late an Officer in his Maje&ty's service, appeared.he %ire the Ala.
gistrates, cuniplaining of the forcible detention of dauBliter
by William Wrivit, a draftsman, and an apprentice to Mr.
Burgess, of Newport-street. Captain it appeared, had
lately quitted die army for the purpose of superintendmg the
education of big daughter. He lodged in Clipstutie-stieet, Mary-
la-bonne, and there were two young women who resided us the
same house, through whow means the Captain's daughter, a
and in Chancery, became acquainted wish Wright about tour
months back. Un Suuday last he called to see her, and, accord
ing to the young Lady's statement, having telARUIrd together
about an hour, ale was applehensive of returning home, and
preferred accepting of an asylum from her lover, lie ctinefe•:-ai
her to his master's house, and Mr. burgess. feweither to
the interest of his apprentice, to tim!' 74utation of the lady, had
bar conveyed to tlor tit.use of his suer, ut wtich she resided
'lace 't.7,,ement:. Plant the officer Wall directed by the Ma-
gistrate to see tier removal Irons tills place of refuge to the more
natural and houourabte one of her father's redifehce; and the
young gentlewoman consented to the removal with some re-
luctance.

STOLt2I Goons.—Yesterday,
Algae Cheraw, a girl about thirteen years old, apprentice from the
York Military Asylum to Mr.. John Loring, shoemaket, corner
of &harles•street and King-street,Westnunger, and Amer F 'emu,
a woman who has for some time past swept the crtasnig• at the
corner of Dowitiorstrect, were brought betiwe the mains Ma•
e (IA ss. FILLOING, Esq.) by Cooper the odicer, charged
giyiets:hae said John Luring under the following circumstances:—
Mary Anne Loring, wife of the prosecutor, stated, the girl
bad been apprenticed to her husband in March Lot, for tour
years: that witness had lately found the girl stay a much longer
time than was necessary when she went to straw water at the
Treasury-pump, and began to suspect that she had made some
bed connections. A pair of child's boots, and a pair of shoes el
the same size, were lately missing. Witness queoioneil her
closely conctrang them, and she confessed that she had taken
mid given them to the woman above-mentioned. Her husband
bad therefore sent for Cooper, who took her into custody ; and,
tin examining her, the shoes produced were found in her pusses.
sits ; and the °dicer tumid out that the boots had been kit at
Chandler's shop yesterday morning by prisolier Francis, as secu-
rity fur some tea and sugar she had got there, whirl, she could
not then pay for.—l be Magistrate having questioned the girl as
to the nature of an oath, and duly admonished her to say nothing
but the truth, admitted her as evidence, and she ac••ordingly
posed, that die woman bad some time past begged an rad pair of
shoes of her which were her own, and that on Monday she
lui-
portuued her to give her a pair of new ours for her child, when
she gave her the pair produced, which Mrs. Loring proved to be
her husband's properly; and since thou she hail also given her
from the same pe•r.uaston a pair of child's bouts, which she took
from her master's shop.—Mr. Flrunme re preached the woulan
very severely for the infamy of her conduct in seducing a child
to become a Oder. The people with whom the boots were let:
being Wont home, prisoner was remanded ler a week, and the
girl sent home again wick her suistiess, with au Admonition to be
careful as to her future conduct, and an assurance if she eecr
took any thin; belonging to her master or inl•tress Cl future,
either for lie; own use ur to give to any one else, she would most
certait ly be sent to prison.

An American sailor, who had lost part of his left
arrh and the flesh of his right, Was apprehended on
at Ili:linger, cuargedwiArob-
Wednesday se'nPiglit,
biag a yoUng woman, of the name ul Laver, of Cur:y
iti,4l, of a bundle of clothes, and her pocket, con-
taining some silver and other articles. lie slice:iv-
tainted the following day to Wilton jail, his pes-stio
being sworn to by the girl.
Monday evening, between seven and eight o'clock,
Mr. John Crosby, of Cato-street, Etigtwarc.road,
was stopped beyond the second brick.hrz..li,eoon the
Paddington Canal, by two gypsey,men, who re
quested to be informed what it WAS t)'ClOCk. crt.,by
pulled out his watch for that purpose, and wkilst
looking at it received a violent blow on the era, which
stunned him; the villains then decanipcd across t:.e
fields with his watch.

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