Star.
London, England, 1826-08-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Nine prostitutes, the eldest of whom was only 17 years of age,
while the youngest could not have been more than 11, were brought
up in company of a woman named Mary That, who bad a daughter
among the juvenile delinquents, charged with creating a riot and
disturbance under the piazzas of Covent Garden on the ni:ht of
Wednesday.
The riot was fully proved against all the prisonersfand one of the
wretched girls, either stung by remorse at the thoughts of the course
she was pursuing, or prompted by feelings less to be commended,
accused the woman Brett with encouraging several young girls, her
own daughter amongst the number, in their abominable traffic.—
According to the statement of the girl, which was fully corroborated
by several of her companions, this guilty and most unnatural mo-
ther kept a house of resort and refuge for young thieves and pros.
dtutes, the latter of whom she took under her special protection,
supplying them with various articles of dress, its return for
which she received a portion of the wages of their iniquity.
After tricking out her miserable pupils in Sitpsy nery, she would
follow them to their nightly haunts, and make them. share with her
their guilty earnings. A disclosure of a more revolting description
could scarcely have been made, and It excited in the office the
strongest feelings of disgust and indignation towards the abandoned
woman, who alone was accountable for the misconduct of her
young and wretched victims. Their behaviour, however, was such
as to excite but little pity. With the exception of one poor girl,
who showed symptoms of remorse, they were aU of them old
offenders, and treated the matter with the utmoskievity.
Mr. blntinext., after expresting alt indignant terms his opinion
of the woman's conduct, said be was at a loss to know how to
dispose of the unfortunate girls. If he sent them to the House of
Correction, it could only be for a limited period, when they would
come out even wore than they went in, and immediately follow
their former habits. Under these eircumii. nces, he thought it
better to send them to the workhouse, and as it happened that they
all belonged to the parish of St. Giles,they were sent in custody to
the workhouse there, while the woman was fully committed to
prison as a rogue and vagabond.
An investigation of rather extraordinary nature occurred at
this Peet on Wednesday evening. An elderly, well.dressed man,
turned Shoolbrook, a foreman in the employ Of Kerry and Forrest,
tailors, of Bury-street, St. Jamer's, presented himself before Mr.
Mussin.r. it, the early part of the day, and begged to have hie
Worship's advice:—Lie said his wife accused him of attempting to
poison her and het eleven children !—aid her children encouraged
her lu makiug so unnatural au accusation against him. As he conk-
dried it to be a conspiracy un the pirt of his family to get rid of
him, be latogyd his Worship to have the parties before him, that he
alight halm as. opportunity of eaculpsting himself. Ateorditigly in I

the evening he W ; h attentlanee with his friends, and his wife eau,.
attended byrive or six of their grownup sons and daughters, all
of
them manifesting very unbecoming feelings towards their father.
Mrs. Shnolbrook said she had been in the habit of drinking state,
in the night, and having taken some on the night in question, and
given some to one of ber children, the child bream° sick; the
basin wu II examined, vnd a white sediment found at the honor-4
This sediment proved to he merely what might have adhered to the
common yellow ware of which the basin was made ; an I the whale
charge appeared to have been got up, as the husband *Alerted, to
bring shoot a separation. If this was Mrs. Shoothronles object, she
had gained it, for Sboolbrook declared he would never return home,
The Magistrate db.charged, whilst he pitied, the husband.
I' ATTON-C.; A RORY.

Sneak Smith, was charged with rol,b'ne Wm. Front, of St,
Helena-place, Spa-a-ids, of Li ros. on Wednrsday
Oro-venor street, Ckrkenwell. Fri:toner had accosted compla;nail
in the street, when she contrived to pick hisiocket. Ire t .ok her
to the watch-house, where she was searched, and the reoney fool
upon ber.--Coonnitted.

Joists Kershaw was charged by a publican in the Vicinity of Safreou
Hill, with endeavouring to defraud him of gs. in giving change of
sovereign. Complainant described the prisoner as a common im:
pastor, going about to public houses, tendering a si)fereign to
change; bat while the silver is being taunted out, he pretends that
he wants a half sovereign; and, in giving back the nioney,tonttives
to purloin part of the silver.—Committed for want of bail:
Al A RLDOILOUG lISTREgr.
Hegry Harris, journeyman baker to Mr. Norman. of the Ramp.
stead-road, was brought up for embezzling various sums of Thorley
he bad received in the name of his master, without accounting for
them. Though twenty or thirty cases could have been brought
against the prisoner, two were considered sufficient for the ends
of justice.
Jane Mills, servant to Mr. Matthew Abereorn, in the Hampstead
rons!, paid the prisoner 1/. la. SJ. for a bill be delivered in hi:
master's name, for bread furnished to her master, which he ts.
ceipted with a pencil, in the month of June.
Mrs. Eliza King, of the iligh-street. Hampstead, paid the pri-
soner 10s. on account of his master, which he receipted with a p-n-
-ell, and hadoicce become obliterated.

The prisoner said he was arrested and taken to Whitecross-str,
prison, where he had been detained eight weeks, till he paid tli.!
debt ; he had no intention of robbing his master; b.it in the harry
and his anxiety at the time, had forgotten to tell his muter what 1,..
had reeelved. His master bad written to him in prison, threatenin;
If be did not pay he would lodge a detainer against him. lie was
so little acquainted with matters of that kind that be did not know
what it meant till he asked some of the prisoners; then he wrote to
his master, but had not received an answer.

Mr. Norman said the prisoner was arrested sin months ago fn•
201. which he settled for him, and the prisoner wn'to repay it by
instalments; he was then deficient in hie account', which witness
looked over on account of his embarrassment ; but the cmbezz!c-
ments, to the number of twenty or thirty, had been effected :intr.
The prisoner was fully committed for falsely obtaining money in
his master's name.