Star.
London, England, 1816-07-25 00:00:00

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Bovi-traitir.—.Toiiday and iestcrdiy title hiresti.
' gations proteeded. respecting the improper conduct
of certain individuals of the patrole, irnd certain fel-
lows connected with them. A man of the name of
Jollium, formerly employed in the City Police, WAS
on Tuesday committed by Mr. NARES to thc.flouse
of torrection, on suspicion of his being concerned, as
an accessary belore the fact, in committing; a bur-
, glary in Gray's Inn-lane. Among other charge
against Johnson is one, i'hat he was illegally instru-
mental to the conviction of three boys for uttering
counterfeit win, who are now undergoing the several
periods of imprisonment to which they were adjudged.
The information pf William Bagster, Who, in Sep-
tember Sessions, 1814, was tried for breaking and
entering a dwelling-house in the day time, is to be
the next to be received Against Vaughan. -
Yesterday Mr. NARES proceeded in the investiga-
tions amsinst Breonvre ; and the Magistrate censiders
the investigations of all these nefarious transactions of
so much importance, that_ he I:ad a clerk and wit-
nesses to attend him at Ills own house in the atter-
noon, that no time may he lost.

Charter Wilhhire and lamer M.Dohold, for attempt-
ing to rob several persons among the crowd coming
out of the English Opera On Turalay night, were'
convicted as rczols and vagabonds.
Thome: ifirakagru was brought to this Office,
charged by James Bethel, the beadle ct St. Paul's, '
Covent;Garden, with playing at an unlawful game,
called cups and balls. It appeared that the prisoner
is connected with a gang who have lately defrauded
persons counting with fruit, vegetables, dm to Covent
Garden market, of various sums of money ; one of
Alt r another lately of AN, by using three
conjuring tin cups, and. balls, made of cork, and en-
ticing persons to bet wagers as to the Cup under
which the ball was to be found, and many fraudulent
artifices are used. The prisoner was detected yester-
day morning in Bedford-street, with a number of
persons round him, carrying on his fraudulent prat.
trees. He and his companions have been discovered
on the roads leading from London, laying in wait for
persons who have been to Covent-Garden to sell fruit,
dtc. on their return with money, the produce of the
bale of their goods. On the beadle taking the priso-
ner into custody yesterday morning, he offered him a
112 Bank of England note, to let Itim escape. He
was committed as a rogue and vagabond.
(2tHimulthtar.—A Captain Frearh (lately in a
dragoon regiment) was charged by a Mr. Parker, of
Hull, with a violent assault committed on the pre•
ceding evening at the English Opera House. As it
appeared to have been a drunken dispute about some
prostitute, the Magistrate recommended a recon-cilia-
tion between the parties. Mr. Parker at first objected'
to this, on account of the blows he had received, upon
which the quondam Capt.tin offered the only amends
that occurred to his technical itnagination—namely,.a
duel. The blagistrate, however (Mr. FIELDING),
being justly el.:ended at a threat at once so insulting
and absurd in a Court of Justice, intimated that he
should require eery heavy sureties for keeping the
peat:. Upon this, the Captain digested his courage,
and the complainant his anger, and they both became
very good friends on the spot.
GUlLDHALL—Yesterday, lints Kirt.e, one of the
patrole of Aldersgate Ward, was charged with as-
saulting and falsely imprisoning two Ladies, Mrs.
Bullen and Miss Ridley, on Saturday evening last,
under the following circumstances :—Miss R.td.ey, an
interesting young woman, deposed that, on the even-
ing in question, about nine o'clock, she was going
along Aida:gate-street, accompanied by Mrs. Bullen
,and a boy; when, haling occasion to send the latter
bonze for some purpose which had been forgotten,
and stopping a few monttents, the defendant Came up,
and demanded to know where they had sent the boy ?
The ladies replied, they hid sent him home but to
this the defendant refused to give credit,
.asserting,
tbat they had sent him to pass bad* money ;* that they
themselvet were ba'd characteri., and no ether than
Venders of base coin, and that they must conilder
thensselves as his prisoners, and go to the watch-
house. The CoMplainants in vain remonstrated, in-
suring him, that the boy had been sent home on a
message, and that, to convince him of this fact, and
of thew rispectability, he vfas welcome to accompany
them home. This, howevei, he skclinedi :Ind insisted
npon taking them to the watch-house. Miss Ridley,
terrified, now attempted to escape, by running (yin
or thfte times into a shop, but the defendant still
persevered, and called upon a Gentleman paskig, to
4f aid him in the King's name." The Gertian
having refused, he then called upon a f coblei,"
when the complainants, finding resistance and remon-
strance vain, submitted, and accompanied the defen-
dant as his prisoners. Upon their arrival at the
watch-house door, the); found it closed, and they re-
mained seine moments in the yard; when, finding
that the watch-house keeper had not arrived to open
it, the defendant told the, complainants they might
go about their business. This, however, they now
refused to do, andr at the instance of some Gentle-
men, collected in the crowd, insisted upon knowing
for what purpose they were detained ? The detzndant
"himself now attempted to retreat, but was brought
back, and in the mean time, two officers, named
Lawrence and Taylor, arrived, when the defendant
reiterated his charge, that the complainants were
f bid characters, and had been passing base money,"
and desired That they might be searches!. The (It'll.
cers having proceeded to investigate the transaction,
could not discover that the slightest ground of ccin-
plaint existed ag:iinst the Ladies, one of alum* (Mrs.
BtIllen), they had known as a respectable house-
keeper for more than. twenty-one years. The ( (Beers,
the efore, innhediately dismissed the charge.,—The
above evidence teas fully confirmed. The L tdies
not wishing to press proceedings against the defen-
dant, he having a large family to provide for, and
considering also that he WAS intoxicated at the time
of the assault, were willing to accept of a public
apology in the Newspapers. The defendant expressed
his contrition 'in deep terms, and promised to sign
most readily any instrument to the effect proposed.—
The Magistrate highly complimented the complain-
ants for the lenity they had shewn ; but hoped the
conduct of the defendant, notwithstanding, would be
represented to the Alderman of the Ward.

BRECON CIRCUIT.
PRIIIITSIONZ—Monday, August 26.
Dimon—Saturday, August 31.
Col.ll*/,—sturdy, bisesubcr 7.