Star.
London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

MawatoN-Hortse.—A number of Silversmiths of
the City applied to the Loan MAYOR, requesting that
his Lordship would, if possible, give them authority
to employ workmen who were not freemen of the
city, the masters being likely to suffer much in con-
sequence of the high price demanded for work by the
spoon-makers, who were so prisileged.—The LORD
MAYOR said, the case was one in which he could make
no decision. 'His Lordship observed, that the subject
would come with propriety before the Court of Al-
dermen ; be at the same titne intimated, that it was
necessary that the journeymen should take care how
they discussed this matter. The refusal to work at
the prices demanded by other workmen of equal
merit, might possibly be considered as the result of a
general understanding, and that understanding might
be construed into a combination, if great care were
not taken.—The case is to be forthwith submitted to

the Court of Aldermen.
Gotnnitatr..—Yesterday the full punishment of
the new statute relative to vagrants, was inflicted by
Mr. Alderman IlitowN, upon a sturdy ill-looking fel-
low, named Michael !Varney, in the guise of a dis-
tressed seaman. Smith, the sstr•eet-keeper of Fleet-
street, had found him that morning at his usual avo-
cation, begging, at the corner of Bell-yard. When
desired to desist and go away, he became abusive,
impudently refused to stir, and told the officer it was
his duty to look after thieves, and not beggars ; and
that he would beg in spite of them, all over the City.
Ile had, it appeared, been several times at the Man-
sion-house on similar charges, and when last berme
the Loan Mayon, about a fortnight ago, had b.•en
clothed to enable him to get a situation on board
some ship; he had, however, sold the clothes, and
res•.imed his old occupation. These facts being
proved, and the fellow himself declaring he bad no
way of getting his living but by begging, Al •rman
BitowN adjudged him to be a vagrant within the
meaning of the statute, and committed him to hard
labour in the House of Correction for three months.
Bow-STREET.--Yesterday, Jenne, Magrath was
charged before Sir R. BIRNIE, the sitting Magistrate,
with defrauding John Gow, a servant out of place,
residing in Rupert-street, Haymarket, of the sum of
twenty shillings, under the following circumstances
On Tuesday last, the prisoner accosted the witness,
Gm, in Leicester-square, and offered to sell him a
gold watch-chain 46 very cheap." The witness having
been tricked in a similar way before, was resolved to
detect the prisoner, and accordingly agreed to pur-
chase it. They adjourned to a public-house, and the
witness gave him a sovereign in part of payment for
-the chain ; and under pretence of procuring more
money, went in search of a constable; and on re-
turning
with one to the public-house, the prisoner, it
seems, was contented with the deposit, as he marched
off directly after the witness quitted the house. Wit-.
ness met him yesterday in the street, and a constable•
being on the spot, he was secured. The chain was
copper, slightly washed over with gold, and worth
about 10d.—Sir R.l3insin observed, that as the pur-
chase was made with the knowledge of the article
being of less value than represented by the prisoner,
the L.Jai,r,e of fraud could not be proceeded with, but
that he should convict him under the Hawkers' and
Pedlars Act in the penalty of £lO, and in default of
payment he should be committed to Bridewell for
one month. Being unable to pay, he was accord-
ingly committed.
Ustos:-II A nr..—Yesterday, Joseph Josiah Jennings,
aged 23, was brought up in the custody of Henry
Hammond, an officer of this establishment, charged
with feloniously intermarrying with Mary Anne
Hughes, his first wife being still living. The pri-
soner, who is a good-looking young man, was united
to his first wife, whose name is Fry, about five months
ago. She was then 19 years of age, a girl of sound
morals, good temper, and some personal attractions;
but the honey moon over, her frail spouse most un-
accountably deserted her, and in a few weeks mar-
ried Mary Anne Hughes, at Lambeth Church, having
represented himself to her as a single man. The young
woman, whose age is 22, continued to live with him
till the sudden arrival of his first wife's brother pro-
duced an eclaircissement ; and the prisoner was com-
pelled to have recourse to sudden flight. A warrant,
however, was taken out against hint, and Hammond,
after tracing him through various parts of Norfolk,
apprehended him at Thetford, and brought him to
town on Monday night. Ile was remanded until
the attendance of the necessary witnesses could be'
procured.
RlOT.—Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, the
vicinity of Walworth-road was much disturbed by
the outrageous conduct of a number of butchers, who,
after spending their evening at a public-house in the
neighbourhood, sallied forth in a state of intoxication,
with a determination to clear the road of all the
Charlie: (watchmen). It happened, however, that
Snow, the constable, with a strong party of the pa-
trol, were on the spot, and the pot-valiant Knights of
the Cleaver met with a reception they did not antici-
pate—after a desperate conflict, four of them were
lodged in the watch-house.at Newington.—They were
ordered to find good bail.

Sarah Fletcher, ordered for execution on Tuesday
next, has been respited for two months.
AN EXTRAORDINARY RESUSCITATION.—Saturday '
afternoon, a boy, about four years old, named Charles
Rawson, son of a sailor, had the misfortune to fall
into a pit belonging to the Peacock Inn, Boston. He
is supposed to have been in the water about a quarter
of an hour, during. which time it was said that his
head was entirely immersed, but not his whole body.
After he was removed, three quarters of an hour
elapsed before any medical assistance could be ob-
tained. At length Dr. CRANE was found, who or.
dered the child to be placed in a warm bed : and
until that could be provided, he attempted to. renew
respiration by an artificial method of inflating the
lungs, aided by friction of the extremities and upon
the region of the heart. In a short time an obscure
motion of that organ was thought to be evident to
the touch : this was soon followed by a pulsation of
the wrists. The boy was then put into bed, and,
upon a gentle stimulus being given to him, he, in a
few minutes, opened his eyes, and with a loud i&
shed a copious flow of tears, and was restored to his
anxious mother, who was present during the whole
of the agonizing scene.