Star.
London, England, 1811-08-01 00:00:00

SALISBURY, JULY 29.

.A b'll of indictment was preferred against Peter
Le Cave for felony, but returned Iporantue by the
Grand Jury. It appeared that he was in extreme in.
eligence , but was an artist of very superior merit.
tierlate Dori, alias Lurk, aged only 17, a servant
at the Post-Office at Devizes, was tried on an indict-
. *Put charring her with stealing a £lO Devizes note
ont of a letter put into the Post Office there.—Not

G.:iffy.
Jobe Puree was capitally convicted of stealing two
promissory notes, some silver, and other articles, from
the pet sons of one William Barton, otherwise William
Brown. This man is one of those miscreants, who,
it may be recollected, some years ago raised a cry of
fare Sadler's Wells Theatre, by which means many
persons lost their lives. He was convicted, with
others, of the riot on that occasion, and after suffer.
big imprisonment tor it, returned into this part of the
country, of which he is a native.

ittßising
Thursday last, A new-erected powder-mill,
*rood, near F tversham, blew up with a dreadful
plosion. There was only one man employed at, the
time of the accident, who w.ts so shockingly bruised
• that there is but little hopes of his recovery.
A considerable disturbance happened at the Peterbo-
rough Theatre on Saturday evening, owing to a gen-
tleman refusing in uncover his head during the time
thin the orchestra pert,,rmed Golf save she King. Im.
mediately after the Interlude, that air was called for,
and the person, (notwithstanding the general cry of
• " Hats off") remained ccvered ; a Lieutenant of Ma-
tines immediately snatched it off for him, and threw
it on the stage ; a gentile then ensued, which was fol-
lowed by parties fighting in every direction. Indeed,
at one time, it was apprehended chic the gods would
have been equally boisterous, but fortunately they
behaved with more propriety : so alarming was the
appearance of this riot, that there was scarcely a fe-
male to be mot in either boxes or pit, a few minutes
after its commencement ; but except a few faintings,
and the loss of shoes, veils, &c. no particular hurt was
done to this part of the audiences Nearly an hour
elapsed before order was restored, when the Farce
was suffered to proceed very quietly by the audience,
which now consisted chiefly of the populace that had
gained admittance during the scuffle.
T. Bisn respectfully acquaints his friends, and the
pub is in general, that he has contracted with Govern.
ment for a small Lottery of only 13,500 Tickes, to
be drawn on t •e 2tid of October, and it gives him plea-
sure to inform ahem that he shall be enabled to sell
Tickets and Shares at both his old established Offices,
4, Cornlill, and 9, Charing. Cross, oil much cheaper
terms than for several years paNt. The Scheme he
shalt hays the honour of laying before them in a few
days, he flatters himself will meet tli&r approbation, as
it will contali a greater variety of Prizes than usual.
Tickets and S;iares may be lead about Monday next
at all the Liccnced Lottery Offices, where Prizes of
the last Lottery are now paying in full.,
When an article is become a favourite remedy with
{he public, it is to be expected that it will be opposed
by the interested Fee-hunting Physician, or what is
now properly mimed the regul ir Quick, whin con.
seqnence of a flimsy publicati,n (a fa,hionable mode
of advertising) would meanly iosint..tte that he pos.
senses a superior knowledge of the disease, for which
the Medicine is held in repute. Surgeon FISHER, in I
anew edition of his• Familiar Treatise on Asthma,'
Consumption, &c. (containing a long Appeal to the
public on ,the use of the Stramonium) has very pro-
perly exposed the machination of this contemptible
herd of scribblers, in a mariner which does him cre-
dit as a man of humanity and science. Through the
recommendation of this-experienced practitioner, the
fitramonities has been very generally employed in
Asthma, Consumption of the Lungs, &c. and the
uniform success that has attended the prepared Heib
and the Oxymel, made by his direction, has prcreed
that in him their confidence has not been misplaced.
• The process which the Herb undergoes in these pre-
!orations, entirely.deprives it of any noxioul quality,
and renders it more eScacioos, That it may be ma_
elrobtaioed in this: propirtlrprepared state, we are
lespry, to foal thathe bas appointed Me. srs. Burgess ,
arid CA. Chemists to his. bialeußrcliord.street,
ttareat :Giudeui. his agent's in London, and the fol.
lowing respectable Venders is the -cowry, viz.:--
• LOW* toboolioster; B; y, &istol k Know and
Lloyd; Ilirmingliam ; Tomer and Co., Newcastle ;
Oho". Blasi Mier, lalverpool ; Eddoweo; Skews.
Pookii Chasm I. Jones; Otlff4l4:
• s,,,,,assapofTysableYiagaillir.p. .

POLICE.

Bow-aster r.--Yesterday 7%eftatililtfort farts
brought to, ths office, and underwent an examination
before MS. GRAHAM, charged with picitisigthr pock
ket of Mr. Henry Lunglands, on Tseesday,night,
the Haymarket Theatre.
The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner was • sit-.
ting close to him in the same box, and, when every
Skiing was very quiet in the theatre, he heard some-
keys fall, and 'perceiving them near him, and at the
same instant finding that his pocket had been cut,
and. the prisoner leaving the box, he followed him
into the lobby, and seized him by the collar.—
Thomson and Clark, the constables, came to his assis.
tance : the former observed the prisoner throw some-
thing towards the street-door, and 'it being suspected
that it was the prosecutor's pocketbook, the linkmen'
and other persons wereemployed. to make diligent.
search afterit, but to no purpose; it was, however,
after a considerable time, found behind the door.—
The keys found in the box also proved to be the pro-
perty of the prosecutor. Thomson, the constable,
searched the prisoner, and found upon him a „sharp
knife, and a pocketbook, containing two notes, one
resembling a X. 500, and the other a £2O Dank of
England note, hut they proved to be some of those
notes issued from the Fleet Prison, for so many pence
instead of pounds.—The prisoner was committed.
MOCK PARSON.—On Monday application was made
at Bow-street Office, by a Clergyman, for a warrant
against a person calling himself the Rev. John Shep-
herd, for defrauding him of £3O under the following
circumstances :—A short time since the applicant
came to London, and was living at the Northumber-
land Coffee-house, where the person complained against
came, calling himself the Rev. John Shepherd. •He
told the landlord he was come from Ore country, and
bis trunk would be brought there directly. In a
short time after an empty trunk was brought by a man,
who the landlord knew to be a trunk-maker ;—and,
on inquiry, learnt that it was but just purchased. This
eaused a suspicion that he was a swindler, and the
trunk-maker insisted upon being paid ; upon which
Shepherd went to the applicant, stating himself to be
a Clergyman without cash, and obtained a one-ponied
Bank=note from him. On the following morning the
landlord presented him his bill, which Shepherd said
he was jest going to call for, and paid the amount.—
This,
however, proved to be with the applicant's mo-
ney, as he had obtained five pounds more from him,
under false preteaces. He then cantrived to get so
intimate with the applicant that he took him to Ports-'
month, and introduced him as a Clergyman among
his connections; and tie at length contrived to get se3o
and left him. The applicant met him on Monday,
in London, and asked him for his money ? when he
confessed he had no prospect of paying him, and said
he intended to enlist for a soldier, and that the appli-
cant should have the bounty money. On this he ap.
pliant) Mr. READ, but not being able to make out a
case of more than a debt, he was not able to get a
warrant; but the same afternoon information was
given by a Gentleman against a pretended Clergy.'
man, whom he had got acquainted with at a Coffee.
house, styling himself the Rev. Mr. Tucker, lately of
B tliol and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. When the
Gen:km:in had called on him be appeared busily
employed writing sermons : and he h:d gone to
church to hear him preach ; but he bad jest ascer-
tained that he was a most gross impostor. From his
description of his person, there was no doubt but he
was the same man ; and, this Gentleman's case of
fraud being much stronger, a warrant was issued
against him, and Rivett learned that he had enlisted
into the 21st Light Dragoons, representing himself as
a young Gentleman of a highly respectable family,
and had been living at the expence of the Serjeant, to
the amount of upwards of agl. On Tuesday he was
taken into custody, and, in the evening, underwent
an examination before Mr. Nanes. Previous to which,
the Magistrate inquired for the prisoner, and, to his
surprise, found he was sitting close to him. He then
inquired if he was a Clergyman ? when he acknow.
ledeed he was not, and, with much presumption, con-
tinued to keep his seat, tilt Mr. NARES ordered him to
stand ; when on interroeat,,ries being put to him, he
tr inkly atknasdedged, that he tutu preached, Mar-
ried several coupes, and performed the office in se.
vial churci:es Ai a Clergyman. Mr. NARKS expres-
red his horror at the mischief his conduct would ..c-
-c sion, as all the patties must be married again. The
above charges were then game into, and he•was com-
mitted for further examination.
MARLBOROUGH STRIEET.—A short time since, the
dwelling-house of Mr. Jos. Brill, farmer at Weston,
Bucks, was broken open by thieves, who carried
away such portable articles as they could get at, after
which they broke into a stable, and stole two horses.
Information having been given to the police, one of
the stolen horses was traced to have been sold at Pad-
dington by Thomas Skeffington, a bargeman, better
known by the name of SiajfardThen, and the prisoner,
who works on the Junction Canal, was taken into cus-
tody. He has undergone several examin/tions, but
PO trace has yet been had of his accomplices. The
prisoner wias fully committed for trial.
• UNION HALL—Richard Leader, a journeyman ba-
ker, was charged by James Newton, landlord of the
Falcon public house, in the Borough, on sus:iicion of
having broken into the house a kW days since, and
stolen three pounds worth of halfpence and a silver
spoon: It appeared, that on the morning mentioned,
on coming down stain, Mr. Newton discovered the
prisoner in a state of intoxication, asleep in tie tap.
room. Ile, however, had no suspicion of the robbery
;till ;Mrs. Newton came dawn stairs and discovered
that the till had been broken open, and the spoon
andhalfpence taken away. Previous to her coming
down the prisoner had left thrhouse ; but from die
situation in which he was discovered, suspicion at-
tached to him* and he was apprehended. He was
remanded for another examination..
Tuesiay-evening. as Hamilton, the police officer,
was returning trout West End flirt in a chaise, with
his wife and • three' children, the vehicle was upset I,
near the end of Chalk Farm-latices by a man driving
another chaise furiously against it, although the for-
mer was aaclerseas Poessble to the footway, on the
right side of the road. The man drove at .a quick I
rate, but was pursued by horsemen, and brought back
to theacene oft hl* misconduct, but.whilst the "ma-
tors were busied in collecting: together Hamilton's
broken vehicleirthivoisocierlook to his heels, and lett 1
irofficer posseasiou ofihebacenitud Chaise, which
if* yew** The -416100 woo esimisl/25, hurt.'