Star.
London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

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were apprehended at the East end of London,
Wednesday night, on suspicion of being -
robbing the Exeter Mail, on the Slst df
Of a parcel containing Bank-notes to the
£l6OO, underwent an examination, and
mended for a future day.
HATTON Gaterast.—Nlrs. Ann Symons,
wife, who was charged at this Office a few day,
with being concerned in the case of child ••'
which appeared in our Paper, was bronr'
fresh charge, held against her by a von
name of Hurd, whose-husband is a convi
nitentiary, at Miilbank. The complainant
Ladies were in the habit of lying-in
Mrs. Symons, who received a sum of money
dertake the charge of the child, by whl-' •
never become troublesome to the parents.
occasion, she was to receive sixty guiraus,
instalments, from a Lady, to take her child,
she might have no more to do with it; hie
happening to die, Mrs. Symons wrote to
of the child, informing them that it was
The complainant's charge against Mrs. 8;
having entrusted her child with her three
since which she could receive no informedi
till she saw her name and address in the
pers, and was unhappy for her clied,
be substituted for any one that died.
brought fonvard, restored to its ii;stre,
and toe prisoner was discharged.
MA VS lON IIME.—A poor Mulatto,
was yesterday charged, Under what is termed
False Character 4a, —2 Cleo. IL with tin
offences—Mr. Hunt, of Mullane, wine•
stated, that being in want of a servaiet,
mad application to fill the situation, a ;co dips
since, and produced a written proof of character,
signed by a medical gentlemen of SGIII2 mei:yam
The hand-writing was doabted, it being more Lie
the character of a woman than a man. For sore
`time he persisted in asserting it to be the hand-eriting
of the Doctor ; but beirg warned about it, he at lest
confessed it was the hand-writing of a Lady, but de
Was the wife of his master—" and nun and wile;
'said he, " you know, are one." Ile, however, ua.
dertook to procure a character in the actual hand.
writing of the Doctor, his late master, and in the
course of the day returned with the document. Cir-
cumstances, however, again occurred, which cos'
firmed fbrmer suspicions ; and an investigation hav-
ing taken place, the document proved to be forged,
and the whole story a fabrication. The penalty un-
der the Act, for such an offence, is Oh 'and in de-
fault of payment, imprisonment for three months.—
The prisoner pleaded great distress, in being led to
the commission of such an offence ; but declared he
had never been guilty of a grime heftily, and mall
bring respecttble persordeveith whom he •had heel
to speak to his general integrity and propriety. The
iY.isecutor did not wish to press pasisament of any
kind, but thouelit he ought to receive a proper wink
ing.--Under all the circumstances, the Lcan.Maice
thought he ought to produce some one ri the psr.
sons he had spoken of to his character.—lie was ro
cordingly remanded.

Wednesday evening, during/he flag, a,cartbelorp
ing to Edward Durant, Esq. of Tooting, Sarrev,
was passing through IVbitechapel, when it was red-
bed of a trunk, containing wearing apparel and other
articles to a large amount, with which the thieves
effected.their escape.
Wednesday night the Lion and Lamb public-hcase
was entered, through the first floor window, by rob-
bers, who broke and rifled a number of drawers,
desks, &c. and• carried off property to the amount of
£5O, and a £lO Bank of England note. They ob-
tained entrance by means of the lamp-post, which is
immediately under the window; and it is supposed
that persons passed at the time they were unfasten-
ing the window, but the robbers were concealed by
the fog, and they succeeded in carrying off the pro-
perty unobserved.
Wednesday evening the entire quarter of an ox
weighing one liundred pounds, was stole from the
shop of Mr. Kemble, butcher, Lambeth-walk, during
the fog, and the robbers escaped.
On the same evening a whole sheep was carried
off from the shop of Mr. Garman, butcher, in Kent-
street. A Constable being on the spot at the same
moment pursued the robbers ; but did not succeed in
taking them.
Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the hind part
of a pig was carried off from the shop of Mr. Finer,
pork-butcher, Vauthall.
A daring gang of thieves have, • during the last
four days, taken the advantage of the weather, and
committed the most outrageous depredations in the
neighbourhood of Newport-market, Gerrard-street
and Cranboume-street, and also Wardour-street. Se-
veral gentlemen have been knocked down and rcb-
bed of their watches, seals, &c. The Constableshav:
in vain endeavoured to secure the villains. A fe-
male, who resides in the family of Mr. Hall, No. 9T,
Strand, was knocked down in Southampton-street,
and would have been robbed, had not some persor,
fortunately come up at the moment. She received
such a desperate blow, that her situation is estrem.)
dangerous.