Star.
London, England, 1827-07-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M A NSION-HOUSE.
A water/nen, who piles in the Deighboarhood of the Tow er was
'unnamed before the 1.0111 MATOS, for having assaulted a &halo-
maa, named Swift, under the following aggravated circumstances :
Mr. Swift stated, that on Monday hat he went from the Fa-
vourite staun.veseal into the defendant's boat for the purpose, of
boding. There were three other Camden= in the boat. What
they reached the wharf, the Miamian basted opoo having Id. from
each of his passengen ; and swore (throwing himself into a fighting
attitude) that ant one of them should leave the beat without paying
him that own. Witness Wooed to submit to sack an im oskioe
but the three other Gentlemen were alseelntely latimbiated by the
ferocious maw of the defendant, mad paid him, to oat of his
clutches. The defendant persevered ht kb and in Ms
threat; and wham pot Wee-penes iota his hued, bat refused to
give a Saddam Wore as he knew *at It wits the practice of those
waftmen, who desegneted themselves m the kwless gaeg," to chest
the pal* as much as they could. He. however. oared lab ad-
dress. Witness then moved towards the wharf, but. as be was
stepping ea shore, the &beaus wrack him a violent blow on
the neck.
The defendant, who Is a Toms man of mat rallanly ',peanut,
said, that as the gemmed had pushed his boat of from the steamer
before he bad his complement of customers, be thought they ought
to pay him extra; that three of them bad consented, but the fourth
was eMtropaloos, and struck him with an umbrella, whereupon he
resented the assault by a posh.
TM prosecutor sdC that envy word of the Askew was lab,.
To Lows ]/eras Williellistity ordered that the defswbat should
be osewaitted, and that *4 boors' wades at bail should be gives.

An old woman, who had been housekeeper fee sits lean st Mr.
Planing's, the chemist, Holborn, was charged with piniobing a
quandly of apparel. Hemnt discovered that she bad drawn matey
fee the paying of the butcher, baker, and publican, and had ens.
bustled it; and nest, that she had heck in the habit of Pled*,
some of his property every second oe third day in the month, in-
cluding several pieces of plate, skirts, waistcoats, trousers, blan-
kets, kr.. She gave up the depilates on blot; taxed with stealing
some articles, and begged itirgivenam Be was at lint sedsied
with turning her oat of the boon; he afterwards, however, missed
a great coat, and found she had roe so far as in get a counterfeit
receipt, upon a stamp, draws op, purporting to he tart of anodes-
man, anon
be therefore caused her to be appridsmded. Mae admitted
she had pledged the property, hat thought his having forgiven her
at first would bar further preseedines.--ahe was committed.
A tereant girl was clui with stealing a parse, cestalalog 11.5 e.
the property of her m Mn. Diamond, tobacconist,4k. Fad's
Churchyard. Returning om market the 16th uk. she missed her
parse out of her reticule, in the bottom et which she (mod there
was a hole, and directed the prisoner to look for it on the stairs
with a light ; she stated k was not there, and offered to run and in-
quire at the butcher's. From thence, however, she returned with
no better success, but with the soothing news that several other
Ladies bad been asking there, having also lost their parses. On
searching the prisoner's boxes oa Monday far some akar missing
property, the purse was found, and prisoner admitted that she
picked It up on the stairs when she looked for it, and had spent the
mace,. The chemise of sae of the lodgers wan also found apes
her. She had remedy met with a sweetheart, who it was me-
patted had, in one way or other, induced Mt aohescome &Roam
—She was committed.

BOW-STREET.
• Of all the birds in the air," a dkserrew and * Bit* ee at kept
two young Ladies enjoying those aeriel designadons, were brought
op before his Worship yesterday morale& fee warbling in the
streets the night before in a manner any *leg Mot barmonloes;
end, notwithstaoding the disparity implied 4ptlidedifferiot species,
maintaining a cosiest both with beak and West with a degree of
vigour and perseverance which 'mild have done honour to the im-
perial eaglet himself. From the statement lithe watchman, it op-
peered that the literally 4 leathered salvias," between whom an
:id grudge trs to have existed, met occidenialt...•L " quite
• as honest Charles expressed it, on y night,
amid the moonlight groves of Lon acre, each engaged, as usual,
in Slaking after a stray goldfinch. No sooner did time Heed espy
the Spartan, than, with ail her charactnristk velocity, she came
at once down upon her "in one fell swoop," which the spirited
little bird was not slew either in meeting or returning, "and
to it they went like lightning." Cap; feathers, artificial flowers,
and hair, both artificial and natural, Sew shoot in all directions,
intermingled with strips of the best Leghorn chip, and muslin
at Heaven knows how much a yard. Long and laborious
as are the labours of the toilette in these piping times of peace, it le
really wonderful with what celerity two young ladies tan assist in
mutual disarrayment, when once " the din of war blows in their
ears." Three minutes more would bawl made them a couple of
Eves, in all but innocence, when the timely arrival of the watchman
prevented any further dismantling. The light became reduced to a
mere war of words, and the separated nightingales were, as usual in
such cases, safely conveyed to a cage. Yesterday morning. their
plumage appeared sadly rolled, many of their loein feathers
bavirg been left on the field, or borne away, as a sort of spells
vim, by their mutual vanquisher. Their defence now was simple
and o:insistent—
• 'Twas tree 'twas pity, and pity 'twat %was true."
" They were overwhelmed with liquor the night before, and with
dames and sorrow in the morning." Asti, the night attack corn-
pleined of, bet for their meniting condition yesterday maiming, they
would, it seems, from no uncommon lapse of memory, have known
ambles at all about it.
The worthy filagistrate, however, finding that they were well
known at the Office, and that this was far from being their first
offence, ordered them to And ball for the breach of the peace they
had committed. and they were accordingly recooducted to their
" wiry tenement," to sit and mope end sympathise with Sterne's
starling.
MARL BO ROUG H-STREET.

Fueicies Dann—Yeiterday .k.m Mather" a coachman. wa•
brouilit tip lot futtuu,ly di ivit% aioli the attcsttt by which the

wife of a respectable tradesman was run ovet, and had three of tee
ribs broken.
Mr. Banks stated, that be was awing with his wife and
daughter at the come of the Haymalket on Friday last, when the
prisoner, after setting his master down in Palknall,suddenly whirled
round the corner into the Haymarket, knocked down his wife, amt
broke three of her ribs. Mr. Banks presented to the Magistrate
a martidcate from Mr. Jobe, a surgeon, who is attending atm
clanks, stating, that his patient was meading as rapidly as the tra.
sure of the injury admitted.
The winner pleaded that be had ea ungovernable horse is the
carriage, and that it was an accidelt.'
Mr. Dens told hint it was no evolve that be had an sego.
veritable ham; the driving suc► ea animal in crowded streets war
an aggravation of the offence, and was invariably the defense of
drunken coachmen, when brought in to answer for their conduct.
As Mrs. Banks was declared out of danger, he s►ould now admit
him to pod bail—biressif in lOU and two suatient sureties
HATTON GARDEN.

Mr. Richard Dixon, of Barbican, principal proprietor of Sadler's
Wells, attended by the veteran Grimaldi, appeared before the IL.
estates of this Once yesterday, ou a summons issued at the suit of
Charles Beasley, Keg. of John-street, Adelphi, charging hint with
having erected a building is addition to a building, the lame being
of wood, and at of brick or stone," au. contrary to an Act passed
in the 14th year of the late King's reign, for the brute preventioir
of ire.—sr. Beasley said, that in consequence of an external in-
doors halog been made rand Sadler s Wells Theatre, for the
If=of esldbitiog pouy.racing ; and the ireloare not helm
se moue, according to the express letter of the Act oe
Paeliseme. be was obliged, In his public capacity of District fiat-
,Mb all as the proprietor to do away ash the objectioaable
Die begged to state, that prowess to his appearing before
ask' ble. Mon had intoned him that the bend*
sheen hi temseed is November. As he had no wish to pm lir.
Illems, se soy other of the proprietors. to expose or aessoymat,
Ito dereld ogres to the bonding standing until that time, man 11r.
Dina easeing into recognisance. to perform his promise at the
tam Igiellien—nr. Dixon promised that the bans' should be
reemiemille Nipmealer, and the matter setled.