Star.
London, England, 1803-04-28 00:00:00

POLICE, &c.

MAY 510% HOUSE.—Yelierddy Mr. Rolert
underwent his final examination before the Loco
MAYOR, Alderman Warsom, the Deputy Gover-
nor of the Bank of England, Mr. KAY the Solicitor,
.ind a number of other Gentlemen. Mr. Aflett
was brought to the Mansion Houle privately loon
tlicr ten o'clock, and about eleven was admitted to
the Lord Mayor's private parlour,when the former
examinations were read over, and the prifoner per-
mitted to alit fuch quettions of the witnefres as he
thought proper. The examination Idled above
two bouts, when the parties were bound over to
profeente at the next Old Bailey &Mons, which
commence on the 25th of May. He is charged
with embezzling two hundred thoufand pounds
worth of Exchequer Bills, on an Aet of Parliament
of the 15th of his Majelly George 11. which makes
it capital for any one to embezzle notes or other
effals of the Bank of England. Mr. Allen teemed
to keep up his fpit its pretty well till his commit-
ment was made out for Norgate, but when con.
veying thither in a coach by Mr. Holdfworth, the
City Mai-null, and others, he appeared abforbed in
thought, and for the firll time truly fenfible of his
unhappy fituation. Mr. Holdfworth, the Marthal,
delivered him into the care of Mr. Kirby, who
lodged him in the (late fide of the prilon.
MARLDOROUGN-mcar.—Monday a Hibernian
w:ts charged with defrauding a refpetable tradef-
man of fol. under the following circumflances: he
went to this tradefman, of whom he had Come
knowledge, and told him that he had the misfor•
tune to have a tol. Bank note burnt ; the latter
compaffionating his cafe, went with him to the
Bank, and, from the number and date, found the
note was not paid. He accordingly gave fecurity
to the Bank, in cafe it lhould make its appearance,
and gave the man the money. A few days fince,
the note which the Hibernian laid had been burnt,
was prefented at the Bank, and of courfe the clerks
paid it. The Secretary, in confequence, called up-
on the tradesman to refund the money, who, in his
turn, took the man up, and brought him before the
Magißrate,charginghim with obtaining the money
under falfe pretences. In his defence, he pretend.
ed to fay that be had been robbed of the note. The
Magißrate ordered him to be remanded for a fur-
ther heating.
An elderly lady, of very refpedable appearance,
came before the Magiltrate, and laid the had come
from Newcaille, in order to receive the profits of
an dime value go,oool. per ann. and defired that
he would pay her. She was evidently deranged,
and the Magiftrate defired the would go to the
Court of Chancery and Rate her grievance; fh:
thanked him for his advice, and let off in great
haße for that purpofe.
J. Rawssov row, Efq. was found guilty, at the
Taft ClLiarter Seffions for the Borough of Windfor,
of affaulting Dr. MINGar, and fentenced to pay a
fine of aol. and find two fureties for his good be-
haviour in tool. each.

At the Cornwall Salons, a perfon was tried for
the crime of holding out falfe lights of a night to
deceive mariners. in order to enable him to plun-
der the wrecks fo OCCAlioned. From a defed in
the indiftment, however, the profecution unfor.
tunately dropped to the ground.
At the late Pontefrafl Seffions the cloth fupervi.
fors delivered into the magiftrates the account of
the number of broad and narrow cloths milled in
the Well Riding of that county, for the laft twelve
months, when it appeared there was a decreafe
broad cloths of 13,046 yards, and an increafe in
narrow cloths of 190,220 yards. Of broad, the
yards manufaaured were 8.686,046; of narrow,
5,023,754.
At the General Quarter Seffions for the county
of Dorfet, held laft week at Sherborne, the Ame-
rican, who called himfelf Capt. Smith, and frau-
dulently obtained money by producing fabricated
certificates to impofe a belief that he had Curtained
a lots of 30001. by the dam/aims of his fhip, was
tried for the fraud, when he urged in his defence
that he had been nearly 17 years in the fervice of
England, firft in the navy, and then in the army,
and bad received four wounds, in as many diffe-
rent alions ; the 10 of which, at Tournay,
dif-
abled him from further fervice; but he acknow-
ledged that he obtained his pals from two men who
were travelling, at Wilton. He was fentenced to
fix months hard labour in the Cattle at tootchefier.
—J. Coffin, E. Kerley, R. Evans, and I. Adams,
for diffeient thefts, were fentenced to be imprifoned
t s months : and three other prifoners were fen-
fenced to fhort imyrifonments. _ .

The tide upon the Suffix :.,aft, owing to the
Rrong S. W. winds, rare fan week unufually high.
To loch a height did it (well on Wednefday
at Rye, and to rapidly, that upwards of 8o fheep,
belonging to J!alwtaH C u arts, Efq. were drown-
ed by theovet flowiag of the fea on fomefalt marfhes,
before the leall danger was apprehended.
About two o'clock on Monday morning a fire
broke out on the Common Hard, Portfmouth, at
the houfe of Mr. Wickenden, the fign of the Kep-
pel's Head, which entirely confumed the fame,
and literally every article contained therein. The
caufe of the accident is not yet afcertained.

On the 9th inti.mt, a (area in the neighbour.
hood of Ettingen, in Germany, caatcht fire, and
no one knows how it was carded. Ihe military,
however, with the peafants in the neighbourhood,
fucceedcd in extinguithing it, alter is or 20 acres
of wood had been confirmed.

Yacrday morning, about seven o'clock, a fire
broke out at the bottle of a tailor, No. ao, in Callle-
firect, Fakon fqu.ue, Alderfgate•fireet. The jour•
cymen who were At work were obliged to get out
At tare top of the hnufe. The whole of the pre.
n i es were dell royed before any AlMlance could be
gtv,n. Engines arriving, the flames were prevent.
ed fmm fpi eading any further.
On TuadAy morning Lift, one of the watehmsen
of Whitechapc.l parifh, whole bra was at the end
of the London Holpital, was found dead, at four
o'clock in the morning, leaningover his hatch. lie
had been a ward:own for upwards of ao years.