Star.
London, England, 1818-10-09 00:00:00

PoLict

MANSION Hotsa.—Yesterday two sisters" named
Anne and Crewe, were charged with assaulting
Mr. C. Hunt,' a merchant. The eldest sister had lived
in the prosecutor's family as cook, for sixteen days,
but was discharged on account of general bad con-
duct. The day after her dismissal he received a
letter from her, threatening him if he did not give
her pecuniary assistance ; as he disregarded it he af-
terwards received others, charging him with being
the father of a child with which she was pregnant.
At last he consulted with his partner, and agreed,
in consequence, to meet her at kis counting-house.
Here the assault complained of was committed. The
elder prisoner went to live with Mr. Hunt on the Ist
of September, and. on the 17th she charged him as
being the father of a child with which she says she
is pregnant.—She was ordered to find bail, which
was provided for her, and her sister was discharged.
MAALBOROWOH-STREICT.--A M' Naughton, Esq.
was charged again yesterday with assaulting one of
the sentinels at Carlton-house, on Wednesday even-
ing. J. Rawlinson, the prosecutor, stated the disor-
derly conduct of the defendant, and his incoherent
language. He stated that he was an officer in the
Army, and he should act as he thought proper upon
the King's highway. The sentinel was compelled to
call a watchman, as the defendant unfixed his bayo-
net. In defence, the accused said, that he was pro-
tecting a Scotch girl from liberties the sentinels
wanted to take with her, and he was bound to watch
through the streets to protect his countrywomen, as
a member of an institution created for that purpose.
He was ordered to find bail.
. Joseph Anderson was fully committed, charged with
robbing his master, a butcher, of a quantity of fat.
Usllosi-HALL.—Yesterday, Mr. Anthony Wagstqf,
a partner in the firm of Wagstaff and Co. bed and
mattrass manufacturers, Mint-street, Southwark, was
brought before the Magistrates by Snow the Con-
stable, under the following circumstances :—Between
ten and eleven o'clock in the morning of yesterday,
Mrs. Sarah Chamberlain, of the Mint, applied to
Snow in a state of extreme agitation, and implored
him to go with her to the warehouse of Mr. Wagstaff
instantly, for that her son was being murdered. Snow
considering it to be one of those trifling brawls which
frequently occur in Southwark, hesitated to accom-
pany her; but the daughter of Mrs. Chamberlain
coming immediately after, under a similar feeling of
anxiety, and joining her intreaties to those of her mo-
ther, he was induced to believe that something serious
had happened, and then accompanied them to the
warehouse of Wagstaff and Co. Upon entering, he
'perceived the body of a young man laid upon a quan-
tity of flax ; there was no appearance of life, and
the blood was streaming from the nose, eyes, and
ears. Dr. Larkins was sent for, and he recommended
that as Guy's Hospital was so near at hand, the young
man should be conveyed thither. The recommerala-
-6011 was attended to, and the wounded person was
' carried there upon a shutter. Snow took the prisoner
into custody, under to aline that the situation of
young Chamberlain had been occasioned by a violent
attack uposi his person by him.
-Mrs. Chamberlain said, that on Wednesday the pii-
loner engaged her son, who is about 18 years of age,
Ito perform some labour for him in the way of bun-
ness. One of the materials upon which he was at
I work being a quantity of tow, he left off very early
in the evening, in order to avoid using a candle ; and,
to complete his day's work, went to the warehouse
yesterday morning, and continued his business till
ten o'clock, when having performed what he con-
ceised to be a day's work, he applied for his wages,
which so exasperated Mr. Wagstaff, who insisted that
he should continue to work the whole of yesterday,
that he se zed a large stick, and attacked him in a
furious manner. Several persons hearing the cries of
young Chamberlain, ran to his mother and informed
her that her son was being murdered. She arrived
just as the prisoner had knocked her son down, with
his head against a beam, and saw him stand upon
his neck till the blood gushed out from his nose, ears,
and mouth. She then sought the assistance 'of an
officer, while Mr. Evan Palmer, of Whitecross-street,
and several other persons whom the cries of young
Chamberlain had attracted to the spot, prevented the
prisoner from making his escape. Ile offered consi-
derable resistance to the officer, but was ultimately
overpowered, and secured by handcuffs.
The prisoner in his defence said, that the young
man refused to quit the premises when he ordered
him to do so, was extremely violent, and commenced
.the affray by striking him.—A messenger was sent
to the Hospital yesterday afternoon to ascertain the
state of the young man, when it appeared that he
continued perfectly senseless, and his recovery was
considered extremely doubtful.-1-Prisoner remanded

Tuesday night, the premises of Messis. Stevens,
Wood, and Williams, ironmongers, in Oxfcrd.street,
were broken into at the back of the house. The
thieves forced their way into the froat shop, and car-
ried off ironmongery and brass of considerable value.
A few nights ago some thieves cut the lead from
a board at a fishmonger's shop, near Temple-bar.—
The board on which the fish is exposed for sale pro-
jected from the house, and the sheet lead that co-
vered it was stripped off. A short time after a man
was stopped in Westminster by an Officer, with the
lead in ins possession.

On Saturday last, a man, who at different times
called himself Edward Steward, John Steward, John
Johnston, Captain Steward, and Mr. Donagh, was
brought to the Police Office, Dublin, charged with
having passed Forged Notes, purporting to be of the
Bank of Ireland. The committal being signed, this
man of many names was given in charge to two
peace officers to convey to New gate. His wife, who
had attended to know his fate, also accompanied him
on his way. As they were quietly proceeding along
Arran-quay, one of the officers, close beside the pn-
soner, the other officer and his wife behind, this poor
deerepid maimed veteran, suddenly flung his stick into
the air, threw up his heels, and ran up Lin:oln-lane,
with a swiftness becoming the leader of a light bri-
gade. In order that the retreat might he effectually
covered, as he approached the boys of Smithfield, he
cried—" Save me, save me, a poor debtor, from the
two Bailiffs !" and belote the astonished peace offi-
cers could beat a parley, one of them received a blow
that laid hint prostrate ; fad in the mean time the
1. delinquent escaped.