Star.
London, England, 1821-01-04 00:00:00

POLICE,

Bow-sr ftzeT.,A confidential servant of the Freriel•
Ambassador, whose name is Grenier, and who is ens:
played by his Excellency to carry dispatches to end
from London and Harrow, was, on Sunday evening,
about seven o'clock, most violently attacked, about
seven miles from town. His horse appeared suddenly
to be stopped by two foot passengers, who stood is
his way, and said something to. him in a low tone of
voice. which, from his very imperfect knowledge of
the English language, he could not understand. As
he was endeavouring to clear his way, three men g 4
horseback, suddenly rushed up to him and surrounded
him, at the same time commencing an attack upon 1
him. They were armed with sabres, or catlastes,
and the foremost of them was very expert in the use.
of his weapon. Mr. Grenier, to escape the brusi.,
fury of his assailants, put spurs to his horse and gal—
loped away ; they followed him with all their spee(:,
and continued to cat him whenever they were near
enough to reach him, and inflicted several severe.
wounds. Seeing no means of escape, as his assail.
ants were nearly as well mounted as himself, Mr,
Grenier took the precaution of suddenly darting asisk •
into a by-road; he thus got a-head of his outrageous
assailants, who however still pursued, .but luckily
did not overtake him till he arrived at an inhabited
house and called for succour; his pursuers then made
off. The inhabitants of the house, seeing the alarm.
ing condition of Mr. Grenier, his clothes being cut iq
several places, and blood flowing from different parts
of his person, immediately gave him shelter, and
dressed his wounds. He has since been removed to
Portland-place, and though he has been most severely
injured, there is hope that he will recover. His Ex-
cellency the French Ambassador sent an account of
the outrage to Lord SIDMOVTII, as the head of the
Home Department, and his Lordship immediately
ordered the amplest and speediest means of inquiry
to be resorted to. Mr. Blast; the,Magistrate, after
an interview with his Lordship, repaired to Pqrtland-
place, and took Mr. Grenier's deposition. Owing to
the darkness of the night when he was attacked, he
could give no description of the persons who attacked
him, any further than that the two men on foot
seemed to be labouring men, and the three on horse.
back had cutlasses and cloaks. A proclamation has
been issued, offering a reward of £2OO for the detec-
tion and apprehension of the offenders.
" Such is the case as detailed to us in the Police Report. It
is strange and incomprehensible : a glimpse of light, however,
broke in upon us in reading it ; and our conjecture, such air
is, we offer to our Readers :—lt appears that Mr. Grenierhas
scarcely any knowledge of the English language. When the
two men on foot, who seemed to be standing at the head of his
horse, spoke to him, be did not know what they said. Is it not
possible that these men were sauntering along, and that Mr.
Grenier 's horse, the night being dark, came suddenly upon them,
and produced some remonstrance on their part? His inane:).
don to the remonstrance would alarm them, and they mot
take him for a highwayman, and cal for assistance. This call
would very probably be attended to by the borse.patrol, why
like the assailants, are well mounted, wear cloaks. and carry
sabres. They would naturally surround )dr. Grenier. and his
• gaUoping away without explanation, would, in their minds, ape:
rate a conviction that be was a thief, and the subsequent attacks
on his person would all spring from that supposition. The cooly
circumstance that militates against this idea is, that they rode
away whet Mr. Grader turned aside to the farm : but, as the
night was very dark, they might have lost sight of him when Ls
left the horse-road to take sheiter in the house."—Thaes.
Lamarrar-srater.—Yesterday R. Bennet, the pad
fro!, attached to this Office, was brought up, charged
with wantonly shooting at Mr. Squires, on Sunday
Lot—(Seat the Szett sf yesterday J.—The prisoner of-
fered to put in bail, but was told by the Magistrate
that his offence came under Lord Ellenborough.s Act,
and that he would remand him till a future day.—
He was remanded accordingly.
Tows HALL, BOROUGILYeSterday Hannah Baker;
a miserable old woman, was charged with stealing
an egg from a stall, and an apple, orange, turnip, or
potatoe, from others, in the Borough-market. Whal
searched, there were found, in a bundle of rags is
Iher bosom, notes to the amount of C 173, and in her

pocket silver, making in all £204 18s.!—She refused
to tell where she lived, but, from documents found
on her, the Officer discovered that she lived in Gar-
Iden-row, Shadwell, with her son, an industrious but
poor young man, who never suspected his mother of
being possessed of so much wealth, though he had
always believed that his father, who was a sailor, had
died leaving some money. She was discharged, as
no one appeared to prosecute, and the money W 4
given up to the son.

Tuesday night, Mr. H9NTKR, of Hatton-Garden,
was attacked, near the Small Pox Hospital, St. Pan-
cras, by a single footpad, who presented a pistol at
him, and robbed him of four £1 notes and some sil-
ver. A man in a loose great coat corning up shortly
afterwards, Mr. IFIUNTSR told him of the robbery,
and that he had fortunately saved his watch; upon
which the man presented a pistol at him, and made
him deliver it!

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Captain Autiony Hunt, R.N. to Sophia, third daughter of the
late Captain Widam White, R.N.
Dec. itS, the Hon. Miles John Stapleton, son of Lord Lt
Despeneer, to Ann Blain, 4aughter of the Hoe. T. Norbert,
Kerby, deceased, late of the Island of Antigua.

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