Star.
London, England, 1826-06-09 00:00:00

ROBERT SAVAGE.
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. There has not probably for some years past been
'brought to justice a more clarinet dangerous, and ex•
tensive violator of the laws than Robert Savage, one of
the four criminals executed yesterday at Newgate. lie
began his career of crime at an early age; for at the
Old Bailey Sessions in June, 1821, at which time be 1% as
about 16, he was convicted in the name of Charles Hall,
of stealing three pair I (shoes, and µas ordered to be
transported for seven years. He did not, however, go
abroad, but was sent to the Penitentiary, Nlillbaok
The prisoners being removed from that place, in can.
sequence of the sickness which prevailed there, Savage,
with o hers, was put on board the Ganymede convict
ship, at Woolwich. There his turbulent spirit several
times brought him to disgrace. After serving about four
years, he receive.l a free pardon, and was discharged.
—At this time he appears to have formed resolutions
to follow an honest and industrious course of life, and
actually worked hard as an excavator at the new Lon-
don bridge. His health becoming impaired, he found
himself i capable of much exertion, and being unable to
earn as much money as before, his impatient and s Went
disposition di.coveaed itself by an attempt to poison
himself, which rash act had nearly proved fat r 1 to him.
After his recaver y, unknown to his family, he joined
some of his old associates at the hulks and rather bad
characters, arid followed from that period until his ap-
prehension no other occupation than that of a midnight
plunderer, during which interval, the annals of came
do not, perhaps, furnish an instance of any one having
committed more numerous or wore audacious acts of
housebreaking and burglary. Although of course the
greater number of these instances will remain unkno
some few have been particularized, in which it has been
ascertained that he was a principal actor, which were
as follow :—About six months back he broke into and
robbed a house at Homer ton, carrying away such a
considerable quantity of plate, linen, and other property,
that he was obliged to disincumber himself of a part by
leaving it on the road. It was he who killed the dog in
a court•yard near Peckham or Camberwell, and having
entered the house, stole some of the plate. He made
an attempt to break open a house neat Stoke Newing-
ton, but on cutting through the door or window shutter
panels, a spring alarum-bell was set in motion, which
disturbed the family, and Savage and his companion
were closely pursued by the patrols, and narrowly
escaped apprehension. The risk which he encountered
in prosecuting his wicked course of life, and the
daring and ferocious spirit which he possessed, may
be judged of by the following occurrence:—Having,
in company with another, broken into .s house
about twelve miles from town, he was about to retre at
with a quantity of valuable booty, which be had packed
up, when he saw a person come down the stairs, who,
raising a blunderbuss to his shoulder, called upon Savage
to drop the bundle which was in his hand. Instead of
obeying this command, he instantly drew a pistol from
his breast and pointing it to the party, by whom he had
been addressed, desired him to do his worst; the person
replied, that if Savage would not fire, neither would he,
arid he immediately let fall the blunderbuss, which most
probably was not loaded. Savage then ran out of the
house, pulling the door after him, and went off with
the wolen rods unpursucd. He told a person who
visited him in Newgate, and who was desirous of as-
certaining whether he had been assisted by accomplices,
that the robbery at Mr. Biggs's (the offence for which
he suffered) was not undertaken in consequence of
any information obtained from persons connected
with the family, for that, in fact, he never would rely
upon such kind of co-operation ; but that it was, as he
termed, it a u chance job ;" he stated, that all the Bank
notes which he found at Mr. Biggs's were a 51. and a
101. but that there were bills and checks to the amount
of several hundreds—these he destroyed, but regretted
that he had not sent them back in a parcel. He further
stated, that he actually burst open the front kitchen
door, where two female servants were sleeping, without
awakening them ; upon some doubt being expressed as
to the probability of this, he decl rred that he had often
broken into bed-chambers where persons were asleep,
and taken away property without their being disturbed.
Not many nights before Mr. Biggs's house was entered
he made an attempt upon that of Mr. Annett's, which
is within a very short distance, but was unable to ac-
complish his design. Savage always went armed with
pistols, and has been heard to say, that whoever should
venture to apprehend him must take the consequences,
and there is little doubt but his threat would have been
realized.

Beideld, who suffered with Savage, and was related to him by
marriage, was by no means so vlolent and ruffian-like in his conduct;
but be for a considerable time had associated with some most de.
prayed and desperate characters of various descriptions. He bad
formerly been In the possession of some property, and he has been
heard to declue, that amongst those who accelerated his destruction
were the infamous Hunt and Probert, with whom he was accus-
tomed frequently to consort.
A paper, of which the following is a copy, was dropped by John-
son shortly before his execution yesterday. The lines ate from a
well-known hymn.

" It is religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we Gee;
It is religion will supply
Solid comforts when we die.
" Life is the time to serve the Loa*.
The time to ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to bum,
The vilest shiner may return.
" James Autumn."

Tue Twain Twins'. —This singular and extraor-
dinary undertaking has recently attracted the notice of
sever.il of the Nobility, Members of the House of Com-
mons, and many other scientific and intelligent gentle•
men. On Friday the whole of the Committee of the'
Port of London, accompanied by some of the leading
Members of the Corporation of the. City, proceeded to
the spot, and were received by Mr. Drumm sen. Mr.
Armstrong, and Mr. Brunnell, jun. the Engineers, and
conducted ever the whole of the works.

Tuesday, an inquest was held on the bodies of Mr.
Roger Jenkins, of Malpas Pill, near Newport, farmer,
and his nephew, who were both killed between Crosy-
tying and the New Inn, on the Pontypool Road, that
morning. They were going to Pontypool with a wag-
gon load of hay, having a young horse in the team ;
they met on their way a man seated in an empty wag-
gon, driving at a furious rate, at which their horses took
fright and :an away, and in endeavouring to stop them
both fell down, and the wheels passinf over their bodies,
caused their death immediately. file driver of the'
waggon has been commi‘ted to Monmouth Gaol, on',
the Coronet's warrant, to isike his trial.
Three out of seven convicts under sentence of trans-
portatioo, who left Chester last week, on their way to
the hulks, contrived to make their escape of the coach,
in passing through Hamp.hire. (hie 4 f them was re•
taken :about 20 miles from Portsmouth ; the other two
have contrived to remain undiaeuvel ed.

POLICE INTFLLIGEN:E.
GUILDHALL.

' Mr. Mullett, of flrolter-trow,llloorfielis. appeared an ;Le 1.
of the other householders, to show cause why he should taut be ~
sessed to the Consoiidated'Rate by the Commissioners of
for the City. his objection was, that he was not an
the City, but of St. Leonard, Shureditch, by which parish he e
assessed for cleansing, lighting and watching. The City claict,!t
for cleansing. lighting and paving. lie u.ed to pave haute
own house, but the City took up the stones, and raised the grou::1
so much, that where his premises were mended by a step, !hz7
were left a deep one below the surface of the pavement, and it c,,
him 1001. to accommodate his shop to the alterations. lie wo,;:i
pay the City for paving, but he•objected to paying twice over fin
lighting and cleansing. He should be told there was an Act •.:
Parliament, authot Wog the City to assess certain places out of
City; hut he insisted he should, as a party interested, have be I no.
tire while the Bill was in progress. The City Solicitor read :he
douse, giving the Commissioners power •ver Broker row expressly.
and warrants of distress to recover the rates were prayed for and
granted. Warrants have also been issued by Shoreditch
which seems determined not to give up Broker-row qnictly.
BO W. ST R KET.
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Mr. Levy, one of the lessees of the Kensington Trust, applied ye;.
terday to the sitting Magistrate, T. HALLS, F.sq. for a .ummo:.:
against Messrs. Smith and Wil, for having on Mond.ty forcibly
driven through Knightsbridge and Hammersmith gates, and re-
fused to pay the toll; thereof, alleging as their rea'on for so doing,
that they were Under Sheriffs proceeding into the country w:ts,
election writs, and consequently were free of toll. On rt ference,
however, by the Magistrate to the statute, it appeared, tit a on ;:ie
day of election alone that privilege was granted, and nut
credin: to serve writs of election.—The surnntons, therefore on
accordingly granted.

Crink /hoe, of George-street, &. Giles's, a well-known gipey
that neighbourhood, who makes a livelihood by .crying "old
chairs to mend ;" and occasionally " pets and kettles to mend;" bi t
when either of the above trades are dull, is not above ca 11..:
" knives and scissors to grind," was charged by his wife,
Lovell, with seizing her by the throat, and ill treating her in 111.,
a manner as to oblige her to keep her bei for above a fortnight.
Mr. HALL said the assault was of a very gross nature, and order.
ed Ctiahtofndbail.

After the decision of the Magistrate, Uriah turned towards hint
and thanked him very respectfully, and demanded of him was th. 4
all he could do?

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Yesterday, Mr. Lardner, a baker, appeared to an information,
obtained against him by Johnson, the informer, setting forth that
be (Lardner) did, on the let day of June, in the parish of St. Ann,
Soho, sell a piece of bread, professing to he a pound in weight,
and that he refused to weigh the same, as commanded by the Art
in that ease made and provided ; the said bread not being thefoncy
bread, intended by the said Act, to be exempt from the provisions
of the said Act.

Sir Gnomes Rummer said he could not, in justice, as the (1.-
fendant had no solicitor present, proceed upon this incorrect iv.
formation. There was no such place as " St. Ann's, Soho." It
shook! have been St. Ann's, in the liberties of Westminster, in the
county of Middlesex.
Mr. Johnson was therefore told that he must draw up another
information, whichbe said be certainly should do.
Jobs Joshua Peters, a wretched looking youth, was plsced at the
bar, charged by Mr. West, the Master of St. Ann's poor-house,
with having been taken in the act of clandestinely conveying e:'e
bottle of gin into the said poor-house, for one of the paupers therei.s
dwelling, against the rules, &c. thereby incurring a penalty not ex-
ceeding :Ct and not less than IW.
In default of payment, he was committed for fourteen days to
the House of Correction.

Jane Breton, a dirty squalid young woman, was charged by an
elderly woman, named Howard, with having assaulted her.
This assault arose out of the horrible affair which on Wednesday
threw the Seven Dials and its neighbourhood into so much confu-
sion. The complainant, Howard, gave her evidence at the investgation before the Magistrates, and among other things, stated that
Mrs. Brown bad always treated the child with great partiality.—
This excited the displeasure of some of the neighbours, and yester-
day a mob assembled before Mrs. Howard's house, among whom.
the defendant, Jane Ibown, was one of the foremost. She accused
the complainant of having conspired with Mrs. Brown to murder
the child; and, amongst other things, wished she had a bundle of
604 to burn them both on. She at length, in her fury, broke a
pane of glass; and when the complainant went into the street to
her to get her pay for it, she struck her.
Thii. was the assault complained of ; and Jane Brown was or-
dered to find bail.
IidARY-LA-BONNE. •
Mr. Perkins, landlord of the Hope public-house in Tottenham-
street, came forward to substantiate a charge against Mrs. 31artha
Bent, of No. 81, John-street, whom, between nine and ten o'clock.
the evening before, he had given into the charge of Johnson, the in-
spector of the St. Pancras watch, for assaulting his person, and
breaking his windows. Kind feelings will sometimes enter the
breast of a constable, and more frequently so towards females of
Mrs. Bent's occupation ; Johnson took the lady's word and honour
in pledge for her person, and she now forgot to redeem it.
Mr. G lumen expressed his disapprobation of Johnson's conduce,
and ordered him forthwith to produce his charge.
Mrs. Bent soon entered the office with the assumed consequence
of a duchess, her hands displaying almost as many splendid rings as
fingers,and her brows denoting contempt of all human contingencies.
After the charge had been supported by two respectable wit-
nesses' Mrs. Bent said, It is all false, I can bring my elbow to
prove k. Two young gentlemen robbed nay house of a ahawl, a
decanter, and three wine glasses—they frequent the theatre, and
use that man's house, who is as bad a man as can he, and his house
is as bad a house as can bet and I bad a right to look after the
thieves. You, Mr. Perkins, do you say I struck you r
Mr. GairsTru.—He has not only said it hut sworn it, and I be-
Um it; you must And bal.
Mrs. Bent cast a look of disdain upon the Magistrate, and, with
haughty step, retired to the outee office, *here some ladies belong-
ing to her establishment Were in attendance.

John Baker, keeper of the Farthing Pie Ton Gate, in the New.
ad, was charged by Mr. &pith, of Ponland.place, with °btu %tu-
g his carriage, abusive language, and extortion.
Baker pleaded guilty to the charge of extortion, and Mr. Smith,
compassion to his family, pressed it no farther.
On the other charges he was lined lu the mitigated penalty of 21.