Star.
London, England, 1827-01-31 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Dummies hiss Stsausia.—Yeeterday a Mr. Walker, of Pal-
mer's Greta, applied for assistance of one of the aeon to trace, if
paean*, a pair of valuable carriage hones, which were stolen frau
his premises early yesterday mowing, at the above place. From
the finished dexterity with which the robbery was performed, it is
strongly suspected that it must have been done by some person ac-
quainted with the premises and property. After breaking into Mr.
Walker's place, and securing the horses, in order to make the thing
more complete, they took a pick-axe Irons Ms barn, broke into the
stabile of a neighbour, and took off two saddles. _ _ _

Sir R. Bam;"ta 'ordered Gardner, an active officer, to attend Mr,
Walker. to Smithfield and the repOsitories.

Mary Vain, a child thirteen years of age, and the daughter of a
laundress, was charged with having feloniously pawned some shirts,
the property of one of her mother's customers. It appeared that
the child bad unfortunately got connected with several women of
I bad character, and had been seAuced by one of them to commit
this act, the proceeds of which was afterwards spent at a
public-house.
The pawnbroker was severely blamed by Sir RICHARD. Maim,
for having received from a child of so humble an appearance skirts
that were evidently of too fine a quality to belong to any member
of her own family, and observed, that when the case came before a-
Jury, he would probably appear in &very unfavourable light in the
eyes of the Court.
Upon further inspection of the linen, when the ease was again
brought forward, it appeared that the shirts had been only rough
dried, and must therefore have bees taken from the prisoner's
mother before being ironed; whereupon Sir Hamra as: referring to
the Pawnbrokers' Aet, passed In the 46th Gem 111. the following
clause was found :—" If any person shall knowingly buy, or take
in as a pledge or pawn, or in exchange, any linen or apparel which
shall be entrusted to :my person to wash, scour, Ira', ftoish, or work
up, every Such person shall forfeit double the sum given or lent, to
be paid to the poor of the parish where the offence shall have
been committed, and shall be obliged to restore the said goods to
the owner."

The Pawnbroker declared his utter ignorance of such a clause
having existed, and in consideration of his having In the very first
instance offered to deliver the goods to the owner, and as it did not
appear that at the time he received them he was aware of the state
the shirts were in. Sir RIC/USD HUMS excised him from the pay.
merit of the penalty, warning him at the same time to be more Uw
tiOUS in future. The child was committed to the House of Correc-
tion for a mouth.

The existenceof the clause above quoted may not be generally
known, in which case it will be important to pawnbrokers to take
notice, that it applies not only to linen, but to all goods in an un-
finished state, by receiving which in pledge they subject themselves
to a similar penalty, upon information being laid before any his-
&tate:
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Yesterday the never-ending source of complaint at Police Offices,
Mary Anne Prove, better known by the tide which she has coo.
(erred upon herself, of 4, Lady Bartrynnore." was brought before
Sir G. Faastarr, the Magistrate, mon the usual charge of riotous,
drunken, and disorderly conduct. Her Ladyship,on this occadon,
demeaned herself as became a Lady in her situation : for, instead
of kicking and plunging about in the Offee, as she was wont to do,
she appeared so completely abashed, that she literally, incredible
as it may seem, blushed, on being placed before the Magistrate, and
to conceal those blushes, she held a handkerchief before her face.
On being remonstrated with by Sir Ganapa on the ruinous
course the was pursuing, she fully acknowledged the justice of the
rebuke, expressed her great, and no doubt sincere sorrow, for her
offence, and her determination from that moment forward, to re-•
train front all improper conduct, and above all, to abstain front
„spirits of all kinds.

bit G. Faaaaaz said, that she had so often made rontisea of a