Star.
London, England, 1818-01-03 00:00:00

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POL teE.
MAMMON Ifouse.—Ckerge Spicer and Amyl,
Reeves, two notorious youths latter being but
on Thursday discharged, up he expiration of
his twelve months imprisonment) were charged wish
stealing several pounds weight of valuable indigo,
the piopetty of Mr. Walker: -
The prosecutor is a merchant residing in Philpot-
lane, and at an early hour yesterday morning, one
of the prisoners Seas observed to ha
,gained access
to his counting-house, and soon after to- issue from
thence, and hanet the property over to his compa-
nion. They were shortly, however, by the vigilance
of a gentleman accidentally passing, secured, and
the property taken from them. This was proved to
be worth upwards of 40s. and there being a deellirg,
attached to the counting-house where the robbery,
was committed, the offence is capital. The prisoners
were remanded for a final examination.
Goteettate---Mary Cock, a wretched female,
with an infant in her arms, was yesterday pet to
the bar, charged with passing off a forged Bark of
En let note, knowing it to lie counterfeit. She
has) anottier, it appeared, in 'ner Ksse,.;sior. The pri-
soner was4tated to have been detected in the offence
in the ustist way; in these cases, namely, that of
purchasing some small article, in a retail shop, and
giving a false address. Tie persoh, however, who
took the note from her in payment, had irnme-
diately after left town fer Wales, and in 'order to'
further investigation, the Bank now solicited that else
prisoner might be remanded.
The woman, in the most solemn manner, protested
her innooence, and denied wholly that she was the
person who passed the note. She further declared,
that she was even at Chatham at the time the offence
was committed.
The Magistrate enquired if she could prove the
latter fact, and she replied in the affirmative. She
was accordinely remanded to obtain this proof; and
at the same time to afford the Bank an opportunity
of procuring their witness from Wiles.
W. Love wens charged on suspicion of stealing
nearly one hundred books of prints, drawings, and
other works of considerable value. Among them
were some of Rowlandson's, Ward's, and Prout's
sketches and views. Prout's delineations in Wales,
Ward's animals, Cipriani's Views, etc, &c. the whole
Were estimated as worth at least t 50. .
Falshaw' an. of.Scer, deposed, that about twelve
o'clock on Thursday night, he met the' prisoner in
Barbican, carrying a large parcel covered with green
baize. He demanded to know whew property it
was, and where he was cotveying it? The prisoner
only answered him with the foulest abuse, and
threatened to beat him. lie was eventtally obliged
to obtain assistance, and after some difficulty thel
prisoner was secured. The latter said he lived with
an auctioneer, in Fleet-street; and was employed to
carry the parceL -essieve
The Magistrate ordered the property to be adver-
tised, and directed the officer to exert himself in the
discovery of an °weer. The prise= was of course,
remanded.
Moos Hint. —George and Ann Cartwright, hue-
band and wife, were yesterday fully committed, upon
a charge of stealing a variety of jewellery and stones,
the property of Mr. Wondword, jeweller and silver-
smith, near Westminsow-bridge.
Ilezeoer Gazois.--Xesterday Mary A. Emery
was re-examined, charged with stealing two pounds,
some silver, and wearing apparel, the property of J.
Guthrie, of Rosarnan-strect, Cerkenwelt The pri-
soner was married to the landlord of the John of
Jerusalem, but had been parted from him in conse-
quence of his finding that she had been married only
three times before. She called on Mr. G. and asked
him to brin, Mr. Emery to speak to her. He went,
and left a child with her ; but Mr. E. refused to
come. Site then went away, and soon after the pro-
perty was missed. There being ro dirret evidence
against her she was discharged, with tt suitable ad.
monition.
Ma aux) nouer ose sr.—Yestsrday Sarah
son, Mary Alder, and her brother James Alder, mere
children, were charged'
with stealing a desk, contain-
ing six watches, a quantity of table and tea-spoons,
jewellery, trinkets, &c. the property of Mr. Keats.—
The prosecutor resides in Crown-street, and the mo-
ther of the Alders, an industrious and respectable
woman, was employed occasionally chasing in the
house. The prosecutor left the property safe in
house, and on his return home he missed it. The
two Alders, it afterwards appeared, had been there,
notwithstanding that the girls had been very often
forbid the house. The property has not been recn.
vered. Eliza Dobson stated that the two Alders, to-
rher with the daughter of thc.other prisoner, came
into her relation's room, No.lo, Belton-street, with a
desk, on the day of the robbery. Sarah Willson lad
the desk in her apron. The boy Alder broke it epee
with a chissel ; and Sarah Willson (not in custody,)
took it away in her apron. They all went away to-
gether, and left the desk to he burnt, which witness'
assisted in doing. Sarah Willson told Dobson that
the moues of the share allot booty iOne thitt4
came to 11. 10s. crly. Mrs. Gilham, of St. Anne's
watch-house, proved finding two seals on the prisoner
Mary Alder, vise of which was part of the stolen pro-
perty, as identified by the prcsecetor. Otl*- articles
were traced to the possession.. of 6;4 other two pr so-
stem The prisoners were remanded. The boy, who
-did not appearlo be more than 14 years old, eurned
to the Magistrate with the greatest audacity, and said
—" If this is justice, d— the lump of yea:.

The Holyhead mail which left London on. Mon-
day last, contained some boxes of gold coin. amonn-
ting to about 1000 L each ; upon opening the seat.
I depositories in the inside, at Coventry, one of them
was ascertained to be missing, though secured by a
patent lock. It is supposed tq have been stolen by,
an inside passenger, who rer.ls:ned in the coach by'
himself during the supper time at Redbum.
At ar. early hour on Thursday morning 50 analel
convicts were r?.moved from Newgzte to the Tower,
and theft put on board the Thames steam
packet, to be conveyed to the hulks at Sheerness, Fre-
paratory to transportation. Many of them were fort
picking pockets, the Court having come to the reso-'
lution vt sending all these characters out of the cowl..
try ; the streets of London being so infested with
them, and particularly by those of a juvenile deserip.
tion. Twenti-Ese rr.or.: were sent uf to Portsraouai
il.t.st Mondssi•

BIRT s Tot , Jasomay L—At this beginning of anew
year it may be expected that we dolt say something
of the general state of our foreign trade hcre taken
in connection with the stocks on 'hand, and other ma-
terial considerations. We shall begin with West In-
dian produce, it being the most important, as regards
the capital it employs, and the amount it contributes
to the revenue. Although the import of Sugar
througtout the United Kingdom has not equalled
that of last year by 8,200 ds. the London stock is
larger by 5,300 hogsheads. This is rather occasioned
by a falling off in the export of raw and refined, than
in the home consumption, which is supposed to have
exceeded that of last year; and as many experienced
merchants have beer. much disappointed in their fo-
reign orders, which they (knowipg
pecuniary distress, and
therefore greater capability to consume than last.)
expected to be considerable, especially as all agricul-
tural produce met ready andl advantageous sale, we
have taken mush pairs to investigate the subject, and
the result is, that Europe has received from the Colo-
nies, not British, a touch larger quantity of produce
than has usually been shipped to it, notwithstanding
the largo island of St. Croix did rot yield one-third
of an average crop. The most striking increase is in
the qoattity from Ilavarinlh, which we cannot state
sv:.+. accuracy i bet wl-er we inform oer readers that
during tie last eight pars there have been imported
into Havannah about 260,0004:aares, a number equal
to the whole black populatior. dl Jamaica, it will
readily he beneved that it must be very great, and is
likely yet to increase; because, if their labour were
not profitable, •such la:ram:se itedition would not
have been made to their amber. krcu n that,
with an unlimited supply of slaves, CLCUA is capable
of producing three or four tunes as much as it does
at present ; if, therefore, this and other islands are to
be constantly supplied with whatever number of
fresh slaves may be necessary to fill the place of those
worked old, in their inontfitotte attempts to carry cul-
tivation to the greatest possible extent, it seems pro-
bable that, as these remarks apply to all articles of
West-India growth, our own Colonies will, in the
competition, lose every market but that of the Mo-
ther Country ; and farther, that the abolition of the
inhuman traffic in our fellow-creatures by some coun-
tries, is rendered wcrse than unavailing, by the more
thin corresponding increase in it by those who yet
refuse to abandon it. The import of this city is ra-
ther less than last rear, but the difference does not
amount to 5:X., hhds. The stock of Iluan is almost
'entirely in the hands of the dealers, and, for this sea-
son of the year. is inconsiderable. We have little or
no Coffee remaining, it having been nearly all sold
for exportation. «e are obliged, as we have before
stated, to draw our supplies of Rice from other mar-
kets, con'equently we can have little to say respect-
ing it, except that we seldom ay on band. and
11 1: a through,
t tat ta year then supply is inade-
quate to the demand. The observation with regard
to Rice equally applies to American Flour and other
United States produce. We have lately had some
considerable imperts of Cod Oil, but stocks were pre-
viously light. Spanish Wool has been in such good
request by the clothiers, that the late extensive arri-
vals have not had any influence on the markets, and
the stock on /mad Is not large.—Briatal Warmer.

Wednesday night last scme thieires broke °pep the
barn of William Mulct:, Esq. of Shoreham, in
Kent, and carried off a large quantity of wheat, bar-
ley, and oats, supposed in a cart, to a very consitle-
rcble amount, and also a number of sacks. The Far-
nineam Association have offered a reward of Len
gutreas for the apprehension of the offenders.
Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday even-
ing, the 18th ult. a most barbarous ancrinhuman
I murder was committed, at the village of Alvaston,
about three miles south of Derby, upon the body of
an elderly woman, of the name of Gleatorel, wife
of a man also far advanced in life, who occupies a
few acres of land, and keeps three or four cows.
The poor woman bad just been to the cow-she 1,
which is very near the house, to milk, and not re-
turning so soon as expected, the old man went to as-
certain what had -become of her, when he found her
stretched on the ground in a speechless state. Her
head was found, upon examination, to be lacerated
and smashed in a manner too shocking to be descri-
bed. Sto died loon after being removed to the
house, without bein; enabled to give the least hint,
of her murderer. buspicion falling upon two young 'I
men, Cie sons of her husband by a former marriage,
on the ground of their having been at variance with
their h tlf mother, they were apprehended forthwith,'
and un lerwent a strict examination, the result of
which induced the Magistrates to set them at liberty
without any hesitation. It appears, however, that a
•man of the name Jackson, a cotton or calico
weaver, with %%horn out of the young Greaforex's
worked, at Alvacton, is in custody, being strongly
suspected of having committed the horrid deed, to
avoid payment of some money which he owed to the
old couple, as .a promissory note, or memorandum
•. the debt was found spas bins, which .the
woman gererally carried in her pocket, and did not
entrust it to her husband's care, because of his very
infirm state of health.

Roanrar SINGULARLY Dreaerra.—During the
late harvest time, the cottage of J. Crowder, at To-
vill, was robbed in his absence. On the 21st ult.
Crowder was at Maidstone church, attending the
baptismal fbnt, when his attention was attracted by
the dress of another man, who had also come to at-
tend the christening of a friend's child. Crowder re-
cognized the coat worn by the other to have been
stolen from his cottage. He in consequence caused
the supposed robber to be apprehended, and on exa-
mination fund the ptisoner had on both a coat and
waistcoat that were stolen from him. On the 526th
ult. the prisoner was taken before a Magistrate. He
stated, t!•.at about the time the robbery was commit-
ted, he :.vas, with other persons, playing at Fitch and
hustle in the Locse-read, when they were joined by
ore W. Baker, edissWelzh. who effered to fell some
clothes = and he (S. Peach) bought of him a waist-
coat for 16. and the cc.a and waistcoat owned by
Crowder, for Is. 6d. PeacL mid latight fully cor-
roborated the evidence of the prisoner, who was con-
sequently discharged, an being bound everts-
at the nest Assizes against W. Baker, alias Melt:
who is now undergoing imp/imminent in Maidstone
ail (or robbing Mr. Cll.3rltoa, at Loose, of a sras.thy
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