Star.
London, England, 1828-12-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL. •
Thursday events(, slam. eight o'clock, a tall elderly man, who
had the appearance of being a mechanic, was observed endeavouring
to quest,- himself through the railings of St. Paul's Church-yard.
near the North entrastee to the Cathedral, and boding he colold not
easily accomplish his purpose. he polled off his boots, and was pro-
ceeding to divest himself of wale further part of his do
biress,s when
be
was int, ri opted by a patrol tieing gue stiotted. as oect,
he said he wanted to hod the Devil, and from his general mantic' it
was 'opposed he was deranged. He was conveyed to the Comptes*.
where the'Gpvernor attempted, hut Iruitkssiy, to learn
who be was,
and what part of the country he had travelled from;
for it as
evident, from the dirt upon his bouts, that he bad walked a con-

siticrabic didance.
Ye.tetday morning he V/14 btought before Mr. Alderman Ilsofin
for examinanon, and was again interrogated respecting his name,
Ste. lie said he understood what Money, the beadle, had stated
to the Magistratt-s respecting b.m, but he did not know his own

name and address.
The Alderman desired that he should be taken care of in the
Compter till Tuesday, and the prison sutra(' would, us the inter lin.
examine him, and report his real state.
BOW-ST R
Yesterday Williams Smith, Charles Willinson, and George Ward*
.were hi ought to this office in custody of Wallace, and another MI,
the dismounted patrol, charged on suspicion of having cut a boll
containing some valuable property from the carriage of Lord Strata
haven, on the eight of Wednesday. the lgth instant, on the nand
between Kentish-town and Holloway.
The pt ironer Smith is well known to the police, and was charged
at this Miser some time ago nn suspicion of having been concerned
in the robbery of several letter.bags from the Hounslow post.
ersee.—Wallace. the patrol, stated, that his partner and himself
were on duty on Thursday night near the Junction Turnpike, ao
the road leading from Kentish town, when be met the prisoner
Smith, who egkid him what .o'clock it was? Witness replied that
it was near seven. Witness then observed the other two prisoners,
whom he followed to the Red Cap public-home, in. Holloway.
where they called for a pint of porter. Believing that they were
on no good design, witness asked them some questions, and then
searched them. foetid upon Wilkinson a sort of latch-key,
and a large penknife. %%mesa then went out, and stopped Smith,
who asked hint it he wanted his money. pretending that he took
hint (the witness) fur a thief. On searching his waistcoat-pocket,
witness found a knife, containing a large blade and a saw, with a
double set of teeth. Upon the person of Warden witness also
found a large knife.
Mr. Wooler, who appeared for the prisoner Smith, said that the
knife was a common knife, and one which be or any tuber person
might have in his pocket, without any had design.
Wallace ataftd,that while he was in the act of searching Smith,
he dropped a key, which he (the witness) now produced.
Mr. Wooler—lt is a common latch-key.
Sir RICHAIID BMOC oh-erved that common as It looked, it
would most likely open the box that had been cut from Lord
Strathaven's c.irfiage.
Wooler—There is no evideoroxig• show that the prisoners
know anything of the stolen box. tit <.—
Wallace stated that a patrol wheat Altecdasiew saw the prisoners
upon the road the same night that kit Lordship's box had been
stolen. Ile witness) also saw them en the same road last
Saturday night.

—day .•
Mr. hitosnusa. asked Wallace if he meant to say that he sus-
pected the prisoners of having cut away the box ?
Wallace—l do, your Worship; and on a future day I will bring
forward evidence to that elf, ct.—The prisoners were accordingly
remanded.
ART-I.A.BONNS
•
'Mr..Gpoehee, the apotbicAry to the Infirmary, came to the
eau, and reported to Mr. Hoskins that hi, patient, Mary Mort-
Jock, who was shot on Wednesday night by Bump, was considera-
bly wore, and he considered that her deposition should be taken
as men as possible. 11.fianineatory symptoms had. already appeared,
and her face was much swelled ; he did not apprehend any imme-
diate danger, although the young wontan's ultimate recovery was
doubtful.
Mr. Gatemen immediately proceeded to the Infirmary, and the
prisoner was also conveyed there, for the purpose of bring identi-
fied by the young woman, and be stood at the foot of her bed while
she related the ciccurnstances of the dreadful occurrence. It ap-
peared from her statement, that on Tuesday week she went to
Covent•garden Theatre, where she first saw Burrup, wh'o entered
Into converiation with her, and he escorted her home to her mother's
house, in Shornton-place,'and they made an appointment to meet
on the following morning, in Oxford-street. They kept their ap-
Poinisnent in Oxfordaatceet, and another engagement was entered
into fur Wednesday evening. On that night they visited various
public-houses in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, and she was
afterwards proceeding part of the way home with him, when she
found herself suddenly wounded by a pistol shot, bat she was
totally unconscious of Durrup being the person who fired at her.
Mr. Goodyer said he believed that Runup and the girl must
have • been walking arm-in-atm, when the latter turned towards
him to reply to some observations, and he then discharged the
pistol in her face. . .
The primate, who could scarcely support himself from euessive
agitation, was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
UNION—HALL.
A young man, named Neternan, residing in Manor-plate, South-
wark, attended and stated, that his house was broken into on the
preceding night, and the corpse of his mother stolen. The outrage
was committed, he had no doubt, by the sesurrection men, fur
Mine of the property in the house was disturbed, and the fellows
were careful of not taking the shrowd belonging to the corpse.—
An officer accompanied . the applicant to the different hospital& and
dissecting-rocims, but was unable to find the body.
HATTON—GA II DEN.
Durriso.—Williaes Anrers was charged with defrauding a Gen-
tleman named Osborne. On Saturday the prisoner accosted the
complainant in Holborn, and asked him if he would purchase some
smuggled French kid gloves. Mr. Osborne consented to make
the purchase, and accomeanied the prisoner to a public house in
the neighbourhood to view the goods; but they being of an indif-
ferent nature, Mr: Osborne refused to purchase them, and the pri-
soner displayed a shawl which he said was 6. realeashmere," 40 yards
of s, Holland," and two pieces of 6. French cambric " of 11 yards
eat h. These articles the prisoner reprewtited as bring worth 501.
or 40/. but owing to tern-payment of duty,•he could afford to sell
them end• r their real value ; and Mr. Osborne contented to give
him 12/. for the goods, ball to be paid upon &Heresy, and the other,
half • when their quality was ascertained. The articles were as.
cordingly conveyed to Mr. Osborne's lodgings, and the prisoner
received aix pounds, and agreed to call in four days fur the cm
!minder. A female friend of Mr. Osborne, however, on looking
over the goods, discovered that the shawl was ,Norwich manufac-
ture; the forty yards of Holland turned out to betwenty-live yards
of calico, worth 10d. a yard; and the twenty-two yards of French
cambric was only fourteen yards of Scotch muslin. worth 2s. per
yard. lie did not call for the remaining 61. and Mr. Osborne
meeting him in Holborn, gave him in custody. He was all Owed
to choose between refunding the money to Mr. Osborne and find-
ing bail to take his trial. He acceded to the former proposition;
but the cash not being forthcoming, be was locked up.
•

Monday a gooseberry, quite set, was plucked off a
tree in the kitchen garden of Mrs. Storey, of Long Sut-
ton.—Lincoln Moot y.
Early on Tuesday morning a desperate- gang. of
poachers (15 in number) made an attack on the game-
keepers at Clarendon ; the keepers vete, very fortu-
nately, unusually strong in number, and completely dis-
comfitted the poachers, one of whom, a notorious cha-
racter, named Charles Jennings, has been safely lodged
in Fisherton gaol, and will take his trial at the next
Assizes.—Dertim Gazelle.
Sunday the town of Lancaster was alarmed by the
report of a .maid servant in the employ of Mr. Sharp,
Solicitor, having been drowned in the canal the pre-
ceding night. Screams sere said to have been. heard
from the spot where she is supposed to have been thrown
in. In the absence, however, of all material evidence,
the Jury returned a verdict Found Drowned.* •
In boring for spring water in the market place of
Boston, the men employed by Mr. Wilk: have, during
the past week, encounter ed an extremely hard substance,
some particles of Mhich have-been brought to the sur-
face, and prove to be very strongly impregnated with
metal. On Saturday afternoon last, however, a change
took place, the drill descending very rapidly to .the
depth of several inches. What the new stratum may
be is yet undiscovered, as the augur has not been worked
since the change.—Stamford Nears.
Yesterday, between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, a respectably dressed young woman., whose
name was subsequently discovered to be Sarah Stunt,
was passing along London,Ter race, in.the Commercial
Road, she suddenly fell aud graphed, from the effects of
I apogleiy. •