Star.
London, England, 1828-10-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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ILDH Li.
Yesterday, a young fellow, who gave ids name .Hervey. nos. was
examined before Mr. Alderman Asszte, on the charge of stealing
a parcel of silvet mews, value 41X -the property of Mr. rest, of
Clarks Thorogood, a city officer. stated that be saw the prisoner
add two others lurking in a suspicious way about CornbUl, and,
after watching them for some time, saw one of them an a square.
et glass in Mr. West's window, and take out the spoons Wbw pro)
ducal. Ile took the prisoner as he was putting. them late his
socket.
The spoons were here produced, and presented a rick booty, eon
'Acting of two bundles of silver spoons. two ditto of siliarferks, sod
&tee ditto of tea-spoons. all of the most rich meth*** *nein
• ; Mr. Alderman AINbLIT inquired bow. Wyse dmt teed
dilenders escaped? •
Thotogoed said that his attention was principally espolsil IN pe-
euring the one that bad the booty, during which dans au
litade off.—. Tit prisoner was fully committed. . • ,dn
1/111,
1 Nesterday, Thongs Hareem, of Claboow, Iltabisalipook was
Akarged before Mr. Alderman Ammar, by John Themihyolicer of
the Society for Preventing etucky to Animals, withpatelly besting_
ts•botse. while drawing a fan loaded' with slates, op Skinner.,
reel. Snow-hill; on Wedoesd; night last. Discharged with a
severe reprimadd, ea paying as. cons.
BOW-STRICIIT.' •
. John Edwards, a simple looking old peasant. dressed in a smock.
lynch. was laic night charged before Mr. Haws with stealing a
ben from the skittle.ground of 'Mr. Roberts, a publican, residing
at Hammersmith,
• The priioner it appeared, was a constant visitor at the skittle.'
ground in question. where the landlord kept his poultry, the nuns.'
her of which had sensibly decreased within the last month. without
'any visible cause. On Monday last, hoirever, the prisoner being
the only'person in the skittle ground, a noise was heard amongst
the poultry, which raised a suspicion that the rouse was the
dna lie was accordingly watched, and tramming muse.
thing into his small clothes. In a few minutes after he paid for his
ale. and was paising the bar to go into the street, when a stied
cackle was beard above the lower part of his person. This excited
the risibility of those Win were present; and Mr. Roberts having a
shrewd suspicion of the mode in which his poultry. had been eon-
' veyed away, seized the pristmer.lty the collar, and brought him to
the hesih..use, when upon loosening his lower gsrment a fine fat
' lien hopped out upon the foes% to the no small anntsement of the
byestanders. • , •

The prisoner pleaded that he was drunk at the tlme.ted had no
rcossect too of whAkhe had done.-11e was fully committed for trial.
31e:sure. are. adopting; It would seem, by the Magistrates end
others, whose duty it, protect the public front talatbitiessimilar
to that which took place in kieter-street, for the removal- or
securing of the dilapidated. houses in that street, AM the neighblat-
hood gentrally. Alr. klai.t.s yesterday received a..letber, of which
we futniab a 'ropy, from the law-igcnti of the hiaetiois of ratter,
its reply tole communication made by the .4:JI/Writes at this (Ace :
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Snothampton.street,'nept. O, ISSIL
S. DlrAlt Sia—We beg to acquaint you that we and the houses
in Kieter-street are stow being boarded in, under .the loperinten-
dal:Ce Ut Mr. MIN :0W by the direcii.sit of the pariah Akers: and
:bat boarding w'fll be completed in the course of tontorrow.
a' We are, dear Sir, your's. respectfully.
LANE:F.IIIW and WA LFOIID.
To Thomas 1144, Faq. or the Sitting Magistrate."

MARLBOROUGH-STU KM'.
A very pretty looking young kaiak, having very little the ap.
pear:nice of what it seems she really was, was placed at the bar,
charged with robbing in elderly Gentkman named' Kehl*, of one
sovereign and suave tither menden of the coin of ibis realm.
Air.. Kebble. who is ao.taid, -grave, sillemn Meting Personage,
sinking fast into the vale of years, with a sleek head of hair and a
general appearance of bauctit y about him, said that he is a single
man; bavhig as accontmodating sort of Indgbigtwhere he can share
' bed and board with the hungry and the houZelear at hi. pleasure;
mid on Sunday night, as be was progressing homewaids the
outpr&.
er at the bar crossedhis path, and atked him for Alm of hi,
whiehehe agreed to occopy for St *lda twin's, tither than
'abe abssitle Without a bed, he consented to accept; and ro his
slight sesdesaa's lodging. he accordingly introduced her, and thetir
the remainell until die nest moruing, when he (Mr. Kebble) dhow
leered 'that lds.purse which lay at the bottom of his trovaeme
pocket, had discharged iti contents, a sovereign and some Omit kw
dedimg dm aforesaid 3s. In the course of the night ; and hi OW
immibtted that during the right hr bad bad two or three eitioal
dreams about a hole being in the bottom of hietromers pocket;
but there was no such thing in fact.. Satisfied, therefore, that the
,ptiatinermum have taken his money, he called in a constable. who
'took:the prisoner 'lmo custody, and searched every Part of the
&bin, but nothing could be bound of the Money, though the empty
'purse was forthcoming in ill proper place:
And pray, Mr. Keithle," said tbe Magistrate, "do you ohms
Ipse money In this 'way ?"
"Not very often, Sir," replied Mr. Kebble.
• te No, your Worship,* said the prisoner; " I defy Mr. Kebble to
my, ;hat is all the times that 1 have been with bins at 'hi* lodgings;
be ever bad cause to suspect me of.stealing a farthiag's worth limn
_him."
Sir Gamma Paaaaaer—Oh, thee, you have been at his lodgings
before? • -
l'risoner—Yes, your Worship, many. and many a night.
hir G. Feakeler—ls that true, Mr..Ketible? •
'Why, Sir," said 11r.•Kelshle„ looking towards the ground and
his thumbs." I can't say kit that the young woman has
had ;Melt ere at sty place before." •
The Magnetite asked the coastal! If be hail searched the pri.
inner for the lost Jimmy ?- • „.
• : The consiabk replied that be bad not..be.could not bring himself
to dem& etliing.
Sirdaoaso.t-ilot it' vim your dilly to have bet .earthed, for
she might have the money about her person.
Constable—well, your Worsidp;TZMA not do It; I don't know
Flame to gu about it, foe Iskyer handled a• woman.in nay life. •
, Sir Gsomis--But you should have ig.,t someone who knows bow
to go about if: yoleshould have got some female to search her. .
Coiritable--Sti I did; :fir ; I but %Ir. Furman, the siatcliboulo.
keeper, to bearch her.
Sir ctoaos-.11110 you call Mn Turzman a female ? • • ' •
. Constable—No, but he sea cited her as well as any Wellila
could do, and she had tied money about her.
Sir Geoace— Then brio. not quite so nice about the matter as
yeti wife.

The Magistrate then told Mr. Kebble that be bad better in future
be less hospitably disposed too,srds the straying and wandering
female than be bad been in ibis instance, and discharged thorium:gr.
.111 ARV-LA-RONNE.
AAP' Barren was charged with felony. Mr. Gould, hardware-
man. of olsom..aurrt, as he was'taking down his shutters, about
seven o'clock on Monday moraine, saw the prisoner cable out of
the shop with a handsome tea caddy hr immediately collared hiss.
The pnomet knocked Mr. Gould into a heap of mud, and ran
far as the earner of Conduit-street, flontl-street, and finding bins.
self dusely pursued, be optned a large clasp knife. and brandished
the blade behind him in defiance; but a stranger found an'appoi-
tunity to.knock it out of his hand, and he was secured and cons.
milted to Newgate.
Maria Esther Bacon, cook at the Clergy Orphan School, St. JObo's
Wood-road, was charged with stealing a quantity of provisions be-
longing to the establishment; and Ana Lawitaae've.s charged with
receiving them. They were both committed for trial.
ATTONToGA HORN.
A respectable-looking man. named James Ormond, was yesterday '
placed at the bar, charged with healing an Mintense quantity of
'type, the property of his employ*, Mr. ff. Willis, a prisstriVlSl
Umnary-lane.• The complatnint admit the type, which was new.
in July last, and a few daps-since he.discovered k was sold- to a
mastsr printer residing in Kingsstreet, Snow-bill._ The primates
father, in defence, said that the type belonged to Massif, rude be
could prove.—Alt. Roams remanded the priiodere
LA IngTH-;STRERT. • • •
• George Thaserent was charged with' a burglary in the house of
Mr. Young. of Church-rowi-Lintebouses The house of Mr.Yuung
was entered by thieves about twoo'dock in the snorniag Ilrs
Young having twin informid of it by his servant, went down stairs
with a couple of loaded pistols. The servant, hoWever, was afraid
to accompany his master, sad Mr. Young therefore procured the
assistance of a watchman t•but.before the latter arrived the thieves
escaped, bating taken *kb them a Siver teapot, a dozen diver
spoons, and two silver jugs. The prisoner was stopped while ruts.
sing from' the prosecutor's house; be had use of the silver jugs in
his hand. • He was remanded.
. • • TOWN-HALL.
Cerherine ialty, a well.known smasher,Was placed at the bar,wben
Kinsey, the taker, informed die /Magistrate, Sir J. Passive, that
she was brought in shortly before by Page, the beadle of the Borough
Ilarket,-ebarged with stealing a band of pork from the shop of
Mr. Samuel Atkins. It appeared that tSt Inhaler char to Mr:
Atkins's shop that morning, sad theapetied several articles, when
perceiving her eyes bud with singular eapretsim en his lace, Ws•
mind suggested some improper motive, and be ioquired art his• shop-
man what number of band. bejsad pieced in ike ?
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answer was three—two only remained. • lbe prisoner quitted in
haste, was folloked, and dropped the bend trusts under her apron.
She attempted no denial, and Str Junu inmsesliatelrcusinuittesi bet.
join Jordan, late actlig' bombardier inthe Royal Artillery, was.
charged wi.ti baying atlaituisteted puisoultsibia wife, with intent to

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IWO her. The complainant stated, that sl*hatibehr Married tothe
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rl6 years. In the latter cad of. 1624 hr carom rnr di
bee. and continosil to me tire ;oath great barbarity in. ,
998, when die left him. upon his consenting to allow Rey, -r^
errweek. The pelican, however, did ant keep %hi,
meats, aid tile wint into Woolwich Workhouse, grid eve
ailksd Meet were deducted from his pay towards hrr Upprifil
y fortnight the prisoner came to het to the wokheweso,"
bet to return to him. They h.d. bewever, es '
• than a few days together, when he again ilhreated hey et.
dig to pkrtake of any mesh in the house, rind allowed hers shir
Plopilisce a day to subsist en. Mie threatened to complain F
'Magistrates at bis.barshness, when he said, " Either Mrs. os
11141,
or i will give you something that wiU pretreat you from doing yhke.. e•
od Meaty he again quarrelled with her, sod she agalnibreatmel
hdarreablefore a Magistrate, when he .said-14 You shall have New
t will sotto do your job—tor lam rieteratined that I isig
Om allow you a separate maintenance." Soon Rites. she (eft**. I
apt) hUed the kettle with water for her breakfast, and placing k
*the lire went out of the room. ea bee return, she taw she
'standing berate the Ire with the lid of the kettle tee 14:1111
t she, however, made t with the grater, and hawing •
$ cup and a half of it, was seised with beton sickness at thi
' .. bosh. a surgeon, said that he was called span to 'ow(
Insellldoost, sad bad no doubt that ibe - --ewer_

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wets etwamswib r- raison ; lleYintraitenaedi the.
Clateirl-d WWI
ismodel by the mist& pump, and found it t w
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Ise midlevel& arsenic. The
reiso,,,
andthewassater
a thehe
tettitettle kettle,
abating to them.
gram*
f prieriber said that be was innocent Of the chirp, sod km*
letltof the potion that was foundded tb
intehe kettle.
Mt~ltrate s
then r
emit
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be ass& as to where the anenie was purchased, at the km
ellsierelmse that the publication which would probably be
to the lON In the Newspapers might materially astist ia the
try.

son of a lfr.
EDlnattiall;ooB::429.n.
in the river at
obirAb"trtsona, fortnightslicirov, whoa was *bmbing
arron. had a piece bit out of hi. kg by a pike. The •
piece was about one inch in length, by one-sixth of an
inch in breadth.
We are happy to state that Sir Charles Ron of Bahia.
gown is doing well, under the accident which he ex-
perienced while shooting.—Cakdortiaa McrcNry.
SHIPWRICIL—At 10 A.M. on the 25t'i inst. the sloop'
Perseverance, of 1.5 tons, from St. David's ti Dundee
with coals, was upset in a squall about one mile of the
harbour of Crail. This small vessel was actually
gated by Mk man, the only individual on board, antes'
he cndtd not least the helm to shorten sail, he thus lost*
bis life.

Wednesday two Londoners played off the thousand
time. erpo•ed trick of ring dropping, on a poor
man, from whom they obtained 30s. all he had in ttlit
world. When placed et thelar of the Police Office,.
they were sworn to by the ponr man; but his uosup..l
ported evidence was insufficient for cots►iction, and the
charge was dismissed; but they were convicted of being
rogues and vagrants, having no fixed place of resijrnot.
at visible means of subsistence, and were banished the.
City with the usual certifications. Commiserating the
luckless; duped, and penniless stranger? Bailie Ritchie•
humanely banded him a 144, and ordered him to call
with it at the CouncilChansner, where he would recelTes
as much money as would carry' him home.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST •OCTOBER MEETING.
Navremeurr, Tamar. Sass. 30.
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Fifty Gahm free fot any boise, kc. four yr 'Aids. Tst alb; I
Ist 51b ; six, Bat 111 b ; and aged, tit. B.C.
Lord Terkitock's br e Demon. 4 yrs ... ... walked owe'
Sweepstakes of 300 goes. each, le h. for Mlles, Bat Ilk Neb. Let'
mile and a distance of B.C.
Sir J Shelley's Resalia .. •••
Lord Vendam's

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Mr• Beier* Scheme— •••
Won by a length.
' Sweepstakes of 10 sews. each, for three yr olds. T.Y.C.
Mr. Uchys f Sontag, ast 71b
Mr. hornbill's Bee in a Bonnet, ost Sib
Sir Sbelky's Ikruarslo•llst 71h ••••
Won by a length.
• • Match 100, 11 ft. IL N.
Lord Tavistncles Warlock, list Sib ••
Dike( gordaad's c by Tireeiaa, 7st 111 b

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Match 900. A.F. '
MM alilllbriver's Souvenir agst Lord Sefton's Johnny—at ;•
HASTINGS RACES. Sark. 29.
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The Town Pine of £5O. . • t.O
'Mr. De Burghs Sunshine. aged !r . I Ii •
Mr. Kettle's Laborn, 5 its .. ••• ' ... I I •S'
Mr. l'beobald's Criterion;3 yrs ... ..i ... 3 dr '
'Mr.. cranspton's Nonsuir, 4 yrs .. •.. ... 4 dr %
111 r. Gould's sister to Salisbury, 4 yrs .. . .. 5, dr.
• " • Swiepstaies 4 S sows. each, and IS added. .. .
Mr. Coleman's. Whisk, 3 yrs .••
Mr. De Burgh's Sunshine. aged ...
Mrelibarivrell named Gertrude,. yrs * ... ..: I 3•
Lamm and Nonsukswere not placed; IlVidek, rode hylostrir
Ciileinan with great judgment,. mad* all are run*, and win iwy.
carrying bib eatra. . .
CRICKET. . .
Last week a Cricket Match was played on Blickheatii, by the
three principal Schools of that neighb•urbood. its. Dr. Gicenlaw's
against Rev. G. Poticary's and Dr. Waite'ra, which was *cede.' in
favour of the latter. The match excited great deal of interest.
Mickley se nnight a match between the Sunderland and Cocker-
ton Cricket Clubso.was played near Farewell Hall, when the Sun-
derland Club was again beaten.

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Hadar afternoon, a considerable muster of amateurs artialakd
at the Eagle Tavern. in the City-road, to witness a Weeniest •
Match between'Francis Olvr, of Cornwall, and Owen Finney, of,
the Reserald Lie, for 40 soul.
At.
_four o'clock the men entered the ring, and were madly
chewed by their respective partisans. They immediately grappled,
and went to work; but the usual awkward position of &Homy.
who stands oat to the extent of his length (two inches over adz test),
baniked all the science of Diver for nearly half an hour. Owing
this Mane. Finney delivered some very severe kicks, par !riskily at
Ithe lower pan of the legs, and on 4 foil taking place (which was is
F favour of ume!) a hint was given that Olver's IPgs were Andel*
nemendous murniering followed from the frier+ e.
, and it was ultimately decided that the men should dbiln
After poem reluctance on the part of Over. the padding. were re.'
moved and the stockings drawn down, when, to the surpriseof sO.
the confusion of many, and the indignation of the friends of tbe
Emeralder, a thick cloth padding was found entwiced round both
legs of Olver. No fail having taken place, the bone of commies
was removed, and they again set-to. when Finney was airmen is •
seven minutes. The fall was, after being disputed, decided lair by
the umpire.
A lapse of ten minutes followed this decision, when they spin
nset.and Finney was thrown an undisputed fall by the 4seic•nes.
about tea minutes.
The tins, occupied by this match (Including the hindrances caused .
by the rain) was one hour and 40 minutes.
During the match, a bouncing yokel, calling himself a Coyish.
man; annoyed the company by rtedly challenging sef Alga
present to wrestle for a crown. Amts conclusion the challenge
was accepted by Dick Avery, the little baker, and another crown•
being collected, the men went to work. In disparity of sized was:
an elephant to an ear.wig against poor Dick, but he went to week
in his fiscal gay style, threw ►his man two fine falls in as short a time .
las be wield draw a batch, pocketed the blunt, threw a sommeroc •
Over AO .rapes, and gave more satisfaction than the pulley. Wok/
I Iconcern betwixt the " big ones."
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It is repotted that acons—t-derable body of troop] sill
occupy Buttevant and Fermor respectively. An et,c amp-
inent was talked of, but it is supposed the to rntiop is
given up, probably owing to the advanced period of the
Mr, The prevalent opititon is, that the lot ce colleiting
At Butter ant will toalist 'of 5,000 riled at least.--:Cp4 •
Constitution.
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