Star.
London, England, 1811-09-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS.--Saturday night two wo-
men were brought to the public office, Bow-street,
charged with uttering Counterfeit Dollars ; and it
appeared from the evidence of the witnesses who at-
tended, that they had uttered counterfeit dollars in the
course of Saturday, at five different shops in Knights.
bridge and Brompton. On searching one of the wo-
men by one of the patrole belonging to the Office,
who resides in that neighbourhood, he found four
Counterfeit Dollars, two in her pocket, and two tied
up in the corner of her pocket handkerchief. The
prisoners were committed for further examination,
when the Solicitor to the Bank will attend.

John Willaa was convicted of selling, on the 17th
of August last, 28 trusses of straw, short of weight,
and was fined 2s. GI for each truss.

Friday, a chimney-sweeper's boy, between 12 and
13 years of age, offered a horse for sale in St. Giles's,
for fifteen shillings. The appearance of the professor
of the brush, mounted on a poor animal, nearly fa-
mished, with its bones ready to start through the skin,
with only art old piece of string for a bridle, and two
shoes that had come off the horse's hoofs, hanging on
the string, had a truly ludicrous appearance. A mas-
ter chimney-sweeper, residing is Short's-gardens,
agreed to purchase the horse, and desired the boy to
take it home ; but having no doubt of its being worth
two or three pounds, he questioned the boy how be
came by it ? The boy was recogniz?d by another
chimney-sweeper, who was present, to be the apqren-
tire of Mr. Redford, of Swallow-street. Mr.
ford attended at Bow-street Office, on S.unrl,
where the boy was in custody, and identified h m as.
his apprentice, who had ran away from him about three ;
months since. A chimney-sweeper of Kingston atten-
ded, and stated, that the prisoner had been working
for him for some time past ; the horse found in his
possession had been stolen from the Common. The
prisoner was committed for trial.
Maria Sullivan was charged by G. Riddle, a jour-
neyman Baker, with stealing a baked leg of lamb,
dish and all. The prisoner met the man, while taking
the meat home, and, saying she came from the custo•
mer it belonged to, he delivered it to her.—She WAR
committed.
A pawnbroker in Holles.street was charged with
taking more interest for a pledge than is allowed by
Act of Parliament. W. Howlet; of Fendal-street,"
Bermondsey, said, that on the 28th ult. he went to
defendant's shop, to redeem a prayer-book, pledged
on the 2Gth day of December, for which was de-
manded and paid Is. 10d.. being one halfpenny more
than allowed by Act of Parliament. The defendant
was convicted in the penalty of £.5, but said he should,
appeal.
Friday se'nnight, Adkins, the Bow-street Officet,
arrived at Worcester, in pursuit of one Thomas Wood-
ford, who was known to have dealt pretty largely in
guineas; having found him, Adkins offered him eight
guineas, and three half guineas, for which Woodford
I gave him £lO. 18s. Gd. in Bank of England Notes.
He was immediately. apprehended, and committed to
gaol. This is the first commitment under Earl Stan-
-1 hope's Bill.
Saturday 15 dexterous pickpockets were brought up
to Guildhall, for Anal examination. They had been
taken by the Officers, exercising their talents in Bar-
, tholamew Fair, during its continuance. Some were
seized with the property of the spectators in their pos-
; session ; and others, known to be thieves, were
i taken while in the act of seizing their prey. Alder-
man WOOD committed some to the Poul;ry Compter,
' and disposed of the rest according to their respective
merits.

Last week, a man named Moore, was committed
for trial to Maidstone Gaol, for violating the person;
of a girl under 15 years of age, the daughter of a
respectable farmer at East Mailing. The prisoner
afterwards beat tbe girl severely, expecting to intimi-
date her from giving information of his conduct.
Frid.ty, between eight And nine o'clock, in the lane
leading from Wandsworth to Battersea, two fellows
dressed in smock frocks, and armed with bludgeons,
attacked Mr. Wells, of Pimlico, and having by a blow
with a bludgeon felled him to the ground, they rob-
bed him of his watch and pocket book, containing
about £27 in bank notes. _ _

Friday evening, a man was stopped in Rochester,
under very suspicious circumstances, having 2 horses
in his possession, supposed to have been stolen. He
says he has been buying and selling horses within
these two or three weeks, at Canterbury, Dover, Deal,
and also at Egham, but he is supposed to belong to '
a gang of gipsies, who have for some time past been
about the country, committing various depredations,
particularly in stealing horses.
EXECUTION.—Last week was executed at Penenden
Heath, agreeably to his sentence at the late Assizes,
Peter Wood, aged 35, a sailor and a French prisoner
of war, for cutting andstabbing Ebenezer Alexander
in the right breast, with intent to murder him, on
hoard the Canada prison ship, on the river Medway.
The unfortunate man, who was a Catholic, was at-1
tended by a clergyman of that persuasion, and by the
chaplain of the gaol ; he appeared very thoughtful
=and penitent, the priest praying to and conversing ;
with him for a short period after his arrival at the;
awful spot; after which, the Rev. Chaplain addressed;
the spectators, by briefly stating that he was request-
ed by the unfortunate man, through the interpreta-
tion of the worthy priest, to say, that he had made
his peace with Gob, and acknowledged his guilt,
(and be was sure there was not one among them but
would join him in offering up their prayers to GOD
for the unfortunate man); and further, to rike heed
and not give way to passion, which was the si,le
cause of his being placed in his present awful state,
from which he hoped they would take warning !"
They then took leave of him, and he ascended the
drop, where, as he was tying up, he uttered iggeo./bye
all i" shortly after which he was turned off, and ap-1
peared to die without a struggle.—The spectators ,
were not very numerous.
A flight of some hundred storks, on the 25th June,
alighted in the vicinity of l3atnberg, in Germany, and
were caught by the inhabitants.
Mary Martin, aged 109 years, died on Wednesday,
at Hubberstone. Her memory and understanding
were perfectly unimpaired till the last ; she had aper.
feet recollection of the total eclipse in the year 1715,
and never kept her bed until a mouth before her d nth.