Star.
London, England, 1816-07-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

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THE CONSPIRACY.
MANSION' tioUse.—..Yesterday. after the usual MI6
tine of business had beenconcladed, the I.ORD MAYOR
again resumed the investigation of the conspiracy
between Brock, Pelham, Daniel Barry; sen. and
Barry. jun. who were associated for the purpose of
,procuring innocent and unguarded individuals (par-
ticularly Irishmen) who might become objects of
prosecution.
The examination on the present occasion was
chiefly confined to the case of Brock and the elder
Barry,. the principal actors in the scheme for trepan-
ning the unfortunate Irishmen convicted on Saturday
last.- The plan, it appears, was first laid at the
French Ikorn public house, near Barbican. Barry,
sen. his son, and Pelham, procured the victims, and
the former also furnished Reordan, Quinn. and Con.
nell with the composition which whitened the shil-
lings, and in which process they were engaged when
apprehended by Brcck, Pelham, and Taylor (the
officer), whose assistance they obtained in order to
give a colour to their proceedings.
Several publicans in the neighbourhood of Barbican
were examined as to the yrisoners frequenting their
houses, when' Brock and Bany in particular were
identified as visitors and acquaintances. Evidence
has also. been obtained of the same parties having
before " shammed" cases of coining ; and one in
particular (we believe in Grub•street), where a dis.
tressd man was furnished with bad money by Barry
and others, who retired into a public-house, while
they seat him to change it in the purchase of bread
and cheese. The poor man was instantly detected,
and Brock, who MIS in waiting outside, seized him,
brought him before the Magistrate at Guildhall,
boas whence be was committed and afterwards con-
vine& •
it it treetiduif eirtimistailier aiti on Saturday

imorning last, White, the °Seer, observed all the
parties in confederation together, in and about the
Old Bailey, previously to the trial of the Irishmen.
One of them applied to him to borrow sixpence, and
has a proof that these wretches were destitute, and
calculating solely upon the conviction money of their
miserable victims, Pelham, when soon kftetwards
secured, was not found to be worth even sn much.

Much praise is due to the activity of White, who,
having received certain information of the connexion,
attended at the Old Bailey on Saturday, and by his
observations and diligence happily succeeded, aided
by the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Burgess, to
bring the miscreants to justice.
Pieviously to the investigation which took place at
this office yesterday, the-LORD MAYOR visited New.
gate, and then held an examination iu presence of
k Vie three convicted men. and Barry, the elder pri.
some. The latter was fully recognized by the uo-
(misstate men.
The whole of this diabolical case; and the general
plans of the conspirators, upon many of which we
regret to state they have been but too successful, will
be fully before the publid in a few days.-6• The inves-
tigation was again postponed.
• Bow.anser.—Yesterday Mr. NAAS' and Mr.
BlItNII.Wall occupied the whole of the day in inves-
tigating the nefaribus Conspiracy to eneouree men
to commit offences.. Those that were.under investi.
gation yesterday were Wane Deals and George
Browne. Drake confessed that he had seen Mackay.
Benjamin Johlson, thee, prisoner George Browne,
and Geosie HUbbard, in company with several oldie
rpatrole. 'They were 41 in possession of a great many
counterfeit Ba'nk of England tokens, which he under-
' stood (as we stated yesterday) they had purchased of
.satzie. Lrishasen of the names of Ryan. Sheer and
*others. They paidlor the pas chase et the Ss. emus-
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terfeit tokens at the taut of is. 3d: each; those of
a better sort they paid at the rota( ts. 6d. each.—
George liubbard's.practice: was' to pick up persons
whom be met in the atreetse engage them to' carry
small parcela which were made up for the particular
purposei end whose .contents were scarcely of .any
value. When the persoos had quried. the parcel the
;distance so as to answer his purpose, he would then.
give them a counterfeit Ss. token, desiring then! to Ito
to a public house to get themselves somethinkto eat,
,and drink with it, and at the same time contriving-to
&op other counterfeit tokens. into their pockets,—
'This circumstance of having .oths:r counterfeit tokens
fbuird upon them makes the offence doubly heinous
to that of tittering! While Hubbard, was pursuing
those wicked practices by seducing innocent persons
who were willing to earn a shilling by essaying they
parcels, Johnsen, Mackay, and Frown, were follow-
ing them is league with Rebhan' ; and when the.
'Poor tbllows tendered the eounterfeit tokens; they
thee eminent!, and. pesitended to discover that the
oakum so paid were counterfeits; and that. they at-
tired Deem knowing them ett be such. They then
reciched ittOo!, cod fnuting others upon them of a
similar manufacture, secured them; and made 11
ell!filitligiatigrn to the agents of the Bank of the dis•.
jeofferies they had made ; and the conclusion was
that they were connected with coiner:. They had

sonietimes put es many at sir. countetfeit Bank
oleos into tfre iteno,:ent people's 'pockets; Matte
stated. that he frequently heard them -relate over
their ditbacal adventur.s. Theis...general Mace. of
rendezvous was at a public hnuokkept by bit. Cal-
lows, called the White Harr, the corner of ad-strect
and Bunhill-row. Bubbard used to be extremely
merry in relating his atrocious.pursuitt. Athoogn
they pursued the infamous practices of prosecuting
innocent persons for littering counterfeit. 13-42:e
tokens, they also pursued, detected,.and prosecuted
guilty utterets. Some of Hubbard? cbmpabions iii
these transactions, whew they could sot meet otitis
any persons of this description to accomplish their
purpose, used to go out thieving with HubbArd,..i.
After they had convicted people, and had received
their rewards from the agents of the Bank, they used
to meet at a public house. in Coleman-streets to di-
vide it between Johnson, Mackay, Browne, and
Hu4bard, these men being generally engaged to.
gether. Drake stated himself to have been prig a=
when these transactions were going on in the public
houses. Hubbard, in general, had a larger propor-
tion for his share for his ingenuity in procuring the
people to commit the offence of uttering. II! Irish-
men of whom they bought the counterfeit Bank to-
kens were admitted to share with them what they got
from the Bank.

The crimination and recrimination of these infa-
mous characters is such. that they cannot be believed,
except corroborated lit circumstances ard witnesses.•
The Magistrates. therefore. have promired•respeerdble
witnesses in conardiation of their narratives.

Wiili4m Darman, of the Angel and Crown plifiNc
house, in Gld-street, said lie knew Mrs. MiDcutald, .
whose house.was broken open, and the examination
of the parties apprehended for it led to the discovery
of the infamous gang. She had been several times
at his house, in company with a wooden-legged man,
who, she said, was her husband : she had also been
there with other men. She was at his house on die
night of Tuesday. fortnight (the night her house was
broken open) with a man whom he believed to bathe
prisoner Browne, and a little girl was with them ;—:
they remained in his house till past one o'clock, and
fell asleep& Drake, the wooden-legged man, came
to them at that time, and they remained till near th►n
o'clock before they went away. Mrs. *•Donald
agreed to the statement as to her being with Browne
and Drake.

Mr. Frederick Stock, of the Crooked. Billet public
house. in the Kin;sland•road..proved that on Tuesday.
eight, when Mts. *Donald's house WAS broken
open, a woman, in eo•npany with a man with a
wooden leg, came tog►thcr to his house about seven
o'clock ; they drank together, and stayed till past
ten o'clock. They were j;thied by another man, who
wore a sailor's jacket.
The two publicans' evidence confirmed those of
Drake and Mackay's statements. Drake had hitherto
been iu custody on a chirge of bastardy. Yesterday
the Magistrates though: it right to commit him on
suspicion of divers otfe...ces. Browne was also com•
witted again.

SCOTCI4 on.cmrs.
Appointments ler the eirw-n, A utumn :
WES 1.-1 LORD JUSTICY CLERC.

Irremry—blionttse, Septerolxr lb.
Stirlieg—Saturdzy, September 21.
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• • Guireet,....."V/Atlesdiy, Sepiesitier !S.
NORTH.—Lord HERMA ND and Lad °WA/.
Pt rtb-- Ibursday, September 12.
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Aberdeen—l'nesday, September I?.
Inverness—Monday, September 23.
SOUTH.—Lord PITMILLY and Lord SuceoTtr.
Jedburgh—Saturday, September 14.
Dontfries—Tbursday, September 19.
.Ajt—.l'neiday, September 21. ..

The Otserwr of To.morrow will contaln did
decision ot the Magistrates at the adjourned Sur.;
rey Sessions, in the kng litigated case of “ Far.
quharson v. Christ Church," as to the Right of tie
Rev. Rowi.axo Chapel paying
.Poor's Rates.
ne Observer will also contain more Minutes•of the
Evidence given before the Insolvent Debtor's Com.
mittee; containing numerous cases of Deception,/
Fraud, and Swindling, deeply interesting to all per.
sons.concerned in 'trade.

GRAND MAI-cm AOAINsT TlME—Captain WOMB.r.
WIILLI or the Ist Life Guards, who started yesterday
morning with his tandem to go to Brighton in five•
hours without changing horses, effected that arduous
undertaking with apparent ease. He started from:.
the Marsh Gate, Westminster, precisely at four)
o'clock in the morning, and arrived at the Liege
Arms Inn, George-street, Brighton, a quarter before,
nine. The horses appeaitd but very little distressedc
It rained during the whole time the match was per.
forming, but this was not considered as unfavourable
by sportsmen, to its accomplishment. The whole
distance performed was 52 miles; the road being.
'through Croydon, Reigate, and Hickstead. Captain.
Bridges, of Brighton, performed the same task gra-
tuitously on Tuesday morning with his tandem and.
horses, in four hours and fifty minutes.
WILSON, the pedestrian, last v.e..k waked SO miler
in 114 limas, in Prussia Gardens, N.'rwich. He en..
gaged to acternplish thoperlormance in it hews.
atiCustion PEDESTRIAN --(LATON'S' T.:AOT DAT). •
-EATON, this morning, was going on in high spiritt,,.
and has been the whole of last night accbmpanked by:
his friends, in order to prevent any interruption which.
'might be offered him by his opponents, who have
'made every endeavour to throw impediments in his
way to prevent him completing the task. Yesterday
evening the pressure was so great around him, that
his way was nearly stopped ; by the activity of his,
friends, who went before him, the course was with
difficulty kept clear. EATON, this morning at eight.
o'clock, brought np his 1092 d mite, when he retired'
to breakfast.
Ban PEDESTRIAN.—The veteran hero, BAairwr,
still continues going.un in front of the Duke's Head,
Barking, with great confidence of finally being suc-
cessful in his undertaking. It is really surprising to
see an old man, 72 years of age, complete his mile
and a half every hour, in the manner be has done,
even since his first starting, notwithstanding the in-
clemency of the weathers He bas now accomplished
this morning, 28 Minutes after seven o'clock, his 978th
mile of his wonderful attempt.
Sixty-two sheep; be'onging to Mr. ROSKJILLT, of
Ringwood Farm, near Dartmoor, were killed by
lightning en the night of the Bth inst. The ilark4 of
several other farmers, in the neighbourhood, suffered
severely, and it is supposed that not less tl:an
;beep were destroyed the same eight.