Star.
London, England, 1828-09-20 00:00:00

4;4IIBETH-STREET.

Ma►ganl I. warebarged with robbing J. M. Calm*, a sailer,
of three arsvere.igris. The prosecutor fell in with the prisoner and
three miser Cyprians, at a piiblkshoilW, and after regaling them
with grog, be Accompanied. than to their miserable abode; when
they rewarded him fur his liberality by easing him of his auk.—,
Rio was cesuandosi... • .
M Chitin, an Irishman. was fully committed, charged with.
brealting Auto a lirothel,lo Geerge•yard, Whiteclispcl, and stripping
ougry,portablsirticie., even to the stores from the lire places.

• 'THAMES POLICE.
lyisitileran,,nanted Ct.W, Thriey, Lester, and Deistring,wereelarged
I withateriling fiat the granaries of Mr. Lindell, of Rather.
`lithe. The last three named prisoners were employed in the gra-
inary, and the 'first war an ostler at an inn, in the vicinity of Mr.
fiondell's pennlses. They 0* had, it would appear, conspired to
ter-thegranaties. They were observed frequently carrying off
irgerik {padre genie, and depositing them in the care of Cox, by
.;the Entiveyer and hie party, and he took them intopistody with the
;stolen ethierisa their ponestion. They were.committedlor•triaL
• ; UNION-HALL. •
'Yesterday nee of the beadles of Peckham brought a young inns,
*droned in military clothes, to this office who had surrendered
himielf as a deserter from a Regiment doing duty in that pesti-
lential region Sierra Leone. The young man's appearance indi-
cated the onbealthineas of the country frosts whence he had re-
cently arrieed. - ' •
beadle stated, that an the preceding afternoon the young
man at the bar entered his house in a state of exhaustion, apps
rently from over-exertion. Oa Inquiring as to the cause? be do.
Scribed that be was a deserter front the Royal African Colonial
Core, and. that Irpring been pursued by two persons who were
erosions to appesbend him,. in order to obtain the reward for soda
service, be had eluded them is the course of the pursuit, by
jumping into the Surrey canal, and swimming zeroes It, from
whence he bent his 'course to Peck had; and having enchained
wfaere the beadle resided. he proceeded direct to him, and surren-
dytess sea deserter, wish die view of preventing the reward
Into the hands of the fellows who were after him.
lei —Do you ackuowledge yourself to be a deserter?
• Solder.—l dir, Sir.
's Mr. Hilts.—What was the reason of your having deserted frees
'Pier Reginsesu?
• The onhher replied, that having been informed a -new settle-
ant was about to be established oft au island to the southward of
*erre Lease, and bearing of kl unbealthineas. and that it was
ratbegevroadd beselerted .to proceed there, he had taken the
e. wish three other men belonging to the same Regiment,
gif the offer of a puater of a, transport to return to Europe.. •
Mr. limn &eked the soldier bow be had escaped from the gar.
raon ?
The soldier replied, that being bent ily sick of Sierra Leine,*
1.,,011 kit cOirrades, dropping into the grave, be met wish •
Grain of a Transport on shore in the town,* and he rep •
ant most of his yew having died cm the station, be was skeirons
if obtaining hands to man Ids vessel home. lle (the ad or) tow
'shining this a eery favourabk opportuoity of escaping hiss Spina
th,t was likely. to be his grave, if he remained there mudtlesner,
fassisediatell 'Emend a wish to lie taken on board to work Ids
passage. The Captain consented to eugage Mtn under all the W.
cumstances,aad promisesi,on the arrival of the vessel in England,so
give him and the other three deserters the sum of el. each tor their
swims during the passage. The vessel did arrive in England. ad
when be (the.ookliet) and his comrades asked the Captain for the
money be bad engaged to present them with; be refused to give
them a sighing, and put them ashore, declaring, if they made any
Ws alma the matter, be should have them apprehended as deser-
ters, and sent back to Sierra Leone to their regiment. This threat.
the soldier said, having the.effect the Captain wi,hed, he (the sol-
dier) and his comrades started from Liverpool, and walked into
the interior, where they expected to obtain work; but in this they
were disappointed. and all three separated. With respect to him.
MIL be had made the best of his way to Loan,. in the hope of
pit* to his friends in the county of Limerick in a short dine,
lie, however, bad not been many days in town when the circum.
stake, of hit having deserted became known, and on the preceding
afternoon he was pursued by two men, whomi he eluded by jump.
leg into the mai, and afterwards surrendering himself to the beadle.
Mr. H.wc—Hiw came you to enlist in a regiment doing duty
in a country that yes describe so unheakhy, and which I believe
from the accounts I have read to be true?

Soldier.-1 have no hesitation in telling the truth. I formerly
deserted from the 49th Regiment at Reading, and was tried by a
general court-martial, and set:tamed to receive ZOO lashes. The
sentence, however, was not carried into effect, owing to my having
consented to enter into the Royal African Colonial Corps, and 1
was shonly afterwards nut out with other recruits for that regi.
aunt to Sierra Loom.

• Mr. Hous—Then what punisluneat do you expect now, having
deserted previously ?
Soldier—The men who persued me, but who did not succeeetl
in apprehending me, have km the reward, and therefore it will be
a saving of el. to me, which would have been deducted hunt my
pay bad I not surrendered myself. lam fearful, your Worship-,
although I have saved the reward, that I shall get 300 lashes, and
be sent back again to Sierra Leone, or that island which is u bad,
that lies to the southward of the colony.
'rho soldier. whose name is Beirut, was sent to Hers/monger-
lens gaol, and Mr. Ilome gave directions that the Secretary at War
should be inforined et shcsisceptitance wader whick be bad Wit