Star.
London, England, 1826-02-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

For a length of time the Horse Fair, ha Smithfield, his been
overrun with what the dealers call " captains," that is, horses in-
fected with the glanders, and when parties who have purchased
them have applied to the Magistrates sitting at this Office, to know
what redress the Irw gave ? the answer has constantly been, that
their remedy was only by as action against the seller on the war.
ranty, or on the ground that the concealment of so material a cir:

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cumstance as the horse being unsound, was fraudulent, and vacated
the contract. Mr. Alderman Cox, however, granted a warrant
against one George Rowe, wno bad sold a rank captain to a man
named Bryant. George Rowe was accordingly apprehended, and
brought before Mr. Alderman Ariuss, yesterday. The complainant
stated, that he gave Rowe a foe the horse, who warranted it
sound, and went with him to the Clerk of the Market, and entered
It as such with him. The practice of selling glandered horses had
greedy incratsed of late, and it was not done unknowingly, for
the same horse was sohi over and ever again in Smithfield,
upon the discovery of its unsoundness, by the successive purchasers.
When be applied to the prisoner on the subject, be expressed his
willingness to take beck the animal, and pay ant expenses; but
declared be was unable to refund the money at that time.
A person in the Office declared that he had lost thirty harsesby
the introduction of one slandered animal into his stables.

Mr. Alderman Aran; said, he was anxious to protect the pub•
1k front such frauds, and he therefore ordered the prisoner to
find bail

BONV-STREET.

Two flashy-looking sparks. who gave their names Frederick
Thomsen and George Smith, were yesterday brought up before the
Sitting Magistrate, G. 1L kintatut.c, Esq. charged by John Ben-
nett, a most cad a s-looking watchman, who perambulates
Spring-gardens, with disturbing him the preceding night, while en-
gaged in his ditty.
Mr. Bennett, In a dialect which we should be puzzled-in assign-
ing as that of any known province or region, intimated that as he
was going his rounds, and calling past five o'clock, with all his
might, be heard the cry tepeated from behind by some persons
whose vociferation beat his own hollow. On remonstrating with
the " gemmen," who proved to be the present defendants, on the
impropriety of thus acting the part of as echo, they found great
fault with the "routes" of his voice, which they assured him were
in their opinians; by far too " inounteneiss (qa. monotonous) and
weld of wariations " whiz which observation they recommenced

their chaunting, in a key which they doubtless considered more
harmonious and appropriate, but which Mr. Bennett, we quote his
own words, likened to, " the roaring of mad bulb in a wood."
The whole neighbourhood becoming at length disturbed by their
obstroporous shouting," he more peremptorily desired them to
desist and go home peaceably, or he should take them to the watch
house. To this receptacle of &underlies, however, which night
wand in general are so anxious to avoid, the defendants, on
heating his menace, positively insisted on being taken, and seeing
they were determined to go nowhere else, he was at length in-
duced to comply with their demand. The defence now put in was,
that the parties, in echoing the hour, " really meant no harm," when
his Worship, after remonstrating With them on the excessive folly
of such boyish conduct, expressed his determination of supporting
watchmen all the while they confined themselves within the Unit of
their duty.—As they had suffered a confinement of some hours
through their folly, be then dismissed them with a reprimand, and
a caution not to present themselves again on a similar charge.
Nilliam*Dosis, a young maw, deformed' in person; and altogether
of a very miserable appearance, was brought up by Curtis, one of
the sky pollee, charged witha sobbery in °miasmas of a lady named
Keene, in Gough-square, Fleet-orrees.•
It appeared that at an early hour yesterday morning, Curtis saw
the prisoner in Drury-lane, with a small bundle in his band, watch-
ing
a pawnbroker's shop, so if anxiously waiting for its being
opened. The Miter, suspecting-that he bad been annmitting some
theft, west up to hint, and desired to *easily* his bundle. The
prisoner made no objection, and Curds found it to contain some
silver spoons, mustard pot, salt milers, castors, Ste. marked with a
crest, and the letter " K." In one of his pockets was found a
phosphorus box and matches.
Mrs. Keene identified all the articles as being her property, and
stated that the prisoner had lodged in and was well acquainted
with her house.

The prisoner, who stood weeping at the bar, said, is his defence,
that he was driven to the commission of the am= by extreme
poverty. When he resolved upon the act with which he stood
charged, be had not tasted food for 44 hours.
Hs was remanded till Saturday, for further eXamolnat ton.
WORSHIP-STREET.

We have already given the particulars of the eztraor ''nary scene
in Drown's-line, Spitallields, on Thursday last. Yesterday,
and his brother were fully cconnaltted to Newpta 11114 a Lord
Xlleaborouples Act.

rOWSTREET.

Yesterday Also ilsecr t. a rather respectable looking young
man, was brought up for ro.ozantinatiest, charged with basing com-
mitted a burglary at the bone of William Finch Palmer, Esq.
Berkeley-square, ea the evening of the its of January.
The servants. in whose charge the house was left.dttriag the ab-
sence of Mr. Palmer's family, 'proved the fact of the burglary.
Among the things stolen were the library clock and several volumes
1 books. Ilospidon having fallen es the prisoner, who was in the
habit of going to the house, his lodgings were searched, and the
Woks famed.
cabinet-maker abo stated, that the primmer brought the clock
'to he repaired. Me said the frame work had been damaged by
accidet.t.