Star.
London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

Tag STOLEN CHILD.

I No intelligence had arrived at the Public Office, in
Bow-street, late last night, either of the apprehension
of Charles Rennet, or Mr. Horsley's missing child.
Rennet's wife is committed to the Houk of Correc-
tion, as an accessary td stealing the infant. Her
sister was admitted to visit her yesterday by an order
from Mr. Binstr, to ivhotn she applied for it.
A considerable bnstle prevailed at the Office the
whole of Saturday, and messengers were running to
and fro in quest of intelligence upon the sis,ject.—
The Office was much crowded by 1)n:on% an sinus to
learn whatever might transpire. At three o'clock
Mr. ALLr.v came to the Office to request o• Mr.
Bea vte, wlra had committed the girl Elizabeth Hol-
brook, to detain her until Monday or Tuesday, when
he trusted that both tie child and the thief would he
forthcoming. The Learned Councel stated the
grounds for the application to be these s—A letter
had been received from a gentleman at Dover. stating
that it had been ascertained beyond all doubt that
the man, of whom.the officers were in pursuit, had
embarked on Tuesday last for Calais from Dover)
having with him the lost child.
Mr. BIRYIC observed, that since the course was
pretty accurately ascertained, no doubt could be en-
tertained but the Officers. he had first dispatcßed
would (or had in all human calculation) soon have
the delinquent in custody. He regretted that Mr.
Horsley had not taken his advice upon the intimation
of the occurrence, for had he so done he would, as it
had turned out, have succeeded in apprehending hint
at Gravesend or Canterbury. Should, however, the
three officers, whom he had dispatched at the outset,
fail in their enterprise, no doubt Taunton, who was
a good French scholar, would succeed, for he had
set off upon Ccvcrnment business on Friday morn-
ing, and h;e (Mr. Birnie) had, most particularly en-
treated him to spar? neither trouble, expense, nor
activity ht his pursuit. Mr. Birnie also observed,
that he was very happy to inform Mr. Alley, that
the offender had not seduced Elizabeth Holbrook,
who was, to say the bast ofher, a peer stupid creator,.
Mr. At.tt:v said, if the thief should turn out to be
Charles Rennett, he understood that he was respect-
ably allied.
In the course of the morning, a lady inquired at
the Office, who reported the proceedings in the
Morning Papers? as, she said, all those accounts
which charged Charles Rennett with being the per-
son who stole the child, were gross, infamous, and
scandalous libels • and as he was bet relation, she
would prosecate:the authors of the report.

BREAKING OPEN TUE QUEEN'S BALACRS..-Very
'late on Saturday night an intimation was given at
Row-street, that the Queen's,Palace, St. James's, had
been broken open ; and, accordingly, both Towns-
end and Sayers were dispatched to Buckingham-
House, where they ascertained that every precaution
had been taken by the Gentlemen Porters in waiting
to prevent the possibility of any person escaping out
of the Palace, after the alarm was given till their ar-
rival. The officers now directed that every avenue
leading out of the Palace should be properly sects-
red, and they proceeded to search every part of it,
with the outbuildings, gardens, tce. but no robber
was to be found, nor any trace of one. The circum-
stances that have transpired respecting the breaking
open of the Palace are, that about half past 9 o'clock
on Saturday night, as one of the housemaids, of the
name of Buckland, entcpxl a room on the second
floor, on the north end of the back front of the Pa-
lace, adjoining the Qireeti's wardrobe room, for the
purpose of closing the window-shutters, she, by the
light of the candle, to her great surprise, observed
the window open, the furniture in -a state of great
confusion, the drawer, in tr.() chests, forced (Ten.,
and three cf them upon the floor, from which ap,
pearances she had nc doubt but that there had been
thieves in the room ; she, in consequence, closed the
door again, while calling out thieves, Ecc. Tbis
brought Mr. Tilcke, who sleeps i:: the.t room when
her MakFty is n- it in tile Palace, and his son, Mr,
Va!tc, to her assistance. The drasve:-s had been turn
ned out, but the property
stolen and carried off could
not be ascertained. It appeared that the robbers had
entered the room by the window, which has two pri-
vate spring fastenings ; but whether the latter had
been attended to, could not be ascertained. The entry
had been made.by a ladder, which was found placed
against the till of the window, and belonged to some:
workmen now employed ia repairing the Palan, but.
whose work had been finished some days. The rob-
bers, to make it answer the purpose, it not being bong
enough, had made a temporary scaffolding -men a
werking-stool to place it upon ; and; in fact, theta is
some suspicion that the robbers were.actually in, the'
room at the time Mrs. Beekland entexed k, and then
made a preFipitate retreat. ToWnsend and Sayers,
although so long, and well experienced in.such trans-
actions, were not able so discovrr how die robbers en-
tered the Palace, or an'y pait. adjoining, it, nor the.
way, they made, their escape.- stiir SAIWer. CON A :sr,
in consenitence, went .to.the Palace yesterday, about
two o'clock, and pregeeded esaadne the apart-
ments that.hadiseep broken alto. and The parties who
had any knowledge of the transaction ; but the whole.
remains a mystery.
A few nights since St. James's Palace was -broken
open, and the apartments occupied by Miss Wittor-
Testes, .)laid of Honour to the QUEEN, entered, and
a box broken open, its contents and other property in •
a state ready for packing up : but it is supposed the
robbers were disturbed, and they made a precipitate
retreat without carrying off
.any booty. They had
entered the Palace in St. James's Park.