Star.
London, England, 1828-05-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUH71171.4..
Yesterday was the day hid. to F 'resorting the- iYtgeby Sethi'
office, minding an illegitimate child, of which .a purism the
Temple was alleged to be the father., The Solicitor for tbeLerned
Gentleman said, that his client most positively denied that the mo:
ther of the child was ever made intoxicated at his chantbers..or
that be ever bad connexion with her there. He was conscious :hat
an imposition was now practised on him, and he was equally con-
scious of the difficulty he had to contend with§ and he therelote
would not now resist the order. Perhaps he should hereafter ap-
peal to the Sessions. The defendant was therefore adjudged to be
the father of the child, and was on!ered to pay about U. for ex-
penses of lying in, &c. and ss. a week, so long as the child shall be
chargeable.

BOW-STREET,
William Smith and William Buil, the two men who Were last week
apprehended upon suspicion of being concerned in robbing the.
Hounslow post office of several mail bags, containing several ge-
neral post office letters, were yesterday to have undergone a public
examination at this office. On the application, howev4r, of Mr.
Peacock, the Post Office Solicitor, the case, was heard in private.
Captain Dillon, a Gentleman on half pay in the Army, came
to the Office, to state, that on Thursday he sent a frock coat to
his tailor, Ilr Keller, of Old Burlington-street, by a lad, to be
altered. The lad was employed as errand boy at the house
where he (Captain Dillon) lodged, in Villiers-street, Strand.
He also sent by the boy a letter for Mr. Keller, containing his
41rections as to the alteration which he required to he made.
instead of taking the coat and letter as directed, the lad gaid he wet
met by a man at the corner of Burlington-street, whp asked him if
be were not going to a tailor? The lad answered that he was, and;
ail& where he came front. Upon which the man said he was aware
of the circumstance, and was just going for the coat himself, . lie
then took it from the boy ; and, having read she letter, said that Ise
world attend to the Captain's directions. lie then walked away,'
.and of course was not afterwards seen. The Captain, deeming this
tale improbable, had the lad taken into custody.—As nothing, how.
ewer, appeared to eliminate the boy in the eyes of the Magistrate,
he was allowed to go at large.
A man named Saunders, who has been examined on a charge of
being concerned in the Ledbury Bank robbery{ was yesterday re-
moved by a wait of /railway corpus from London to Greenock, to
answer a charge id robbing the Greenock Bank.
• WORSH I P—STRILF.T.

teiterday a man an 4 his wife, named Flowers, residing in Mount
Pleasant, Kingsland-road, were brought before the Alagistrates
under the following circumstances-41)e neighbours having disco-
♦ered a child in the lower part of the prisoner's house, in a most
wretched state frum fifth and hunger, gave information to the Pop
lice, and two Officers entered the house. They found the child in
a cellar, where. it slept in a bo; which contained some hone-hair,
shavings. and an old ragged jacket. The child was about nine etc.
ten years old, but reduced almost to a mere skeleton, for want or
propernourtslituent.. The prisoners said that the child had been
placed in their charge about seven years ago, by its mother, who
had since died, and they kept him as well as' they could. Their
goods had been seized for rent, and they were reduced to gteat
distress. They were then questioned respecting the sister of the
child.:, hich had also been seen in their house, and had suddenly
disappeared. In reply, they stated that the girl ran away from
them in 31arch last, and had not since been heard of.
The Magistrate said, he should detain them till further inquiry
had been made.

DIARY-LA-BONN&
Robert Barnsley. a journeyman carpenter, was finally examined
yesterday, before 111 r. Hopkins, on! the charge of stealing a roll ot
lead, weighing about three quarters of a cwt. On Tuesday week the
-cart ut a person, whose name and address were taken down, broke
down appal e the New .10n, Tottenham Court • Road, and the.
owner of it requested fir. Grubb, the landlord, to receive into his
tare two rells,of sheet lead, until he should send for them : they
were placed in the knife-bome. On the following day both of
them were stolen ; and the ',shorter apprehended, by a watchman,
with one of them upon his shnulder in Grafton-street' at a quarter
betties one o'clock in'the morning of the following Thursday.
Yesterday Mr. Edward Latter, of Brixton-bill, plumber, idetni•
fled and slaiMed the property ; and the prisoner was committed to
Newgate for trial.

UNION-HALL.
Vrsom RArms.-Yesterday Daniel Foote was charged before Mr.
*weer, the Sitting Magistrate, with obtaining a horse and can
under. false pretences.
.Mr.'BristcAve stated that he was the owner of the horse and cart
in question, and the day before yesterday the prisoner came to his
house with a note from a neighbour of the complainant's, reques:ing
the loan of them for one hour on very particular business. Will-
ing w oblige a person whom he knew very well, the conrplainant,
pee them on the prisoner's representatiou. But hour after hoar,
elapsed, and neither horse nor cart returned. At length, becoming
uneasy, he went to the house of the Gentleman from whom the
note was alleged to base come, and to his astonishment learned
he' had sent no note, nor bad any business of them. But the horse
and cart had business enough elsewhere—it bad taken a trip to•
'Epsom with the prisoner. who was desirous to exhibit his sweet-
heart, and entertain her with the amusements of the Races. After
watching the road to London during theireater part of the evening,.l
at length the pr.:setter appeared, dashing along in the first style-I-I
his Duicinta seated betide him. But, alas! : 1
"The course of true love never did run smooth,"
The angry Mr. Bristowe seized the reins, and obliged the hippy
pair to *slight. The young Lady, after shedding the proper quantum
of tears at this " untoward event," was under the painful necessity
of 'wedging home without cart or lover, and the gay Lothario was
given in charge to a constable.—The blagiatrate.said be could not
assist .Mr. Bristowe, and ordered the prisoner to be discharged.

A file of Bermuda Papers has been received at
'LloYcl's to the 16th April. The accounts from Turk's
Island state, that the ports were opcsi by proaimetion
of ihe Governor. American vessels.were subject to a
,tannage duty of one Jolter per ton, and no other
charges except five dollars and a Trailer Secretary's
bond, and two dollars Colonial Secretary's fee. The
old duty of one penny a bushel was taken off.
• Dnovver.a.—Two Inquests have been held at the
Tueu of Kamsgate pudic-house, Wapping, on the
bodies of tun fine young men, named Edwards and
Stoppell. The deceased persons were apprentices on
board merchant chips lying off Wapping, and were
drowned whilst endeavouring to Arend thecompanion
ladder late at night. Verdicts of Accidental Death
were returned.

• FpRMA PAWPSIS.....The law, it is well known, is
open to the pony as well as to the rich; and when a
;plaintiff is unable to sustain the charge of an action, it
is kitsdly provided that be shall have writs and subpoenas
tis, end have Counsel and Attorney assigned to him
•wialput, fee. This privilege, however, does not seem to
have been to tempting in the best times as at first sight
it limpid appear; for it was forrherly usual, on such
paupers being nonsuited (which a man may well ship
without any demerit), to give them their election either
to pay the costs or be whipped. A difficulty arose,
hOwever, in later times, as to the officer by whom the
flogging should be administered, and the practice was
disused. •
Tars LAST DISCENDAFT OF Mat-arr.—Within these

few days, Mrs. Earle, an elderly Lady, who was gene-
rally said, when living, to be the last surviving descen-
dant in a direct line from the immortal author of
Paradise Lost, died at her lodgings, in the house of a
Lady named Coaworthy, resident in Bennett-street,
Blackfriars. This Lady used, during her lifetime, to
be frequently visited by persons of distinction, who were
aware of her consanguinity with the immortal poet.
General Bertrand, last Grand Marshal at the Court
of Napoleon, has married his daughter to the son of a
rich American, proprietor of the Passage des Panora
etas. The marriage festival was brilliant, and full of
interest. The young bride is one of the most beautiful
women that can be seen, and the recollections of St.
Helena gave additional interest to her charms. The
small bat charming house in which the company met,
to which a wooden hall had been added, had been the
habitation of Bonaparte. From it he had set out, at
the age of i#6, to conquer Italy: From it, likewise, after
some months of repose, he had departed for Egypt, tr
'plant the lei-colour on the Pyramids. In dug& two
small saloons, in that little garden, he had plar.ned
18th Brumaire, and there was the fluor which he trot
,tibe Last time, on the morning following that tremor•
able'day when he wept to take possession. of the palace
of Kings; aid" to eniircle hit hcaJ With chi iitilieri;
,diadem.--Paris Letter.