Star.
London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Aodcriak Clew, a country-looking boy, in a meek frock, was
brought up to this dine toe stealing a silvemnounted Irreiglase, value
eighteen pence.
Amelia Somers keeps an autism china and curiosity shop, in
Wardoer street, Sae. On Friday afternoon, about bait past
three o'clock, she was In the warehouse adjoining the shop, when
1 she saw the primmer cense In and put his hand into a china bowl in
the ',Endow, sod take out the eye glass. She called to him to
years the things alone, and as she approached him be ran out of
the knee. She called " stop thief V' when an opposite neighbour
pursued him.
George Whitehead, a grocer, who lives opposite, pursued the
aleog Wardour street, through St. Anne's court, into
Vt.re Chapel street, where he saw him throw something down
the area of a home. .He called there neat morning, and received
the glass from Mrs. Ashley, the occupkr. 411 the way the witness
chased, be called out " Stop thief!" which the prisoner echoed,
so that the persons who could have stopped him were looking where
the thief was. "

Smut Windsor, the dicer, took the prisoner into custody,
and received the gi;ss from the last witness. On searching the boy
he found nothing bat a new pocketkeife._
Sir O. Fawn asked the prisoner where was the money so pay
for the glass, supposing be meant to buy it.
The boy produced ninepence.
The mutable said he had nemesepeihen-he marched him, and
*me twos been Ogelat, hies dem • • -
wee prisoner said his patents wet in Sutton strom,_ sod disk he
worked is a rope ground. He said be was in his serwiteseth year,
brit did net appear older than ten ',twofer years.
Alliesisin Jones was reexamined, charged with elands. the per-
son Oa Mss. Mares, the panlatian of whisk we poets our last.'
-Mrs. Martin was in tears daring the whole ttzemlneelnie. In the
coarse of which she admitted that she had sees the p defter six
weeks before, that she then informed him that her hustsStd was not
at bane usually from stn till eight o'clock, and he on that oceaden,
promised her a new gown upon 'attain conditions. She was quite
unable to describe, from forgetfulness, the transaction from which
the degree of resistance might have been inferred ; and the Mash-
trates therefore declined committing, the prisoner on the capital
charts, but he held him to bail to appeal at the Sessions.
James Bastin, an old soldier, was brought from St. George's watch
house, for being found drunk and asleep on the steps of the area
gate niche house of the Marquis of Angles's, in Grosvenor-square.
Sir Geo. Faaaawr--What have you to say, why you should not
be fined five shillings for being drunk?
Bastin—Your Worship, it was my birth-day;and the anniversary
of the battle of Talavera. I was at the battle; and met with seise

comrades on Friday, took a little ton much. and it outeame me.
Sir G. Faanurt—Well, u you was at the bude, and it was
your birth-day, I shall not Sne you this time. .

LAMBETH-STREET.

Saturday. a person of the name of Park?" was charged "4* (4"
taming a suit of clothes from a tailor, 71r. Sharp by nansu, without
intruding to pay for it. Sharp took the clothes home, with a full
determination of holding them until he had sovereign red -Mr
giving them up. but Hr. Parker coaxed him to some purpose. He'
said he would r.ist try them au before Mix. P. Nho Was saxessusin

Wedge; and, bsebag inpeessssise, be,
vbizeltelee twined ),",
Less, escaped treat the bows.—fie was

woasai p.snurgr.
A dandy looking animal, of the and. spades, was egagge.;
Saturday with having eaten a quantity of pickled salmon, and to.
fused to pay for it, at the sbop of Mr. /With, a denier in oysters
and pkkled salmon.
Mr. Sleigh stated, that the prisoner malersd Ids-beim as the pee.
ohms evening, in twmpany with a maple of doeblng.loaking fangs;
and when they had all taken a esmatilatable trabont, dory were about
to depart. Jae, eat being stopped b watt tasched fort*, neither Of
them could master the sash of Si. OA to which their sapper amount.
ed ; so, in compliment se the hears, they were allowed to " depart
in peace," and the,gentleman was coompad se she wonshAmsse. io
I reply to II question from the Magistrate, the prisoner declared that
he did not order the salmon ; he had lawn lathed se sapper by
the ladies.
Mr. llmittere—" If yen use not mammon swindiersre wIU pay
for the salmon."

The poisoner repaid. tbat be had no money labia feel*. He
sad his mete wavilarild. that be resided at 57, Pa(b•earet. Cass.
den-town, and sr" by re a, 2 Gentle mane amain, !wt at
present ant of piece. The !au Gentleman beamed, be nee nal
!Ir..Euta of hisidenbead.—lle was thendiunisseth

H ATTON-CARDE.N.
gptsiday i young woman, named Jensinsa Mpg, *Napo years
of age. was charged with stealing between ?a and SL4 from her
lath master, in notes of the Leiceiter Bank. From the le
appeared, that she became an orphan at the age of seven yams, and
had from that time until within these three mouths been he the fa-
tally of the Oestlentan whom she had treated witlk mot
thuds. She then suddenly absconded, takieg, as wasimpposed, the
money in question, and had contrived to elude ewer, march thn
had ham made for het until a letter addressed to km aunt et Tiver.
too, and which had been opened at the Post Ofice,pei the dedred
logenitedeo. la this letter she stated. that althoogh something
prayed hour es her mind, yet she was more itomfemable than whoa
feeding mans; and cooeluded by saying, she Adglit be heisilot
at a tohmeaM's in Chichester-plate, Gray's Is toms *We
she was found by Colson, a constable who reeeive‘ibit
On being taken she confessed the robbery, and skid Mat she 164 is.
tended to go Tway that night, as she bad a presendepest elm a diped-
very was near. Mr. Huddleston, with whom prisoner Used in Chi-
ehester.plare, said that she had been In his wrifite 0111NIMelibiweric
and had represented be:safes an esphan.sadjups mine from Here.
ford. In a few days after, she told him she ar4ll,ool•o4.lltadoksaci
on the death of her mother, to-the ompost_of Safi. which eke ee.
quested be would enter for her ha sum* savings' Mak. This request
he acceded to, and she produced that min all in notes of the Here.
ford Bank. From ber general behaviour, he bad act the Wit sus-
picion that sbe came dishonesty bythe
Mr. Roams said that it was a mac of the basest ingratitude he
had ever beard of. He should of mane remand her till all the
parties were able to appear.

UNION-MILL.
Saturday a young man of respectable appearemee, who described
himself to have been recently in the eniplinent Cl the Patent
Steam Washing Company, attended at this OSet, for the purpose
of asking advice as to the manner in which he should procezd
against the Directors of that Company, for the recovery of half-a.
year's salary due to him.
The applicant stated that be had heat in the-service of the Steam
Washing Company for the last twelve months, aqd that at the es.
piradon of the first half-year, he, Pi well the rest el the persons
in the employment, duly received their wage*. On Thursday last,
however, a meeting was held, at whisk several of the Directors were
present, and at its conclusion, the =jerky of the clerks, among*
which the epplicant was one, were directed to attend, when the
Secretary Informed them that their further services could be Ala-
rmed with, and Intimated to them slat the Company's feudalism
at in low an ebb that none of the discharged persons could be paid
a balfpenny more than they had already received. They (the
clerks) were amazed at thispiece of latellfgence, bat they were told
that it was impossible they could get mother silver, the funds ben
in that reduced state. The applicant then said, that the elajta of
his application was to obtain a warrant or summons against MOO
of the Directors, for refusing to pay over to him that which arm
justly due for his past services in their employment. He added
that if he was correct, the Act of the 4th of the present King em-
powered the Magistrate to grant him that redress which be mita
at his hands.

The Magistrate, however, so referring se the Act &Wed to.
perceived that be could be of no assistance to the applicant, as his
cue, although it was s digresslng one enough, did not come while
Its meaning, he (the affilast) bales a ant in the Gs y, tvest
the Directors of which he was Nubs. to mord. Had ho Med
the situation of garter, of etber suberlinete pima in the Sous
Washing Company, then he (the Magistrate) could have gestated
his summons against the Directors. The sperthy Magletageghen
advised the applicant to lose no time in ego assiisher the
subject, who would put him in a speedy t.lstltsidkNwssite the
wages that be alleged were due to him—The andint Weise the
Magistrate, and withdrew.