Star.
London, England, 1803-10-18 00:00:00

POLME, Yr.

Bow-scatar—On Saturday morning. about fix
o'clock, Mr. Downman, a taylor, of Church-court,
Strand, thought he heard fume perfons in his bottle,
upon v.hich he went doWn (lairs, and on entering the
pa ittge, obferved two men in his parlour, one of whom
ruffled out, knocked Mr. D. down, and efcaped out
of the honk ; the other endeavoured to follow, but
Mr. D. having recovered, flopped him in the pafFage,
when a defperate fad& enfued ; at length the villain
difingaged himfelf, and efeaped out of the haufe.—
Mr. D. purfued him to Hungerford market, where he
was (lopped by a man, and taken to St. Martin's
watchboufe. On Mr. D. returning home, he found
property to a confiderable amount packed up ready
to be carried off, and a p fir of !hoes left by one of
the villains. Mr. D. ordered them to be taken to
the watchhoufe, when the man in cutiody acknow-
ledged them as his property. He was taken to Bow-
&tett, and committed for trial.

Panic-Orme, Q,2sxm•soumta.—On Saturday.
Jonathan Stone, a foldier. was committed for trial, on
a charge of robbing Jofeph Hopgood of a pocket-
book, containing 31.—Henry Peyton was apprehended
by two foldieri• for murdering Phoebe Cox, in May,
1802, when a reward of to guineas was offered for
his apprebention. His ads of cruelty were detailed
at full length by feveral witnefes. One ad of his
favage brutality was, that he Ramped upon her. and
kicked one of her ribs into her body, in a houfe in
the Almonry, in Wellminder; and the Coroner's
Jury, at that time, returned a verdift of wilful mur-
der aping him. It appeared by his own account
that he has peen miferable ever fince. He was com-
mitted for trial.—A cafe was very ably argued for
feveral hours before tse Magiftral-s, whether the
long Sage coaches or eiravatts were confined to car-
ry the fame number of outride parengers with the
common Rage. under what is called Mr. GAMMON'S
Aft ; when it was finally determined againft the own-
er of the long Croydon Rage, who was fuzed 81. with
coils.

SRADWELL.—On Saturday W. Phillips, who un-
derwent an examination for the fecend time, on a
charge of having ftolen a pocketbook from a fea-
rating gentleman, containing property to the amount
of 91. was committed for mal.

WoßSHtr•sraEEr.—Laft Saturday J. Brown, a
journeyman fawyer, charged by his employer with
leaving his work unfinilhed, was committed to the
Houle of Correflion for one month.

Ye&relay Same! Goodman was finally examined be-
fotc Joss,. it Mosses, Efq. being charged upon fufpi-
don of the wilful murder of Edward Tune, who died
in confequence of an unlucky blow that he received
from the prifoner a few evenings fence in White Con-
,t/uit Fields in a pitched battle. The prifoner was
committed to Newgate to take his trial for wilful
murder.

CVILDHALL.—W. Smith and R. Hardy were ex•
mined a fecend time before Sir W. Staines, charged
on fufpieion of picking pockets a few days fince in
Holb.•rn. Hardy was difcharged, and Smith corn.
nsitted tor trial.

Manstott :loose.—Saturday a young man, fhop-
man to a tradefman in the city, was charged on fa-
piano of fteahng a banker's check for sal. for which
7)e procured payment on Friday. The matter not
being chfpoted to protecure, the prifoner was ordered
on board the tender.

John Magga, who was committed Tome days ago
on a charge of unlawfully felling a bode. was again
brought up, when the profecutor being unable to at-
tend, the prifoner was difcharged.
Yellerday feveral perfons who had undergone a
private examination before the LORD Mayo& Tome
clays fince, and who have been kept in confinement
ever (ince, were again brought before his Lnrdfhip,
charged with concealing a Bank of England note
fur zoo'. which had been loft or ilolen.

William &welter gave in evidence that be had
been fent by Mr. Currey with a draft for 2701. to
Harrifon the banker, oppofite the Manfion Houle,
which he was paid in three notes—one for cool, one
for Sol. and one for 201. from which he went to Pot-
ers fields, Southwark, where he took up a bill and
paid away the Sol. note. Ou his return he looked at
the other two notes in Tooley-fireet, and put them
in a piece of paper in his pocket ; when on London
Bridge he mitred his two notes, which put him in
fuel* a fright he did not know what he was about.—
The notes being flopped, the 201. note made its ap-
pearaiice, and wastraced to the prifoners, the youngeft
of whom was but nine years
A little Jew boy confelTed having found this soh
note in Tonley•Rrsrt as be was felling fhoe firings,
but denied knowing any thing of the soot. note ;
as did all the lathe's, although fome of them had
innke of the :col. note being forthcoming if the gen-
tleman it belonged to came down band ly.
All this being afterwards denied, and no further
proof appearing againft them, their Coonfel told his
Lordfhip there was not proof to detain them any
longer; they were therefore difeharged, the father
of the boy giving up the remains of the 201.
lire or fit little boys, from ten to fourteen years
of age, were charged before his Lordthip as being
common pilferers about Bifhopfgate flreet. Captain
Snow, the Commandant of Volunteer marines, being
prefent, the Loan Maros :diced him if lie could not
get there boys to the Marine Society that they might
•become ufeful the Captain raid if the boys were all
willing to go to lea upon his Lordfhip's recommen-
dation he would provide for them, which they all
contented to.

l'oetilay at Marlborough Seffinnv, four perfons
were I,rderett to be tranfported far (even year., via.
/Au IVpf, for Healing a quantity of Spaniih wool
from the workfttops of Mr. 1...V0L/IRO, of North
Bradley, and SJonuel
.7eitn, for receiving the fame
knowing it to he (h-len : gAtio Pollard, for picking a
handkerchief out of the pocket of W. Noao, at the
laft Chippenham It:.ces; and 7.b. Retry, for ftealing
a quantity of wheat in flied, the property of bir.kos-
a tms, of Woodborough,

A Clergyman at Colope has lately committed
two molt atrocinus murders. Under pretence of
conclualog the ladies of acquaintance to Bonn,
he carried them to onc of the Mande in the Rhine,
and after murdering them. retut ned to Cologne, and
continued to o.ifclear7e cri fimaions.—
The ladies 114,1 depofited c iii, stun a confiderable funs
of money, at.d the hope of arm opri.ning this depo
fit to his own. ufe, was rho incitement to this nue&