Star.
London, England, 1817-08-06 00:00:00

POLICE.

Mammy( HoMia.—CisAllaa or Folosae..--Geerge Prersea,
a young man of decent appearance, was charged with having ut-
tered a cheek, purporting to be drawn by Nathaniel Acheson,
melte house of Messrs. Williams and Co. bankers, of Birchin-
lane. for ta-S, on Saturday last. The prisoner presented the
check, which was immediately suspected to be a forgery. He was
detained while the firm sent for Mr. Acheson,who confirmed the
suspicion. The defence was admitted to be ingenious. It was that
a person called at the haute of Mr. Davidson. his master, who is
a printer, at Whltefriars, when no one was at borne except the
prisoner, and desired to pay a bill f0r,.430 due to his master,
presewingar the same time the checkfor .11(22p ;that the prisoner
hesitated upon bring asked to go to the banker's, but at length
complied. tinder the idea of the necessity-of Ming so serious a
sum in a lump for his master; that.on Ms wno to Birchin-lane
the stranger prevailed upon him logo so thleanking-house alone
and receive the amount of the check, upon doing which he was
apprehended. The prisoner also said that be bad frequently re-
ceived at Williams's bank 2500 at a time, for bis master. He
was remanded.
Bow-t re err.—Yesterday peened: Calls, a workman in the
employ of Messrs. !Utiles and John', the contractors for erecting
Waterloo nu idge, appeared on summons to answer the complaint
of William Westroes, one of the toll collectors, for refusing to
pay the toll of one penny for passing along the bridge, on Sunday.
The Cul'ector stated, that Cutts paned along the bridge with his
wife and child; the woman and child walked through first, and
Cutts red two-pence; he was then going through himself with-
out pas i g any more, but by virtue of the Act of Parliament he
demand. d another penny before he would stiffer him to pass
The Defendant said he should pay no more, basing paid two.
pence for himself and wife, and that he considered he had no
sight to pay for the child, who was only three years old. he
Collector persisted In keeping him back, and asked his name;
this he refused to tell, and the coach-gate being opened to let
ti • rough isearriage. Cute took the opportunity of running through.
The Collector pursued him, and insisted on having the penny or
his name, and after much altercation he obtained his name and
address.—Cutts said in his defehce, that he has paid the two-
pesce for himself and his wife, and that lw considered he had no
ri;;ltt to pay for such an Infant as he held in his arms. He said
he had not the least wish to defraud the Company ; that be had
been unpins ed op the winks ever since the bridge was com-
nteoced, and had paid the penny for himself scores of times, but
if the felaei• trate thought he should pay for the child, be would
pay directly.—The Magistrate said, on looking at the Act of
Parliament' that besides being liable to the toll, he was subject
to a fine of 40,. for passing through without having paid. The
Act said, that one penny should be paid for every foot passenger,
and as I. had been proved by the Collector, which the Defendant
himself admitted, that the child walked through, the toll was'
certainly due Had the child been carried there would have been
no claim for him.— Here the Collector remarked, that bad the
child been carried My Cutts or his wife, be would not have at-
tempted to demand the toll for such ;n lola:lL—The Magis-
trate observed that the Collector had taken the mildest means
of recovering the claim ; he had autism/4's by the Act of Puna-
intent, to detain all persons refusing to pay the toll, and to seize
any prover-7, they might have upon them, even,their duties, and
keep theta till the tai was paid. As the pefendant, however,
bad erred through ignoi ant, he should Slot, on this occasion (the
first that had been brought before bins, and more espectatly as it
related to a chili) impose the peval y. but should adjudge him
to pay the penny and 35. CO:MI.—The Defendant erpressed him-
self perfictly satisfied, paid the money, and was dismisses!.
HaTroo Caesura ,--Yesterdae A. Bator, a jobbing porter,
was fully committed for robb•ng Mr. Robertson, a stock-broker,
of 2417, is Bank notes. The palace:ars have been already fully
detailed in this Paper.
Maaasoicouom-saran .—R. Smith, a Parish Constable of Bt.
Mary la bowie, was charged with violating the person of an '
teresting young female, 19 years of age, under the following ex-
traordinary circum•tas,cees-3 be complainaut had been only a ,
few weeks from the country, and resided with her brother, a
respectable married man. A Al note was last from the house,
and the prosecutrix being suspected, the Constable Smith was
sew for to take her ta the watch-l'esuse from Paddington; with
this previsiou, that if she confessed the robbery, she was to be libto
rated. H. r innocence on this charge was manifest, from the lost
note having beta mislaid by the owner. As to the violation, the i
proAcutrix stated. that the prisoner first took bee to a public-
bouw, Irons thence to a cook's shop, and *ugly to a house of ill ,
Lune. which she believed to be in James-street, Oztard-street.,
When in the brothel, the prisoner introduced a female, who seen
after left the room, and the prisoner locked the door, and pressed
her to go to bed. He behaved rudely, and she resisted with all
her strength. and called for assistance in vain. Tiw erisoner
effected his purpose. ultimately, so as to constitute the capital
offence. Smith denied the charge: but admitted that be had
gone to the public-house with her, and to the cook's shop. He
bad never taken her to a brothel, as she bad rated; and in got*.
raoration of this, a person from the watch house proved that
the complainant was there as the time she stated that she was
confined at the brothel. The Magistrates ordered the case to
stand over until the prosecutris had an opportunity of producing
evidence from the house where the alleged violation took place;
and in the mean time smith was set at liberty, on his own assure
Sore to appear ahain when called fur.
Geerze &went. a sweep-boy, was charged with being, found
concealed its the chimney of Mr. Scutt', house, 7i, Crawford.
street, early yesterday morning. The prosecutor stated, that be
was alarmed by noise in the chinutey, at tour o'clock in the
morning. He thought tite house was on fire, ,as his people had
been washing late; but at length the sooty effender was detected
crawling out at the top of the chimney, by E. Kane, who also
lives In the house. In defence the prisoner stated, hat he was
at work for Mr. Robinson, the owner of solar new built houses
ehntiguous to Mr. Scott's, and that his brush had fallen down
one of the flews, and he bad gone down Mr. Scott's after it by
mistake. Mr. Robinson bad elllPloyed the prisoner, but tint
lately, as he had robbed bins of tools. The prisoner was com-
mitted on this charge, and remanded upon Mr. Rubinson's.

Tuesday se'nnight, Jour; Di.tramauassierr, Esq.
accompanied by two-other Gentlemen, avd a detach-
ment of the 20th Dragoons, apprehended, near Dtrk,
within 15 miles of Limerick, 1 h;snas Clears, charged
with the murders of the Dillons, at Castletown.

fzNoturn.—Yesterday an Inquest was held at the
Black Hors., High-street, Poplar, on the bodies of
C. Wells and W. Broad, two painters, who fell into
the Export Dock from a ship's side, which they were
painting, the scaffold ropes having given way. Ver-
dict—Accidentally Drowned.
There was a second Inquest held on G. Pinfold,
a child five years of age, who, whil't at play with
other children, slipped off a boat, and was drowned.
Verdi:t—Accidental Death.

Another Inquest was also held yesterday, at the
King's Head,James-street, Westminster, on the body
of T. Sliaw, a labourer, who died from a locked
jaw, brought on by a severe bruise in unloading a
! cart. Verdict—Accidental Death.
Friday se'nnight as James Nichol, a shepherd, was
employed in hand-washing a sheep in Tifidli Tarn,
in Cumberland, the animal made as escape, and, he
anxious to catch it, out-stepped his depth, and was
unfortunately drowned. The mother and sister of
the deceased witnessed his melancholy fate.-
Monday se'nnight a Portsmouth boat wu found,
keel uppermost, in Stokes Bay, which left Southamp.
too the preceding day, with •two passetrigers, one a
• - butcher, at Portsmouth, and a •person named Hens-
ford, a shoemaker, of Southa.npton; 'who, we fear,
Wail the waternscs met a watery grave.
ZIPLOIIOII OP ANOTUER AMERICAN STRAZI•IIIOAT....
A Philadelphia Paper of the-sth ult. says—.
* From a Glendesoan who arrived in town last evening, we
leans that Ike Steamboat breaded to ply bemoan Norwich and
New London, having proceeded a few miles as her way front the
ferule place, the boner burst, and several persons were danger-
ously sodded. It sterns goose alarm was glees, when all the
panunger• ran es deck, where they bad scarcely arrived when
the explosion tool place. and nearly destroyed the cabin and for.
niters. Had they rentanied in the cabin many of them probably
weuld hive lost their lives."