Star.
London, England, 1828-09-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
3fichael Elmer was alerted with stealing a silver watch.: 'At ti
late tour me Saturday night it appeared hr crept under the cangati
at the back of toe of the gingerbread booths, helsongingto aperrt
named Mills, and bad removed the watch, and foetal out the spo
where the cash was kept. witbout being discovered ty the pereon
belonging to the stall, they being engaged with the customers in
the front. Ile, however, secidentelly overturned an oil can, w‘igh
excited suspicion, 311111 running round. he saw hi., heels pro.
jecting, and dragged hint ow. Theprismer kft the property be
hind; hut having removed it, the offence was complete in the eye
of the law. The prisoner said be crept under tie look for a favourite
dttlr dug; but the Alderman did net believe it, and committed
hint for trial.
Join Heron, a boy, was committed for making his way through
the ciomritig :retoucher stall, and stealing a jacket, value SW.
Arm Col ma. an apple.womato, who used to dearer the gates of
the Fleet Prison, was charged anis stealing a boa td apparel. value'
.51. On Monday last a prisoner, named John Troakes, wan
rated, and on placing hicgoods outside the eaten of the Fleet, the
prisoner drew away this box and salon it. The other anklet wet.
taken t•II in a cart, and the prisoner was noticed sitting ois the box
above an hour afterwards. Troakes did not mks it till the next
morning—and a shawl, a part of the contents, was found in pawn.
The pawnbroker believed, but would not swear poeitively, that. he
received it from the prisoner. The prisoner declared aloe left the
box behiod when she went home; but westontuntted for &dd.

The Alderman ordered half a cart load of gaming boards and
tables, which bad been s. ized hi the Fair, to be destroyed. •
BOW—STREET.
Yesterday )Irs. Choke. alias Sorb*. alias Sloos.P.Btc. was brought
before Sir It. *miss for anal examinetion, charged with stealing a
pianoforte, the property of Mr. Rathnsacher, of Charies.street,
Sobo-square. .
Sir R. BIRNIII asked if the witnesses werein attendance who took
the pianoforte to the house Which the prisoner occupied atChelsea?
Mr. Rathmscher said, fist the .two porters who were employed,
to take the pianoforte tram his house to that of the prisoner Were
ready to be examined.
John Salter stated,.that he assisted in taking the pianoforte to
No. 12, South Parade„Queetes Elms, Chelsea. The instrument
was placed in the parlour; be saw a female there. and a child, but
he did not see the lady's face. She was about the size ut the pri-
mmer. The servant afterwards brought them some beer, and while
they were drinking it in the ball. he heard the Lady playing on the
pianoforte. .
Thomas Lovatt said, that be went with the above witness and
young Mr. Hathmailur to No. lg, flouth.p.rack, Queen's-thug,
Chelsea, to deliver a pianoforte to a Mrs. Sutton. lie knocked
at the door, and a female answered it; he saw another female in
the hall, and be said to her that be had, brought, a piano from Mr.
ltathmacher for Airs. Sutton. The female rePlicd, that she was
Mrs. Sutton, and ordered him to 'bring the inurement Into the
parlour, and to place it in a recess. He and the last witness obeyed
her ortlyr., and be asked for. some beer, which she ordered
.the
servant to fetch him.

Sir R. Iftaute—How was the Lady dressed who said she was
Mtal Suttuu?
Wiwesa—Dressrd, your Worship ? why site bad on a white
jacket, that came down below the hips.
Sir It. Himair—Lhil you see the face of the female who said she
was him Sutton ?
Witniss—Yes, I did ; and she was dark. I believe the primmer
le the woman.
Sir It. Itittste-7lt Is not a tate.easily to be mistaken.,
The witnesses were all bound over, to attend at the Old Bailey
&maws, and the prisoner was. fully committed to Newgate to take
her tiial for keeling a pianoforte, the proven); of Hr. Rathmacber.
Dtsreamaa A Coma awe.—Yesterday a tall fellow. named
kens. was dialled with Matiirbing the congreiaecin of the Chapel
Of Ease of St.' Martin's Parish, in Long Acre, on Sunday last. , It
appeared that hr bad-got dipnk'and had beaten his wife. and she
ran away—be followed het: and oirertoirk her in the passage leadlug
to the chapel, and beat her again. His violence and her Kamilla
alarmed the congregation, and•they were removed. He afterwards
returned and created another diaturbance nader the Chips) saintly/ 4'
when he was given into custody.
Sir Itaciratio Brame—What are you. Sir?
Kane—Faith, and you may tell by my tongue that rm an
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Irishman.
Sir ft, Mama—Are you a Catholic?
Kane—Faith, and a good one, too.
Sir It. Bitola—At a Cacho:lc Priest mid Coogregadpo bad bees
there, you would not, perhaps, have ercasud a disturbance
faith I think I .lipoki wu. ,
Sir It. limes—You are protected It# the exercise of your religion,
and yuuopail sou right to ,violate the sanctity of 01W of "sr flacirt of
public ; u the Chutcbwardeusnf the Pat ids will undertake
to pi weenie you. I will send yfisii to take your trial, and my upiuian
is thy ire bound to do it.
The Overietri said they would vaderiabe to prosecute Win, and
he was ctimatiited.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The night charge. from Sc. Gdres watchhouse yesterday at this
once were very prolifie•of cases of amour. •
'Die first was that of EizoklA Home and James Aterrywre, who
were placed at the bar together, charged with designibg somethlag
wrong in the boost of Mr. Leder, landlord of the King's Head, is
White I,len-strcet.. . . .
Mr. larder stated that the female prisoner had been in his
service about a fortnight, and the mak pritoner be had known
for some time as a customer. (M Sanday night Elizabeth went
to bed at eleven o'clock, and noon after the male prisoner, who
bad then been in the tap-room also. disappeared. Mr. and
Mrs, Loder retired to rest about twelve o cloCk. in, a '
they occupied adjoining to that in vihich Elizabeth alepte;
in &bunt' an howl after they heard a whispering .In Elias
moth, ihd condeded some one must be there besides her t,
and to ascertain the fact Mrs. Loder resorted to the stratagem al
feigning Miele, and suddenly 'calling upon Elisabeth to get . bee
some but Water. With tbii view she knocked at Elisabetb's room.
door and when she answered bits. Lode* desired her to go India
hitc:ben and get some warm water; but this she was evidently
very reluctant to do, repeating several times-0 Dear ma'am• I at
so sorry you aretaken ill just now, as I am very ill myself." hire.
I.oderi after much shuiSing.and delay on the part of E:isabeth. got
the dour a little openrto band a pint put foe the hot Wow t
and suddenly pushing it, in both Mr. and hits. Leder entered,
found the male prisoner stretched at full feogth upon . Elisabeth's
bed, with all his clothes on. apd Elizabeth herself full dreasedr.
From thii circumstance of their being dressed. Mr.Leder
said be bad little doubt but the object of bite:mak peleciner was Mrub the house, and with this impression be called in the WitCblllill,
I and bad both prisoners cluveyed tirehe watchbouae. ,As they WC,ar
going along to the watchbOuse. the prisoner *armies soddenly
knocked or pushed down Mr. Loder,and endeavoured to mairphk
escape, but the watchman pursued and *veered him.
Elizabeth Hume said, in her defence, that ale did nip *whelk
Barryntore to her room, nor did she well knpw what broiiht hies
i there, but being there, she found it impistsible to get pikit out, aft
though she several' times told him that be bad icttd very wrong
coming there at all; desired him repeatedly to be off, and shoe
hint three or four times towards the door, to make him go • but is
would not do; she could not' gef hint 'not, until the bolts( was,
elnod and kicked bp for the' night, andtben having no way to let
You ant by, she, was coinpelletto let him remain. She bad known
Mr. Barrymore, she said, about tWo years; bat this was the first
time be had ever fooled his way to tied bedreoss, either at Mr. Lei..,
dees'or any where else.
The male prisoner, for himself,, said that be realPy Could not tell'
bow or why it wasillat be made his way on that tight to Ellsi.
beth's room, a place that be never was hi before in his life. It
was a very foolish thing for him, he confesmd, to do, tut he sup.
load be, bad taken a drop rather too much. He dascribeibiiisdr
pa a leather breecbssentaker by trade, and having, awake aildresim,
years' acquaintance with Elisabeth; but as for any design MOW
mkt a robbery, he was, he said, entirely innocent of. is, • • '.
. Mr., Ron, the fitting, Magistrate, said, that altbastgh 41r. DAM,
was perfectly right in sending both lle•prisonen, underthe sired's.'
stances, to the watehhovse, be did nut think that there was WS.
dent ;roods as yet shown thate they had any design to commit a
rubbery, or tq proceed agaitiat them for that offense. Be should
therefor!, dismiss the girl„ Inn should Inflict a Bee of 10s. on the
In* priioner, for the assault on
,Mr. Leder, in gobs' to the
watchhouse. , . - . ... . . .
Barrymore said be could Deg pay the fine at punt, not baying
any money ahoot;blits;. and. * default be was committed for ten
days to the House of Correction.
The nest agArwss Um; of a market prissier, residing at liii.
Ilyea, wfbu was charged bythe owner of I Irma in High-street, Ss.
Vilees, withliaifitphein into:hi at three ()chick In,the nipoting,
ramligng over the tits* of said house, 'to ihi great alarm *and
terror of the inhiatei thereof.
Thijaisfriter add,. in defence, defelce, that is
,Bakirility .*coins,
,Oci 4nitilli.4llllls' 0061.4 f.°C 141. darti*Paietbarterlimuld
,j!seeitip across to Sinithileld, sad ha*" ~Alk_4l, pa . . w.
itt ir, which he had never before Onp.. Qn-iii way "tidier, be
aced to meet with a yotlhg' girl, pie told him that in the
place 'the lair was then all wedr, "din the' nett, that even
4 A was not. it would be I very ifilPfolr .niane for a amo_ai
,h 0 tine ,of life W 40,1 P, anAl #44-k.i4411.4:: "11-11:
*roe afoot 'with her,, and 113ve a con octal& nig -t's rap: .
'thought ber a' sensible' ion of is' girl. and She - at rote
spaded WM to give up his original Intendin Of peg to the ir,
sod he pat • Idaswit under her guidance. fah. led Om thong .
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a number of streets, and cross streets, and bows, until at kngtl
she led him Into a house. somewhere, and here they eat 1,
room, where Oily welt to bed. Mrkii rather tired after Me
work and his walk from Kilburn. be wain Gil asleep. and, 14
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not awake for severs' how. thin wheiilar der asilsilk We %Retained
A31.1* Air c•lpPwrispv.kad vafe4hril.flostsible die, and en sear;
nog Id. pecker, Woof that all Ins oiey had Tapia* sive!.fie
iberi to the room:dew' to'giie an al. ' In tie Quit...bite ti 4 One,
he found locked, and he In vain tri. to'operi it. 4t last ,'ldow4
ever, not 'numb% what • might befall' bins in Pith- VOW* toil
.skteforificd to Make an Wort to liberate himself, and he • J
inply, with greet difficulty, made hip way through the,:, ' .911
the room in wlifehlie'was, arid to a trap-dour to die i
'Same; and Melee succeeded in gaining the Mel, 'fie till:,
*fried. the: oofs of several both* leaking fisr some issank of
decent. until be came to the home of the complainant, Vivre he'
upset some of the tiles, Which. very fortunately ter, him, disturbed
the people of the bolos.. or .utherwise be might, ere loft. have
fallen and broken his neck. Discovered thas to ;Ms situitian, the
people of the hoses let him down from the roof by i ladder, heving
first.called in the wershrosn to secant him.
.17ie Magistrate.askeff him if be should lower the home again
into which the girl heat led him ? .
' He seined that be could wily find it OM in owe way, and that
would be by going offer the roofs of all the houses' again, beginning
wheyc he.was taken, end going no until be should giit down lingoes
the sante. hole he bad made iu the ceiling of the roam; bee as fur
finding opt the hou.e from the street, be could anti be said, even
suns at the street itself. or where it was situate.
The Magistrate said that this story of the gardener'srldiht be,
and probably was. all very true, but he could not We tiktbarpd
until berm for spout respectable person who knew him. •
The prisoner said, that be could easily do 'that, and be was detained
until his friends should come forward.
HATTON...GARDEN. • . .
Jams* Mil end Pillion • Cus were placed at the bar for re•ersini.
nation, charged with cutting the window of Mr. Nesir'conib, a silver-
smith anti jeweller residing in Turnstile, and stealing therefrom
fifteen diamond rings.—Nothing further was dist-eye:red from the
former esensinatiuo, and the prisoners were hilly comlnited for trial
'WO RS li i P—STICR P. T.
A journeyman 'silk. ' . flamed 2$OllW, was
.cliarged
the following nail inethad of' reisibg the wind ilitie''
would first ascertain for whom She wearer veiniest, and ' What
state of forwardness tbe,work was in. :He would p and say, that
as be wrooght for the same master. be ,desired.libil to call wit get
six or seven bobbins of shore-' and in some Calf* be, would prertuF, a
note to that effect, without a signature. liader three pretehen, be
obtained from three weavers twenty-six bobbies of dime the pro.
petty of Mr. Graham, and were worth Ai gs.—The pils'ollet was
remanded. . . . .
A young man, named Sfrechen, was dorsal with having on last
Satorday night stolen a watch and appendages, fromthe perste of a
Mr. Pledge, is Gulden•lane.-.4keprisimer iris remanded.

• THAMES—POLICE.
Mr. Thomas Barnes. the owner of the tophia lane steans-vessel,
appeared again at this oilier yesterday. in consequence of Mr. liro-
derip having intimated that he would then be prepared with his
decision in the important case of,inforniatien against the owners of
the Sophia, for carrying passengers without being free of the Wor-
shipful Watermen's Company. The case being called on,
' Mr. Bsonzeir, in delivering his judgment, said, this case snag
upon, the 37th arenas of the statute Tat and sib of Gear IV.
The defendant; ?Jr, Thomas Barnes, was summoned for that, be
not beings liftman of the Company of Managers. Wardens, and
Commonalty of Waterman and Lighters's= of the river Manses,
did unlawfully cater to be navigated a certain " craft," edict
" the Sophia Jane," upon the river, between Windsor, in
the county of lierks, and Tanta deel, in the county of
gent, far hire and gain. )ly this tbk ty-sevesth seed's is
is touted, that if any person, not being a triremes, as sp.
premier to a freeman, or to the widow of a 'freeman of the
Company, tali at any time act as a waterioan or Aghterstan,
or ply., or navigate, or week, or came no be wished, any
" wherry, lighter, or other craft," upon the said river, or to any
place or places, or ship or vessel within tbelinsits of this Aet, foe
hire or gaits, every` such person shall forfeit and pay for every 'seek
egenee a Abe net eleittaiog 101. Mr. Boornate stated the law as
it mot) by former Acts of Parliament, and recapitulated the, do-
sciiPtionof the Sophie Jade. is it appears in the registry Oath. He
then came to dm questioa—dOes the &pita Jane, a ship or. vessel
of les tons, and of the description and dimensans itated in 0;1
oath of registit, fall within the description of the term " eral% 1
(fee she could not be considered a wheriy or lighter). Upon that
question, faulkener's Mertes aktiettery was autitorttt ; sod to the I
book, the word o craft" Is defined—" a Belied wise for 41
sorts of Treacle employed to land or discharge ntercbsoeships • or
to tarry alongside, or torecurn, the erns; such as lighters. barges,lce." • The Sophia Jane was not io empinift After a careful
relator the whole Act of Parliament, he Was Kapisiottflat Ise
would not be Warranted in eernieting Mr. Perna, who was dust
fore discharged.
Mr. Banes bowed, and as be retired was tosenttlated upon the
great tnumpb he has obtained by this decides.
, - LAM BET 11-ST BEET.
The Churchwardens of Listehnuse Parish yesterday waked on
the sitting lidagiurate. M. Write, Beq. and reipsestod his advice
as to bow they were to act under the Warsitre dresisnetmoss : It
was, they said, the practice of a umber issedi modernise in theft
parish, butchers more particularly, to addlit Asir nesiefee Wean
Smiley morning,. so that therein* net the Mighty* Maresca beg
Mies that day. which should be devoustaindusivelatto devotional
purposes, and as abstiornee from worldly affairs, and she, had
ell the appearance of the Sateroay night.. This partite mono( the
more, respectable inhabitants, who were in the santelhas Of babas%
anti who kept their shops closedkcompfained o 4 ansl called on them
to (oppress it ; but before they proceeded in the matter. they•wished
to have the Alasistrate's advice as to bow thee were to proceed
Mrs" Weave told them that persons 'Opening gouda for Ali on the
'Sabbath infringed en the predisions sit an Act of Parliament, and
,subjected themselves to a penalty under it. He (Mr. 4VTATV)
.would leave the applicants to act as they thought proper s and it.
those persons who transomed were brought before the Magistrates,
'they would be compelled to act wt lid provisions. The L'hureb:
iwardens took the hint, and went to the outer dice to lay thl Deaf*
sary infansaions.
*erg Barnes, one of the youthful gang of depredators, styled the
Forty Thieves," was charged with picking the pocket of a Gen.
demo named 'umen. on the &ra:turd coach, on Saturdat last.
The prisoner junta ed up, pet his band into the pocket of a Gentle:
man seated Mond, and drew out a silk banditti:thief ; was ib-
steady secured by two oficees. He was tuUy committed.
dairies Haste and Karnak Soleadeou were charged with robbing
Jolla Barnes, a lighterman, din Saturday sight, at a house In Swan.
yard, Whitschapel, of As as. The primers were' secured, and
taken to the watchhouse; when there the prisoner. Banks robbed a
person who was eonAned for being disorderly of some seassey.--
The prisoners were fully committed.
UNION-HALL.
Teeterday, a boy nutted' Itudedsei under twelve years of age,
belonging to a very formidable geog,callieg themselvee the " Party
naves," was brought berate the sitting MeV/trate Mr: Horn,
charged with attempting tp pick a Gentleman s pocket of eland-
kerchief. A Mr. Brown, the complainant, stated, that as be was
passing along the Waltionharoad that waning, spanied by a
stand, be lett a tug at his coat-pocket, ant on nu eland. saw
the prisoner running way. Sespecting he bad • •rnmething,
the uumplaiaant penned and overtook bits. where the former
&Unstained that altbovgh be did Dot loft his boodketekaf,,yet the
prisond had nearlf elected the robbery, it look; bet. dragged
out of the packet, and an end calash' by wait:bat on one of the
buttons, which prevented the young thief from Meals( his object.
A person who. saw the prisoner attempt to pick the emplaisam's
pocket, gave evidence at that fact.
Mr. Horn made some inquiries respecting the" ion, Thine
in reply to which it was stated that the thieves to the
gang had feather marks on their bands and arms, w ski
were Mara to,each other.
The Fiance was ordered to exhibit his, upon which be imbed
op the sleeve of his waistcoat, and pointed out two capital Wan,
marked apparently by gunpowder on the skin. The lett* lotto
described to be the initials of his name, and also that of a palati-
nate. There was also a similar mark between else ptioottet's fora
Auger ant tkoads.
The Magistrate committal the prisoner for three months to
Guildford, remarking, that as the secret marks of the gang were
now well known;there would be little difficulty in discriminating
those forming the "Forty Thieves" from ober °treaders, and he
l (stet Wasik:aft) shook' make a distinction between them, by
' sending the fonocr tp the, gaol, where they would have 'cachalot
of coming in contact with each other.

H U Britannia rules the waves," said a qualmish
writing-matter, going to Margate last week in a storm,
•0 I wish she'd rule 'cm araigltier." .
The kalowing paragraph deserves to be classed with
the goosing miracles which appear from time to time
in the American Newspapers:--A4 A youth, who haj
been dumb tram his infancy, was unfortimaiely drownej
at Lucy yesterday week, whilst bathing; and, mu .1
singular to say, when be was on the point.ot sinking.
he spoke tot the flea time in his life. by callieg opt la
his brother to save him,. who was a mournful spectate,
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of the heart-rending wao."--Ido of Mix Ativortitor.