Star.
London, England, 1816-08-14 00:00:00

POLICE.

Qutir cure R r.—Yestt rday lames Perry, a coseenst, m;
before the Macho ri.te with hit (laugh. er, only iv:o*e vears
,gr, to make complaint against David Area, (wh,
liaise of HI tante: itt Whitcoinh•ttree. l-Ltymsrket), for itatisocs,.
ing his child for the purpose nt prostttutirg her. lie said that
the girl was its s.ervice at Chelmsford, and he rec.hts,d a letter oft
Securslay informing Lfm a, the had 1.:4t her riac,, and off
to town with the dan:thier r.f a revecraNe man ;7 C`rlmsfird;
he therefore searched about the public place:, and omen tier
James's Path. Tice case was &retied for fure.er ineeair,;:op.
•The Alagis rate ordered the child to the care ci ii.ar teller, who
with tears hi his eyes, betrayed the weatest anxisry to re.c, fur:
Bow- 3r it EaT—Yesterday, h aeries/dr, a most n reri r ch aMN
ter, was brought before Mr. r And Sir W. Pis it so s s; charted
by Humphreys with attraying to rob several pers
coma g out of the English t)pera House, as the coriclusun of!!ie
performance on :Monday night. lie behaved in a ni,et 'o‘ll.l.
geous and violent manner, ca;Uti Humphreys one of
yang, and-endeavouring to raise a mob rtilhild &smoke. He vitt
convicted as a rogue and vagabond.
Woesute-rra eel* —Xesterday, a fellow was brought Pp front
the watch-house lor examination, charged by George Lol on, E .q.
Of Finsbury-squire, who stated, that on she preceding uizh:,
be-
tween eletien anti twelve o'clock, be and Mrs 110 tot. rtliglkil
borne from a party where they had been speinhug the evening,
and previous to bii going to bed, according to his usual custom,
be went out tosee that all was safe, when be ps rceived the pri.
inner lying concealed in a hay-rick in the yard; he called M.-
quently to him, and getting no answer, he put both his arms
round him to take lam up. on which the prisoner, without sprak.
ing, turned round hip head and bit hint in the huger. Witness
called the watchman and gave the prisoner in char, and he was
attired in the wafcb-house, where he ren:a red a f iiight
sp.wking a word. The poi-oner still continued mu,e to every
question rut to him, and exhibited such sinuptoms of a .1
mind, that he was remanded for further exartruati,u, ::.teri
the °lacers an opportunity of making some itartiry rev, c.;:;i. tax.,
MARLROROUGII-TirEFT.— servant of a Goal-man
fortune hi Devonshire, who was ti nt to town to yy for Le ;c.
pairl ors can age, contriained of ha..estig been I.tuetii it the
whole of the money by three aharrers at eau's. Ile arrived:4
London yesterday uturtaing by the Lteree co:1C:, was suua
tier picked up hy a max who repieiented liiinttit as lu• 03214*
trynian, and who an far imposed npoic him es to invete hituiro
a public-buuse, when card wets: introduced by two others, ant
the three contrived to get se3s of the countryman illa shag tune
Warrants were issued, but the parties escaped.

Saturday morning Atoofiro a priwner in Cold Bath.
fields .prison, suddenly ch-opped ,;cad while
drinking some gruel, with the horribk wish th tt ht
might drop .down dead, and expressing a volley
of oaths.
There was lost, or; wiredoesdav„ in ele New Town
of. Edinburgh, a Bank note oi klt:0 value, wh•ch a
pone woman picked up, .and irieit,y with such
a charge, lest she should Le tricke.' rut of it by it.ina
one not the real owner, gave it up to a prop?: per,on
to take charge of it, vehl restored it to the ow,ier,
and received a very handsome reward for be!,oof of
the poor woman.
A very ;mi. us circumstance occurred in thip4ri,h
of East Linton, near Eeinburgh, a few days ago. A
mare, great with foal, through some accident, broke
one of:l4i legs,. and, according to the usual custm,
Was Of to death ; the loal, however, WAS ex,ractel
alive, and placed with an ass; at the time yielding
the ass soon manifested great attachment to
her' fosters child, and she now will not part with it.
• A Gentleman who employs a number ut workmen
Greenock, having Only occasion, during the pre-
sent stagnatii2n of trade, tOr one-half of their work,
called the whole of them together, and proposed that
he would Continue. them all, on crindition that toe one
half should'wOrk from six o'clock in the morning till
.raid-day, and the. other half from nrud.."ay till even-
ing ;. and during the hours they were we:up:ilea
they were at liberty and should have every envier age-
mentto fish, which would always ensure them one or
tWo Meals a day. The proposition MIS received with
the greatest joy by the workmen, wl-.'o Ate now to he
seen at all times busily employed in t!.cir neei ccco-
pa Lion.

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DIM ..
Sunday sennight, at I)unifries,Tr,. CI Jerson, the wife 0i
WRiiaw Gtierzon, Esq. ot I:3ltfortl, of a slin
The 24 instant, at Sterling, the wire of Captain Hare, of a
daughter. •
Sunday, at Clay Hlll, Beckenham, the Lady of Thomas I'e.
regrine Cutirtetlay, Esq. af a son. e.