Star.
London, England, 1820-11-24 00:00:00

POLICE.

We are authorised to state, that the designation given in our
Parr of the ged inst. to the person of the name of A'elly, brought
up'to Marlborough-street Office, was incorrect. No such Officer
as " Captain 'Waldron Kelly, of tl:e 101st Regiment," ever
served in that Corps.
BOW-3TREET...--Yesterday, Mr. Long, of Walcot-
place, Lambeth, was charged by W. Westropp, one
of the toll-keepers at Waterloo-bridge, with obstruct-,
ing hiai in the execution of his duty. Westropp,
stated, that at about half-past twelve o'clock on
Wednesday night the defendant and another, passing
along the bridge, tendered him a sixpence, which he
thought was bad, and requested them to change it;
but they refused, and he took the bat from off the
bead of the " other gentleman," as a security for the
toll; upon which the defendant called him a black-1
guard and a rascal, whi:h he resented by calling the
defendant a scoundrel.
Mr. BtltSle." Well, there you balanced the ac-
count at all events."
Westropp said, that this abuse, under the Act of
Parliament, constituted an obstruction of the toll-
keeper in the execution of his duty ; and he caused
the defendant to be sent to the watch-house.
Mr. BIRNIE said, he would not trouble the defend-
ant to make any answer to the charge ; for the toll-
keeper, according to his own shewing, appeared to
be the aggressor ; and was, in his opinion, liable to
an action for false imprisonment—lie therefore disH
missed the case.
Mr. Howell, the Water Bailiff, who was the "other
gentlem:n," then said, he was in company with Mr.
Long, and tendered the sixpence to Westropp, and
at the same time said to him, If you don't like it
1%% ill give you another." Westropp, however, said
it would do, and put it into his pocket. They had
got as far as the third arch, when he came running
after them. and demanded another sixpence, de-1
Glaring that the first was. bad. Witness, however,l
refused to change it after this lapse of time; upon'
which the toll-keeper snatched his hat from his head
and took it to the toll-houle, and he (Mr. Howell),
was kept bare headed in the rain for several minutes.
Wishing to get home, he gave hies another sixpence,
and his hat was returned. His friend, Mr. Long, in.'
dignant at the outrage, made use of some warm lair-
.
guage, and the toll-keeper thought proper to-send
him to the watch-house.
Mr. BIRNIZ said; the case bad assumed a new
aspect, and he must call upon the tell-keeper to find,
bail, adding, that if Mr. Howell chase to indict him
for feloniously itopping bins on the highway, and
taking his hat ftom him, he would cut rather an
awkward figure.
Mr. Howell assured Mr. BUMF., that he thould
follow up the ease with rigour. Westropp was or-
dered to find bail. He then tendered an ample apo-
logy to Mr.. Howell, but it was refused. •
: MAN3IOWHOUSIL—TWO natives of the Island of
Owyhee, in the Pacific Ocean, where Captain Cook
lost his life, were yesterday brought before the Loeb
MAYOR.. They are warriors, and the sons of Chiefs,
of the Sandwich Isles. Their names are Booze!o,h-
Hoo and Tuauol and they are the first people •of

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those barbarous nations that ever set teoftiport Enr
lish ground. It had been the day before repretentecL
to his Lordship that the two strangers were brought',
to this country under circumstances of an extraor-
dinary nature, and that being desolate, and without)l
money or knowledge of the language, oar power of
making themselves understood, they would in all
probability perish if some means were not taken to
send them back to their native country. With some
difficulty an 'interpreter was found. He is a young
American• who had been taken prisoner by the
natives of Owyhee, where he had gone in a schooner
called the Seahorse, to procure sandal-wood, with
which that island abounds. The following circum-
stances came out in the course of the examination :
—On Sunday last, the Clergyman who officiated on
board the floating Chapel on the River Thames, ob-
served two foreigners, in the apparel of seamen, who
were very attentive during the performance of Divine
Service, but who gave evident symptoms of never
having seen anything of the kind before. The Rev.
Gentleman made diligent inquiries, and found that
"they were natives of Owyhee; that they had been
brought to this country in an American ship ; and
had no friend but a Mr. John Tudgay, sail-maker,
and owner of the Ship and Pilot public-house, Wap-
ping High-street, who had been supporting them
about two months. Through the medium of an in-
terpreter, it was stated that . the two warriors had'
been fishing at some distance from the shore, in a
canoe, with three others, and that an American
schooner, which had touched at the island for some
of their valuable produce, bore down upon, took
them all prisoners, and sailed towards Europe. In
the Gulf of CalitOrnia, a Spanish privateer captured
the schooner, and took the prize and crew into San
Josef; where the Spaniards immediately murdered
two of the warriors' countrymen, and mace slaves
of the two warriors and their remaining companion.
—Alter some time, during which they had wcakdd as
slaves, an American Captain, who wanted hands, was
accommodated with the two warriors. Ile promise i

to land them at Valparaiso, from whence they conk,
procure a passage home, but he did not keep his
word. He.sailed on to England, and in Landon he
left them at the house of the person above named,
who has acted with great humanity. The interdict
of the East India Company effectually prevents any
of our ships from touching at the Sandwich Isles,
and therefore the only alternative the unfortunate
men hive, is to obtain a passage to some country on
the Continent, which trades to China, or to depend
upon the charity of this Metropolis. The wish of
the warriors is to return home. They are extremely
gentle, good-humoured, and good-natured. Booze-
oh-1100 determined to adapt his appearance to that
of those into whose society he had fallen. He there-
fore put on a jacket and trowsers, and cut off his
hair, which hung down to his knees while he was
amongst his countrymen. Tuauo did the same upon
landing. The former is remarkable for his activity
and strength; can bit a pint pot at the distance of '
fifty yards, with the point of hi spear, and can dive
to the bottom of twenty fathom water. The inter-
preter's experience was purchased by great dangers
and fatigue. He is twenty-two years old, and in
1817 had sailed in the Seahorse from Boston, his na-
tive place, to Owyhee for sandal-wood. On the
arrival of the vessel he and four others were sent
ashore in a boat, but the moment they reached land
the natives seized the boat, upon which the interpre-
ter's companions jumped overboard, and swam to
the ship, while several of the savages laid hold of
him, and took him up the country, about twenty
miles, on their shoulders. As he was 4 rried along
the guns were fired from the ship, but there was no
loss of life in consequence. He was imprisoned for
six months, was at first treated harshly, but as soon
as he became acquainted with the language, the
greatest kindness was extended to him. Upon being
set at liberty, he was tattooed by the Chiefs about
the body, sent about naked, and if he had staid longer
he would have been tattoed in the face, the highest
degree of honour. He got a wife, and was made a
warlior, but he feared that if taken in war he would
be devoured by the victors, of which he saw many
examples, and this terror co-oi,erating during his
stay, along with his recollection of his mother and
brothers in America, determined him to escape as
.soon as possible. An opportunity presented itself in
the arrival of an American ship, and he contrived to
steal on board. He had since-met with many dis-
appointments .and fatigues, and yesterday wished
himself back again in Owyhee. He is the first civi-
lized person who ever resided amongst the natives
of the Island.
The Lotto MAYOR said the account of the two tin-
fortunate warriors was extremely affecting, expressed
his warm approbation of the conduct of Mr. Tudgay
and the Clergyman, but at the same time expressed
his apprehension that there was no fund-to be ap-
plied to the case of the poor strangers, except that
which might spring from a source which had a thou-
sand streams—the generous and active sympathy of
I Englishmen !
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ARCTIC EXPEDITIM—After sailing over the Cro-
ker Mountains of Captain Ross, Lieutenant Parry
gave to the continuation of Lancaster's Sound the name
of Barrow's Sound. On the north side of Barrow's
Sound, the voyagers diicovered a broad channel, up
Which they could not descry any land, though the
weather was clear and favourable. To the land
bounded on the west by this unexplored channel, and
on the south by the Sound, the name of New De-
von was given. Nearly opposite the channel, that is,
on the south side of the Sound, they met with another
broad inlet, nearly as broad as the Sound itself, on
which the name of Regent's Inlet was bestowed. The
Expedition sailed up this inlet a considerable way.
The land opposite to New Devon was denominated
New Somerset. Many whales and seals were seen
about this part. ' Other places discovered received I
names in honour of Major Rennell, Captain Sabine,
and others. Among the curious discoveries made,
was an American musk ox, on Melville Island, the
principal of the group of islands in a cove of which
this enterprising navigator wintered in 1819. This
animal has a large head and shaggy mane, resem-
bling the lion. It was the only one of the species seen
during the stay of the Expedition at that island. A
white hare was the only small animal which was
met with. It was found upon another island.—
Partridges were seen in great numbers,- and the
iewly-discovered islands also abounded with eons-
cent plants of different unhurt sper4l, The huu,

of which some vestiges-remain, are presumed to I:a.m
belonged to some rsquimaux, whom cliancv cr r
terprize may have carried into these inLospita:)lc re-
gions. Numerous dresses, canoes, &c. &;:. has eal j,
'been brought over from Baffin's Bay, which are co;-
struCted with astonishing natural genius, industry,
and neatness. IVe mentioned the only serious casnkr
which occurred during the wintering of the crews in
these high latitudes. Nevertheless the cold wAs 6
intense, that the utmost care was necessary to pre..
vent fatal consequences. An idea of this may •be
formed from the fact, that a servant of Captain SA-
bine, on some alarm of fire, ran iato the air without
covering his hand—it was irmes!iately fros:-•ritte„,
and the poor fellow lost three of is fingers: Ye naz
tives were seen, nor any traces of human beings.