Star.
London, England, 1826-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW.STREBT.
Edward Hammond, a young mats of genteel appear.mee, ant
George Curtis. the brother of Dick Curtis, the pugilist, were brought
before Mr. HALLS, the former charged with an attempted robbery
of a Mr. James Brown. of Croydon, and the latter with having
endeavoured to rescue him from the hands of the othceet.

The prisoners said nothing in their defence, and the y were cosit-
mitted,
to take their trials at the next Sessions, at the r.tquest of the
prosecutor,
who stated that It would he a serious incou'venience too
him to remain in town to prosecute them at the Sessions now holding.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A person, said to be a Clergyman of the Church of England, was
brought before Mr. Drum, charged with having been drunk and
disorderly on the preceding night. The prisoner is a man of singe.
lar appearance—he is mere than six feet high, and his d:•ess was
anything but canonical, being rather of the military order. He wore
an old blue frock coat, which was almost covered with mud, bet
ornamented with fur on the collar and cuffs. The prisoner seemed
in a wretched state, and had neither shoes nor stockings to his 'Lets
Mr. DVZR asked the prisoner if this was not the second time be
was in custody at this Office ?—The prisoner replied, that he bad
been brought before the Magistrates on a former occasion, for "
cidentally putting into his hat a pamphlet which he had been read.
ing, at a coffee-shop in Tettenham-court-road." With respect to
the charge of being drunk and disorderly, he denied it. Ile had,
been a Clergyman of the Ifotablished Church for the last 40 years,
and bad served part of the time on land and part on sea, having been
Chaplain in the Army and Navy, and now received a pension of
10s. a day for his services.
Mr. Drza told the prisoner he must require him to find bail for
his future good behaviour.
The prisoner declared, as he was being removed from the bar,
that be would bring an action for false imprisonment against the
Beadle who took him into custody.
The twenty-eight informations by J. Byers, against stage coach
proprietors, for not having the word" London" painted no the
pannels of their stages, in compliance with the Act of the &kit
Geo. 11f. chap. 51. sec. .52, came on, as appointed, to be heard
yesterday.—The informer obtained one conviction; and the test of
the cases were deferred.
• MARY-LA-BONNE.

Tuesday evening, the Lady of Mr. Thomas Wright, brother of
Mr. Wright, the banker, in Henrietta-street, attended at this
oe,ffe for the purpose, as she stated, of obtaining the protection of
the Magistrate, from the violence of her own sister.
Mrs• Wright was accompanied by a Lady and Gentleman.
After Mr. Games= came into the office a long conversation, in a
low tone of voice, took place upon the Bench between the parties,
anethe gaoler was ordered to bring forward the defendant, who
came from the cell with every appearance of poverty and wretched-
ness. She carried a basket, containing an old gownot few matches,
a piece of bread and butter, and her penal. ; and having been
placed at the bar, and stated her name to be Eliza Irons, Mr.
Gearran told her to attend to what that Lady (pointing to Mrs.
Wright, who. stood by his side) had to say.
Mrs. Mary Ann Wright deposed, that she considered her We is
danger from the defendant, who was in the habit of coming to her
house--speaking to her tradespeople—annoying her savants.-
threatening her life, and crying matches at her door.
Mr. Gammen begged that she would confine herself to the cir-
cumstances under which she considered her life in danger, for with
other things be had nothing to do.
Mrs. Wright said, she felt her life to be so much in danger, that
she was not able to go out of her house, unkos under the shade of
night, because the defendant had made use of threats, in language
which she could not repeat.
Mrs. Mary Ann Franks stated, that she considered her life in
danger as well as Mrs. Wright, for I have seen her, said Mrs. Franks,
with a knife, and she threatened to stab us both.
Mrs. Wright—ln December she' was in the habit of coming to
my house, coming in at the gates, knocking at the door, and crying
matches, to the great annoyance of my servants. for which I was
obliged to take her before Mr. CONSTABLE. of Greenwich ; her
threats to-day have been dreadful. I am afraid of being torn to
pieces; a person is here who witnessed her conduct.
Nicholas Hutchins, a jobbing porter, stated that he had been at
work for Mrs. Wright that day, at her house, No. il, Allsop's
buildings; be saw the prisoner sitting upon the step of the dour,
and selling matches.
Mr. Gamma—Did you bear any threatening language made'
use of by the person at the bar towards Mrs. Wright ?
Hutchins—She said she would do Mrs. Wright an injury, if she •
could get her out.
Mr. GILIVFITUSWhat words did she make use of ?
Hutchins-4 asked her to go, and she said the would not go If I
tore her heart out. _ _

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Mr. Geurnsu—Did she say any thing else?
Hutchins—Nothing in particular.
Mr. Gamma—That is no threat against Mrs. Wright : did you
see a knife?

Hutchins—No. Sir, I saw no knife.
The defendant said she was Mrs. Wright's sister, her husband
had worked fifteen months for Mr. John Wright, the banker,
but he was then in Hampstead workhouse. Being in great
distress, she went that day to her mother who is a respectable
widow at Blackheath ; she gave her the gown and bread and butter.
and told her to go to her sister for relief. She went to Alisop's-
buildings between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, and asked
for bread, when she was given into the charge of a constable, and
locked up in the cell of the Police Oflice.
Mr. Guinan said, he could not see any reason for apprehension
on the part of Mrs. Wright or the ether Lady, and be should dis-
miss the charge.
Mrs. Wright strenuously urged that something might be done,
but the Magistrate was inflexible, and she and her friends left
the office.
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At the close of the sitting, Mrs. Irons was ►rought forward to
be discharged, bet she had 11qt a shilling to pay for b ; she pos-
sessed only twopence, which a poor woman in the office had ewes
to her. She was dismissed.