Star.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

• MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday, Mtn Coll-
shatv, groom to General. Sir Thomas Moore, was
charged with assaulting Mrs. B--, a genteel mar-
ried woman, under a pretence that he had watched
her nut of a house of bad fame, in Shepherd-street,
Bond-street, on Friday last. The prosecutrix, a very
• interesting woman, and the wife of a. respectable
tradesman at Paddington, stated, that she was on '
her return home from Mr. Waud's, -in Bond-street,
on Friday evening, and the defendant, who was
lurking about at the corner of Union-street, Bond-
street, followed her, and walked first before and their
behind her, staring her in the face at intervals. When
in the street where she resided, he began to put his
hands upon her in a rude and offensive manner,
charged her with having come out of a brothel with
a Gentleman, and insisted on a rude request of his
being granted, or he would publish her conduct, and
would follow her home, and tell her husband that
which he had seen. Mrs. 11— reached her own
door, he having previously drawn a knife upon her,
and threatened her destruction unless she submitted
to his desires. On getting the door open, she called
the watch and her husband at the same time, but
the ruffian got away. The next day Mrs. B—
received a letter, signed by the defendant, from
Mary-la-Bonne-street, Portland-place, the only ob-
ject of which was to intimidate her. The Magis-
irate observed, that the accused had committed a
most serious offence, and he would advise the Lady's
husband, who was present, to ascertain if the letter
would not justify' a proceeding for felony, as the
character of a female Wits most sacred to her hus-
band. At any rate he should order him to find
•Ivail in double the usual amount for the assault, and
also to give notice of the bail. The defendant was
likewise ordered to find similar bail for an outrae-
ous assault upon Coates, the constable, who took him
upon a warrant, on Saturday.
Wonsui P-ST nEET.—Yesterday, James Chavrbers
was brought by his father, and charged by him on
suspicion of feloniously stealing an ingot of silver,
the property of Thomas Britton.—What was extra-
ordinary in this case was, that the youth himself,
about twenty years of age, was desirous of being pro-
secuted, observing to the Magistrate, thtit if some-
thing was not done to get hint sent out of the coun-
try, he was sure he should Come to be hanrred, for
he had got such a habit of thieving, that he could
not possibly leave it oif.—The prisoner was commit-
ted fur fur titer examination.

A flock of ninety ewes, belonging to the Bailiff of
P. J. Aluts, Esq. at Naish House, cre on Tuesday
night last drowned in a shed, to which they had
usually been driven for shelter during this inclement
season, owing to the heavy. rain and rapid thaw,
which then took place.
Wednesday, between twenty and thirty keelmen,
belonging to the river Tyne, weir pulling a large
boat through the streets of Durham, and begging,
owing to the obstruction occasioned by the freezing
of the Rivers.

A large bank, with several trees upon it, near the
cottv;es at the entrance to Chilham, in Kent, was, on
Tuesday last, precipitated into the road, in conse-;
gr...nce of the thaw, and rendered it completely im- '
passable.
Tuesday, Mr. DELL, of Soutkampton, was down
the 'liver ther:., shooting wild fowl, when his gun]
burst, and carried off his fingers and part of his hard.
In this state he must have bled to tieath; had not
Lieutenant KEELE, who accompanied him, bound
up his arm, and brought him, with some difficulty,
to land. He has since undergone amputation of the
left hand, and is in a precarious state.
Friday, a serious accident happened to a person
named Loft, whilst shooting at a wild swan, on the
marsh, rear Long Reach, on the bank of the Med-
way. He had fired once at the bird, and thought he
had wounded it, and anxiously watching his game,
whilst re-loading his gun, he incautiously put in so-
large et charge, that when he fired again, the barrel
burst and shattered his hand to pieces ; the fingers
were completely denuded, and the flesh of the hand
lacerated up to the wrist joint, which was dislocated.
In this situation, Mr. Loft landed at Gillingham, .
from which place he walked to a surgeon at Chat-
ham, the hand bleeding profusely all the way. On
examining the wound, it was found necessary to am-'
putate the hand above the wrist, which operation was
performed, and no unfavourable symptoms having
since come on,, he is doing well.
On Monday last, two men went into a barn at
Southwater, in the parish of Horsham, for the pur-
pose of destroying rats, when they heard a groan
tram some straw at one end of the barn: on going
to the spot, they found a poor man lying, who had
taken shelter there, and whose feet were so frozen,
that he could not get away. lie was removed to a
public-house, and, by receiving proper nourishment,
he recovered. The poor fellow stated, that he had
lain in that state three days and Iwo nights, without
a morsel of food. Ile has since been removed to his
settlement.

The week before last, a woman, with her infant
child, were found dead in a field, near Rushton, in
Shropshire. It is conjectured that the unfortunate
mother, in getting over the stile near which she was
found, fell down and fractured her leg. Being un-
able to move, and without assistance, the severity of
she weather froze her and her infant to death.

About seven weeks ago, J. Jackson, landlord of
the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Ulverston, was severely bitten
in one of his legs, by a dog belonging to some itine-
tant potters. The owner was informed of the cir-
cumstance, and the dog made an attempt to bite him
also, but only scratched his hand. It was deemed
prudent immediately to destroy the dog, and, as far
as possible, to prevent the dreadful consequences
that were apprehended, the Ormskirk Medicine'
was directly administered. The wound on Mr. Jack-
-1 son's leg gradually healed, and the fears it excited
began to subside; but on Monday se'nuight he was
taken very ill, and on medical aid being procured,
his case was pronounced to be hydrophobia. The
poor man felt the awful conviction, and submitted to
his fate with great firmness of mind'. His agonies
increased with the malady, till three o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning, g when his spirit returned to Him
who gave it r By this melancholy event, four help-
less children have become orphans, and a virtuous
wife a helpless widow.