Star.
London, England, 1819-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION Housa.—Four men, named Brookes,
Broome, Stewart, and Harrison, were brought up
by Harrison, the Marshalman, charged with having
robbed the house of Messrs. Longman, Hurst, and
Co. of a great number of valuable books. Mr. HAR-
MIR attended for the prosecution.
Mr. Brown, a partner in the firm, stated, that he
had received information on Saturday week that
there had been three men watching about the pre-
mises, who were of very suspicious appearance.—
Upon taking stock it was found that a deficiency had
taken place of nearly 40 copies of Todd's Johnson's
Dictionary, each'of which was estimated at eleven
guineas. The firm ascertained, after some inquiry,
that several copies of that work had been sold at a
very reduced price to booksellers in different parts of
the town. Those.copies were traced to Brookes, who
said he received them from Broome, and that Stewart
and Harrison were in the business.
Mrs. Popjoy, who lives opposite to Messrs. Long-
man and Co.'s warehonse in Shoe-lane, said, that on
the morning of Saturday week, before seven o'clock,
Ore observed a man walking about the door of the
warehouse in a suspicious manner. Soon afterwards
she saw two men come out of the warehou.e loaded
with something which seemed like paper. She was
not near enough to identify the persons.
John Smith, a rocking-horse-maker, who works
for the next door neighbour of Mr. Longman, said,
that on the Saturday, as he was going to his work,
about 20 minutes before seven, he met Brookes com-
ing out cf Longman's warehouse with a large green
bag, out of which the ends of reams of•paper pro-
truded. Witness particular-1r noticed the perion of
Brookes, as he ran against Ob. Several yards before
Brookes a man went along, loaded as Brookes was.
Witness thought the circumstance very suspicious, as
the. warehouse was not usually open at so early an
hoer. He went soon after, accompanied by another
mar, to the warehouse, found that the door was open,
and that rtbbody was within. He gave information
of the circumstance to the firm. _ _ .

Thomas Huntsman, clerk to the firm, said, that
part of his duty was to keep the stock of Todd's
Johnson. Stewart, the prisoner, had been porter to
the house several years, but was discharged in Sep-
tember. The warehouse was not usually open before
eight or nine o'clock in the morning. The work
which had been stolen was an edition of Dr. John-
son's Dictionary, edited by Todd, and was published
in eleven parts at a guinea each part, or eleven gui-
neas the whole series. He had taken the stock at
Midsummer, and in consequence of the information
received from the last witness, he took stock again
on the Saturday morning. He found that there were
9.5 complete sets missing, together with five sets of
which nine parts were wanting to complete them.—,
Fifteen sets of the work that had been stolen were
without the engraving of the head of the Author.—
Close to the outer door,,which was, found open, there
were found two sets of the work tied up'ready.
Mr. Bade, bboidseßen of Castle-street, near the
Mews-gate, said, that Brookes came to him and said
he had some of Todd's Johnson for sale, which he
wished to dispose of for some person who wanted
Money, and whose name he did not like to mention.
He added, that he had sold several copies of the
same work to different booksellers, whose names he
stated. Witness bought eight copies, for which he
paid him on an average five guineas and a half each.
. Mr. Charles Baldwyn, bookseller, of 22, Newgate►
street, said he had some plates of the head of.iohn-
sou, engraved by Clause!, and that Brookes purchased
two of them.

Mr..l. Dowding. of No. 82, Newgate-street, book-
seller, also purchased four copies of the work from
Brookes, in one of which the plate of the head of
Johnson, which had been sold by Mr. Baldwyn, was
fixed. The work had been advertised with the head
cf Johncon, and those stolen copies which had mot
the head were incomplete.
Mr. Carlisle, bookseller, of Holborn, bought four
copies from Brookes for £9.:3.
Cornelius Brown, of Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, purchased two copies from Brookes, at the
rate of £6 each, and also two copies of Robinson's
Scripture Characters. There were some sheets im-
perfect, which Brookes changed for him. The latter
was a work of which several copies had been missed.
Harrison, the Marshalman, said, that he went to
Brookes's house to apprehend him in consequence of
information received immediately before that the
booksellers in Paternoster-row had been robbed.—
Upon being taken, Brookes, after some hesitation, an-
swered to the Marshalman's question as to whets he
had got the Johnson's Dictionaries be had been sell-
ing ? that he had got them honestly. The Marshal-
man told him the books had been stolen the day be-
fore, and Brookes then told him he had got them
from Broome. The Marshalman asked whether any
body else was concerned ? upon which Brookes said
that witness knew all about it as well as he did, and
that Harrison and Stewart were in it. Witness went,
accompanied by Forrester and two servants of the
firm, to the house of Broome, who kept the sign of
the Goat, in Cloth-fair, where they found Stewart
and Harrison ; the latter of whom said before he was
' challenged, that he was as. innocent as the child un-
born.-11th prisoners were remanded.
GUILDHALL. Yesterday, a poor miserable-looking
fellow, who gave his name Henry Peers, underwent
an examination, on a charge of robbery in the Parish
Church of St. artin, Ludgate.—Robert Haggard,
a porter, stated, that he was going to his daily em-
ployment, in Newgate-market, at four o'clock, yes-
terday morning, and in passing by St. Martin's.
Church, he observed the door halt open, and the pri-
soner standing within the door-way. The dwarf iron
gates outside were shut. He took no notice, but
passed on a little Way, and then returned. Just at
that moment the prisoner leaped over the iron gates,,
and fell toxhe ground, and two brass vase ornaments
slipped out of his hands, He (Huggard)_seized him
directly, and secured him till' the watchmen came to
his assistaace.—Walker, the watchman, who .first.
came up and took charge of the prisoner, on search-
ing him, found upon him four other brass vases simi-
lar to-those he had let fall in the. street, with the
usual appendages for house-breakiug, and a tinder-
box and matchest—Snow, the beadle, who was called
up by. the watchman on the first alarm, had exa-
mined the-state of the:Church, and from his evidence
7t appeared, that Mee prisoner must have secreted
ituselr rA the-,Churcht dating the time of Divine