Star.
London, England, 1818-07-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-stntrr.—Yesterday Thamai Conks under-
went a long exa-aination, charged with robbing a
mail boa of a ten pound bank note. It appealed that
the father of the prisoner was the contractor for
horses :•nd small carts to carry the cross mail bags
from Leominster to Worcester, and that the Post-
master at Worcester had noticed that the seals of the
letter-bags were broken, and made the observation,
that when that was the case the prisoner had rode the
horse that brought the bags. lie wrote to the priso-
ner's father, desiring that the prisoner might not ride
the horse with the letter-bags any more, which was
attended to. This took place some months since.—
After that it was discovered that the bag from Bris-
tol to Worcester had been robbed of a letter contain-
ing a ten pound bank note. Information was given
at the Bank 'of England, and in a short time after the
ten pound note thus described was paid into the
Bank, when Vickery was employed to trace the note:
be traced it to the prisoner, who left his father's house
at Leominster, for London, on the day after his father
had received the notice from the Postmaster at Wor-
cester not to send the prisoner any more. Other
charges of a similar nature were preferred, and the
prisoner was fully committed for trial.
SHAM Partses.—Heary Gregoky, alias Holland,
alias (I Ha.loran, alias Blackeney, &c. underwent a
final examination, charged with pretending to be a
Clergyman of the Church of England, and officiating
as such at a number of parishes, where he imposed
upon the Rectors and Vicars by false names and cer-
tificates, At Dursley he assumed the name of Blakeney,
and officiated as Curate in the year 1815. At War-
burton, in the year 1816, he assumed another name.
Yt Braosley, he assumed the name of Gregory, as a
Curate, where he imposed upon Dr. Forester, the
Rector, but the Doctor fortunately discovered his de-
ceptions. At a parish in Suffolk he got possession of
the clerical orders from the widow of a deceased
Clergyman, by pretending that he could essentially
serve her ; and after he assumed the name and cha-
racter of the deceased, and got engaged as a Curate
at a distant part.—Vickery, on searching him and his
residence, found copperplates for counterfeiting cle-
rical orders, and impressions of them in great num-
bers, some of which were filled up with the necessary
official names for any part of England ; and to such
an extent had this fraudulent, yet ingeiiious, man cat►
rieci his practices of deception, that he had also plates
and blank impressions for Wales and Ireland ready
to fill up; to appoint persons to be clergymen of
those countries, so that it is supposed that this man
has been the means of sending into the country a
number of sham Clergymen. al'hen he was appre-
hended, he had thrown off the garb and title of Re-
verend, and passed as a Gentleman. Ile is fully
committed for trial.
HAT TON GARDEN.—Yesterday Thomas Waiter:,
of No. 6, Great Warner-street, Cald Bath-fields,
keeper of a chandler's shop, appeared, to an informa-
tion, charged with selling one quarters and three half-
quartern loaves or amass aaaae „la all ouncea
of the weight ordered by Acz of Parliament. The
charge being prayed, he was convicted in the mitiga-
ted penalty of ss. an ounce, amounting to ta. Bs. 9d.
The baker, who supplied the defendant with the
bread, paid down the penalty.
Ucorgc Hanson, of No. 4, Weston-street, Somers%
Town, also a seller of bread, was charged with selling
three half-quartern loaves, deficient nine ounces. lie
was convicted in the penalty of 7s. 6d. an ounce,
amounting to £3.75. 6d. this being the second time
he was convicted in one week.
Mary Wins, a poor woman, who hawks cherries,
was convicted in the penalty of 40s. for wheeling her
barrow on the foot pavement, in Burton-crescent.
Qunaa-savaaa.—Yesterday a hackney-coachman
was summoned far act having stopped his coach
whila a file of the Foot Guards were passing ;—but
the Magistrate thought it was not a case that ought
to be brcaght before him.---Comalaint dismissed.
UN las Hama—Yesterday Elizabeth Dunham, the'
worn-.n ho stole the mace of the Lord Chancellor,
forced herself into the drawing-room of her Majesty,
and stole a law bcoa from this Office, was b:ought
before the Maaistrate by alr. Henry King, of Water-
loo Bridge-road, who stated, that she forced herself
into his house yesterday moaning, about 11 o'clock,
claimed the premises, and insisted that he should
immediately quit them, in order to make room for
anothor tenant. Finding that he hesitated in can-
plving with her demand, she took possession of seve-
ral of his account books, and the key of the street-
door, with which she decamped; he pursued her, and
took her into custody. She was dismissed, on pro-
mising never again to intrude herself on the premises
of the complainant.

CORON r INOVEST.--MYSTERIOM
mcday evening about seven o'clock an Inquest v•as
held at the Swan, in Swan-lane, Coleman-street, on
the body of James Dupre, only nine weeks old, who
was suspected to have died in consequence of ill
treatment from his nurse, Ann EL3s, who was re-
manded on Thursday by the Loan MwTon, till the
result of the Inquest was known. Vet diet—Died by
the Visitation of GOD.
ROBBERY EY A SERVANT.- About ten o'clock on
Thursday night, as Edward Read and Charles Virgin,
officers of Hatton-garden Police, were crossing Cold-
bath-square, they observed a man lying flat on his
face on the iron-lrating over the kitchen-area of Mr.
John Williams, 'No. 7 ; and suspecting that he was
on some bad design, they watched his motions, and
discovered that he was talking to some person under-
neath, who they saw hand up a parcel between the
bars ; on which the officers came up, and asked him
What he was doing there? he said, only talking
to his
sister. Not satisfied with this answer, they took him
into cust-dy, on which he dropped two or three ar-
ti.:los, which one of the officers picked up ; one was a
small parcel containing ,gold seals, gold rings, and
•:s brooci. ; another parcel contained bits of broken
gold and silver; and the third some jewellery and
trinkets. The officers knocked at Mr. Williams's
door, to whom they made the case known, and
searched the prisoner in his presence, when they
found a valuable gold ring, richly set, on his finger,
' which Mr. Williams identified as his property, Tiler
then took the maid-servant in custody ; and, on search-
ing her box, they found many other articles of her
master's property. Mr. Williams gave charge of both,
;..ti they were committed for examination.

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