Star.
London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

130 W-STREET.

Yesterday Mr. Hunt, jun. son of Mr. Henry Hunt, tame to this
Office, and, presenting himself before Mr. Ildnianuts, complained
of the meaner in which his father bad endeavoured to Injure him
by an information against hint respecting the blackiogmanufactory.
After a good deal of conversation, in the tonne of which Mr.
Hunt, jun. proceeded with much violence of voice and gesture to
comment upon the conduct of his father,
Mr. bluesnot.t. stopped him, saying, I believe you dame here to
know if there was an information out against you. I inform you
that there is none, and wish to hear no more upon the subject.—
Good day to you, Sir.
Mr. Hunt, jun. accordingly withdrew.
Arnhem BAK*, the ex-pugilist and present proprietor of a
brothel, io White Hart-yard, in which robberies are nightly per-
petrated, was brought in custody upon a warrant charged with
having been concerned in robbing two gentlemen of IS sovereigns.
It appeared that the complainants had accompanied two of Be-
lasco's flash girls to the house of their employer, where they had
beds, and upon awaking in the morning they found that their
pockets had been eased of the sum mentioned. Having made some
disturbance in the house, Belasco made his appearance, and after
some parley offered to compromise the matter by giving the com-
plainants three sovereigns, which they rejected; and upon stating
their complaint to Mr. Minshull, a warrant was granted against
Belasco, on the ground that the fact of his proposing to compromise
a felony committed in his own house, placed him in the light of •
jrarticeps crimhtis. The warrant having been executed, Beiasco
was brought before Sir R. /Bruit.
Mr. Kelly (one of the complainants) having stated the circum-
stances under which his friend and himself had been robbed in
&Issas house,
Sir it. Blame asked if the two girls were in custody, observing
that most likely it was they who had committed the robbery.

An officer replied that they had net been apprehended.
Sir R. Brasis—l suppose you know them, Mr. Belasco?
Belasco—Me, Sir Richard? Not I, upon my honour. (A
laugh).
Sir R. Bram observed, that as the girls had not been appre-
hended, nothing could be done. There was no ground for sus-
pecting Belasco of the robbery ; and, indeed, he (Sir R. Birnie)
wondered upon what grounds Mr. Minshull had granted the war-
rent. The light is which Mr. Minshull had viewed the transac-
tion was here explained ; but Sir R. Birnie repeated his opinion
that there was no ground for the charge. At all events, Mr. Be.
lama was a housekeeper, and would come forward when caned
upon. He was therefore discharged, and he (Sir R. Birnie) ad-
vised him to endeavour to find out the two girls, by whom must
likely the robbery had been committed.
Belasco was accordingly discharged, without any opposition from
Mr. Kelly or his friend.
QUF.F.N-SQU ARR.
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Yesterday Joseph lArsuirr, a prTvate in the Ist Guards, was
charged with deserting his wife and child.
The wife, scarcely able to support herself, carried in her arm
child about a twelvemonth old, which was reduced to a mere
skeleton. She stated that she had been married five years; he
had lately left her quite destitute, and sold all her things, even her
clothes. She could get her living by weaving, but he had sold all
her working took, and had only allowed her a slice of dty bread
for herself and child every two days, for some time past:. The
scantiness of this food hid so reduced her, that she was nearly
starved, as well as her baby ; and had it not been for the kindness
of her landlady, she must have perished. •
Elisabeth Miller, the landlady, fully corroborated -the coat-
plainant'S itatenirnt.
Mr. Waste liked the Sergeant of the Regiment how much the
prisoner's pay was? and Was Informed is was is. 2d. per week. •
can't- afford to allow her any thinfoid: of that ; I
have to keep myself out of k.
Mr. Wurrs—Very true; and by your looks yOu seem to live
pretty well, while your wife and child appear to be nearly starved.
3lr Worm directed an order to be made on the ptitoner to
allow his wife Cs. 6* per week, and informed hint, k was. not
paid, he would be committed to the House of Correction.
The parish officers then gave the pour woman some temporary
TOWN-HALL
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A fellow in a sailor's gatlaw'ealling.bintself spec. Ekturrtiivaricks.l
matted for one mouth to the House of Correction as a vassante.•
It seems, he went into the house. of Mr. Brooks, one of the over!
seers of lit. George's parish, and demanded relief of lasien. Mr.
Brooks. on being calleddovin, told him, that .reliWinFtramper's'
had ,been in disuse for emu years.. Upon Vali; the primmer de-,
'daring with an oath that •be Mould not "Effie places. w.itholit
money, Witched himself at length. upon the Boor of the ego", rest
ins his head on his wallet by way of a pillow ; the street-kmper wan
called in, who, with assistance,. etereeyed 'him, after a' desperate
struggle, to the Compeer.

UNION-HALL.
Lisa Mae& was charged with robbing her mistress, Mrs. Ann
Phillips, of Km%ingots, de silver watch. The prosecutria stated,
that on Wednieday last she went oat, leaving the Watch site in a
clipboard. On her return, the prisoner bad absconded, and the
watch could not be found i she, on inquity, ascertained that the
watch bad been pledged at Mr. Wahusky's, Londomroact, in the
name of Brown.

The pawnhroher swore that the prisoner Was the person who
pawned the watch. A constable apprehended the prisoner as she
was going along the streets the day afterwards. She was committed
for trial.
LA M BETH -STR EET.

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Yesterday Hymn Maus, a well-dressed Mr, Wit charged with
the following daring shop robbery :
A shop-woman, in the employment pf Mr. Wards, • laceman
and haberdasher in theWhicechapel.road,stated that on the previous
evening the prisoner entered her master's
.shop, and asked to be
shown some black lace veils ; she took out a box in which was half
a dozen, for the purpose, and placed it before him. After tz-
arist:nog them for some time, and just as she had turned herself
round, he snatched up the veils, and rushed into the street. She
on the instant tin from behind the counter, and pursued him,
calling out stop thief." He was mu by anolker, who secured
him, and on examining his person the two veils then produced were
found on him. These were the property of her muter, and some
of those which the prisoner had stolen.
Adams, a Bow-street conductor, deposed, that while on duty in
Whitechapel he heard the ay of " Stop thief !" and seeing the pri-
soner running across the street, he gave bins chace, and secured
him with the property in his possession.
Mary Anne Thompson, an assistant to Mr. Dalby, a linen.draper,
Ounmerdal-road, said that the prisoner came to her employer's
shop on Tuesday evening, and requested tone seen* black silk and
Bandanna handkerchiefs; a parcel of about 12 or 13 of both was in
consequence produced for his in and while she thought he
was examining them be leaned over the counter, and endeavoured to
strike her and a Mrs. Webb, another shopwcnaan. He failed in
this attempt, and he then bolted off with the handkerchiefs. She
(witness) was convinced of the prisoner's identity, and had no
doubt but that the hankercidef produced was one of the bundle
of those he had stolen, and that it was the property of bet
master.

The handkerchief alluded to was taken off the prisoner's neck,
and he, contenting himself with declaring his innocence, was com-
mitted for trial as both offences.
THAMES POLICE.
Jan Lam and CMistspker Mahoney were charged with two at.
tempts at burglary ; one at the house of Mr. Palmer, mercer,
High-street, Shadwell, and the other at Mr. Clarke's, oilman,
Wapping-wall.
It appeared in evidence, that Mr. Campbell, the pawnbroker,of
Shadwell, saw the two prisoners on Thursday night loitering about
Mr. Palmer's house; upon his approaching them they ran off and
escaped. He then perceived that Mr. Palmer's shutters had been
bored through in nine places. At a later period of the night Cita-
del and Schulte, two watchinen, saw the prisoners neat Mr. Clark's
house, at Wapping-wall. Upists seeing them, the prisoners endea-
voured to escape ; however, the watchman, suspecting all was not
right, seized them, and, after a violent resistance, succeeded in
lodging them In the watchhouse. Close to the spot where they
were taken were found a centre-bit, phosphorus-box, and matches.
They were committed for three months to the House of Cor-
rection.

FlRE.—About five o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire
broke out hi the house of Mt. Rusiell, in Hanover-street, Long.
acre. Mr. Russell is a cabinet-maker and broker, and his house
immediately adjoins the New Coachmakers' Arms, in Long-acre;
and in Hanover-street to that of Mr. Slowcomb, the tallow.
chandler ; immediately behind these houses are the, extensive and
valuable premises of Mr. Houldsditch the ceichslaker, which
fortunately, as did those of Mr. Newcomb, escape with little
injury. The fire broke out in the upper part of the
house of Mr. Russell. the upper part of which has been
burnt, and fallen in, and nothing but the activity of the firemen,
and the Assurance-office engines—twelve of whom were on the
spot in a very short time after the fire broke out, could have saved
the whole adjoining premises. We did not hear of any one having
been hurt upon the occasion. It ought to be stated that the light-
fingered tribe from Drury-lane, the Sevin Dials, and St. Giles's,
mustered strong, but the Bew-sttett officers were on the alert, and
we saw four of them secured.