Star.
London, England, 1817-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

M4Nston lionss.—Yesterday Prestos, the ,Ez-S-
-eretary to the Spa Fields Committee, applied to the
LORD MAYult for permission to see 4‘ his friend Wat-
son, sea." at present in Newgate.
The Lottu MAYOR said, that Mr. Newman, the
Keeper, at whose discretion visitors are admitted,
would, he had no doubt, second his views in this re-
spect—at all events he would not restrain him.
To this reply Preston bowed, and respectfully
thanked his Lordship.
WArson, Senior.—ln consequence of the applica.
Lion of this individual to the LORD MAYOR, that he
might not be heavily ironed, his Lordship went him-
self to Newgate, where he saw him placed in a select
and comfortable apartment, and directed that .his
Irons should be the lightest possible under the cir-
cumstances of the offence for which he bad been
committed.

Bow-sraerr.—Yesterday Reiff' Wall and Maass
Coles were brought to Ibis Office, and underwent a
second examination, charged with attacking a single
horse chaise in the Portland.road, on Saturday eve-
ning. The party of the parole belonging to the
Office who are stationed at that part were upon the
alert at the time, in consequence of several carriages
having lately been robbed of trunks, &c. on that spot.
They saw Wall iu the act of getting up behind the
chaise, and Collyer very near him; but on their see-
ing the patrole approaching, they ran off. On the
prisoner Wall was found an instrument in the form.
of a screw-driver, well calculated for forcing off
trunks, kc. and also a large knife, adapted to assist
in such depredations. On Collyer was found a quan-
tity of valuable Brussels lace, which he could not ac-
count for; his wife, however, claimed it yesterday,
saying it was her mother's, who was dead, and she
gave it to her husband to sell. The prisoners were
recognized by several of the officers as suspicious
characters. Collyer had been tried at the Old Bei•
ley for robbing a Noble Lord at the Opera Howie.
Mr. Hicu. the Bitting Magistrate, convicted them
under the Police Act as rogues and vagabonds.
A young man of a genteel appearance, calling
himself Lieutenant Wainree, of the Royal Navy,
was brought to the Office upon a charge of imposing
upon a number of Navy Agents, under a pretence
of appointing them his Agents, to obtain money in
advance from them upon the credit of .his pay. He
was detected yesterday morning, when in the act of
appointing Mr. Jackson, of Broad-street, his Agent,
another Navy Agent happening by chance to be pro-
sent in an adjoining office, whom he had very lately
also appointed his Agent. Seven or eight Agents
attended, but the principal charge gone into was by
Prothers and Leith, of King-street, Covent Garden,
from whom he had obtained £l4. He was commit-
ted for further examination, on suspicion of fraudu-
lently obtaining that sum.
HATTON Gantian.—Yesterday a boy of decent ap-
pearance, about fourteen years of age, of the name ofl
Gory Deere, was brought up by Mr. Wm. Moore,
soap maker, Goswell-street, charged under the fol-
lowing circumstances .—George Bradley, shopman
to Mr. Henry Smith, grocer, in Bermondsey-street.
Southwark, stated, that about one o'clock on Tues-
day last, the prisoner came to his master's shop with
a written order for two pounds of green tea, and six
pounds of lump sugar. signed Wm. Moore, 107,
Goswell-street ; witness knowing that his master
dealt with Mr. Moore, let the prisoner have the said
goods,net suspecting the fraud. Mr. Moore deposed,
that in the afternoon of the above day, the prisoner
came to his counting houseeand presented him a
written order, as coming from the above Mr. Smith.
and signed by hii name, for SS pounds of mottled
soap, which be was to deliver to she bearer, and the
whims was to send Mr. Smith on the following day
the remainder of SOU weight ; that be lived errand
boy with Mr. Smith. Witness having some suspi.
cion, told him be was not able to carry 28 poonds ;
that he would let him have 14 pounds, and desired
the porter to weigh the same, which was delivered
to prisoner, who went away. and witness followed ;
but that finding himself watched, he then slid that a
man was waiting to carry the soap for him at the end
of Wilderness-row, but when they &nisei at that
place there was no man there ; he secured the priso-
ner, whose person was identified by Dudley, shopman
to Mr. Smith, to be the same that be delivered the
tea and sugar to the preceding day, from his mas-
ter's shop; both the above orders, upon being coin-
pared, proved to be the same hand writing. The pri-
soner was committed to the House of Correction, to
be brought up again for a further examination.
Quganwetrans—Swntricaa roam= ROUX:R.
Wailes Merry, a seafaring man, who was three Bes•
sions ago committed to take his trial at the Old Bai-
ky on no less than sixteen charges for swindling
Mr. Bakes, the publican. in Queen-square, and. fir-
teen others, under pretence of having a great deal of
prise.nsoney due to him. besides a considerable kegs-
cy left to him by his father, was brought before the
Magistrate by Dew, an officer, and also the office-
keeper at Queen square, on suspicion of having com-
mitted a robbery in the house ,of Mrs. Palmer, the
New Rose and Crown, Broadway, Westminster. It

'appeared from the evideke of Mrs. PaIOW, that the
prisoner came to lodge at her house about the 13th
of November last, and on t'::e morning of the 17th
left. the house, without saying a word to any one
that he was going away. Soon after he went out,
Thomas Wardle, her servant-boy, missed his clothes,
which he had put in a box in the room where priso-
ner slept; and having made the most diligent and
minute search for them in vain. he went and infor-
med his mistress of the event, and of his strong sus-
picion that prisoner had stolen them his reason for
Which, he said, was, that prisoner, a stay or two after
be came to lodge there. had asked him what was in
that box t He answered, th it his (Wardle's) best
clothes were in it. The soldiers billetted in the house
I also lost a piece of meat, a looking-glass, and a razor,
the same morning. Information of the business was
immediately conveyed to the Office, and as he had
so often been put to the bar there, it was thought he
would soon be discovered; but, notwithstand ng all
ther vigilance, he has eluded all the search made for
him, till Tuesday night Dew happened accidentally
to meet him and took him into custody. Psisoner
was remanded till Friday.
Ma mann° uc; u-sra err. -Yes t erd a y S. Irakrfuld
was examined on a charge of detaining and putting
ale" a ,e. 5) bank note. Smith, shopman to
Mr. Churton, linen.diaper, in Osford.street, lost the
note from Isis pocket, in endeavouring to get change
for it at some neighbouring shops. The prisoner
bought a sixteenth with it at Nudge's Lottery-: ffi:e,
and he was identified as the holder of the note.
which was stopped at the Bank. Mr. Paris, a Bank
Clerk, produced the note, indotsed with the name of
Manners, which was identified by Smith to be the
one be had lost, and the same which the prisoner paid
away at the Lottery-office. The prisoner was fully
committed for trial en a recent Act of Parliament,
which makes it a felony to withhold lost plopetty
after public notice of it. •
A military Officer, residing in Sloane-street, was
charged with an assault on a tradesman's wife in Ox-
ford-street, with intent to ravish her. After a mi-
nute investigation into the circumstances of the case,
the accused was ordered to find bail to answer the
complaint. The Officer denied the charge, and at-
tributed it to a conspiracy, for which he should in re-
turn seek redress.

J. Broderick, a pauper of Mary-la-Bonne parish,
summoned the overseers of the parish fnr not allow-
ing him sufficient to vapport •his wife and children.—
The complainant said, that he worked hard in the
Park and the streets, and received but 183. per day.
Mr. Stucker, overseer, said, that the parish kept 300
poor persons in employ—that the man had 9s. a week,
and the privilege of purchasing pet Roes at a ftrthiug
a -pound, salt fish at Id. and coals 9d. a bushel. The
Magistrate discharged the complaint.
UNION-HALL.—A woman was brought befr-e Mr.
CHAMBER, by Hall and Goff, charged with forgery,
under the following circumstances,:—Two women,
named Bridget Milhoran and Mary Macguire,
soldiers' wives, whose husbands are absent, having
accumulated between them sufficient money for that
purpose, purchased £4O stock in the five per cents.
Having afterwards occasion to go one to Scotland,
and the other to France, they were at a loss how to
deposit their treasure safe during their absence. At
length they determined to pack np some clothes in a
small box, put their stock receipt, three a£l notes,
two guineas, and some silver into it, and pledge it
for a trifle with Mr. Barber, a pawnbroker in the B--
rough, in whose custody it might remain safe till
their return. This was accordingly done: Macguire
departed for Scotland, taking the duplicate with her,
and Milhoran went to France, having in her posses-
sion the key of the trunk. Thus things remained for
a time, when Mrs. Macguire having occasion for
something which the box contained', wrote to Mrs.
Milhoran, desiring her to send the key of the trunk to
their mutual friend Mrs. in London, to whom
at the same time she also wrote, inclosing the dupli-
cate. • Mrs. —, on receiving these letters, applied
to Mr. Barber,' and redeemed the trunks but, pro
seeding further thee her instructions warranted, she
minutely exaw,ined hi contents, and discovering the
stock receipt carefully pinned np in the tail of one of
the gowns, it immediately occurred to her that she
could turn the money it would produce to advantage.
,She therefore procured another female to go with her
to the Bank, where they personated Mesdames Mac.
guire and Milhoran, signed the necessary documents
As such, and sold oat the stock. On this circumstance
being discovered, the present charge of forgery was
preferred, and the prisoner was apprehended by H.U.
The other woman is not yet in custody. The pri.
toner was therefore remanded.

Abut five o'clock, yesterday evening, a man
dashed his hand through a pane of glass, in the shop
window of a watch.maker, in Upper Kigg-street.
Bloomsbury-square, and stole a silver chronometer of
the value of 45 guineas.
About four o'clock on Monday afternoon, as a
11112111 at of Mr. iA1,152 RSBIIII, No. 7, Compton-street,
was on his way to the Bank, be . stopped for a few
minutes reading a large bill on the window of a baker
oppesise Field•lane, when his waistcoat pocket was
eta mesh and be was robbed of a bag containing
47 Is. 6d. in silver. ..
At Canterbury, John Bennett, a child, was burnt
to death on the 28th ult. by his clothes taking fire in
the temporary absence of his mother:
To afford to those persons residing in the country
where there are not any agents, who may wish to
have their Tickets or Shares in the present Lottery
area from Leaden, the means of doing so, and at the
same time, to give them an opportunity of selecting
particular Numbers from a variety, the Contractor
has set apart the fellowing, the Whole Tickets, or any
Shares of either, whether Half, Quarter, Eighth, or
Sizteenth, may be had on application by letter, pots
paid, enclosing the necessary remittance to either of
his Offices, 4, Comhill, or 9, Charing-Cross, London.
11,228 1,556 2,073 2,044 5,071
VW 10,752 7.319 11,549 2,075
2,086 7,348 11,985 8,110 1,610
2,071 8,108 2,079 7,318 7,350 °
10,793 7,315 2,043 5£72 10,765
7,346 5,066 TAW , 2,077 7,276
5,063 2,073 9,125 1 2,006 5,014
1,2911 1,501 7,963 8,109 2,079
5,013 8,132 2,060 7,317 1,592
The present Price of Tickets and Shares is as under :
Thirst £53 18 0 I 12021222 £6 5 0
Half re 7 ol Eighth S 3 6
Sixteenth AI 12 0
'The Dtliwing begins en Tuesday. the 21st of This
Month. .

CONSIDEAdTIONS UPON TAXES, P.

dIND THE POUR.

Taxes, in this Country, are s .id to be so devis,d
in general to lie most upon the odulent, and tinny ;,
some apparent mid. in this, so tar as luxury i+ c-i.
cerned : as for instance—Duty upon Wines, l'ai"
on Carriages, on Pleasure Horsi!s, Hounds, .9tt. sc.,
Ilit all such Taxes are eptional : tNat is to say. An:.
(SE ! can exonerate himselt from them, it 11- silooki
to do withoht, or with less of those luxtries : Red
therefore, what beelines voluntary, cannot properiy
he termed a Tax. Tire case, bresever. is quite eity
rent when it :elates to mil i rid unavoidable Taxes,es
was the Income Tax, as a:e vie Assessed Te,k4 the
Paws' Rates, and many others ot the same aim"
Taxes' of thib des.ription press with tin-h. 1.1 wsigie
upon the middle and low class of the commtnii:.,—
Tire cause appears to be this-athe Taxes are /aiii.,!
upon the individual. Let us take fat ee milte tin
POlre Rates. I must presume that these :err :ego:
hued all over the Kingdom as they are heft; am
according to the tental o 1 li.;llses : that they ale 4:1
in the pound, and about `29 levi,s in Cie year. Whe.
ther tile„„ bt, more „r leis in different illaces dues nut
affect the argomrnr.
This premised, let us tale:: two heads of farniret,
equal in number, the one with an income ot ststvos
year, and renting a house ot £ft4t:O—the ether, a on-
r.tractuser, or acct other individual earning anti:tali,
£5OO, and paying, including his rrarcis,s, Stc. arent
of £i)0; now, iii the fist case, £lOl 54,1. Are 4"6„
13s. 4A. per levy ; and supposing 20Ievies in a year,
are >el:ls. 6s. Bd. for the Income-man.

In the reeond case, 493 a 4%1. are al. !ft yet
levy, and 20 levies ;0, paid try tie manufacturer;
but 4133. 6d. Bd. out ot re;3000 are not gine 2rj pet
cent. while 430 out of 4500 arc lull ti per cent.
However, in order to render tie exposition mote
sensible., let us suppose for iii:gunient sale:., that, in.
stead if 20, the levies were 'A 0; in such p.,i,ioa,
the income-man would have to pay 41333.6.. J. or
about 27 out of his income, and the manutacturer
4300, say full GO out of his earnings. I could wily
have carried the demonstration to the point where the
manufacturer would be left pennylcss, while the in-
come-man would still have a remnant of +C2BOO for
supporting his family.
Independent of this he has a remedy which the other
has not, and which is, that he can remove to a how:
of 3 or even 4200, without being much the worsehr
it, and thus reduce his rates one-third or one half ta
what they were. But the manufacturer cannot pos.
sibly remove to smaller premises, vvittivut also reilez.
ing the number of his workmen, and in coasequence
his trade—the produce of which is, besides, always
uncertain. The Income Tax did nut operate with the
same disproportion, and there was a kind or equity is
it, inasmucti as it was laid upon Property, althoogla
not in eclat ve quantum—for, it mu,.t be o'Atous the:
he who, out of 4200, wts obliged to pay 420, man
have felt a greater inconvenience than another payio.
4200 out of 42000. It would then appear, by %vim
precedes, that Taxes, in order to be equal and jest,
should be regulated in rates propottioned to the re-
specive amount of Property. A man who has ga:
41000 can, and should pay in a greater ratio nun
one who has but 4100, and this one, more than an
tiler, who has only 450.

_THE POOL

Why are not the Po4—trieFoor of the comma
nity at large, instead of bring those of such or sad
a Parish ?

Why is there no common central establishment
each town, having the exclusive collection and to
ohgement of all the Polr-rates ?
Would not this do aw;:y with all parish quarrels.
Would it not thus save a deal of rumey to be he*.tu
employed than in law suits ?
In large towns there might be two or more of such
Establishments if necessary. But the funds, always
to flow to, and from a common centre.

To the Parishes might be left the care of grAntio,
Certificates to their respective Poor.

We understand that in consequence of especial is
citation received from Pectow, the Haytian Chief
St. Domingr, Protestant Missionaries and Saco
masters, fi r the instruction of sl:e Negroes, hay
sailed for that place. At the same time .a strong a,
surance has been held out by the Haytian Gowen
ment to " encourage and protect" every one who tt
pairs to the island under this laudable intention.

THE YEAR. 1817.
While revolving years go round,
Say where can happiness be found ?
in,Healtls, in Peace, and Ease,
And what can fetid the most te please.
1 be Nymphs bow charming they appear,
To grace he opening of the year!
Say what does mast adorn the fair ?
A copious charming Head if Hair ;
Ringlets form's% with taste and grace,
Which spread a lus•re o'er the face
Protined without much care or toil,
By using kowLusi LI'S timid MC415141f
Which as revolving years go round,
More excellent and good is found.
Illustrious Sustex--Royal Cartiline,•
As Patrons to this OIL combing.
And with Imperial Russia's Mighty I.ord,
'1 heir splendid gracious patronage grim: ;
And when the Hair is Red or Grey,
Which all approve not to dirplay,
Rowland's kasenee of Tyre's eiEcitnt power
Will change the colour in anil.:er !
• His Royal Highness the Duke of SIPS,' z —Her Royal Fiffar
the Princess of %Vats,

MARL IF.D.

Dec. 48, at Dovetridge Ha L, ' of lord Water; ark.
Taytr, Esq of Chicknall /Lo e, Salop, to Ike Hon. Jolt ma , •
vetsdisk, dattalster of Lord iKa•errat k.

DILL).
Sunday, in Carmarthen-sort e., Fitzroy-pp:ire, Mrs. Cr.
Angelo, wife of Captain Angelo, of the \V ,t India R..; pi,
Dec. 29, Hyacinth Daly, Esq• many years Ntzyor of f•l.''

PRICE OF STOCKS YES lk..al)AY
Baal Stock, 1.0r.g Antis. 16, S-16
3 per Ct. Red. 6341. India Stock
3 per Cr. Cone. 621:f India liorule 2i 'Apt
1 per Cent. 71)fif Exch. Bills it) 14 pr.
S per Cent. Navy 94111, if Conn% for Accoion64o
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COAL MARKET, IANUAIa a
Ships at Market. Skips sold. Prices.
137 Newcastle 36ii 375. MI. t 4•••
IS Sand/thud 7 3411. 6d. to Pi• ',l'

HIGH WATER TO MORROW AT Lo%mu%)
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