Star.
London, England, 1826-03-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSP.

Sorry Baker, a butcher, from Yorkshire. was brousita before the
Loan Mayon., c.harged with having stabbed Wm Norris, a hackney.e
coachman, with a knife, with intent to kill or do him some grievoue
bodily harm.
The prosecutor, who was brought to the Justice-room from the
hospital, stated, that a few days ago, as he was standing near lie
coach, which stood in the blinoties, the prisoner, who had beett
acting very offensively in a public.house in the naigltbee hood
denly made a violent blew at him, and heitinittliliff.lll
a wound in the hand with a knife, whleiNl6.lll,
brandishing about. The prisoner, at the dinette
cried out that be would have his Menge..
A man, named Langley, deposed, that whilTbe MI Mildly?, at
the pump 'he prisoner made a blow at film with the
instrument penetrated a prodigiously thick goat setifeglie hadT4
but his waistcoat, which was made of eventhoie 'hang Mit VAAL rt.
slated the point. The prisoner afterwarde, in-a folios* ntatgillfg
attacked the prosecutor, and wounded him as had Non deacritteihe
The butcher said in his defence, that he had just come tt,, iretie
the country, and that having got into the public-honer, he was ink.
tinted to play at cards as well as to drink ; that as soon as the pup/
secutur and some others saw that be was in liquor, they took Wean*
tzge of him, won his money, and then fell upon and bat _him meet
unmercifully; tbat, exasperated at this treatment, he theught clay
to defend himself, he must have drawn his knit*/ and that bad lit
not been intoxicated, he would not have attempted tit ale it.
The LOAD Maros asked the prisoner how bosoaidii.tve eirf*ght
of using so murderous an instrument as that with wildcats etenaked
the two men wig) bad given testimony against him ? lie replied,
that he was quittinconacieus of what be was doing at the dine.
It was denied that Ate prlionst had been gambllng'with anybody
in the public-house, or that he bad been deprived of a half-penny .
there; and it was sworn that be had brandished his, knife to the
great annoyance of the containers. Be wasiully cuntatitted.up‘er
Lord Fillenbormigh's Act.

pHoener, Aim
in the act of climbing s wall to et
.his escape', Again* this Mall
was placed a water butt, and the prisoner, in his fright, tutntiftd
into It. In struggling for his life, be overturi*d tint *tottere
and was secured. In bis defence, be said that being hocked are II
his lodging, end,desirous of reeking a place to tepobe in,until the
ravening, be get upon the wall with the lineation of dropping inter
the yard, but be unfortunately dropped into the water butt. Inc
however said noshing of the entrance he had Toreeethrnigh rho
kitchen window, of skeleton keys which were found at his person..
Genf the bundles of clothes, &e. which were found near the butt:
He was committed tor trial.

The vessels at present belonging to the port of L ith
are 226 in numbeefearrying in the aggregate 16,674 sons, and na.
vigated by 1791 men and boys.
One of the Kendal Bankers has lately committed to
the &meg ao less than 14,9001. of his own notes.
, The Chamber of Commerce of Manchester is mother
rised by the Bank to receive applications for Loans,
which will be made either on goods or on personal se-
curity, and applications for sums from 10,000. to 5001.
will be received and considered. The applications ate
only to be opened by a Select Committee, and the
strictest secrecy is to be observed.
On the 4th, a messenger belonging to the Navy Pity
Office left town with between fifty and sixty thousand
pounds for the payment of the public officers and others'
,pt the Pembroke Dock-yard, Ike. file ruessengcg
deposited his wealth safely, and returned to Llndoe
the Thursday following. The messenger was in p •cse I
from making his accustomed speed by contrary N iada,
crossing the Bristol channel.
An official retort' to an order of the House olCont-
mons, of the total number of gentlemen who have bents
appointed to first commissions in the regiments of Ca-.
Foot Guards, and Infantry of the Line ; of pro-
motions of cornets, second lieutenants, and amigos, to
be lieutenants; of lieutenants to be captains ; captains
to be majors; and of majors to be lieutenant vilonds,
in each year since the 25 h March, 1822, which pro-
motions and appointments would have been prevented
'if every vacancy had been filled up from tl.e half-pay
list—c.states the total number at 1 520, of wh ch dive
were 889 appointed in the year ending 25-h Jan. la-t.
An official return to an order of the House of Con-
mons, states the amount of the Four and Half per Cent.
West India Duties received last year, at 31•390•0001,
and the following among the pensions charged thereon.
The Earl of Chathatn, 3,0001. Etri Kinanui, 1,0001.
Lord Auckland, 4001. Dimond Burke, Esq. 2,5001.
Lady Augusta D'Am land, 1,2921. 10r. aschess of
Gloucester, 1,000/. Prince's of Hesse Hombourg. 1.0001.-
Lady Hester Stanhope, 1,2001. Total salarie-, pets-
sion and other charges, 45,7071. 18s. 6d.
Yesterday week, four or five highwaymen stopped
Mr. Robert Burros and Mr. Edward Scholefield, cattle,
dealers, about a mite from Wakfield, and discharged
two Pistols at them, a-ball passing through the brim Of
Mr. Scholefield's hat, and another jrazing a button at
Mr. Barran coat. Mr. Scholefield s horse ran away
with him, and he escaped ; but. Mr. Buttes was at,
tacked, and cruelly beaten over the head with a pisto'a
The wretches tore off one side of his waistcoat, and girl
off with Mr. Burras's pocket-book, containing 4341. its
cash and bills. One fellow is in custody, upon whoa)
part of the property was found.
A GOOD OPINING FOR OLD Mains —ln Singapore
a most singular-feature of the populatir to is the great
disproportion of the sexes. In no class do the number
of women equal that of the men. In the Baotiss they
are not one-half; pad in the Chinese, the most effective
part of the native population, they are (ley a. one to
thirteen. From the small number of women and et
dren entering into the population of the Singapore, and
the necessariix Large proportion of male adults, it fol-
lows, as a matter of course, that it is more efficient than
its numerical amount would seem to indicate. -
, WHAT IS • Car?—At a fate examination of Abe
deaf and dumb pupils at Paris, one of the company proposed as a
question-0 What is a cat?" The answer which the boy delivered
who was asked, after some thought, was rather to chi anusemeat
of the spectators-0 He is a philosopher who sets with amigo and
prudence!"
CHesiil RE RHYI4III,-.-We copy the following from tke
Chester antra*. It is from a tbeatrical poem •
On Monday night, I seeing friend De Camp, .
buseasad about" The Bears aid The lisassw! gr
" Drop in," said be, •` and see' whet we're theoll'O'P'
And as I did,—but pretty soon dropt sot. • •
If Map pas et Ws rate, the cheese of ambit* will mai be
rivalled by ks

DIED.
Friday last, la Paris, aged 67, Mr. Putkerton, the author at a
vrerk es regality.

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UNION-lIALI4,
A young maws earned Atomlr 11107goil 11111,44431,14 wub
burglary. The watchman, on Oct Wronged, yestertlay morning,
found the wiiiinevatattiell open atortginettittiettncete ri Mfg:
Court, of itiliebahr,logebeft. livigampallsaabarist; and an im-
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