Star.
London, England, 1828-05-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• GUILDHALL.
George Dailey was yesterday charged with stealing a large
powerful donkey, the property of Earl Cowper. Mr. Dame, a
farmer at Trwiogbury, Hens, d that the animal, which was
one of the fine-t of its kind, was lent to hint by the Earl's Steward ;
on Tuesday morning (she Stith ult.) it was n►issed from a meadow
in Tewingbury, and on the Friday following it was found at Smith-
held, in the possession of one John KylEn, who stated that hr bad
purchased it that morning, at the five-mile stone at Turnharn Green,
of the prisoner, who was living with a gang of gipseys there. Mr.
proved that the prisoner sold him the ass in question, and
two others, for 4t. 3s. yesterday se'unight.—TLe prisoner was lolly
I committed for trial..

BOW—STREET.
Last night, James John Smith brought four well dressed persons
before air. MINSHULL, charged with attempting to pick pockets
yesterday at the Meeting of the Church Missionary Society, Free-
masons' Tavern, where 2,000 persons were assembled, and at
other public places. The prisoners ate all middle-aged persons, and
bad an appearance of great respectability. The first prisoner gave
his name Akre Morgan, City-road ; the second prisoner said his
ame was Ahri Thomas, but refused to give his address; the third
prisoner was Ann Minion, alias Jennings; arl)l the fourth Harriette
Triers, alias Williamson.
John James Smith said, that he saw the prisoners at the Free-
masons' Tavern, and believing that they were there for the p urpose
of committing felonies, he took them into custody.
Allensby, late a constable of St. James's, said, that he knew the
two female prisoners to be reputed thieves. He see them on Fri-
day last attempt to pick the pocket of a Lady in Great Queen-
street, lie also saw them on Monday night at St. Bride's Church,
Fleet-street, and he had no doubt their object was to pick pockets.
Herring. an in.ipector of patrol, stated, that he knew the pri-
soners to he teputed thieves. lie apprehended Ann Johnson seven
years ago for attempting to pick the pocket of a lady in Deptford
Church. Trivets, alias Willianrson, was tried at the Old Bailey
with-her husband, for picking pockets, when her husband was
transported for fourteen years, and she was discharged. The Ma-1
gistrate convicted the wholeof the prisoners as reputed thieves, and
sentenced them severally to two months imprisonment.

• QU REN-SQU ARE.
Johnson, the informer, having retired, his man, Atkinson, has
commenced business on his own account; and yesterday eppeared
here with a new recruit as a witness, to file thirteen informations
against licensed victuallers, bet the exposure of the practices of
common informers lady al klation.garden bas (to use Atkinson:s
own phrrse) created a " stink" that, could not fail to reach the
Magistrates. Mr. Wl3lll refuted' to receive the informations, be.:
eathe only One viitness could be prodhced• to support them.
• W OES II I P-STREET.

James Brice, a labouring man, was yesterday brought up by the
parish officers of St. John's, Hackney. charged with marrying Mary
Stormer, a wife whom he had married ten years ago being still
alive. On Monday similar charges were preferred against Mr.
Dominic Fealty. a tight little Irishman, who some, two or three
months since married one Mrs. Griffiths, a publican's widpw. Fur
a length of time past the Magistrates have been pestered.with the
alternate complaints of the last mentioned parties, who both before
and since their hymeneal union seem to have been constantly strug-
gling for the mastery. Dominic, who was an old acquaintance of
the widow's, protests that he was wheedled into the match when
be was drunk, as a means of setting the widow free front certain
pecuniary obligations.—The cases were remanded.
THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday the Captain of an East India free trader was charged,
befose.Mr. &miasmic's, with assaulting a seaman named Bousfield,
upon the high seas. It appeared, from the statement of the wit-
ness. that on the voyage from St. Helena the complainant inquired
for some wood to form a couch for a sick man. The Captain said
there was none';. ilkosfield contradicted him ; some words arose,
and the Captain ordered bins to be lashed up and flogged. Bousfield
retreated into the gallry, but was, by the Captain's order, dragged
out and tied up, and a black man ordered to flog him. The black
man refused to dog a white man, and also secreted himself, but
was discovered, and the Captain struck him with a rope's end until
the black, to save himself, administered the punishment upon
Bousgeld, who now applied for redress.—The Captain defended
himself upon the necessity there was to keep subordination among
the crew, the complainant having been exceedingly insolent and
sbusive.—The Captain was ordered to find bail, which he did, and
was discharged.

Accounts from Toulon to the 28th ult. state that the
expedition fitted out at that port was in readiness to de-
part, and-that every morneist orders for its departure
to the Nor ea were looked for.
A poor person residing in lireenock lately applied to.
the Magistrates to have two of his children a.d.tnitted;
on the poor's r- 11. " How many have you ?" said the
worthy BOIL& " Five and twenty, Sir," repl:ed the
'petitioner. " t'ive end twenty !" re-echoed the &Mk,
*el aid all by ones' ife ?"—" 0 no, Sir," replied the poor
man,',' I am wearing she fourth !"—Glasgow Free Press.,
Bushell, the- convict. who was lately transported for
life, foe hav:eg plundered jewellers of a great number
.of valuable articles, has been sent off to Botany Bay
with the last batch of criminals from the hulks, where
his ateomplishments are most grievously missed. He
.was iw the habit t f conducting the vocal department .in
the Chapel, and as he has a most deep, powerful, and
melodious voice, he, received a great deal of flattering
admiration, even amongst persons who were expiating
their own offences. He had entertained hopes of some
remission of the commuted punishment. in-consequence
of the representation made to Mr. Seams Rion -in his
favour ; but that Gentleman was,.wc understand, soon
after the commutation of the sentence. of death, unde-.1
ceived. The amount of his depredations may be guessed'
at from the facility' with which, upon the commutation
of his sentence, he concealed the diamonds. and the ad-,
dress with which he blindd the people whom he was
robbing. He said in Ncwgate that some of the phreno-
logists bad examined his skull, and pronounced it to be
rich in musical bumps, but that they were unanimous
in declaring that tl,e organ or bump of discretion was
net at all perceptible.
Fur about a fortnight past four men, apparently, by
their accent, from the South of England, have, at inter-
valt,been staying at the Volunteer Inn, in lleansgate,
'Manchester. It is conjectured, from their motions, that
they contemplated some robbery of importance, and
were then busied in making their preparations. Chance,
however, threw in their way a booty which they could
not have foreseen, but of which they were by no morns
slow to avail themselves. Mr. Edwards, a manufac-
turer of jewellery, at Birmingham, came to the Volun-
seer, having a considerable quantity of his wares in
a box, which was inclosed in a travelling bag. -After
having been out on Friday morning last, amongst his
customers, he dined at the Volunteer; and, about three
o'clock, went out, leaving his property in the travellers
room, and leaving also there two of the four individuals
whom we have mentioned. These persons had no doubt
ascertained the nature of the contents of Mr. Edwards's
bag; for, on his return, about four o'clock, he found
that his box had been forced open, and nearly the
whole of the contents, consisting of seals, rings, &c. to
the value of about 4001. carried away. The robbery
appeared to have been erected with great deliberation.
the jewellery was deposited in a number of trays, which-
were placed in the Ist x one above another. All these,
with the exception of one, had been taken. out, and
stripped, and then carefully; returned into .the box,,
which was replaced in the bag, as if nothing had hap •
pened. The tray which the robbers had not removed
contained only gilt articles of very trifling value ; and
there is reason to suppose that- when the robbers saw
the nature of its contents they thought it would be use.'
less to examine further ; and very well it was that they
,did so, for if they had lifted out the tray they would
have seen, in the bottom of the box, 120 sovereigns, and',
several at tides of jewellery of considerable value, which'
escaped their rapacious grasp. They were seen to leave
room about a quarter of an hour before Mr. Edwards's.
retero,.and of course did not revisit the house. They
had paid for everything as they had ,it, and conse-
quently hid no reckoning 'to discharge. Nothing has''
been heard of them or the property ; but they axe sup.
posed to have quitted the town immediately.