Star.
London, England, 1829-07-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION—HOUSE.
Yesterday a strong country-looking• man was brought be{,„
Mr. Alderman Key (who sat for the Lord Mayor, who was u.
tending a General Meeting of the Governors of Christ's Hesow
to audit the accounts), to be forwarded to the Blockade Stmt.
The man had surrendered himself as a deserter from the sink;
and was desirous to return, being In a starving condition. Awt
poral from the Tower was anxious to know bow to pr0et,41...
Mr. Nobler said the man must be taken to the Tender, and five
'thence be sent to his station. He was taken away accordingly.
• GUILDHALL

Yesterday Rickard race, a journeyman butcher, in the ebt*.
of Mr. Woodbans, a salesman in Newgate market, and Iris
Farr, the driver of a waggon belonging to Mr. Kingsley, et Kb,
too, carrier, were charged before Sir Peter Laurie with euesigir4
be exposed for sale in Newgate market the carcase of a cow tem%
had been wasted with disease, and was unfit for human food.
Joseph Bates, a patrol, proved that the meat was brought %
the market about five o'clock in the morning, on the top of
leg's wanea•
In answer to a question from Sir P. Laurie, the prisoner pft
said be brought the meat from the farm of Mr. Collison, at New
England. Hitch* Herts. Mr. Collison's men, who gave it to yak
said the beast was alive between twelve and one o'clock on Att.
day. He did not see the meat in question. as it was templet*
wrapped up in a large cloth. He did not carry any letter to Kr.
Woodbam, and he bad no reason to suppose Mr. W. was aware
this beef was coming.

Caleb Cooper, a porter, said he carried the beef to Woodhent's,
and the prisoner twice masted him in hanging it up on the batty
in the shop.
Wace, being interrogated by the Alderman, said he had seta
wone and better meat than this. He took it in, but one Ile.
saner Wood bad the assuagement of the business of his mato,
who is out of town. Wood did not see this meat before it on
bung up.
A man, named Pritchard, was then called—He was identified at
a saanufaeturer of saussges, and he said the meat in question oat
worth a peony a pound for dog's meat.
Mr. Over, the Master of the Butcher's Company, said, from me
knowledge he had of Mr. Woodbans, he believed he would net
have suffered the beef in question to be brought into his shop If be
bad been in town. He had no doubt the animal died with disease,
and was not k for human food. The system of sending diseased
and rotten meat to London was of 40 years' standing.
Sir Peter Laurie said this was an evil of the greatest moment
t 6 the public, and he should move, In the Court of Aldermen, that
an inspector should be appointed over the meat markets. He also
hoped that the lino on the person who seat this meat would not be
less than one hundred pounds.
Wace was then held to bail to appear at the next Sessions, and
Farr was admitted a witness, and was bound over with the rest to
prosecute.
The meat, which bad a black, dirty, carrion appearance, wat
ordered to be burnt forthwith be Smithfield. The weight was abort
4601b5. The City Solicitor was instructed to prosecute.

BOW—STREET.
Yesterday Mr. John Wiggins, Commander of the steam boat
called the London, plying between lilackfriars Stairs and Rich.
mond and Twickenham, was brought up on a warrant, charged
with baying assaulted his cabin-boy, John Thomas Mullet.
The lad deposed, that the Captain was in the habit of chastising
him, without much regard to whether he was deserving of punish.
went or not. About a week ago, as they were sailing between
London and Twickenham, the Captain committed the violence
upon him. which formed the subject matter of complaint. His
arms and body bore marks of the severity with which he bad been
used—and two ladies who were passengers on board came forward
to add their testimony to that of the boy.
The Captain denied that he bad used undue snaky.
Mr. Halls—You cannot deny having beaten the boy.
The Captain said be could not.
Mr. Halls upon this admission ordered him to give bail.
HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Margaret harry, a lymph of the pave, of no very
prepossessing appearance, .was charged with the following robbery.
Mr. Maggs, a middle-aged sedate-looking gentleman, stated that
on Tuesday night, about ten, he met the prisoner in Holborn, and
was induced by her tender solicitatioes to accompany her to her
lodgings In Gray's Inn-lane, where he intended to pass the night.
I When be retired to bed he had sixteen sovereigns and a half in
gold, and some silver, in his breeches pocket, and likewise a five
pound Bank of England note in his pocket book. He was awoke
in the night by a noise, and on looking round, saw the prisoner at
the foot of the bed partly dressed. He jumped out of bed, secured
the room door, and called fur a watchman, who same and took
the prisoner into custody. On their way to the watchhouse the
prisoner was searched, when nine sovereigns and some silver were
found concealed about her person, and which witness had no doek
were his property. The prisoner said the money was hers, and
that she had saved it while in service.

Frauds Millen, a watchman, Ttated, that hearing the alarm
given by the prosecutor, he came up and took the prisoner iota
custody. On searching her he found nine sovereigns Sand some
silver. Prosecutor said he had lost 91. is.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

William Cooper, a young man, rather shabbily attired, was yr-
terday placed at the bar, charged with robbing the Bavarian On-
pel, in Warwick-street, Golden-square.
It appears that for some time past there has been a decrease
in the stock of Prayer-books, Bibles, &c. belonging to the emigre.
gation. Yesterday morning the prisoner entered the Limpet at
about a quarter past seven, and knelt down near the Vestry.; tat
in the midst of his devotion he had his eye fixed upon the Vestry
door, and having been missed for a moment, he was discovered to
be mach nearer the Vestry; bat the Prayer-books, fourteen in
I number, were found on him, and skeleton-keys which be hadI picked the deck lock with, and these moans had got tbebooks so
easily. He was immediately taken into custody. lie was fully
committed for trial.