Star.
London, England, 1826-07-18 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

. Ellen a Jones was charged with attempting to convey a gallon of
gin and a gallon of rum into the Debtors Prison, Whitecross street.
Mr. Spencer, thosGovernur, stated that the wife of a publican in
the neighbourhood was fined 101. lately for introducing spirits into
the gaol, and the husband seemed determined, in revenge, to send
in a greater quantity than ever, and he had succeelld to a surprising
extent. The prisoner, the wife of a debtor, being suspected, was
watched into tke house of a publican, yesttrday morning, by a
turnkey, and on coming to the prison she was searched, and the
spirits found in bladders concealed under her clothes and in a hand-
kerchief. The prisoner, who pleaded distress as her excuse for
undertaking to carry in the liquor, was sentenced to six weeks'
hard labour.

W. Johnson was charged with stealing a bay mare, which was tied
to a tree in Epping Forest, along with a dozen ethers, under the
care of a bricklayer, on the 7th Instant, while the owners were
enjoying the festivities of Fairlop Fair. The prisoner bad the mare
put up for sale at the City Repository, and it was owned as it was
going to the stables of a purchaser.—Remanded.

BOW-STREET.
A woman named Smith was charged on suspicion of stealing eleven
shawls of a valuable description, the property of Messrs. Maynard
and Pyne, of Ludgate UM.
The shawls were, by some means, stolen unperceived from the
door of the prosecutors on Thursday lin, and on Friday the pri-
lOW pledged them at Mr. Balfour's, a pawnbroker in &. Martin's
Vire. On fhtistslay evening she applied to redeem three of them,
bet infornsarldnisaving in •the interim been received that they were
stolen, she was detained.
The •prisooer told a long story ht her defence, of having been
employed topledge them by a • M-ench lady, whom she met in the
street.r-Remoaded.

Mao Carter and Anne Connor, two young prostitutes, were yes-
terday committed for robbing a discharged gentleman's coachman
of his watc► mad six sovereigns.
HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, Edward Mealmeld and W' Wises Lech were brought
up from Islington .watch-house, charjed with robbing Mrs. An-
derson, a respectable elderly woman, of a snuff-box and money, as
the Lag.. highway,
The prisoner Macdonald, on being placed at the bar, *bowed an
extraordinary anxiety to speak, be having formerly belonged to the
legal profession, buk the Magistrate told him it might be more pru-
dent to reserve his paints of law for another occasion.
The complainant then stated, that having dined with a friend at
Islington, on Sunday, slue was induced to remain out later than
usual, and having declined an escort, she was returning home alone
at a little after eleven o'clock. As she was coming down At.
Johnntreet, she pulled a box out of her pocket to take a pinch of
snuff, and at the moment the prisoners passed by, when Macdonald
suddenly turned round, and said, 44 Will you allow me to take a
little of your gnat, Madam r From the respectability of the
man's appearance, she was induced to comply with the request,'
but she no sooner presented the box than Macdonald made a vio-
lent grasp at it, and sneesadad in forging it out of her hand,
together with a silk handkerchief, and instantly made of Prose-
emit then called the watch; and gave Locke, in custody, and the
other being pursued, was apprehended at Islington turnpike. In
the box was a sovereigh and a half sovereign, but though the box
was found on his person, no trace of the money could be had.—
With respect to Locke e had to charge to prefer, except that it
appeared to her that he was in company with the other prisoner.
Locke did not deny that he was an acquaintance of Macdonald's.
but he solemnly declared that he had no Idea that he could have
• bees capable of suck an unmanly and disgraceful act.