Star.
London, England, 1826-07-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

S. Ames, an assistant waiter, was brought up on suspicion of hay- 11
ing stolen several dozen silver hafted knives and forks, and two
bottles of wine, which he was carrying home late on Thursday
night, when he was stepped by a watchman in Thames-street. He
had been employed that afternooo at Ironmongers' Hall, where
there had been a sumptuous entertainment, in consequence of the
annual election dinner. It happened that the Alderman who pre.
sided yesterday (Sir Prna Lamm) was one of the visiting guests.
It turned out, from the evidence of the beadle and eellarrnan, that
on this day every year a bottle of wine is given to the assistant
waiter, who gave it to the prisoner, because he had a sick wife.—
The other bottle was accounted for, by stating that the decanters
and glasses returned from table had been drained for the beneSt of
the waiter, and when the dralnings amounted to a bottle, they were
sent up to the company in a fresh decanter, and the waiter detained
in exchange an uncorked bottle of wine. " Aye," said the Alder-
man, " I dare say that is true, and perhaps I came in for the bottle
of odds and ends." The knives the waiter took home, with permis-
sion, for the purpose of cleaning.
Sir Peva& LAURI' said, the Public Companies were s►amefully
robbed by waiters, and he should not let the prisoner escape easily.
Remanded till blonday.

George Magmas, a dirty, wooden-legged youhg fellow, and a deaf
and dumb boy, were bro►ght before Sir RICNAILD Maine yesterday
morning, by Bond, jun. one of the patrol, who had apprehended
them that morning, when attempting to pick the pockets of the
lieges assembled is St. Jamees Park to see the parade. They were
both well known pickpockets. In the hat of the deaf and dumb
boy was found a silk handkerchief, highly perfumed, and marked in
Nu corner thus :--11442.

They were committed for trial, as " suspected perms."
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A most extraordinary looking being, without shoes, stockings,
or shirt, with a cabbage stalk in his mouth, another peeping out of
his breeches pocket, and nearly enough of crusts, cabbage leaves,
and dirty potatoes in his hat to feed a pig fur a week, was
brought to this (Ace for begging in the streets. lie was well
known to the officers, who described his mode of levying contribu-
tions as peculiarly ingenious. On the approach a respectable per-
son, he commences picking up piece, of dirty "crust, Ste. (which he
has previously dropped), and eating them with astonishing avidity.
By this means he seldom fails to excite the pity, and extract the
pence of the passenger. He has the look of an idiot, but has fre-
quently proved more knave than fool.—The Magistrate committed
him to the tread wheel for a month.

Yeeterday an athletk Jew, named Abraham Jams, a dealer in
Spita'fields goods, residing in Whitechapel, was brought before
F. A. Roe, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, charged with having as.
molted Mrs. Ann Martin. _ _ _

The complainant, a young a pretty female, on seeing the prisoner,
fainted away. Upon being brought to, she deposed, that the pri-
Gorier had called several times at her house, and enquired of her if
she wanted to purchase any foreign silks; at the same time he in-
formed her that the prices would not exceed those of English
cotton goods. She replied in the negative, when he went away.—
Upon Wednesday week he called, between four and five o'clock,
when be came up stain, and whispered that he had some parti-
cularly fine French silks which he could sheer her, but he conkl not
do it before any pence; this took place about tea time, when she
had her children in the room. She sent them out under the ex-
pectation of seeing the silks, but the Owner, instead of producing
them, came close to her, and forced her against the table, where
they had a struggle, and she screamed out ; but the prisoner being
a powerful man, her efforts to disentangle herself were useless, and
the prisoner, without her consent, assaulted her; be instantly
afterwards took up his parcel, opened the door, and ran down
stairs, when her children came in and beheld her crying. In the,
count of then
isearme made known to a female residing in the
home bowshe assaulted, and begged of her if in case she
should see the prisoner spin, to give him into custody. Thursday
evening the prisoner came to the house, and she directly gave him
in charge.
Several witnesses having been beard in support of the charge, and
others being announced as ready to come forward, the prisoner was
remanded in order to afford as opportunkyfer their being exandoed.,
Linda asisifi, an Italian Image boy, about 19 or 19 Teen old
was brought from St. George's watch-house, charged as & disor-
derly impostor.
Clark, the watchman, stated that he saw the prismier in Regent-
street, ea Thursday evening, roaring lustily over the fragments of
some plaster-ofbParis figures,whlch he was telling the by-standers a
man hadebroken, and run away without paying for. Instead of a
board to hold the images, as is customary, the prisoner bad a
basket, at the bottom of which, under a piece of green baize, were
concealed other fragments. Witness told him be was an invoker,
and that be had no business in the streets. The prisoner said he
was not offering the casts for sale; be was going to take them to
Windsor. He still kept roaring, and collected a mob. Having seen
the prisoner attempt the trick before, witness took him to the
watch-house.

Schofield, the officer, about three weeks since, drove him out of
Portland-place for a like imposition. The prisoner then had
nothiog but pieces of plaster figures, and was exclaiming to the
crowd that p man had knocked his images down and broken them.
The fra•men" were exhibited on the Nagi,trate's table—a ri-
sible association of the fragile endurance of sublunary things, the
lan remains of Wellington and Venus, Napoleon, Ciapid, and the'
dexter paw of a nondescript, all in " confusion worse confounded,'
but so completely smashed, that no accident could have been the
cause of such destruction.
The prisoner said he could mend them if the pieces were re-
turned to him, and he only wanted a few halfpence given to inns
for the loss of mending.
To *hew the impracticability of the prisoner's speculation in
coalescing truuk and tripod, several of the officers attempted a

DIED.

July 18, at Kilkenny, Captain WiWhire, lith Foot.
At TeMebole House, Kinross-shire, Lady llnnerieff We!Wood,
wife of tbeßev. Sir Henry Monerieff Wellwood, Bart. of Twilitbole.
Wednesday, at his residence, Mill Hill, Thomas Clark, Rsq. in
the 68th year of his age, one of the Magistrates of the county of
Middlesex, and late of the firm of Clark, Boyd, and French, of
Skinner street.

Tuesday. at Chatham, Captain H. R. Moorsont, of his Majesty's
sloop Jasper. He was the youngest son of Viee•Admiral Sir
Robert Hainan, H.C.B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's
ships in the Medway, and brother of Captain Mammon of his Zds..
jesty's ship Prince Regent, and was a young °Aker of considerable
promise.