Star.
London, England, 1827-03-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Samuel ilfrouns, the driver of one of the Kentish-town stages, was
charged by Mr. Thomas Dobson, with a violent assault on his
person.—Mr. Dobson stated, that on Saturday last he took an out.
side place on the defendant's coach, and proceeded as far as the
Britannia public-house,on the Hampstead-road, where begot down
and was about to pay the fare, when the defendant, without the
slightest reason, struck Wm a latent blow on the chest, the effects
of which were so severe that he was completely stunned, in which
situation he was obliged to be carried to his residence. The blow
which he received, be said, was enough " to knock down an oz;"
and he repeated that he had gives the defendant no provocation
whatever for such violence.

The defendant, in reply, admitted the assault, but stated that the
provocation he received from the complainant was of the most pro.
vo►ing description. Mr. Dobson, he said, was in a state of intox►-
catiun on the coach; and dorifig the whole of the 'ride be continued
to annoy him: When at last he got down opposite tae Britannia
publ:c•house, he (Mr. Dobson) pulled of his coat, put himself in a
boxing pos.tion, and insisted on having a turu.up" with him," and,

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le fat 111111Ie tam hisallinee,"Mindewsd die emehraman, w tlatt
was obliged to knock down lo ovll4efence, er I sow, I
should have been knockdown myself."
The defendant then called the landlord of the puhlic-hoohr
questh‘n, and another perinea, both of whom proved tkat ur. /),,b,
son was intolicated at the time, and that be stripped M,, test*
the defendant, sweating that he vies able to beat all the machete%
on the road.

Bosh Sit RICE• SD BMUS and Mr. 31tesnom. said, ti,,,
dime against tbe defendant could not be mainuined, inannuth
mr„ Donaon speared to be the apressot. The complaint was
then dismissed, and Mr. Dobson regretted that he had not
DOMIeSt7 to call witnesses, wbo would, he said, ham car write
oat hiestatement.
• MATTOMIGAIILDEN.

William was charged by Mr. Porse, Miniature--s,.
of St. john'a-scoare, with stealing a writing-cue, containing in,
pounds ten shillings in cash, and a gold breasting. prisoner hi/
introduced himself into the family as a person of pet
paying his addresses to prosecutor's sister-in-law. on thedal
in
questue, taking advantage of his friend dosing on the ,off
he walked olf with the proving, and shady retained, with:
being in the slightest degree suspected, and continued his vi,its gut
several weeks, during which be joined with the prooteutor iv tR,
lag other individuals in the bootee with the robbery --Lest Fora?
Mt. Farm was at a public-house in Holborn, where he R, „tionei
his kna,whea a stranger observed, that the case bad been praters,4
to him by the prisoner, who lodged with him, in Fetter.tatn._,,
Prisoner was then taken into custody, and fully cogrunitted.
QUEEN-StatJAME.
_

Dr. Borthwick Gilcltrist was summoned—by the driver of I*
hackney-coach, No. 754, (or refusing Virry his legal fare, Th,
Learned Doctor took the coach in St. Paid% Charch.yerd,teto,„
Parses-street, Piccadilly, which is above two Wks, when Ara,.
'sanded Ss. but the Doctor wash! soy pay ts.
In defence, the Doctor mid, on getting into tie coach he mid
the driver if the fare to Clarges-street was La. when be unwires is
the atirmative ; hobo arriving at his jeerney's end be &mauled
Mr. Gamoaaa said, the coachman was entitled to bit fate; txt
as be imagined the Deets/ had been wailed, be should n alkir
the seeder= dee his tasy.. _

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F. ream, S. Corm, eadJ. were reinntaled on eepiciok
et a burglary arid robbery ba the bogie at Idr. Hushes, in tia7dro
near% Minorite.
_ W ORS H I P-ST R BET.

W. Imo, a cart-owner, and J. 144 bee driver, were pet to tits
bar, wben ft appeared that on Saturday nisht, Chaska Crowder,
of Typa.etreet, was taken into cestody for hauls{ a quantity of
kerseyasere patterns in ids possession, and soon after, Lee, wick one
of Lodge's carts, drove asp to the door, when two Ines pat six roils
of iseneyinere into the cart, sad told the driver to proceed; bit
Harrisea, an eater, stopped the horse, seism a desperate eresui,
ensued betwelmthem, sed the two uses evasmally escapels les
as dial was no doubt the property was stolen, the prisoners were
remanded, io hopes the owner will be discovered.

THE LATE STORM.
Ave, MAWR 15.—A uorrespooneut in Demi Minims us hit
Alexander Lbadasy, the seam slimes Ilodsay, Newton, parish of
Gahm°, about SS years old, lost his life in the late storm. He
was a servant to John sod Mathew Jamieson, store farmers, h
Chang, sod he and his masters, with their brother
ant in the evening during the storm, to look after the cher?. They
were scarcely a mile frau die horse when he took ill, bet ,4
gettimg a bit of bread, he -revived a little, John Jamieson one
became exhausted, and returned home, reaching the house witb the
greatest diaceky oo his hoods and koees. The other two brotan
strove to get the lad, Lindsay, home In life, and Mathew Jantiewe,
• mesa of superior strength, carried Maw (or sone time on his bath,
but nature failed. He could proceed so great kngth--they wen
bailed by the storm. In this dilemma the other brother,
proceeded rewash for aid, but before it could be obtained, the
lad died in the arms of Mathew. With the utmost exertion they
carried his body to the house, bat animation could not be restored
A favour* deg rentainedall night by his plaid, which, in the cue.
11 fusion, was left on the led, and great entreaty had to be empinyel
to induce hint to leave it eves peat daY.—There are numerous se.
Mini of the loss of sheep and cattle, but we refrain from. 'min.
Honing them till they be more completely made up and be
autheadcased.

Sluimia, Mance 15.-.ln the late soon storm on Saturday tit
id March, Saba Watson, a native of Loodon,perithed. He war a
'man of considerable talents, although of rather eccentric heft;
was well known to many of the literary Gentlemen of Edinburgh
and elsewhere, and to many Miters of rank in the Army and Nett,
with whom be bad served as Oak la all quarters of the globe. lie
resided; occasiocalli. for the lait tee years, with Mr. Malaita;
woman ousteeetater, Blackford. Oa Friday be left Blackford
le* Penh, and was delis return home on Saturday, when hepisiel
hie way, owing to the violence of the steam, *themes sly thyla
bait a mile from the village, and where he had been sent by *Ss
,people, aho stream by the storm. Much to the milk of the
Inhabitants' so woo as k became known that be was amissing, dili-
geot search was made, when an Tuesday they eucceeded in findiig
his 'body, which decently interred In .the village church.yard.
the suet respectable inhabitants of the place attending his Funeral.
Oa Friday the rid inst. a man was found dead in a ploughed field.
about a mile and a half to the south west of Crieff. Pan ail*
face was &dirtied by vermin. It hossjectured that the poor auk
had been in swarth of a house to thole* his, but had lost leis tray
during some of the previous steamy eights, mid died whitings**
of a tansies& Re bad on a moleskin cost, blue trousers, aid
bad timepiece in his pockets. The body was conveyed to BSA
%There he *as pot into a decent coin, which for sane days was kept
above grosskia the hope that his person would be discovered.

BIRTH.
At Sidney, ou the 3d October, the Lady of Lieutenant General
Governor of New &oath Wales, *CI' goo.

MARRIED.

Saturday, at St. Marpda-bonne New Church, William Willow
Yates, Eat Deputy Assistant Commissary-General to his Majestr's
Force'', to Miss Knight, of Upper flarerotreet, way daughtlit:uf
the late Joseph Knight, Esq.

DIED.
Saturday, at his imddegee, near Hj'tbe, in Kent, after a -11,rt
Lieut,Heseral W Want Johnston, Coieuel Commandeat
Royal Enciasen.
At Alterdeass, ea the 25th all. Captain James W. Reid, half pay
of the eadt Regiment of Foot, in his Sith year.
At the MAW of Didfusote the nth hot. the Rev. John Gooks,
in the Guth year of his age, and estk at his Ministry.

aIkWGATE Asa LICAORNHALL MARKETS, Masco If.
Beef... 5. Od to 4s 4d I Veal 3s Od to Ss od
Mottos 4d so 4s 4d Pork 4s Od to As al

PENNS or HAY &x STRAW YESTERDAY.
IT. assizes. WHITJCU•►aI..
Hay 41 Os Od to 61 10s Od Hay 41 Os to .51 ISt ad
davit 5115 s Od to 71 Os Od Ciovet 4Ws to 41. ISs 01
Straw 1115 s Od to SI Ss 04 Straw 11 tis to 11 tas ad

PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Manes 19.
new POCICITS. PEW SAGS.
Kant 9os to 11106 Kent 766 to 100
Susan
Baez
Farnham fine 1801 10 180s—Seconds. 140, t 1801 _

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Best Dressing Hides l3&d to 151
Common Ditto lsd to I7d
Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting
Ditto 4S to Sins lsld to rid
Calf Skins, 36 to 401bs l6d to 210
Ditto 50 to 70Ibs
Ditto 70 to 801bs .... ...... . lid to t3l
Small Seals, Greenland).— ..... ......
Tanned Horse Hides i3d to 15d
Spanish Hone Hides.— .. ..._ ___ led to god

COAL MARKET, Wacr 19.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Pike.
131 e Newcastle 3411 30s Od to 37s 63
36 Sunderland • 17 33s Od to 3.s t.

MA
•DL DOE. 41116 nos.
Dublin . 1 0 France t 0
Waterford 2 0 Hamburg 0 3
Guernsey mid Jersey 0 2 Flanders ' 0 1
Lisbon 0 0 Sweden 0 0
Usaaghadeo 0 0 Brasil 0 0
Buenos Agra 0 1 America 0 0
Holland 0 1 Leeward Islands 0 0

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