Star.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow,STßEET.—Ymerday two young Centlemen
ptesented themselves to INIr. BIRNIE and :•Jr. CONANT,
the sitting Magistrate., one of them stated himself to
be !qr. Wallace Hall, On Friday last the Gentle-
man accompanying him to the Otilce and two other
friends 'went np the River in a boat. In the evening
a violent storm came on of rain, thunder, and light- '
ning. .Viont seven o'clock it was• so violent they-
were making for rum:ley-bridge to take shelters they
however observed en the Fulham shore a beatco
track, where they alighted from the boat :red took
shelter under a large tree, a few yards irom the water,
where they remained during the storm, and as it was
clearing and they were about to return to their boat,
they were surrounded by a gentleman armed with a
double-barrered gun and five livery servants, ere of
whom appeared to be a groom, who was armed with
a pitch-fork, the other four were armed with Indian
or Otaheitean clubs. The gentleman armed with a
double-barrelled gun he understood to be Lord Rane-
lagh, and the men in livery to be his servants. His
Lordship demanded to know what they were doing
there? Mr. all explained to his Lordship the cause
of their being there to be thelstorm, and that they
were about to return to their boat, wbieh was no:
salsfactory to his Lordship, who declared, that he
and his companions should anssver for their conduct
at Bow-street Orrice. Mr. Hell their stated to his
Lordship that he and his companions were gentle-
men, and presented to him his card with his name and
address ; his companions did the same; but his Lcrd-
ship doubted their representation. One of the gen- •
tlemen referred him to Mr. Scott, of Hammersmith,
who was one of the Magistrates for the County, and
who would prove he was the person he represented
himself to be. However, this did not avail with his
Lordship, who observed, that he was constantly an-
noyed by a genteel rabble, who stole his flowers and
broke down the branches of his trees. Mr. Hall, in
answer to this, observed, that neither he nor his corn-
panions had any thing to do with such acts as they
had deee neiri,er, and were about to depart, but were
prevented by the armed servants by order of his
Lordship, particularly by two of them, one of them
presenting a pitch-fork, and the other holding up an
Indian club in a menacing way at them. Mr. Hall
Ts:even-Ann:Al with his Lordship on his conduct, assns.-
iag him he was acting illegally, and that he was not
justified in the course he was pursuing. His Lord-
ship, however, persisted in detaining them; but after
some time he agreed to let them depart, on con-
dition of their paying his servants for the troubi,_
they in the business, which was reAseed by Mr.
Hall and his friends for abou( half an hour, when,
finding all remonstrance vain, and fearing that the
boat would get swamped, he agreed, and did give
seven shillings to the servants as a condition for their
release, and ar ter that payment they were suffered to
depart to their boat. Mr. Hall stated, that out of
courtesy to a Nobleman of the rank of Lord Rane-
lagh, he had written to his Lordship, informing him
that he should expect him to answer for his conduct
in detaining him and his companions half an hour as
prisoners, and for el taming seven shillings for his
servants, ace. The 'Magistrates were of opinion that
if Mr. Hall could swear he had parted with the
money to the servants under personal fear, it would
amount to felony. Mr. Hall expressed his detenui-
nation to indict all the servants.—We give the above
as an cs-parte statement, as related by Mr. Heil in
the Police-Ofii cc.

IlArrox-cminEN.--Yesterday Dania Fouler was
charged with taking insurance for numbers in the
Little Go. The prisoner had carried on this nefaii-
ous practice for a number of years, and once suffered
six months imprisonment for the 'offence ; but still
wishing to be meddling in a safer way, he tendered
his services to a MT. Hesse, as an informer, order
to bring (acts to the same punishment he suffered
himself. His set vices were accepted, and through
his means many of his companions in guilt were
brought to justice, and suffered various periods of
imprisonment. The prisoner now suppoing that no
further suspicion would attach to him, resumed the
business under the rose with some of his old custo-
mers, and was at length detected. The charge being,
proved, lie si .tenced to six months imprisonment.
John Vincent, porter at the Bull Inn, Holborn,
was convicted in the penalty of 10s. and costs, for
making an overcharge of twopence in the delivery c‘C,
a parcel at the house of a Gentleman in Bedford-row.
MARLBOROi:GII-Liiii.ET.--./.7bi Price, seriant to
a Professional man, residing in the vicinity of West
End Fair, was yesterday charged with an assault'
upon Sam. Williams, a poor man, with a %rife and
five children, who was exhibiting a kaleidoscope at
one penny each.--The complainant stated, that the
accused ordered him from a spot d' ground %Oleic
he was standing, then followed hint to another place,
and pushed him, and broke the kaleidoscope. Com-
plainant then asked him by what authority he acted
when he went away, and procured a constable's staff,
and, shaking it in his hand, said, " I'll shew you by
what authority I act."—The defendant was sent down
for Lail, and the Magistrate pointed out to the poor
man the way to sue for his losses. _ _

UNION. llALl..—Yest.cr,!ay/Iptm.iii Davies, about
twenty years olage, was charged -svitli tint:ring thret
notes fur -1:1 each, purporting to be Bank of Eng•
land, knowing the Janie to be tOrge:ies—Committe::.
Wm. Chunk:card and Thomas Milers wc:c charge,:
ith attempting to break open the house of
Budd, London-road.—Ann Aldis, a young lady about
la years of age, stated, that she resides in the Ltn-
don-road, exactly opposite tile house of :Air. Tiu.lo,
who is her father-in-law, and is now cn a visit a:

Margate. On Wednes.iay night at II o'clock, as she
a as looking hi:mil:et chamber-window, she oliservett
the prisoner Churchward and another man e.l2e.t-
-vourmg to break into Mr. Budd's house by fin-Ling
open the door with a crowbar. Size gave an alarm,
and the men ran awaY. Holmes, the constable, in-
tercepted ChurchwarJ as he was running, and took
him into ctistody. Witness could not be positive as
to the prisoner Myers.—Holmes stated, that Mycis
came to speak to Churchward after he was lodged in
the watch-house. The latter asked hint for some
money? and Ilycrs was in the act of giving him a
note, when witness, supposing that it might leai to
some discovery, made a snatch at it. Myers instantV
put it into his mouth an.! swallowed it. lle then de-
him as a rmpicions character.—Myers was
'4:l.:charged, and Churtle,a:d cczatzlitteti