Star. — 1820-08-02 (London, England)

POLICE.  • MA1185011.110411.-1A Merchant of respectability th- City, stated, thaton Saturdmoisist as be was walking through Lombard-street, he beard a femate.voice crying out " 31urder !' on going to the Spot, perceived a young woman lying on t.l. back; her clothes had been dragged almost from her body, t!.r: was covered with mud, and there were a number cf pers.); s gaping around her. The Gentleman thel) cal!td to a comAal,h,, and with his insistence succeeded, notwithstauding the vast ni'dtitticie of pickpockets who 'were collected round, and «kira those whose interest was excited, in carrying. her as far as the entrance to the Queen's Arms Taveria; in the Poultry, vol.rre he proeured a glass of water, but when presented to her. sLe dashed the glass to pieces. During this exhittition the metch.xt lost his hat and handkerchief, and the Meet his hat. A char i•>: was soon seat for, and the witness and the .offscer got al;:n having lifted their protegee into the seat, !Cr the tkrpnse of c!,rducting her to the Compter. While in the coach she struggled desperately as to render it necessary to hold her hands and to prevent bar doing serious injury to those who were with h. r. At length she arrived at the Compter, when she kicked, a! plurged, and cried " Murder!" and finally .charged her prat.: tors with having robbed, and attempted to viontte her person The young woman, in answer to this, declared must solcmitly that when the merchant and 'constable took hold of her, she had. ' two. pictures ,in her possession, a shawl, and. ether proyerty of considerable value. She denied that she had been at all Mzenci cited, and said, that as she and her mother-inlawzwere walking along Lombard-street, some person knorked her (1, n, aud broke the glasses of the pictures she held, upon which the merchant and constable ran ever, and laid it-old her for the purpose of abusing her, but under the pretence of humanity. Sha th, u io.t her property. They dragzed her on in the midst of a mob, ,T.. 1 hurried her into a coach, where thty polled thedothes front licr back, and were proceeding to ee.mmit the violence she most ai,burred upcn. her, when she kicked open the ucor of die coach, and cried to the multitude to are her from being violated...She addA, that tbeee were several persons who could Con O forward to bear tertimor.y to the truth of this account. The Lsen Mwt-on sent for several City Mict•rs who ware on du, rear the place, ri'd also rot Mr. Teague, Keeper of the Comilter. Some of these witnesses said, they considered the v:omsu either mad or drunk. 'They stated that there were above 500 persons around her during her extravajancies. Ito Loreiship declared Via he did not question her being robbed, but that the resi actable person who came to her assistarce :ho,:id base joined the robbery, or attempt to violate her pees r: is .he pi usence c: so many, was incredible ; he world tlitr.:fore dimiss the c' and-was convinced that her yrotectr.ti were entitled• to hPr titude. She however p.rsisted iu her intention of proceed;: against them for actampting to violate her ch Achy.  A quarrel took ',lace on Thurvday afternoons in Potter-row, Edinburgh,-which er.ded is a sort of gr.. natal- battle among a number of young men,, and Ara: maintained with much animosity .and eesFeraticr, till the combatants were separated bra.e One of them was so dreadfully hart. th 4 t he •O. very soon after. ' An investigation it :c, the cause; ( t this unfortunate affray is now. gOittg on ; some of parties have abscondeJ.