The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-26 00:00:00

BOW .STREET.

Information was received in the course of the
morning that a duel was about to be fought be-
tween Ensign Douglas Cooper Mills, of the 90th
regiment, and Lieutenant Burt, of the Royal Navy.
The parties had contemplated a similar breach of
the peace a few days ago, when the former gentle-
man (whose surname we were at the time unable to
ascertain) was held to bail by Sir R. Birnie, until
the sessions, which having now arrived, the recog-
nizances were no longer binding. A warrant for
the apprehension of both the parties was imme-
diately issued, and placed in the hands of Ellis,who
returned, after a fruitless search, declaring his belief
that the gentlemen had gone to France to decide
their difference.

Kendrick, the police constable of F
whose insolence to Mr. Halls, while sitting upon the
bench on Saturday evening, we have already noticed,
hats been dismissed the service by order of the
Police Commissioners, a statement of the facts hav-
ing been laid before them by Mr. Halls, in reply to
which he received a letter from the superintendent,
Mr. Thomas, apprising him of the determination of
the Commissioners.

Yesterday evening the Rev. Henry Kebble came
before Mr. MINSHULL to complain of his having
been robbed in the morning of a bank note for 501.
and three sovereigns, in the passage leading from
Westminster-hall to the Court of King's Bench.
The Rev. Gentleman stated, that he went to the
Court with his two sons, and in the passage in
question he perceived three young men, extremely
well-dressed and of respectable appearance, close to
him, and at the same time he felt a more than usual
pressure against his person. He succeeded, how-
ever, in forcing his way-through the crowd into the
Court, and there discovered that his pocket-book,
containing the property mentioned, had been stolen
from the pocket of his trousers. ' On returning to
the passage, be found that the three young men,
whom he had previously observed, had left the
place.

The Rev. Mr. Kebble was then requested to give
his information to the clerk, with a description of the
Bank-note which he had lost.

LAMBETH-STREET.

A very singular case was heard on Monday before
Mr. HARDWICK.

A middle-aged woman, named Sarah Harrison,
was charged with exciting a young girl, named Jane
Pennycot, to rob her uncle, Mr. Edward Dowling,
a grocer, residing in King-street, Tower-hill, of dif-
ferent sums of money, amounting in the whole to
thirty-five guineas, and afterwards receiving the
same, knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Dowling said, that his niece had for some
time:resided in his house, and was in the habit of
serving in the shop. The prisoner Harrison was a
washerwoman, and used to come occasionally to his
house to wash. A short time since he received an
anonymous letter, in which he was informed that his
niece had been robbing him, and had given the
money to Harrison. He accordingly was on the
watch to detect her, and a few days ago he employed
a person to buy articles at his shop, amounting to
lls., and paid for them with three half-crowns and
other money, which was marked. Directly after-
wards lie went to the till and found one of the half-
crowns was gone. His niece went out, and he fol-
lowed her to the prisoner's house, and when she re-
turned he taxed her with having taken the half-
crown, and she immediately confessed :having taken
it, and to giving it to the prisoner Harrison; she also
confessed to other robberies.

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Jane Pennycot, the niece, was then sworn, and
she stated, that about ten months since the prisoner
first asked her to rob her uncle, say;ng, that there
was a young man who wanted the money for the
purpose of furnishing a room, and when this object
was accomplished, he intended to marry her. The
young man alluded to, named Edward Tuck, she
had only seen once or twice, and be had never made
any proposals of marriage to her. On one occasion
she gave the prisoner two guineas.
Mr. HARDWICK said, it was a most singular case :
but as it was very clear against the prisoner, he
should commit her for trial.