The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

BOW-STREET (THis DAY).

FORGING ON CHELSEA HOSTITA L.-Clarke,
Logan, and Coke/ey, the three soldiers who stand charged, the
former with forging and uttering two certificates for the pay-
ment of Prize-money, and the latter with personating two sol-
diers, were finally examined. A letter from Clarke was read, in
which he admitted his guilt, but denied that the others knew of
it. Capt. Stuart having sworn that the body of the checks
were in the writing of Clarke, though he would not swear to
the signature of Colonel Douglas, the prisoners were fully
committed, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute.

BALTII4O APRIL o RACIE.--.Capt Alkin, of the
brig Caroline arrived at Philadelphia from llavannah, states
that on Friday, the 20th of March, when on his passage from
Savannah to Havannah,. he was tired on off Stirrup Key, by his
Britannic Majesty's schooner Renegat, formerly the Sarago-
ranza, Lieut. Coin. Fyatt, a calm prevailing at the time, and
the vessels within musket-shot. The brig had her foretopsail
on deck repairing—the shot from the schooner, apparently a
six-pounder, passed about three feet from the taffrail, and
about one foot under the main boom. The officer who boarded
not heaving to,—when
the trig, very politely told Captain Alkin, that his Cap-
tain was much displeased at their
from tine dead calm which prevailed it was impossible to
obey such a command. The Renegat is the same vessel that
fired on the schooner Allen, Captain Dunham, on the 27th of
March, off Cape Nicholas Mole. Some of the British officers,
at Ilavannah, spoke of Lieut. Fyatt as a half-crazy man. If
he be so, he ought not to command a vessel of war ; if he be
not so; he ought to be called to account for his proceedings.

ESCAPE FROM ST. LUKE'S—On Friday three or
the patients contrived to escape from the back of St. Luke's
Hospital, by the assistance of the sheets of their beds tied to
each other and affixed by a pole, and by which they descended
into the gardens of the Peerless Pool Baths, and made their
way into the street : here they.separated, each taking a diffe-
rent route. One of the three, a Gentleman highly connected,
bent his steps towards the George Inn in the Borough, where
he applied at the Booking-office to secure a place by the Maid-
stone Coach. The wildness of his manner exciting the suspi-
cions of the book-keeper, the proprietor, Mr. Schofield, was
sent for, who being perfectly au flat of his history instantly
recognized him, and he was detained under frivolous pretences
while a porter was dispatched to the hospital, who quickly re-
turned with the above intelligence. Assistance was then ap-
plied for to secure him, but at the moment the party was about
to pounce upon their prey, who was lounging at the inn gate,
a gentleman connected with hint, named Cowton, happened to
pass on horseback, whom the fugitive no sooner caught sight
of, than winged with fear, he fled towards St. George's church
with incredible swiftness, followed by the officers, whom he
completely distanced, till, arriving at the Bricklayer's Arms,
in the :lent-road, a distance of a mile and a half he stumbled,
and his pursuers coming up, he was secured, after a most des-
perate scuffle, requiring handcuff's so be resorted to. lie was
then conveyed back to the Hospital in a coach. The other
two have not since been heard of. _ _

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ARLBOROUGH-STREET.-Mr. Hunt attended
to assure the Magistrates, that the statement made by a Lady
on a preceding day respecting the alleged nuisance of his Roasted
Corn Shop was incorrect. He said that the irregularity complain-
ed of had occurred only on one night, and assured the Itla,r'is_
trate, that so far from his roasted corn being considered of a radi-
cal quality, it was used by many of his Majesty's Ministers, and
had even obtained the approbation of his Majesty himself. The
Lady's statement respecting the manner in which he had ob-
tained possession of the shop was also untrue, as he had taken
it under a contract for a lease from the proprietor, who having
since refused to fulfil the agreement, he (Mr. Hunt) had filed
a bill in Chancery upon the subject.