The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Alice Baker, a showily-dressed married woman,
was charged with the following dexterious robbery
upon Mr. James Bowles, an account-book maker in
Nottingham-street, Bethnal green :
The prosecutor stated that while on his way home
through Finsbury-square, at nine o'clock in the even-
ing, he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked him
to take a walk with her. He refused to do so, and
quickened his pace to get rid of her, but she still
forced her company upon him, and walked as fast as
he did till they reached the corner of Wilson-street,
when a man came up, and having jostled against him
with such force as to swing him round, abused him
fair running against him. On recovering from the
collision he 'suddenly missed his female persecutor,
who was hurrying away as fast as she could, and this
exciting his suspicions, he thrust his fingers into his
wai•tcoaf pocket and missed his watch, but the robbery
had been so cleverly eff,cted that he did not feel it
taken, and the guard, though cut through and drawn
out of the ring, was still hanging round his neck.
He instantly started after the woman, shouting
" Stop thief," and the man who had pre-
viously jostled him, and who, it was now plain,
was a confederate, as instantly turned back, got before
him, and did all he could to prevent his pursuing her,
but bis cries attracted the notice of Sayers, a con-
stable, and a plumber named Leversage, who stood
across the pavement to stop her, and the confederate,
on seeing this immediately turned and made off,
while the prisoner, who was exhausted, ran into their
arms.

Sayers, the constable, stated, that as soon as he
had secured the prisoner in the manner described, she
protested that she had committed no offence to justify
her detention; but hearing somethimg fall smash
from her dress upon the pavement, followed by a
jingle, he looked down to see what they were caused
by, and found the prosecutor's watch upon the stones
with a pair of scissors beside it, on which the prisoner
prayed very hard for forgiveness, and entreated the
prosecutor to let her go, in consideration for her
baby, which was ill at home, but he persisted in the
charge, and she was transferred to the station.

The prisoner merely replied in answer to the
charge, that it was not she who had stolen the watch,
and that she merely ran away because the prosecutor
declared he had been robbed ; but _ _

Mr. HAMMILL directed tia; depositions to be taken
by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, and the prisoner was
fully committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William St. Clair wns charged with having sent a
threatening letter to Mr. Fox, of the firm f Fox and
Henderson, contractor: for the Exhibition Building in
Hide-park.

Mr Fox said he received a letter by post that
morning, which had been sent to Mr. Humphreys,
his solicitor. While walking in the building about
two o'clock that day, the prisoner came up to him and
said, " Will you grant me an audience ? ' asked
his name, and he replied, " William St. Clair." Com-
plainat,t said, " Certainly nor," upon which he said he
would make him repent it. He then called a constable,
and gave trim into custody ; and in his possession was
a copy, or the substance, of the letter which com-
plainant had received in the morning. He ascertained
that the prisoner had worked at the Exhibition as a
glazier, and had been p,id his wages last Saturday
night. He did not know him, there being between
1,000 and 2,000 workmen employed.
Cockran, the foreman, said the prisoner was one of
the operative glaziers employed at the works. A
protest, signed by about fifty of the glaziers, amongst
whom was the prisoner, was sent in to him last week.
The protest had reference to the scale of payment,
which was considered to be insufficient.
Mr. Fox said the letter would be found to contain
a threat of putting an advertisement, relative to
Messrs. Fox and Co., into a morning paper, and of
writing to the editor on the subject. Mr. Fox was
proceeding to state that he had only one object in hav•
ing given him into custody, and that was to prevent a
repetition of such threats, when
Mr. BINGHAM said it was not necessary for Mr. Fox
to refer to his object in coining forward, for he was
quite prepared to deal with the case before him upon
the evidence—that case being an attempt to procure a
higher scale of wages by means of certain threats.
The prisoner, in defence, said the copy of the letter
found on him contained the substance of that sent to
Mr. Fox. With respect to the threat that he would
make Mr. Fox repent having refused to give him an
audience, he had been misunderstood ; the words he
used were, that Mr. Fox might repent this refusal.
Mr. BINGHAM considered the case was one of a
very serious complexion, and be must therefore re-
mand him for further inquiry.

The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail, which
was granted on his supplying good sureties.

SHIP NE WS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25 —Arrd. the Warbler, from New
Orleans; United Kingdom, from Quebec; Abercrumby,
from ditto; Amelia, from Pugwash; Georgia, IN m
Oporto for the river Dee. Off port, the Belluna, Empe-
ror. Lindesfarne, Ann and Catherine, and Princess Vic-
toria. The Sir Henry Potiirger, arrived here from Cal-
cutta, took the late gale, 19th instant, in lat. 49, long. 13.
tLe wind being from W.N.W.; in the afternoon it veered
round to N.W., broke out in hard squalls, and took off
in a few hours. The sea was very high and cross. Ba-
rometer 28 90. The Eliza, from Liverpool, at Holyhead.
The COUlress of Wilton, at Holyhead.
GRAVESEND, Nov. 25.—Wind W., fresh, cloudy.—
And. Isabel, from Jamaica; Cecrops, from Honduras;
Iris, from Guernsey; Agnes, from Gallipoli; Faro, from
Seville; Premier, from Peres; Bally, from Montreal;
Columbine, from Havre; Ann Jewitt, from Dunkirk;
Margaret, from Rotterdam; Prop►tious, from Dunkirk.
Sld. Harrison Chilton, for the Brazils; Wilberfore, for
Tunningen; Bellons, for the Baltic.