The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIOtNCE.

BOW-STREET—(Tms DAY.)
Edward Todman, a bricklayer, was charged by Amp, Eaton,
of Green-lane, Hammersmith, with having maul And . him while
in Chu act of taking him into ottatody on a am! ici.on, &hwy..
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Saturday night 140......0rtieted to And hail,

HATTON GAHDEN--(T
John ,brunt was Pli"d at the h3r to answer the following
strange charge :

The Rey. - Barker,. officirAing minister of St. James's,
Cle.rkenwell, stated, that yeator''..etY afternoon, he was reading the
funeral service in the church-TAM, when the prisoner, who was
passing on the outside, nuuleiii stop, and in a loud voice, uttered
several unbecoming obderrAtions.--Witneu not wishing to be in..
terrupted, gave him a loot:, who immediately said, « You mind your
business, I'll mind mine,`' and continued his remarks till the ser-
vice was concluded. When witness was about retiring from the
ground, the *prisoner commenced a personal attack on him, of the
grossest nature; he Mr. Barker, considered it a duty he owed to
himself and the public, to give him in charge.
The prisoner, who called himself a clock-maker, said he was
sorry for the personal offence, but considered he had a right to
express his opinions.
He was ordered to give notice of good bail.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--(Tara DAY.)
Joseph Legg was charged with assaulting 'Richard Harland,
in the Regent's Park yesterday. It appeared by the evidence that
a. crowd are in the habit of collecting every. Sunday round an
iso-holc, 85 feet deep and 30 wide. The men having the care
Hof it make a good profit by letting person* down in the bucket,
at twopence each ; and yesterday, while a woman and a half-
drunken man were being let down, another man jumped on the
rope,. and shook it so violently, that the drunken man fell from
the bucket, fractured his scull, and was conveyed to the Hospital
fordead.

The complainant came up at the time, and accused the prisoner
of causing the accident. The prisoner resented this, and taking
hold of the defendant's collar, threatened to throw him down
the pit.

The defendant proved he was wrongfully accused, and expressed
his sorrow 'Or what had happened.—Discharged.

QUEEN-SQUARE.--(Tuffs Day.)
Edward Johnson was brought up for final examination,
charged with stealing a portable desk, the property of Mr. Day.
The foreman stated that he was employed by Me. Day, trunk
manufacturer, at Charing-cross. He had placed a variety of
goods in front of the shop which looked into the street; about
twelve o'clock on Friday last the prisoner was observed, midsr sus-
picious circumstances, loitering about the shop, and a tiuv mi-
nutes afterwards he missed a desk ; on turning round, he saw the
prisoner running away with the property under his arm; ‘vitness
followed him, and secured him with the article in his possession,
which Mr. Day identified.---Comuuitteßl.

TOWN HALL, SOUTIIWARK.:--(Tuis DAY.)
JOLLY COMPA NIONS,--TWO
.10%1111 Arm* of Neptune, by name
David Smith and George Ounvarth, were brought before
,Alr.
Alderman Smith, charged by George Hurley, watchman of Toolvy-
street, with obstructing him in bis duty.
Fined fire shillings for being drunk.

UNION-HALL.-..(Tats DAY.)
MURIIXII •T FrTCMAM COASKOIC —A well-known bad charac-
ter, named John Cowling, was this. forenoon brought before
cli*Amicas; F..sq., on suspicion of being concerned in the
murder of William Akehurst and Elisabeth Haines, at Ketcham
Common. _ _

---6; ''''''''' an active officer- in the establishment, stated that on
Saturday evening, he received information that the prisoner had
been talking in a very, suspicious manner, about the above atm .
cious deed. He accordinglY traced him out, and took him into
erywhere,
custody, at Lock's-fields, Newington.
The Magistrate asked him how he tame in possession of the
facts which be was stating ?
was,the general subject of conversation
cv
The prisoner said that he had been at Leatherhead fair, and,
as the murder
he was only stating to a feW friends what he heard ; and that he
could produce witnesses to prove that he was sleeping in Leather. head at the time of the murder.
prisoner, i
The Itfat
watsruaTPas hisduty to discharge him: said, 'as there was
,but he cautioned hint no evidence against the
to he more circumspect for the future.

fir
brokeoutt Ab o
in a houut
seven
o'clock this morning, ase in Ilartsliorn-court, Golden-lane. ]far a
tittle it created considerable alarm, and wu not subdued till the
hoof wai entirely destroyed,