The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(WILMA LL.

James Wolfe, a bay,;asbrought up for examination yes-
terday, before Mr. Alderman GARRATT, on suspicion of hav-
ing committed numerous robberies in the vicinity of the Royal
exchange.
On Monday evening, it appeared, the prisoner and another
boy got over the roof of the house of Messrs. Getty, Redden,
and Co., solicitors, in Angel-court, Throgmorton.street, and
entering the attics by the trap door, they stole three pairs of
boots, with which they were making their escape down the
staircase of the adjoining house, when Wolfe was met by the
man who has the care of the premises, but his accomplice es-
caped. Wolfe was immediately secured, and when ordered to
account for the possession of three boots that were found upon
him, he said he did not know how he had got them. An exami-
nation of the premises, however, soon disclosedthat fact, for on
entering one of the garrets, it was perceived that two panes of
glass had been broken to reach the fastening of the window,
and there were ample traces of his having broken into that
house, as well as out of that of Messrs. Getty and Co. Two
boys iad been noticed crawling about the roof of the latter pre-
mises three or four days before.
Yesterday Mr. James Haddan, jun. attended, and identified
two of the boots found upon the prisoner as his property.
Mr. Bland, one of the proprietors of Garraway's Coffee-house,
said, he had but a few minutes before observed a notice in a
newspaper of the first examination of the prisoner, and he was
not prepared to mike any charge against him ut present; but be-
tween four and five o clock on Saturday afternoon,. all the
waiters' clothes, and some other property, had been carried
away by two boys, who were supposed to have entered and to
have escaped by the attic windows. One of Messrs. Esdaile's
clerks, who was going to the clearing house, saw the boys on
the roof, hut did not give an alarm, not supposing they were
thieves. Two or three other persons had also seen them, and
if the prisoner should be remanded, he would most probably be
identified. On the same afternoon the premises of Messrs. Mar-
tin, Stone, and Co., in Lombard-street, were broken into in
precisely the: same manner, and the contents of the upper rooms
thoroughly ransacked. A selection of the property was carried
off by the thieves.
Hesketh, the city officer, stated that in the course of last week
a tobacconist's, in Lombard-street, and Tom's CofNe-house, in
Cornhill, received a similar visitation.
Smith, the beadle of Cheap. ward, said, he had Wolfe in his
custody a short time ago, having beep found in the upper part
of the house of Mr. Saunderson, in the Old Jury, to which he
had gained access over the root's of other buildings, but he then
escaped punishment.
Mr. Alderman GARUATT said, that under these circum.
stances lie would certainly remand the prisoner for further ex-
amination.

BOW-STREET.
A man named Iredgebury, well known as a conductor of
dog-fights, bull-baits, rat-killing, and other of the elegant sports
which some of our " Corinthian capitals of polished society"
delight to patronise, was brought before Titomaa
Esq. on Tuesday evening, charged by a Mr. Fox, a broker in
Earl-street, with a Violent assault.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Fox and his man,
that' Wedgebury occupies some rooms in Green Dragon-yard,
St. Giles's, where he and his assistants, his bear, his badger,
and his bull dogs, and the other brutes of his establishment,
eat, drink, and sleep in perfect amity together. Wedgebury,
it appeared, had hired these rooms of a man who was Himself
an under-tenant, and to him he paid the rent, but the under-
tenant was arrested and sent to prison, and then the original
landlord came to him for the rent of the premises, for the
whole of the time that he had occupied them. Wedgebury,
however, said that he had paid one man, and he would be
t rigif
p arted with his money a second time for the same
. Repeated applications meeting with the same answer,
the landlord empowered Mr. Fox to levy a distress upon,
Wedgebury's goods and chattels, and on Tuesday morn-
ing he went with his man and his warrant, but met with a
reception perfectly novel even in his unpleasant culling.
Wedgebury's apartments are up a flight of stairs, and there
is a door at the bottom, which Mr. Fox found fastened.
.lie
contrived with some difficulty to get the door open, and the
first person he saw was Wedgebury, standing at the top of the
stairs, and the latter, the moment he saw Mr. Fox, called out,
" bring the bear; they are come." The broker having
no desire to encounter such an opponent, paused for a moment,
while his man, with bristling hair, " nudged" him 'behind,
and advised a retreat if his master did not wish to be eaten up
alive. Mr. Fox, however, possessed a little courage, though
perhaps rather of a negative kind, and he remained at the
foot of the stairs, until in about a minute a huge black bear
with a chain about his neck, made:his appearance upon the
landing-place, under the guidance of Wedgebury, who held the
Chain. Having fixed Brum, who growled as if in defianCe of
the besieging party, in a convenient position, he called to
" Bill" to bring the dogs, and in a moment four or live sturdy
bull-dogs, amongst winch was Turk, who assisted in baiting
the lion Nero, ready for any mischief which their master chose
,to urge them to, made their appearance. Thus entrenched,
Wedgebury laughed and bade defiance to Fox and his man,
and told him if he bad no desire to be torn to pieces by the
dogs, or hugAed to death by the bear, he had better " nash",
(go away). Mr. Fox destred'a parley, and !proposed terms ;
but Wedgebury, knowing that he could have nothing to fear,
except from an armed three, refuSed to accede to anything tiut
an uncenditional raising of the siege. Mr. Fox refused to stir
from the place, and remained there for several hours, occa-
atonally holding a dialogue, composed of a mixture of threats
and entreaties, with Wedgebtay, to the great amusement of a
crowd of 100 or 200 persons who had assembled' to witness the
ftm. At tenth Mr. Fox mustered courage enough to ap-
proach within a yard of the bear, and suddenly making a
grasp at Wedgehury's leg (he was then standing•by the aide of
bruin), he attempted to drag him down stem, but the-tor-
turer of' animals knew also the use of his fiste, and h gave
Mr. Fox a pat on the head, which sent him with considerable
rapidity to the bottom of the stairs. 'Mr. Fox then came direct
to this office, and procured a warrant for the assault. Steveas,
a-police constable, armed with the warrant, his stuff; and a
brace of pistols, proceeded to the place, and found Wedge-
bury with all his forces drawn up as before. Not choosingao
run the risk of a fraternal hug from' the bear, or of being
pinned by the nose (lie possesses a very substantial one) by the
dogs, lie showed his staff' and the warrant, and called upon
Wedgebury to surrender quietly. " I'll tell ye what, master,"
said Wedgehury, " I have a very great respect for all you
Bow-street gentlemin, because I knows as how you must do
your sluty, but 1 eonsiders that in this here instance ram in a
right cause, and b—t me if I'll be took by you nor nobody
else, though you have got a slang (warrant) agen :so pie
may us well monis (another phrase for " go.") Stevens re.
Itionstrated upon the folly of his resisting the civil power, but
finding that of no use, he threatened to shoot the bear at all
hazards. This threat wrought a wonderful change, for fah-lost
without another word Wedgebury surrendered at discretion.
In his defence he admitted that he gave Mr. Fox a " pat"
on the head, but said he considsced that he was only acting in
his,own defence.—lle watt held to bail for his appearance at the
Sessions.
A man named It rown , the owner anti driver of what is called
a town-cart, was summoned to answer the complaint of Mr.
Powell, a medical gentleman, for wilfully driving against his
cabriolet.
Mr. Powal was turning the corner of St. Martin's-lane, in
his cabriolet, when he Was met by the defendant's cart, who
had whipped his horsea until he had lost all command of thorn,
and the cart came against Mr. Powell's vehicle, nearly upset
it," and caused considerable damage. Mr. Powell Jumped
down, and ran after the cart to take the number, and the de-
fendant assaulted him and knocked him down.
Mr. Al Wen ' said, the defendant ought to be indicted
for the assault as well as fined ; but lilt. Powell did not wish
to. press that charge, and he was fined 20s. and costs, which the
complainant requested to be put in the poor-box.
Sir It. BIIINIE took occasion to mention, that in conse-
quence, of the notice which the gentlemen of the press had been
kind enough to take of his suggestion, that the- At. sent by
for time use of the boy Williams, 'if his.should prove
to he a deserving object, could not be' better disposed of than
by being put into the office charity.bdx, lie had received a note
from " It." giving the writer's full acquiescence.

MA ItYLEI3ONE-OFF ICE.
A day or two since Mr. Kean, a foreign lace-merchant, re.
siding
in portman-street, Portinan-square, came to the office,
evidently under feelings of the deepest indignation, to cm-
plain of a violent outrage which had been committed upon the
person of his Fon, a youth of 16, an apprentice in the house
of Stevens and Crofts, haberdasher* and laceven No. 63,
oxford-street, by four of the shoptnen of that establishment.
Front the representation then made, Mr. itawrawsosr issued a
warrant against the persons accused, and they were yesterday
brought up in the custody of Morris, the officer, and shortly
after Mr. Kean and his son arrived, the examination of the
charge commenced.
The defendants gave their names Robert John Dentition",
John I,:ast, jeo.ph Bennett, and William Douglas. .
William Dennis' Kean, the prosecutor. .a tine-looking latl,
was then sworn. Ile stated as follows—" My father apprenti.
so me about eighteen months since for tbur years, to Messrs.
Stevcds and Crofts, and gave one hundred guineas as Firemidm.
employed in the ware morns.
a.inwda:hte'or the first twelvvintinth
~cmsintier of the time in the shop. Mr. Stevens is
dead, but the business is carried on by Mr. Croft, who lives
s
at Blackheath, but comes to the shop doily. On Monday
m orning la t,-ahout eight o'clock, I had dusted the shop-cotin-
ter, when the defendant East came into the shop and brushed
and dusted Ids clothe on the counter, which had been just