The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—One Mr. Robert Begood, a well-built, well-
fed, well-dressed, Lancashire person, was brought before the Al-
derman, charged with having scorned the advice and cracked the
the shins of Joseph Godfrey, a comfortable little cockney con-
stable, in a flaxen bob wig. ' •
It appeared by the,evidence of the, constable, and divers very
ancient and quiet watchmen, his coadjutors in the preservation
of the King's peace, that about half-past one o'clock in the morn:
ing, this Mr. Robert Begood, instead of being at home and a
a bed, as might naturally have been expected of the bearer of
such a surname, was found, at the door of the Dull Inn, Smith-
field, in close confabulation with two very naughty wornen—la-
dies who profess to deal in love only, but who are in fact
decoy ducks, waddling about Smithfield and the parts adjacent,
for the purpose of decoying the country wild drakes, who
resort thither, into the snares of the fowler—or, in other
words, into the haunts of the thieves, who are always
waiting to pluck them; and certainly a fouler occupation cannot
be. Now the comfortable little constable aforesaid, seeing Mr.
Robert Begood in close confabulation with the aforesaid brace of
decoy ducks—or damsels, be they which they may; and being
moreover decidedly of opinion that Mr. Robert Begood was fresh
'from the country, and therefore in great danger of being decoyed
by them into all manner of mischief and misery ; determined in
his own mind to save him from the same if possible. So, " first
and foremost" he went up to them, and ordered the decoy
ducks to "be off for a brace of brimstones !" and they did go
off accordingly, as he verily believed at the time, but in this
point he was mistaken, as the event will show. However, be-
lieving the said brace of brimstones to be "gone clean away"—
though hOwhe could believe such foul sluts could go clean away, we
knOW not; he next addressed himself to Mr. Robert Begoal, in-
forming him of the peculiar nature of those brimstones, and ear-
nestly recommended him to go home to bed. To which Mr.
Robert Begood replied, "Nay, but I have some ale within doors
here, and I'd like
,to drink that first; as 'for women, I didna want
naaght do wi em." " Very good," rejoined the constable; for
he thought it a pity that good ale should spoil for lack of drink-
ing: and, as we have already said, he is a very comfortable con-
stable, and of course he likes to make every body else comfortable
—that is, every honest , body. So when Mr. Robert Begood
talked of finishing his ale, the constable said " very good ;" and
they went into the house together; the constable thinking that
it would be better he should assist in the drinking of the ale, in
order that it might be the sooner drank ; and not doubting but
that when it was. drank, Mr. Robert Begood would be good
enough to go home quietly to bed. But_ in this also he was mis-
taken ; .for as one word brings on another, so also does one cup; '
and Mr. Begood's cup was no sooner empty, than he insisted upon
having it filled again. " I poured my advice into,him," said the
constable; "but it WAS all. of no use—he scorned my advice, and
set good counsel at defiance ;"---thatis to say, as fast as the con-
stable poured in the advice, Mr. I3egood poured in the ale; and
the ale, being the strongest, . gut the better of the advice ;
a very natural consequence, though it seemed to puzzle
the constable much. But the worst part of the business
was yet to come, for whilst they were thus engaged—the
constable pouring in his advice, and Mr. Begood drowning
it by pouring in his ale, in bounced the .brace of brim-
atones above-mentioned ; and Mr. Begood was so mightily
elated thereat, that he jumped over the, table, and kicked sundry
drinking glasses therefrom, smashing them to pieces against the
wall on the other side of the room. The constable now thought
it was high time to pocket his patience and take out his staff;
and he did so; but Mr. Begood paid as little respect to the staff
agile had done to the advice; and when !the constable attempted
to force him away from further mischief, he set-to and cracked
the constable's shins, with as little remorse as his distressed coun-
trymen are cracking the power-looms. Whereupon the con-
stable called iu the watch, and the brace of brimstones were d*...
persed, and Mr. Begood was carried to the watch-house, kicking
and sprunting, with all his might.
Mr. Begood, in his defence, admitted that he had not been so.
good as he ought to have beeni but nevertheless he thought he
had endured more punishment than enough. He said he was
but " standing on steps asking constable for's authority, when
watchman came . up, grappled him round knees, like child, and
began carrying him off in that form ;" and because he did not like
that, they " punch'd himwi' staves till ribs ached!"

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Mr. Alderman Cox told him all this was the natural conse-
quence.of hie, own misconduct ; and unless he could satisfy the
constable, by apologizing to him for having kicked his shins so
unmercifully, he must put in bail.
Mr. Begnod preferred to apologize ; awl the parties having
withdrawn for a minute or two, the constable came in. again, and
said they had made every thing very comfortable.
BOW-STREET..:.,Mizabeth Fitzgerald and Maria Fax
were remanded, charged with uttering base coin, waking up the
number of seven now in cuitody for this offence.

QUEEN-SQUARE.— G. Johnson alias Day, was fully com-
mitted, charged with stealing Jane Carlton, aged four years;
daughter of the coachman to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.--
The child was playing in the Treasury Chambers, when the
soner sent the girl who had her iu charge to see thutime of day
at the Treasury clock, and' in the interim decamped with the
child, but was soon after detected, when a silk handkerchief,
which was round the child's neck, was found lying on the atones,-1
at his feet.

• •
On Saturday. Mr: .iVicholas =tar, who Stated himself the
proprietor and publisher of certain books, announcing the dif-
ferent performances at .the King's-Theatre, in the Haymarket,
.was brought up .in custody. before D. W. Ciuxuoata, Eq.,
charged,with creating a disturbance in front of the box entrance
into tlie Opera House, by hawking his batiks abont, 'and with
assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty.

Sir R. But Nix sat On the bench during tjte investigation.
It appeared. from the statement of E. J. Handley, an officer
belonging to the above establishment, that on the 25th ult. he
was stationed at the grand 'entrance of, the Opera House ; his
duty was to prevent any obstruction of the nobility and
gentry proceeding into the Theatre. The defendant, however,
with several boytt, whom he emPloys, were selling spurious
books. of the night's performance, and as the carriages dreW
Up with' the 'company, some of these venders hovered round
the nobility, and forced their books on them, which occasioned
great inconvenience, by obstructing the free entrance. He
(Handley) had often endeavoured to prevent it, and on the
above evening he requested the defendant to move away, saying it
was his duty to keep a clear passage ; the-defendant, hoWever,
refused to go, observing that he should continue the practice of
offering his books for sale to the company in spite of him or his
authority. This contention caused a crowd of persons to assemble
round the grand entrance, and the free passage was
with assistance, at length got the defendant away at
.the
moment that her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta's carriage
drew up. The defendant afterwards threw stones at him, for
which assault he was.brought before their Worships.
Mr. Gazoontx—Well, Mr. Millar, what have you to may ?
The constable is stationed there' to, prevent the public being an-
noyed. Will you promise not to go there again ?
Defendant—Allow me, Sir—l will explain. lam the pro-
prietor and publisher of the books, which cost me a deal of
money ; they are genuine publications of the night's performance.
I must sell them, .and they are considered a great acquisition for
the company going into the Opera-house, where at times a book
cannot he procured.

Sir 11. thawta.—l don't think so ; they are of a surreptiti-
ous description, and several . complaints have been made to me
about them.

The defendant said, that Mr. Ebers knew he sold them at the
doors, and intimated also that he was to have au interview with
that gentleman this evening (Saturday), to comprornise with him.
Sir R. &AKIN, in answer, said, that could not possibly be the
fact; for Mr. Ebers himself had also complained to him respect-
ing them. Besides, observed Sir 11., ;you have no buSiness to
hawk your surreptitious work there, and cause a disturbance,. to
the detriment of the honest tradesman. ~.,

The defendant stated, he was regularly licensed from the Stamp
Office; his books he must sell, and maintained they .were genuine
ones of the performance.
Mr. Gxeaoata..•-Your license does not state you are to hawk
them in the street; But leaving the books out of the question, it
is my duty to call on you to find good bail for assaulting the
officer.

WORSHIP-STREET,--On Saturday three men, named
Savage, Bev'leld; and 'Wilson, who have been several times axe-
mined on u charge of burglariously entering and robbing .the
house of Mr. of Annette Crescent, Islington, were Wilt
examined. Since the last examination, however, several 'other
bnrglaries have been tinged to them, and 'on Saturday numerous
witnesses in tile several eases completely filled 'the Office. One
of the clerks was occupied great part of the day in taking depo-
sitinns in Air. Biggs ease, and the prisoners were *gen) re-
manded till .Toeeday, when that and the other charges will be
further investigated.
, .
LAMBETH-STREET.—T. Precast . and, T. Aunktt were
fully committed, charged with statching a watch and oppewhiffeii
from the person of Mr. Cierva,i,, a converani,r, while passing•
over a bridge on the Regent's Csual, near Bethnal-greet,' in the
middle of the day on the.24th ult.