The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGtNCE.

GUILDHALL.---lan ot FAUN DSHIT. —One Mr. James Grant
was brought before Sir CLA trims Hu NTEII, charged with hav-
ing endangered the life of his friend and companion, Mr. John
Graham, "by beating all the sense out of his head, with an im-
perial quart pot."—The beating took place on the 7th day of this
present June, since which time Mr. Graham has been in St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, where the surgeon had great trouble in
getting the sense into him again ; and he now appeared to make
good his charge, with no fewer than eleven good large plaisters
on his close-cropped cranium.

" It *as at the Bull's Head in Smithfield we was—Mr. Grant
and tuesolf, that afternoon," said he, "and there was a bit of a
talk between us in respect to manhood, and I said one thing was
it, and Mr. Grant said another—bekase, place tour Worship,
we didn't agree comfortable what it was exactly. Well then,
place your Worship, Mr. Grant says to me, says Ynre
pat nothing !' says he, all ould woman could bate you dead,
and yore no use at all!' says he to me. ' I dare say you could
bate me ?' says I to him. "Faith. could I, and a dozen more
rich I' says he to me. ! 'faith, yure a nice thing says
I to him—wid a soap of nie fingers at him,' place yure Worship,
in regard of the pride in him ; and he makes no more words
about it, but takes up.the imperial quart pot, and gives me a clout
'over the head, knocked all the senses out of it, and lifted Ines&
clam to t'other end of the room, pilule your Worship."
Other witnesses deposed that, hearing the scuffle between these
two Irish friends, they went into the room, and found Mr.
Graitam senseless and bleeding on the floor, and Mr. Grant ham-
mering at his head with -the quart pot, which pot was now
produced before the Alderman, covered with blood, and its sides
battlged in by the violence with which Mr. Grant had applied it
to the head of his friend.

Sir C-I..►untuc told 111 r. Grant he might think himself ►ery
lucky that he was not standing at the bar on a charge of
murder.

44 Well then, yure Honour," said Mr. Grant, " sure we was
ould hinds and countrymen—that Underarm and meself ; and
be jest give me a pelt on the butt of me ear as I was taking. a
drink, and the pot being jest then all out, sure I give him a bit of
a clout wit it, in me sun defince, place your Honour; and I'll as
yore Honour's pardon, 'and his, if he'll tonsint to let tue off this
tvutist.”

Mr. Gralta.nt hete brgan to repent having instituted a pronto'.
tion against his friend for such a trifling ofience.—" I think he'd
a murthert me if help hatrnt come," said be ; " but since I've got
better 1 don't wish to he bard upon him by no manes ; and I'd
thank your Worship to let him off ainey."
The worthy Alderman told them he should do no such thing.
There had been a flagrant breach of the King's peace; and how-
ever trifling such a sanguinary affair might appear to an Irishman,
he could not allow it to pass unnoticed.

Mr, Grata was therefore ordered to find bail, and not being
prepared to do so, he was sent back to prison.
MARLBORQUGH-STREET.— -- Boyle, the landlord
of the Robin I-food, in Church-street, St. Gilts's, was yesterday
brought before Sir Gaortux Faitnas:T under the following cir-
cumstances

Oh Tuesday afternoon General Burt was' walking along Broad-
street, St. Giles s,' when a felloW, without a coat, in running
past horn seized his watch chain and its appendages (wor•_1120!.) ;
and after two or three bard tugs the chain broke, and he escaped
with his booty. The General immediately applied to Maurice
Nicholson, a constable, and he, from► the description he received
of the thief from a girl of the town, named Elizabeth Thompson,
who hid witnessed the transaction, succeeded in apprehending
him, one ito/phlly. The constable and his prisoner, and the
witness ThoMpson, were, Ave believe, at the defendant's (Boyle'e)
house, when he (Boyle) called the Witnesses'; - times," and
instigated soma pertuno,, who were. there assembled, to maltreat
the said witnesses, and the consequence was, that the prisoner
escaped.
S.h. G. Faansrr 'expressed himself very indignant at the
conduct of the defendant, and ordered him to find bail, and give
48 hours' notice of such buil. . •