The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET—(Tats Day.)
Thomas Kelly and James Corder were brought in hindcuffs
to this office, charged by Benjamin Donnelly with highway rob-
bery at. Shooter's Hill on Saturday night. They were coming
front Dartford together when Corder asked complainant for some
money which he owed him. They foul a fight, and Donnelly lost
Ss. out of his pocket; but would not swear that either of them
took it.
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settle it, wich h
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them agreed to.
HATTON-GARDEN.—(THIs DAY.)
An old offender, named George Ford, was brought be-
fore A.S. Laing, Esq. charged with stealing a silver watch
and its appendages. - -
Mrs. Mary Lucknok,,a respectable shopkeeper in 'War-
ner-street, Clerkenwell, stated, that 'between three nd
four o'clock on Saturday afternoon she' observed the pri-
soner looking in at her shop window. She was tit( In a
back parlour adjoining the shop. A short time a f!,v'she
had occasion to go into the passage, and, after being there
a minute or two, fancied she heard a foot-step in ye shop.
On turning round she saw the prisoner deliberately un-
hooking her husband's -silver watch from where it hung
over the fire place. She had not power to s.i a'step at
the moment, but called out to him, on which lie held up
his fist in a threatening position, and, wit'h.,nt, speaking,
rushed out of the shop, taking the watch witi, aim. She
immediately sent for an officer, and gave v. description of
his person.
Waddington mid, that from the description Lu received
from Mrs. Lucknok, he was convinced he knew the thief,
and on Saturday night he found the prisoner, who was
identified by the prosecutrix, drinking at the Vine, in
Vine .street, and took him into custody. He denied all
knowledge of the robbery. On being searched, Bs. 6d.
was found hi his pockets, which he accounted for by say-
ing he had earned it that day in shoe-mending, although
he could not tell where or for whom.
The Magistrate asked if the watch had been traced ;
and on being answered in the negative, remanded him for
a few days, and ordered inquiries to be made at the dif-
ferent pawnbrokers.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET—(Tuts Day.)
Two men and a woman, all of " the peasantry," were
charged by the watchman with rumpursing at a late hour
on Saturday night. The youngest of them, Tim Welch
said that he ?mut wid his mother-in-law now.beside him,
to the house of the other male prisoner, Pat Murphy, to
be spending the evening with him. That he (Welsh)
fist wint out for some beet, and had he stopped out five
minutes longer his mother had been smuddered.
Judy Welsh—" And sure enoti4l was smuddered, yer
wurtchip." "Yes, but see where sheinis been scraping me,"
said Pat, pointing to his proboscis, which shewed power-
ful proofs of Judy's handy work.
Judy—Yes, but he wanted to be rude to me, and when
I cried shame on ye Pat, he put his hand on my moat—
he hit me in the heart here (pointing to her right shoul,
der), and 1 cant tell yer worship what more, for I did not
know myself. At this charge, the "gay deceiver" Pat
Murphy " wiled, scratched his head, and said nothing at
all. Mr. Roe, however, advised a settlement, which
was at length effected.
ATTEAIPT TO EXTORT MONEY BY A WATCHMAN.—A
gentleman was brought up on the charge of a watchman,
for knocking at the doors in Regent-street, last night.
The gentleman, however, stated, that the watchman
came up to him, and charging him with the above offence,
said that he must take him to the watch-house. He sub-
mitted in expectation of being liberated there ; and, on the
road, the watchman said to him, " You had better make
it up with me before I charge you." This, however, he
refused doing, and 'was detained.
Mr. Roe sent an officer to ascertain if the inhabitants
of the houses mentioned had been disturbed; who, on
his return, said, that they had nbt.
The watchman did not attempbto deny this statement,
nor did the Magistrate make any observation on
gentleman was of course discharged.

FASHIONABLE INTELI:

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WINDSOR, JULY SO.—This a .;
JEsTY, accompanied by his suit _ I vine
Service at the private Chapel. g; Salis-
bury, officiated. His MAJEST... ti, • e'zd to visit
the Castle this afternoon during 4.
Yesterday his MAJESTY dint.' a .d passed the
evening at Virginia Water. His M. .ESTY's visitors
took their departure yesterday from the Loyal Lodge,
the Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Bristol, and
Lord and Lady Warwick.

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Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta re-
turned to Frogmore yesterday. Her Royal High-
ness this morning, accompanied by hell Lady in
Waiting, attended Divine Service at the Parish
Church.

From the fineness of the day, Windsor has been
visited by an unusual number of the gay and fashion.
able, and in the evening the north side of the Terrace
was thronged to hear the. Bands of the Royal Horse
Guards and the 63d Regiment of Foot, which played
until nearly nine o'clock.

-Saturday morning the Earl of Harrowby embarked
on board a packet belonging to the Steam Navigation
Company, at the Tower stairs, for Calais, at 6 o'clock,
and proceeds to Geneva on a visit to his son, Lord
sandon, where a residence is engaged for several
weeks. The carriage and luggage of the noble Earl
were shipped on Friday.
Mr. Secretary Canning left town yesterday inf‘rning
(it was understood) for the residence of Sir ,`Jeorge
Warrender, at Lochend. . •