The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTILLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL. —John Gregory, a coalheaver, was
charged with stealing a snuff-box, value ten guineas, from
Mr. Sydenham, a respectable jeweller, in Fetter-lane.
The prisoner said, be picked the box up at the wine-
vaults in Salisbury-square, and meant to restore it when it
was owned.

Mr. Sydenham's evidence being corroborated, the pri
soner was committed for trial.

James Harland, the son of a watchman of St. Sepul-
chre's, was charged with stealing 9s. the property of his
father, and Elizabeth Fitzgerald, alias Harland, was ac-
cused of attempting to rescue the prisoner.
The female prisoner was discharged, but her companion
was committed for trial.

A respectable-looking man, who gave his address " Tirm.
Nyren, No. Is, Lichfield-street, Soho," was charged with
knocking down one of the wretched females who frequent
Fleet-street, and kicking her. A certificate from St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital stated that she was confined to bed,
having three ribs broken.
The prisoner declared be was innocent. He had been
secured some minutes before there was any alarm that sh•
had been knocked down.
The ALDERMAN, however, ordered him to find bail.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday an elderly female, named
Kendle, was brought before Sir It BIRNIE and Mr.
HALLS, by a watchman of St. Clement's parish, named
Rennuore, who charged her with keeping a common bro-
thel, and being an uncommon nuisance in the parish where
she resides.
The watchman stated, that " Mother Kendle" was in
the habit of flinging dead eats, bones, broken bottles, and
other missiles, at the devoted heads of his brother watch-
men, as they passed under her WindoW. On that morning,
as he (the complainant) was calling the hour, the defend-
ant opened an upper window and flung the fragments of a
wine-bottle at his bead.

Mother Kendle was' dischary-,e4, the Magistrates refusing
to interfere.

Several licensed victuallers in thiS neighbourhood ap-
peared to answer to informations, which were laid against
them at the instance of the Magistrates of this office. Her-
ring, one of the patrol conductors, was the principal evi-
'deuce against them. They were all fined in mitigated
penalties, excepting a person named Chaffey, who resides
in Bow-street, and whose houseis notorious for harbouring
bad characters at all hours of the night. The Magistrates
fined him 5/.

HATTON-GARDEN.---.7ohn Woods, Thomas Bar,
William Crawley, and William Willis, were yesterday
brought before Mr. LAIIfG, charged upon suspicion of
felony.—Mr. LAING committed them to the House of
Correction each for three months.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday, Mr. John Mar-
shall, of the Hackney-road, a medical gentleman in the ser-
vice of the East India Company, attended before Mr.
BROUGHTON, to show cause why he ill-treated a Hindoo
servant, and refused to pay him the balance of wages due.
It appeared the servant is a Mussulman, and the son of a
Brahmin, at Calcutta, and engaged to serve Mr. Marshall
for two years, in the character of cook, for 250 rupees per
annum, but in consequence of repeated acts of cruelty,
and the coldness of the climate, the Hindoo wished to get
back to his native country. An interpreter attended, but
as the Magistrate wished for an arrangement to take place,
the parties were not sworn.
The Interpreter said, that he denied the charge of drun-
kenness, and that there was 601. due to him, and that he
would sooner be hanged than return with him, but he would
go to the East India Company, to which body the case was
ultimately referred.
A daring highway robbery was committed in Islington-
fields, on Friday night, about half-past eleven o'clock. A
gentleman was knocked down, and robbed of his watch,
with much violence. A man was brought up yesterday
on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, but the
gentleman robbed not being present, and further evidence
being wanted, the.case was ordered to stand over till Wed-
nesday, and the prisoner was in the mean time committed.

LAMBETH-STREET.--Yesterday a young man
named William Staples was brought up from Whitechapel
watch-house, charged with assaulting a respectable-looking
female, who gave her name and 'address, as Maria Baxter,
of Bedford-etreeir,. Commercial -road.
Sir DANIEL WlLLlAsts.—You must find bail to answer
this charge at the sessions, if this lady wishes to press it.
-UNION-HALL.-.-It will tie recollected that about a
week ago three individuals, two of them named Watkins,
the sons of. Mr. .Watkinsi, landlord of the., Nelson, in the
4resu st t.road, -int the thir'd juuneli -.PTheitits, were sharged at
this office by -Jades benshatos, •U thise-deardr; 'on suspicion
of having rubbed him of 3001. while asleep in the club-
room of the above house. The particulars of that exami-
nation have already appeared, and at the conclusion of it
the Magistrate, in order to sift the affair to the bottom,
called upon the parties accused to put in bail, which they
instantly complied with, expressing at the same time their
perfect innocence. of the alleged charge, and also their
anxiety of having the whole of the circumstances connected
with the robbery examined into. In justice to Mr. Wat-
kins, sen., it is necessary to state, that he has used every
possible exertion in endeavouring to trace some of the stolen
notes ; and the Magistrate took as opportunity of expres-
sing his satisfaction at the conduct pursued by that indivi-
dual throughout the unfortunate business that occurred in
his house.

In consequence of the following note addressed to Mr.
Harmer, and received by that gentleman yesterday morn-
ing, it will be seen that some portion of the money stolen
from Mr. Denshain was enclosed in an anonymous letter
to Mr. Watkins, and left at his house on Saturday evening
by the two-penny postman :
" Messrs. Spence and Desborough present their com-
pliments to Mr. Harmer, and beg leave to apprise him,
that on Saturday evening, the 13th inst., a letter was deli-
vered by the postman, directed to Mr. Watkins, of the
Lord Nelson, Kent-road, containing notes to the amount
of 1571., which are doubtless those belonging to Mr. Den-
sham, for whom Mr. Harmer attended at Union-hall a
short time since. A memorandum of the circumstances
was drawn up and signed by all present when the letter was
opened. Amongst the notes was the 291., of which pay-
ment was stopped at the Bank. The parties will attend
this day, at Union-hall, to state these circumstances
public, at one o'clock.
" To James Harmer, Esq., solicitor, Hatton-garden."
. .

At the hour specified in the above note, the parties
attended before the Sitting Magistrates, R. .T. Chambers,
R. Hedger, and S. Davies, Esqrs., for the purpose of de-
scribing the particulars relative to the receipt of the anony-
mous letter alluded to, containing a part of the 3001. which
had been stolen from Densham.

Mr. Spence, the solicitor who attended for the persons
accused, stated, that on Saturday evening last, about half-
past seven o'clock, the postman delivered a letter into the
hands of Mrs. Watkins, who was sitting in the'bar of the
Lord Nelson, sealed in three places with sealing-wax, and
also tied with a piece of cord ; it was addressed to Mr.
Watkins, and had "Money " written on it, immediately
over the superscription. Mrs. Watkins lost no time in
carrying the letter to her husband, who was in the parlour
along with 13 or 14 gentlemen who frequent the room of
an evening, and it was opened in the presence of the com-
pany, and found to contain 157/. in Bank of England and
country notes. The writer merely stated in the letter these
words—" He may have this, for your sake." Mr. Spence
added, that neither Mr. Watkins or any of his family had
the slightest conception by whom the letter was written, or
from whence the money came directed for him.
The anonymous letter was here handed to Mr. CHAU-.
Eras, and by him and Mr. Harmer, who attended for Mr.
Densham, very closely inspected, in order to discover
whether any clue could be discovered of the writer.
The MactsTuarz expressed some surprise that the letter
should have been so cautiously opened at the Lord Nelson
before the company ; but this was explained by Mr. Wat-
kins, who stated that since the robbery took place he
had given strict orders that any parcels or letters directed
to his house should be opened with the greatest caution ;
and on that account he had the one alluded to opened in the
presence of several respectable neighbours.
Mr. CKAMBERS (to Densham).—l perceive that one of
the 20/. notes stolen from you was stopped at the Bank.
Densham.—Payment of it was stopped, but it was let
presented. This note is included in those that have been
sent hack in the anonymous letter.
Mr. CHAMBERS.—Did you mention to any one the
numbers of the notes that you had stopped ? Densham.
I don't recollect that I did.
Mr. CHAMBERS.—This is a most extraordinary case : it
is certain this man has been robbed, and three persons of
hitherto respectable character have been charged with the
offence. At present, there is not the slightest evidence to
implicate them, and, for their sakes, as well as the public,
I shall take care to investigate the whole of the circum-
stances, in order to discover the thief.
Mr. Hall, the chief constable, having stated that some
parties were with Mr. Densham since the robbery, who ap-
peared to be in the secret of the transaction, and who in-
timated an inclination to negotiate with him for a return of
the stolen notes, Densham Ina questioned on the subject by
the Magistrate, and he disclosed a conversation between him
and a person who had called upon him for the above pur-
pose. At present, we shall abstain from mentioning the
name of this individual, but on hearing it, the Magistrate
immediately granted a warrant for his apprehension, and
postponed the farther hearing of the case.