The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDRALL.=-Yesterday Thos. Jones was charged
with having intruded himself behind the counter of a
baker's shop in' Aldersiate-street, with intent to commit
felony.
'Jan Cheek, a butcher,, said—" I saw him go into the
shop, and drop down on his hands and knees ; and in that
shape he crope round the counter towards the till ; but be-
fore he could lay hold of it, I laid hold of him by his latter
end, and drawed him baCk.",
Thus it appeared that the prisoner would have carried
off bread, or bread's worth, had not Cheese prevented him ;
and perhaps this is the first time that cheese was ever known
to save bread.
Other witnesses corroborated the statement of Mr.
Cheese, and the prisoner• was asfced what he Lad to say
for himself. •

" Why, please your Worship," said he, 0" I bad a dog
—a terry pretty little dog,'what ruun'd away from me ;
and I thought to myself, 'd I shouldn't wonder if he's gone
behind that there counter l'—So ',went to look for him,
and this ere gentleman (Mr. Cheese) ketch'd me by the
tail, and pull'd me back again. 4'
It so happened; however; that: this was not the first
time he had been caught behind a shop counter ; and the
Alderman sentenced him to' three months' hard labour in
Bridewell.
Mr. William Johnson was charged by Joseph Rowcamp,
a watchman of St. Sepulchre, with having been " heavy
in liquor," at three quarters past eleven o'clock on Wed-
nesday night.
" By heavy in liquor, I suppose you mean very drunk ?"
said Sir, PETER LAURIE.
" Why no, your Worship, he was not particular drunk,"
replied the watchman—. not drunk enough to be carried,
I will say th.at for him; though he was pretty far gone
too ; and yet he was not so fai gone but what he was
quite leadable."
Mr. Johnson not being able to make a satisfactory reply,
was convicted in the penalty of five shillings for having
been drunk.

BON-STREET..—Yesterday, General Sir J. IH‘Gregor
was summoned before Mr: 11flasuuLL, by the driver of
the hackney-coach, No. 738, for the amount of his fare
from Berkeley-street to the Horse Guards, and for the
time which, he asserted; he waited there by Sir James's
order.

The Atectsravric told Sir James he must adjudge him to
pay the sum claimed, by the coachman, as well as the costs
of this praceeding,'arnounting altogether to 19s. 6d.

HATTON-GARDEN.—The following application'was
yesterday made at this office, relative to Howard :-- '

Mr. William Ardel stated, that about five years ago
Howard lodged at his house ; he then represented himielf
as Joshua Simon Bell, Esq. He said he was a writer, un-
der Government, and used to take a great interest in the
changes in Government, and say they affected him greatly.
He used frequently to go out about ten o'clock at night,
and return about eight in the morning ; on these occasions
he used to say he was going to hear some important de-
bates in Parliament. He remained about five months,
and during that time frequently used to take as much as
four ounces of laudanitm in a week. He absconded at
last, carrying' with him a gold watch, chain, and seals,
value fifty guineai, which Lad been left upon the shelf in
the drawing-roam; since which they had not heard of
him, until 'looking into a newspaper on Wednesday he
saw that he was in custody.
The complainant now wished to see Howard ; and on
being told that he was in Newgate, and that the Grand
Jury was sitting, he went to lodge a detainer against him.
UNION-HALL—Yesterday a female, named White-
head, well known in the city, at the Bank and Sto.c4
Exchange particularly, which she daily perambulates, 'at-
tended before the Magiitrate to ask his ,a.dvice under .the
following circumstances. Her appeamnce altogethpr is
most' singular : she was dressed in deep mourning, and
wore a head-diets of most peculiar shape of black gauze
materials, and, rising to a considerable height, terminated
in a point. She appears to be about pO years of age,
although her cheeks and lips were thickly plastered over
with carmine ; the contrast was remarkable. between the
poor woman's artificial ruddy complexion and the sombre
hue of the curious dress she wore. On entering .the office,
she said that she had a large property which was in Chan-
cery, and had been so fot years, and that a conspiracy ex-
isted between the: head of that court and two of her female
relatives to chouse her nut of the whole of the moue). The
relatives concerned in the diSgraceful transaction were in-
venting a variety of schemesito accelerate her death.—
" They have administered arsenic in large quantities to
me," said she; "my eyes are nearly burning out of, their
sockets froM thE'eirecis Of the poison, and as for my teeth,
they are all loose and daily dropping out one by one from
my. jaws, In consequence of the hellish conspiracy to deprive
me of life." The poor woman here opened her mouth, in
order, as she said, to give the Magistrate an opportunity
of having ocular demonstration of the truth of- her asser-
tions. Instead, however, of exhibiting toothless jaws,
she displayed a very fair set of teeth for a lady of her years,
She complained sadly of the loss of all her grinders from
the arsenic, declaring that the operation of chewing a crust
had become a painful task to her now.
The Magistrate, perceiving the unfortunate state of the
poor woman, listened with attention to all she said, and
then advised her to consult with a professional gentleman
on the subject.

After her departure, an individnal present gave short
history of her misfortunes. That about 14 years ago ber
brother, a clerk in the Bank, had been executed for forgery
ever since which period, her intellects became impaired.--
She is in the constant habit of going to the Bank, where
many of the gentlemen, aware of the melancholy disorder
with which she is afflicted, very liberally contribute their
aid in providing for her wants; and by those means she is
rescued from poverty. Since the death of her brother she
has never gone out of mourning.