The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY)

Ellen Foley, an oldish lady, who bore in her counte-
nance the strongly marked lineaments which indicate
the character of a shrewish termagant, was charged with
creating a disturbance at the Strand Theatre last night
under the following circumstances.
The complainant stated that last night being the first
night of opening of this theatre for the season, as he was
lighting the lamps, he heard a noise at the stage-door,
.'here his wife acts as porteress. He went there and he
[bond the prisoner at the door abusing his wife and chil-
dren, calling them thieves, liars, and other very objec-
tionable names. He ki,ew nothing of the prisoner other
than that she used at one time to hve in his house.

The officer of the theatre here stepped forward, and said
he thought he could explain the matter. About 18 months
since the prisoner was employed in the theatre, in the
capacity which the complainant's wife at present held,
but from her character for drunkenness she was dis-
charged by the then proprietors, and since that time she
had been in the habit of frequently going to the stage-
door, and creating a disturbance.,
_

The prisoner, who had several times during the re-
cital of the evidence, endeavoured to cast a slur upon it,
by the ejaculation of such little expressions as " Oh,
my !" " Well, I never !" " Did you ever !" and the like,
commenced her defence by addressing the following trite
little admonition to the last witness—" Oh ! do you ex-
pect there is a God at all, you false-faced man ?" She
then went on to say—" Yes, your Worship, I did g-o to
the theatre, I went there. That man who has just left
the bar, has taken the situation of every one in the
theatre—almost. He and his family has filled every
place in the theatre, and he works for nothing—almost.
I'm not in the habit of going to the theatre neither.
This man's wife has reported that I have taken sv and
so, and so and so, and he said that when he met me he
would put me under the wheels of a coach ; but as for
me, Sir, I am neither an abusive woman nor a drunkard.
Oh, your Worship, I wish you knew the facts of the
case ; send for a friend or two of mine, and they'll let
you know how things stands."
Mr. JARDINE—Now, you have not said one word to
justify your conduct in creating a disturbance at the door
of the theatre. Prisoner—Decidedly I have, sir, what
right have they to take away my character, when I have
a living to earn ?
Mr. JARDINE—Your husband must be surety to the
amount of 10/. that you will keep the peace for two
months. _ _

DRUNK AND INCA PABLEB.—The number of persons in-
cluded in this charge this morning was only nine, and of
these, shame be it to the women of England, six were
females, and three men, they were all discharged on their
solemn promises " that it should not occur again."

MARBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Charles Biggs and William Fearless, two flashily
dressed young men, were placed at the bar on the follow-
ing charge :---Mrs. Eliza Howard, a respectable young
married female, residing at No. 14, Little Windmill-
street, Haymarket, stated ,that about half-past seven
o'clock last evening, as she was crossing from Regents
street into Glasshouse-street. the prisoners, in company
with another young man, came running up behind her,
and Peerless struck her such a violent blow on the
back that she fell prostrate on her face on the footway
pavement, and was for a few sr conds completely stunned.
On recovering herself she discovered that her reticule,
which contained two half-crowns in a purse made out
of her brother's hair, had been stolen from her—the
string having been cut from off her wrist. The prisoners
were pursued, and ultimately taken into custody.—They
were remanded.

James Johnson, a young man of respectable appear-
ance, was charged with the following most audacious
street robbery.
Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Fleming, a lady residing at Brook-
hill, Clerkenwell, stated that about half-past six o'clock
lastl evening she was proceeding along Coventry-
street, Haymarket, when the prisoner came up in front
of her with an open pocket-knife in his hand, and seizing
hold of her reticule, which was hanging on her arm,
cut the ribband which suspended it, and was making
off with it when he was taken into custody by police
Serjeant, No. 14 of the C division, With the stolen
property in his possession ; the reticule contained a
bead purse and some silver coin.

The prisoner was recognized as a well known thief.
le was fully committed.

CLERKEN WELL —(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Chitty, a gentleman residing in G owor•street,
brought the following charge against his servant, Wil-
liam Denny and Sarah Evans, a girl of the town
It appeared that between twelve and one o'clock this
morning, Mr. Chitty was alarmed by a,:noise in the lower
part of his house. He called the man servant who first
pretended to be asleep, but afterwards said he did not
hear him calling. There was a quantity of spirits
spilled in his Led room, which the prisoner said was
water. He denied having made any noise, and said
there had been nobody with him. In a few minutes a
policeman came to the door with the female
prisoner, who was apprehended with a portion
of Mr. Chitty's property on her person. She stated
that she was one of a party whom the prisoner had
invited to spend a few hours with him after his mas-
ter's family had gone to rest, and that she was then
returning from the festivity. The prisoner, on being
interrogated by the Magistrate, would give no satisfac-
tory explanation of the " High life below stairs,"—he
wept bitterly, and implored his master's forgiveness.
Both prisoners were remanded.

UNION HALL—THIS DAY.)
Enoch Jones was charged with committing a violent
assault on Charlotte Webber, whose face bore ample evi-
dence of the fact. The complainant said, that her father
held a situation in the House of Lords, and that as she
and her sister were returning home the night before, the
defendant came up and took her round the waist, saying
he should like to kiss her. She told him that he made
use of unparliamentary language—(Laughter)—and at
the same time slapped his face, upon which he knocked
her down ; and the side of her lace coming in contact
with the stones, marked it in the manner it then appeared.
The defendant said he was in liquor at the time, or he
should not have acted as he had done. He was fined 40s.
By WilliamTValkingshaw and Thomas Clarke
were charged on suspicion with breaking into the house
of Mr. Clark, an undertaker, in Crucifix-lane, and
stealing a quantity-of plate, and 31. in money.
The prisoners, who asserted their innocence, were
remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—lsabella Lucas, a demure look-
ing elderly woman, was charged with having stolen a
pocket-handkerchief from the shop door of Mr. Lueas,
haberdasher in Church-street, Shoreditch.

It appeared from the evidence, that on the preceding
evening the prisoner went up the door of the prosecutor's
shop, and deliberately tore off a handkerchief from a
piece that was hanging there for sale, and she was quietly
walking away with the property, when she was stopped
by police constable, 189, who took her into custody.
The prisoner dropped the handkerchief on being taken,
and it was found lying at her feet.
The prisoner (who declined saying anything) was re-
manded to give time for inquiries to be made respecting
her.

All the other night charges were destitute of interest.

CHRISTIAN BURIAL.—A correspondent informs us
that the son of Mr. John Judd, of Buriton, near Beacons-
field, was buried some days ago without the usual funeral
rites. The child had been duly registered, but for some.
cause not explained the ceremony of baptism was not
performed, and the clergyman therefore refused to offi-
ciate. A grave was dug in the churchyard, where the
body was interred in silence.
BADMINTON, YESTERDAY MORNING.—The Duke of
Beaufort ivas sufficiently recovered this morning from
his recent accident to be able to take the field. On
Wednesday morning the Duke and Duchess leave for
Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, to join
the circle assembled at that princely mansion for the
Croxton Park races.
This morning the military guard which had been
placed over Hutchings, the soldier who, after having
fired several shots through a door in the Mews' Barracks,
Charing cross, and jumped out of a wind3w, was dis-
missed, in consequence of the surgeon having pronounced
the unfortunate man to be beyond further surgical aid.
His death is hourly expected.