The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—The -readers of the Times will re-
member that we, last week, published a letter from Mr.
Simmons, the proprietor of the hotel at Calais, stating that
a woman had arrived at his house having in her charge an
interesting little girl about three yeats old. The child, it
• was stated, seemed very much distressed, and. repeatedly
called for her mama. This circumstance, with 'others
of an equally suspicious nature, raised the belief that the
child had been stolen from its parents in this country, and
under this imp-tession the woman and child were detained
at Calais until an inquiry should be set on foot to ascertain
whether the account given by the woman was true or false.
For this purpose, besides the communication addressed to
this journal, an application, by letter, was made to the Ma-
gistrates of Bow-street, requesting their interference to dis-
cover the parents of the child, and one of the principal
officers was accordingly directed to make every necessary
inquiry. The name of the child and the address of her
supposed parents having been mentioned in Mr. Simmons'
communication, the officer proceeded to Chelsea, and hav-
ing there set an inquiry tut foot, he ascertained that the
account given by the woman at Calais, of the child having
been intrusted to her care by the mother, for the purpose,
of conveying her to a religious seminary in France, was cor-
rect. The officer then proceeded to the residence of
the mother, Mrs. C., and after some difficulty, he re-
ceived frem that lady a full confirmation of this
statement. Mrs. C. was den gibed by the officer as
a person of very lady-like appearance. She seemed
considerably affected , when speaking of her child._.
It appears, that she represents herself the wife of a British
officer, who for several years has been residing at Calcutta.
It is said, however, that she is in the habit of receiving the
visits of gentlemen, and it is supposed that the child in
question is not her legitimate oiTspring. About a fortnight
ago, after a long: interview with a gentleman at her lodg-
ings, imChelsea, Mrs. C., accompanied by the woman and
the child, proceeded in a coach to the, Tower, where they
remained that night, and the nest morning, at an early
hour, the woman and her little charge, after an affecting
farewell between the latter and her mother, were put on
board the Calais steam-packet off the Tower-stairs, and
immediately set sail for France. Thus, although the affair
is still involved in some mystery, it is satisfactorily ascer-
tained, that the suspicions originally entertained were not
correctly founded, and a communication to this effect was
iurniediately forwarded to Calais by the MagistrAes of this
office, in order that the woman may no longer be detained
from proceeding to, the convent appointed to receive the
child.

Mr. Thomas, the publisher, of York-street, Covent-.
garden, one of the newly elected constables of that parish,
presented a petition to the magistrates of this office on
Saturday, signed by a number of respectable persons who
live in the neighbourhood, praying that an additional num-
ber of officers might be placed round the entrance to Drury-
lane and Covent-garden Theatres, for the purpose of pre-
ventilig the many acts of robbery. that took place there
while the public were struggling for admission. Mr.
Thomas added, ;that on Friday night there were at least
100 thieves and low prctititutes at the pit-entrance of
Drury-lane Theatre, and it was totally impossible that the
two officers then on duty (Bond-, jun. and Nettleton) could
sufficiently protect the public.
Mr. HALLS should consult his brother magistrates on
the subject of the memorial before he returned Mr. Thomas
an•answer.
Mr. Thomas then inquired if be were authorized to re-
move from the streets those women who. walked there for
the avowed purpose of prostitution?
Mr. HALLS said it was competent for Mr. Thomas to
take into custody those females who walked the streets for
that purpose, if sufficiently aware of the fact. ,
Mr. Thomas declared his intention to act accordingly. ,
A young man, a well-known thief, named Andrew
Ryan, was charged with being concerned with two others
in committing a highway robbery on Friday night last.—
Mr. Smith, a hatter, residing in Holborn.hill, was walk-
ing with his wife along Long-acre, at half-past six
n Fridayt,a ma night,
iigh s and as they 'passed the end of Angel-
t'
cour standing by a post, ran violently against
Mr. Smith, and trod heavily on the feet of his wife.—
She retreated a little, and the fellow seized the chain
of Mr. Smith's watch,—a valuable gold chronometer,
&
with seals,
-c., value 35 guineas—and with great
force detached it and its appendages from the guard-chain,
°
and ran off with the.property. Mr. Smith, who is a man
of very short stature, ran after the thief, and was stopped
by two others, who held him by the shoulders, and said—
" Have you been robbed, Sir ?" and haVing impeded his
pursuit, they ran off and escaped. • .Mr. Smith was asked
by Mr. BALLS, the Magistrate, if he was of opinion that
the prisoner was one of the robbers ?
rvlr, Smith said, that one of the men-who stopped him