The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-26 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-7(TI-11S DAY).

A HOPEFUL YouTu.—A 'wicked-looking, ;:bite-
headed little fellow, named Watts, with piercing black
eyes, deeply sunk in his head, and of vt ry diminutive
stature, dressed in a dark waistcoat, buttoned up to the
chin, and dark flannel arinings, so that not one particle
of white could be seen about him, was charged under the
following circumstances :

Mr. Joseph Lambert, of Hart-street, stated that he
was sitting in his parlour on Thursday, in the afternoon,
when he saw some faces looking into the shop window.
He thought they were after no good, so ho watch;:d,
when he saw the till gradually begm to move. He could
not see any one in the shop, but s:eing the till move, he
went into it, and closed the door, when he found the little
gentleman at the bar, just under' the till, engaged in the
interesting occupation of carrying it off.
Policeman F 61 said he knew the prisoner ; he was
brought up the other day under similar circumstances,
but the prosecutor uould not press the charge.

Mr. TwYFoRD—Is this the little fellow ;110 has been
brought up before me so many times for this kind of
thing ?
Tyrrel, the gaoler, said no, it was the prisoner's
brother who had been there so often; the little wretch
was not above 13 years of age, and he had been at the
office at least twenty times.
Mr. TWYFORD then ordered the little fellow, who had
hitherto been invisible, to be set upon a stool, which was
accordingly done : the young gentleman folded his arms,
and looked about the Court with the utmost composure ;
proud, no doubt, of the enviable'position which he oc-
cupied, and hoping mayhap one day to become as dis-
tinguished a high-toby gentleman as Jack Sheppard or
Jonathan Bradford.

31r. TWYFORD (to the prisoner)—" How old are you?"
Master \Vatts with admirable sang froid—
" Viped his nose with a dirty moke,
Folded his arms and thus he spoke,"
" Vy goin' on for n."
Mr. TWYFORD—Yes, but I can't suffer you and your
little family to go on in this way. I scarcely know what
to do, you are so very small.
After dome consideration the worthy Magistrate sen-
tenced him to one month's imprisonment in the House
of Correction.

The prisoner bowed to- the Magistrate, and, when his
Worship's face was turned, we ObServed the young rascal
with the thumb of his left' hand applied to hislittle snub
nose, whilst the digits of the dexter. hand were busily
employed in performing mystical kind of gyrations
around the extended digits of the left. A certain poet
has described the import of these hieroglyphical kind of
movements by saying that a certain person-
- " meaning to imply a doubt,
Put his thumb unto his nose and spread his fingers out."
So 'much for Master Watts.

THE DRUNK AND DISORDKRLY.—From the number of
good persons whom we met lest evening in a state of
stupid intoxication, and. from the knowledge that we
have of John Bull's propensity to indulge in the sports
of Bacchus, we certainly anticipated that the charges:of
" drunk, disorderly, and incapable" would have assumed
a very formidable feature in the charges at this offize
this morning. We are happy to have to report, how-
ever, that such was not the case, there being only seven
men and two women brought up under that charge. The
nine (we don't mean the Muses) were dismissed. •

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

Two young men 'of fashionable appearance, whose
names were enteredlon the charge-sheet as Henry Smith
and James Jackson, but who are said to belong to two
very noble families, were placed at the bar, charged with
wrenching off knockers and ringing door-bells in Re-
gent-street, at two o'clock yesterday morning.
Police constable, No. 81 of the C division, stated that
he saw the defendants walking together in Regent-street,
stud overheard one say to the other, " I wonder where
we can get some nice knockers to-night ?" which in-
duced him to watch them for some distance ; but they
somehow eluded his observance, and in a short time
afterwards he discovered that the knocker had been
wrenched from off the door of Mr. Gabriel, 135, Regent-
street, and broken, and the pieces left close by on the
pavement. In about twenty minutes after the defendants
again made their appearance in Argyll-place, and from
thence proceeded into. Regent-street again, knocking and
ringing at several different houses on their way. Witness
having obtained the assistance of another constable,
followed and took theM into custody, the defendant
Smith being at the instant in the act of endeavouring to
wrench off a knocker, and Jackson violently pulling the
belL They were taken to the station house, but were
shortly afterwards liberated on bail.
Inspector Baker, of the C division, informed the Ma-
gistrate that the defendant Jackson was a short time ago
fined at this Court for a similar offence. He then gave
a different name.
Mr. Gabriel then came:forward, and said he wished to
charge the defendant with felony ; they had to all in-
tents and purposes, stolen his knocker, which would cost
him 10s. to replace.
Mr. Ilinnwicx said he regretted that the evidence
was not sufficient to sustain the charge.
Mr. Gabriel said that the housekeepers of Regent-
street ought to be protected from the repeated acts of
damage and annoyance to which they were subjected.
Mr. HARDWICK said he should in all such cases deal
as severely with them as the law a:lowed.
The defendant Smith denied the charge al ogether, and
Jackson said he was so much intoxicated that he did not
know what he did.
Mr. HARDWICK said he shOuld impose the highest
fine 40S. on each, and he was surprised that'persons who
called themselves gentlemen, and who from their age
ought to know better, should conduct themselves in such
a foolish, mischievous, and disgraceful manner.
The defendants immediately paid the fines, Smith
saying, "If it had been 401. we must have our lark."
And then addressing the, policeman who took them into
custody, added, "Now, Spooney, what will you get by
it?—you have only been kept oLt of your bed by meddling
with us."