The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-01 00:00:00

IN RE WHEATLEY.

Tho bankrupt, a livery stable-keeper, at Kennington-
cross, applied for his certificate. His debts were 1,4402.;
assets, realizod, about 3001. There was no opposition,
and

Hia Honour granted a certificate of the second class.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—In the course of an ieveetiga-
tion by the Lord Mayor into the circumstances of the
desertion of foreign seamen, to correct which evil a now
Aot of Parliament has just come into operation, his lord-
ship said--The desertion of foreign seamen in the port
of London, particularly amongst Prueslau vessels, is very
great, and I am given to understand that is attributable
in a great meager° to the tricks played of by those
fellows called " crimps," against whom It is certainly
necessary that some enactment should be made.
Mr. Coleman, of the office of the Registrar-General
of Seamen, who was in court, said—The system pursued
by a few of the keepers of lodging-houses for seamen,
is this :-11pon tho arrival of a foreign vessel a close
watch is kept by the Qtimp or his touters, whp do all
they can to induce the seamen to desert, under pro-
mises of better wages and treatment in British ships, and
assist them to remove their clothes, &e., to their own
houses. In the yard of one of these houses I know of a
place which Was fitted up for the reception of the foreign
seamen, in such a manner as to escape the notice of
those who were not more than ordinary observers. In
those dens wore the deserters concealed until the vessels
they belonged to sailed, unless, in the meantime, a re-
ward was offered, which was generally the case, as the
laws of foreign countries hold the masters of merchant
ships under a heavy bond to return the seamen they
engaged to their native country. The reward is effica-
cious in restoring a deserter to his vessel, through the
instrumentality of the very parties who prevailed upon
him to desert, and who, completely in the style and
fashion of dog-stealers, wait upon the captains who
have sustained the loss, and promise their good cffices
upon being well paid. Their exertions, however, are
never offered until their victims are rendered penniless,
and then the crimp prefers 5L per man for restoring them
to their ships to the chance of W. advance of wages in a
British ship. This " reward" is subsequently deducted
by the master from the wages duo to the seaman, who is,
to his astonishment, brought from his place of conceal-
ment to the vessel from which he had lately departed. I
have seen in the books of a merchant in this city an
entry of 30/. odd paid to a crimp for the return of six
foreign seamen to their vessel, one of whom, at Last, I
could have proved was secreted in the house of the party
who received the reward; and until the introduction of
the Foreign Seamen's Deserters Bill of last session, and
which caused so much discussion in Parliament, no per-
son could interfere in this sort of traffic, the existing
laws for the regulation of seamen only applying to
" subjects of her Majesty," or to the seaman of this
" kingdom.' By this Aot, heavy penalties are enforced
for inducing a seaman to desert, oraivrbouring him, with
the knowledge that he is a deserter

BOW-STREET.— Wm. Herbert Ilarrinox, of 14,
Claremont-place, Brixton-road, the keeper of a post-
office receiving-home, was brought before Mr Henry, in
the onstody of Poako, the constable attached to the
establishment of St. Martin's-le•Grand, charged with
stealing a letter containing a cheque for 161. 38. 6d.
, Mr Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, attended to oon-
duct the prosecution.
The letter in question was posted at the prisoner's re-
ceiving-house at three o'clock in the afternoon of the
13th October. It never reached its destination, and,
consequently, Dr. Cronin, of Brixton, by whom it had
been despatched, caused inquiries to bo made respecting
it. The prisoner professed great readiness to assist in
the investigation, but eventually NAP, the officer, ascer-
tained that the cheque was presented at Drummonds'
bank at four o'clock on the same day, end that two 51.
Bank of England notes wero given, with the balance in
cash, in change for it. The numbers of the notes were
preserved, and, on subse4acnt inqutries' it was found
that one of them was changed by the prisoner the same
evening, at six o'clock, at a shopkeeper's named Dawson,
while the other was passed at a public-house early the
next morning, also by the prisoner, whose name was
written on the back of one of them, at the request of the
person by whom it was received. Having thus traced
the notes to the possession of the prisoner, Pcake pro-
ceeded to the prisoner's residence, and took hire into
custody. He said, " This is a mysterious affair but I
know nothing about it."
Mr. Henry—What is the salary usually paid to a re-
ceiving house-keeper ?
Mr. Walter Sculthorne (president of the London dis-
trict department) said the salary was 101.; but the ap-
pointment was considered valuable as a recommendation,
or introduction, in business. _

The prisoner, on being duly cautioned, said—Pr.
Cronin came to me last Monday night, and said the
cheque had been lost. I told him to write to Mr. Smith,
the superintendent of the letter-carriers, but he did not
do so. Afterwards he called at my shop, and said that
the matter rested between the postman and myself. I
did not like the imputation thus cast upon me, and so I
wrote to Mr. Smith myself upon the subject. I was
requested, in reply, to ascertain the particulars as to the
posting of the cheque, &a, and I gave Dr. Cronin a form
to fill up for that purpose. While this was about, I was
taken into custody by Peak°. I admit that I changed
the two 5/. notes, but I shall be able to show very clearly,
on a future occasion, where I obtained them. I ought to
remark, that the postman has been oft duty for a month,
and that Dr. Cronin's servant, who posted the letter,
knew very well that there was a cheque inside it.
Mr. Henry said an opportunity should be given the
prisoner to make his case dear, as promised, and accord-
ingly remanded him for further examination, refusing,
however, to admit him to bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Henry Land was placed at
the bar before Mr. Hamad'', charged with having ob-
tained, by false pretences, from the Eastern Counties
Railway, two boxes containing working tools and other
articles, the property of George Stewart Sutton, a mas-
ter carpenter at Norwich.
The prosecutor said that having received an order, in
tho early part of the week to proceed to town with all
possible expedition, to execute some work connected
with the preparations for the funeral obsequies of the
Deice of Wellington, he hastily packed up in two boxes,
upwards of 20/. worth of tools, together with numerous
articles of wearing apparel, and other necessaries for his
personal use during his residence in London. Shortly
before he started from Norwich, an urgent appeal was
eiado to him by th© prisoner, who represented himself
to be out of work and in a state of complete destitution.
.Compasaionating his helpless condition, witness invited
'him to .accompany him to town, and, not only agreed to
defray his travelling expenses, but promised to provide
him with board and lodging for a week, and to use his
best efforts to procure him a situation. The pri-
soner acceded to his proposal with the most
profuse expressions of gratitude ; and on Tues-
day afternoon, they arrived in town together by
the Eastern Counties Railway, and after depositing his
luggage in the cloak-room, under the charge of one of
the porters, he proceeded in search of a lodging for the
prisoner, and soon afterwards established him in com-
fortable quarters in the neighbourhood. Witness also
took up his residence in an adjoining tavern, where he
remained that night, but was somewhat surprizad at the
absence of the prisoner, who had promised to call upon
him; and, upon getting up next morning, ho discovered
that his luggage ticket, which he imagined ho had on
the previous day securely placed in his waistcoat pocket,
had disappeared. Ho instantly hurried off to the rail-
way station, on reaching which he found that the pri-
soner had been beforehand with him, and had not only
obtained and absconded with his two boxes, but had gone
the length of forging a receipt for them, to which ho had
attached his own signaturo. He immediately gave in-
formation to the ;pollee, who succeeded on the preceding
evening in taking the prisoner into custody, and also
traced some part of his property, a portion of which had
been pledged by tk? emu:peel, who had loft the remainder
under the charge of the landlord of a public-house.
On being asked if he wished to soy any; hing in answer
to the charge,
The prisoner, with an air of injured innocence, re-
Phei—" Well, I don't think that 'ore man has done the
c
right thing by me, by no mariner o' means, as he pro-
mised to board andledge me comfortable; and what does
h
getting up, but gives me for a meal just three
halfporth bread and butter and a pint of coffee. Now,
I e
al do,
18 on
that
'ere right down dog meats; and, finding that
I was thrown on my own bottom, and hadn't no tools of
borrowwhich Ihieso'nul;dn't
mboyld"ton
no sitch thing—l scotir,bnausttt-laul fa(c)rtisotne.7llin(oLourtau'gcmhterw.)hy
get work 'th t 'cm I makes
Mr Hammitt said
d orderhernsidered it a very flagrant
for a week, to afford the not,
case, and he shout
police an opportunity of tracing
the prisoner to be remanded
the remainder of tho missing property.

LAMBETH. ENDEZZLE—KENT.—Jonathan Mould,
chief clerk in the traffic department of the South West-
ern Ma!way, at the Waterloo station, was en SaturdAy
brought to the Lambeth Police Court in custody of Sf
goant Thomits Bent, and charged with embezzling 3091.
44, 2.1., the moneys of the directoa and company of that
railway, his eina)ycra,