The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-29 00:00:00

LA M ETIL STU E ET.

A young man named TVillianz Meecham was yes-
terday brought before Mr. WALKER, charged with
stealing a watch, and other property, value 161., the
property of John Fife.

The prisoner, upon being iislied if he had any
thing to say-, replied, that he confessed to committing
the robbery, that he had got into bad company, and
that it was a girl who incited him to do it.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate
for trial.

Two men, named John Smith alias Stratford Jack
and James Godfrey, two notorious bad characters,
were yesterday brought heti:ire Mr. WALKER, by a
Whitechapel watchman, on suspicion of having com-
mitted a robbery.
John Hearn, the watchman, on Wednesday night,
or rather Thursday morning, at half-past two o'clock,
was going along Red Lion-street, Whitechapel,
when he observed the two prisoners carrying a
bundle. Knowing them to be bad characters, he
stopped them, and found a cloak and other articles
in the bundle they were carrying. They refused to
give any account of where they got the property.
On being questioned by Mr. WALKER, Smith said
that the cloak belonged to his wife.

A woman who called herself. his wife here came
foniard, but did not know that the prisoner had any
thing belonging to her.
Mr. WALKER said, that they were very bad cha-
racters, and the probability was, that they had
stolen the cloak ; he should, therefore, commit them
for two months each to the House of Correction.

John C'ook and Maria Cook were yesterday re.
examined on a charge of robbing their ready-fur-
nished lodgings, and fully committed for trial.
Mr. North, one of the overseers of Mile-end Old-
town, yesterday appeared before the sitting Magis-
trates, Messrs. WALKEU, HARDWICK, awl WYATT,
accompanied by another gentleman, and stated, that
in consequence of the great pressure of business, and
the illness of two of the overseers, he wished the
gentleman to be admitted to serve as overseer.
Mr. North said, they had at present 1,300 pau-
pers, and that they gave out every day blankets and
soup to them, but that in consequence of the illness
of two of the overseers, the three that were left
found it quite impossible to get through with the
business, and they therefore requested the Magis-
trates' permission to put the gentleman who accom-
panied him into the situation.
Mr. .1-IARDwicK said, it was the entire fault of the
parish that they had so many paupers. They held
out to every man that he had the parish to go to,
and thereby deadened all his exertions.

Mr. North hoped that the Magistrates would con-
sent to this gentleman being admitted as overseer,
for the three overseers left, were actually unable to
get through the business they had done so since
last September, and they were really tired of it.
Messrs. HARDWICK and WALKER said• this was
an additional reason for their refusal, since, as the
three overseers had done the business since Sept.,
they certainly could do it six weeks longer, and ad-
vised Mr. North, if the paupers behaved in the out-
rageous manner he had stated again, to bring them
before them, and they would punish them.
Mr. North then thanked the Magistrates, and
withdrew.

Just as the office was about to be closed, a man
named John Brown, alias " Jack the Logger,"
was brought in, charged with being concerned in the
robbery of the Mile-end, Old• town, workhouse.
No evidence was, however, adduced, and the pri-
soner was remanded for a week.