The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Parry attended for Mr.
Cawood, of Lime-street, in consequence of a complaint
made on Saturday upon the part of a Zooloo chief and
his wife and child, and a Kafir named Larder. The
Zooloo chief and his wife and the Kafir had been en-
gaged to come to England for exhibition upon the pro-
mise of liberal payment, and the baby of the chief,
which had been born in this country, became entitled to
a certain amount, proportioned to the salary of the
parents.

The statement made by Mr. Alexander Smith, in ap-
plying for a summons on Saturday, was that the appli-
cants for whom he appeared had been engaged to come
to England upon a mercantile speculation, for twelve
months, at a bullock a month, by the brother of Mr.
Cawood, a gentleman of respectabitity in Africa, that
they had exhibited at Cremorne Gardens, where they
had derived large pecuniary advantage in presents from
the visitors, as well as in pay from Mr. Thomas Simp-
son, the proprietor ; that the term of their engagement
included their return to their own country, at the,ex-
pense of the agent in the transaction, and that they failed
in their application to Mr. Cawood, of Lime-street, to
whom they had been consigned, for the property which
they had left in his care. There were other matter men-
tioned at the same time ; and the Lord Mayor consi-
dered that the circumstances required investigation, and
sent a messenger to the office of Mr. Cawood, to inform
him of the substance of the representation.
Mr. Thomas Simpson attended on Saturday and yes-
terday,

Mr. Parry said that his client, Mr. Cawood, was most
anxious to show that he was not only determined to
have the poor Africans conveyed to their own country,
but that he had traated them with the greatest kindness
and liberality from the moment they had come under
his care in England. The engagement with the Afri-
cans was not that they should have a bullock a month,
which, in order to make it intelligible in this country,
he would call 355. the price of a bullock at the Cape, but
a cow a month, which was ten shillings less. The public
would understand that the current coin of the Cape con-
sisted of bullocks and cows, so that the gentlemen in that
country who belonged to the profession of which he had
the honour of being a member, reckoned up their fees as
so many bullocks and so many cows per brief. (Laugh-
ter.) Now Mr. Cawood had lost considerably by the
speculation whether he was required to pay in bullocks
or cows, but he was resolved that the Africans should
not he losers under any circumstances. There had been
an instance of that fact in the engagament of a house in
Leicester-square, for which a large sum was paid, and
the Africans could not be prevailed upon to perform upon
more than two oocasions. It must be taken into con-
sideration that a Caffre was not in his own country con-
sidered to be worth more than a bullock, or a bullock
and a cow, or at most two bullocks a year, so that the
advantage in coming. over to England, whether he was
paid a bullock or a cow a month, was not to be despised,
and the young Englishman who had so lately become a
subject of the Queen of these realms caused an addition
to the profits of the parents of ten shillings, or nearly
half a cow a month. (Laughter.) All these expenses
Mr. Cawood would be most anxious to leave to the arbi-
tration of any gentleman whom the Lord Mayor might
think proper to appoint ; and the poor foreigners,
whom the learned counsel believed to be exceedingly well-
conducted and honest people, should be sent home to
Africa ; but it was only fair that the gentleman who had
taken the responsibility upon himself should be en-
abled to secure his brother in Africa from demands
which, if security were not given, would certainly be
made.

The Lord Mayor—Certainly, the statement which has
been just made is very satisfactory. I wish to know
whether Mr. Cawood will give up whatever goods the
'Africans have left in his care ?
Mr. Parry said that everything they had left at Mr.
Cawood's house should be at once given up to them.
The sum, whatever it might be, due to them should be
paid upon the judment of an arbitrator, and they should
be sent back without the least expense.
The Lord Mayor—I expect that this arrangement will
be carried into effect.

BOW-STREET.—Philip Russell, the conductor of
one of Hartley's Putney omnibuses, was summoned
be-
fore Mr. Henry for " wilfully deceiving " a passenger in
respect to the destination of his conveyance.
The complainant Mr. W. Fisher, a solicitor, of
Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square, stated that he
was in the Strand on the 16th instant, when he saw an
omnibus with the word " Putney " inscribed on the flank,
in letters as large as the panel of the vehicle. He hailed
it, and took his seat inside, but on the arrival of the om-
nibus at the foot of Putney-bridge, on the Middlesex
side, he was informed by the conductor that it did nOt
go any further. Witness said "This is not Putney ;
this is Middlesex, and Putney is in Surrey." Defendant
said, " We do not go over the bridge, in consequence of
the toll." Witness told him he was bound to take him
over, having painted the word " Putney" on the side of
his omnibus. The defendant then pointed to the words
" Putney-bridge," which appeared in small letters on
the rear of the carriage, and refused to go further, in
consequence of which the summons was taken out.

Mr. Fisher, the complainant, said he had nothing to
urge against the conductor, who was merely the instru-
ment of his employers in the matter.' _ _ _

Mr. Henry convicted the defendant, and ordered his
employer to pay the penalty of 20s,