The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

MANSION-ROUSE.

Mr. Deputy VALE, and several other Members of Farring-
don Ward NI ithout, yesterday waited upon the Lord Mayor,
by appointment, to complain of a statement that appeared in
the Morning Papers of Monday last, which, the former said,
was a gross calumny.
The Lour.) MAYOR said, that when the Gentlemen who
complained to him on Saturday were in attendance, he abstained
from expressing any opinion upon the subject, being rather
anxious that the Gentlemen of the Ward should themselves
suggest a remedy for the evils complained of.
Mr. Deputy VALE said, the part of the statement he com-
plained of was, that the Common Councilmen were atone to
blame. He hoped, if the Gentleman who made that observa-
tion was present; he would come forward and substantiate his
statement. No answer being made to this appenl, the Deputy
said he would make no further remarks upon the subject, but
treat the observation with the contempt it Merited. He then
stated that an increase of the Day Police was absolutely neces-
sary, particularly in the vicinity of Temple Bar, which was
well known to be one of the most dangerous parts of the City.

Mr. Bnows, the Marshal, said, that there were formerly four
Day i"atrol in Fleet-street, but that, about two years since, the
number had been reduced to two. _ . -

The LORD MAYOR said, that an additional number of Day
Patrol was absolutely necessary; but, in his opinion, the fault
was not so much occasioned by a want of a sufficient number
of the City Police, as the want of that co-operation between
them and the Police of the Ward, in which they had latterly,
been extremely remiss. - He had also to complain of the late
hours at which certain public-houses were allowed to keep open,
and had directed Marchant, the Officer, to bring him a report
of the time at which each house closed on Wednesday night,
or rather on Thursday morning; and, from that account, it
appeared that 12 of them were kept open, serving girls of the
town with gin, &c., until half-past one o'clock, while the
houses in the other parts of the city were compelled to close at
12. He admitted that there should be an exception in regard
to houses in Fleet Market, which were necessarily kept open
for the accommodation of persons who arrived there at an early
hour in the morning.
Mr. Deputy Vale said, that one of the houses complained
of was kept open solely for the accommodation of compositors,
who did not leave the printing offices until an early hoar in the
mornin c.

The LORD 31AltOR said, he considered such nrsons entitled
to refreshment when they left off busiaess, but that them, and
them only, ought to be admitted, and not every person who
chose to apply for admittance. As to. what were called water-
ing-houses. for the accommodation offiremen, &c. several of the
Insurance Offices had declared that they were quite unnecessary.
Another evil complained of was, the number of prostitutes who
constantly infest Fleet-street. He did not wish to encourage
watchmen to bring such persons before him, unless they were
guilty of riotous and disorderly conduct, in which case he would
certainly, punish them; but he did not like their being brought
before him indiscriminately, as he generally found that those
who could afford to fee the watchmen, were allowed to escape.
The present state of Fleetstreet was such that no man could
walk through it with his wife and daughters without being
liable to insult. He also wished that the Common Council
would do all in their power to put down the houses of ill:fame
in the Ward.

Air. Deputy Vale assured his Lordship that all his sugges-
tions should be attended to, and thus the conversation ended.

QUEEN-SQUARE.

B. Witgiurst, a lad, was charged with shooting at and
wounding Lara Ryan, also a lad, in the rope ground at Ro-
chester-row, IVesuninster. Ryan was slitting on Wednesday,
with other boys. when the prisoner came up, with a loaded gun
in his hand, which he generally used to frighten the pigeons,
but there being none .to shoot at, he tired the piece at Ryan,
the contents of the powder struck him in the face, ay.d he bh•cl
profusely. He W3l taken to the Hospital.—The Magistrate
mitered the priso-cr to be locked, up, in default of hail, till the
state of the wounded lad ih certified from the Hospital.