The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

to such a situation, and yOuZhavenotseuilter.to a single person
who wanted such a servant. '

Newton.--She has no character for' a lady's maid's place,
never having been in such a Situation.
Mr. Mixsitut.T..—Then, knowing that, why did you take
her money, and 'why do you not returnit now ?
Newton.--Oh dear me, no. Sir; that is quite impossible we
never return *a.
Mr. itlisrsitt•ete—l must tell you, Sir, that I consider you
to have obtained seven shillingetroin this young wornatiunder
false pretences, and I shall hold' kati to bade
Newton.---Dmr me, :Sir, it is very odd you shouldl take such
a View of the case. I assure you we conduct our business, as
fairly as we can, and we supply some of the-first families in the
kingdom with tteriants. I wish, Sir, you could comprehend
our mode of doing business. . .
Mr. Muessittme—lndeed I' comprehend it 'perfectly well.
An office like:yours, if conducted with strict probity, may be
useful, but otherwise it becomes a public nuisance. Lures are
held out to an, industrious but very poor class of persons, who
spend their Money he the hope Of °procuring employment, and
aro grievously elleappointod. rt-
Newton was held to bail, himself in 201., and two eurethes in
101. each, to answer the charge of fraud at thA iessions.
PRETENDED:AGENCY FOR.INSIT4A'gCt: on, ICES.
WORSHIP -STREET.—JOntes ii'attiOn.tr,"' 560d-tucking
man, was brought before ROBERT BEVI/..1; andi ouir Bun-
:CELL, Esqrs.' charged with defrauding a lady 0f.17e.0d.,
which she paid him for the Norwich Insurance Office. ,
The lady, Julia Smith, residing at No. 1 rfartholomew-
terrace, stated that the prisoner applied to her, and repreeented
hset:ivas an agent for the Norwich Insurance Office, and as
sigh he received her money, and gave her areceipt, *bleb she
'produced.
.The prisoner saidein his defence, that he did busineas for the
Norwich Insurance, and that he bad authority to receive the
money paid him by the lady.
The lady Intimated it was not the intention of Me. Fake,
the Secretary to appear against the prisoner, and if her meency
was rustorede she had no disposition whatever to press any pro-
secution against the prisoner..
Mr. But, as Mtttrates, we sit here to protect
the public ; and if h shall be fount that this man has been going
about to defraud a number of persons, if we did not interfere
for the prevention of such a public injury, we should be remiss
in the discharge of our duty."
The prisoner had been searched, and his papers and pocket.
book being examined, suspicions were excited that he hail prac-
tised similar deceptions in the name of the Albion and other
Insurance offices. He was remanded till SatordaY, on which
day the Secretary of the Norwich and other Insurance Offices
were summoned to attend. .
THE BUILDING ACT.
QtTEEN.S4ITARIg.—Titia was an information under Mr.
Taylor's Act, which catne..on to be heard at this Office a few
days ago. It wee against Mr. Pullen, a broker, in New Peter
street, for refushig to pull down a shed or pent-house, built in
front of his dwelling, but not on the foot pavement, which ren-
dered the question more intricate; and conseggently the Ma.
gistrate declined making a decision till now, because: it was of
vast importance to many of the inhabitants ,6f St. John's
Parish, several houses having been' built upon the same plan,
and the decision in this case avoid form a precedent to ..he pro-
cetaled upon against others who thereby would be put to greet
inconvenience and expente.
The defence set up watt that the pent.hnuse in question-hav-
ing been built upon freehold property, and not at all encrOaeh-
ing upon the foot-paveMent, id not constitute it nuisance
under the Act -upon which this information was framed and
therefore the Magistrate hail no power to adjudicate,: and the
information must be quashed.
The Solicitor who attended on the part of the CommiSsioners
contended it was a nuisance, inasmuch as that it obstructed the.
public view, the wtitti, air, and light, and was punishable area
unite der :lading Act. He quoted the late proceeding against -
Mr.-Hill', proprietoeof te New Exchange Coffee-house, Strand;
who had been convicted at Bow-street-for a projection in flOnt
of his house, against which he appealedepleading that the con-
viction could not lie maintained against freehold property, but.
at the Last Westminster Sessions the Bench, after hearing the
argument of Counsel, confirmed the conviction, although it
was proved that this house had not, more than others, pro..
jetted beyond the regular lineof building.'
The MAOISTRATt observed that it was not pkovt-t1 to the •
satisfaction of the Court that the projection -mentioned stood
upon the freehold, and that altered the case materially. It was
a diarent case altogether front the present. ...
The Solicitor urged that the right of freehold could not be
claimed by the detendent, he built the pent-house, himself, and
upon the freehold of his landlord.
Davis, the surveyor of the parish' of St. John, proved the
projection, and that it obstructed the light and air, and view of
the peasengere.
The Solicitor contended, that this constituted a nuisance, and
mentioned that the defendant, iteneglecting to remove it, ren-
tiered himself liable to a penalty.
311 r. Witirr, the Magistrate, itaid he had taken the trouble
to examine the pent house, and found it certainly to, be one of
those nuisances recognised by the Building Act, He then read
several clauses in the Act, which imposed a penalty, and one in
particular, which authorised the Commissioners or any person
theteeMployed, to prevent the erection of any stick plan, after it.
had been once pulled down. This was the first case Of the sort
brought bet* him in this shape, and upott the defendant pro-
mising to take down the pent-house, he would only impose die
lowest penalty, which is 40s. and costs.

MAN gop -II cru sr.--A complaint was Mule by- o."Magnay,
Esq., of the house of Christopher Alagnay and e 4. of IVAleft:c-
hill, against the servanta of Mr. Waterhouse, of the ti,rs4 with
Two Neck's Inn, Lad-lane, for having charged more, than the
regulated price for the porterage of a parcel.
The porter who appeared to answer the summons, said the
overcharge was rnerely mutter of mistake. The ticket charg-
ing the greater sum was intended for the two parcels, and the
second ticket had been, sent out in the hurry of Chr6toms,
which was known to produce a great deal of extra business.--
The porter added to this, that he was not the person who de-
livered the parcel, but thati his Walk was occupied on the day, iii
question by a man who assisted during, the heavy work.
the LoaD IVIA:ron reprobrated siteh a way of doing busi-
ness--the arrangement about the tickets being in direct op.
position to the Act of Parliamentl and the mistake, as it wits
called, being one which the public were every. day suffering.
The fact was, that numerous as were the complaints for over-
charges, the majority of those, who had reason to complain
were not aware of the existence of an immediate remedy, and
when a charge was brought it was made to appear that the
offence.had been commited by the deputy of a deputy. hut
his Lordship added that he should take care to fix the punalty,
and that excuses of the kind should have no weight with him.
-The Defendant was fined 30s. and costs.

TUAXES Poracx.--liesterday, Ann Ross, the wife of
waterman, was charged with having possession of contraband
goods. .Bltt by, an officer, said, that a trnnk belonging to a sailor
named Brown, had been deposited in the defendant's honey, for
about six weeks, during which time a shirt had been taken out
of it, and Brown suspected the inmates, in consequence or which
he obtained a search-warrant,. and in'searching for the %hitt,
ho found four silk and crape shawls which were foreign. Mrs.
Ross said one of the shawls were English manufacture, and
made a present to her by her uncle on her 'marriage. The Ma-
gistratti was hardened against this ; and the whole property,
together with a quantity of foreign tobacco, taw fo►►iitt, way
condemned and sent to the CtiStottl-tiOuse.

A
BURGARIE --IS.-ni uesony night, or early yes-
terday morinol2, the house of Air. Imbold, the sign of the Griffin,
in Lulu° -.street, Oray's.inn.lane, was feloniously entered
by some t levet, and about 31. in copper arid some loose silver,
stolen out of the bar, also a cloak.and stone children's wearing.
apparel, and the whole contents of a cask of rum which was' iii
the cellar were drawn dlemd taken away. It is supyinied (been.
trance was effected by means of introducing Si Srliali•Aj4ed boy in
at the cellar window, who opened the back door and let his eurn..
panions in, the hark door being found open in the morning.
Information was given yesterday at the Police Office, Hatton..
garden, that,on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning,
the house Of Mrs. Freeland, near the Vhurch at Cobham, in Sur-
rey, Was hurglarionaly broke open end robbed of property to a
large amount, among which were a large pair of silver emote-
sticks, a large silver collie put, six silver table, six dessert, two
tio.zen and a half of tea spoons, and other'plate.

ACC] t,F N T.—A youth, about 15 years of twe, in going down
A. Khde by the side of the pavement yesterday in :it. Juhu-
street, Ornitlitichl, tell en the edge of the pavement, and broko
his baelt.b tne. lie auir.arried home to his unister',, a broker
in the neighbourhoutL