The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

G UILDHALL.

Mary Claxton, a charwoman, was charged with stea'-
ing a penny candle.
Mr. White, baker, Finsbury-pavement, stated that
the woman had been for some time attending on a
lodger in his house, and so many trifling articles had
been stolen that suspicion fell upon his servants ; but
having a suspicion of the prisoner, and having missed
candles, pocket-handkerchiefs, towels, and other things
to which she had access, he counted the candles in the
box, and marked them. Some time afterwards the
prisoner passed the plac'i, and, looking into the box, he
found a candle had been abstracted from it ; he charged
the woman with the theft, and after some hesitation she
produced the candle from her pocket.
The ALDERMAN sentenced her to one month's im-
prisonment and hard labour.
POLICE COMMITTEE, GUILDHALL.

THE OMNlllis NUrsANCE.—The Commissioner of
the City Police attended for the purpose of preferring
betwee❑ forty and fifty charges against omuibus drivers
for loitering in the streets ; the officers manifested great
zeal and activity in their obedience to his directions,
in preventing the long complained of obstructions ariv-
ing from the " creeping and crawling system" upon
which the drivers have been uniformly acting.

In every case the Alderman fined each party, and
followed up the fine with the assurance that the penalty
should be doubled upon future convictions.
The citizens are feeling, in the abatement of the ar-
noyance which the omnibuses were every moment in-
fi.cting, as well as in other maiters, the greatest advan-
tage from the exertions of Mr. Harvey.

MARLBOROUGH-STRiIET.
Lucy Gooch, housemaid in the service of Mr. Wood,
No. 5, Golden-square, was put to the bar before Mr.
Dyer on a charge of felony.
It appeared that the prisoner had been about four
months in Mr. ‘Good's service before she was taken
into custody. A short time back an alleged attempt to
'oh the plate chest was made. On inspection the chest
was found to have had an attempt made to force it.
Open, but without success. The prisoner was the only
\
one who could give any account of the transaction, she
htialeviiing, as she said, seen a man make his escape from
was at onoe
and Sergeant
The police were informed of the occurrence,
Well, C 1, was sent to make inquiries.
t tenxg6 accountt
,d tow oa
towards
d the b
her.
On question'
length obtained
and prevaricating the risoner, she gave such a confused
erm.attTerhethcaotnsstuasbpiecioant
minaf:ormation that the prisoner was con-
nected with a
quantity of articles
whom she had had a child. it
WAS then resolved to search her boxes, and this being
done, a
that the plisoner bait for be constable having ascertained
,1 belonging to a furnishing
ironmonger was found.
lived with Mr. Somers. an
ironmonger, in Bond-street,
withui Mr. AdamA, iron-
monger,lately deceased, applied
to John Luston, now 17%411'
s'oo formerly filled the
in the Havmarki\enitgr.
eerds'nsoefxztor, Mr. Mar-
amedrst.heLguirsit° wnasimtmhen
situation of shopman to
diately identified the property,
towasprionsfeocrunt'e. The account of the
taken into custody. Mr. Som
circumstance,
alinnT ohfethaetteSntdraendd,
property given by the prisoner was, that it had been
given to her at various times by different persons,
whom she had lived as fellow-servant. The prisoner'th
appeared to be dreadfully affected at the situation in
which her misconduct had placed her. As she was
evidently much overcome, she was permitted to sit
during the examination.
Mr. DYE& asked the prisoner if she had anything to
say in defence, at the same time cautioning her not to
give publicity to anything that IS ould criminate herself,
as her words would be taken down.
The prisoner declined to offer any defence, and was
committed for trial.