The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

MANSION-HO USE.

Inspector M•Lean stated that he waited upon his Lord.
ship at the desire of the City Police Commissioner, to
mention that, notwithstanding the notice which had some
days ago been sent round to all the inhabitants of the City
to keep the pavement opposite to their doors properly
scraped and swept, some of the great establishments to-
tally neglected to pay attention to the direction, although
sanctioned by an Act of Parliament. Ile particularly al-
luded to the Bank of England, the London Dock House,
alid several buildings i❑ the immediate vicinity of the
Mansion House. The Commissioner also ordered him to
mention that London Bridge was both as to the pavement
and the carriage way in the most filthy, and almost im-
passable, condition, although it was understood that men
receivedweekly salaries for keeping, or pretending to keep,
it clean.

The Lotto MAYOR.—I ordered a notice to be put up,
directed to the inhabitants, and stating the necessity fur
observing the rule. lam surprised that it has not been
observed, particularly with respect to the Bank of Er►g-
land, to which such multitudes now Clock daily on account
of the payment of dividends.
Inspector Nl‘Lean said that the notice which the City
Commissioner had sent round was as follows

City Police-office, Guildhall, Jan. 9, 1341.
" The Commissioner feels it to be his duty to call the
attention of the inhabitant householders within the City
and its liberties, to the following provision in the City
Police Act ; and also to apprise them, that the officers and
constables of the force have received strict orders to sum-
mon all persons who shall be found offending in this respect.
" Every occupier of a house, or other tenement, who
shall not keep sufficiently swept and cleansed all footways
and water-courses adjoining to the premises occupied by
him, shall be liable to a penalty of forty shillin,2s ; and if
any tenement be empty or unoccupied, the owner thereof
shall be deemed the occupier with reference to this enact-
ment."

The Loan MAYOR directed the Inspector to go at once
to the owners of the premises complained of, and state that
the police had been obliged to make complaint to the Chief
Magistrate on the subject, and to request that in future
due attention should be paid to the Ant, the violation of
which he was sorry to have attributed to establishments
which were supposed to be inclined to do everything for
the public conventenoe..

The Inspector accordingly waited upon some persons in
authority at the establishments particularly alluded to, and
upon his return to the Justice-room, informed his Lordship
t hat peremptory directions had been issued to attend to the
Act of Parliament by the gentlemen to whom he had de-
livered his Lordship's message, and that at an early hour
every morning the pavement should be scraped and
cleansed. He also stated that the Comptroller of the
Bridge House had sent adlitional scrapers and sweepers to
London-bridge.
Two young fellows, named Baker and Andrews, were
brought up in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer,
charged with having been on the watch to plunder people
who came out of the Bank with their dividends.
Forrester said that he saw Baker, whom he knew to be
a pickpocket, " give the office" (a certain signal) to An-
drew's and another lad, and immediately follow a lady who
came out of the Bank down Bartholomew lane, which
was so narrow, on account of the shoring up for the Royal
Exchange, as to afford great opportunities for thieves.
The two who were with Baker pressed close upon the lady,
in order to give him the power of robbing her, when witness
seized the prisoners. The other got away.
The Loan Maloa—You have no doubt that their in-
tention was to rob her? Forrester—Not the least doubt
of it. My aye was fixed on their motions, the meaning of
which was very plain to me. Had Baker seen me, he
would have run away.
The Lora) NIAYOR—WeII, Baker, what have you to
say ? Baker—Nothing at all, but that I was taking a walk
in the City. As for this gentleman (Andrews), lam sure
I never saw his face afore.
Andrews—Never, my Lord. I don't know Mr. BaNr,
if that's the gentleman's name, at all.
The LORD MAYOR—Be SO good as to tell me who you are.
Andrews--Who I am? Why I comes up to town from
Bath on a visit to London, and I just walked up to see
what the people was about when I was took into custody.
I'm sure I never expected such a thing.
One of the officers stated that he had observed Andrews
in the company of thieves frequently.
The LORD MAvon committed both prisoners to Bride-
well for two months, for having been in the neighbourhood
of the Bank with intent to steal.

ALGIERS.-- The French Government has
70,000 soldiers in Algeria, of whom 12,000 are in hos-
pital, and of whom 1,500 died in the month of October
alone. M. Blanquy says_.. The army of Africa is d'-
vide(' into two portions, of which ono romains prisoner in
its camps and dies of the fever ; whilst the other portion
is decimated by dysentery, gained in running along the
roads to get news of the first portion. After ten years'
occupation of Algiers, it requires 390 men to carry a letter,
and 3,000 to protect a convoy.