The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-20 00:00:00

BANKING DI

Procrietors'capital.. 14,553,000
Rest .. - • 3,382,646
Public dermas (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
Nations►l Debt,Sav-
ings-bank s, and Di-
vidend accounts)• • 4,297,385
Other deposits •• • 10,671.983
Seven day and other

bills.. .............. 1,064,707

£33,972.721

Dated the 19th day of October. 1

TUE WEATIIER.—COVE, WEDNESDAY.—We are
already in the depth of winter, and a severe winter.
Yesterday was as harsh a day as any experienced here
for the preceding twelve mouths. There were heavy
falls of snow, sleet, and rain, accompanied by violent
wind from the north-east. The snow and sleet which
fell yesterday morning are still On the ground, and the
cold wind blows with unabated violence. But this day
week we were in the enjoyment of fine warm sunshine.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

David Harris was brought before the Lord Ma) or
for reexamination upon the charge of having de-
frauded Aaron Woolfe of 101. by means of a wedge
of base metal plated with silver.
The prosecutor, upon bringing forward the charge
on Monday last, said the prisoner called upon him
on Sunday for the loan of 101., and deposited in
his hands the bar of metal produced as security,
there being no market for such an article on such
a day, and tha Lord Mayor remanded the case, and
directed Mr. Woolfe •to get the metal assayed in the
mean time.

On the first examination the prosecutor was evi-
dently exasperated against the prisoner, and spoke
of the transaction with an appetite of revenge.
His pment demeanour exhibited a very remark-
able contrast.. He appeared to have abandoned
all idea of retributive justice, and to be influenced
by the spirit of charity and forgiveness of injuries
done.

The LORD AlAvon—Well, prosecutor, have you
had this metal tested ? The prosecutor—No, your
vorship: _ _

The LORD MAYOR—No ! Why not ? Did I not
send hack this man to piison that you might have it
allayed ?

The prosecutor—They vouldn't try it under half-
a-crown, please your Lordship.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, what of that ? Why
did you not get it tented, and let the assayer send
here for the amount of his demand ?

The prosecutor, shaking his head, and speaking
with great tenderness—Why, your Lordship, I
find he's a poor man, a very poor man, and he has
a vife and a large family of little children, and I felt
very sorry for the poor things, your Lordship.
The LORD MAYOR—N onsen se ! The prisoner
has committed a most villanous fraud, and must be
punished. Come, what's the reason you don't wish
to proceed ? The prosecutor---Vy, my Lord, his poor
vife and families is in such distress.

The LORD MAYOR—Nonsense, I tell you ! What's
the cause of this change in your conduct towards him ?
The prosecutor (after some hesitation)—Vii, your
Lordship, I thought you would have no objection if
I could get back all my money vot I gave him for
his lump of lead.— (Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—I thought so. Well, I cannot
allow such a flagrant transaction to pass with im •
punity. Officer, take the metal to be assayed, and
let the prisoner be brought up on Friday. Prosecutor,
youtnust then attend.

The prosecutor—Please your Lordship, I don't
vish to prosecute him for the sake of his poor vife
and--(Laughter).
The LORD MAYOR—Let the prosecutor be bound
over to attend here on Friday.
Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk)—Mr. Woolfe, you
are bound over to appear on Friday in the sum of
101. to give evidence against the prisoner. Are you
content ? The prosecutor—Vy, I must be content,
I suppose, as you say so, but I would rather have
my money first, and then LI could prosecute after-
wards.— (Laughter.)
The prisoner was then remanded.
Three young women (casual paupers) were brought
before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having
smashed two panes of plate glass in a respectable
tradesman's house in Cannon-street. They at once
acknowledged that they had committed the offence.
Several tradesmen of the neighbourhood of Cannon-
street, in which the union is established, waited upon
the Lord Mayor to ascertain whether his Lordship
could by any means protect them from the very
serious damage to which they expected to be in an un-
common degree subjected in the ensuing winter from
the multitudes of casual poor who would be crowd-
ing in from all parts of the country. The inhabitants
of Canncn•street were, they said, peculiarly liable to
suffer when any of the applicants for relief happened
to be dissatisfied with their reception at the union.
It often occurred that if an inhabitant whose win-
dows were broken declined to appear against the
offender, there was an immediate threat of double or
treble the mischief.

The LORD MAYO 2 said he deeply lamented, with-
out being at all able to remedy, the evil. lie had
no doubt at all of a great influx of casual poor into
the City of London, from the impression that the
prisons of London would be preferable to the
unions in the country, but with the casual poor
he could not at all conjecture how to deal, al-
though there were regulations for the legitimate
claimants upon the City. He generally sentenced
window breakers to Bridewell for 14 days, because
bread and water was the allotted food for those who
were to undergo so short an imprisonment, and he
knew their great object was to obtain a long sentence,
there being annexed to it comforts not known to the
offenders who received a quick dismissal. The win-
dows of the Mansion-house had been at the com-
mencement of his mayoralty so frequently broken by
the mischievous vagrants from all parts, that he had
been obliged to get them wired all round, and to keep
an officer constantly about it, who was not very cere-
monious when he saw any new assailants at work.

The inhabitants of Cannon street submitted that it
would be but fair to let them have the protection
which might be afforded by additional policemen.
The LOAD Marou—l am sure you are, from the
nature of your situation, entitled to additional pro-
tection, and I advise you at once to apply to the City
Commissioner, who I have no doubt will see the jus-
tice of your claim, and afford you the necessary as-
sistance.