The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

The prisoner's attorney—Pray, was the allotment of
the shares made to you ? Witness—No. I purchased
the letter of allotment.
The prisoner's attorney—The Act says that the party
to whom the allotment is made must be the person who
is to sign the deed, and that he alone is responsible.
Now, there is nobody at all responsible.
The LORD MAYOR—But that question has nothing to
do with this. This gentleman was induced by the repre•
sentation of the prisoner to part with his property. It
does not signify what sort of property is in question.
It was of value to the owner.
The prisoner's attorney—l think the name of the
person to whom the shares were allotted was Fletcher,
was it not? Witness—l think it was.
The prisoner's attorney—You think it was. Are you
not sure of it ? Witness—Yes, I can swear the name
was Fletcher.
The prisoner's attorney—My Lord, these things were
never shares. There was no deed signed, for nobody
knows anything of Mr. Fletcher.
The LORD Alavon—That does not signify one far-
thing. The banker's receipt everybody must know is
valuable security for the deposits. There may be quite
enough in this business to justify the commitment of
the prisoner to the Central Criminal Court for the
robbery.
The witness—l request your Lordship Rill remand
the prisoner for a few days, until I shall have the op-
portunity of producing Mr. Gibbons.
The prisoner's attorney—My Lord, I hope you will
call upon the prosecutor to produce the R...verend Wm.
Fletcher, to whom the shares he claims as his are said to
have been allotted.
The LORD MAYOR—You may produce him upon
your side, if you please, as your witness, or Mr.
flitchia may call him upon his.
The prisoner's attorney—My Lord, it is quite clear
let this is altogether a stagging job. There is no
principal who can be acknowledged as entitled to sign
the deed.
The LORD MAYOR—It is time that the " stags" should
be brought to justice. I hope we shall be able to
stag" some of them here.
Remanded till W-edneTday.
A poor woman, named Margaret Wright, upwards of
70 years of age, was brought before the Lord Mayor by
Captain Kincaid, the governor of Bridewell Hospital.
Captain Kincaid said that the old woman had been
some time since committed to Bridewell for two months,
for having broken a window, and was sent, upon being
discharged from that prison, to the City of London
Union, in Cannon-street, for the purpose of being con-
veyed to her parish in the country. By her own ac-
count, after she had remained at the Union-house at
Peckham for a fortnight, she was discharged, although
she was anxious to be allowed to remain at that asylum.
The LORD MAYOR—She did not discharge herself ?
Captain Kincaid—She says she wished to stay there,
for she was in a state of utter destitution, and that the
authorities would not allow her to remain beyond Mon-
day morning.
The LORD MAYOR—I must say it is very discreditable
to the authorities of the large union of the City of Lon-
don to hear such complaints. They will not take the
trouble to make inquiry into the cases brought before
them, and thus the poor are doubly afflicted, and an
enormous increase of expenditure takes place. I have
this day received an account of the mischief done in the
breaking of windows during the last year, by persons
who came here in consequence,7in most instances, of the
defective system of the City of London Union.
From Ist Jan. to 31st Dec., 1845.

Total number of persons charged before the
Lord Mayor with breaking windows
Total number of panes of glass broken by the
above
Total estimated value of the above £44 13 0
Of that number persons charged with breaking
windows of the Mansion-house B2
Number of panes broken at the Mansion-house 103
Value of glass destroyed at the Mansion-house £2B 12
The LORD MAYOR observed that the amount of the
expense incurred, according to the list he had read,
would have diminished the expenses to which the City
was subjected by the extraordinary conduct pursued by
the authorities of the union.
The old woman, in answer to questions put to her by
the Lord Mayor, said that she had two brothers in Cum-
berland, farmers, and she believed they would now have
no objection to support her. She had, when only four-
teen years of age, thought for herself when she was in-
capable of judging, and married a soldier, and her family
looked down upon her, but she hoped they would (those
who remained of them), now that she was aged and in-
firm and destitute, forgive and assist her.
The LORD MAYOR said hei would take care that the
poor creature should be safely and comfortably conveyed
to Cemberland. His Lordship said he could not take a
better opportunity of returning his most grateful thanks
to the press for the able manner in which they had re-
sponded to his call for assistance in rendering service to
the poor children who were to be seen about the streets
in a friendless and deplorable condition. He had received
a great number of valuable communications npon the
subject, and he had not the slightest doubt that a remedy
would in a short time be applied, and in all probability
efficaciously, to the alarming evil.
Mr. James Young, the master of the Fairy steam-boat,
was summoned for that, being in the command and ma-
nagement of the Fairy steam-boat in the Thames, he did
on the 29th of December, wilfully and carelessly navi-
gate such vessel, whereby certain danger was incurred
by persons on board another steam-vessel, contrary to
the rules and regulations laid down by law.
Mr. Thomas Gun, master of the Ant steam-vessel,
said that on Monday, at one o'clock, on the passage from
the Adelphi to London-bridge, and as he passed Lon-
don-bridge, the Fairy came on his quarters, and forced
the nose of his vessel upon the Bridegroom steam-vessel,
on her passage to Chelsea, and if the Bridegroom had
not gone astern, great damage and danger would have
been incurred.

Mr. Banyon (from the Watermen's and Lightermen's
Company) stated that the rules and bye-laws had been
only just published, and the owners, &c., of the steam-
vessels were not yet aware that they had been sanc-
tioned. It was proper to state that Baron Platt, to
whom the rules and bye-laws had been submitted, had
confirmed them on the 22d day of December.
The LORD MAYOR said he should go no further in
this case, as the rules and bye-laws could not be well
known, but he should punish in all future cases ; and
he directed that copies of the rules and bye-laws should
be published for the instruction of all parties. He more
particularly called the attention of the masters or those
vessels who had been in the habit of racing and over-
loading, to the orders to which he alluded. He should
most positively put every one of the regulations in
force, and give no quarter.

13UW-STREET.
Joseph Parker, a boy apparently about fifteen years of
age, was charged with stealing ono hundred copies of a
publication, now out of print, the property of Mr. Car-
diff, the printer and proprietor of the Court Magazine.
Policeman F 25 stated that on Saturday night, having
reason to suspect that some stolen property had been
concealed in some barrels which were lying in Stocking-
lane, near Lincoln's Inn, be searched them, and found
in one a parcel, which he now produced. He left it in
the barrel, and remained there to watch the place. At
about twelve o'clock at night he saw the prisoner take
the parcel out of the barrel, and walk off with it under
his arm. Witness then took him in charge, when the
prisoner said that he got it from his master's office, that
it contained some tracts, and that he was going to take
them home for his mother to read. Witness asked him
who was his master, and he said Mr. Cardiff. The spot
where the parcel was concealed was about three yards
from the b entrance to Mr. Cardiff's premises.
Mr. Cardiff stated that for the last ten years a system
of robbery had been carried on by persons in his em-
ploy, and, though several had been discovered and dis-
charged, the robberies continued. The prisoner was
employed by him as an errand-boy, and the papers pro-
duced were his property. There were about a hundred
copies of the same leaf of an old book, the copyright of
which was his (witness's) property. The work was ow
of print, and very scarce.
The prisoner, who made no defence, was committed
fur trial.