The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-15 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

William Paine, a chandler's shopkeeper and corndealer,
in Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, and James Davis, a
labourer, were on Saturday charged with stealing a large
quantity of wood, lead, and other materials from a building
formerly occupied by Mr. Knight, as a whiting manufac-
turer, in Upper Ground-street. Mr. Knight's premises it
appeared had been unoccupied for four years, and at the be-
ginning of last week a great many men, women, and children
commenced the work of demolition, which proceeded with
great activity to the astonishment of the neighbourhood,
waggons, carts, trucks, and wheelbarrows being brought in-
to requisition to remove the property.
Mr. Lee, a limeburner adjoining, considered it necessary
to make some inquiries, when he ascertained that Mr.
Knight was in the King's Bench Prison, and that sheriffs'
officers had been put in possession of the premises by the
ground landlord.

The solicitor of Mr. Tanner, the ground landlord, said
the premises, which were extensive, had become dilapi-
dated, and notice of ejectment had been served on Mr.
Knight, and sheriff's officers put in possession. A portion
of the materials produced were fixtures belonging to Knight,
or rather to his creditors ; the remainder was the property
of the ground landlord. The demolition had been exten-
sively acted on, and damage to the amount of 8001. had
been done.

Pain, in defence, said he saw the gates open, and the
people carrying away the property, and he merely followed
the example of others, he believing it was not a crime. A
sheriff's officer named Belton had given him permission to
take away the property, and the new police, who were pre-
sent, did not attempt to prevent the people from carrying
away what they pleased.
Davis said he was a boat-builder, and all he obtained
was a few pieces of wood.
The nephew of Mr. Knight informed the Magistrate
that his father sent him to the building. He told his uncle,
Mr. Knight, who said that the people might do as they
pleased.
The case was ordered to stand over for further inquiry,
as was the attendance of Belton, the sheriff's officer, the
defendants entering into their own recognizances to appear
next Saturday.

In looking over the calendar of candidates in order
to ascertain the points on which we can be useful, we find the
following names which we earnestly recommend to the sup-
port of our brother Reformers :—For Poole, Byng and Tulk ;
for Shaftesbury, Poniter ; for Lyme, Pinney ; for Bridport,
Warburton and Rowilly ; for Weymouth, Buxton and Burdon ;
for Frome, Shephard, if he can be pledged; for Wells, Col-
bourne and Lee; for Bridgewater, Tynte and Tayleur ; for
Taunton, Labouchere and Bainbridge ; for Tiverton, Heath
cote and Kennedy—we hope the third candidate will be in-
duced to quit the field ; for West Somerset, Sanford and
Tynte ; and for the Eastern Division, the venerable Langton.
To the constituents who returned these gentlemen to Parlia-
ment we earnestly and confidently appeal. We shall not fear
to refer to the votes they have given, for they have been honest
and straightforward, and, in every instance, in favour of the
rights and liLerties of the people. Our readers will observe
that the lace trade in Chard is in a deplorable state, and we
much regret to add, that the silk mills in this town, as well as
in Bruton, Taunton, &c., are getting very short of work.
Another fortnight's excitement, and we shall tremble to send
forth the condition of our Western manufactories. Is this,
we ask, a time for the country to be trifled with ?—Shcrborne
Journal.