The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1856.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---Nov. 18.

M ARLB 0 ROUG It ST REET. —John Brown, a boy
apparently about 11 years of age, was brought before
Mr. Beadon, charged with forgery and obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Arthur Raiford, clerk to Messrs. Hedges and Butler,
wine-merchants, Regent-street, said—On Saturday week
the prisoner brought a hill from Frederick Bird for work
done to the amount of 15s. The bill was receipted, ap-
parently by Frederick Bird, and witness paid the prisoner
the amount.

Mr. Geo. Key, landlord of the Horse and Groom
public house, said he had known the prisoner for about
two years, and also knew that during a part of that time
he was in the employ of Fredk. Bird. A short time
ago the prisoner came to his house, and stated that he
was sent by Mr. Bird to borrow ss. He gave the pri•
Boner the money.

Mr. F. Bird, -Noiseless-wheel Office, 3, Winsley-street,
said the prisoner bad been in his employ about eight
months. The receipt to the bill was not written by him,
and he believed it was i• the prisoner's handwriting. He
bad never authorised the prisoner to borrow money of
Mr. Key.
The prisoner declined to make any defence and was
fuily committed.

WESTMINSTER.—Joseph Isaacs and John Mason,
two young men, were placed at the bar charged with
burglariously breaking and entering Catholic bapei
in the Horseferry-road, WeBtmins!ar, and stealing a
piece of plate and other articles,
Wm. Gearing, 86 B, state that at a quarter to 12 on
the previous night his ats..:ention was attracted by seeing
a light in the chapel, 'and observing that the street lamp
opposite it had, b ;en extinguished, he found the gate
"ea and the ".,,ors of the chapel fastened. He obtained
the keys, P:ad on entering the edifice saw the two pri-
soners, and immediately called on them to surrender,
but `...ney took refuge in the gallery, and he was obliged
to call in the aid of another constable, when they were
apprehended behind the organ. After conveyino.. the
accused to the station, he examined the chapel, and
found that several drawers and a cupboard in the
sacristy had been forced open, and that a piece of plate
used in the service of the chapel, with other articles of
value had been packed up in a handkerchief ready to
be carried away. Some false keys and a piece of candle
were found on the floor of the chapel.
It was proved that the building had been loft secure
at 10 on Monday night, and that an entrance hal been
effected by an unfastened window used for the purpose
of ventilating the chapel. The back door had been par-
tially unfastened.
_ _

llr. Paynter inquired whether anything was known
of the prisoners.
The Police replied that Isaacs had been convicted at
the Central Criminal Court of highway robbery and
imprisoned twelve months ; the other had been commit.
ted for three months, in a false name, for larceny.
On being called upon for their defence, Isaacs said
they found a bundle of keys in the cupboard of the sa-
cristy ; the other declined making any answer.
They were committed for trial at, the Central Criminal
Court.

THAMES.—ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF AN ENGLISH
SAILOR —Mr. Frederick Stephenson, a gentleman resid•
ing in Birmingham, who was accompanied by a ship-
broker, waited on Mr. Selfe, to complain of the forcikle
kidnapping of a youth named John Stephenson, the son
of the first-named applicant, on board an American ship
called the Nathaniel Thompson, now lying in the Vic•
toria Dock. Some evidence having been given,
Mr. S.elfe said it was not improbable that the youth
was kidnapped on board the Nathaniel Thompson by
some of the Li.verpool crimps, without the connivance
of the . captain and mate. He would put the case in
train for investigation ; but at present there was no evi-
dence to justify him, in granting a warrant for the appre-
hension of the captain and mate.
The applicants tb.en retired with the officer.

MFTROPO.LETAN BOARD OF WORKS,

A meeting of tl to :Metropolitan Board of Works was
held yesterday a t No. 1, Greek-street, Soho—Mr. J.
Thwaites in the :hair.

Before the pas: dug of the Metropolitan Local Manage-
ment Act, which, received the royal assent on Aug. 14,
1855, the sewers ft rid the buildings of thia metropolis were
under separate rat ministrations. But bythataet, together
with an act passe d in the same sessir,n relating to the
construction of be ildings iu the metropolis and its neigh-
bourhood, the po. were .)f the Cocranissioners of Sewers
and the body (corisisti•Jg of 3 arrihitPcts and a barrister)
which formerly mdreatiistered the old building statute
were vested in t bo
t,resent Metropolitan Board. Under
ordiner f eircum ate,,lees the additional duty thus impose I
upon the board iiLOA necessarily occupy a larva por-
tion of their ti,
brat, coni,iciering that from their first
induction intr
I they have as yet been almost ex-
clusively en stecaid in devising means for cleansing Loo-
don,,roitgiitnsat. fir ttritieg' and rest,,ring the river Thames to
its
tepolluted condition, it can he no matter of
surprise tAs .t an arrear of busicess of the ordinary de-
old have accrued, or that the Board should
lir _mted ono day in every week for disposing of it.
Tvi de-
scription
aii_or .p
attars 'tight before the Board chiefly con-
sisted
ttf applications by parties under the Building Act
for liar eto make alterations, additions, and other works
constru ed to be new work, at d which therefore came
within the regwations of the act ; and of applications
from v estries and district hoards to construct sewers,
none I if which, however, offered the least feature for re-

martc.

Tlti e Frankfort Post-Zeitung says that Baron Bourque-
neY a 4 nicst positively detal,Jd to Count Buol that the
pre'ai,~r,,,ziesof an alliance have been discussed by
P c Gortschakoff and tha French Ambassador at St
P et`4l ;burg.