The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
The LORD MAYOR has been obliged to adopt a
serious expedient for the purpose of preventing
parish ofAcers in the country from sending up the
redundancy of their pauper population to London to
obtain support as well as they can.
It happened that on the 17th instant a poor
woman, named Elizabeth Carrick, the wife of John
Carrick, was brought with her two children before
the Lord Mayor, having taken refuge in the watch-
house of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, and
being, as she declared, " without house or home or
bread." On her examination she stated that her

husband's parish was Seal, in the county of Kent,
to which place they had been recently passed from
Spitalfields; that her husband was examined before
the magisirates at Seven Oaks, after which Mr.
Cook, the overseer of Seal, brought the►R to Lou-
don, where he gave her a sovereign, and desired her
to do the best she could with it, and told her if she

wanted more, she must write to him ; that her
husband had left her, and was, she believed, at work
at Bromley, and that she had written both to Mr.
Cook and her husband, but had received no answer
from either. _

The LORD MAYOR immediately upon hearing
he above statement desired Air. Hobler to write to

the officers of the parish to which his Lordship had
been indebted for this transfer, to request that they
would take immediate measures to remove the poor

woman and her children.

Mr. Hobler wrote accordingly, and informed the
Lord Mayor yesterday that no notice whatever
had been taken of the communication.

His Lordship then directed that the City Soli-
citor should at once be instructed to proceed against
the parish officers by indictment.
With reference to the case of William Reynolds,
in yesterday's report from this office, we are desired
to state, that it would assist the cause of justice
much, if any body would come forward and prove
the writing of Captain W. H. Foy, now in India (in
whose name the fictitious character has been given).
Mr. Wilson has been unable to find out any of Cap-
tain Foy's friends or connections, or any person at all
acquain. ed with his handwriting.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Frederick Pridden was sentenced to fourteen
days' imprisonment, for selling an unstamped publi-
cation called the Poor Man's Guardian.

THE LAST OF THE CHARLEYS.--A little decrepid
old man, with the lower part of his face bristling

with the s'ubbles of a thick gray beard, came creep-
ing into the office, to complain against Jonas Ridge,
a well-dressed young man, for having dared to
" lark" with his lantern.
" I'm Dinnis Rearden, plaze your Wertchip,"

said the complainant, " well known as the private
watchman in Piccadilly. I'm watching, w►d two
lanterns, last night, near a heap of stones, to keep
the horses, poor devils, from breaking their necks,
whin up comes two jontlemen, and one of 'm blows
out me candle. 1 Och, by -, Pat,' said he,
' you're a nice man, I don't think, to be after walking
about widout a light." And may be I did'nt see you
blow it out, you buggabo,' says 1. By says
he, if you say that, I'll blow you out, too.' Wid
that, your Wertchip, he makes a kick at the bottom
of me lantern, and then laid a hoult of me, to brake
me neck over the stones."
Mr. Jonas Ridge admitted the truth of the old
watchman's statement, and added that, being a little
" elevated," he was tempted to have a " lark"
with Pat, from the mirth•provoking appearance he
presented.
Mr. CONANT said the defendant must pay five
shillings, and make his peace with the watchman,
which Mr. Ridge did in the shape of half-a-crown.
The watchman, after displaying a little delicate
reluctance, allowed himself to be prevailed upon to
pocket the affront and the money, and toddled out
of the office, sighing at the " reminiscences" the
j adventure, doubtless, recalled.