The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-15 00:00:00

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day previous, had, however, fortunately escaped
notice.

Edward Bedford, the footman, said that being ac-
cidentally in the area when the person alluded to
was accidentally passing, he spoke to him ; he knew
this man from living in service at the next house
iu Hertford-street, where the other lived as under
butler; his acquaintance began about seventeen
months ago, but he had never heard his name, nor
did he address him when he met with him by any
particular name.
Mr. DYER—Has he ever breakfasted with you at
Lady East's house ? Footman—Yes, once.
Mr. DYER—How long have you been in Lady
East's service ? Footman—Seven weeks; before
that I was in the service of Major Murray.
Mr. DYER—Where is this person who spoke to
you on Tuesday night ? Footman—Gone into the
country with his master.
Mr. DYER—How do you know'? Footman—He
told me so.
Mr. DYER—What is his master's name ? Foot-
man—l don't know his name, or where he is gone to.
Schofield, an olllcer of this establishment, said,
when he went to Green-street, at the Magistrate's
request, to see'Lady East on the subject of the rob-
bery, the footman opened the door to him, and on
learning his business, appeared greatly confused,
telling him he could not see her Ladyship, and that
the butler was engaged. The officer added, that
the footman evinced, by his manner, a desire to pre-
vent him from seeing any one in the house respect-
ing the robbery.
Police Sergeant %Velsh applied for permission to
detain the footman in custody at the station-house,
in order to afford an opportuuity for further inquiry.
Mr. DYER acceded to the request.
MANSION-HO USE.
John Whatmore was charged before the LORD
MAYOR, with having received taxes without the
order of the tax-gatherer, and appropriated them to
his own use.
Mr. Ellis, the Assessed and Land Tax Receiver
of the Ward of Portsoken stated that the prisoner
was employed by him as a clerk, but not at all au-
thorised to collect the taxes outside. The prisoner
was taken into custody a week ago, and inquiry
having been made in the interim, it was found that
he had collected 171. 18s. 4d. at different periods,
without giving the usual printed receipts. He had
been principally employed in assisting the witness
to make out the accounts.
John Thoroughgood, the proprietor of the Blue
Boar Inn, Aldgate, paid the prisoner the stuns
above stated, and produced the prisoner's written
receipts for them.
The prisoner was,
va4 his own request, as well as
the prosecutor's, remanded for a few days.
Henry Stevens, the young man who on Monday
last was charged with having broken into the offices
of Messrs. Marsden, in Princes-street, near the
Bank, was brought up for final examination, and
fully committed for trial.
INJURIOUS EFFEC I'S OF OMNIBUSES AND CABS
UPON THE TRADE OF THE CITY..--Mr.Heppell, the
Common Councilman, and several gentlemen who
reside in the neighbourhood of the Mansion-house,
waited upon the LORD MAYOR, to represent to his
Lordship, that if immediate measures were not
adopted, the shopkeepers in the line of streets
through which the omnibuses passed would be ac-
tually ruined. The omnibuses and cabs were daily
increasing, and the exertions of the police even be-
came unavailing. Gentlemen's carriages were fre-
quently smashed, and always in danger, and it was
mere nonsense to expostulate with the drivers and
conductors. They drove down the Poultry a little
way, and then returned. Sometimes the cab-drivers
turned about ten or twenty times, so that the large
streets formed what might be called a " regular
ride for the Paddington cads."
The LORD MAYOR—There is not the slightest
use in summoning. The only thing that can be
done, is to endeavour to get the number of these
vehicles lessened.
Mr. Heppell said, that the greatest annoyance
was, that when vehicles stopped opposite to the
doors of the shops, numbers of bad characters as-
sembled, and thus afforded to pickpockets the
greatest facilities for pursuing their trade, which was
the only one permitted by those nuisances to flourish.
The LORD MAYOR advised that by all means the
gentlemen should petition the Court of Aldermen.
Mr. HOBLER said that in a very short time the
whole trade of driving would be thrown open, and
then the evil would be so enormous, that it would
provide a cure for itself.
Mr. Cope, the Marshal, said that cabs and omni-
buses increased so rapidly that they were now beyond
the power of the police.
Mr. Heppell said the inhabitants would adopt the
suggestion of the Lord Mayor, and memorialize the
Court of Aldermen.

BOW-STREET.
AFFILIATION.—JObi Eyles, shopman to Mr.
Davis, a hatter in York-street, Covent-garden, who
was last week summoned by the parish officers of
St. Paul's Covent-garden, for the purpose of having
an order of affiliation made on him for the mainte-
nance of a male bastard child, sworn to him by a
woman named Sarah Evans, who resided in the
same house with him as servant, under the circum-
stances already detailed, yesterday again appeared;
when Sarah Evans, in addition to her former evi-
dence, stated that when she acquainted the defendant
with he fact of her being with child by him, he de-
sired her to swear the child to a Major Alder, a
gentleman about sixty years of age, who lodged on
the first floor. This she refused doing, alleging it
would be a sin to take a false oath ; which he, in
reply, said would be of no consequence.
There being no evidence which could at all in-
validate the testimony of the girl Evans, Sir F. A.
ROE directed the defendant to pay 2s. 6d. a week
for the maintenance of the child, and 255. expenses,
which have been incurred since its birth.
William Ball, the footman, whom the defendant
charged with having been the father of the banding,
was in attendance, but was not called, as it appeared
that his visits to the house of Mr. Davis could not be
traced to such a period as would throw discredit on
the testimony of the mother.
UEEN-SQ UARE.
NUISANCES IN THE NEW CUT, LAMBETIL—The
frequent obstruction of the footway in the New Cut,
by the venders of all descriptions of goods, has lately
caused the inhabitants to petition the authorities to
take the subject into consideration; and the police
received instructions to exercise their power in
abating the nuisance. Yesterday morning, several
policemen attended in the New Cut, by order of the
superintendent of the L division, mid the result was
that William Hughes, Elizabeth, his wife, and
John Bonington were brought to this Office, on the
following charge :
Police constable 43, L division, stated, that he
saw the female with a basket slung round her
waist, exposing vegetables for sale in the foot-path,
and thereby obstructing the passage. He desired
her to move away, when she made use of the most
disgusting language towards him; and on his placing
his hand upon her basket, in order to push her on,
she struck him in the mouth.
Mr. WHITE—What harm is there in a person
carrying a basket ? Policeman—None, your Wor-
ship, but obstructing the way.
Mr. WHlTE—Suppose fifty persons were to carry
chairs or tables along the streets, would that be any
offence? Policeman— .Very just, your Worshi