The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

POLICE 11V PELLIGENOII.—March 24.

MANSION-HOUSE.--George Dowling, appa-
rently about 16 years old, was brought before the.
Lord Mayor.

A policeman said—Last night I saw the prisoner
in Cannon-stre?t-west, endeavouring to push a gen-
tletnan into a cab. The gentleman could not get
rid of him, and appeared to be drunk, and I inter-
fered for the p-otection of the gentleman, who then
went away. The prisoner seized me by the legs
and tried to throw me down, and used the most
filthy language. He had been brought before the
late Lord Mayor upon a similar charge, but upon
that occasion the gentleman he had annoyed was
robbed. His lordship gave instructions, upon
that occasion to the police, to watch the movements
of the prisoner, who seemed to be a late prowler
about the streets, and accordingly he took him
into custody.

The Prisoner—l was so drunk, my lord, that I
did not know what I was doing, between one and
two o'clock this morning.
The Lord Mayor—Then you must pay 55., or
go to prison for seven days.

GUILDHALL.—The driver of an omnibus; bro.
7,768, running between Whitechapel and Bays-
water, and bearing the name of John Kincaid as‘
the proprietor, was summoned for obstructing the
complainant at the foot of Holborn-hill.
Mr. Beard, for the defendant, applied that the
summons might be adjourned, as the defendant
had not received the summons until the previous
night.

Mr. Coleman, of Riling, here said tbis was on'y
an attempt to inconvenience the gentlemen attend-
ing for the complainant, and by 80 doing to get rid
of their evidence. The fact was' the London Gene-
ral Omnibus Company had put on omnibuses for
the purpose of running off the small but indepen-
dent proprietors.
_ _

Beard said the fact was they were rival om-
nibuses, but Mr. Kite and Mr. Kincaid were both
in dependent proprietors.
Mr. Coleman said he lived ab Ealing, and was in
the Lab t of riding as much as 25 miles a-day, and
usually rode outside. A few days ago he left his
office and hailed the defendant's omnibus, when he
perceived a fidgetiness on the part of the driver and
conductor to be off again; and on noticing that
they were contending with one of Kite's omnibuses,
he asked the defendant if the omnibus he was driv-
ing bel. nged to the London General omnibus Com-
pany, but the defendant evaded the question. In
this instance he was riding outside the defendant's
omnibus, and was so disgusted with the defendant's
conduct, that he insisted upon getting down, refus-
ing to pay the fare ; and he then got upon the com-
plainant's omnibus, which was behind. He had
been informed, and believed it was the fact, that
the London General Omnibus Company had put
these omnibuses on for the purpose of running
down men who were endeavouring to get au honest
living;

Sir Peter Laurie Paid he would adjourn this case
until Thursday, when the London General Omni-
bus Company would have an opportunity of at-
tending to answer these complaints.
Mr. Coleman said he hoped Sir Peter would
press the question upon the company as to the pro-
prieterhip of the omnibus complained of.
Mr. Beard denied that the London General Om-
nibus Company had anything to do with these om-
nibuses.

Tlie summons was then adjourned until Thursday
next.

Wm. Stevens, an old man 74 years of age, whose
case appeared in our paper a few days ago, when,
by mistake, he was described as Wm. Mounsear,
' the name of the prosecutor, was again brought up
on the charge of picking Mr. Mounsear's pocket.
The prisoner still declined to give his address ;
no owners having been found for the pocket and
betting books, Sir Peter Laurie committed him to
the Holloway House of Correction for 21 days.

BOW-STREET.—Janes Wright, a letter-carrier
in the Streathatn district, was charged with delay-
lug five letters.

There had been several complaints in this dis-
trict, and a " test letter" was sent. Wright, on
being apprehended, showed the policeman the
" test letter," and four others concealed under a
tuft of grass in a field near his house.
He was committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET. —Wilhelm Liebur, a Ger-
man, was charged with stealing a gold watch and
other property from Joseph Milliken, Murray-
street, Hoxton.

The prisoner, who had been convicted'of felony,
and hal suffered two years' imprisonment in his
own country, took lodgings at the prosecutor's
house, describing hi'aise:f as having held a core
mission in the GeY:man Legion, and absconded
with a watch, rings., a pencil case, brooches, and
other property bel(lnging to prosecutor's wife and
her sister.—Cominqred for trial.

Emma Ayres, a young person, well dressed, in
deep mourning, was chirgel with stealing a valu-
able carpet from the house of Mr. Wm. Burtwell,
Wellington-street, Shacklewell.
Prosecutor stated that the prisoner engaged fur-
nished apartments at bis residence, only a week
past, and from her appearance and conversation she
was treated in ever y respect as a lady. On Monday
eveninz, however, the servants were surprised to
find the property- named had disappeared, and very
singularly it came to the knowledge of Mrs. Burt-
welt that the ketty had been seen just outside the
house on the Sat urday previous, staggering under
a larger bundle., Satisfied in this respect, prosecu-
tor boldly taxed her with its revoval, but the accu-
sat ion was met on her part with an indignant de-
nia, and frequent appeals to Heaven to witness her
innocence; subsequently, when these protestations
failed, she c,ahuly admitted the robbery, and stated
where she it; td pledged the carpet. There it was
found, and the ticket given for the pledge she de-
clared was. -torn up. The prisoner now, in reply to
the magirstrate, said she had friends who were re-
spectable, and but one parent, her father being dead.
Mr. IP Eyncourt ordered her to pay a fine of 51.,
and the , -value of the pledge. She had narrowly
escaped a charge of felony.

WES.TMINSTER.—Patrick Cronin, 17 years of
age, was placed at the bar charged with attempting
to pick the pockets of the Rev. Mr. Sevens, a
clergyman, residing in North-street, Westminste-.
The prosecutor, about three o'clock last Friday
aftern oou, visited a poor woman in Perkin's-rents,
Pye-street, Westminster, and was standing for a
minuto or two talking to a person at the corner of
the :street, when a policeman came up and inquired
wheTher he missed anything, at the same time in-
forming him that he had just seen boy put his