The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—Messrs. Wallington and Co., of the Castle
and Falcon Inn, Alderegate, appeared to answer the complaint of
Mr. Taylor, a warehouseman, King-street, Cheepsido, for net
delivering a parcel within due time after its arrival.
Mr. Taylor said, the parcel in question was brought by the
porter on Saturday last, who demanded 4d. as his porterage.
The 4d. was tended to him, but he refused to part with the par-
cel, unless a charge of 4.. Bd. on a parcel delivered on a previous
day, the propriety of whirls charge was in dispute, was Aril paid.
This mode of recovering au exorb►tant demand, in Plato of sum
limning the party refusing to pay before a Magistrate, Mr. Taylor
resisted, and the porter carried away the parcel again, and it still
remained at the inn.

A clerk to Aleuts. Watson and Broughton, Solicitors, pot in.
on :the part of the defendants, a copy of their ordinary tickets.
which contained a notice, that all goods delivered to be carried
would be considered as general liens, and subject, nut only for tits
money due fur the carriage of such goods, but also to any general
balance due to the proprietors of the conveyance.
Mr. Taylor was determined to try the question, wheal% the
innkeeper had aright to detain parcels, till whatever be chose to
demand was paid ; but, whether he should try it by information
or action, he could not say at present.

MAItLBOROOOK-BTREET.-.-Ronaser AT Tun East. or
James Baldwin, Honor lialdwin,:hie
wife, Hannah Owen, and William Lahy, were brought before
Mr. CONANT, for stealing a writing-desk, containing a lady's
gold watch, a miniature of the Countess of Belfast, a seal, a titer,
two purses, &c., front his Lordship's house, iu FaU.wall, ou
Thursday evening.

The Earl of Be!find stated, that as he was going out of toil!,
in passing through the library he alibied the desk; at find ho
thought her Ladyship had sent for it, and yet thought it too cum-
bersome for her use; he asked the butler to see for it, end not
hearing any thing of it, desired the house to be searched, and
eventually sent the butler for an officer. About a fortnight egos
he discharged saute of the eervauta, and among than, 3481.1
Baldwin. At that time the same desk had been opened b' a
false key, anti money and jewellery, chiefly pearls, tskea away.L.
He then sent for an officer, but none of the propertym had u'
recovered.
Benjamin Birdsey Reeves, apprentice to ilfr, Lowther, Pevv
broker, Tottenhanr•eottrt-road, produced the '1"1!!411. He stated,
that the two women, Baldwin and Owen, csMa to his master's
wipnricitohupiertrehtteyi wioffaittacliwat,r)o.int
laimethredeol,i3vlesilligurper,oorfu wrrhiyhoirrhnetTlfultdiohwl..disntittaismk:di
tii4/70.aospothfiee.
ed the watch and thawed it to bit muter, who refused to lend
more than 355., which the woman took.
Mr. Conearr.....llow could you take a watch of such a,pertoo
with a Nobleman's out upon it?
neey did not see the arms until shown toms by theoffieer.
To tiothor 'questions from Mr. Conant, the witness odd he be-
h.v„d ail, to be the value of the watch ; and that himself and
sorbet), examined it.
muter built ezimined it.
ma EArl of Belfast understood Baldwin's flintily to be much
dogwood, and wished the property to be valued under 408., to
tato off the capital part of the felony.
The Alagirtratea told his Lordship, though the watch tsar us.
dervidned by the pawnbroker et She. there wee the value a the
desk and its contents, and that they did not see how the value
uoulti be pliced under 40t.
Avis said, Baldwin's family were in very great ;
sides the child at her breast, she had two sick at home, ono of
which was in a dying state.

The Magistrate propoted the re-examination for nut Friday ;
but, on the Earl of Belfast stating the itwontretiiente of his staying
in town so long, it was arranged that Mr. Lowther should be
summoned for to-morrow (this day).
The woman Baldwin was sent to the House of Correction, and
Lilley and Owen to the wattlliouse.