The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
(YESTERDAY.)
)104,1,74'10N-# 0 USE.
A man named bark wiis trod 'h'` Wort the Lord'
Mayor, having on Tuesday evening surrendered Mtn.:
self upon self-accusation.
A policeman stated that the prisoner addressed him;
on Tuesda),, at about five o'clock, and said he was
anxious to surrender" hlati§blf; tts PA been guilty of
engaging himself to go out to Bombay gels/fed in:
one of the ships of Sir John Pirie and Co., receiving,
9/. from the firm on account, and breaking the con-
, tract, This pergon also told the witness that he had.
paid his landlady tU. of the money thus advanced, and'.
that he unfortutiately sat down with a set of friends,!
kid tfirdused Until the remainder disappeared; that'
he Was Unable to bear the sight of theme he had
wronged upon recovering from his debauch, and Mot
he was soon reduced to the necessity of hawking luci-
fers and playing the flute, which, however, he was at
last obliged to pawn to save him from dying by star- I
vation. The witness produced the duplicate of the
flute.

The LORD MAYOR—You are aware that Sir John
Pirie is present ? Prisoner—Yes, my Lord ; I see
him. I was ashamed to go near him when I found I
had lost the money, and I thought the only repara-
tion I could make was by resigning myself into the
hands of justice.
The LORI► MAYOR—Were you aware that the offi-
cero ofj ustice were looking after you ? The prisoner
'—No, my Lord. I hope your Lordship does not
think I would wantonly leave so good a situation. I
have been sixteen voyages as steward, and I have
borne all along an irreproachable character.
Sir J. PIRIE—The man received the 91. in advance
in November, and never appeared. Ido not care
about the 91., but nobody will take him into employ-
ment. As far as lam concerned, I do not wish him
to be detained.
The LORD MAYOR—Then I discharge you, prisoner.
The prisoner then left the room, evidently disap-
pointed at not being rewarded by another engage-
ment, as well as forgiven.
A labouring man named Henry Clack was charged
with having stolen a cart- load of bricks, the property
of Mr. Brown, builder, of College-hill.
The prisoner had been employed to convey bricks
to Stanning-lane from a barge, and he contrived to
take elsewhere one load, which he was not able to
account for.

The LORD MAYOR, at the request of Mr. Brown,
the prosecutor, who complained that he was dread-
fully plundered, remanded the prisoner for a few days.
A man named William Ling wood was charged
with having stolen two turkeys and a goose, the pro-
perty of Mrs. Howard, poulterer,at Leadenhall-market.
The prisoner had been seen by one of Mrs. Howard's
men deliberately take one of the turkeys and the
goose from the place in the shop where they were de-
posited, place them across his shoulder, walk into the
street, thrust them into a bag which he carried, and re•
turn to the stall and pick up the other turkey in like
manner. The witness had followed the prisoner and
collared him the moment he was walking off with his
last prize.
The prisoner declared that he knew nothing at all
of the lost turkey, but merely that it lay at his feet
when he was taken into custody. As for the first
turkey and the goose, he had most honestly bought
them of two country people who called upon all
passers by to " buy the last turkey and goose," and
if the Lord Mayor thought of letting Mrs. Howard
have his property, it would be a great encouragement
to butchers to charge respectable people who had
made purchases with robbery, in order to get posses-
sion of all they had.—(A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR (to Mrs. Howard's shopman)—
You swear that you saw the prisoner take all these ?
Witness-4 do

The tom) MAYou—And that they are Mrs.
Howard's property ? Witness—Certainly they are.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
Two pickpockets, charged with havingstolen pocket
handkerchiefs, were committed for trial.
THE CITY POLICE.—It is a remarkable fact, and
must be highl e gratifying to the lovers of temperance
and order, that not one charge was entered at any of
the pollce•stations in the City throughout the twenty-
four hours of Christmas-ere and Christmas-day; that
only one robbery, under thirty shillings in value, was
committed ; and that only one destitute case occurred,
and that was the case of a man who, when taken to
Aldersgate workhouse, was found to have in his pos-
ses-Nion the comfortable sum of 41. 3s. lod. A great
deal of credit is due to the City police for the activity
and skill evinced during that usually turbulent and
noisy period.