The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)

Barna Burns, the New Zealand Chief, better known as
Pahe-a-Range, was charged with: being drunk and incapable,
in Trafalgar-square, at a late hour the previous night. He
was not charged with any aggravatory offence, and was there-
fore discharged.

MARLBOROUG H-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
James Wilkins, a lad between 17 and 18 years of a_e4
was charged with stealing a cake, of the value of Is.
the property of Mrs. Rebecca Wittleston, of No. 15,
Warren street, Tottenham-court-road.
The prosecutrix stated that between eight and nine
o'clock last evening the prisoner rushed into her shop,
and snatching up the cake from off the counter ran into
the street, and was making off as fast as his legs could
carry him, but the cry of " Stop thief" being raised, he
was pursued by a police-constable and secured.
Mr. NIALTISY asked the prisoner if he wished to say
anything
The lad said want of food had driven him to do it.
lie had been unable to work lately, and for the last eight
days had been starving about the streets, without shelter
or a resting place. During the last two days he had
not tasted food of any kind. When he took the cake he
cLiuld not resist his hunger any longer.
The constable said he made a simi!ar statement when
taken into custody.
He was remanded until Monday week, in order tlnit
inquiries might be made ab mt. him.
Mary Joyce, an aged female, of a very miserable ap-
pearance, was charged with wilfully breaking eight
squares of plate glass, of the value of fifteen guineas, in
the shop of Mr. Dobree, of No. 12, Gilbert-st-eet, Ox-
ford-Street, silversmith and pawnbroker, between seven
and eight o'clock last evening.
The prisoner at the time seemed. to be in a very ex-
ci•ed ,tate, but not from liquor, and she effected the de-
molition of the 1 anes with a large stone she p!cked up
out of the street.

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she had
broken the windows in order to get sent to prison, as
she had been starving about the streets and could bear
it no longer. She had applied to the parish, but they
would do r °thing for her. If she was not sent to prison,
or something dune for her, I,he had made up her mind to
destroy her life. She therefore entreated she might not
be discharged.
Mr. MALTBY asked to which parish she belonged ?
—Tt:e prisoner said to St. George's, Hanover- square.
She was ordered to be taken to the workhouse.

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Two prisoners were brought before the magistrate
this morning for creating disturbances in beer-shops.
It appeared that in each case the police had been called
in to remove turbulent parties.
Mr. COMBE said it, might be as well to inform the
police that they were not justified in taking parties into
custody upon the mere ipse dint of a publican or beer-
shopkeeper. It would seem from cases which had been
brought before him that the police considered them
selves at the beck of these persons. Now such was not
the case, and the police should consider that they ow«I
a duty to the public as well as to those persons. They
aced contrary to law in taking persons into custody in
these uses unless they witnessed the assault, or some
marks of violence on the person complaining. The
police were in fact made ancillary to putting money into
the publican's pocket, and whilst they were so engaged
were neglecting their real duties.

Inspector Burton promised to attend to his Worship s
observations.

TUNNEL OF THE STRATHEARN RAILROAD, NEAR
PERIM—This to nel is about three-fourths of a mile in length,
running from near the Tay to the river earn. Its greatest
depth is ISt) feet. About a week ago when 1 went to examine
the different shafts they were sinking, I found the workmen
excavating a stone resembling trap, of a grey colour, which
they. told me was a bastard freestone; but, on tearing it with
muriatie acid, I found it to be a strong limestone. It was about
5() feet below the surface, and about the centre and highest
part of the hill. On examining the external appearance of
these hil'ocks, I found they exhibited all the undulating 'k n d
rounded forms seen in such formations ; and I have no doubt,
from similar appearances, that limestone may be found, for
river and edtilsr the
distance Nang
of
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ongthoenesroiuef.—pn e
thbanukodef the Tay,
,bre. between the
a lVfeorrt,ijic crops,.ieethit the fine harvest weather which
appears to have set in all over the country has removed all the
fears
fe
which were so prevalent a few days ago,
and that there is now every reason to hope that the harvest will
be a fair average one.— Giassiow Arsine.