The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-27 00:00:00

BANKING D:

Proprietors' capita 1,14,653,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners of National
Debt, and divi-
dend accounts) 9,408,044
Other deposits 8,715,667
Seven day and other
bills 960,094

.£36,855,4411
M. MA.
Dated the 24th day of Deceit

IPARTMENT.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-ROUSE.
Yesterday William S. Forrest, a Greenwich man, was
charged with having assaulted John Bull, a special City
constable, on Blackfriars-pier. This was one of these
Blackfriars-pier cases which the Lord Mayor has ex-
pressed his determination to put down with the strong
arm of the law.
The complainant stated that the defendant was a pas-
senger on Wednesday, between three and lour o'clock,
on board No. 1 Waterman of the Waterman's Company's
boats. That vessel came alongside the pier which the
Navigation Committee still found it necessary to protect
against an intrusion of these vessels, the captains of
which did not think proper to abide by the regulations
made for the accommodation of the public, and the de-
fendant said he would land at the pier. Complainant
gave him notice that he should not be permitted to land,
and told him the reason, but he persevered and leaped
upon the pier, and seized complainant by the collar
and threatened to thruw him into the river, and seemed
well disposed to carry the threat into execution.
The defendant said he was a waterman, and that hav-
ing business to transact in the neighbourhood of Black-
friars-bridge, he thought he might as well land at the
pier, which he accordingly did, but, no sooner had he
jumped a..hore, than the complainant and another man
collared him, and swore they would shove him into the
river.

The LORD MAYOR—Why did you not pay attention
to the caution which the officer gave you, and obey the
order ? The defendant—l never heard any caution, and
I knew of no order at all. lam not a party on either
side.

The LORD MAYOR—I understand you perfectly well,
and you shall not impose upon me, I can tell you.
The defendant—l had no intention to commit any
assault.

The LORD MAYOR—The assault has been clearly
proved, and I shall require two securities in 20h each,
and your own recognizance in 404, to appear and answer
at the sessions. Depend upon it, the officers upon that
pier will do their duty, and I will most certainly protect
them. It is not to be endured that a great public ad-
vantage should be so shamefully abused.
Thomas Blake, a man in the employment of Messrs.
Day and Co., wine-merchants, of Water-lame, was
charged with having robbed his employers.
Mr. Day, in consequence of information which he
had received, told the prisoner (who was generally
occupied on the premises as cellarman) on Tuesday
last, about fivo or six o'clock, that there was no further
occasion for his services that morning, and the prisoner
retired and put on his coat and departed from the
premises. He had not gone far, however, when Mr.
Day and a policeman walked up to him and recon-
ducted him to the house, when the latter found four
bottles of wine in his pockets. Mr. Day caused him to
be taken into a room, in which was deposited Christ.
mas fare for the men servants of the establishment,
and there reproached him with having robbed the con-
cern at the very time they were making preparations for
his comfort. The prisoner begged to be forgiven, and
declared that he had never committed any offence of the
kind before. His place of residence, in the Vauxhall-
road, having been ascertained, the policeman went-to