The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-13 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

TITO OLD POLlCE.—Yesterday after the very nu-
merous list of charges brought up by the New Police
had been gone through, Upson, who has been an
active and useful officer of this Establishment for se-
veral years, accompanied by Morgan, Brown, Steg-
gles, and others, of the Old Police, came before Sir
R. BIRNIE and addressed him as follows :—Sir
Richard, having this morning, together with nine
others of my brother officers, received my discharge
from this Establishment, after many years' service, I
have thought it my duty to you and to myself, in the
first place, to return you my humble thanks for the
Many acts of kindness which I have received at
your hands, and to ask you at the same time if you
are aware of any thing in my conduct that merited a
peremptory and unceremonious dismissal from the
situation.

Sir RICIIARD BlaNlE—What, Upson, are you
discharged ? lam really surprised. But first I will
answer your question, and I say that I never knew
anything in your conduct that merited censure ; on
the contrary, I have often had occasion to speak in
terms of commendation of the manner in which you
have performed your duty. I know you have often
been employed confidentially in cases of great deli-
cacy and importance, and I found you a most useful,
active, and shrewd officer, and a respectable man.—
How long have you received your discharge ?
Upson—This morning, Sir Richard—the discharge
was sent up from the Secretary of State's Office,
without a moment's notice.
Sir R. BIRNIE—I am very sorry for it, but I can-
not help it. All I can say is, that I have had nothing
to do with it. They are determined to reduce the
old establishment, and they must, I suppose begin
somewhere.
Morgan said the .situations which they had been

deprived ,of were Uot of so Much consecinence
their characters—they had all families to support,
and it Might be imagined, front the, suddenness of
their disirdsSal; that they had cornmittedsolnEcrime.
Sir R. Binkii:l:-.="l46thing of the kind. On fht
contrary, you brought good diefithllcri. With yon, or
you never would have been admiltef..4 .ivto the
police, and you now leave it with unblemished r"e-:
piitatlon 3, and so high is my opinion of you in par-
denier, Upstdi, that ion may command me in any
way in which yoit thift t 1 ellti serve you atany future

Petedps.ofi (&thsiderdhly affected)—l bum* thtBs
you, Sir Richard. 115 fact id., I believe, our only
offence has been that we refused tti et.ept of subor-
dinate situations in the new police, the ddtit.g of
which, I will venture to assert, no man, unless he
possesses a constitution of iron, can perform for any
lengtli Cif time, and the pay of which is so wretch-
edly bad, that a Mail tannt possibly support him-
self in any thing like a deeetit diatutet:
Sir R. BIRNIE—I am very sorry td lose any of
you, but the matter is taken out of my hands hate
no power to alter the decision.
The men again thanked the worthy Magistrate,
and having given up their appointments (cutlasses,
pistols, &c.) they left the office.
Daniel Hobbs was charged by one of the new police
with being drunk in Arundel-street, Strand, at three
o'clock yesterday morning. When taken to the watch-,
house or station, he was searched, and had above SOO/. in
his possession. He bad three Bank of England notes for
100/., fare sovereigns, and some silver. Being dresstd
rather shabbily as a working mechanic, he was of course
asked to account for the possession of the money, which
he had in a core tnon tin tobacco-box, but he was so drunk
that no information could be obtained from him.
The MAGISTRATE having asked the man to account for
the possession of it, he stated that it had been left him by
his brother's will ; but he seemed not at all communica-
tive on the subject. It was, however, ascertained that he
received the money by a cheque upon Messrs. Child and
Co.'s bank.
Mr. Thomas, the Police Superintendant, had ascertained
that the notes had been in the hands of those bankers in
Mar last.
The prisoner's wife entered the Office, and produced a
copy of a will, which was however dated so far back as
1806. The Magistrate then requested Mr. Thomas to go
with the man to the banker's, and Of possible to ascertain
if the notes bad been paid to him.
Mr. Thomas did so, and the prisoner was recognised as
the person to whom the notes had been paid.
Sir R. BIRNIE directed the money to be returned to him
which he received, and was discharged, the Magistrate ob-
serving that the man was greatly indebted to the exertions
of the police.
The roll of charges was very long,' end contained
no fewer than 75 cases.