The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-18 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

A porter named henry Poyez was yesterday
brought before Messrs. WALKER and HARDWICK, at
this office, charged with having stolen a chest of tea,
the property of Messrs. Nicholson and Co., Fen-
churah-street. The prisoner was remanded.
Patrick Winn %vas charged with having stolen a
quantity of leather, the property of John Crossley.
He was fully committed for trial.

After the cases for relief from the parish of Bow
had been gone through, Mr. WALKER addressed
Mr. Payne, the overseer, who was complaining of
the great distress, and told him that he was afraid

that his (Mr. Payne's) conduct was rather calci
lated to increase than to decrease pauperism, a
though, at the same time, he thought him a wel
meaning man.

Mr. Payne 'said, that what he complained of was,
that the overseers did not give the poor relief
enough, and he was convinced that if the vestry
would go themselves, and see the cases of distress
that occurred, they would give more relief. Out of
all the gentlemen who composed the vestry, not one
would stir to see a distressed case but the Vestry
Clerk, who was present.
The Vestry Clerk said, that certainly the cases he
had seen were of a most distressing nature; and he
was also of opinion that if the gentlemen composing
the vestry would go themselves and inquire into the
cases for relief, they would give the poor more assist-
ance than they did.
Mr. WALKER and Mr. HARDWICK both agreed
that it would be better for the vestrymen to go and
see with their own eyes, and said it would tend
greatly to prevent imposition, if persons were aware
that an inquiry were made into their statements.—
Mr. Walker desired Mr. Payne to state this to the
vestry, and the vestry clerk said it should be done.
Mr. Payne and the vestry clerk then withdrew.
Two prostitutes were fully committed for trial, for
robbing a man of the name of George Furgester of
two sovereigns.

QUEEN.SQUA RE.
Yesterday a young female, whose name did no
transpire, was brought before Mr. GREGORIE, under
the following circumstances :
It appeared that i'diss Stephens, the celebrated
vocalist, of No. 3, Connaught-terrace, Edgoware-!
road, lost a valuable gold bracelet in Pall-mall, last
Saturday evening, as she was going to a party at
General Macdonald's. On the Monday following
Miss Stephens had handbills printed, and advertised
the bracelet in- the newspapers, offering a reward of
two guineas to any person who found it and would
give it up, Yesterday morning the young worpap at
14 bar Went to Conna4hmerracei and informgd,

Miss Stephens that she had found the bracelet it
Pall-mall, and had pawned it at the shop of Mr.
%Torritt, a pawnbroker, in Yolk-street, Westminster,
or.l ;Kee guineas, and f,r that >urn she would re-
.tore it to her. Mi.,s Stephens immediately sew
tier fo,tman and maid-servant d.rwri to York-street
ro make inquiry at the pavv,broker's a, to the truth
the girl's statement, which the shopman said wa,
correct, and it was pledged for three guineas. The
servants immediately came to the office, and in-
formed Mr. Gregorie, the sittirg Magstrate, of the
circumstance, who sent for Mr. Morritt's shopman,
and on being interrogated about the bracelet, con-
ft--ssed that the young woman had only pledged it
for 30s.

The inspector of the police said that the shop-
man distinctly stated to him that the bracelet was
pledged for three guineas.
Mr. GREGORIE severely censured the conduct of
r. he shopman in asserting such a falsehood about the

bracelet, and remarked that there could be now no
difficulty in the ease, as the reward of two guineas
offered by Miss Stephens for the recovery of the
bracelet, would be more than sufficient to redeem it,
and the overplus of the money she might give to
the woman if she thought proper.
The servants immediately redeemed the bracelet,
and it was restored to Miss Stephens.
Henry Stephenson, the owner and driver of the
Age Brighton stage-coach, appeared to answer an
formation laid against him by a man named PoJger,
for carrying► I I outside passengers, being one more
than his number.

The offence was proved to have been committed,
and the defendant immediately paid the fine of 51.

MA RLBOROUGH-STREET.

Yesterday one of the new police constables,
named Davis, No. 30, belonging to division C, ap-
peared before Sir G. FARRANT, the Magistrate,
charged with wantonly assaulting• a young man and
a young woman, both of the Jewish persuasion.
The Magistrate, after hearing evidence on both
sides, decided that the defendant had acted in a very
unwarrantable manner, and for the assault on the
young man convicted him in a penalty of 55., or in
in default of payment, to be imprisoned seven days;
and for the assault on the young woman to pay a
fine of .51., or be imprisoned two months.