The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-06 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

After Sir PETER LAURIE had admonished and
discharged a disorderly woman, who had been ac-
cused of being noisy in the street, he asked her ac-
cuser, a watchman, named Livingstone, where his
beat was ? The watchman said, from St. Dunstan's
church to Temple-bar.
Do you find any increase in the number of bad
characters on your beat ? Watchman (smiling)—
Yes, I believe I do. The new policemen drives
'em all into the city.
Sir PETER—Then you should drive them back
again. It would be better than taking them up.
When there.was a quarrel among them the other
night a policeman came up and drove them through
the bar, saying, " Ye shan't stand here—go into the
city with your rows." He told him this was wrong,
and then the policeman said he would come into the
city himself, and he did come through Temple-bar,
and walked about, to be as good as his word.—
They were often through the bar.
Mt. Savage, a Common Councilman, said he un-
derstood they had often come into the city. On the
first night they came on duty one of them pushed a
female off the pavement into the street in Fetter-
lane. A gentleman on the spot remarked that this
was unmanly, and the policeman instantly struck
him in the face with his staff. The gentleman did
not take further notice of this attack.

Sir P. LAURIE said, he had heard that a police
Magistrate had directed the policemen to drive all
the bad characters into the city. If there was any
truth in this, it was an imprudent—an improper ob-
servation. He desired the watchmen present to
drive all the bad characters out of the city.—(A
laugh.)
Subsequently some vagrants were brought up, and
Sir PETER told the officer to drive them out of the
city instead of apprehending them in future. "We
can play at tennis-ball," said the Alderman, in an
under tone.

BOW-STREEI'.

Yesterday Richard Bishop, Mary.his wife, and
Robert Bradbzu7,, were brought forward before Sir
BIHNIE for a final examination upon a charge of
coining. The evidence taken upon the first exa-
mination having been read over,
Sir IL BIRNIE said that there was no evidence to
inculpate the prisoner Bradbury, who, it appeared,
was merely found in the room at the time that
Bishop was apprehended, and there was no proof of
his having been concerned with him.
Bradbury WIIS accordingly taken from the bar and
became a witness against the other two prisoners.
He stated that he had known Bishop for the last
three years, and always considered that he got his
living by disposing of base money and coining. The
witness proceeded to state, that he went to Bishop's
lodging on Thursday week, at No. 23, St. Ann's-
street. He knocked at the room-door between 10
and 11 o'clock on that day. Mary Bishop let him.
and he found Richard Bishop, her husband, mixing
some plaster of Paris in water for the purpose of
making moulds. Witness saw also a 'variety of dif-
fen cut apparatus for coining, but . he did not see any
good pieces for casting from. Witness did not know
what particular coin the prisoner Bishop was em-
ployed in casting moulds for, but the prisoner had
previously told him that he had received an order
from a man for a quantity of " bobs," which witness
knew meant counterfeit shillings. \Witness soon
after left Bishop's room, and was standing at his
own door, at No. 17, in the same street, when Mary
Bishop came to him and asked him to go with her to
a public•house at the corner of the street, and take
some gin to Dick, meaning her husband. Witness
accompanied her to the public-house, and drank some
gin which she gave him. She then gave him some
gin in a cup, and told him to take it to Dick, and
also to bring with him a pack of cards to amuse him
%%bile she went to Goswell-street to purchase some
stuff. Witness brought Bishop the gin, but did not
bring the cards. Having remained some time in the
room, witness went away, and returned again about
three o'clock, and found Bishop in the room before
a large fire, upon which a pipkin was placed, con-
taining white metal in a liquid state. The prisoner
held a tobacco pip in his hand, which lie used to
dip into the metal. At this moment, the door being
locked, witness heard a noise upon the stairs, and
Bishop called out, " Is that you, Polly ?" supposing
it was his wife. Receiving no answer, the prisoner
took no notice, and began to rub the coin, which he
had in his hand, when the door was burst open, and
the officers entered and took Bishop and witness into
custody.

The prisoner Mary Bishop, who from the first
appeared dreadfully agitated, fell into a violent fit
at the conclusion of the above statement, and was
obliged to be carried from the deck into the open
air. It was some time before she recovered suffi-
ciently to take her station beside her husband. The
Magistrate ordered her a chair.
The prisoner Bishop, pointing to the witness,
said, " Your Worship, I wish to inform you that
this man is himself a coiner, and has lived by it.—
His real name is Rose, and not Bradbury."
Sir R. BIRNIE—Is that the case? The witness
answered " Yes."

The Magistrates then said that the prisoner
should have the benefit of the witness's alias.
Bishop—l thank your Worship.
Thomas Adams was then called forward to prove
that Mary Bishop purchased some tin and spelter at
the house of his employer on the day that the three
prisoners were taken into custody. When the book
was offered to the witness he declined to be sworn,
on the ground that he belonged to the Society of
Friends. His affirmation was accordingly taken.—
Upon being told to look at the prisoners, and say if
he had ever seen either of them before, he declared
he had no recollection of ever having seen them.
Mr. Field, the Mint Inspector of counterfeit
money, examined the materials found at the lodg-
ings of Bishop, and declared that all of them were
applicable to coining. Upon examining two moulds
he declared that one of them bore the impression of
a half-crown and the other a shilling. Both of them
appeared to have been much used. The white
metal produced was the same which was commonly
used for making counterfeit money.
The prisoner Bishop said that the materials found
in his lodging were used in other ways than coining..
Sir P•. ButmE said that he should discharge Mrs.
Bishop, and commit her husband for trial.

The unfortunate .woman again sunk senseless in
the dock, and was carried out of the office in the
arms of the gaoler.
The Magistrate then ordered the witness to be
bound over, and the prisoner Bishop was fully com-
mitted to Newgate upon the capital charge of felo-
niously and traitorously having
in his possession
certain implements and ingredients used in coining,
with intent to make counterfeit money.
The unprecedented number of forty-six night
charges were disposed of in the course of the morn-
ing; Sir R. BIRNIE taking one half, and Mr. HALLS
the _other. This increase was attributable. first to
the active exertions of the new police, who were