The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-21 00:00:00

be imprisoned ten days in Newgate, and well whipped
with the birch.

Henrietta Bloom Aid, aged 47, charged with steal-
ing a tumbler, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.
Frederick Stevens, 15, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of robbing his master of 281 b. of iron, was
enteneed to be imprisoned ten days in Newgate, and
to be well whipped with the birch.
POT STEALING.—Wm. Taylor, who appeared at the
bar in a prison dress, and who, it appeared, was quite
destitute, was indicted for stealing two pewter pots,
value 2s. 6d., the property of James Williamson. He
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment, with hard labour.
The CommoN SERGEANT said he passed that sen-
tence in order that it might be Spring when the pri-
soner should be discharged, so that he should stand a
chance of getting employment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MA N SION-HO SE.
A ticket-porter, named Win.. , Liscomb, who has
borne a very good character for many years in the
City, was yesterday charg‘d upon suspicion of having
been concerned, with another, in a transaction of a
dangerous character.
A. man named henry Hoskins had been brought
before the Lord Mayor on Saturday, and accused by
Mr. Palmer, of the Private Drawing-office in the
Bank of England, of having sent a forged order by
a porter for a cheque-book for Messrs. Deane and
Hatton, salesmen in Newgate Market. Mr. Palmer
finding that the writing in the order did not corres-
pond with that to which the establishment were ac-
customed, detained and questioned the porter, who,
after some hesitation, not at all reconcileahle with
what is called straightforward business, stated that he
had received the paper presented from Hoskins, who
had been a porter to the Bank. The dangerous na-
ture of the application, as a matter of course, caused
some stir amongst the authorities in the Bank, and
Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor to the establishment, pro-
ceeded to investigate it. Hoskins was apprehended,
and charged with having sent for the cheque-
book for the purpose of availing himself of the advan-
tage had which blank cheques so often presented to
dishonest men. The wretched man, who upon the
preceding night gave himself a severe wound in the
throat in attempting to destroy himself, fell in a fit
upon being charged, and was conveyed to the in-
firmary in th 4 Giltspur-street Compter, and the neces-
sary directions were issued by the Lord Mayor, at
the request of Mr. Freshfield, as to the future pro-
ceedings. _

Yesterday, when Liscomb, the ticket-porter, ap-
peared, the Lord Mayor read to him a written state-
ment, which had been made by Mr. Palmer. It was
to the following effect :—On the 16th instant, Lis-
comb brought a note to Mr. Palmer, requesting that
a cheque-book might be sent by the bearer to Messrs.
Deane and Hatton, in Leadenhall-market. The
document was no sooner produced than its genuine-
ness was doubted, upon comparing the writing
in the note with that in the book, and the suspicion
was confirmed by the substitution " 31" in the place
of " 21," the number of the house of the firm. Mr.
Palmer subsequently asked Liscomb of whom he had
had the note, to which question the reply was that
he had received it from Mr. Deane. Mr. Palmer
then handed him a book, and desired him to write
down his name, and he became agitated, and said he
did not know whether it was Mr. Deane or Mr. Hat-
ton that gave him the note. Finding that the matter
would be followed up, he then confessed that neither
Mr. Deane nor Mr. Hatton had employed him upon
the occasion, and he pointed out Haskins, the porter
to the Drawing-office in the Bank, as the individual
who had sent him on the errand.

The LORD MAYOR said the transaction required
much deeper investigation, and desired to hear what
Liscomb had to say.
Liscomb declared in the most solemn manner he
was not aware that ha had been employed in a suspi-
cious affair, and appealed to the unexceptionable cha-
racter which he had maintained for a great number of
years in the City of London, as proof that he could
have no dishonest purpose.
The LORD 111AYOR—Where are you in the habit of
standing to be hired as a ticket porter Liscomb—
In Gracechurch-street.

The Loa") MAYOR-Why should Hoskins go all
the way to Gra.cechurch-street to hire a ticket porter
to go to the Bank with such an order ? Liscomb—l
don't know. I thought there could be no harm in
going, as I knew him. He pointed out the place to
which I was to go, and he told me he would wait for
me. I declare to God I never thought there was any
thing wrong in the business, and the moment sus-
pected at the Bank that there was, I told the gentle-
man that I'd show him the man who employed me.
His Lordship then sent for Mr. Teague the Solici-
tor's Clerk to the Ticket Porter's Fellowship, mild re-
presented the circumstances to him.

Mr. Teague said, lie had been informed of the part
xvhich Liscomb had acted in the matter, arid it ver-
tainly struck hint that the prisoner was- implicated
with`noskins.

Mr. Hobler observed, that the ticket tio'rters were
froquently entrusted with very large sums of money,
and the Society wished, as a matter of course, to enter
into an investigation under their Chairman, Sir Mat-
th;w Wood, for it was necessary that a ticket porter
should be above all suspicion.
Liscomb—The fact is that I am here because I
told a lie. It was a lie without meaning, but I had
no right to tell it. I can bring forward several per-
sons of the first respectability, to speak of the excel-
lence of my character. I never had a stain upon my
name.

The LORD MAYOR—You must leave your ticket
with me, and you are bound over in the sum of 1001.
to appear here on Saturday next, when Hoskins is to
be brought up for re-examination.
A man of the name of Edward Smith, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having been
concerned with Shacklesford, who had been commit-
ted for trial, and others, in defrauding several trades-
men of goods, to a large amount.
Mr. Goddard, solicitor to the prosecutor of
Shacklesford, attended against the prisoner, who ap-
peared undefended.

Mr. Goddard said, that from the evidence against
Shacklesford, it appeared that Beaumont, who was re-
presented as the principal of a trading concern at Maid-
stone, and other persons, were in the habit of meeting
at the tap of the Bull and Mouth Inn, Aldersgate-
street, and dividing money amongst them, the pro-
duce, it was believed, of the sale of the property
gained by the transactions detailed in the examina-
tions at the Mansion House. Amongst the individuals
who assembled upon these occasions was the prisoner
Edward Smith.

The :prisoner—Not I ; I never was amongst
them ; I never had any transactions with them.
William Kimbrell stated that he had been pot-boy
at the Bull and Mouth tap up to July last. He knew
the prisoner well, having seen him frequently in the
tap with Beaumont, Shacklesford, and three or four
other men. He had seen the prisoners and the
others open parcels which were
silk
brought in, and which
contained goods, suchr asbehandkerchiefs, scarfs,
and drapery goods. '
seemedier,who asi if
lie came to buv goods, divide( money amongst them
a
had no idea they were
you know who they were a
1.
iMr. ofaba.
Goddard—Did
the time ? Witness—No.
s windle rs.— (A laugh.)
Mr. aoddard--,And you are sure the prisoner was
one of the gentlemen ? IVitness—Certainly. I've
seen him take away parcels, and I've taken away one
parcel for him myself.
Mr. Goddard —ls this one of the parties your mis-
tress disapproved of? Witness—Certainly he is.
Prisoner—l had nothing whatever to do with
Shacklesford and his party.
Thc„.LORD MAYOR called to Gooch, the principal
Mauler of the Compter, and asked him whether he
knew the prisoner. Gooch—l know him well, my Lord.
The LORD MAYOR—Has he been imprisoned in
the Compter. Gooch—Yes, my Lord ; he served out
a twelvemonth there some years ago.
The prisoner—l solemnly assure your Lordship
that I never had any dealings with Shacklesford,
Beaumont, or Charles Edward Smith. I admit that'l
have been at the Bull and Mouth transacting busi-
ness. I have met travellers there, and purchased
goods of them, and I defy any one to say I know
anything of the parties spoken of.
The LORD MAYOR—You have heard what the
pot-boy says? The prisoner—Yes, my Lord, my
transactions were quite distinct from those of the per-
sons he describes. I can bring forward a party to
prove the truth of what I say.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall require you to find
bail. You
. the You must produce two sureties of 501. each,
and be bound yourself in the sum of 1001., to appear
Sessions ; and you must give Mr. Goddard
twenty-four hours' notice of bail.
in The
was prisoner—l can't procure bail. Ido business
'
e City, and have all my invoices at home.
The Loan MA You had better not go into
particulars.
It wYlr—
tdhen oyocuomnomgitd
good.
e prisoner

Mr. wells,
formerly
of the Common Council, and
Mr. Williams, of I
ate•hill and Mr. Clements,
appeared before Sir 4tl
Peter Laurie this morning, to
vindicate their characters
(; dians of the NestL
as members of the Board of
nar;ondon Union, from asper-
sions
which had been ease
upon them by Sir Peter
Laurie, in his Magisterial
One day last week, a capacit.pauper of the name of John
Horner, placed orner, who had been at the same bar about
, wa.e`,ol, jut
_forward, charged
twenty times before
with disorderly and violent
Magistrate on that occasion distrrt in the Union. The
low leeitth‘yehmenanheadbevcisaimnge
man as aosnhe was leaving the bar said
refractory. thelaster toTphuet
that the master of the Union was
and the gatekeeper was continually drunk,ally. absent,
ii• Peter