The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION- HOUSE. —A butcher in Whitechapel mar-
ket appeared at the Mansion-House yesterday, to make a
complaint against the keeper of the City Green-yard, for
refusing to give him up six bullocks, which had been im-
pounded there.
One of the City officers, about four o'clock yesterday
morning, was on duty in Lombard-street, and met there six
bullocks coming along ; thinking it an unusual circum-
stance, as it was not market morning, he was induced to
watch them, when he could not find any person who had
charge of them ; he followed them, and stopped every person
whom he met, but no one would know anything about
them ; thinking it extraordinary, he was determined to take
care of them as well as lie could, so drove them with much
difficulty to the City Green-yard, in Whitecross-street, a
distance of nearly a mile; and succeeded in getting them
there, and deposited them until they should he owned.
After some inquiry, it was discovered that the slaughter-
house of the applicant, in Whitechapel, had been broken
into during the night, and these bullocks stolen ; and it
was supposed that the thieves, seeing the officer noticing
the bullocks, decamped, determined rather to surrender their
booty, than to run the risk of being taken and hanged.
The butcher went to the City Green-yard, to, claim his
bullocks, and there is a custom there of certain fees being
paid on every head of stray cattle brought in there ; and
upon every bullock that fee is four shillings, therefore the
sum of twenty-four shillings was demanded, before the
keeper of the Green-yard would give up these six bullocks.
This sum the butcher refused to pay, declaring it a gross
imposition, and DOW came to ask his Lordship to com-
pel the keeper of the Green-yard to give up the bullocks
without his paying anything for them.
Mr. Hobler (for the Loan MAYOR had not arrived)
' ailed' the butcher whether he did not consider it to be most
inconsiderate to expect that his bullocks, when found astray,
were to be driven to a place of safety, and kept for him,
without payment?
The butcher still stood out that it was a hard case, and
he had been put to trouble enough without having to pay ; '
besides—
Mr. Hobler—l can only tell you these fees are settled
and fixed by the Corporation, and the Lord Mayor has no
power to interfere in the matter ; however, you had better
wait and ask his opinion.
The butcher now draw in his horns a little, and said, if
that was the case, it was useless for him to wait, therefore
he had better go au* pay the money at once.
Mr. Hobler—Oh ! do as you like ; but as I said before,
I think you ought to give some beef to the officer that took
care of the bullocks.
The butcher—And perhaps you'd like to have a round
of von of 'cue yourself.
Mr. Hobler—Not I, indeed, for my family is too small
for a round of beef, and I am sure I would ,never have one
of you at any.price.
The butcher then departed
,to get his six bullocks, and
pay the money far them, at the same time repeating that it
was a very bard, case upon him.
HATTON-GARDEN.--Mr. Simpson, one of the trus-
tees 'of the parish of Islington, attended at this office yes-
terday, to answer the charge of Cursitor, the Paddington
coachman, for refusing to pay out. shilling and sixpence,

his fate. -
Mr. Simpson stated he was in the habit of going from
the City almost every evening in one of the Paddington
stages, and he never paid more than one shilling for the
fare, until Saturday last, when Cursitor demanded one
shilling and sixpence, which he considered exorbitant, and
accordingly he refused to pay the additional sixpence. He
considered the charge too insignificant to attend to, which
was the reason he did not appear on Monday.
Mr. LAING said he was bound by his recognizances to
appear, and no matter how insignificant the charge was,
Mr. Simpson should have attended. If Mr. Simpson had
not attended. that day, he should certainly have returned the
recognizance into the Exchequer to be estreated.
Mr. Simpson said that the coachman had no right to
give him in charge, and the watch-house-keeper ought not
to have taken the -charge-
Mr. LAING said he should not then enter into the merits
of the case, as the coachman was absent ; but as Mr. Sirnp-
son had attended, the recogniiance should be discharged.
It was cut out of the book,for the purpose of returning it
to the Exchequer, and he repeated it would have been done
so, if Mr. Simpson had not attended.
Mr. Simpson thought it bard to have to answer such
a charge. ,
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Mr, LAING said be bad nothing to do with the charge
then in the itieiice of, the other party, and discharged the

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lqr. Simplon then left the office.
William Davies, of 'Cow-cross-street, coffee-shop-
keeper, was charged with the wilful murder of William
Clarke, a Smithfield drover. , The,prisoner had been in
custody since the 3d instant, and had undergone two exa-
minations previousto the.death of Clarice, which happened
on Friday night at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON remanded the prisoner for re-exa-
minatipn until Thursday next, tc, have the house-surgeon of
St. Bartholomew's examined.
The witnesses in attendance were then bound over to
prosecute at the next Old Bailey Sessions, and the prisoner
was sent to Clerkenwell prison until Thursday next.
LAMBETH-STREET.—Mrs. Tofield, who was no-
ticed in the papers yesterday as having made an application
at the Mary-le-boise Office respecting a bag of sovereigns
found by her daughter and a Bliss Crag, and w en r.
Rawlinson recommended to apply at Bow-street, a
reted
a written statement•to the Magistratea on the same business,
as she told them, by desire of Mr. Minshull.
The statement (which was read) was to the like import
with what has already appeared—Asamely, that on Tues-
day, Oct. 2,. her daughter, Mildred Tofield, in company
with a partrof six, went to Drury-lane Theatre, and was
walking home, arrn.in-arns, with Mist Crag (the rest of
the. platy being 'ahead of anal) through R us4ll-couri;
vf4en Miss Tofield tripped against something that made a
jip ling none;whieh they thotight' was iron, but
wluch.en'feelin(g tlierfouditte be a bag full of sovereigns
and nalLacreetagus. Thai-the money war token horn,
by cob 04 wo Rio( dOttifit4 Or 'her faiiiieri-iyh9
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