POLICE OF LONDON.

Alexander Waugh, one of the deputy coal-meters of l' f• city of London, was on Saturday convicted, at the Thames police-office, of having delivered a barge of coals, front a collier in the river, deficient in measure : on ten chaldrons, the deficiency amounted to ten bushels. lie was fined 6/. and all expenses.

Henry Thomas, a young man who had been seven years in the employment of Mr. Annie, pawnbroker, Sparrow Comer, Minories, is committed for

robbing his master, lie confessed the immediate crime laid to his charge-

the theft of a diamond pin ; and also that for the last eighteen months he had been making away with his master's money and valuable pledges. When informed that he must go to prison, Thomas replied that he would have a coach, and that his master should pay for it. Mr. Annis has been plundered of nearly 7001. in the course of a few years.

Moses Davies, a Jew, who, under the name of Davison, has been commit- ting numerous frauds on tradesmen in concert with a man of colour named Green, a man named Edgard, and several other sharpers, in connexion with the De Burgh and Mrs. Cooke's gang, was on Monday brought to Bow-street, charged with various acts of swindling. Mr. Thompson, military ,accoutre- ment maker, Long Acre, said that in July last the prisoner called upon him, representing himself as a merchant, and gave an order for goods of various kinds. In August he called again, in company with a dark man, who was attired very fashionably, as was the prisoner also ; and the latter introduced his companion as Monsieur Green, whom he described as a West India mer- chant of the first respectability, trading to a great extent. He said that Mon- sieur Green had just arrived in the Thames with a vessel of his own, freighted with West Indian produce, and he was abaut to make purchases in England of British manufactured goods, as a cargo for his vessel on her return voyage. Monsieur Green and the prisoner (who acted as interpreter) selected four patent travelling bedsteads, value twenty guineas each, and directed them to be sent to No. 6, Salisbury-court, Fleet-street. The party referred hint to Mr. Edgard, merchant, No. 6, Tower-street ; at whose counting-house he called, and Was told that Monsieur Green was a merchant of unquestionable respecta- bility. Mr. Thompson had also taken the precaution to inquire into the cha- racter of Edgard at a firm where he had once been a clerk ; and there also he was told that Edgard was a most respectable man. He then took Ed- gard's acceptance for 881., for his goods. In three days after the goods had been delivered, he learned that they had been sold for one-sixth of their value; that Edgard's office had been closed ; and that all the party had fled, no one knew whither. The prisoner was remanded, there being hopes that his com- panion Green would soon be in custody.

George Johnson, the person accused of having stolen two watches from the show-rooms of Messrs. Robins, was finally examined and committed. to New- gate for trial.

Giles, a workman in the manefactory of Mr. John Smith, the contractor to the Government stationer, was committed for trial on the charge of having stolen a considerable amount of property from his master.

The Master of the Aldgate Workhouse appeared at the Mansionhouse on Tuesday, with his head bandaged. He had for some time perceived a spire of insubordination among the paupers. Notwithstanding all his vigilance they contrived to get drunk; and while endeavouring, to enforce order Ire was knocked down, kicked, and beaten. Measures were taken to sup- press this rebellions spirit, which seemed to have pervaded the whole inmates of the workhouse, men, women, and children. The assailant was taken into custody ; and Lamb, the messenger to the paupers, was soon after detected in conveying seven small bottles of gin to some of the most refractory. The Lord Mayor observed, that it was an in- justice to the distressed to keep in the workhouse persons who could afford to purchase gin. The Master said he had repeatedly cautioned the messenger not to bring gin into the house ; in cases of necessity spirits were always allowed, as well as medicine, and the messenger knew that per- fectly well. Messenger—" But if I hadn't brought 'ens gin now and then, your vorship, I could never live in peace with 'ern. They' d—n and b—t me so, your vorship, that I vouldn't he able to sleep a oink. You never know'd anything like their langage." Lord Mayor—" What! both men and women. ' Messenger—" Lord bless you, yes ; the vomens the vorst. if I vouldn't fetch them a drop of max, they'd d—n me off my legs. I'm obligated to do it, your vorship ; but, poor creators, they get it but seldom. Lord Mayor—" You must go to Bridewell for this. The mischief to which you are accessary is very great." Messenger—" Vhat vas I to do ? They pays me wages, and when they are sick in the bowels, a'nt they to have no- thing to comfort 'em ? If they gets a little tossicated, it's because their sto- machs is empty." The Master refuted the attack upon the bounty of the workhouse. The pauper who assaulted the Master was sent to gaol, and the messenger to the House of Correction.

William Allen:shy and Henry Cooper were, on Tuesday, committed from Bow-street, to take their trial on a charge of having robbed an old drunken pensioner of his watch and money, while they were pretending to assist him home.

Stephen Hayes was finally examined at the Thames Police-office, on Tues- day, on the charge of having stolen a box. of jewellery from the Alfred East Indiamau ; the circumstances connected with which were formerly noticed. He was committed to Newgate, strenuously protesting his innocence.

William Birmingham, a young Irishman of respectable connexions, was charged at Union-hall, with having stolen a shawl and a Bible from the house in which he lodged. He had come to London, he said, in expectation of finding employment at Apothecaries-hall ; but in this he had been disap- pointed. Ilk mother, who was poor, had sent him a small sum of money to enable him to go to the West Indies. He had been robbed of the money, and in this way reduced to the greatest distress. For some days he had not tasted food, and he had slept in the streets. The prisoner further stated, that a young man, almost a stranger to him, who saw and pitied his situa- tion, had benevolently offered to make restitution for the article he had taken in a moment of unparallelled distress. The prisoner denied altogether having taken the Bible. The Magistrate said that the case was a distressing one ; and he appealed to the prisoner's landlady whether she would prose- cute under such circumstances. She was insensible to the appeal; and the young man was committed for trial.

Emanuel Charles Green, a Creole, and thecompanion! of Davison, who de- frauded Mr. Thomson out of four bedsteads, was brought to Bow-street, 011 Wednesday, to answer for his part in that transaction. Mr. Thomson re- peated the same charge which he did on the examination of Davison. The prisoner admitted that he was present with Davison ; but he denied that he had participated in the imputed fraud, or knew anything of the sale of the beds. The prisoner had mentioned to Mr. Bearcroft, a respectable merchant in Tower-street, from whom he was soliciting aid to carry him to his own country, that his name had been mentioned in the newspapers as connected with Davison ; and had said that he was quite willing to go before the Bow- street Magistrates to meet any charge preferred against him. Mr. Bearcroft added, that he sent for an officer, and accompanied the prisoner, under the conviction, if what he had told him was true, that he had been the dupe of others, rather than a guilty party himself. On the other hand, the probabi- lity that several cases of fraud would be Made out against the prisoner was alleged; he was remanded till next week. The prisoner was an officer

in Napoeon's army at Leipzic and at Waterloo. A case of assault, which excited considerable interest, was heard before Sir Richard Birnie and Mr. Minshull. The parties were Mr. Berkeley Bond, a gentleman well known in the sporting world, and his wife, the daughter of Mr. Pattie, late an East India Director, and widow of Mr. Roche, who filled

the office of a judge in Bengal. The lady was the complainant, and Mr. Bond appeared as the defendant. Mrs. Bond having been sworn, stated that she had been married to the defendaut about four years. At the time of her marriage she was a widow and possessed considerable property. The de- fendant (with vehemence)—" Nothing about property is involved in this pro- ceeding : ally reference to that point I therefore object to." Mr. Harmer for the lady said it was perfectly relevant, as it formed a circumstance of aggravation, tending to increase the amount of bail. Mrs. Bond continued—She had re- cently received great violence, and had been threatened by the defendant, who had made away with all her property. The defendant again protested against this mode of examination, and his solicitor urged, that no act of .his client should be brought before the court, sinless that which gave rise to the present charge. Mrs. Bond resumed—A sum of 6,500/. had devolved to her since her marriage with the defendant, and the Lord Chancellor out of that sum had apportioned her an income of 2681. a year. De- fentlant—" That is false. I made a voluntary settlement upon her, and I much regret that I did so." Mrs. Bond—" I had lodgings in the Quadrant, and the furniture was purchased partly out of my general income, which passed through the hands of Mr. Bond, On Tuesday morning, he came with two men to my lodgings, and told me, that if I did not bundle myself and my things out of the house, he would pitch them and me into the street. 1 was at that time undressed, and was obliged to pack up my things, and quit the house in my night-wrapper. In the presence of my servant, Eliza. Murphy, the defendant threatened to break every bone in my body." Mrs. Bond added, that her husband's violence was such as to make her entertain serious fears for her life. She also stated that the defendant has two females (mother and daughter) with whom he lived in adultery opposite her apart. nsents ; and she believed that he meant to drive her from her apartments in order to place his mistresses in them. Mr. Harmer—" Where are your jewels, Mrs. Bond ?" Mrs. Bond—" At the pawnbroker's, Sir, where they were pledged by Mr. Bond." The defendant (furiously)—" I again say you have no right to put that question." The defendant's solicitor cross-examined the complainant, but without eliciting anything to vary her statement. Mrs. Bond said that the defendant had been held to bail for his violence to- wards her, as the French police documents would show. Defendant—" If I had known that this was a Court of Inquiry, I should have brought forward evidence to rebut these charges." He said that his wife had been running him into debt, and he went to her lodgings- for the purpose of delivering them up to the landlord. The defendant then called as a witness Timothy Davis, who had accompanied him to the complainant's lodgings; and who de- posed that in fact the violence had proceeded from Mrs. Bond, and not from the defendant. The witness admitted that he had been with the defendant in Paris, where she had hired twenty-one men to murder her husband. Mrs. Bondstated, that the defendant had some timeago cruelly horsewhipped hellat Brighton, in consequence of which she was obliged to call in the assistance of two surgeons. Mr. Bond was held to hail, himself in 500/. and two sureties in 2501. each to keep the peace towards his wife. The defendant wished the bail to be 1000/. for himself, and 5004 for each of his sureties,

J. W. Hilliard was remanded from flatten Garden on Wednesday, on the charge of having given a person a forged acceptance for 171. 16s., which he had obtained in loan under a false pretence.

The Lord Mayor, while sitting at the Mansion-house, on Thursday, was called upon to determine upon fifty-two charges, made by the parish-officers of St. Botolph Without Bishopsgate, against inhabitants of that parish, for having refused to pay church-rates and poor-rates. The justice-room was crowded with poor people, for whose miserable situation the officers who appeared to enforce the Rector's claims to the church-rates, felt great com- passion. In almost every instance the churchwardens gave up the poor rates; but, with one exception, the church-rate was exacted to the full amount. The Lord Mayor said that the act which authorized the levying of 2,5004 a year to the Rector, in lieu of his tithes, was imperative; and he had no alternative but to issue warrants to take the church-rate in execution. A woman with six children was told her church-rate must be paid. " Paid !" the report makes her exclaim; " out of what ? Out of my children's mouths ? Good God, how unlike the author of the Christian religion this dealing is. You may come and take away the poor bed from teeter us, but you can't get a farthing from us." It was not without great difficulty that the officers were prevailed upon to abandon their claim against this poor family. The reporter remarks, that just the day before these officers were employed in collecting contributions for the new church building in the parish. This looks like a penny-a-tine embellishment.

Israel Horrod was on Thursday committed from Marlborough-street-office, on the charge of having robbed the house of Mr. Mildmay, M.P., near Roe- hampton, of a considerable sum of money. The prisoner, when appre- hended, confessed the robbery : he had committed it in revenge for having been discharged from Mr. Mildmay's service.

OLD 13eletv Sessioes.—These Sessions commenced on Thursday morn- ing, before the Lord Mayor, Judges Garrow and Park, and the Common. Sergeant.

George Thomson, aged about twenty, was convicted of having robbed the dwelling-house of Mr. Young, at Limehouse, of silver plate and other arti- cles, to tile value of 301. He was sentenced to be hanged.

George Edwards was indicted under Lord Elleuborough's Act, for mali- ciously stabbing Thomas Summerfield, with intent to murder him, or to do him some grievous bodily item. The parties lived near one another, and Summerfield had lent the prisoner's wife a loaf. On the evening of the assault, Summerfield met the woman, who asked Ides to go home with her, and site would repay the loaf; but they had not walked far when the prisoner overtook them, knocked his wife down, and stabbed the prosecutor in the lower part of the belly, threatening at the same time to murder him. The surgeon proved that the wound was very trifling. The prisoner, in extenuation, pleaded inebriety, and irritation at the conduct of Summerfield to his wife. He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy.

Several cases of petty theft were tried. One man was convicted of

bigamy, but recommended to mercy,

LONDON SESSIONS.—These sessions commenced on Wednesday, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and four Aldermen. The number of trials for offences committed within the city of London, is 44 ; in the county of Middlesex, 254. Several uninteresting cases of assault were decided ; and an appeal from a conviction by the Lord Mayor, regarding the removal of some pavement without notice given to the commissioners, was heard, and the conviction affirmed.

After a long argument, and much hesitation, the Court granted a music- licence to the proprietor of a respectable house in Smithfield. It appears that by an old law publicans require a licence before music can be performed in their houses. The penalty for infraction is 100/. The act, which is obso- lete, was not named, probably lest the informers should avail themselves of the information.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Mr. Dunn, on Monday, moved the Court to put off the trial of Mr. Northhouse, who was indicted (along with another person, who wished the trial to go on) for a conspiracy to obtain a sub- scription of 501. from Mr. Baldwin, towards a capital for carrying on a newspaper called The London Free Press, by representing that Mr. Hume, M.P., was a subscriber for 5001. The motion was grounded on an affidavit that Mr. Hume was out of town, and could not be served with notice to attend the trial. His client was confident of an acquittal, whether Mr. flume were present or absent ; but he wished to be acquitted, after the fullest investigation of the charge made against him . The counsel for the prosecution also wished the trial to be put off, as they could not prove their case without Mr. Hume's evidence. The case was delayed till next sessions.

A Paddington coachman was indicted for an assault upon a street-keeper in the execution of his duty. The defendant, who was driving his gig along the New-road, with the most heedless fury, knocked down an old woman, and so seriously injured her that she is not yet recovered. The street-keeper and others seized the horse at a public-house door; but the defendant horse- whipped the officers, and by the aid of some coachmen and cads, he was rescued out of their hands. The circumstances were fully proved ; but the Jury, to the surprise of every one in Court, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

Thomas Hanstead was indicted for keeping a gambling-house in Duke- street, St. James's. The only witness to support the charge was a person named Bevin, who had been porter at the house, and seemed to be a common informer against houses of this description, as he had at different times pre- ferred indictments against them by the aid of "friends" in "ambush." The Chairman observed, that if the Jury could believe the witness, the indictment was proved ; but as the evidence was unsupported, he could place little reliance upon it. The Jury returned a verdict of acquittal.

SURREY SEssioNs.—J. Puddich was convicted of having assaulted a person named Houlder. As it appeared that he had received some provocation, the prisoner was only fined 10s. The prosecutor stared with astonishment when he found that he had to pay 8s. 8d. of Court fees.

Kipping and Walker were charged with having stolen some lead from a house at Mitcham. Kipping was seen endeavouring to roll the lead from the roof of the house, while the other prisoner was walking up and down, and taking no active part in the theft. They were both found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years.

John Kean was convicted of having obtained a valuable spring dial under false pretences, from Mr. John Moore, clockrnaker in Clerkenwell. It was found that the prisoner had pawned the clock the very day that he received it. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

John East, a young man, found guilty of having embezzled the property of his employers, was ordered to be transported for seven years.

John Skinner; aged thirteen, was charged with having stolen some arti- cles of wearing apparel ; and John Mansell, an old man, was indicted along with him, on the charge of having received the articles with the knowledge of their being stolen. The theft was proved ; and it was proved, not only that Mansell had received the clothes from the boy, but that his house was a receptacle for the plunder of young thieves. The Chairman severely repro- bated the conduct of the elder prisoner, and sentenced him to fourteen years' transportation. The younger culprit was sentenced to six months' imprison- ment and hard labour, and to be once publicly whipped.

Charles Price, a young man, whose appearance indicated misery and want, was charged with having stolen a vice and brass tap. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, pleaded distress in extenuation. He had offended his father, who was a tradesman in the Strand, by marrying against his consent ; and his wife had for a considerable time been confined to a bed of sickness, an$he parted with everything he had to support her during her illness. She etas at last obliged to take refuge in an asylum ; and he had been walking about the streets for a fortnight, and had not tasted food for several days, when he stole the property. Mr. Hedger, the Chairman, said the Court considered that the most charitable plan would be to transport him for seven years. The prisoner, clasping his hands, energetically supplicated the Court to pity him, and have mercy, exclaiming, " For God's sake, think of my poor wife, who is on her death-bed." The Court then sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction.

Three boys, part of the gang called the " Forty Thieves," were sentenced to be transported for seven years for having stolen a piece of cheese. John Frederick Meyers, a German, was indicted for bigamy, at the suit of Sarah Ballard, whom lie had married, his first wife being still alive. The prisoner was a tailor, at Brixton ; and by the sanctity of his manners had gained the affections of the young woman, who had borne him a child since their marriage. It was proved that the first wife, Elizabeth Elliott, was alive and well within the last three weeks. The prisoner denied that she was alive ; and expressed his willingness to live with and support the prosecutrix. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment.