If we _are_ to have a new recruit among us, we should infinitely prefer Mrs.Yatman.
Your obedient servant, FRANCIS THEAKSTONE.
NOTE ON THE PRECEDING CORRESPONDENCE, ADDED BY MR.

THEAKSTONE.
The inspector is not in a position to append any explanations of importance to the last of the letters.

It has been discovered that Mr.
Matthew Sharpin left the house in Rutherford Street five minutes after his interview outside of it with Sergeant Bulmer, his manner expressing the liveliest emotions of terror and astonishment, and his left cheek displaying a bright patch of red, which looked as if it might have been the result of what is popularly termed a smart box on the ear.

He was also heard by the shopman at Rutherford Street to use a very shocking expression in reference to Mrs.Yatman, and was seen to clinch his fist vindictively as he ran round the corner of the street.

Nothing more has been heard of him; and it is conjectured that he has left London with the intention of offering his valuable services to the provincial police.
On the interesting domestic subject of Mr.and Mrs.Yatman still less is known.