The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL

A special Court of Common Council was held
Cry,in aosseqnseos of a requisition to the Lord
orrd,Rfor the purpose of considering s estates premated
by Mr. Lawkiy, of the earstablesz=nting the vestries,
boards of works;and boards of of pariahs* on the
smith side of the Thames, far amietanos of the corpora-
tion. either independently der in co-operation with them,in
their opposition in the Comir of Chancery to the site in
&angst, selected for the erection of Bt. Thomas's Hospstal,•
and deo to aid them graMitously with the needful wit-
names and document&

The LORD bii.Toß presided at the couocil, which wu held
in the Foptian•hall, in the llansiowhosase, end there wee
a fall attendant* of mambas of the 001111.
ST. BARTROLOIOSIeII. HOSPITAL.

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Deputy &MOLL, Wan the business for which the
court was *penally convened was proceeded with, noggin
ap a report having Waren, to the appointment od the
late Mr. Cabitt as governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
It will be remembered that at the lest Court of Common
Council •motion was timed to that the City phone
should at one, by appl for a writ of quo warmth, take
steps to test the • of the election of Mr. Cabin aa
one of the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
=that sot being so eldermaa of the City of
at the time of his election he was not
eligible. The death of Mr. Cubitt, of course, entirely
altered the position of affairs, and the General Pur-
poses Committee, to whom the matter wee referred,
add which committee Mr. Deputy Somali is chairman,
sow brought up • moon, le which they recommerded that
the eleotiou of Mr. Chien should be treated asalsolitainhar
void, end that • writ of maiidamus should be for,
calling upon the governors of St. Bartholomew's capital to
elan the Lord Mayor, who would have beim entitled to the
office of governor upon the original vacancy if Mr. Cabin
had an been appointed.
The report wae speed to, and int:union will be given
to the City solicitor immediately to noosed in the matter.

BT. THOMAIteII goarrrac.
Mr. Lawt.gr then moved that the petition and memorial
of the partabes opposing the KAMEN of the go►ernors of St.
Thomas's Hospital for the Mail= of the new beikAing at
Stir gate should he read.

It wr gigged by Mr. Benda on behalf of the delegates
of tie different petitioning dilate* whisk compete, the
whole of the penalties, boards of guardians, and boards of
works in Southwark, Lambeth, Clapham, Camberwell, and
Newington, contain* • population of nearly 400,000 souls.
They objected to Stangate as • site for the proposed new
bospitel on several ground., the prinolyel of which were
that they believed that it was not a healthy position, and
that it would be very inooommient for the poorer
chases, who had for three hundred years en-
joyed the advantages of the hospital at • spot
ekes to their own faidelloll, to go to such a
diseases as Stange". Upon those and other important
pounds they asked the Ckeporation of London, who theymid had been snob peat bemire= to the different royal
hospitals, and who bad always than such deep interest in
endeavouring to render them fully available for the inspor-
taut objects for which they wen founded, to render them
assistance in opposing in the Court of Chancery the proposed
schwas for the erection of the new hospital at Staagate.
The motion was pat and carried unsohnomiy, and the
soon adjourned.

SHOCKING BARBARITY TO A DOG.

At the Petty Perk= held at the Court-house
estesthy, T. Groom, landlord of the Serest Hans,
a
srraienkl, was charged, on the information of Mr. W.
Love, of the Royal Society for the Preventioa of Ctrueltv to
Animals, with having wastonly abused and tortured • dog,
the property of Mr. George Can Glyn, M.P., cm the sth alt.
The dog in question wee under the care of • gamekeeper
is the service of Mr. Glyn, and was need as •
sheep dog. On the 4th of List month the keeper had
occasion to go to the defendant's house taking the dog
with him, aod it appears that he clarified to )nave
it behind when he left the house, and the defendant armed
it and tied it up in an oatbuilding. On the following day
the pmekeepar, finding the dog had not returned home,
went in searoh of it, sod acne. epos some informatio• he
had obtained he want to the defendant's house and asked
him whether be had the dog in his possession. The defiled.
set, who was intoxicated at the time, refused to satisfy
him, when the gamekeeper threatened to fetch the poling,
and left the house for that purpose. Shortly after
the defendant was sego to come oat of his house
with a large table knife in his hood, and be was beard
to nay, "Now we will see whether he will be able to
swear to the dog again." He (the defendant) thee
went into the shed in which the dog was tied up,
dosed the door after him, and in a minute afterwards the
dog was heard to scream and howl violently. The defendant
then came forth with the knife covered with blood, and the
dog came out, bleeding profusely from its ear and taiL It
was subsequent)) toned that part of one of its ears had
been chime cut off, and that its tail had been cut through to
the boss, within two or three inches of its body; in addi-
tion to this it had evidently been very seriously injured in-
ternally, for quantities of blood pound from it. The dog
suffered intensely for • fortnight, being unable to take He
food. and it is now • perfect cripple and useless for any
purpose of work. The dog prior to this occurrence was •
valuable and docile animal.

The Chairman said the bench had no difficulty in convict-
ing the defendant, for it WSJ a terrible case of cruelty, and
the defence, that of drunkenness, also tended to aggravate
It. The only question with tbe magistrates was as to what
punishment they should indict. It was a eerie& matter
indeed for the defendant. Vlore was no doe under the act
that would apply to such a case. The beech bad, therefore,
no alternative but to commit the defendant ; and the sen-
tence was that he be committed to the Rouse of Correction
(crone caleadar month, with hard labour ; and further, that
he pay a sum of M. as compensation to the owner of the
dog, or stand committed for another calendar month with
bard labour.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST. VINCENT'S Rocus.—On
Wednesday s distressing accident, by which nee man nee
killed and two others injured, occurred under St. Vincent'.
Rocks. A number of men were engaged in excavating the
rock, when a Twilit/ of strew fell, sad WWII barkd
than who were immediately underneath it. Two men
were taken up considenbly injured, and, with a
third man slightly iiijar4 conveyed in a cab
ho the infirmary. Oue of them, however, named
Moarice Barrett, 50 rah of age, and living in &denier
skeet, PA Philip's, died before he reached that institution.
The sicced man, Patrick Neville, fifty years of age, living
in Lewin's Need, was found to have sustained a compound
freetere of owed hi ley. He was speedily attended to by
Mr. Leonard, annum, and we angled to say that at pre-
seat there is no iodisation of soy necessity for smputation.
The other toss, John !Worthy, 43 years of aaas, living is
New-street, St. Philip's, semibold simply a omftsed wound
of the foot, and, the wound having been drinesd, be wse
enabled to proceed to his home.—Western Daily Tina.
Fall benefit of reduced duty obtained oy pur-
chasing Horalman's run Tea; very choke et no ad. sad ea,
high Standard" at aa 4d. (toesserly ea SL), talirtroswd
an oast delicious taiported- Agents In wiry town weir
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