The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-11 00:00:00

TO THI rprroi Of THE EXPRESS.

SlN—The committee of the German Legal Pro-
tection Society ni Leaden begthe aid of your powerful journal
in making known to the English public tbe factthatthe com-
mittee will sit en permanence at Seyd'a Hotel, Finsbury-
square, until the Answer to their memorial las been received
from the Secretary of Stets. The committee are stimulated
to rooks ►his special appeal from the fact that important
evidence tending, as they believe, to exonerate their coun-
tryman, has presented itself almost at the last moment
before the presentation of their memorial. In the belief
that other persons may recall circumatsoces 000nected with
the seeming of Saturday, July 9, bowies on their task, the
committee earuestly entreat all such persons to oommuni•
ode with them at once at Seyd's Hotel, Finsbury-square,
when members of the committee will be always present
and anxious to receive orwon.uoicatioris —I am, Sic.,
ADOLPH OPPLES, Hon. Sec.

CHARITY AND THE POOIIPLAW.--CURIOC9 CASE.
—A angular same hathocupied the attention of the Cambridge
Board of Guardians during thalast three weeks; it was brought
toe conclusion on Wednesday last. A map from Leed-,named
Parker, having a wife and two children, worked for some
years for Mr. }lanyard, tobacco manufacturer, of Cam,
bridge. A short time ago the man died, and Mr. Halyard.
• guardian, meeting the widow, mad her about her iota°.
elope as to the future. She said she intended to retain to
Leeds, where she had relatious and friends, and bad sold
part of her furniture to enable her to do so. Mr. Ban yard
charitably gave her • sovereign to assist her in the attain.
merit of her object, sever supposing, as he alleges. that such
an act could be construed into an infraction of the law. The
woman and children reached Leeds in doe course; there
they became chargeable to the union, and the woman having
made known to the guardians Mr. Banyard's liberality, and
that be was a guardian, the Leeds guardians lathed a sum-
mons against the latter, alleging that be Ind infringed a
statute passed in 1846, whereby any officer engaged under
the Poor-law Board subjected himself to • penalty pot ex-
ceeding 5/. or less than 21., for giving or causing to be given,
pecuniary or other assistance to persons in ordee that by
that assistance persons might declare themselves destitute.
Mr. Fetch (the clerk to the Cambridge board) advised, and
the guardians, agreed that a guardian could only act es
such when sitting in the board-room, and that a guardian
did not come under the term "officer." as contemplated by
the act. It was resolved that Mr. Fetch be instructed to
premed to Leeds to defend the cue on the part of the
board. This Mr. Patch did, urging the above points and
various technicalities. It was proved that when the woman
Parker arrived at Leeds the bad still Mr. Banyard's sove-
reign in her possession, so that oo part of it bad actu-
ally contributed to the expellees of her journey,
and at the time of her examination she had 16s. of it in
her pocket ; but she admitted that she should not have
gone to Leeds but for Mr. Banyard's sovereign. It was con.
tended by Mr. Fetch that the fact of Mr. Baoyard's being •
guardian did not bar his right to exercise private charity,
but the bench convicted Mr. 'lanyard in the lowest tine
sad expenses, allowing the matter to stand over for a few
days to give the Cambridge guardians the opportunity of
appealing toe higher court. The whole of the facts were
laid before the Poor-law Board by the Cambridge guardians,
to obtain authority to challenge the decision of the Leeds
bench. On Wednesday last the Poor-law Board intimated
to the Cambridge guardians that they bad no authority to
interfere in the matter, but in their opinion the expenditure
of union funds for the defence of • guardian charged with
an offence against the poorlaw was illegal. Had the
opinion of the board been favourable, the case would have
been carried to the superior court■ at the expense of the
Cambridge union ; as it is, Mr. Baoyard's ieduleence of his
charitable feelings is likely to be costly to him. He protests
his entire ignorance of the statute under which he has
been convicted, and that he was actuated purely by motives
quite independent of his position as guardian.
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