The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-24 00:00:00

DOW-STREET.

Philip Spence and liePherrParTiMs, two soldiers of the
Coldstream Guards, who stood remanded on a charge of vio-
lating a girl under 13 years of age, were further marnined.
It was proved that the promentrix was seen standing at
the barrack-gate, in the Birdeage-walk,at about 7 o'clock on
the evening when the offence was alleged to have been com-
mitted, and when she raid he was insensible, and she wee
then ordered away by the gelatinel on duty i and also, that •
few days afterwards she bad bees seen miscoeducting her-
self with a soldier in the park. The latter statement, how-
ever, she denied.
The magistrate said, after this evidence it was impossible
to detain the prisoners. They were therefore discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A young woman, evidestly in • very feeble state, wee
eau by Bowden, the massager of the court, on Saturday
week, with a letter in her hand, which she said she wanted
to give to the sitting magistrate. As the letter wee open
the measenpr read it, and found that it wu a statement of
the applicant's case, to the effect that being destitute she
wanted some madame to bury one dead child, and to pro-
cure medical help for another that was dying. Bowden
immediately proceeded to the house, a wretched
hovel, at the back of the brewery in Brad-
street, sad found that the statement in the letter warn
correct. There was not a vestige of furniture or food in the
' room. Oae child, about Symons old, was lying deed la me,
ooreeron shape( rags andshaviep; sad. in another, mewed
child was all bet deed of disease, also lying on a heap of
rege. The mother, who had an infant with her, mated that
her name was Catherine Dewey, the wife of a soldier in the
Grenadier Guards, sow at Windsor. She had jest opine
oat of the Lying-in Hospital, having only ban easfined a
fortnight, because she could not rest until she maw her sick
children. Finding one of the children deed she had goes
to St. James's workhouse and told her story.. Sbe bad
been presented with half-a-crown, and told that she
would be sent to from the pais!). No one, however, bad
been there, and abe did sot knew what she wee to do
for the sick child. While at the room the husband
came in ; be had scraped 5a together, and had
come to London to give it to his wife. Seeing the
dreadful misery the soldier eat down and wept bitterly.
Bowden returned to this court and mentioned to me
of the clerks what be had withered. The sum of 10e. ma
immediately given to the wife frau the poor-box, and direc-
tions also added for a constable to go at mos to the work-
house and gay that something must be immediately doe* for
the family. The workhouseauthorities, on receiving the
message, sent for the sick child and bad it placed in the in-
firmary. and also took away the dead body. Bowden having
reported to Mr. Tyrwbitt that the wife ma of good ea-
renter, helping to malnain her children by going out wash-
ing and charier, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it wan • lamentable aim
bat it arose from marrying • soldier who had little or no
means to give towards the rapport of a family. He should
order the wife to receive is. a week for three weeks, besides
giving her 5e for that week.