The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

SOUTHWARK.

Mr. Piigke, a bill diameter, fro., of Walbrook, and
owner of a house in Joioenetrest, Weetruisanestoad ; Mr.
Baker, the proprietor of the Junius' Arms; Mr. Sian, of 11,
Joiner-street ; Mr. Brows, of No. 15 ; and Mr. Giliaterstip ;
also owners of other house ia a now street celled 3011iSII,
street, were summooed before Mr. Wooltych by the vestry
of St. Georges, Southwark, to &bow come why they refused
to pay certain sums of maw, Turfing Hun 41. ss. 3d. to
391. 9s. 3d., for . penman laid down by the vestry
in trout of their hours. Mr. Birt, the vestry clerk,
attended to prefer the complaint, and all the defandenta
atteeded except Mr. Flight.
Mr. Hirt informed his worship that the complaints were
instituted under the 4th mono& of the set pawl in the
fear 1865, which rendered the occupiers habfs to pan the
ront of the banes in a new street. Joiner-atreet wee
situated nest the catholic church, running from the Wert-
minter-road into the Lambeth.mad. Until recently posts
were fixed at each end of the street, sod the homes on each
side being thickly located and inhabited by large numbers of
people, who were not over clean, the street became extremely
°Bemire to the neighbourhood, by the filth being thrown
out, and the pavement in front of the houses being so broken
se to cause deposits of filth to 141111130. In consequence of
that fever spread to such an alarming extent that the
parish authorities were compelled to Interfere, by cleansing
the street ; and really it was dedicated to the public,
sad became a sew street under the elames of the Metro-
politan Management Act be bad quoted. AU the dotes.
dente were the owners at occupiers of houses the frosts
sad sides of which abutted on the new street, whisk wee
payed in a proper manner by the vanity, who sow sought
payment from the detendaets.
Mr. Baker contended that be wee only the leaseholder,
and in a fortnight the lease would expire. He certainly
ought not to be compelled to pay such a sum ea 81. 7e. 9d.
After some considerable discunioo,
Mr. Wonky& was of opinion that the clause la question
we, rather arbitrary, but the defendants meet pay the sums
sought by the vestry. Ho accordingly as follows :
Mr. Flight, 4/. se. 3d. ; Mr. Baker, 81.7.. 9;1. ; Mr. Shaw,
:91.9a. 3d. ; Mr. Brown, 13/. 18e. 3d. ; and Mr.
81.4 a. Bd., with the costs of each sonsons.

HOSPITAL YOB WON/LT, BOlio-tattraite.—The
manual weeks( of this institution was held Oa Wedassday,
at the Hmovenequere /Loam ; the Merl of Shaftesbury,
K.G., in the chair. TM report gave modal details reopen-
ing the origin, aeosesity for, and progress of, the hospital
It appears this it was founded in 1849 ; that, prior to that
time, there was no hospital exelosively devoted to the treat-
ment of diseases of wanes ; that eabiequestly angst
incautious have bees established, and separate west have
been appropriated to such mess to most of the large ism
Made. So great bad been the demand far ineresead meow
modatice, that ca addition to the premises was eseeriskes
and commeaced in 1882. The old walk were, browses',
foetid to be usequal to sustain the weight, sad the rettedll
lug of the external walls became abrattimely aseessery. Th
entailed so outlay of 2,8001.. is addition to the email ez.
which not osht exhausted tbe foe is bark het
also • of 5001. from the baskets, white the eawasithes
are desirous of repaying at once. The fellawin noblemen
and gentlemen addressed the eseetiag :—Th. Revs. W.
possaethee, C. C. laysrd, lord Itedeask, atept. Bee.
F. Unite, R.N., Colonel Bell, Pretberoe Remitie,
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