The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

pliatted in the same charge. The father bad separated from I
his wife for some time, owing, as alleged, to her dissipated
habits. Hearing accidentally that his wife bad lost DI re-
cently, and knowing that she had previously been in a state
of destitution, he examined his savings-bank book, and then
ascertained that 201. had been drawn out by means of a
forged order. It was discovered that this order had been
forged b 1 his son at the instigation of the mother. —Mr.
Bingham remanded the amused until Wednesday, express-
ing, however, a doubt of his being able to deal with the
charge against the wife, except es the party instigating her
son to commit • forgery.
CHARGES AGAIIIIIT A SoLICITOII.—Mr. Francis Buchanan
Hoare, solicitor, was finally examined on various charges of
felony. It will be recollected that the prisoner stood committed
on a charge of having fraudulently disposed of trust property
belonging to the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Scariebrick, and
Mr. Ansell, valued at 1,5001. It was statd at the last ex-
amination that there were five or six other charges involving
property to the extent of 1,0001., belonging to Mr.
Bohn, bookseller, of St. James's-street, and relating to a
deed for 30001. executed by Mr. Bohn, to parties introduced
by Mr. Hoare, under which deed it was alleged Mr. Bnhn
bad never received a farthing, but with respect to these last
charges it was to be a matter for future decision whether
they should be brought forward before the magistrate, or
whether they should be embodied in the indictment to be
preferred against the prisoner at the Central Criminal Court,
the prisoner being furnished with a copy of the evidence
against him.—This last plan was adopted, and the prisoner
was fully committed, bail being taken.
WESTMINSTER.—OFFICIALREPORTRY Ma.Beannix.
—The following report has been made by Mr. Burrell to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department on a ease re-
specting which that magistrate bad been asked for certain
ens:
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emosienketka d this day, I have to Mate, for the informed= of
fie revery Illr
boy George Grey, that on the 19th of February hist, John
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me on • dower steel Om was • estmehooderh. Ageing the
skidoos me mating Ike hog mason mid dm was discharged ;
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or poke hlm Me the remooad'-'-
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P•101pr, Esq.
THAMES.—Dzirmunote.—A miknesmed Isar, named
Tophem, made the following appilestion to Mr. Yardley.
She stated that there were two pose ereetures, sisters, and
one of whom was subject to fits, residing in • room of the
house, No. 5, Dunstan's-place, in the parish of Stepney, the
property of the applicant, of wham they rented the room.
They had gradually fallen into destitution, and were now
actually on the very verge of starvation. Mrs. Tophaai
further added, that she had not demanded or received any
rent from them for more than a twelvemonth, but on the
contrary had done everything in her power to statist
them, but their distress and peril were now so immi-
nent, that, acting under the advice of her brother, she
had come to this court to see if any assistance could
be rendered.—Mr. Yardley directed Mackenzie, one •f the
ushers of the cone, and a very active and intelligent officer,
to go to the house and personally inquire into the case. On
his return, Mackenzie informed the magistrate that in the
course of his long experience he had seldom witnessed such
a scene. There was not a vestige of furniture of any de-
scription in the room, nothing even for the poor creatures to
lie on but the hare boards. They must also have suffered
greatly from the late inclement weather, the windows being
all broken, and the apertures staffed with rags and brown
paper. They were almost destitute of clothing; and when he
went into the room they were crouched together in a corner
by the fire-place, and on the hob was • broken cup
containing water, which was the wily nourishment they had
the means of procuring. They were reduced to mere skele-
tons, and on lifting up one of their arms, the poor creature
was so exhausted by hunger and the privations to which they
had been subjected, that it immediately fell powerless to her
side. The arm was more like that of a young child than z
woman's, and altogether truly distressing to is itness. He had
left them Si. for their immediate and pressing necessities,
and had informed Mr. Radcliff, one of the guardians of the
Radcliff Union, of these circumstances, and that gentleman
had promised to relieve them. Mr. Yardley benevolently
directed Mackenzie to go again the following day. and see
what bad been done for them, and by no means to lose sight
of their case. Mackenzie assured his worship that he would
see every attention paid to them, for it was one of the most
heart-rending scenes he had ever witnessed.