The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE. ROYAL FREE-HosPrrat.. A
deputation from the Royal Free Hospital, consisting of the
Rev. Edward Rice, D.D., Mr. John Watson, and other
governors of the charity, waited upon the Lord Mayor, to
inform him that, in deterence to the opinion so strongly ex-
pre-sed by his lordship, and which the committee found also
existing in the minds of many other influential friends of the
institution, that the system of admitting. into the hospital
any casual poor who had previously been in any of the unions
or poor-houses of the metropolis was decidedly objectionable.
The committee of management had resolved that in future
no poor or diseased person who had received shelter in any
of the unions should be admitted; but that such parties
should be sent hack to the union or workhouse from whence
they came.—The Lord Mayor said he considered the practice
of sending the poor from union or workhouse to the hospital
as wholly incapable of being vindicated, inasmuch as it went
to relieve those who ought to be parochially relieved, and to
turn the benefits of the institution away from its intended
channel, the relief of the destitute sick. There was no prin-
ciple to which he objected more strongly.—The deputa-
tion stated that the amount of misery the Free Hos-
pital relieved was incalculable Objects who were,
or who seemed to be, below the notice of other
hospitals, were received there, and were attended
at all hours and under all circumstances. The
deputation assured the Lord Mayor that the officers of
the institution had been exposed to very strong censures
from a powerful portion of the press, in consequence of their
inability to receive two paor girls who had been sent thither
in a deplorable condition, but whom it was impossible to re-
ceive on account of the immensely crowded state of the
wards. The managers had been traduced by the coroner,
who, however, subsequently retracted to a certain extent
his condemnation. A serious injury had been inflicted upon

the hospital, but for the existent; of which hundreds and
thousands would have perished of disease.—The Lord
Mayor : What I condemn is the fact, that you have been re-
ceiving from the City unions persons who had claims upon
those unions, and who ought to have been rejected at your
hospital. I object to the idea of the City of London having
no place to send their casual poor to but that house at Peck-
ham to which they are sent down at four or five o'clock in
the evening, and from which they are sent away next morn-
ing—a disgraceful system to which they are daily subjected.
—Doctor like: These are the people who apply to us—An-
other of the deputation said, that there were two cases lately
sent from the poor-house at Westminster to the free hospital,
and, in consequence of the objection made by the Lord
Mayor, they had been refused admission.—The Lord Mayor :
Why I have belonged to that board myself for many years,
and I never have had reason to suppose the authorities would
send those whom they ought to relieve themselves to the free
hospital. I shall have a special court coiled to investigate the
cases. lie added that he should take an early opportunity,
after the close of his year of office, to investigate the present
charity. In the meantime he felt satisfied at the resolution
to which the managers had come, and which was calculated
to prevent the abuse of a charity.

GUILDHALL.—DETENTION OF STAMPS.— Yesterday,
Mr. Abraham Nolomans, merchant, of Basinghall-street, was
summoned before Alderman Musgrove, for detaining a stamp
of the value of 63. 6d.,upon which was an acceptance for 500/.
—Mr. Levy, solicitor, attended on behalf of the complairing
parties ; and Mr. Isaacs for the defendant, who did not ap-
pear.—From the statement of Mr. Levy, it appeared Mr.
Henry Myer, of the firm of Lazarus, Myer, and Co.. gave
the bill in question to a Mr. Benjamin to discount, without
the knowledge of the other partners. Benjamin asked a
Mr. Schubeck to discount it, and he passed it over to a Mr.
Simpson, who in a day or two afterwards offered it back
again to Schubeck, remarking that he could not get it di,-
counted. Schubeck asked him if he was certain he could
not get it done, when Simpson said that perhaps he might
in the course of a few days, upon which he received the bill
again. These occurrences took place on or about the 10th
or 12th of August, when it appeared that Mr. Simpson
passed the acceptance ov‘r to his brother-in-law, Mr.
Abrallam Soloman% who commenced proceedings, asserting
that lie had given value for it. The action was at pre-
sent pending. The present summons was taken out
under the Police Act, to recover the stamp (s. due
Cs. faLl, upcal which the acceptance for the '503/.
was written that be :,- under the sum of 15/.
It also appeared from the statement of Mr Levy, that an
offer had been made of 2.30/. for the recovery of the bill of
acceptance, but in consequence of a disagreement relative to
law exj/enses the afThir went off, and hence the present pro-
ceediagj.—.lftir a long discussion, Alderman )lusgres c
referrod, to the police act, and called the attention of Mr. 1
Levy to-the 40th clause, wherein it was stated that magic-

trates had the power to order goods to be restored to the I
amount of 1.51., re
but that they had no power to order the s-
toration of muniments, document+, deeds, or papers under
any circumstances.—MT. Isaacs, who had at first ratimated '
his Intention of disputing the jurisdiction of the magistrate,
said, even if he had made an order for the delivery of the
stamp, it would have been resisted.—Alderman Musgrove
said that was very likely the course that would be pursued
by the defendant. He was of opinion that he had no juris-
diction, and, therefore, must dismiss the summons.
BOW-STREET.—Mss. LONSAX AGAIN.—The adjourned
summons in this case was again heard before Mr. Henry.
The defendant, Captain Lomax, was not in attendance, but
his brother, Mr. James Lomax, the solicitor, stated that he
appeared on behalf of the General, and that he bad made
the returning officer an offer of is. per week for the support
of his brother's wife and child.—Mr. Boswood, the relieving
officer, said that Mr. James Lomax had stated to him, on
Tuesday evening, that he would withdraw all charge of im-
proper behaviour against Mrs. Lomax, and would guarantee
the payment of ss. per week fur her support. He, Mr.
BuswoOd, thought that it was not enough, and he considered
I the only point to be argued was, whether that sum was
Isufficient, or whether it ought not to be made 7s. 6d.—Mrs.
Lomax said that she could not support herself and child on
is. per week, and hoped she should be allowed a little more,
a., during this season' General Lomax allowed her husband
255. per week. She also stated that since the last hearing,
she had had to submit to a great many annoyances.—Mr.
James Lomax said that his father had determined only to
allow his brother IL per week, and it had been proved that
his board and lodging cot 13s. per week, and that if he
allowed his wife as., it would only leave him 2s. for postage,
gloves, and other little necessaries.—Mr. Henry said there
was a great deal of difficulty with regard to this case,
as it appeared to him that her husband was insane.—Mr.
Boswood said that he should have been prepared with evi-
dence to prove the sanity of the husband, but he thought
there would be no occasion for it, as he had been led to
believe there would be an amicable arrangement. He also
said that when he saw the General last Tuesday, he had
offered to pay him the whole 20s. a week, nod leave him
(Mr. Boswood) to apportion it out between the husband and
wife, but that he did not feel disposed to accede to, without
having the magistrate's opinion.—Mr. Henry thought it
would be the best possible course to adopt, and advised Mr.
Boswood to immediately go and see the General, and accept
such an offer, as the General being the party who made the
allowance he had full power to apportion it as he pleased.—
Mr. James Lomax here muttered he was quite sure that
offer would not be repeated.—Mr. Henry repeated his advice
to Mr. Boswood, and advised him to hasten and see the
General before he could have his mind prejudiced by any
one, and to tell the General, that although there was no
power to compel him to support his daughter, he (Mr.
Henry) had the power under the old statute of Queen Eliza-
beth to compel him to support his grandchild, if the parish
authorities thought proper to proceed against him, and he
should adjourn the summons till to-morrow.
WORSHIP-STREET.—AOGRAVATED CRUELTY TO AN
Arauasrice.—Me. James Sucking, a brush manufacturer,
in the Kingsland-road, appeared before Mr. Bingham, upon
an adjourned warrant, to answer a charge of excessive cruelty
to James Marsden, his apprentice, from the effects of which
he hart been confined for nearly two months in the London
Hospital. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Vann,
who attended for the prosecution, and the evidence of the
complainant, a sickly, attenuated youth of sixteen years of
age, that in the month of April last, he was apprenticed,
by the Drapers' Company, to the defendant, who received
with him a premium of dl. 10s., but the money had scarcely
been paid when his master commenced a system of intoler-
able ill-usage towards him, throwing blocks of wood at his
head, assailing him with the moat opprobrious epithets,
and declaring that if he remained twenty years under his
roof, he was resolved never to teach him his business. This
system of persecution continued until the 3rd August, when,
as he happened to be humming a tune after leaving off
work, his master pursued him with a thick stick in
his hand, and beat him so unmercifully that he was
unable to return to his work for two days. His
father at that time remonstrated with the defendant upon
his brutal conduct, but received nothing but abuse from the
latter, who told him that he should beat the boy as often as
he thought proper, and subsequently declared that he would
never rest until he had laid him upon a 'sick bed for six
months. About three days after the threat, his master Bud-
eenly entered the work-room, and, without the slightest
pravocation, commenced kicking him in a savage manner
in the lower part of his person; he, however, still continued
at his work, until he felt such excruciating pain that he was
compelled to discontinue it ; and, being unable to walk, was
conveyed by his mother to the house of a neighbouring sur-
geon who told him that if he did not instantly enter the
hospital, he would be dead in less than a fortnight. He was
accordingly removed to the London Hospital, where he had
remained almost ever since, and was still suffering from bad
health and debility.—A certificate was put in from Mr.
Critchett, assistant-surgeon at the London Hospital, stating
that the complainant had been admitted into that institu-
tion in the month of August last, from a severe injury to the
peritoneum, resulting in an sheets, and that be had been
confined to his bed for six weeks.—The defendant, at the
former examination, denied the charge of ill-treatment,
although he admitted having kicked the boy in consequence
of his idle habits, and said that, if allowed time, he should be
able to prove that the complainant's confinement in the hos-
pital was occasioned by the general badness of his health, and
not from any act of violence on hit part.—The case was
accordingly adjourned, and the defendant now called two
other apprentices and an errand-hay, but their evidence, so
far from confirming his statement, went fully to substantiate
the complaint against him.—Mr. Bingham expressed his
opinion that a case of most cruel and unprovoked ill-treat-
ment had been made out against the defendant, and he
should order him to pay the full penalty of 51., orin default
be committed for two months to the House of Correction; in
addition to which the indentures must be immediately can-
celed, and three-fourths of the premium returned to the
complainant.
CLERKENWELL.—POCKETrINO THE STAKES. —John
Allen, a pugilist, and 'owner of the Hojapole beer shop,
Sharp's-alley, Cow-cross, Clerkenwell, was summoned hefere
Mr. Combs, at the instance of Mr. John Farley, a sporting
gentleman from the country, to show cause why he refused
to deliver up a gold watch. Mr. E. H. Woods, solicitor, 42,
Southampton-buildings, Holborn, attended for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Jones for the defendant. The prosecutor, it
appeared, had'accompanied a friend to the London Docks, on
Tuesday last, for the purpose of choosing and "tasting"
some wine, which they did rather freely, and became so ex-
hilarated by its effects that they perigrinated over the metro-
polis and paid a visit to the defendant's house, where there
were several pugilists. The defendant began to talk of
fighting. and said he would'fight any man in England. for
dol. Mr. Furley told him he would back a man in the room
against him far 101., and laid down his gold watch as a
deposit for 101. Defendant covered it with 10 sovereigns;
when it was proposed that the stakes should bi placed in the
hands of Tom Spring, but this defendant declined, and took
possession of the money and watch. On the following day
Mr. Farley attended at nine o'clock to have the battle aught,
but defendant said he had forfeited his watch as he had not
kept his time. Allen produced the watch, and Mr. Combs
ordered it to be restored to Mr. Farley, which was dune, and
tLe parties left the Court. •
:MA ItLBOROUG 11-ST REET.--Eto rama a tr. —Applica-
tionWatimade to Mr. Hardwick fur the assistance of the police
to trace out the residence of a young female, aged IG, very
respectably connected, who had been decoyed away from the
house of Mrs. Hambrock, milliner, Old Bund-street, on
Friday last. The girl was placed by her friends in the care
of Mrs. Hambrock to learn dress-making. Her disappear-
ance on Friday evening last, with her clothes, led to inquiry,
and after some difficulty, the cabman who took her away
was found, who pointed out the house to which he took his
fare. The house was one of d:sreputable character, and here
it was that the girl was met by an individual with whom she
passed the night. Mr. Hardwick readily rendered the re- '
quired assistance by sending for one of the police inspectors,'.
and placing the matter in his hands. Mr. Hardwick was
yesterday informed that no trace of the fugitive could
be gained. Her parents and friends were in a state
of great distress, and were most anxious to rescue
the unfortunate girl from the infamous connexion
which she had formed, but at present they were
quite at fault as to the best mode of proceeding.
—Yesterday, a gentleman, accompanied by his daughter,
came to the court, to make application on the subject of the
detention of his daughter's clothes by Mrs. Hambrock. The
applicant said his daughter was placed with Mrs. Hambrock
to learn the business, but she had been summarily dismissed,
and her boxes detained, on the plea that she had been either
privy to, or instrumental in, the abduction of the missing
girl. The daughter declared to Mr. Haydn 'c't, in the most
positive terms, that she was entirely ignorant of Miss Jarvis's
present abode, and that she had not the remotest idea of the
person with whom the girl had formed an abandoned con-
nexion. She had been threatened by Mr. and Mrs. Hambrock,
and had even been placed in the custody of the police, for her
alleged share in the girl's elopement, though she was com-
pletely innocent of the charge.—Mr. Hardwick directed
police-constable Oiblett to go with the applicant to Mr.
Hambrock, and to say that the magistrate was satisfied with
her denial, and that, therefore, her clothes must be given up.
WEST M INSTEP..—Cat'T !OK TO SERVANTS.—Yesterday,
John Metcalfe was finally examined charged with having
gone to the residence of Mr. Hulse, 49, Markham-square,
with intent to commit felony.—There have of late been re-
peated robberies at gentlemen's houses at Chelsea, by a fel-
low who, pretending to have been sent with some article from
a tradesman, has availed him.-elf of the temporary absence of
the servant to rob the hall. About a fortnight ago, a man
went to a house in Markham-square, and sent the servant
into the parlour with a pair of old razors which he directed
her to take immediately to her master, and whilst she was
absent, took the street door key, and in the evening the house
was entered and some coats stolen from the hall. On Thursday
week prisoner presented himself at Mr. Hulse's, when that
gentleman, who had heard of what was going on in this way,
had him shown into the parlour, whilst the servant gave in-
formation to one of the parties who had been robbed. She
was, however, so long gone, that the prisoner became alarmed,
and suddenly seizing the razors which he pretended he had
brought from Mr. Moore, of Tichborne-street, darted out of
the house, but was pursued and captured. It was proved
that Mr. Moore knew nothing whatever either about the
razors or the prisoner, and that the latter had been for two
veers the daily associate of thieves. Prisoner was committed
tor three months to hard labour.
LAMBETH.—THE MOTHER or OXFORD wow SHOT AT
THE OVREN.—Yesterday Mrs. Hannah King, a smartly
dressed and good-looking female, the mother of George Ox-
ford, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on the fol-
lowing charge. Mr. Thomas Gratchead, a respectable
chcesemonger in the Westminster-road, said he had known
the prisoner for some years, and bad latterly been subjected
to the greatest possible annoyance from her, in consequence
of his being a witness in a suit which her husband, Mr.
King, a gentleman of large property, at Abingdon, in
Berkshire, had instituted for a divorce, and in which he ob-
tained a judgment in his favour. On the evening before,

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