The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

CLEIIKENWELL,

At the opening oftrtiiC:isTrt,BlZsrisThrooke, crape menu-
faeturers, of Owen's-row. Onswell street-road, attended by
their solicitor and Sergeant Gunn, 8 0, presented themselves
before Mr. Corti., and solicited his advice under the fol-
lowing remarkable circumstances:
It appeared that on the 16th inst. Misses. Brooke re-
ceived a letter signed " Dr. Moloy," without an address,
making a claim of 10/. on them for medicine and attendance
on • female, whose residence also and name not being men-
tioned, the firm believed that the application was made
from; some madman or mischievoua person to give annoy.
ante, and therefore cast the epistle aside. They were, how-
ever, somewhat startled five days afterwards by the receipt
of another letter from Mr. Wilkin, solicitor, of Furnivart-
inn, referring to Mr. Thomas Brookes, repriaenting that he
had been instructed by Dr. Moloy, of Amwell-street, for
payment of ten guineas for surgical attendance " upon that
poor deformed cripple, but nevertheless your mistress, and
mother of your child," adding that unless the same were
paid on that day an action would be commenced in
the County Court, where the whole matter
would be exposed." The applicants thought it was
now quite time to to I, if possible, such rn
system of annoyance, and immediately consulted
their professional adviser, who placed the further investiga-
tion of the affair in the hands of the above-named experi-
enced officer, who, doubting the genuineness of the last
letter, waited on Mr. Wilkin, when that gentleman ad-
mitted that he had written it under the direction of his
client, Dr. Moloy. The constable afterwards visited the
latter individual, and elicited from him that he bad been
engaged in the secouchement of • wooden-legged hunch-
backed woman, 46 years old (since dead), at the house of a
Mr. Russell, a carpenter, of No. 5, Warren-street, Laing-
ton, by whom he had been told that a Mr. Thomas Brookes
was the father of the child, which was the reason for his
making a claim on thou gentlemen.
Mr. Corns observed that the proceedings were of a moat
extraordinary and irregular kind, and inquired if Sergeant
Gunn had seen Russell.

The officer said he had, but all he could glean from him
was, that he could, if he chose, give the name and abode of
the alleged father; still, as it was a secret deposited with
him, he would not divulge it.
The attorney of Messrs. Brook. informed the worthy
magistrate that his respectable clients disowned the die•
gr.icaul esnnexion or knowledge of the matter particularly
alluded to, and were, of course, anxious to bring all to light,
and punish all those seeking to annoy them.
Mr. Corti, said the letter of Mr. Wilkie was, in his
I opinion, a clear and scandalous libel, and the better way to
proceed further would be to take out a summons against
him for the calumny.

SOUTHWARK.
A middle-aged man, dressed in black, named Arthur
Warmoll, who was described as a surgeon and patent
medicine vendor, of N.. 63, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street,
was charged with stealing • bookcase, a clock, a►d a quan-
tity of show bottles, and other articles used in fitting up •
chemist's shop, the property of Mr. M. 0. Wray, another
surgeon and patent vendor, formerly of Holborn-hill.
An officer from the Society for the Protection of Trade
was in attendance to watch the promedings. It is proper
to state at the outset that none of the parties to these trans-
actions have the slightest claim to the professional character
which all assumed.

The prosecutor said that he resided at No. 12, Welling-
ton-street, Strand. In the tarty part of 1851 he had a
house and shop at No. 5, Crown-place, Old Kent-road, and
while there he was arrested and confined in the Queen's
Prisms. He came out in the middle of the year 1852.
Before he was aerated he had had a quarrel with his land•
lord, and had removed &great portion of his goods to a loft
*tithe Dun Cow Tavern, Old Kent-road, leaving the remain-
der in Crown•place. They consisted of show-bottles, worth
from 1001. to 1601. There were also several hundred Flats
bottles, with his name on them, and various other things.
When he came oat of prison he was informed that the pri-
soner had removed all his property from Crown-place, and
had sold his book-case, clock, some glass bottles, and other
articles. Some of these things he had found at different
pawnbrokers. He had received information from his son,
a few months ago, that the articles had been sold by the
prisoner, but could not find, till very recently, where they
had been removed to. He at last discovered where the
prisoner lived, by an advertisement about "Dr. Arthur's
Specific Pills," at Rithbone-place. When he went to the
shop he found his son there, who had entered into partner-
ship with the prisoner, and was to receive half the profits
of the business. His eon told him he thouitht the goods
had been assigned to the prisoner, and that be had a right
to sell them. His son had since left the prisoner, and had
established himself at No. 6, Wellsetreet, Oxford-street,
from whence he had issued circulars, recommending " Dr.
Arthur's Pills" and other specifics, for the cure of
all diseases, and appointing certain hours for con-
sultation with Dr. Arthur, also cautioning patients against
the non-medical man, Mr. Warmoll. Upon cross-examina-
tion the plaintiff contradicted himself in various particulars.
The son of the complainant, who was about 16 or 17 years
old, said that the prisoner bad represented himself as Dr.
Arthur, and that he himself had been consulted by patients.
He said that the prisoner Warmoll knew nothing of chemis-
try, surgery, or anything else about the busincas, although
he had represented himself as Dr. Arthur.
Mr. A'Beckett asked the witness whether he was the Dr.
Arthur alluded to in the advertisement ?

Witness said there would be a doctor in a few days, but
at present be was consulted.
Mr. A'Beckett then asked the witness whether he under-
stood the business, and whither he had his father's receipts ?
Witness—No, I have not. I know pretty well all th
ingredients, and I guess the remainder.
-Mr. A'Beckett—This is a disgraceful piece of business
altogether, and nothing less than a gross imposition on the
public. The idea of a lad and a man who know nothing
of medicine to set themselves up as surgeons to cure all
diseases. Is there any Dr. Arthur ?
Witness—There is a Dr. Arthur in existence.
Mr. A'Beekett—Did your father know you were living
with this person ?
Witness—l called upon my father two months ago, in
Wellington•street, but I did not tell him where I was
living. lie found me out a few days ago, and called
upon me.
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rMr. A'Beckett here said that if even he could have per-
fectly relied on the evidence, there was a great doubt
whether it amounted to a felony. Both father and son had
given their testimony in such a contradictory manner, and
their characters appeared so disreputable, that he could not
listen to them with any credence. The youth actually sc-
knowleges the gross imposition he practised with the pri-
soner, with whom, it appeared, he had recently quarreled,
and j lined partnership with the father. It was also very
unaccountable of the prosecutor in delaying the charge
against the prisoner so long, as it appeared he had fre-
quently.seen him since his discharge from the Queen's
Prison. Taking all matters into consideration, and the
shameful imposition practised by the son and the prisoner
on the public, he must discharge him.
Mr. Wray, sen., was immediately on leaving the court
atrei.ted by the sheriff's officer for debt, and consigned to
Horsemonger-lane gaol, while the son was given in charge,
and taken to Marylebone Police-courtfor robbing Warmoll,
the sham doctor. He was, however, immediately dis-
charged by the magistrate.

Lois OF LIFE ON THE CORNISH COAST.—lnt.elli-
' genre was received at Lloyd's on Saturday of a heavy gale
from the S.S.E. having swept along the Cornish rout on
Theraley night. One fatal shipwreck is reported, and it is
reared that the next mail will furnish details of more din.
asters. During the gale the French schooner Toney et
Josephine, Msublanc commander, bound to Cardiff from
Nantes, was driven ashore about a quarter of a mile to the
eastward of Ledge Rock, in the virtually of P , and
ovary soul of the erew, except Cu., met with a watery
grave. The schooner quickly went to pieces. Nom of the
bodies appear to have been rest up.