The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

THE REPORTERS

At half-past ten o'clock his Honour the judge opined the
court. The attendance was very thin. After some preli-
minary business his Honour, in an address, made another
attack on the reports which had appeared in the papers, as
not being sufficiently full or accurate.
The only reporter then present challenged his honour
to disprove the verity of any paragraph or notice of
his proceedings which he had ever written, and said ho
felt convinced that there was no truly recognised reporter
of any paper in Liverpool who dared to offer the proprietor
an account he was not prepared by his notes to prove as
accurate. Some manifestations of applause were hero

indulged in, and his honour disclaimed any intention
of alluding to the reporter who addressed him; on the con-
trary•, ho respected the courteous manner in which the charge
had been repudiated. The reporter said he was convinced,
if the warm-heartedacas of which his hon-ur had spoken
were since.e (which no one of right mind would doubt after
the solemn asseveration of his honour), that the remark with
regard to the report was, at least, inconsiderate.
His Honour, at the conclusion of the bu.int,s of the court,
again assured the reporter that he did not intend to insult
him, as he (the reporter) had ever shown respect to that
Court.

The reporter thanked his honour, but he begged to ob-
serve that he was not speaking for himself alone, but for tho
profession to which he belonged, and that he was only vindi-
cating the character of honourable men—men, he hopcd,
who were above suspicion, and who were not present to de-
fend themselves.

His Honour replied that the reporter was only taking a
manly and straightforward course, and that he was happy
he had elicited the explanation.—Lireqmol Chronicle.

ALLEGED ILL-TREATNIENT OF CHILDILEN
BY THE SCHOOLMASTER OF MARYLEBONE
WORKHOUSE.
Yesterday at the meeting of the board of guardians
of the parish of Marylebune, James IJavi, Esq., in the
I chair, an inquiry was entered into relative to the alleged
ill-treatment of the children in the school of the workhouse,
one of whom, Henry Newman, was said to have died in
consequence of the severe Ixtting he received from the
schoolmaster. An inquest was held on the body on the
Nth ult., and a verdict to the t Beet that deceased died from
the natural effects of typhus fever was retuned.
Mr. Squire, the assistant-surgeon, stated that he consi-
dered the wounds on three of the hoes out of the five who
had been sent to the infirmary, were the result of chastise-
ment; the wounds on the inner part of the thighs of the
other boys were in his opinion the result of accident. Tho
wounds were not of a slight character, but nut sufficiently
severe to render it necessary fir the boys to be in the in-
firmary. There were 150 boys in the school, none of whom
exhibited bruises on the back.
Mr. James Simmons, the schoolmaster, was called in and
the following cora 1111 l nieution from the poor-law board wus
read by the sosretary :
seer-law Board, Sept. 27, 13.11.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to state that
their attention has been drawn to a report of the proceed-
ings at an inquest held yestrilay at the M. Marylebeno
orkhouse, on the body of Henry Newman, deceased, a
boy aged 3 years, lute an inmate of the workhouse. The
board request to be informed whether evidence given nt the
inquest, and the verdict of the jury are under the consider-
ation of the directors and guardians, and whether they pro-
pose to make any inquiry with reference to the alleged state
of the room in the infirmary where the boy slept, and also
with reference to the conduct of the sehouhuister, and the
severity with which he is stated to have punished both the
deceased and other boys oral, r his care, with a heavy stick.
unfit to be used fur such a purpose.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" (Signed) It. W. Guar, See.
" To the Secretary of the Directors and Board of Guar-
dians."

Mr. Poland (one of the guardians) said that he felt it his
duty to communicate to the board sumo of the evidence
taken at the inquest on the boy who had been under the
schoolmaster's care. The evidence of the another of the
deceased reflected upon the character of the schoolmaster.
The boy complained of having been ill-treated. Two boys
had been called in to corroborate the evidence of the de-
ceased. One of them, the boy Ilickey, swore that he saw the
master kick one buy in the lower part of his person, and
that ten others had cracked heads.
Mr. James Simmons, the schoolmaster, said that the
whole statement, from beginning to end, was completely
false, and that the witnesses hail perjured themselves.
The cane, which was stated to be the only one ever used
'by the master in chastising the boys, was produced. It
was an ordinary-sized cane, with neither wax-end nor
thimble at the cud.
In answer to Mr. Artaud, the master stated that he never
beat the boys over the head or neck with a stick. lie had
stated this at the inquest, but it was not reported.
Mr. Poland—lt is the opini.in of the surgeon that the
bruises are the result of corporeal punishment. How do
you account for the bruises on the thigh of Webster ?
Mr. Sinnuons—lle threw a shoe at me, and I pulled him
across the desk. The bruises were not the result of any
chastisement inflicted by in The buys were continually
fighting and wounding each other; for the last three weeks
they had behaved like so many devils.
Mr. Walters had read oat account in the newspapers that
the boy who had been complimented by the coroner for his
intelligence had stated that the stick used by the school-
master was as thick as his (the boy's) crutch, and that it
was surmounted by a thimble. Ile (Mr. Walters) found
upon inquiry that this intelligent boy (who became decrepid
through severe beatings inflicted by his mother) is nine
years of age. Ile said he went to school, but he did not
know the name of his master, or where the school was.
lie thought it was Great John-street, hut there
was no such street in the parish. Ilu (Mr. Wal-
ters) could readily understand that the beadle was a great
advocate for the trade of Mr. Wakley and that he would
use all his influence to increase it. Ito hail been told that
Mr. Wakley had stated to a gentleman in an omnibus, that
be had seen the wounds. It was to be lamented that such
statements were made. The mother of deceased had
treated the boy Hickey with tea and bread and butter.
Mr. Bell, M.P.—The Master ought to have reported to
the board the fact of the mother of dem-sed having bribed
the boy Hickey.
Mr. Simmons—She did so since the inquest.
L'pon the motion of Mr. Foulger, it was unanimously
agreed that the secretary be instructed to write to the Poor
Law Board, stating that inquiries had been made, and that
the statement alluded to was nut borne out by evidence,
tad that the age of deceased, instead of 3 years, us stated in
the letter from the Poor Law Board, was 13.