The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARYLEBONE

WORKHOUSE.

Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors and
pardime of the poor of St. Marylebonis, held in the board-
room of the workhouse, New-road, Mr. Valerians; in the
chair, Mr. Ryan, the muter of the workhouse, coomplying
with the order of the Poor-law Board, tendered his resigna-
tion to the Cratere and guardians. The board was in
committee at the time the resignation was received, sad it
was resolved without discussion to defer the oonsideration of
the subject as to whether the board should accept the resig
amiss or not till He next meeting, of which special untied
shall be ghee.
Dr. 8A011077/011 said, mean that the represeotatives
of the press were in the room, he wished the chaplain might
be sailed in to contradict certain etatenirsts which had ban
made at the Marylebose vestry and published, rentals; as
the managemest of the workhouse' more especially as re-
spected that elm of females) whisk had reeently bees so
much the subject of public disessaioo. (Hear, bear.)
The BAT. P 2171 Moony, the chapatis, was Galled le,
and aimed Int, a statement showing the steps be had
alas for nearly twenty years to reclaim the class of girls
some of whom had been flogged. It was sot tree that those
girls had been brought up in the workhouse schools. He
oho had to deny the statement made by Dr. Gourley, a
mean of the board, that drunkenness) prevailed ta the
workhouse.
Dr. BACKOMIII said that Dr. Gourley wag reported to
have stated at the vestry on Saturday last that 2,0001. per
annum was expended In hierylebono workhouse in spirituous
lrizaise:, and that ea Saturday nights pauper@ might bees se
about Li the workhouse daub., just as they would
w a es potpie coming out of gin chop. (Oh, oh.) Now la
(Dr. &shofar) gave that Manama the most at sod ie-
aghast costreabetiou. (Hew, hear.) The fact was the
1t... Mandell 80C1. foe wise for the islimary, and those
who did the labour of the house, the stimuli, wise dye..
used not only in the home bat prescribed medically by
the diarist surgeons to the out-door par, sad altogether it
did nog mesh the sum named. (Himr.) He called upon
Dr. asseloy to say if ho mad* sash statiemeat. Hear.)
Dr. Gosmasts MEOW that he had In abeam' dose so,
eel ho eeinereel k, and said he had Yuman helped people
aercm tIll• weehhessioyard use worse fw liquor. (Oh, oh )
The Hon. sad Bev. Mr. Palms On rooter) moved that
the chaplain be requested to make ha report as to the girls
in writing, and that it be printed foe the information of the
board.
Ms. &mots seconded the motion, which was carded.

EXTENSIVE CLOTH ROBBERY AT HUDDERS-
FIELD-VIOLENT CONFLICT WITH THE
ROBBERS.

On Thursday lut, live powerful ruffians, named
James Atkinson, George Brook, John Hardustle, Samuel
Patchett, and Abraham Appleyari, nerd tried before R.
W. Wiekhem, E.q., M.P., at the West. Riding Sessione, at
Leeds, upon the charges 01 breaking into the warehouse of
Mr. Was. Walker, at Longwood. near Huddersfield, and
stealieg tea ends of cloth, worth 1001. The case hes en-
cited very considerable interest in tte West Riding, iron
the feat that the prisoners formed part 3f • gang of robbers
who have from time to time committed extensive and
daring depredations at iced., Bradford, Hadderefi-it, and
other plugs, from some of which towns woollen goods have
been stolen in one night almost sufficient to lout a waggon.
From the stridence adduced on the prisoners trial, it ap-
peared that the prosecutor, Mr. Welker, is a merchant end
manufaetarer of woollen cloth, at Longwood, near Hud-
dersfield. Daring the night of the let of August his ware-
house was blokes open, end tan cede of bleak woollen cloth
carried off. Information wee given et once to the police,
sad Mr. Heaton, superintendent of the Huddersfield police,
took the requisite steps to detest the thieve.. Nothing was
heard of the matter for some time ; but at length it occurred
to Mr. Heaton that it would be well to examine cart's&
places in the neighbourhood. Among other places searched
was • building at Qoarnsby, formerly used as a school, but
at present the meeting place of one or two denotnioations
of dissestere. In the ceiling of this building is •
trap-door or man-hole, giving adistieeloa to a space
helves, the ceiling and the roof. An officer went
through the trap-door into the fal.it roof, and there found
eight wide of black cloth, which by the tickets, numbers,
and other marks, were identified as eight of the ten ends
steeo. Peeling utiefied that thou who " planted " the
stolen property would wine to fetch it away, the wheels-
teedeat and *growl other damn concealed the meet ves in
an adjacent Rasta and watched night by night from the
26th of August to the Ist of September; and then the
ofieen removed from the mists' to • garden nearer the
school, where they continued their watch night by sight till
half-past eleven o'clock on the 3rd of September. At that
boar, the prisoners Brook and Atkinson same alceg the
road, mend the barn, and subsequently walked towards
Qaarasby-fold. They we-a followed by five or six other
ma., and all went to the school where the cloth was
aosseslad. One of these men, the prewar Patchett, wee
amnia, a new plash. These men unlocked the door
of the school with • akeletee key, sad entered, while
Appleyard kept watch at the side of the garden
where the oaken were cososaled, and only separated
from them by a low wall and iron palmate'. The
mu, who had entered the whin treated the plank so es to
give access to the sue-hole; hut at this moment Apse.
yard saw or heard something in the garde., and running
towards the shoal, shouted, " All away, all away I " The
nee tubed out, sad the dimes were upoa them hams-
Measly. A severe struggle ensued, the result being the
=of Brook sad Atkinson, and the serape of the
Daring the struggle, Brook out open the face of a
cenelaile with • dark thawn he earned, and afterwards
Iftee to brain him with a heavy life-preserver. He
woe, hemmer, ensured. Later the same eight, Bardoestie
was eggeshenied et Wyk*, sear Bradford, at which time
his shoes eel lereeses were guile wet, end the shoes wen
also nerd Matt rawniag Pandreased the other prisseue
were apprehended at their bum, when seine house-
eel • new waistcoat and trowels,
bireasredij="l lk
sol the sumo kind es that stolen, were
bend. Mined Shaw, himself • eravict, related • sea-
vomit= vita be bad with Hardcastle ea the morning after
rebbeim when Hardened* described its cithunietanees,
end slitrni hat the eleth had been "planted" where it
mead ruses he three works or • month.
The while of the primmer, were convicted ; and, in
passiag senlethiet.
Mr. Mishima sal the wart could not forget that the
prisms= wore a set el an beaded together to commit any
deeds gibbons, DM the murder. us designs of at lent one
of thou bad tau proved bruise all doubt. Having Woken
into the wagehense and weaseled the plseder, they waited
for Ave it sin weeks, in the hope that the vigilance of the
plies had Membered, ead the hue and cry had blown over.
But HIM bad Mad disessives miserably disappointed ; for
the prim had used end eoatiesed exertions which must
isammead three lesurybody who had hoard the sue. The
estivili,stel, sad widows of Superiateudeat
M a Heeler the were creditable to them in the highest
degrees. at the desperate character of the pri-
sews, thessuri meld not think of allowing them • chases
sf seesiellang sham aria ter • long time to come. The
wellesee of de Yen NMI Obbne, therefore, was, that they
huh' mob be pissed hi penal servitude for the period of
eight gem.
• gratuity of 101. was awarded to floperlntendest Hea-
t= far his suelleet conduct throughout the transaction.