The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-13 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Mr. Charlet SI/Feld, pawnbroker in the Brixton-road,
was charged by W salt, un int 'met, with having exacted
more than his legal interest alma goons received in pledge.
Writt's case was supported by the esidt nee of a female,
who admitted that her husband lived by proving complain-
ant'. Cast S.
After hearing the evidence, Mr. Nortou said he was con-
vineed that if any overchare had been made it was not by
defendant's wish.
Mr. Sethi Id stated that ahout a year and a hale ago he
received a letter from Wyatt, and in consequence called at
his house. Wyatt, who made hi. appearance with nothing
on bet I. trousers ILIA shirt, addressed him in tree moot
familiar rammer ; and yawning and stretching out hi. arms
reclaimed, tt The fact is I wan damned drunk last night."
Astonished at the fonailiarity of a person with whom he
had nes sr before csehanged a syllabi:, he asked Wyatt
i hi. object in writing the letter to him, and his wish to
sir him; when Wyatt replied, that the f..et was that he
must do as other pawnbrokers did, pay him a pound a
year, and he should then take care that there were no in-
ffirmations laid against him. lie (Mr. Suffield) remarked
that be 1.. I large family to support, and Ind th,refore
something dm to do with his money, 'asides contributing
it to the support °revery drunken sagab
Mr. Norton observed that there could be no doubt of the
intention vitae informer in writing such a letter to the
defendant, and there was as little doubt, as the law stood,
that Wyatt was liable to an indictment. A hue of one
shilline;, in each of the three cases, would meet the de-
mand, of the
The tints were paid, the informer's share amounting to
eightetaqs.ace.

.NioDEL LODGING-IDA:OM IN WESTMINaTLIt I'OIITIIE
Cka,sr.s.—The Westminster Improvement
Coniniksiewrs, having opened Victoria-strict, feel most
strongly that their next
the
duty k to endeavour to
provide hotter houses fur the Labouring Clittle4 who have of
necessity been removed from their former wretched abodes
by the retvnt improvements. With this view they ter
some time used their utmost exertions to form a joint stock
company, for the purpose of erecting lodging house, on
a large stale. But the public WCTO very reluctant to sub-
@Bribe to ,isch Lutitutions, owing to a general belief that
the skartledders would reap little or no return, and would,
prot eted by a charter Or aet of parliament. be involved
in ttaititerraf liabilitit 4. At the same time. however, the
Commis-.finer- I.•artt that the urge buildtri are prepared
v. lay out t epee tt to any extent in the erection of any kind
of it' they are only a,tured of Moan's to rent the
a • whea h0..-11..1. It ha, therefore occurred to them
that if a small sum were raised by lo mat interested in the
question. wl; i.r object would be not to build hut to rent a
lodging-boo:se from the builder, it might be the means of
pr ii.g to the public that comparatively small investments
I may be so made as to yield n high out fade remuneration to
the subscribers, and at the same time to induce :. builders to
lay out large sum. in erecting impros ell dwellings for the
working classes. As an illustration of their meaning they
have 0,117 rca.tu to belieee that with a capital of only
2.i00)'. (ere-lailf of which they will undertake to raise
I aniang themselve.) they can tarry out the following plan :
They are prepared to a •vute a, a site fur lotlging-lionses
piece of land to Ceitlethute, Westminster, lying considerably
to the south of Vittoria-street, and hating a froatage of 110 ft.
and a depth of 100. On t:iis they eon arrange with a
builder for the ervetiessof lodging-bousts capable of accom-
modating •..0 families at weekly rent, of only Is. each, on
coutl:6 m that a tenant shall be found to take a lease of the
pmpt rty for a term of 99 years (or longer, if required by
the wilwerili at aet arly rent of d2l/. and to pay a pre-
mium for Me emte I,:iee. This will ;till leave abalone
in hand of .-rao/. out of the 2.000/. fur current expenses and
matingenei:t, and the position of the subscribers will then
be as follow,: tit let at es. per week, will
produce an annual income of 930/. The outgoings
will be rent, 5251.; rates and tuxes, 801. ; water
101. ; repairs, management, tc., 1001. ; total 7151.
Balance 2211. Total, 0.104. Thus the proprietors will be
enabled to divide amen rd. themselves a return of 0 per
cent. on their investment of 2,070'., and to lay by a reserved
fund of 101/. a year. At the none time no liability whatso-
ever will be incurred by any except the tru,tees. to whom
the tear may be granted. and the commissioner, will
undertake to bud persons willing to bold that office for the
benclit of the subwribers. The accommodation afforded for

the above mentiow rent of 1.. a week will be two good
rooms, a water closet, and a scullery, tot eaeh firmly—
being a very great lucre am: on what the working man
ran now obtain at a similar price. It is obvious, how-
ever, that two rooms are iasuacient for any but a very
small family; but it is found that if sump of the
sets of apartment, are enlarged, and tho, containing
three rooms are let act • week, and others con-
taining four rooms at 65., the return to tae
subseritsers will not be less than that shown in the estimate
already given. The commissioners have also ascertained,
with great satisfaction, that if all the above-mentioned
rents were: increased by siapence a week, the tenants would
still derive very great benefit from the proposed buildings.
11 these views en correct, it is °bylaw that the above plan
will enable those who are interested in the subject, by a
comparatively trilliar subscription of LON/. in addition to
the LOW!. offered by the commissioners, not only to provide
accommodation fur a great number of poor families, but to
prove a very important point, that investments of this
nature may be mak highly remunerative to the capitalist.
All the commissioner now suggest is, that •columir.

shall be appointed, consistinr of with power to
add to their number; and that these gentlemen shall
receive the names of subscribers, shall investigate the above
proposal, and ascertain whether it is practicable and capable
of being carried out with advantage and without risk. And
that according to the opinion they may arrive at, they shall
have discretionary power either to return any monies they
may receive and abandon the undertaking, or to call in
the subscriptions and employ the money in carrying out the
plan, subject to inch alterations and regulations as they
may think advisable.
nu: AT PECKllAM.—Yesterday afternoon, at a
few minutes before 1 o'clock, a fire broke out in the pre-
mises belonging to Mr. J. Howard, a carpenter and builder,
situate No. 12, high-street, Peckham. The flames ori-
ginated in the workshops, and owing to the intiamtuablo
stock in trade therein, they spread with unusual swift-
ness, so that in about 10 Malik% after the first alarm was
given, the whole of the workshops presented a huge sheet
of dame, from whence the destructive element extended to
the range of stables helongiag to the same party. Within
a short time, notwithstanding the aid of the Fire Brigade,
the workshops belonging to Mr. Howard, together with the
stablinz, were destroy,l, three small baLlings, &c., be-
longing to Mr. Orton. the chemist, pulled down, consider-
able damage done to the premises of Mr. W. Clayton, and
the roof of Mr. Archer's brewery damaged by fire, and the
contents by water. Fortunately the principal sufferers
were insured in the Norwich Onion Fire (Mice.
THE STONIIAM MURDER.—The warrant for the
execution of Mary Emily Cage commands that her death
shall take place of Saturday next. Calcrift, however, will
be busy at Norwich, and the Warwick hangman has also
his hands full. Thera is therefore another •• fix," and pro-
bably another brood of would-be hangmen will start up,
who will set forth their claims to do the strangling work of
the country. It is not unlikely that the execution will he
defrrred until Monday.—lpszcsei Exprets.