The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

John Hope, a police sergeant of the H division. N 0.3, was
charged with stealing BiX shillings, the monies of a prisoner
who was being searched at the station-house. It appeared
from the evidence of Lank' Sugg, another sergeant of the
same division, No. 17, that about one o'clock, on the mor-
ning of Friday last, Mr. Edward James Price, a respectable
shop-keeper. of Stepney, was brought to the Lemon-street
station-house, charged with being drunk and incapable.
When they proceeded to ascertain, as was usual, what
money or other articles he had upon sim, so that care might
be taken of them, he refused to be searched, whereupon the
defendant put his hand into the gentleman's trowsers
pocket and pulled out a parcel of silver, some of which fell
on the floor. Sergeant Sugg, who was acting inspector at
the time, picked up Is., and another shilling was picked
up by a private individual, whilst the ;defendant picked
up the remainder, and then continued his search. When
he concluded it he put some money into witness's
right hand, and he (Sergeant Sugg) deposited it in
the desk, directing the defendant to count it out.
Hope proceeded to do so, and having concluded said,
" Here's 11. 15s. 4d. ;" witness observing that there was
some silver ingeniously concealed between the lingerie( the
prisoner's left hand, said, " that won't do, you have not
counted what's in your other hand." Hope replied " It's
all right," to which Sugg answered "No, no; it is not.
You must give what's in your left hand." On hearing this,
Hope swept the 11. 15s. over to the left hand side of the
desk, and taking it all up proceeded with it to the inspector's
room, when the money was again counted, and instead of
being 11. 15s. 4d. it was found to be 21. Is. 4d. After that
Hope came to Sergeant Sup: and said this is a bad job, a
shall be ruined. After a little while he added, "It was a
mere omission on my part—a mere omission—and I can
assure you 1 had no telethons intent."
Mr. Ingham said the ease was one for further enquiry,
and he would remand the further hearing till Wednesday
nest, but would take bail for the prisoner's appeals's* an
that day.
No sureties being forthcoming, he was carried away In
the van.

ARBITRARY MODE OP COLLECTING THE RATES,
Sr. MARY'S, ISLINOTON.—Last evening a numerous end
influential meeting of the inhabitants of the above parish
was held in the Assembly Rooms, Lansdowne Arms, Isling-
ton-green, for the purpose of protesting against the arbi-
trary and tyrannical proceedings of the present trustees of
the parish. Henry Shakspeare, Esq., occupied the chair,
and briefly explained the objects of the meeting. The pre-
sent tory trustees had taken upon themselves, without con-
sulting the parishioners, to collect two quarters'
mites, which was en illegal act, and one which
ought not to be tolerated by the rate-payers.
Mr. Lewis moved the first resolution to the effect, that the
collecting the rates in one sum isunusuol, unneceuary, and
arbitrary, and that the conduct of the trustees in adopting
that course is highly reprehensible. He remarked that it
must appear to all, even to the oldest inhabitant in the parish,
that the mode of collecting the rates was unprecedented.
He had examined the minutes of the parish for the last 200
years, and there was no precedent for collecting the rates in
the manner the trustees had thought fit to do of late. But
the present local act was fraught with so much evil to the
parish, that he feared that in a court of law the collection of
the two quarters' rates at one time might be defended, but it
devolved upon the parishioners to protest against the proceed.
mg ; the trustees might demand the rate, but they could not
enforce the payment legally; this was evident from the
clause in the local act, which distinctly states that every
person having paid the current quarter's rate is entitled to
vote. The trustees stated that they were compelled to col
lett the double rate because they had no math in hand ;
whereas it bad been ascertained that they had 4,0001. is
hand. The trustees had also paid the police and county rate
long before it was due.—Mr. Pike seconded the resolution.
Mr. Simms, jun., condemned the statement lately issued by
the trustees as a document full of trickery and
unworthy the parish, and one which ought to
be repudiated by the rate-payers. The trustees had
demanded money when they had a considerable balance in
hand, and had put the parish to numerous unnecessary ex-
penses. They had endeavoured to expend 1,0001. in erect-
ing parochial offices in a corner of the workhouse, when it
was in contemplation to erect vestry rooms, that the 1,0001.
wuuld be quite thrown away. Among other irregularities,
he instanced the fact that in one week the trustees carried
to account the sum of 2004 for the current expenses of the
master of the workhouse; in the same week the expenditure
of the master was only 87/., and the balance was paid in to
the banker. (Shame.) This was only one item ; there
were many others which he could prove to any person who
would accompany him to inspect the parish accounts. He
urged all present to lend their assistance in getting the pre-
sent local act amended or repealed, and do away with plu-
rality of voting for ever. The resolution war carried, and
several gentlemen having further spoken on the same sub-
ject, the proceedings terminated with thanks to the chair-
Man.

How TAE BCSABIEN OBTAIN OSTRICHES.—A
favourable method adopted by the wild bushman for
approaching the ostrich and other varieties of game
is to clothe himself in the akin of one of these 1346, in
which, taking care of the wind, he stalks about the plain,
cunningly imitating the gait and motions of the ostrich
until within range, when, with a well-directed poisoned
arrow from his tiny bow, he can generally seal the fate
of any of the ordinary varieties of game. These insig-
nificant looking arrows are about two feet six inches
in length: they consist of a slender reed, with a sharp
bone head, thoroughly poisoned with a composition, of
which the principal ingredients are obtained sometimes
from a sueettleat herb, having thick leaves, yielding a
poisonous milky juke, and sometimes from the jaws of
snakes. The bow rarely exceeds three feet in length ; its
string is of twisted sinews. When a bushman Ws an
ostrich's nest he ensconces himself in it, and there awaits
the return of the told birds, by which means be generally
secures the pair. It I. by means of these little arrows that
the majority of the fine Seses:re obtained which grace
the heads of the Lir bout the civilised world.—
Ifroter's LOP is lissa '