The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

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A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, waited upon
Mr. Jardine to draw hie attention to the condition of a
poor miserable-looking, half naked young girl whom he had
found begging in Chaneery,ane, and who, for two or three
years past, had been regularly stripped, and sent into
the streets during the inclement season by her inhuman
father.

The child was brought into court by a police constable,
and was at once' identified as • practised mendicant, although
only ten or twelve y. an old. It was stated that she usually
begged in company with a sister, two years older, who was
one of the most artful beggars in London, and was supposed
to be at the present moment in gaol. They were destitute
of shoes and stockings, and had no under clothing of any
kind. The skirts of their dirty frocks, which they appeared
to hold upon their backs while &hulling along in's crouching
attitude, were purposely torn into slits so as to enable them
to exhibit their naked lege to pavers-by, and they were
provided with scanty shawls, capable of affording no
warmth, but sufficient to enable them to conceal their rags,
in a moment, upon the approach of • policeman. The gen-
tleman stated that when he first saw the child now in court,
two or three winter, ago, he was is the habit of relieving
her occasionally ; but her habitual attendance in the tame
part of the town, on the:recurrence of severe weather, satis-
fied him that he was only doing her a wrong to relieve lier.
de felt most anilines to do sow, thing for the permanent ad-
vantage of the girl—even if no: v to get her removed from
the neighbourhood to which his professional occupation
called him daily, and which Lad been rendered positively
miserable to him by the abject wretchedness of this child.
A mendicity oMarr. who happened to be present, said
that 'he child was extremely deaf, owing to cold and fever.
The father was a bricklayer s labourer, but he lived entirely
upon the earnings of the two children, whom mether way
dead. He Lad tried once to find the father, by direction of
Mr. Henry, but the landlady where he lived would give
him no satisfactory information respecting him, and he had
never succeeded in meeting with him.
Mr. Jardine fully sympathis.d with the gentleman who
bad interested himself in the child's behalf, but the diffi-
culty in these mess had been shindy created by the public
itself, to whom was attributable the satire reepossibility of

the evils attending the sj stem. so tong as: street itegginx eon-
tinny! to be one td the Inii-t fi..tbishing of tratks—rii keg .
as foolish people were induced to give relief indiscriminately
!
:von the tsith of the poverty aria oditction exhibited 'fru
fissions:4 (and often with extraordinary cleverness) in t:.e •
publi: streets—there was little hope of auy practicxl
remedy being effected, f..r if these children were sent to the
workhouse or an asylum, chick they themselves invariably
objected to, as they lived well enough at home, their parents
were sure to have them out agaiu within& week afterwards.
the eentlemsn left half a sovereign for the child, who
was, ler the present, seat to the Strand Union.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Rcl...ert Richmond, cab driver, was charged with making
use id insulting language, and ether misconduct', towards
Miss Mary Ann Junes, of No. 31, Edward•street.
The complainant said the delendant was called from the
rank at the Orford-street end of Semen-street to take her-
self and sister to Harrington-street. The defendant when
asked his fare said Is. 6d., but u the distance was under
two miles, complainant said she would not pay more than a
shilling. She wee about to get into the cab when the de-
fendant said he would not take them. She insisted on

getting into the cab, and as she was doing so the defendant
Jammed her arm with the door, and also her leg. When
she was inside the defendant told her she might sit there—
(concluding the sentence with a horrid imprecation). The
defendant, finding she was resolute, drove slowly away,
taking a roundabout road, and making so much intentional
delay that she insisted on his driving to the nearest
station-house. The defendant pretended he did not
know where to find the station-house, but at last
he drove them to Albany-street, where an appeal
was made to t►e police, and the defendant's number was
obtained. When she got home she found her arm pained
her very much, and on examination the limb was (quad to
be so seriously injured that she was obliged to have it fo-
mented and to wear it for several days in a sling. The
consequences of the violence had not yet diesgpsared.
The complainant's statement wee ceniborsted by her
sister.

The cabman, in defence, said other cabs detained to take
the ladies, and he conceived he bad • right be do the same.
The campanula said there wee en • word of truth in
the defendant's mention. The only sub idled was the de-
fendant's cab, and the only reason he d- u 1 r take them
was because they would sot pay men en the legal fen.
Mr. Hardwick mid the defendant bed bees saki of •
combination of cruelty and insolence, the nano Mann&
I able because directed towasda ladies. For the einem be
should send the defendant for 21 days to gobs&
JoAn Davis wee brought up for SW emesniaation
charged with having is &MIMI iiiitiONS elatalmed money
from various persons by repnesming himself te be en attor-
ney, and also with hung embanked messy, fanned to
him to collect.
Catherine Crofts, lodging-house keeper, 6t, Upper Nor.
ton-street, said that on October last, a distress for rent was
put into her house by Hr. Bond, auctioneer and agent of
the landlord. On the same day theearrarlisoner was intro-
duced to her as • lawyer, and on h her case, said the
distress wasan illegal one. He was tol to call the next
day. He did so, and then he sail before he could go on
with the can he must be paid a guinea. The money was
paid to the prisoner, and the prisoner then said, he would
take out • writ against Mr. Bond and institute proceedings
against him for an illegal distress. The prisoner obtained
at various other times, small sues of money en pretence
that he wanted money for the legal sixpences. On one
occasion the prisoner ten her that Mr. Bond had offend
101. to settle the matter, but that offer would not dolor him.
-Mr. Richard Bond, 61, Seymour-street, auctioneer, said
he was agent to the landlord, and on the 9th of October. be
put in a distress for rent. The prisoner had n called
upon him, or had any communication with him. He knew
nothing whatever about the prisoner.
On this charge the prisoner was fully committed.

The Hen. G. C. Norton vTai ;age geld for nearly two
bones in bearing • mamas which had been adios:wed
fres • pwssdlag day, in order to allow the natter to be
mica y aneaged.
The IMMO, bad been taken out by Hrs. Billlag, the
wife of • andt ia • boakitilwouse la the nay, Mr.
Blostaies, peeler in Lord
Campbell's ank /sr p•Mhhing pdmlnCl7=lll
a libel apes bor. On the brim bmwasliplisa it=
that the peones age nenndeer angbhmes la the Onamer-
road , and that be seem niemlbe gem a ungleggeat hol-
ing had eased between am. Mr. bed built
a fowl ;hawse whisk /seabed gush ea unsightly mem
anew to MM. INtialsed Ibies =MO is be: house, bet eh;
begged her manned to mien the dekedent to mum
it. Finding that the manila bed no West, the ma-
plainest herself open te time dellimienk bed be mil le her,
Women, you are as I all the wend knows wimywit
are. Yon are sa well Mown es Aldgate Pump.'_ _ This
state of things west es MIMI tine, and the deisalsat
was not sler bee bog emseyeam, for his game were
frequently daubed ever with dffilbrgat sorts of paint, sad
scurrilous }beards were bows* hung up in front of his
house. Them soneyeuess Imimilmol to Mrs. Billinprtue:
persons employed er imbed ely her sad et length
handbills were glenlileffy eleggiMed Ibmugbout the neigh-
bourhood, one Wog dee loft et the bongo of the debnisat
This was the libel egnepleissd of. Yesterisy the mhe was
seek resumed, but MIN it lad peesesmied Ar me time,
Mr. Lilly, the bungler, no behalf of the misiondent, with-
drew the imputation ea Mss. Billing sentelsed in the baud-
,' bill, and offered her as apology. The reseeding. were
thus terminated.

FROM THE LONDON OAZETTB—Friday, Da. 16

WAR-OFFICE. Du. 16.

STAPP.

The Queea has been graciously pleaned to appoint Major-
General the Honoarable Sir Georp Cathcart, E.J.B.
(now serviag as a lieutenant-general at the Cape of Good
Hope), to be Ad'utant•General to the Forces, Tice Lieu-
tenant-General Sir George Brown, 1L.C.8., resigned,
with date of 12th December. 18.3.

WAR-OFFICE, Die. 16.

2nd Regiment of Dragoon Ou'ards.—Patrick Alexander
Watson Carnegy, gent., to be cornet, by purchase, vice
Bushman, promoted.
7th Dragoon Guards.—Regimental Sergeant-Mejor David
/lowland, to be quartermaster, vice Henry Magill, who
retires u_pon halt-pay.
Bth Light Dragoons.—Surgeon George Anderson, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be surgeon, vice ',esker, who
exchanges.
12th Light Dragoons.--Surgeon George Northon Foaker,
from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be surgeon, vice Ander-
PI, who exchanges.
16th Light Dragoons.—Robert Blair, gent., to be comet,
by purchme, vice Dew, appointed to the 14th Light
Dragoons.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—The Honour.
able Amiss Poulytt, to be ensign and lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Pheromone Lane Fox, whose retire-
ment was announced in the Ossetia of the 26th Novem-
ber, 1863 ; George Arthur Ferguson, gent., to be ensign
and lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Humboldt,
whose retirement was announced in the Gasette of the
25th November, 1853; Somerset Arthur Bader, Earl of
Carrick, to be ensign and lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Charles Brandling, whose retirement was announced in
the Gasette of the 26th November, 1853.
11th Foot.—Captain Francis Barry Drew, from the 64th
Foot, to be captain, vice Goods, who exchanges.
14th Fort.—Lieutenant Julius Chetham Strode, to be cap-'
taro, by purchase, vice Proby, who retires ; Ensign and
Adjutant Charles Mon& Wilson to have the rank of
lieutenant; Ensign Dawson Stoeldey Warren to be lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Strode; Angus William Hall,
gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren.
27th Foot.—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. Maur, from
the 61st Foot, to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Arthur
Augustus Thurlow Cnnyngbame, who retires upon hell-
pay 51st Foot.
30th Foot.—Major William Francis Hwy to be lieutenant-
colonel, by purchase, vice Caveat, who retires ; Captain
James Brodie Patullo to be major, by purchase, vice
Hoey ; Lieutenant Francis Topping Ateherley to be cap-
tain, by purchase, vies Paton° ; Ensign Augustus Henry
Williamson to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ateherley ;
William You Johnston, gent., to be ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Wuiiamson.
46th loot—Captain David Fyffe to be major, by purchase,
vice Donald Stuart, who retires; Lieutenant John Ed-
wri‘Lganinktlern captain,urtt by purchase,
iyeklorFolt2e;
Le won.; George Dickson Thomas Stockwell, gent.,
to be ensign, by purchase, vice Curtis.
68th Foot.—Second Lieutenant Henry Semple to be tint
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicholson, who retires;
John Shuter Davenport WWII, gent., to be second
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Semple.
64th Foot.—Captain Winter Goode, from the 11th Foot, to
be captain, vice Drew, who exchanges; Ensign William
Knox to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander, who
retires ; Henry Turner, gent., to be ensign, by purchase,
vice Eno:.
82nd Foot.—Ensign Robert Mauls to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hunt*, who retires; Charles Edward Gore
Browne, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Manic.
86th Foot.—Lient. the Hon. Edmund John Boyle to be
captain, by purchase, vice Waste, who retires; Ensign
Deventer Herbert Mytton to be lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bole; Henry
_James Haydock, gent., to be ensign,
by purchase, vice Eynon.
2nd West India Regiment.—Lieutenant James Owen Bovill
to be captain, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires.
St. Helena Regiment.—John Baldwin Hainault Rainier
to be ensign, by purchase, vice Fox, appointed to the 61st
Foot.
Thimvxr.—Brevet•Captain Francis Tower, of the Madras
Retired List, recruiting for the East India Company's
Service at Liverpool, to have the rank of captain in the
army, while so employed.
UNATTACUlD.—Lieutenant John Henry Turner Weide,
from 4th Light Dragoons,to be captain, without purchase.
Hose' rat, Eiraer.—John Coots Ovens, gent., to be as-
sistant-surgeon to the forces, vice Mackenzie, deceased;
John Halyburton Russ, M. 8., to be usistantaargeon to
the forces, vice Matthew, deceased.