The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-11 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE.—THE LORD MAYOR'S Dar.—
The Lord Mayor took hie seat, for the first time as chief
magia'rate, at 12 o'clock. About ten lads, varying in age
from 12 to 16, were charged with picking the pockets of
gentlemen and ladies while viewing the civic pageant yes-
terday. One (an old offender) was fully committed for trial,
and the remainder sent to Bridewell for 11 days each.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—IV. Burn was charged by Mr.
Gilbert, of the Minories, with having most cruelly beaten
one of the horses he was driving in a waggon. He had been
sitting on the middle hone, which was without reins, and
he struck one of the poor animals most deaperately about the
head with the butt-end of his whip. The home fell, and
the brute struck it even more brutally when dowu.—The
Lord Mayor expressed his indignation at the conduct of the
defendant, and was about to fine him to the utmost extent,
when he suddenly learned that the fellow had a very large
family, and that the infliction would inevitably fall upon the
head of his wife and children.—The Lord Mayor (to the
defendant) : You deserve the weightiest punishment, but I
cannot think of punishing your wife and children. The sen-
tence of the court is, that you pay a fine of 10s., or be con-
fined in the House of Correction for 14 days.—The defend-
ant thanked his lordship, and paid the fine.
GUILDHALL.—RoBBERY DURING THE LORD MAYOR'S
Paoesssiote. Yesterday • middle aged man, rather
shabbily dressed, named Thomas Woodgate, was charged
before Alderman Farucombe with robbing a gentleman of a
gold watch and chain, value fifty guineas.--Mr. F. W.
Medley, stockbroker, of No. IS, Old Broad-street, stated
that on Monday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, he was proceed-
ing with a friend from the City to his residence at the West-
end, and when at the bottom of Ludgate-hill, they were
surrounded, as he supposed, by a gang of pickpockets, who
refused to allow them to proceed. Presently he felt that his
watch was gone, and on looking round, both he and his li
friend distinctly saw the prisoner hand it to another persen,
and immediately try to make off. Witness, howercr, eeized
and held 'aim, in spite of the efforts made by the gang to
rescue hint, until the police came up. When he calleu out
police, the prisoner's companions tried all they could to pre-
vent his being heard.—Alderman Farncomhe asked if the
watch was entirely lost ?—Mr. Medley replied that it was,
His friend (Mr. Staten), if the case was remanded, would
be able to attend, and prove that he distinctly saw the
prisoner pass the watch to arother party.—The prisoner
declared hie innocence, but Alderman Farnoombe decided
upon remanding him for • few days, and he was accordingly
locked up.
CLERK EN WELL. MATERNAL AFFECTION. ARO
Parker, aged 19, who was remanded on a charge of having
attempted to murder htr mother by strangling her, was
brought before Mr. Combs for final examination. The par.
Weaken have been full detailed. The mother now attended
perfectly recovered and declined prosecuting, she begged and
prayed of Mr. Combs to discharge her "poor dear child."—
The prisoner was discharged, when she left the Court with
her mother apparently on affectionate terms.
M ARLBOROUGH -ST REET.—WELSH LOYALTY.—A
well-dressed elderly gentleman, who gave his name as
Roberts, was placed at the bar, charged with being drunk
and incapable of taking aired himself. Police-constable 93
E found :the defendant in the street and took him to the
station-house.—Mr. Long: What do you say for yourself?
—The Defendant : Why, your worship, I'm • loyal Welsh-
man—Mr. Long (interrupting him) : What privilege have
Welshmen to get drunk ? (There had been so many loyal
citizens before the magistrate, who bad been celebrating
Lord Mayor's-day, that Mr. Long had to be reminded by the
clerk that it was the Prince of \% rdes's birthday.)—The De-
fendant : I had been jolly, and celebrating the day like a
loyal Welshman ; but when this man came across rue I was
at my own door. Your worship the key slipped from my
fingers, I couldn't find it, and this constable, ir.stead of help
ing me to open the door, took me to the station-house.
That's all.—Mr. Long: Between loyalty and this kind of
glorification, it is difficult to see the connexion, but you may
go this time.

STOCKHOLDER 9 CHANGING THEIR RESIDENCE.—Sir,
As we live in a day of improvement, and much having been done
through the newspaper press to promote the public convenience, I
hope you will excuse my troubling you with the following short
statement for publication. Having lately been left executor I. a
gentleman, who had at the time of his decease some property in the
Funds, I went to Doctors'.commons and regularly proved the will. I
was told by the proctor to take the probate to the Rink of England.
I presented it at the Bank, and told you must bring a certificate
of the burial of the deceased, signed by the clergyman, and a dis.
interested person must declare that he has compared such certificate
with the register-book, from which it is extracted. A very good pre-
caution thought I, as I set off to get the needful done. The following
day I took it to the Bank. " You must leave it two clear days," said
the clerk ; in the multiplicity of business then, a moderate time I
thought. The third day I called again, and was informed that as the
deceased was described as of one parish in the Bank books, and as of
another in the probate, another declaration must be made, that the
deceased was the same person as described in the Bank books
of the former parish. No great difficulty now, thought I, as
I well knew him before he removed, though now nearly twenty
years ago. Accordingly, having no beneficial interest in the
Bank money, I went and made the declaration before a notary,
who informed me that that would do. The following morning I snot
the said declaration to the Bank, waiting again two days for register-
ing. When off agairl started to the Bank, pleased with myself that
this would be the Let time, and I should finish my affair with them ;
but no such thing. When I asked for the probate; after finding it,
the clerk inquired, "Are you an executor ?" " Yea," was my reply.
" Then your declaration won't do," rejoins the clerk. " Why,"
" Because you are interested." "I am not, indeed ;" said I, " not
to the amount of one farthing." "You must get some one else; we
will not take your declaration," was the reply. So, you see, Mr.
Editor, after my trouble and expense, I am in theeame state as when
I began. To remedy this, I think the bank should, whea they pay
the dividends, not only require the name and amount, but the place
of residence, making the neeeseary alteration in ease of removal. It
G too bad to continue paying the dividends to a party twenty or thirty
years without asking anything about his residence, and then, after
the decease of the party, who, perhaps, has changed his abode ten
times, call upon his executors to produce a declaration from a person
that knew him at the time of the first residence, and that he had
money in the Bank, which, in most cases, it is difficult to do; and,
in some CO" impossible.—l am, Sir, yours truly, A Stescainaz.
(We can scarcely think either the complaint of " A Sub-
scriber," or his requirement, quite reasonable. Surely the
holder of stock, like the testator, should take the trouble
himself of advising his change of real& nee, so as to be
entered on the books of the Bank. Were the supplementary
trouble imposed on the clerks of the Bank, of inquiring from
every annuitant whether he had changed his abode, and
where then resident, with the consequent necewiity of alter-
ing and disarranging books which had been making up for
weeks before, preparatory to the payment of dividends, at
the busy time when the payment of those multifarious divi-
dends was in progress, and crowds of annuitants incumber-
, dreg the offices, the result would be to create inconvenient
delays and confusion. In cases such as that of "A Sub-
scriber," the usual and more direct course is to apply to the
'broker through whom the stock was purchased, who would
probably know, and testify to the change of residence of the
owner ; or any other person acquainted with the facts, and
having himself a locus stanch as a housekeeper, or a place
of business, could perform the same office. In a recent cue
of our knowledge, a party finding himself entitled to un-
claimed dividends since the year 1817, arising from the
balance of a parcel of stock unsold remaining to him, which
he had overlooked, but casually ell-covered in a list of such
unclaimed properties, found no difficulty in proving his
identity, and recovering the property, although meanwhile
he had changed his abode a dozen times at least. And " A
Subscriber" will perceive that the Bank clerks could have
no proof that an executor took no benefit under a will,
unless he were condemned to read the probate of the will,
and have the proctor before him to verify person and pro-
bate, which would amount to a consumption of time and
labour quite out of the question.)