The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-05 00:00:00

ris nutareaurr of MSS PAUPERS BY wiz
GRBRNWICH BOARD OP GUARDIAN.%

John Sherman, an aged man and a pauper be•
longing to the 01111111114011uaiea, was Wasted yesterday at
the libildisest mweissis before the Amistaat4ndge, it fol-
lows
Mr. Metcalfe proseented as behalf of the guardians of
Clark erica ; Mr. rolud appeared for the deleadeat.
Julia He...., who was amiss a young child said—l
um the wife of Edward Hume. I wee taken before the
magistrates at Omuta& sea pup', and coasted to be
removed to Ireland. lam the puma who is named is the
warrast. The primmer was sent with me to take me en
board a stseaboat that was going to Cork. I was takes ea
board the Ibis steamer co the let of Deoembrn, at 8 o'clock
is the monolog. The defendant pee me (our half-quarters
loans, two outmes at tea, a poesd of sopr, a plea of meet,
and lls. dd. in mow. I woe Mims oa board and left co the
deck. He gave me the wariest, and told me to pee it to
the redieviog °Mose when I got to Cork. He paid I2s. Id.
for my fare. That was the deck fare. Whoa I saw the
amount he paid I west to the mato sad asked hies wiser,
I was to go to, as I could sot stop on the deck. I was told
that for the money paid most atop ma deck. The mate
taws followed the man and asked him if he was sot going
to pa more for me. The dideadaat this gave him 3s. more.
A polimman writ as board, and he came up to me and asked
me how old the child was, and.' told him that I bed bear
conansd a few day& over • mouth. They paid for coo 16e. dd.
altogether. The merge occupied four days and four
sights. The mate allowed me so go into his berth. The
weather was very bad and cold. When 1 eel to Cork I
gave the warrant to the relieving Ulmer, but I had no
money to pay my espouse to Killarney. I spent the half.
crown MOork.
Coz said he was an inspector of the Thames
Polies, and on the lit of December be was on duty sear the
Ibis sillialef, bound for Cork, which was lying UT the
Midis Wharf. He saw the defendant share, who was
ammenunied by the last witness sad • baby. When he
saw the &deadest he asked him if he was going to seed
any out is charge of the WO4llll ; and he raid he was
not. Witness "Yon know that is doing wrong;"
and the defendant replied, "If I am doing wring you
had better write to the guairdisns lam bat a maw
myself" Seeing that the woman lad an What in her
arms, be asked her is the premium of the prisoner how long
she had bees tionfised, and she said about a month. He
asked him if ha was going to pay chief cabin fare for the
.001110, sad be said he had wee lb. W. to pay for her
pump Witness than left them fora time, as be had other
ditties to perform, and whoa he came batik he heard the
mate of the vessel say, "Come tut° my oidmin, and I will take
ereof you.° She west into the mate's itabio and the witness
said the defeodent melt to give him something for his
Modems. The old mu gave 3s. to the matt' got into •
boat and weal away, and the steamer soon afterwards pro.
*aided on her joursey. The amouot of deck fare is 12a dd.,
and the obis fare 215 a. There is oil the deck and ulna
for passengers. There was • kind of barrack•rooin on deck
for midterm, who were allowed to go into it for deck fares.
No porous but soldiers were allowed to go in there. Wit-
awe told the defecidant that he ham he Mid does wrong,
sad bad spoken to him begone on three or lour other coca.
Mmes. Witmer told him that he was sot emptying with
the terms of the act of radial:neat. He told him that he
ought to seed some ens in charge of the woman, and that
he ought to provide shelter for them unions during the
winter months. The relieving officer appeared before the
magistrate at the Thames-Ulla, but no attorney wen ap-
pointed to defied the primmer.
Mr. Potter, relieving officer of the Greenwieh autos, in
answer to piratical from Mr. Poland, said he gave the de-
fendaat als., and he was to pay all expenses. After paying
all the expiates he returned 7s. Up to the time he west
to the Thaler Pelkwument he always believed that there
was • Ant and second cabin for pussoprs.
By the Andstant4ndee—Os no former oceseioe did the
defendant tall me that any oompislat had been made. Os
this accede. he told me that the isispector had spokes to
him, mid I said I was glad that the inspector had done what
was right teaming that the woman had been pot into a cabin.
I always pay oaten fare for women and children, let it be
winter cr summer. The inspector complained that cabin
fare had not bees paid, and that same one bad set bees
seat is charge of the woman and her child.
By Mr. Muulfe—The defendant told me had given an
additional amount of 3a., but I knew that was nut cabin
fans.

The Assistant-Judge mid be did not thiuk any jog
would convict the primmer for currying oat the iastrnotisos
of those who seat him.
Mr. Metcalfe mid he did not want to punish this man, but
they really wanted to hit the guardians.
The Assistaat-Judy said that in consequence of the
shameful way is whiob Irish paupers were treated the legis-
lature had imposed 'utak% restriotices, and ha thought the
guardians of the Cork union had acted most properly is
briogiag this matter forward, so that public opinion might
be brought to bear upon the guardians of the Greenwich
sales, sad after that if they sent pumpers away In each a
shomend mane/ they would be unworthy the title of
" geardiarts " of poor.
The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Militant-Judge—What is sow to become of this
woman

idr. poked rid she would be takes we of by the Oren-
with ;lake, sod dun met to belied to s prow maser.