The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1865.

Kr. Levy maid the primmer formerly bad a tisane to ma-
anfacturo tobacco, which be toughed gays him a right to
sell, though that of coarse he weld not for one moment
coshed. Lately. however, having been materialist* and
Uric& fallen into poverty, prisoner bad been unable to
pay for the renewal of the license. He bad a wife and sick
family, and if be were sent to prison it would rain them.
Mr. Flowers wasabout to convict the prisoner for hawking
without a Ikons% but would Else the *weer 404., or oour
mit him for 14 days.
Yr. Dwelly contended that the magistrate WS/ bound to
markt under the excise acts for willing tobacco, for which
the penalty wee 100 L owl the magistrat• bad only power to
mitigate it to 251.
Mr. Flowers woo sorry to nay that woe Do. The prisoner
mast pay 251., or he committed for three months.
Yr. Levy hers objoetod that under the act ideated to by
Mr. Dwelly, the prisoner could only be apprehended by
an allow of Excise.
Mr. Flowers, after careful considerstioa, said he was glad
to end that was so, as it enabled him to escape from the
neesesity of impalas a penalty which he felt, wader the
circumatanoss of the oases, much too severe. The prisoner
must be dleeharged. The excise authorities might proceed
by summons. but if the defendant would inemorialim the
board• promising not to offend again. they would probably
take a lenient wof the cash
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CLEBIERNWELL.
811110118 CHARGE OF SSP& 14
Charles Lannassap, aged 16, wee charged with committing M.
• raps on &child aged seven years. tie
Mr. ,B. Allen, of the Associate Institute for Improving lasi.
sad Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Womee, pro- 26
seented, and ler. Beard. solicitor, defended. Ito
According to the little girl's statement the oftener was
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somplete, sled she bad bees indecently assaulted on several lit
micasions. When the affair was found out prisoner west 'IL
to the mother of the child and asked to be forgiven. This it.
the mother refused to do, and having spokes to her bus. es.
hand, gave the primer into custody. A surgeon examined fist
the child, and gave such evident* as ocefinsisd the evidence
amt.
of the child that she bad been tampered with. et.
Kr. Beard severely erees-exansined the child. sad having N.
elicited from bee that her mother had told her what to my. et
contended that no jury would convict, and asked for the st
dismissal of the pcisoaer. Bt.
Mr. Barker said it was • wiry serious charge, but after St.
what had been elicited in mosessamination he did not St.
Wok a jury scald convict, sad therefore discharged a°-
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the prisoner.
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TUI POOR.BOI.
2,„ 2s. has been received for the poor-hex, with a request
that its receipt might be acknowledged in the newspapers. rt:
MARLBOROUGH.STREET. se.
sirmiara eau OP CBOIMPT tO CHILMINS.
Mr. Tubbs. the assistant overseer of St. Marylabou,
waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, in reference to
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two children of the name of Richardson, whose mother had go
attended at this wart a few weeks since and made a com• too
plaint against a woman named Jones of ill.using and nes- St.
letting them.
Mr. Tubbs maid that about three weeks ago the mother of 10
the children attended at the court with her childres, and
applied for a 'anima.' against a woman named Jones, in su
wham charge she had left them, for Musing and neglecting
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the children, one of them having a out lip and a bruise on se
the cheek, while the other, about five months old, was in St.
such a shockingly emaciated condition that, according to
the mother's statement, it only weighed "ribs ! The ri
children wen admitted into St. Marylebone work.
hums, and when the summons came on for R.
hearing be (Mr. Tibbs) attended on the part of the pariah to
to prosecute, but the woman jectes was not in attendance, to
and a warrant was in conseggenee granted against 84.
her; he (Mr. Tubbs) at that time having eight ~e°
lawmen in attendance, sod being prepared to go
into the case. His object in now attending was to gs.
inquire whether them were any good mums why the Bt.
warrant had net beau executed, and to mention that St.o
the younger child, although it had much improved
in its condition after being admitted to the workhouse,
10
had since sunk and died, its death being no doubt amide•
rated by the treatment it had previously received at the sk•
hands of the woman Jones. 10
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was not aware of the fees of the I St
ease before, but he would have the matter looked into and
inquiries nude why the warrant had not been executed,
and Mr. Tubbs could be prepared with medical evidence to
rapport his ease, and to show whether the child's death
t.
had not been accelerated ,by the treatment it had under. et.
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M
gor. Tubbs said that recording to the evidence be should Neto
be prepared to produce, the children had not only been most Ho
grossly neglected but Rinsed. The deceased child was stated
by the mother to have been a plump healthy child when she
St. at.
placed it in Jones's hands.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said would ascertain why the warrant bad 10
not been executed, and Mr. Tubbs should be made ac-
quieted with the case.
A more shocking sight than the young child presented on et.
its being brought to the court by its mother has seldom Me
been seen. It appeared to have been completely starved. 10
its legs not being thicker than a man's thumb, and seemed
in a state of torpor. 10
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MARYLRBONE. 10
STRUT 11081 C.
Peter Ca6erti, itinerant musician. was charged with play. 141:
leg an organ and refusing to desist when requested by John st.
liandgette, 46 Yak-street, civil engineer. to
Prosecutor deposed—Lest evening I eras reading to my 20
wife, who is very unwell An organ had been playing for • St.
considerable time in the street, and it ultimately came
right in front of my house. I requested him both in
Hannah and in Italian to go away, and also beckoned
to him.
inHa why, and I told I could not have too
that noise front of my house, as it was not allowed. 100
He remained and "topped playing. and I wen jeered and to
hooted by the crowd. Prisoner thee went just round the el
corner mad commenced playing spin, which noise was as It
great a nuisance as before. I went round aed was op- io
preaching him, when he ran away, and I got a constable and se.
use him in charge. to
Mr. Yardley
_said be thought the ease was proved as
the prisoner did not move away fez enough. He also 1,t1,.
seemed to be aware he had done wrong by running sway. 70
He must pay a fiat of ss. or be imprisoned for three days. st.
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The fine was paid. Bt.
;id _

LETTER PROM MR. J. STUART MILL, M.P.,UPON
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL REFORM.

The following letter from Mr. J. 8. Mill, M.P.,
wee read before the parliamentary committee of St. James's
vestry, this day, Tuesday, 19th Dee., 1865 :
" Dec. 15,1866.

" Dear Sir,—l have seen with great pleasure in the
newspapers the movemsot which the St. James' Vestry
has originated at your suggestion for the union
of all London into one body for municipal purposes,
with smaller bodies of the same sort for purposes
special to each of the parliamentary divisions. I
have long wished that se effort is this direction should
be made. All the more important town interests are common
to the whole tows, and can only be properly attended to by •
body representative of the whole ; sad I quite agree with yon
that there should be but one such body, sod that the func-
tions (for instance) of the Board of Works should merge
into those of the united municipality. I also go entirely
along with the proposal to abolish the jurisdiction of the
Middlesex magistrates in the metropolis, and to have none
but stipendiary magistrates. The only point on which Ido
not agree with the scheme as reported is the choice of
magistrates by the citizens or municipal body. The pro-
posed corporation ought of course to have powers equal
to those of other municipal corporation', but it seems
to me that the choice of judicial of oars is
best placed, not with any corporation, but with
a minister or great public functionary who am be held
responsible for making • proper choice. As a 'general
rule skilled or professional officers are hardly ever
well chosen by numbers. Some one person must
make it his business to find them and judge of
their qualifications. I do not know if this view of
the otteetion has bees under your consideration or that
of the vestry, but as I hope to aid in bringing your plan
before parliament, f lain glad to begin already as interchange
of sentiments with you on the subject.— I am, dear sir,
very truly yours, "J. S. MIT.L.
" James Beal, Esq."

A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian
writes :—" Great difficulty is found ic obtaining the services
of competent persons to act on the Jamaica commission.
As chancellor of the colony, the new Governor was
intended for its presidency. He has, ex ofrio, the power
of administering an oath, though it is more than doubtful
whether the exercise of this privilege in a quasi-
judicial capacity unknown to the law either of the island
or of the empire could be defeoded on constitutional
pounds. It was hoped that at least one individual of
practical experience ea • common law judge might have
been induced to accept the irksome sod invidious post
u a colleague of the Governor. Sir Lawreoce Peel was
asked, but declined ; and one of the too numerous, be.
canoe sot half-worked occupants of the Irish Beech was
also invited ineffectually. There is now talk of eadeavour•
lug to penned* one of our mbordinate judicial functionaries
to 511 the gap ; and as money is said to be no object, the
point we may take for panted will be speedily settled."
The usual weekly lecture at the Surrey Chapel
was delivered yesterday ersatz', by Mr. Hughes. M.P., for
Lambeth, the subject being "Captain John Brown, the
Abolitionist Martyr." The Heir. Newman Hall occupied
the chair, and at lb. eoulneion of the lecture a vote of
I thanks was glna to Mr. Hughes amidst the greatest es-

thulium.
At a meeting held In Birmingham, yesterday,
the Mayor ia the chair, it waa teeolved to establiah a
gyautamm oil a large mkt.

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Credit Foamier and Moldier cd Eng. (Lira.), 9.
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Egyptian Commercial and Trading (Limited), 26.
General Credit and Finance ol London (Limited), 64.
Hong Song sad China Or, 116, I.
Hudson's Buy. 174, 17,
Imperial and Mercantile Credit Immolation (Limited), 74.
International Finsnoial Society (Limited). 61.
Joint Stock Disconst (Limited), et 4, 6.
Loudon and Caledonian Marine 3, 11.
Landes Financial !opacities (Limited). 206, 6.
Madras Irrigation and Canal (all paid), 186.
Marina Investment (Lim). 54a I.
National Diaoount Conimany (Limited). 176.
Omani, Gurney, sad Os. (Limitad), 216.
Royal Mail Steam, 1106, 94.