The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

THE RECENT MANSLAUGHTER AT
CHELTENHAM.

We reported a few days ago the circumstances
attending a brutal attack waft in the streets of Chelten-
ham, upon aman named Richard Mann, by two women
and • man, who beat and kicked him in such a manner that
he died from the injuries. It will be remembered that the
outrage was committed between ten and eleven o'clock at
night, and that although the disturbance occasioned by the
affray occupied at least half an hour, no policeman was to
be found; and the unfortunate deceased remained bleeding
in the street until three o'clock next morning, when •
policeman found him insensible, but left him in the street
for another hour before he had him removed. These cir-
cumstances corning to the knowledge of Earl Fitahardinge,
Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, through the me-
dium of the newspaper, his lordship directed that an in-
quiry into the conduct of the police should be instituted by
the magistrate. of Cheltenham.
Accordingly this inquiry has just taken place before
eleven of the: local magistrates, his lordship being pre-
vented from attending by an attack of gout, Mr Leftoy,
the chief constable of the Gloucestershire constabulary,
was also present. It appeared the outrage occurred on
the night of the Cheltenham Steeplechases, and nearly the
whole of the police force were in attendance on the race-
course all day, so that the night police did not go on duty
until after ten o'clock, and the town was left for at least
an hour without a single policeman being on duty. After
hearing the statements of the police, the bench came to the
decision that on the night in question the town was net
protected by the police in the way in which it ought to
have been, notwithstanding the excuse about their engage.
ment on the race-course. They also resolved that if
steeplechase races again take place in the vicinity of the
town, the stewards or parties promoting them should at
their own expense provide the necessary means for their
being properly conducted."

TILE NEW EMPLOYMENT POE Tin LONDON
PoLics.—lt h►ving been moved on Saturday last in the
Marylebone vestry, that the police rate, 12,3441., be paid
by inatalments, Mr. Nichelay uid, that he could not
allow that vote to pus without calling the attention of
the vestry, and the nation at large, to the fact, that the
police were employed by the Austrian government to
pursue and persecute the Hungarians, who sought shelter
here from the fangs of that despotic power. Such conduct
was illegal—was a disgrace to the English nation, and the
English government, and execrated by the rate payers, who
paid and supported the police—but who, instead of protect-
ing the lives and properties of English subjects, were
deemed in disguise, and thus employed to hound down the
wretched foreigners whom tyranny compelled to fly from
their native land, and seek protection on English soil. He
did not make these charges hastily or unadvisedly, for he
could fully substantiate them. Mr. Hodges corroborated
the previous speaker, and unqualifiedly denounced the
policy of the government in allowing the police to be so
employed. The motion for paying the police-rate wu ulti-
mately carried.