The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

Mr. Grant and Mr. John James Anderson attended
before Alderman Mechi, for the purpose of obtaining
advice and assistance under the following circumstances :
Mr. Grant, a young man from the north of England,
stated that he was induced to come up to London to seek •
situation, and, on the recommendation of his friend Mr.
Anderson, applied to Mr. Sloper, who called himself an
estate agent, and carried on business at 51, Moorgate-street.
The result of his application was that Mr. Sloper engaged
him as a clerk for six months certain at a salary, which was
stated at the time to commence from the 25th of August,
and to secure his appointment be advanced a sum of 401.,
upon which interest was to be paid until the principal
should be returned. On the 6th of September 31. became
dee for salary, which Mr. Sloper said he was unable to pay.
Applicant thereupon ceased working for him ; but on the
18th of September Mr. Sloper paid him 51., upon which he
resumed work, and continued in Mr. Slopees employment
until the 30th of the same month, when he was informed
that he might seek another situation elsewhere, and that
Mr. Sloper would pay him his salary until he procured
one, but all he had received was 51, and be had not been
repaid • single fraction of his 401. He was induced to give
up good employment in Northumberland to oome to London
and enter the service of Mr. Sloper.
Mr. Anderson said his case was somewhat different. He
saw an advertisement in the Daily Telegraph, and on re-
plying to it obtained hia present situation with Mr. Sloper,
having previously advanced to him the sum of 1001., to bear
interest at the rate of 5 per cent, and to be repaid at the
end of six months. There was also something intimated to
him relative to an ultimate partnership.
Alderman Mechi inquired how much Mr. Sloper bad paid
applicant
Mr. Anderson said be had not calculated what he had
received, but there was 161. due to him for salary besides
the 1001. which he had advanced to Mr. Sloper.
Mr. Sloper said it was quite true that he was a
defaulter, as far as payment of the salaries went, but
the whole matter was one of debt, and not a question for •
criminal court. Both of the parties complaining were
sruasupposed to be still in his employ, and would ultimately be
as he only wanted time. His business was peculiar,
or he was sometimes standing still for several weeks, and
then in one week be would make from 1001, to 1501.

Alderman Mechi said it was a very unwmal practice to
bring young men hundreds of miles from their homes, and
take their money for the purpose of Ending them employ-
ment, and not to pay them for their services.
Mr. Sloper said Mr. Grant was induced to comet° him by
Mr. Anderson. It was all a matter of debt.

Alderman Meal said, to say the beat of it it was very
demeaning on the pert of Mr. Sloper to borrow money of his
servants without the means of repaying them.
Mr. Sloper said within fourteen days they should receive
whatever was due to them.

Alderman Mechi said Mr. Sloper appeared to have steered
very close to the wind in these transactions ; but the case
hardly came within the criminal law. He could not, how-
ever, give • decided opinion without seeing the advertise-
ment, but at present the matter did not appear creditable
to Mr. Sloper's commercial character.

Mr. eloper said he had obtained a situation for Mr. Grant
in a public company in the same street, to commence his
duties in six weeks' time, and he would pay him his salary
in the meantime.
Alderman Mechi said it was a very irregular mode of
doing business, but he would defer his final gamer until
Friday, so that he might see the advertisement referred to,
and receive any further information on the subject.
The applicants, as well as Mr. Sloper, promised to attend
OD that day, and then withdrew.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Mahony, the man charged with assaulting several
persons in Hyde-park, on Sunday, the sth October, was
brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt for final examination.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, was for
the prisoner. •
A witness 'named Bayly said he saw the prisoner, wbo
was armed with a stick, striking at several persons. In
Particular, be saw the prisoner strike a young roan who was
lying on the ground with the stick. He could not identify
the young mao wbo bad been assaulted, as he was lying
with his face to the ground. The stick used by the prisoner
was not loaded.
Craw-examined by Mr. Lewis—One of the persons who
was struck thok the stick from the prisoner. Was in court
on the tith inst., and saw an Italian there, who was fined U.
for using a stick. It was not the Italian who used the
stick. Did not see the Italian axing the stick against the
prisoner. When the prisoner ran off he joined in the chase,
but he did not kick the prisoner. Never said the prisoner
was not the man who struck the gentleman lying on the
ground. He Wm there as a spectator. Did not see the pri-
soner struck at all.
Mr. Lewis, for Use defendant, said it was unfortunate for
his client that there had been so many remands, as the pri-
soner was a poor man and could not afford to pay witamees
for their altecdeoesa Os the lest ocaoloa the had
witnesses moist who would laws exculpated him from the