The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

LAMBETH.

Frames Pope, a wretch. d-looking female, was brought
up from Lambeth Workhouse, and charged with attemt t.
tug to drown her two children and also herself.
When the prisoner wee brought before Hr. Elliott on a
former day, that gentleman direet.d the attendance of some
person from Bermondsey Workhouse at this court, it having
been stated that on the morainic of the day on which the
prisoner had committed the offence both sly and her two
children bad been turned out of that establishment, sod
were obliged to walk about the streets the whole of the day
without a penny.
The porter at the Bermondsey Workhouse said that the
prisoner, who belonged to the pariah, had with her family
been an inmate of the workhouse for some considerable
time, and for a considerable period of her residence there
had been plated as nurse over the aged and infirm,
but se violent was her temper that it was found necessiry
to take her before a magistrate to he punished with
imprisonment fur assaults upon the *god people. Her eon
duet was so bad that her case had been reported to the
Poor Law Commissioners, end by their sanction she was
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removed free& her speormest to the body of the home.
Siam this removal had labs. Mace her conduct became
awl worse, and the saws again found it necessary to
take her before a magistrate, when she was sentenced to a
periled of imprisooment. Immediately upon sentence being
peeled on her, the prisoner was either seised with or
soasprard fits, and the consequeuce was that the imprian-
meat was remitted, and the magistrate directed her to be
taken hack to the house again. This, however, led to no
improvement in her conduct, and having been again in-
formed that she must be again taken before a justice, she
on Tuesday morning discharged herself and her two chit-
' dean from the workhouse.
Mr. Norton observed that the two children of the prisoner.
presented • most squalid appearance, and he considered it
very improper to allow ber in her wretched condition to
take away her children from the workhouse without •
farthing to assist herself or them, as it must have been quite
evident that she could not support them.
The workhouse porter said neither the master of the work-
house nor the guardians of the parish could witohold her
children from the prisoner, debit chose to discharge herself
from the house _ _ . _ .

The prisoner abused the porter who had just spoken,
and the whole of the Alters belone,ing to the workhouse, in
the most violent terms, begged mot f di that the
magistrate would not sand litr back to her parish; and de•
eland she would rather die a thousauddeaths, than re-enter

Bermondoey workhouse.
A nerve belonging to Lambeth workhouse deposed that
the prisoner when brought there, sod for some time alter,
laboured uni er strong epileptic fit., and it was evident
Irons her appearance that she had been very wretchedly
kept. Her children also bad all the appearance of basing
been bat wretchedly attended to.
A second person attending from the parish of Bee.
mundsey, described the primmer ss a meet troublesome,
dangerous, and cunning person,
._azid declared it to be hit,
opinion that she
which she was charged, and that her only object was that
of creating public sympathy and imposing on the hew-
, volent.
Mr. Norton remarked that if this was found I. be her
object she should fiud herself very much dieapp,inted, and
recommended that her ease might be brought before the
board of guardians of Bermondsey pariah on Wednesday
for their consideration. In the intents the prisoner should
be taken back to Lambeth worklimme with her children.

TEA.—LoNnorr, April 22.—The financial s•atement of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, anxiously expected, was
on Monday night brought forward, and unlike the insjority
of budgets, appears to have met with general approval; and
although no doubt some portion of it will encounter on-
siderable opposition, it is thought the public generally will
give their support to a policy carrying out a spies so suc-
cessfully adopted of late years, which aims at alleviating the
burdens of the maoes, and tends to remove restrictions- in-
jurious and vexatious to trade. The Tea market has not
I shown any activity since the 18• k, the proposed imotodiate
reduction of the duly to Is. 10d. per lb. having been partly
anticipated, and it is not thought that the alteration for the
first year is sufficiently large to cause any coosidi rsble in-
crease in the mumumption. The further pr yrord
reductions are to take place, namely. in April,
18.54, to Is. 6d. per lb ; 1865, to Is. dd per lb.;
and 1856, to Is. per lb. Black Teas : A rsth,r contracted
business has been done since our last dates, but prices have
remained very firm. Some speculative pur.doises were
made on the 14• h and 16th inst. in common Cerruti. at
101 d. to 100. The better kinds also, up to le 21., were
considerably dealt in ; Ho Hoes particularly, by late ar-
rivals, have found a ready sale at full prices. Importers
throughout have held for extreme rates, wbieh they have
generally obtained ; in the fin► and finest turn the transde:
tieing have been limited. 6.uchongs are scarce, and
obtain very full prices. Odlongs ins in god request.
Flowery Pekoes ■re neglected ; is Scent d Orange
Pekoes a fair business ha• been done it former
quotations. Capers remain unimpaired for. o.een Teas :
These sorts generally, have been held above market rates.
and, although in some cases extreme nriees have hero given,
particularly for young Hymns and fine Gunpowders, the
result has been oily a very moderate business; the true
kinds of common and good young Hyenas are erretnely
scarce, and command improved rates; as also do Hymns.
iinp„ia. ten to Is. 711. are gent rally saleable
Medium Gunpowders, except in caddies, are in moderate
request, hat fine and finest are moth wanted.
Croton Gunpowders and young Hysous are saleable a•
former quotations. The public sales nave heee, 6th April.
13,625 packages offered, 6,73.1 packrues sld; mood and fine
greens fetched full rates. 12th April, 1.210 packages of
Green Tea offered, a fair proportion raid at NH price.
20th April, 13,640 packages offered, about 7.000 wild at and
after the sale. Colton Gonpowders sold at r••vious nricre.
Good and fine Young H)ados showed an advance. tither
Greens held for advanced rates. The sale was without
animation. The letters par overload mail were delivered
on the 15th inst. The arrival at this port have been
Welter Morrice, Land Gerkes, Lmlcett,
Kremlin, and Andrukloe.—troop Grld.rd and re... Tea
Circular.

SUGAR.—The ge pr c. &mgr. the produce of
the British poise.-ions in America. c..mpu•rd (r..m the re-
mum made in the week ...ohm, the 191 A April. 1853, is
24e. 24. Sugar, the produce of the Mau r i ~, os, 25.. 114 • ;
Sugar, the produce of the E. ..t Indies. 286. old fhe
average price of the three f .reguiog deacriptions of Sugar,
ia 2.5 a. 11. i.

BRIPTOL, APRIL 22.

SVGAIt —We have gill to report an inactive market,
chid'''. however, owing to the w tnt or a e pply. sa the
stock of West lonia is 1.14/M quite exhausted; in Mauritius
further idea are mportel. but lb.' wet particulars have
not transpired. The refitted twirket is steady, but by no
means active; former price% however, ore Postponed.
The stock of Rom is now all held by the dealers, and we
have not easeriseatly may sales to report.