The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

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A court was held on Tuesday. The Lord Mayor,
on taking his seat for the first time in that court as Lord
Weyer'', trusted that his brother magistrates would believe
that lie was not influenced by mere form end ceremony
when he maid he should firmly rely upon their assistenc,.. not
only in the performance of his duties in the Court of Alder-
men, but in the p. rformance of all the public duties of the
mayoralty.
A vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor was proposed by
Sir Peter Laurie, and iecouded by Alderman Farehrother,
which having been carried, a copy was ordered to be trans-
mitted to Alderman Heoper.
TILE CITY PRISONS.—INCREASS OP VAGRANCY.—The
report of the annual return to the Secretary of State, re-
specting the City prisons, having been brouoht up, Alder-
man Sidney took occasion to allude again to the condition of
Gitspurstreet prime, which was becoming more and MN
densely crowded in consequence of the order of the City
Commissioner of Police to his force to take into custody all
persons found begging. Ho described the state of the prison
as most deplYrable, and said that it the cholera appeared
amongst its inmates the most terrible ravages might be ex-
pected. He called the attention el the court to the original
insitution of Bridewell Hospital, which had, he con-
tended, been departed from altogether of lye yeses,
1 and which he hoped to see once more regulated by the
1 manliest intention of the founders; and he data
that if that hospital were again properly and jue
diciously appropriated a vast amount of the misery and
destitution which hourly invaded the streets of Loudon
would be removed. He concluded by movie': that a ems
mittee be appointed to inquire into the state of GilVO,-
street Compter and Bridewell Hospital—Alderman Yam
bother seconded the motion.—Ablermen Lawrence said
that on Saturday last the aldermen had been engaged shoat
the internal management of the City prison., and had or-
dereil more strict attention upon the part of the medial
attendants, in conformity with the suegestions received IS
the visiting magistrates from Sir G. Grey, and that
everything else contained in these suggestions had
been directed to be carried into effect without eklay.--e
The Lard Mayor said that the influx of vagrants hail been
in great within the last few days, that he had considered it
necessary to apply at the oill m of the Secretary of State
urn so serious a subject. There were brouent before him
every hour of the day parties of both sexes regardless of all
law and authority, and he Loped the community w. uld not
be led away by any undue sympathies. Vagrancy had
in-
creased to a most ennrmou. extent, and he was sorry to say
that Ire:and contributed a very large proportion.—The sub-
ject was then ',rimed to the gaol committee.
Tllll RACING Sweers.—Upon the motion of Aldermen
Humphery, it was referred to the gaol committee to consider
of the adontian of more effectual means of causing the sop
prewion or correction of these lotteries.
ALM:MD MISCONDUCT OP A BILOKER.—The court pro-
'seeded to " further consider the petitions of E. R. Cock and
W. Spavin, complaining of the conduct of Robert Torte, late
a broker of this City." The complaint was relative to the
sale of tees, and has already been given in our paper. A

mod amities from Mama. Cock and Spaeth wen put in.
payed that the mart would put the hoed of the .testis
oaths defendant in soros sad afford Sant sesk waist as
'gibe be •theidered itheosahlis aad jun.—The Uwe
Cleth lethrestal the mint that the Ileinsasat's arse
kee emelt Iron the list of brokers. &Menem
sew
'band the mom to give isekeetiera Si
." t. Mooed typhus the essithe
albs , ae bad bees does Si tie ems of renews,
▪ hheacoeicht, who bad then aseeeed of fraud *pea the
ec Lesiles.—Toe defendant submitted to Sherman that
basked melpaed all his property to the etimplaimants and
Nadia preen for the benefit of hie endings; that the ing-
rowing whisk bad take* place malted ben al
NON lad other unforeseen wed thatiZr Clte
mooned his hclitt that freed keel same then
bviad. hi giviag a am saeleeptiosable
mot or his to • Mr. Smith, alter the Imosee-
km bed been terminated to which the petitioner elbelleg.—
hihe a cheeklerahle time occupied is the idsesfirof
ibe pie, toe coat was cleared, sad upends* thedthiedere of
ige goads. die Meander mead km lad bees dinebed by the
psi II eras dad they bed resolved to take so terthw pus.
awaleri apse tee petition. They deoireti it to be distinctly
gaaancond that they did not take that cosine as la en Rea-
saa approving of the conduct of the defendant. On his
pay, the e indi.ct of the defendant had been most leregenr,
and at variance with his duty as a broker, and raised grave
for empiric's that the imputation of fraudulent ens-
as not without foundatim, although the mi-
meo did no' bring ti.ime the charge. The soul
hk tlst by dismissing the broker they had prevestod the
amthilily of the recurrence of such nauseating* se
lase imputed to him The petitioners hail left thsemalvies
gat little right to call upon the securities to pay a realty
Me being responcble for the good conduct of a perms whom
ibey theeselres had subv.quently described as unexception-
able. They had condoned his °Soften. They had taken an
alabgement of all his property, and reeearaveaded Ida for
ameoyeatrit ins place of trust to a heather searebaat. It
was ststei be them that tit. Sr recommeniative ens acmes-
pealed by advice to Mr. Smith to take security for any pro-
perty with robb th, y ovii:ht entrust him; but Mr. Smith
aerie/et% that he IN collected no such ob creation, and he
woad have taken the defendant into his employment if the
mantic+ of trade had net interfered.
The soon the. adjourned.

ClioLlia.—Yesterday only one caw of cholera in
Lomita we reported to the Board of health. That cue
moored in Bummed' fields, and was fatal. The dismal,. bow-
ies& mew to have manittsted itself tent, mach Tintless, in
&parish of Cheering'', Bucks, where 20 caw and 8 deaths
me reported. At Sunderland another fatal dm has occurred.
TM Scotland the acconnis specify in Edinburgh 9 new
men, 5 deaths ; Leith, 2 cases, I death. Total new raw,
SYL In des b&
TEE BlitloP LONDON AND INTRA ALUR.tL
Ultima —Yesterday a deputation from St. ldartin's-in-the-
gain par* waited moon th Bishop of London, as his pa.
lei, 7a Fulham, respectinc the disgracefully and den.
=iferowded Kate of Rosen. court gave.yard.—Mr.
explained the situation of the grave-yard, sue-
meaded is it is with crowded hahitations, and ho lordship
jig award then: that he would i sue his monition for the
babalate closing of the grav:-yard, unless sufficient cause
*die *army be shown.
ROCICTY or AM.—Yesterday, the joint ordinary
menu ft r the present session of the above Ninety
oats field at the society's house, John-street, Adriphi.
The chair or taken by J. Walker, Esq., C.E. vice
president, and the secretary proceeded to reed tie ad.
toe of the council, from which it amend that the
navy was promessing, both in subecrihers and
grams The ordinary revenue for the year was 1,4001.,
and the espeniliture somewhat less, including an ample pro-
vides fir the *towel of the minus! rewards. The privs
flu the aiming year ccomined premiums to the amount of
nerdy SOW. TN calmed called esisciti attention to the feet
OM tee of the subject* foe coospetition'hini barn selected
by Pekes &beer, who hail himielf riveted the
sad would datribate the prism. Mr.
Mi' s! • famsber of the society, had also offered a prise of
flit. sabjeet d p.,4 importance as connected with our
seararauree of metal and elem. The annual exhibition of
bide meaufeetnne would be continued this you, and pre-
mier um making for the triennial exhibition for which
~.._.at bad promised the quadrang.e of Somerset House,
a Ml* WI of insular Jiatensines. The *dress concluded
with some technical argils as to the ',taller' of vice-presi-
d=e. The other badness of the evening inducted the retol-
d men by Mr Gladstone and by Mr. Roberts, on iron
Whiling, and on new elements of annehinery and their

WRSTRINSTRR RAGGED SCHOOL.—Lit evening
the sense panel mating of the supperters of th i Woe-
timer Barged SelvAl was held in Westminster Chapel,
lemesetrer, Buckingham-ante. The Earl of Radnor took
Ye ink, and said, though a great amount of wood bad been
dmo by ragged schools doing tier brief existence, there
wee still in .11, indon a great number of pan children
early neg'ected. He would mention an instance of the
pee interest the wcrking chines took in the.. schools. A
wheel had been built in Lariewth in • very unheelthy spot,
M when it was found necessary to go else-
leen, the operatives by whom the 'shool wee
offered gave up their evenings and holidays, and built
=dm free eine. The report stated that in the proverbially
=adistrict:a which Ike sch 00l was situate,• great many
who lived by pureeing aim* had loan instructed
band provided with the 1140112 S of living honestly. When
they in entered the school they were hardly controllable,
MAIM 'infrequently need violena towards the teachers ; but
the system of dieci,iline adopters, and the rewards given foe
psi behaviour, had entirely changed their conduct. The
avenge attendance of boys was 150, and of girls about 70, all
al whom were instructed in reading, writing, elementary
withmatie, and the scriptures. The rem ipts of the institu-
tive during the year amounted to sa. 13s. 2d., and the ex-
pedite* left a balance in the hands of the treasurer. The
resort we ad, red.
MAII.LBOROLGII-STREET OCTRAGE.-BiF,--1 have
sleep sin eentoed intoxication to be an aggravation of en
room, but on reading the remarks of her. Bingham in the
&Fru of this morning, respecting the conduct of several
pentes of the 3rd benalen of Grenadier Guards, I find that
hind, " a very grievous asinult bad been c nnesitted, tut
bless owing to drink." Sense time since olden ra were gro-
aned from earning side-arms when of duty. 1 think it
high tine that they should also be deprived of their bete;
tali their hands there appear to be pretty efficient weapons,
candally when, as in the ow alluded to, the gallant wearers
strike people with them " from behind."—A CONIITAIIT
lasete.—Wood-street, Nov. 72.
CLEAN HABITATIONS FOR THE Pool.—Sir,--The
Right Rev. Bishop of London, in his Charge to the clergy,
Wens them to movc the charitable to coos ibute among
whir things, their mone_y, to cleanest and whitewash the
abodes of the poor. Now, my opinion is, that that is the
daty of the proprietors of those premier. What right have
the public to o.ntribute to pay for whitewashing any man's
!weeny The pow people pay in proportion high rents for
Mar hotels, and the landlords ought by some strict polies re-
te be obliged to teats the wells, repair the Mk
sad windows, and make roads and drains for the
Me, or go without rent. No doubt they often do,
het that Rises, in a great meinure, from the un-
laslthy condition and position of poor people's homes,
whisk engenders ill health, reducing the objects to beggary,
lei Sling the workhouses, thus throwing on the general
tee-payers the expense of supporting a much gr. ater num-
b& of pee than it their hones woe wholesome and &mole.
It would oey laadlores Netter to keep small hone property
betermedition than they generally do ; and, in fee, such
"etched residences as could he pointed nut at ls. 6d., 24.,
sad Is. a week, ought not to be permitted a day lofter to
ent is 'civilised e tunny. Should these views meet your
salveral, please insert them in the Deily Arstos.—Yours,
at, W. M.
SIIAIirPERE DOCEMENTL—It is stated that a few
dwaseata ot same interest respecting John Shakopee, the
Wu of the pat, and one in which the great dramatist him
'elf is annexed as the purchaser of a pray/rho*, have
ion wanly dinnereel among some old papers et Sten:lciest-
lerAvee, in the possertion of Mr. W. 0. Hunt. The man•
stria which one of the meet important was discovered by
Oat toilsome is sufficiently curious to be mentioned :—A
tide "untie-' of parchment, on which was fastened a
eke, matalsing a hie of old declarations of the Court of
gessrd war opened, end proved to be a writ respecting
'owls of some property by John Bhelepere in 1579.
A CCU FOR SHORT WTJGHT.—The local autho-
this of Nesylebons have resolved, under the provisions of
keirdindet set ef parliament, to publish tie names of any
Indegeogi cif the direct who shall have l,een three times
'nee ellen raise or fraudulent weights and messores,
wn lessee the nun, residence, end calling, and the dr-
eamaiss tateadaat co the conviction, to be itsbliey ed.
litlard I the principal morning newsp_spers.
.1111 MASTER Or ST. CROSS HiniFlTAL.—.Bk,—•
I'm jut and nano indignation has been &Tinned in this
en nil fa aeignbourhood, on account of the shameful and
shun of the charity of fit. Cross Hospital. This
bee sot been weakened by the occurrence cf the fel-
_7*litre :—The church of St. Cron, which is large
wa art finished with a stove, is at this season of the year
111:17,17 coldand somewnat damp. The parishioners
„Id gotitineed the churchwardens to remedy this evil ;
churchwarden in tie it tarn, applied to the re-
iniatitin.""si "4 His considerate and char-inlet answer to the
ores, that "since the parishioners have always I
altlinut a rose, they say do without/ one now."
at' awn' up to the mot.* on his eoet•ofearms--
"entrant colauelsars."—Juyn sse.—Wieehester.
11.1rttr FINANCE or TOE " TINIES."—Sir,-1110
Lae, esitur.'ay last contains a leading article in whiter
"will.....Ft..:4;oti.showntliat one military alines are greatly
2,7,
ath, services whisk they render the countny.
holates i that style of megrim" confidence whial '
5e.,4.°711 allwonriate to the nixes, atai is meant es ea
1e5.12.144 "Pi) to a Me. A. C. Stewart, who appean t
asidreesed the Fronde Reform Assn:i
th---"nnta this subject. The Tines makes it ma Watt
tbai'"L"'2,o British union serve their vein ry for sane-'
141072! mong —that is to say, that they contribute
i.OaW their lives is
the exchequer in Muni for the honour et
between Cowman' and the colonies."
oast • !incise, oar joutnaiiet adds : " The arise
:• are. imaginvtion venters nix PAM upon
eae~j',myna error the t.11..vin7 tesh,"on : in
C,Too of the rank and title of -captain one.
3,etoC,_ f al, into the national exchequer Mee
...bw,..nLura far which the young gentleman
1ina....7%.?, per annum." He receives considerably
neeirtr,al.lowsnees, and all contingent advents fes in-
tb..n, wr.i I now desire to call your attention to is,
ZFleeo!this snug Income dow dingo heaths oaid
t end that the Ttisses,ht saying se, la either koexing
kopek., I• tns been honed. The 3,0001. g es into
I e officer— of him whose enstaimion
The sale of a commis:tun by A to B is, so

far se it Is a matter of , eatirely betweea the two dd.
awe theartelves. As eid eiwr.wW
isZ a boil Moeda
Ms *Was tea yeemparr IM pas the
raeaey—the whom, pee ael a • bat the elohe-
gym, ise raber warth asse27, seatiaies to yield the
pay sad 'newsman. It le etwatlas to we ee rutty coureetp•
tam eJee evaaleg tiveugh a whites edema of the Times,
freaded eal.
spN a eseampeioa Fiat the very reverse of the
hee.—l.—ov. 2

FIBS AT ST. MATTEILRI CHURCH, CITT-ItOAD.—
Os Tuesdsy isonsing this edifies had • very marrow escape
of bias sleetroyed by Ire. &twee% 19 mad 1 e'en.* the
polies ea duty saw smoke Wein treed the building lieu
the tower. Oa die building being entered it was toned that
a porting oldie flowriag, souse matting, mud a barn, were on
ire. The ibre was extinguished without the engine. being
meet far, but ilispriatesideet Oraidwood haring investigated
the tests, reports the eases et the to hare beet the
lamer of werlussa in dropping sparks trout a lighted
ludic The church and the Aram were insured in the
Union Fimetioa.