The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANBION-liOL-SE.

Mr. Letrii Isaac.: appeared before the Lord Mayor upon
a complaint made by the Commissioners of Sewers of the
City of London.
Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor, and Mr. Daw, the clerk to the
COMUII/110511f11, attended for the promeution.
The summons was in the following words For that
you, cn the 23rd day of September fart, being the owner
of. common lodgifte-house, slum?. and being N 0.5, Fire-
ball-mart, liouedsditch, within the City of London, after
a certain notice, bearing date the 22nd day of September
last, and stating that a certificate, under the hand of John
Simon, E.q , medical officer of health of the said City, had
been laid before the said commissioners, that the said house
was unfit for the reception of lodgers by reason of its filthy
and unwholesome condition, had been duly given to you
,by the said commissioners, did, contrary to the provisions
of the City of London Sewers Act, 1851, accommodate and
receive lodgers in the said how, and have heretofore re-
fused and neglected to give the information in writing
set forth and required in and by the said notice, for
the purpose of having the said house registered,
in a book kept by this said commisaioaen in pursuance of
the said act, whereby you have become liable 'for such
offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, end the like
penalty for each day after the first upon which any each
offence should be continued."

The def octant pleaded not guilty, and in answer to Mr.
Tyrrell said—" I admit the ownership of the hoop and the
receipt :of the notice."
Mr. Tyrrell—Why do you not comply with what Is
required of you ?
Defendant—l never kept a common lodging-house, and
sooner than keep bonus under that denomination I would
close the houses is the court of which I am the proprietor.
I intimated so mach to the COMIIiIIIIODeII of sewers, and I '
at the same time stated that I bad used every endeavour to
fot the tenants of the houses in Fireball-court all out, but
have found an insurmountable difficulty from the astute
of the property and the circumstances of the inhabitants.
The Lord Mayor—As • magistrate I have but one course
to pursue. I have nothing to do with the nature of the
property or the circumstances of the tenants. The act of
parliament requires that I should enforce the strict observ-
ance of its provisions for the protection of the public health.
There is now no alternative.

l Defendant—My lord, I have nearly got out the whole of
l the tenants, and I am now doing all in my power to ac-
complish the object completely. I have employed the
police to amid me to induce the rest to go, but I am not
aware that I have any other than the ordinary power which
other landlords ponsese of getting rid of them after the re-
gular legal notice.
The Lord Mayor—You say you have not the power
to get rid of these tenants. Now, you must come under
the Common Lodging Houses Act for the purpose of getting
rid of them, and the fact of your not having done so subjects
you to conviction in every case, and I shall be obliged to
convict you in every instance, sad there are several cases.
Defendant—l can show to your leeciship how indefatiga-
ble have been my exertions to get rid of the nuances cow
plained of. (Here Mr. Isaacs mentioced the numbers of se-
veral of the bosom which he had succeeded by, menaces in
clearing of the inhabitants, and of others the tenants of
which had poeitivoty promised to quit the premises in a few
days in order to give him the opportunity of efficiently re-
moving the existing abominations.) Mrs. Casey who in-
I habits :No. 5, in Fireball-court, says that she will go every
day, bat I comsat pt her away. There is la one of the
house* a woman who declares that she will go in five days,
and that if I compel her to leave the house sooner
the will be actually in the streets. I could not put
her into that condition. One of Mr. Tyrrell's clerks came
round with me to the neighbourhood, and saw that I have
been doiog all that I could do. I have caused the water-
closets to be thoroughly cleansed, and everything that
could be dons by a man so cireamstancod to be done.
Mr. Tyrrell—lf, Mr. Isaacs, you were registered you
could get at once out of the difficulty in which you are
placed by the fact of non-eompliassoe. We believe that
you are willing to give the commissioners all the aseistance
you ma, with the exception of that which can be afforded
by that speciBc remedy. A death has occurred in Fire-
, ball-court since you have bad notice of the proceedings of
the 0013102i14011011. The condition of the place is, we have
it from unquestionable authority, likely to affect the health
of the community. You object to the process lof register-
ing this honors, and an extensive mortality may take
ghee.
Defendant—There is no cholera. There is no fever in

Fireball-court. A child has died then it is tm, but the
cause of that death was the incapability of the mother to
give the niceesary nourishment to her offspring; and
the donned lay in the house for several days, in conse-
quence of the difficulty of procuring a certificate.
The Lord Mayor—There is no use is multiplying ex-
cuses. Nothing in cases of this kind will do but conviction
sad penalty. Hen is en not which gives you the power to
semi, the evil, of which snit heavy complaint has been
maw Yes are not dilemma to come under that act, and
Ar way violation I am misdeed to inflict the penalty
IllanaTaa7 eawriatedaihre me. I give you credit for
old isteatiee• but de not consider that yirs have don*
di dee pia See load le des
• pollemos sir wpm& to be interested in the de-
fining's peopeetvosid dere were some conditions annexed
le ON set of =ring promiees as common lodging hone',
to shish it he emend bard to subscribe. The ob-
ligates to look to the ea and to other peculiar
matters connected with the tonseey would be productive of
welt a series of dist DIR. Isaacs would rather
pee up the their be subjected to them.
The Lord rid bare, I have but one coarse
toporesit. The medied arm of health certifies that the
boom is Tirebeilieset nee wholly unfit for hostas had-
ham and that huh Memel ire likely to be generated by
their emliviense as the euldlerees of human beings.
At dr mired of the deisdant fitaandenon (7o) was
called and examined by him with the object of proving that
the owner of the hews had been active is his exertions to
elms the wart. Me mid that he had beard Mr. Immo
=ebrsc behshit
mgiebates iaaals fact
the co, hes
to
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tisanes, and that he had turd them by the
st▪
emma aesnmente to go ; that some had consented to de-
part, awl bed pmgsrmad their promises, while others were
refracted and rest& rot stir.
The Lod Mayer7-Ie what condition did you find the
houses when you visited thane ?
Baundmaira—The water-closets were improved as to
desalinise, but the cellars were in a eery bad state. I be-
lieve that it will be necessary to pt rid of the people in the
court before the place can be perfectly eleaeeed.
Defendant—l wish your Lordship to put a few questions
to Mn. Buckley, who is the tenant of one of the houses
(No- 6, as our reporter understood Mr. Imam), for the pur-
pose of seeing what art of people I have to deal with.
Mrs. Buckley was accordingly called.
The Lord Mayor—Well, Mn. Buckley, why don't you
leave your premises, in order to give Mr. bum en oppor-
tunity of cleansing them ?
Mrs. Buckley—My premises cleansed! Why, my Lord,
they areas clean as possible. (Laughter) My water-
closet and cellar, and all about the place, can't be cleaner
than they are. (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor—l shall send an officer to compel you to
leave them.

Mn. Buckley—l'll leave the house as soon as I can suit
myself.
The Lord Mayor—Can Fos p away today ?
Mrs. Buckley—To-day !Oh, dear, no, my lord. If I leave
the house, I must go to the workhouse. I am very clean.
I have a nice clean cellar, and everything is clean about the
place.
The defendant.-The excuse is they can't get a place snit
it is impossible to prevail upon some of them to stir. 'There
is Mn. Cony another of the tenants. There is not a win-
dow is the house that is not stuffed with a piece of old
blanket or a rag of some kind or other.
Mn. Casey—My place is quite clean sad nice, I assure
you, my lord. (Laughter.)
The Lord Maier—have you get a husband ?
Mn. Casey—Yes, my lord.
The Lord Mayor—Tell him that I shall send an officer to
the eourt to-morrow, and if I tied him there, he shall be
brought before me to answer for the offence of staying
there. This summons shall stand over for a week, and U
omit be not comeettcleared before that time
mines proesediags shall ted. In ivory one is
I thiewb:lth:o swam, of the soodisarollim of Mobil is ail

immediately attended to there shall be not the slightest
attention raid to excuses or apologies. Let this be con-
sidered to be a peremptory notice to the inhabitants of all
the dirty abi.les in London.
The di fenehmt said he was grateful for the powerful
assistance of his lordship, and that if he found there was
any other impediment to his efforts to remove the canoe of
complaint, he wouldlat once register his houses under the
Common Lndggiog•hou•e, Act.
The Lord Mayor—All the cases stand over for a week,
and I owed that all canes of complaint in Fireball-court,
aid the other places marked out as intolerable nuisances by
the medical officer of health will be immediately removed.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Samuel, silversmith, of No. 49, Strand, entered the
court, and made a statement to the effect that from circum-
stances which had tome to his knowledge, he was appre-
hensive that a duel was about to take place between Sir
Robert Jokes Clifton, Bart, and Charles Lane Pox, E.q.,
of the Grenadier Guards. He sa.hed, therefore, to have
a warrant to take the parties into custody in order that they
might be bound onr to keep the peace.
The Chief Clerk, Mr. Lindley,wished to know the reason
that induced the applicant to take such an interest in the
matter,

Mr. Samuel was understood to say that he was pecuni-
arily interested in the life of one of the parties.
The warrant was granted, and placed in the hands of
Roberts, one of the constables attached to this court, who
by the exercise of • little address contrived to take Sir Ro-
bert Clifton into custody at lez•np's Hotel.
Sir Robert Clifton, accompanied by several military
friends, came into court to answer the charge.
Mr. Samuel, on being sworn, said since be had made his
application he had received such information as induced
him to believe that no duel would now take place. He
had been misinformed, and begged to withdraw the case.
Mr. Hardwick, addressing Sir Robert Clifton, asked him
if the witness was correct in his belief ? He would put it
to him, as a gentleman, to say whether the probability of a
hostile meeting bad wholly ceased ?
Sir Robert Clifton—To the best of my belief the quarrel
between myself and my friend will, I expeet, be amicably
arranged.
Mr. Hardwick—Then that just leaves an opening for the
belief that the quarrel may not be amicably adjusted as you
expect. It is my duty to secure the public peace, sad there.
fore I mast call upon you to find sureties in 1,0001. to keep
the peace for 12 months.
Sir Robert Clifton inquired if it was compulsory on him
to find +unties ?

—/iirill;iti;iCk replied in the affirmative.
Sir Robert Clifton said he would comply.
The msgistrate contented himself with Sir Robert Clif-
ton's own recognisance and his assurance that no hostile
meeting should take place.
As soon as the parties had left the court, nee of the de-
fendant's military friends suggested the expediency of
givint the ripener 101. to keep the matter out of the
papers.
Mr. Davis, the defendant's solicitor, said that would not
do, as 101. bad been offered on another occasion, and had
not only been refused, but the circumstance hag been men-
tioned in the papers.

METALS.—Mr. Mcate's circular states that in
rails several purchases have been made. Scotch pigs have
fluctuated from dle. to 665. ; the market eaves off at 65e. 6d.
buyers. Bpiher is firm at 211. lOs. Copper: A steady
business doing. Banes tin is very Ors. Tin plates in small
demand.

BM:Ult.—The avenge price of sugar, the produce of
the British possessions in America, computed from the re-
turns made in the week ending the 18th October, 1863,
is 234. 100. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 225. 80.
Sager, the produce of the East Indies, 295. 61d. The
ge price of the three foregoing descriptions of sugar,
joiatly, b 24e. 60. per owl.

BateTOL, Ocr. 21.
Scoas..—The refiners have been free purchasers this
week, and importers having met the distend, consi-
derable sales have been effected in West India since our
last report at prices wl.ich show a decline of about
6d. per est. from the lab highest point. In Mauritius we
hive not say transactions to report, nearly the whole of
the stock being in second hands; but of foreign 4,000 boxes
yellow Havannas (partly en the spot, and partly to arrive)
have been disposed of at about former quotations. Re-
finers' produce sells freely, and prices are unaltered.',
Isaac's is worth 20s. For rum the demand has rather sub-
sided, and to effect sales some concession in prices must be
submitted to.

COTTON.—larzarooi, Ocr. 21.—Notwithstanding the
uneasiness and disturbance in various localities upon the la-
bour %unties, and the turn-outs anionpt some of the eat-
ton-spinners of Lancashire, our market hes not only main-
tained the advance on American descriptions which we no-
ticed last week, but has gone soother step further in the
same direction. All kinds of American, except perhaps the
very good, are id. higher; the middling qualities being
most in demand and smallest in stock, are advanced some-
what more than id., but net Id. Saran are also more ap-
preciated, but we cannot say quotably her. Braslls
quits Arm and steady. Egyptians without Mange in price
or in any other respect, are difficult to sell Weft at the very
low relative price now quoted for that lospiad descrip-
tion. There is nothing new on the au of manly or
crop; nor upon political or money matte= he ear
market either way. Upon the whole, we dale the week
with a steady appearance, not without some sperelesnekie of
unpleasantness connected with the turn-outs at Prestos and
elsewhere. The Committee of Broken place fair Uplands
at 1311.; Mobile, 816.; and Orleans at Bp. 5,580 American
and 2,540 Surat are reported to have been taken on specu-
lation; and 1,470 American, 2,980 Surat, 180 Mad=e, 30
Bahia, and 30 roma for export. &he toe the week:
46,720 bales.

t ILK. The result of the periodical sales of silk is
thus reported by Mews. Durant and Co. The pe-
riodical public sales concluded yesterday. The quantity
offered was 900 bales Bengal and 2,900 bales China silk—
the attendance of buyers was unusually small, and they
showed no disposition to purchase—the bulk of the China
silk was withdrawn, about 600 bales of Tattles were allowed
to be bought in at a reduction of Is. per lb., at which some
few small parcels are now finding buyers. In Timmins
scarcely anything was offered. The Bengal silk was all
bought ha, being of a character not just now required, either
European filature silk, or the medium site unworkable
class of native. Duriog the four weeks preceding the sales,
the market was quiet, and the transactions comparatively
unimportant—the deliveries show • small reduction—but
the mills are still going at undiminished speed. In China
silk the only operation was the sale on arrival of the 400
bales new silk, chiefly Taysaam, by the steamer of Sep-
tember at the previous rates for new silk ; it I. understood
that 80(1 bales were sold this week, for arrival by the John
Banyan and Nightingale, in anticipation of the reduction
at the public sales. In Canton silk we ete without arrivals.
In Bengal silk moderate \winos was tione—the higher
classes were less sought, het 600 bass brought by the
steamer at the beginning of this month being chiefly of
native filatures were taken soon after landing at only •
slight reduction upon previous rata —a few parcels of coarse
and good working silk realising full prices. In Italian silk
there is a greater disposition to sell but no diminution in
pries suffieient to attract attention. In Bratia silk the
arrivals were only 18 bales, theme are held for previous
prices. In Persian silk no arrivals—little doing—prices
without change.

NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—Lacs.—We have not yet
muck alteration to notice from the state of things reported
last week, except that the Americans, now arrived, are pur-
chasing a few goods, which it is hoped will keep the ware-
houses employed. Had it not been for these and some few
orders of common goods for the Australian markets—the
hands must have been almost entirely out of employment—
several houses are working short time—the largest in town
aeknowledp that equal dulness was never experienced at
this 11116916—and future prospZis. do not appear to be very
Many gaiwangistigt owfhteet machines
others inesar e m
meanwhile a
sartoepaplerl
are entertained of averting a complete
seemktieLbertis will be observed, however, that in regard to
Mem» lam ear townsmen Messrs. Wild and Co., have this
week wilenimad their hand, Id. per yard on that peculiar
dosuiplies et Mew. The yarn market is very firm, but as
annowassil Y we last it is aapaaaad that if the money mar-
heti astir k their pram% masettied state the spinners
will ma be ampelled to make a sembeinien. We are sorry
to NM NM &re is very little beim doing in the silk
market, sail dila whisk la being produced remains in stock,
there being as erases ea bawd. Hosiery.—ln the hosiery
trade, 'Mop* the Amalgams an purchasing pretty freely,
in the absence of all demand fa the home trade and of
Australian and general shipping eiders, we are unable to
give so Battering an account as we would wish ; still, our
manufacture» do not despond. Priem art wall supported,
and the hands pretty freely employed.—Noßinghoieshire
Guardian.

WOOL.—Leans, Ocr. 21.—The present week has been
without any change of moment in this branch of trade. 7 he
sales effected hate only been to a trifling extent, and prices
are therefore in a great measure nominal.

CORN..

OCT. 21.7—Mere was a fair

supply of wham at markeiti;asy , sod, tijeweagerberog.
so unfavourable to the seeding the land, high prices wero
asked and obtained for all the best descriptions of wheat ;
82s. was made of fine old white ; red, 70s. to 751.; the
market closed at an advance of 2s. per qr. Barley rather
better supply ; the prices of last week were about main-
tained; fine, 431. to 481. Beans quite as dear for all de-
scriptions; old, la. to 2a. advance.

LixcoLx' Ocr. 21.—A fair show of wheat at our market
to-day with• good demand at 3s. to 4s. per qr. over last
week's rates ; reds, 725. to 76e. ; whites, 775. to 80s. A fair
business in barley at the prices of last week. Oats 11.
higher. Old beans much inquired for. The continued
prevalence of wet weather prevents farming operations;
great fears are entertained lest the quantity sown in this
Idistrict should suctin be below an average.

Liviaroox, Oct. 21.—At this day's market there was a
good attendance of the town and country trade, and again
many buyers from a distance. and • large business was done
in wheat miaow for con,uniptims and on spcculaion, at
a further advance sine* Tuesday of 2d. to 3L per 70Ihs ,
Is. 6d. per barrel, and Is. per sack. Oats and oatmeal suet
with a moderato demand, at the extreme rates of Tuesday.
Barley and beans were each held for full prices, but the
demand tubs In retail. Indian Dornwas more inquired for,
aml SMimi parcels of yellow, la store, were saleable at Is. to