The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

bIARYLEB9NE.

William Johnson alias lien, and Charles JoAnson, his son,
a youth about 16 years of age, were brought up for re-exami-
nation on the charge of having endeavoured, by false and
fraudulent representations, to obtain money from Lady May,
of No. LI, Hyde-park-street.
The particulars of what previously transpired have al-
ready appeared, and it will be remembered that on the 16th
ult. the younger prisoner went to her ladyship's house with
a letter, which set forth that Mrs. Gates, of John Cottage,
Plumstead, Kent, had been distruined upon by her land-
lord, Mr. Risen, for the sum of 39.. 10s. for rent. It was
alleged that she was a widow, having a family to support,
and that she was really and truly deserving of the kind con-
sideration of the charitable and humane. The butler, who
received the letter alluded to, stated that her ladyship was
not disposed to arniril assistance upon the instant, and she
communicated with the 31endieity Society upon the subject.
Lady May was now in attendance, and her ladyship
identified the letter produced as being that which was
handed to her butler.

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Hereford, the chief officer of the Mendicity Society, and
by whom the prisoners were taken into etisunly, gave ad-
ditional evidence in support of the charge, and said that he
had been to Pluinstead, where, upon making inquiry, ho
found that all the statements made in the letter were en-
tirely devoid of truth.
The elder prisoner was discharged, and his son was sent
to the house of Correction fur three months.

SOI;TIIWAII.K.

Akrander 3lunro, an old soldier, discharged from the
army after services in the Peninsula and Waterloo, applied
for the magistrate's advice under the following circum-
stances

The app want said he had served twelve years in the 71st
"Highland Regiment, during which period he was engaged
in several battles in the Peninsula, and lastly at Waterloo,
for which he had medals. Being discharged, and having
fallen into infirm health arising from the privations he had
undergone while in the army, and having no pension for
his services, he transmitted his testimonials of character
while in the 71st Regiment to the Dukc of Wellington, in the
hope that his grace would appoint him to some humble em-
hloyment, or place him on the pension list, so that in
is old age he would not be driven to seek an
asylum in the workhouse. Those testimonials he enclosed
to the Duke of Wellington in August last, but received no
answer; and although he had since written requesting that
his grace would order the return of his papers, which were
of the utmost importance to him, yet they were never sent
to him. The applicant here handed in the copy of the letter
he bad so transmitted to the duke.

The magistrate (Mr. Combo)) said at the request of appli-
cant he had read the letter addressed to the Duke of Wel-
-1 lington, but that he could give him no advice ; that it re-
lated to matters entirely distinct from those over which
magistrates had any control.
The applicant said he was at a loss how to act for the re-
covery of his testimonials, and thought the best plan was to
►eek the advice of a magistrate on the subject. Ile added
that he suspected his papers were kept back from the notice
of the Duke of Wellington.