The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

On Tuesday last theiti;:Mi. Wallis, incumbent of
Stockwell Chapel, and also secretary to the Church
&Wiling Fund for the diocese of Winchester, applied to
Mr. Elliott to take his opinion respecting the distribution
of lottery tickets in aid, as their heading implied, of the
"South London New Church Building Fund," an object of
which the rev. applicant had no knowledge, and there-
fore arose his anxiety to bring the matter under the notice
of a magistrate. The tickets represented the prizes as
1,000 in number, and of the estimated value of 400/., and
went on to say that their purchasers, in addition to •
chance of winning one of them, would be entitled also to
six cartes de visite at the studio of Mr. Carrick, 32, Regent-
street.

Mr. Alvey, a gentleman residing in Camberwell-road,
and four other officers of the society of the New Church or
New Jerusalem Church, waited on Mr. Elliott to give the
required explanation of the matter.
From the statement of Mr. Alvey it appeared that
about two years ago a new congregation of this body was
formed in " South London," whose design and object was
to build a New Jerusalem Church in Camberwell-road,
and the principal object in circulating the tickets was
with the view of disposing of various articles which re-
mained from the bazaar of last year for the benefit of the
building fund.
Mr. Elliott—lf you refer to the heading of the tickets
you will find that nothing is said about the Jerusalem
Church. The beading is " South London New Church
Building Fund." Had you designated the church ea the
" New Jerusalem Church," it might have afforded an ex-
planation.
Mr. Alvey—That is very true, sir, but the fact was that
the tickets were only intended for our personal friends,
who would have understood them quite well. It is not
, our wish to act in antagonism to the Rev. Mr. Wallis or
anybody else, nor do we at all complain of the application
made by the rev. gentleman, or the mode in which that
applic..tion was made.
It was here asked if Mr. Carrick was present, when Mr.
Thorn, treasurer to the society, rose and said that to
make the tickets a little more attractive the committee
had added that part which related to the cartes de visite,
and therefore in reality Mr. Carrick had nothing whatever
to do with it, nor was he present. He (Mr. Thorn) wished
to add that though the designation of the St. Georp's
Hall could not be found in the Directory, it was • place
well known, where public lectures and public meetings
were held, and was part of the goods depository in the
Gray's-inn-road, near Xing's-cross.
The gentlemen having produced the printed reports of
their meetings and other proceedings to prove their bona
fides, they thanked the magistrate for the attention
bestowed on them, and left the court.
The extreme severity of the weather had the effect, as
on the morning before, of reducing the night charges to
three or four, and those not of much importance.
John Buckley, formerly an inmate of Lambeth Work-
house, was charged with stealing a suit of clothes, of the
value of 13a., the property of the guardians of the poor for
that parish.
Alfred Vanderstien, probationary wardsman at the work-
house, said that on the 29th of October last the prisoner
was permitted to leave the house to come to this court to
give evidence in a case then before the magistrates, and did
not subsequently return ; but, on the oontrary, absconded
with the clothes which he had on, and which belonged to
the guardians, and kept out of the way until the night
before, when he was apprehended.
The prisoner, in defence, said that on returning from
this court he got something to drink, and unfortunately
neglected to go back to the workhouse.
The magistrate convicted him in a penalty of .is., in ad-
dition to the value of the articles he absconded with, or
one month's imprisonment.
Mary Aux Slater, a healthy-looking girl of 16, was
charged with being found in the greenhouse of a gentleman
named Welke, at Norwood.
Charles Gray, gardener to Mr. Welke, said that ongoing
to his mseter's greenhouse on that morning he found the
prisoner there fast asleep, and on awaking her she said that
she had been locked out from her lodgings on the night
before, and a policeman took her to the place for shelter,
but cautioned her to leave by bye in the morning.
A constable, with much candour, admitted that this was
the fact, and the girl was discharged, with a caution to get
home earlier for the future.