The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.
The Lord Mayor said he had received several oonimunica-
done of late relative to nuisances of various kinds, which it
was wholly out of hie power to remedy or abate. Amongst
them were complaints of the state of the Thames. It might
be beneficial to notice publicly a statement to the truth of
which he could bear testimony himself; having been
amongst hundreds of witnesses en the steam-boat passage
from London-bridge to Westminster • day or two ago. The
following is one of the effusion' of his lordship's correspon-
dents on the subject of complaint
"My Lord,—What is to be done ? The stench from the
Thames yesterday, even at high water, exceeded anything I
have ever smelt or noticed before. On leaving the
Adelphi pier I was seized with vomiting, and I really expected
some injury would accrue to me. Can nothing be done,
taxing speohes in parliament, on the subject of this
'sewer evil ?' When some dreadful calamity
shall brood its pestilential form over the great metropolis,
then shall we mourn the destroying effect of our culpable
negligence."
His lordship, with great sincerity, sympathised wish the
writers of such letters. He had gone up to Westminster the
day before he had received the foregoing description, end oer.
tainly no stench that ever he had eacountered was com-
parable with that which smiled the passengers on that coos-
non. He would not try the experiment again. He knew
that the nuisance was moat abominable, and he apprehended
that it WY most dangerous, but, as the writer had inti-
mated, parliamentary speeches having hitherto failed,
what could be expected from the mere comments of a magia.
trate P He could only add that he hoped the fears of his
fellow-citineas would Sot be speedily realised.
TAonias Bails was charged with having committed •
robbery on Buaday, at half-past 11 o'clock, in the Clothes
Exchange, Petticoat-lane, in the neighbourhood of which
14,000 or 16,000 people congregate every Sunda), some to
bee and sell, and others (the great majority) to plunder.
William Pedlar, a person of respeotableappearance, said—
I went with a friend yesterday to see the Clothes Exchange,
of which so much has been mid In diMapt parts
of the country. I had my watch in my Nraistoost
pocket, and there was a pest crowd. I felt •
match at my watch, and an lookiaildown I saw
it In the hands of the prisoner, under a blue cloth.He was trying to screw it from the guard, end caught hold
of him. He then gave the last pull, sad the swivel gave way,
sad the watch remained la his hand. I kept hat hold of
him, and a set of his sesoelatee, by whom he appeared to be
surrounded, tried to get him away. I stuck to him, and he
full to the ground, and then I saw that he had given my
watch to a female, and I observed her pass it to another of
the crowd. I never saw my watch again. I heel the IFfemir
In my custody, notwithstanding the threats of hie vile soca-
panions, till an officer came up.
It was stated by the police that it was quite impossible for
the officers to do shything at all amongst such a Issas of
people, and that any persons who were so silly as to earry
property about them in the immediate neighbourhood MIA
be content to part with it, and would be lucky if they got
away without being ren&y handled and kicked.
The Lord Mayor—PAsmer, what account can you give of
yourself !
The porisoner—Why, ray Iced, I plead guilty myself. The
truth is I did just take the gentleman's watch, but I out
sesureur
lordship that there wu me woman concerned. I
droppedthe watch and then it west of unmet the crowd.
Jo Arthur, a miner, from Cornwall, said—l was with the
prosecutor at the time, end I distinctly saw the prisoner hand
my hind's watch to a woman, who qrdekly passed It to
soother person in the crowd.
The Lord Mayor—There is proof of the existence of
another desperate evil. That somebody I. culpable for the
continuance of so outrageous a violation of the law as the per
mission of each a state of things, on the borders of the City
of London, there can be no doubt. I have said so frequently
since the commencement of my mayoralty, but there ap-
pears to ha no symptom of improvement. On the contrary,
the mischief seems to be on the incresee. I commit this
for trial at the Central Criminal Court, where I
r some allusion will be made to the state of the vicinity
of Petticoat lane by some high authority from whose inter-
position some effective regulation may spring.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.

--i3;neTotieri'etticoet -lane mew underwent etuuninationt
mad were remanded for future enquiry.

GUILDHALL.
WWd Nephew, a warehouseman, residing at De Beau-
wdr•lmem. wee brought up before Alderman Rose, charged
Ilia omen a disturbance is the church of Bt. Barthel°.
ISeer-lane, during the performance of divine ferries.
ißdwal Smith said-1 am a printer, and live in Green
Arbour-court, Little Mnordelds. I attended the evening
service at a quarter past 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, at
Bartholomew's, Moor-lane, which is my perish church.
Ths ologropidas consisted of about 14 or 16 persons, and
elms lir oral rammenoed the curate and others in the
siora, ewailas lo their usual custom, turned their faces
M the ink ppm is which the defendant, who was stand-
Y[ the aids haft upon one of the pews, put his hat on,
laying, "Do rem all this religion 1" was preparing
to leave the eitemskia a very irreverent raanner, when I ran
mend to the wow and told him to detain the defendant
until I Masi a polismaa. We ere so frimmiatly Gamy ad
ib=d -wading ilisturiances in the alma that I was
to she Ida into custody. I never saw him In the
dirdi Wm.

ai•• n Bole—Did Ito spook loud, so os to latorropt the
anis t

1/IWos—The seniors wee ici bsterrupteal, but the a:egre-
ssion was disturbed by what he aid, for be spoke loud
tweesil to be beard the other We of the dwelt. He also
WA $ parcel with him, which he wee swinging in a vary ir-
leweemt =WM, end when he rewind the hot Cl the stairs
he said. " This is Puseyism. Hare you sun the pewee of
r We ere so frequently annoyed that we oannot
God in onr own way, as every other sect is per-
mitted to do.

Croareiamined—l hurtled out of my pew In an ineverent
manner to follow you. . .

Defendant—Are you a communicant?
Witnme—What a that to you P lam a member of the
church.