The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

• (From "Once a Week.")
While the church is being divided into two par-
ties about vestments, the one great vestment question,
which concerns all alike seems more than ever likely to
fail to the ground • anethongh we all know that " when
rogues diffecl hoosit men get their rights," we fear that the
wit of one man and the wisdom of many "
contained in
the proverb, will fail in its application, and that the sta-
tistical return given below will remain to the world at
Lege, and even to the body of the church itself, • dead
letisr. And yet this same statistical return blazons
forth • great wrong • and sa there is something 'specially
eonvinemg about figures to our John Bull notions, we
shall make no apology for the following extract :
" About thirty years ago, out of 10,478 benefices, from
which returns were laid before parliament-297 were under
501. pm. annum, 1,629 ware between 501. and 1001.,
*ad 1,602 were between 100 L and 150/. So that
these were 1,926 bmefices under 1001. • year,
sat 1 3 528 under 150/. ; of this latter number, 13 con-
tained each a population of more than 10,000 ; 51 • popu-
lation of from 5,®0 to 10,000; 2M a population of between
2,000 and 5,000 ; and 1,125 a popularion of between 500 and
2,000. Now, although a vast deal has been done since that
time in the way of permanently sugmenting the endow-
ascot of small benefices, yet par/ passe the creation of new
dietricts, and these for the most pert poor ones, has but
Increased the eviL So much so, that at the pre 00 sent time
itd
is calculated that there are no fewer than 5,0 benefice
clergymen whose incomes from the church which they
serve are under 150 t. per annum."—Report of the Bristol
Church Congress, 1864.
Nor is it as if the recipients of this pay were curates
with one foot upon the first round of the ladder of romo-
p
tint; them five thousand bee
nothing further to hope for,
nefices are held by men who,
in the majority of cases, hav
and of whom but a small minority are in the happy case
of the fine old Vicar of Wakefield, who, by reason of his
private fortune, could make over to the widows and
the :W. he derived from his living.
'be days are gone by when the injunction that "the
labourer is worthy of his hire " held much weight
though we have no wish to advocate that all church
livings should be such as to induce a man to adopt the
profession for the sake of " filthy lucre," we do urge
enable a
man to devote himself fully to the holy work he has
chosen ; and, on the one hand, while it is a sin and a
shame that such institutions as the " Poor Clergy Relief
Society " should be required ; on the other, the require-
ments§ being incontestable, the shame and sin that touches
us most deeply is, that its funds are at such low ebb. For
knowing, as numbers of people must do, that poverty exists
in the church—it may be close, too, at their own doors—it
i• • scandal that Ruch a that sum as 3,699/. includes all
its receipts for 1866 ; and hose who dare not, if they
would, admiiiister private charity, should not contribute to
a turd open to application from all denominations of needy
clergymen. The society acts promptly, and receives contri-
butions, not only of money but of clothing, which is care-
fully Dotted and dispensed once a fortnight. The week
before we sterile this, not less than fifteen parcels
of such clothing (old and new) were despatched
from the office : no unwelcome gift to a family
where six or seven children, as many a poor vicar's wife
writes, have no change of clothes, and cannot for very
shame's sake beg the " squireena" for a share of the wenn
blankets and garments she distributes among the parish-
ioners. The latter needy as they may be, have
no appearance,' to 'keep up, and their case is thus
infiniteiy to he Deferred to that of their rector,
who way say, AS did a gentleman to a friend of
mine—" if I'd been a cottager, I'd have been
a happier man ; it is the curse of icing a
ofgen tle-
man, and having to fight against the long
odds
poverty without disgracing my cloth, that is killing;,
may not work with the hands God has given me ;
Ood help me'. my mind is well nigh gone already, so brain
work is impossible."
beautif
" Charity.'" saith the proverb, " begins at home ; " and
surely, in the strougest meaning of the ul word,
the church is our earthly home, and as such has the
greatest possible claim upon us, in a temporal as well as
spiritual sense ; and that her interests may be up
cently, it is indispensable that they who minister in it
should do so feet) from such temporal anxieties of mind as
hinge ;Ton food and raiment.
We talk of " Church anti State," and yet leave five
thousand ministers of that church to starve, or to give,
if they eau, their labour gratis ; and yet we might truly
say that a state which permits its own clergy to crave
public charity is not touch honoured by that dimming
fact.
" Each man for himself and Goa for us all," is the
cry. The parson must look out for himself; he need
not go into the church, unless he has private means. and
can give his stipend to the poor, and " feel a secret plea-
sure in doing his duty without reward:' or, unless he
holds fir other views than our good friend the vicar
aforesaid, who, we know, was of the opinion " that the
honest man who married and brought up a large family
did tame ervice than he who continued single."
A curate with SOL per annum, advancing to a benefice
of 11.0"., cannot afford to be a worthy man after the vicar's
reasoning; and, what is more to our purpose his case,
the ex:in:pie and influence exercised by an educated duly
over the women in his parish is lost, and his home denied
the cheering light of woinan'e presence. No MAO, in our
estimation, has more need the of a wife thanuph on as is cletdigy-
mau ; and it is one of the greatest slurs ,
tribution or church endowments, that the prudence of an
early marriage should be opeu to theed, or admit
of a question, as we must confess it dues under the
existing code.
The curate in a populous parish where dinners are con-
sidered the 1. ird.intale means of social enjoyait.iit, and who
has his tulle: 's dills paid out of the parental exchequer,
may get through his tints on a stipend vary ing from 807.
to 100'. per annum ; but suppose the oirate is not in a
social neighbourhood, or is not lucky enough to become
popular, or b.i 1.10 family exchequer open to tailors' bills,
his case is Rood), a very hard one, and his stilamil a beggarly
pittanee. Still, as we said, he has his foot upon the first
round..`. ladder,and " hope points before." lie may fall
in for a Shan: of the loaves and fishes of the mother-
church. Youth. we know, is naturally sanguine ; and he
does nut 'utter his eves to see the other and darker side--
the deep valley:, which lie between the mountains. But
for the incemhent of what is sonietimes facetiously styled
a " living," anti sometimes a " starving," hope sheds ILO
such genial distant ray.
We have been thinking and talking a good deal of
reform lately ; let us talk a little inure and act a little
mote, and have a sweeping reform in church endowments.
The neces .ty of a society such
be well as that for the relief
roof the
clergy is a ill ; the beggar:), endowmentsour
small lit ;digs are a disgrace ; and though it may
have pro priees in the church, as in all other fesinot a
ons,
though it is well to have hills and valleys, and
dead level, yet neither very high mountains nor very
low binds are tlesirittde.
Poverty always stands in a man's way. Even in secu-
lar life a poor relation is a family bugbear, and everyone
knows the keen wit of the line--" Nobody sendeth of
apples to him who bath not got an orch.trd." Poverty,
then, being so hard a matter in a general sense, must fall
even doubly hard upon those who are called upon to fulfil
the duties anti requirements of educated social life, who
bold a public position, and to whom hundreds of their
fellow-nien loos for ip in the way of precept and
example, to say nothing of practical aid ? Thus strait-
ened means are not only a sore personal trial to a
clergyman, but a formidable obstacle to the advancement
and welfare of religion ; and it was because theydi sa all
this, and dared entertain no hope of any immeatew
re-
dress of the grievance, that • few well-meaning and warm-
hearted men established the nucleus Cm fund for
the relief of the poor clergy in temporal distress or
difficulty.
The cases brought before the committee of this society
are alnioat too sad for insertion in such a periodical
as " Once a Week ; " and yet, feeling that the dark
side of nature should be known, and that a simple
statement of facts is always strong evidence, we shall
sub;oin three or four extracts from cases which came under
notice on a recent board day.
1. Attested by the Bishop of Chester and two beneficed
clergymen, is the case of a rector whose only available cle-
ricsl income is 00/. per annum, and upon whom a severe ill-
ness fell in ! and 11'415. During:lolll4, monthsof those years
he was totally incapacitated from duty, having, of course,
to pr,eitle a substitute at his own expense. By reset= of
this illnee.e the poor man had to relinquish tuition, which
had brought in a few pounds up to that time -, further,
his wife aryl children were taken ill, and, as he pleads,
" 3tede d attendance, added to other expenses incident
upon sic"iness, has placed me in very straitened circum-
stances." To this application the committee granted 251.
2. Represents a vise where alter a faithful term of
service insanity supervened, and where a wife and
four
children four
children are left to subsist upon the charity of a d
who can ill afford the aid. To the urgency of this case
and the strict mond character held by the afflicted clergy-
man and his family, the Bishop of Edinburgh and De
an
Ramsay bear evidence. Here, too, the society gd

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3. The widow and seven children of a bard-working
London clergyman. From sinking health he was obliged
to give up hie duty for a time ; and, as one personally
known to the family writes, " He never left his bed after
he heard that he had lost his curacy." Clothing and 217.
went to supply, in a measure, the present wants of the
widow and orphan children.
4. Is the case of the orphan and only child of a curate
left dep, ndent upon an aunt, who writes :—" The income
1 receive is derived from my situation as governess, and is
quite inadequate to provide for the child without assist-
ance ; the few pounds I had saved I spent in getting
medical advice for him and paying for him at a grammar-
school in—. If I can get a little aid, I should be able
to provide a home for him before I return to my engage-
ment. Even M. would be invaluable." Accordingly 101.
was granted.
Hundreds of such cases, nay sometimes even more
heart-rending, might be recorded'; and a vest number of

• The committee, in their last annul report, give assurance
that the lowest ulna of each grant of clothing may be fairly
stated at five pounds. In the winter season new blankets,
'flannel, and calico are sent out to the most necessitous cues.
t The Poor Clem Relief Society was established in the year
1866 for the immediate assistance of the clergy, their widows and
orphans in temporary &strew. Mak se, Southampton-Must.
Strand. M.C.

BOW-STREET.
Charles Mansell, a well-dressed young man, was charged
with assaulting an elderly woman named Willy, the wife
of a componoor, and Martin Burke, a porter.to the Spotted
M. Willy said she went on Saturday night
Dog, in the Strand, to see if her husband was there, and
meeting Martin Burke and his wife at the door, she stopped
a moment to speak to them. The prisoner and a friend
were passing at the time, singing " Chippety Chop," the
prieoner suiting the action to the word withtin time with
his elbow. In so doing he struck her such violence
as to throw her down on the footway. Though much hurt
by the fall she would have been satisfied with an apology,
but the prisoner and his friend went on without taking the
EXECUTION OF NEW ZEALAND MURDERERS. least notice, and when Burke followed and stopped him,
--4-- and demanded an apology, he refused to make one.
(From the Otago Daily Times, Oct. 20.) Martin Burke said he was sitting on a chair outside the
nablio-house talking to his wife when Mrs. Willy came up.
It was recently stated that Burgess, Levy, and feudant and his friend, both intoxicated, went by, and,
Kelly had been tried and found guilty of the murder of in passing, the prisoner struck Mrs. Willy deliberately and
Felix Mathieu, one of four persons who were murdered by purposely. Witness followed him, seizedlim addinghe collar,
the prisoners, in company with James Thomas Sullivan. and asked him what he meant by doing that, that
Sullivan was afterwards tried and convicted of the murder if it were accidental he might have apologised. The
of James Battle, an old whaler • but the sentence of death prisoner, without making any answer, !truck him
.so
pon him was commuted to penal servitude for violently in the mouth is to loosen two of his teeth, which
Diseleidn counsideration of his having been the means of con- he was afraid he should lose. Witness struck him
.in
sitting the other three who were left for execution. return and he then threw witness on the ground. While
he was' down the prisoner's friend struck him with his
On Frig day, October 6, ' the sentence was carried into
effect on Bargees, Levy, and Kelly, in the gsol-yar dst umbras. .
eLson. All the wen died protesting the truth of the P01101310•11K1114, 125 F. stated that he came up at the
statements they had made, and Kelly and Levyepes ~___A•tt- time, and the prisoner was
_giv.endriLLW his custody. The t.rds
THE CHEISTHAS LEGAL VACATION.-Yes- y,
edly declared themselves innocent. Burgess was the Brat prisoner and his friend were both
to speak. He declared that Sullivan was the murderer of aware that be struck
The prisoner said that he was not . ruing. bir.
obnusitteasclosiming
mai
pethnededofficeauntuof
Saturday
ymmoon law courts,
Battle, of Mathieu, and of the surveyor Dobson, and that or pushed the woman, or he should have apologieed. If he
Levy and Kelly were entire . b ,
• ly innocent of all the murder', did so it was by accident. The prisoner 13urke overtook Judges'
shamanchbers, and disposed of a number of summonses.
Justice Mellor and Mr. Baron Martin attended at the
lie acknowledged himself morally guilty of Do son s d 'th t • Ipbe will be re-o ned on Saturday, but there
1 liim about 20 yards from the house, an wi ou saying ahe re pe
murder, because he knew of it both before and after it . word seized him by the throat, upon which provocation will be no judge in attendance until the following Wed-
was perpetrated ; but he aaserted that Sullivan was he struck Burke.
actually concerned in all theHe expressed himself The prisoners friend, a Mr. White, of Southampton. made in pa:nadingthemrest,toterrecseveral organ f
were
happy on a morning so glorious and bright,.and
_had it.. gave evidence in support of this statement, and alleged
Levy and Kea •, he could' a ' intended knock her
not been for the regret he felt at the unmerited tate ot , that they were both quite. sober. THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL RoBERT REID.—
die hasp 7+ and almost joyously. 1 Mr Flowers was willing to believe that the blow
Kelly read a long statement, o the style and characttr . billeted on Mrs. Willy might not be toany steps have as yet been taken . .
It does not appear, from the inquiri tees
ewbetahmavea meademem, tuhtt
of which the following extracts will give an idea. It , down, but might have been given in a foolish and not
commenced," A good morning, but an unpleasant morning I very creditable lark, or it might ha,e lreen socidenW. e_ Lower ..
tionnvicted of the murder of his wife, Ann Reid, in a house
of the sentence passel upon Robert Reid, who was
myrtle-street, Liverpool. There was a rumour
to younall,
all, gentlemen, countrymen, brothers, and specta- \ Indeed, though the witness Burke said it was done pur- an
tors of one of the most awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful, yowl), and deliberately, yet from what he said it was prevalent after the trial that a representation would be
shameful, painful, mournful, revengeful, hateful, wrong•
ful. unjustifiable, ignominious, ingloi ions deaths and mar- 1 evident that he thought at the time it might be Red. mode to the Home Secretary on the unhappy man's be-
dental. He (Mr. Flowers), however, was satisfied that
den that ever took place in the,
wide world since the creation I both the prisoner and his friend were drunk. With the matter. The criminal has shown, since the ex-
half , but so far, we believe, no action has been taken in
of Atlam4 and a sad morning to my poor self ; and mav i
1, respect to the second assault be had to decide between
God be merciful to e a sinner and not a murderer ! 1 the testimony of Burke and NVliite, and he thought the same composure and self-possession that marked
trees sentence of the law was passed upon him, the
his demeanour during the triaL He seldom al
After referring to theatonement of Chriat, he continued, '
latter evidently had a confused recollection of the case, as
Since I have been born I trust Almighty God has , in some particulars his statement was inconsistent with
searched and tried me, to see if there has been any ,
1 the constable's evidence. For the assault on Mrs. Willy lodes to the circumstances attending his convic-
tion ; but when lie refers to the subject his remarks seem
such wiegedness in me as ever to knoir the certainty he should fine him 405., or 14 days' imprisonment, and for to imply that he entertains the opinion that her Majesty's
clemency will be exercised on his behalf. Being a pro-
of the Blaungatapu murders until Sullivan confesscd. 1 that on Burke 405., or a month. testant he is attended by the Rev. R. Appleton, the chap
felt
I never be forgiven my sins upon earth, or after I i The finer were paid.
shuttle otf t•gis mortal coil and appear before Almighty , Burke applied for and obtained a summons against Mr. lain of the gaol, who is unremitting in his attention to the
convict. Reid seems to realise the awful position in
God, if. I am not innocent of killing, or being with any 1 White for striking him with an umbrella. .
person that did kill, on the Maungatapu or elsewhere, any : An unusual number of persons were charge
d with being which he is placed, and pays marked attention to the spi-
ritual instruction which is afforded to him. He attended
other murdered men in the world. Hmy assertion and
dying woras be not the truth, I hope that after I ascend 1
drunk and incapable,
CLERKENWELL. yesterday, with the other prisoners, at Divine service i.i
the fhtal and unwelcome scaffold, and the bolt is drawn I the prison chapel. On Saturday he was ved by two of
Edwin Baker, a shopman, was charged before Mr. Cooke
that will launch me out of this world, and that whilst my 1 his relatives -cousins, we believe-who arc iesident in
1 with robbing his employer, Mr. B. Smith, 65, llrill-row,
frail and worthless body of clay is dangling in the air, the
aryl]. will be watching for the moment Lily soul departs .Somers Town. Liverpool. The interview was a painful one, but during
ion. If the law takes
The prisonerhad been,a porter in the employ of prosecutor it Reid exhibited great self-
from this body. and that it may be borne on the wings of I
for the past seven years going behind the counter to sweep its course the sentence will raceassrried out on Saturday,
the devil to the bottomless pit of hell at a speed morethe 12th of January.-Lirerpoo/ /lb nary.
and to fill up tea bins. On Saturday last, between eleven
rai:ia than the light of the sun reaches our earth. Yee,
at COLLISION ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—
' and eight in the evening, the prosecutor ordered him to mix
at a apeei as quick as that which I believe to be th
fasteet thing that travels, for I can think to heaven in up some green tea to fill a canister. and put the remainder On Saturday evening a serious accident happened near
in a small box. After he had filled the canister he put the Grant's House on the East Coast, or Berwick, line of the
an instant.' He next termed Sullivan " The Demon of
I tea that was left in a box used for keeping tea in, usually North Britian Railway, by the collision of
train
natilettrabiant
the West Coast, and the dlaungatapu alomitains kept in the warehouse. The prosecutor told him to leave leaving Edinburgh at 5.53 and
Aasassin." lie prayed for a blowing on the heads of the . the box containing the remainder of the tea in a hogshead station. The express or " Flyinggsootes h "Inn""fe'rom the
people of Nelson for their efforts to discover the bodies •
in the shop, out of the reach of the customer', and where south being heavily laden, as the through trainsma
usually are
of the murdered men. He praised what had/ taken place .
on the part of the people at the town named after the he could see it. The prisoner dia as he was directed, and a at the Christmas season, was an hour late at Berwick, and
short time after the prosecutor sent then ieoner on an other trains being also behind time, some derangement
gallant hero of the sea and ocean, and the conqueror errand, an•l whilst be was sway the prosecutor had the box of traffic took place. When the mail from Edin-
of Old England's enemies, Nelson, the inimitable won- , .
and tea weighed. It weighed 201 . Lioz. gross. The burgh was approaching Grant's House station, on
der of sea fights and war, and hoped he was happy ; proaecutor thin had the box put back to the place where rounaing a sharp curve it ran into a goods train pro-
calling upon God to bless hint, for he liked a patrtot. 1
, the prisoner Iral left it. When the prisoner returned the ceediug before it to Berwick. Excepting that the engine
He then copied a hymn referring to the hour of prosecutor told him to take the tea into the warehouse was somewhat damage,l, •m il M fortunately pea
larting with all earthly things, and concuded his slying upstairs. lie took the tea there, and from the time he injury ; but the guard a van of the goods train was smashed
speech thus :-" And this hour has bee
ne fully before , ace op the prosecutor inspected something was wrong. to pieces, and aeveml trucks were
.also . much dm:gaged.
me the great part of my life, but never as it should i When the prisoner came into the shop he noticed his One or two persons sustained slight injunes , but the (oily
have been, until my arrest But may I find life and
,trousers pockets were bulky. He then sent him out person seriously hurt was the guard of. thßeegoot.elks thin-ias
heaven with my Goa! So farewell to everybody,and whilst be was away he had man named Thompson, who resides at . , vet
Tommy Noon, =Mel Kelly." levy evinced the least from
eilio- . for some arlaeB'
i the same lox brought down into the shop and employed as an occasional guar .
pea it juries a'rei very
lion. He complained that the authorities did not allow weighed. It then only weighed 201 b. S soz• serious, and on Sunday his cond was regarded as
hint money to secure witnesses, that be had been unfairly lich seriously
short. The prisoner entered the shop whilst the dangerous. A block of the line tookce, wla .
treated be the press, and that hail he been tried elsewhere 1 box was being weighed, and seeng what was taking place, interrupted the traffic, the express from the south being
he wouldhave been acquitted. He appealed to the editor made an effort to go through tthe parlour into the yard. delayed fur upwards of two hours, and the London mail
of the Co/moist to „give his statement full publicity, and 1, The prosecutor followed and got in front of lain, and being also somewhat delayed.
aeclareilby Jehovah tputting on his hat), and mentionini . said, " Eawin. that box of green tea which you fetched a
2HE FATAL GAS EXPLoSION. -In reply to in-
the place of the murder of the four men, that he en( , this evening I had weighed before you took it upstairs.
Kelly hall been six corn away from the society of Burgess guides at the Royal Free Hospital and St. Bartholomew's
, I have weighed it spin, and it is now short of the weight,
and Sullivigu. Ile complained of his treatment in prison, Hospital yesterday, it was stated that n 3 further deaths
' and you have the tea in your pocket." The prisoner said
and offavru,
favour having been shown to Sullivan, amid con- • had as yet taken place ; but the man Joseph Inca, lying
he had not, on which the prosecutor said, "It in no use
eluded by protesting his innocence. The preparatioas • in the tomer hfarital, was stated to be in rach a pre-
you saying you have not, out with it." The prisoner again
being completed, the men ascended the scaffold with carious condition that his recovery is regarded as hopeless.
RAW he hail not. The prosecutor then said it Was of no
their religious advisers, and all knelt down in lAt St. Bartholomew's Hospital Luigi Scartici was stated
use, on which the prisoner put his hands into las trouser'
' tocket ana took out a parml of tea (produceal. wrapped aP
prayer. Burgess protease,' penitence and hope in to be in a very critical position, but it is hoped that be
God, thanked the officials for their kindness, and said °toady without twine. The p‘riso hen said, " I hope you may survive. The woman Siren Grego is doing well at
he was ready to slat mit to the sentence of the law.present. Dr. Lankester, the coroner, has received notice
Kelly ejaculated, " 0 God, lam not ready. Give will look overit." I replied. ' No; marl
believe you have been
me a robbing me for year'." While the police-oonatableW3B hying of the deaths of Dominica Villa, William Cole, anti the
fewimore minutes to speak.." The napes were adjusted, , youth Pietro Brazini. The inquests willbe opened on Thurs-
i sent for, the prosecutor again said to the T
cal the caps drawn over their eyes. Levy, who was Mill ''riwner' "Yo
'l day next at the Royal Free Hoepital, and afterwards ad-
i have got sonic more tea in your pocket." He said, "No •.'
laPelillg OD the drop, cried out in a bowl and distinct , journed to the tarn
Antis tavern, off the Gray's-inn-
but afterwards put his bawl into his trousers pocket and
voice, " I an
innocent." Kelly, while kneeling, attempted 1 road. The %hock of the explosion isdescribed Si being terrific.
took out a leper containing half a pound of coffee. When
to row not g the people rosembled. Ile called out,lt was diatinctly felt in the streets at the other able of
'I the prisoner was charged his residence wits searched, and
" I am not being hanged, I mu being murdered. ' the Farringdonroad, where the houses were shaken as if
The ' about half a sack full of parcels contraning several articles
drop fell
ton a short time the men were dead. Burgess , they were about to fall. The windows in the immediate
of saoeery, which there could be but little doubt belonged
appearea to aie instantly, without a struggle ; Levy locality were broken to a great extent. The ruin of two
to the prosecuter, was found.
suffered two or three convulsions ; Kelly showed sigma of I Mr. Cooke said it was a case which he should send for houees which were blown down was complete. At present
life the longest. While in gaol an ingenious attempt was . trad. zhe street is completely blocked up with the tkbria, which
lushes by Levy to convey a note to Burgess, of which the . . is piled up in the roadway to the height of several feet.
if freed Nolen aged 2:1, a labourer, of 1, Suffolk-street,
Colaitig give. the following account :-" One of the under- The poor woman Dominica ITilla was seen to fall out into
Cleraenwell, iind,Peteea Herrand. aged ?.2. of 3, Smith's-
assietants in the gaol had been attending on Levy at the street immediately after the first shock of the explo-
builaings, Islitiston, a Labourer, were charged with assault-
breakfast, and levy asked him to take a small fish to don was felt. She fell with a bed apparently LasRS if she
ha Mr. William Marshall, tobacconist, of lligh-street,
Burge.; for Lis I 1
reakfiest. 'f he man was proceeding * had run to it and caught held of it. The gas then, a
to do so, when one of his snrs stopped him, and . Clerkenwell. bystander says, a sheet of flame ',baying over her and all
on opening the fish found tale small billet . The proucetor, on Saturday afternoon. was stanaing at the sander A man caught hold of her ana dragged her
• artfully
the earner •
of the Liverpool-roaa. when the prisoner Nolan,
aincenled within. It was couched partly in elattg-, away lip to the footosah, and as lie did so, the flesh
whom he Lad not seen before. and to whom he had not
but its Main import was to the effect that, if he and Kelly seemea to drop off her thighs and arms. Nevertheless,
spoken. hit him a violent blow in the eye, arid blackened
were to put their heals t •gether totdvotr to get off, she lived for eighteen hours after. The boy Brazini was for
it. 'Phis was done in the presence of Police-constable
Burgess must bear them out in wha they said. The con- several hours under the ruins in the middle of the street,
Faulkner, aaa N. to whom the prosecutor gave the prisoner
eluding part of the note stated that Levy was pued how and the firemen stood upon the rubbish which concealed
into custody. When the otter prisoner saw this, he hit
to account for the 'ana, or the money he haa about himhis body to play upon the fire, in ignorence of the fact
the prosecutor on the back of the head, and cannel him
when he was apprehend -.1 ;and that if he could only 110 that lie was under their feet. At one o'clock on Sunday
much pain. Both the prisoners heti been drinking, but
that it would be hopeful, or some expression of a like morning, illem shifting some planks his remains were
well knew what they were about, and on the way to the
nature. When Levy learned that the note had been found ; he was then of course quite dead and fearfully
police-station they were exceedingly violent and wade use
covered he became greatly agita ed, and implored the of hail imi.g crushed.
officer tor: turn it. saving that he would not on any ac- The prisoners pleaded arunkennesi as an excuse, and A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CoNVICTED OF As-
count that the rabbi shottla know he hail written such a
Baia that they were Lawry far what they hail done. SAI I.T.- At the Haddington Sheriff Court, on Satan ay,
note, as it would cause the rabbi to think wosie of him. Mr. Cooke said that Ilninkenness was no excuse for such before Sliciiff Clark, Mr. John Fletcher, yr., of Salton,
lie was bad that the note was eke cly in the hands of the disgraceful conauct. and if men liked to drink to such an anti two of his gamekeepers, named r,•spectively David
authorities, and that the r ,bai woul•1 ceraainly know its
excess as to make beasts of themselves, they must put up Young and George Anion, were chiugal with assaulting a
conteets. Levy, on tlds, became :as pale as death, snit with the consequences. He should enter each of the pn- miner, named David Scott, on the 'Jth November
trembled violeutly. Ile was supplied with restoratives,
Boner% to pay a fine of ita or in default of payment they last, by pashina hoe into the river Tyne, near Salton,
which be could not properly convey to his lips." woula go to'the House oiCorrection with hard labour for and finella keeping him in the water against Ins will, and
assa-r. one calendar month. to the honey of his person. Mr. Fletcher pleaded guilty
• The prisoners were locked up in default to being art and part concerned in the assault ; and the
AcETCULTrRAL PP.OSFECTA.-The week openea THAMES. keepers admitted the charge as libelled. Mr. W. Watson,
with a mirxierately dry ..ay, but foggy and thick at them
Pa Nei/jars, sn Irish labourer, WM brought before writer, on behalf of the accused, made a statement to the
and wind mostly blowing from the south-west. alonalay court of the circuanstances under which.the assault had
Mr. Partridge. charsed with being drunk and incapable of
morning was il -nip and thick, with slight rain. and a takes place. There had been a ehootang-party on the
moist rameeplacie throughout the day ; whet S.S.W. ; taking rare of himself.
thermometer, Pa degrees ; barometer, alaan ibehes. This A police-constable minuet Ringmse, of the K division, 'lay
hc, , t named
h the
akteeSpaelmtone,arerane
udponinsetehtet course
tehing osfiniptainge
said that lie found the prisoner with a child, two years old
is not suitable weather fur wheat•thrashing, arid the which he was swinging by the leg in a manner calculated
births on the lands of the home farm. . The place
where he . WR.II found WRIT by the side of the
farmers are rending in but small supplies' to market in con-
to endanger life. The prisoner was very drink and
river, and within the range of the fire of the sportsmen.
sequence ; scarcely sufficient, indeed, for the imineliate
noisy, and for the protection of the man and the infant he
wants of the millers, who are anxious buyer' of any per-
took both to the station-house. The child was restoied to He was there found illegally on the ground by the keeper..
eels in fair condition, and have generally had to pay snore
its mother. Provoked at the shooting-party being thus disturbed, and
money, notwithstanding this is the week when usually Mr. Partridge-Did he injure the child? judging from a statement made by Scott that he was a
notorious poacher, the keepers ordered him to recross the
large amounts are forcal to market, ma prices nine Witne.s-No, sir ; but the infant Was very much
with the head downwards, river, which was about four feet deep at the place. This
years out of ten recede from the diddle of December
frightened. He swung it about
up to Christmas. This year is an nEI the peat-
ana it Was in great daneer. the man refused to do; and Mr. Fletcher coming up at the
liarity of last harvest, and until searching minas have The prisoner-The child is my own. moment, and learning the st.te of affairs, approved of las
keepers' threat. Under his encouragement, therefore, the
blown through the stacks, there is not much probability Mr. Partriace-Is that any reason you should swing it
of dry sample+ nprearitig. The millers, the nre tom about in that dangerous manner'. keepers compelled the man to go into the river, and as he
Palled to resort to foreign qualities. to en ante thein to fur- The pri•oner-I am very sorry. I hope you will not would not cross, kept him standing in the water for a short
nub their customers with the matiufsetured article. send me to gaol. for I ha• e to appear at the Miaallesex time. It was urged that what hail been done was
Tuesday wan a thick, muegy day. but the evening was Seesions on the ith of January. under provocation of Scott having illegally put
bright and fine, with a high barometer up to 30.2.• inehes. Mr. Partridge-For what? himself within the range of the sportamenat fire,
Our advice' on that day from the West Riding of York- and under a mistake RS to his id 7 ,
The prisoner-For assaulting a police-constable. lam end • and that
shire stated :-" The mild, open weather enables fanners bound over to appear at the seasions. Mr. Fletcher had taken no actual and in the
to sow close up, as the turnips are eaten off, and tine Lied Mr. Pa. ti•lge-Your conduct has been very disgraceful assault. Sheriff Clark, in passing sentence, said
becomes moderately ary, but there must be a areat breadth
Julia w charged with a ultina indeed. You are final :a. for being drunk• that in his mind the statement which had been made did
not alter the character of the charge against Mr. Fletcher.
.a ]mud that cannot he worked until sprme. ' Front the
Fast Riding it was remarked :-" The weather still conti- hn Lucca, a young man, as c
and attempting to rob William Kenny, %labourer. 6 Considering Mr. Fletcher's education awl station, and
weghuliatnytheguy
noes very mold for this period of the year, and navigation colutldw.onleynoloougkh utpohant
he
ad
with the nortaern 1, rts, Russia excepted. is still iminter- The corn lament, a very table man, who was that be bail encouraged and supported his servants in
ilhtyadwitih°nPtliehme.
and white woollen scarf, stated that he us
rusted, and steamers are enabled to run as usual." This wearing a large red
was ing along the Bow-road at half-p• 12 nt night,
affects the fanners more as regards supplies taan fiela work
of any description, but is still of interest t. thau at theand when nearly opposite the Plough, a roadside public- forgotten the high position in which ha war placed, 2 and
moment. From Northumbertana our adiic.,s inn :-" The . •
ouse he met with the prisoner, another young man, and had taken the law into his own han Is, w areas, as a good
weather has been dempaaringthe put week, with westerly three women. He was walking very fast, he scarf was subject, and one who, from his high station, ought to be
winds." Wednesaay was a fine dry day. with some appear- loose about his neck to keep his throat warm. and he did the moat ready to regard and respect the majesty of the
arcs of front at night. being so very clear ; while such a .
not anticipate any attack whatever, when all at once the 7 law, he had taken it upon him to become the interpreter
day would give seine fanners an opportunity of comma one- pin frontof him and rabbed dust and mud
pnsoner came
ing to thrash, and a little of this work might be accom- into his eyes rand face. At the same time the others came -
ther said he was glad to find that, by at once admittin
plished. From the west conast of Scotlana, the weather in front of ]tint, and pullet his scarf very tightly about his hadmade' 11the amendment in
the offence, Mr. Fletcher a
he and boisterou. Throughout neck and trial to pull him down. He struggled hard, his power for what he had done ; and he believed and
w" rerted t° "wet - • - • called out police. and got away from his assailante, who trusted that no greater punishment could be inflicted
Thursday a dense foe prevailed, after a slight frost ; wind,
N.N.W. ; thermometer in the morning :al, and at noon ail all ran away. He, pursued the prisoner along the Grove- upon a gentleman in tech a position than the fact of his
degrees ; barometer, 30.45 to 311.40 inches. Our advices road and caught him. He was soon assisted by a police- standing convicted of such a crime. The Sheriff men-
ta= Warwickabire remark " Weatber during the week man and others, anti the prisoner was secured. tenced Mr. Fletcher to a fine of 10/., with an alternative
has been unusualls- mild for the season, mostly fine, hut In to Partridgethe •tn 'd li. neck
answer err. en ess SRI 111 of ten days' imprisonment , ea
• ana the keepers to a fine of •
foggy, dull, and dreary. Wind chiefly W. and S W." was swollen, and very had. and that he was not robbed of each, or five days' imprisonment. The fines were imme-
Friday the atmospliere was thick, but not so fuggy as the
On anything lmit a street-door key. His scarf was pulled very dieg,teli Paid'
tightly about his neck. I..APTURE OF " SMASHERS" IN LIVERPOOL.-
precious day : wind W.N.W. ; berometer still high, up to
35.40 inches, but slightly inclined to fell. On Saturday The prisoner !said he was innocent, and that when the Yesterday twomen, named respectively Thomas Coup and
the fog returned, and was thick all the day, with scarcely prosecutor laid hold of him he struck him on the nose and \ Thomas Williams, who were respectably dressed, and had
any wind ; thermometer :Ft aeerees at mid-day ; barome- made it bleed. He was a portmanteau maker by trnde. the reputation of being perfectly artistic " smashers,"
meter 30.25 inches, and falling. At night a change of Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said that a medical were charged before the stipendiary magistrate at Liver-
weather appeared very probable, slight drizzling rain student and hie brother were attacked by garotters in 1 Poe! with having a large quantity of counterfeit coin in
having set in.-Mark Lane Express. Russell-street, Stepney, on Friday night. The gentlemen their senior. They are London men. Coup was ap-
robbed of bus watch and chain. The student's arehended as a auspicious person in Islington, at three
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. The baas
rother, a lad of fourteen, was kicked and ill-used. o'clock on Monday morning, and the officer who took him,
number of patients relieved at this hoopital, during tbe Mr. Partridge--I shall remand the prisoner for a week after receiving two contradictory statements about the
week ending Dec. 22, was 3,449, of which 1,118 were new for inquiries to be made about him. man's place of residence, went to a house in Kill-lane,
cases. WANDSWORTFL where he found in a room occupied by the prisoner base
[Advertisement.l-EioLLoway's OINTMENT AND Charles ; half -crowns florins shillin sad six
Herrinaton, 55, a prdener, was placed in the coon -° . , P. Penoes.
PlLLS.—Marvellous ceres of 'm.l/fit:a. stiff joints, paralysis of the dock, charged with attempting to commit suicide by having said he had been to a christening in Hunter-
Coup
Umbs, and other crippling &manes of the bones, sinews, and
muscles, have been accomplished by Holloway's ointment. It is E
_.l t c„, ha
ruing
himself on the London, Chatham, and Dover khi h
street, the officer too m t ere to a house where he
the only unguent which Pr
time. any ha on these tom- tut found Williams in bed. In the bed, concealed, the eon-
Plaints. The pills also work wonders. The ointment and pills Police-consta le Ba er,
1 waY
a at
la.
k 121 W, said that on Saturday stable discovered a bag containing 401. worth (nominally)
should be used at the same time. for the action of the one as night he was on duty in Larkhall-Line, when the prisoner of base coin. They were both locked up and the coin Se-
greatly assisted by that of the other. Why should any human Tan past him, exclaiming " Oh, oh !" He fol , lowed hir, cured. Skerce, the offioer, baring given evidence to this
brine suffer from the above-mentioned maladies, when Iloilo- and
asked him what was the matter, when he replied that effect, the two men were remanded.
way's ointment and pills are to be found In every city and town
in the world? These noble medicaments are composed aaa he intended to go on to the railway to commit suicide. HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA-
.ettc.I ;--aa The prisoner climbed over a fence on to the line. Wit- i Pallg.--The number of patients relieved at this institution
balsams. and areas benign and wil. " they ar° po • • when the prisoner spin said fie In. ' during last week was 1,356, of which 272 were new eases.
abiscleas. nem followed him,

myself.
Mr. Hayman—l shall remand you.
Alexander rife a young man, who refused his address,
was charged with stealing a coat-
On Saturday afternoon the prisoner was seen with two
other men in the Wandsworth-road. He first went to a
linendraper's shop, and tried to take a piece of cloth. Not
suooeeding, he went next door, the shop of Mr. Folkard, a
pawnbroker. He lookedat a coat which was hanging about
two feet inside the door, when he pulled out something,
and cut the cord which fastened it. He went to his compa-
nions, and, after speaking to them, he returned and drew
the coat down. He wand the act of of putting the coat on
when he was stopped, a struggle ensued.
The prisoner denied the charge. He said that he was
walking with `another gentleman" when he picked up the
coat.
Mr. Dayman remanded him for a week for inquiries to
be made.

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