The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

THE r' X. SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 10, 1858.

tab liudlignut.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—AmL 9.
(Ban Mr. Commies'.-- Fmk.)

IN 11 TIN ILNCTRICI POW= LION? AND COLON*
CONTANT, Kt PM=
This was the day appeared by his Honour for giving
inutilired on the 111001Iter petition of Mr. Podia, of
paying for a winding-up order to be mods against
the above company.
His Honour said—This was a petition promoted to this
court by a Mr. Podia, of Edinburgh, in the tarter of a
limited liability company, called the Electric Power Light
and Colour Company, end in the matter of the Joint Stock
Companies Act of 1866 and 1867, Prt7l63_thei the companymight be wound up by this court. Mr. Purdie is not • cre-
ditor of the company. He is a contributory, and he is op-
posed by • body of contributories, who have
_passed a special
resolution under clause 102 of the Joint Stock Companies
Act, 1866, requiring the company to be wound up volun-
tarily, that is, out of court, and have nominated a private
liquidator to wind up the akin of the company and distribute
its pro . Mr. Purdie ham presented a petition of most
inordinate length, in which he ban interred a vast variety
of matter which appears to me to have nothing to do
with the question before me, which is simply thlo—has this
court jurisdiction to older that the company in questionshould be wound up by this court ? Now, the Joint-Stock
Companies 1866, asys,, at section 68, undo the title,
Winding-up Court"— ' A company may be wound-up
by this court the following eireumstances--that is to
toy—(l). Whore . the company in general misting has
passed a sport resolution requiring the company to be
wound-up by the wart." It is not stair is the lion
that such a rooted= has been pager " (7).
the company does not coonismos fie business within • year '
from its iscorporados, or suspends its bndness for a whWo
year." It is not asp& that either of these greats has
occurred. "(8). Whoever the shareholdars aro reduced to
ler than seven." It Is not pretended that such reduction has
tram pros. " (4). Wherever the company is unable to pay
its debts." An explanation of the meaning of this is ON=
in the 08th section of the aot. It is sot alleged that this ocs-
tiagusoy has occurred. It is, thordara, clear that the pod-
Winer has no right to call upon this court to wind up the
company upon any of the four Art grounds. The 6th, Red
only reossiorg road is, " whomevor the tree-fourths of the
grail cif the compmey less boom lest or become Isaleysfiebls."
If this b the ground as whisk Mr. Pemba Iroise himself
witted to the meirtesos of this court. he should have alleged
it pistaly sad Imply is ea isiwy words, sad having sup-
ported ft by his affida should have {banned his op-
pease, to oontradht Chas call. Had he pursued this
staple sad obverse snow, ishied et filleg a noestmaandre=
either his affidavit would have stinted
deem hie to the resister of this wart would have Lew
or his opal would have °Wreaked his
elstematea ma, adtfa dips slight have been tam by
this and le assisida as whisk elle the truth lay ; sad If It
had bets hod to have been will idea, Ode posit would have
had jade/Was to wind ego We erwpaay. The petition that
has bees Bed, though a wastrear petition in length sou in-
bider not eves tatias, so br as I ma am, the only
m "that three-fourths of the capital
has bra or boons unavailable." I can, thsrodore, do
nothing bet • it. Ima ray sorry to be compelled to
adopt this cores ; I nes one of those who think that ths
law is the beat of sehorraders—des bed of temiltors_ ; the
he which its public disdomos tem% are faudvable to
the community, and crusiemOsly am is now • my through-
out tha trading world—a ay, whisk las sorry to see ton
domed by asaisest wee fa gadismes es well as bye-
thous oath el peening wits do sott wish that th
kaawries awl Mho sheald be sagred to the light
of day—a my he vim* is called
sotevate arrang•-
mists," white assa a the public;
essass cc:Ph:all the debtor sup-
posses all of his colsoonduot, and the creditor
sal kaowisdp of folly, by which the creditor gets •
larger &Mod then the debtor's user will pay, which
larger &Trod Is obtained by the debtor being albwed to
awry on his trek sad being thus mobbed to pay his old
creditors at lam =pose of new creditors, who are drawn in
to give writ be a wholly undeserving of craft, be-
ores Ws pot Oa not been publicly imposed. It is a
most misektmens systems, sad it is tharebro irk the
regret that I hal myself to dialed= this pogialit!gi
lope another may be sad all that has occurred he
this ono be publicly knows. I shall sea add costa to the
losses Kr. Purdie has sustained.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.-Arku. 9.

Mr. Edward Amami)/ Glow summated to take hie
trial for miadmeasour, to ►aving unlawfully made a fah*
declaration as to his qualification to Mt as a member of the
Hamm of Commons.

Mr. Edwin ramee„ Q.C. wu epecinily retained, with Mr.
Washy, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clark, to conduct the prose-
cution; Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., wee alio spec dl
rendneldefend, with Mr. Giffird end Mr. F. H. Low* on behalf
of the ant.

Mr. Jan 14314 in opening the case for the nomintion to the
jury, said that the the dnen was preferred
wader a resolution %Cot:tot Cowmen andstdapaa the
eine that be should shortly detail to them. The detkedaat
was seen member for the borough of Beverley, to York-
shire, at the last general election, but • petition was sable-
quietly preeented agent his return upon the ground that
be was not duly qualified, and the committee of the Hone of
Cameos to whom the matter was referred reported that this
had beta made out. and by • resolution of the Boum of
Commons the Attorney-Omni for the time being war
Comm to take the resent criminal proceeding against
the defendant. In onnqweme of the change in the
government the matte was reared to his sucoessor in
°Mos, end he (Mr. Jams) was called upon to conduct the
at the regret al the present A .oenersl,
Crutrat the present timeenEinshir from par-
mesan he attendance d The the defendant, as
he had before stated, vas netted, w wee called upon to
give • statecesat et his goal faction to sit as • ameba of
that been, and to make a deciention of the truth of that
statement, be TONI, made a fats statement of quaification,
sad that impend hot he bad no qnsliflostion whatelver. The
inn were no doubt aware that ao perms could sit in the
Hone of Commons takes be was pommel of a certain pro-
iTbstralifiste a y . which
at 3001. by
labs
etatate
to °I
and the
let and
. d
fliedwas a
year for counties. It appeared that at the general election
last yeer Mr. Glover was a candidate for the borough of
Beverley, end that at the time of the election two of the
electors, as they were empowered to do, demanded his qualifi-
cation, and after making some excuse he virtually gave the
same qualification as that which he afterwards put forward
In the Hones of Commons when he was called upon to take
the usual oath and declaration. The defendant was • law-
yer, he was a member of the Irish and the Eoglish
bar and had practised in his profession, and it
appeared to him that when the jury bad heard the
nature of the declaration made by the defendant,
end the facts connected with the property that was alleged to
ha the subject of the qualification, they would be of opinion
that the defendant could not have acted under any mistake,
sad that he must have wilfully made the false statement that
was the subject of the present inquiry. The learned counsel
then want on to state that the qualification set up by the de-
fendant appeared to arise out of three properties, two of
them being situated in the county of Cork, where the father
and the family of the defendant resided, and some property
in the neighbourhood of Faversham, and Whitstable, and
Hese Bay, in the county of Kent; but he said he should be
atils to show in the most satisfactory manner that the de-
fendant had not the least shadow of Interest in any of those
properties, such as would form a qualification fora member
of Foilsmen. With regard to the Irish property, that origi-
nay was, no doubt, the property of the defndant's father,
but le total veins was not large, and although it had ben,
annoyed to the defendant by a deed that would be put in
evidence, it would be shown that this was only done to secure
the property from being made liable to the debts of the
father, end It we. besides so heavily g
a
ged
that it was of no real value whatever. In addi-
tion to this, he said he should also show that ht 1849 the
decedent became insolvent, his debts being at that time more
than 13,0001., and the whole of his property was vested in
his assignee, and this "pacific property wee Included in his
schedule, so that the defendant must bare known perfectly
well that he had no claim to it, and that he was not justified
in making it the qualification for him to sit in parliament.
The other property in the county of Kent conned of • hens
galled The Oak', at °springs, and • farm in the Isle of
Harty, in the county of Kent, which belonged to • gentle-
man named Tokar. The Oaks property was worth altogether
about 1464. a yesr, and he believed that upon the occasion of
Mr. Glover offering himself as a candidate for the city of
Canterbury, in 1864, a conveyance was made to him of tbie
property, but it was merely • sham, and was only done for
electioneering purposes. He should, however, prey* that
this property, which only yielded IW. a nee, was moat.
owed to the extent of 3,6001., and that Mr. Clover
was aware of this fact, and that in consequence
be had not a shilling of real interest in it. The
other property he had refined to was no doubt of canal-
dank value. It counted of • farm and land at Whitstable,
which was let for 4251. • year, and the defendant claimed is
ban • reset charge upon the Lend to the amount of 3251.
per 811111012. A deed to that effect was no doubt executed by
Mr. Taker, who was • very old man, but he should be
Ws to prove that no consideration was ever given far this
supposed rent camera and that it was in point of fact only
ceened be the pnrpa of another election. Hendee this, ft
wend be peeved that at the time this deed was supposed to
have been ensented the property was mortgaged to the a-
bet ef 9,0001., and that the defendant was when awns of
this, and must have known that he could have had no in-
kneel whatever in it, when he represented it aa his qualifies-
tea to sit in Parliament. The learned counsel then stated
that these were the main facts upon which the charge against
the defendant would rest; and, although • complaint would
peobshiy he made by his learned friend that the
defmdsat could not be ailed as a witness on
the mend promediag, be hit bound to date
that when the nese, took place before the election esesadt-
tee et the House Of Commons, the dekedaut was
to acne thawed and declare upon his bear esti=
men that at the demise made the declaration in question he
rally believed be was powered el the TiMileatien to which
R &shred ; hut he &allied to do ea, End the Henn et Cam-
laces bed hit that the duty devolved upon theta of directing
the Fenn prosecution.
Boma kneel evidence was then gone into showing the re.

i turn of the defendant for the borough of Beverley, and the
subsequent taking of his seat in the House of Commons,
when he made the declaration as to his qualification that was
the subject of inquiry. It appeared that upon the defendant
being requested at the time of the election to state the nature
of his qualifioation, be said he wee not prepared for each a
discreditable proceeding, and he bad not brought his title-
deeds with him, and he could only state from memory the
nature of his properly, and he then described the q -
ties that was the 'abject of the present prosecution.
The defendant made the same statement of his qualification
In the House of Commons, and proof was given that he had
alined ads lamina that this was a tame atatrenent.
• number of deeds were pat In having reference to the
Irish property, and evidence was also given of the defendant
laving peetioned the Dublin Insolvent Court, and to his
crand estate being vested in an assignee by order of
eht. The amount of the debts wee over 13,0001., and
the &indent in his schedule represented that a great portion
of them were without
Mr. Mansell Worrell, the trade easignee appointed under
the insolvency of the ddo. &at, deposed that be was not
aware of any of the debts having been old.
In answer to questions put by Mr. Chambers this witness
said that a gentleman who bad taken an active part in re-
ference to the insolvency of the defendant was recommended
to him by one of the parties who was a petitioner eiplast the
return of the defendant for Beverley. He also said he be-
lieved that some of the defendant's property was still in pro-
cess of sale in the Incumbered Estates Court, but he belie*
it was so incambered by prior claims that it was not likely to
realise anything to the defendant's creditors under his
insolvesoy.
At this stage of the case the trial was adjourned.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Hr. Justice Byles.)

This morning, upset his lordship acing his seat, the trial
of frilliest
setti Ensgtry
in to his Perko, thehouse mantle-Nah,
was rset unea,
d and warehouse-
man, ix .
Mr. Bodkin, Mr. BMA, and Mr. °midge prosecuted;
Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr. Sleigh defended.
The commenced with the examisedca of the
whams@ for the and the first one celled was
John Gap, who mid OM 17 yeses old, and live at Paling-
tos. I wee in the . I went upon the Mon-
s
day preceding the emiriponier second day of my being at
the paiseisses I west into the cellar ; it was a airy dark
plan. I lit the gas. The first day I went there the
primmer miaowed me the place. I recollect I imitated
lilight
shedder against the gas branch. I thin got a
and looked end I found it wee the gas breath
I bad struck against. The screws which held ft to the post
were half cat I put them in am well as I could : they wee
loose. Upon the Wednesday I went down Into the mar
again. There had been some repairs gobs ea In the
wershoen previonely to my entering the meirlos. They had
been dens upon the Saturday, end the maws' had left
some of the lumber about. Upon Wedusday alien=
Parker told me to take the lumber away mart the warehouse.
I did net do it directly. I first lit the gas in the Whir,
and then took the lumber down at twice: itermaisted of hoards
and two drawers. I went to put them at Wend of the Geller,
and had to par the post where the gee bracket was. I put
them on my head, and could not me which way I went.
There yea a dust heap in the cellar at the bottom of thesteirs,
and I fell over it, and one of the drawers flew from my hied
and struck the bracket. I knew it wee the bracket by
mad : the other drawer fell at my feet. Master
celled me to go with two letters to the post. It
wee just upon post time. I did not put the gas out. When
I came hack, I was sent with some golde to Gravel-lane,
Houndaditch. I met my mentor as I came back, and maw
him and the clerk (Russell) go into the warehonee. Muter
stayed until a quarter peat eight. Mmter sad ware
is the oonnting.houee when I left. Master bad only been
into the collar ewe that afternoon, and than only down a few
ligoes-examined—The bracket Is at the watarcloset side of
the poet, the opposite side to the stairs. I got round upon
that aide because I could not see, the drawer being over my
heed. The gee was alight. The drawer hit the branch. I heard
it sound. I saw the screws loose upon the Tuesday, but did
not say anything about it. When I left, at a quarter past
eight, the other two men were leaving. I was drat spoken
to about this on the Saturday after the fire. I was at the
pollos-anurt ready to be examined, but was not called. Upon
the nest weed= of lighting the gas I saw that it burned
out a large light like a butcher's.
Re-essnained by Mr. Parry—l am certain that at the time
I fell @gaunt the poet I was directly called and sent with the
letters. It was from seeing an advertisement that I entered
the prisoner's service. I was at the polios-court, but was
not celled. _ _

By the the knew the drawer hit the bracket.
George lawn • owner In the prisoner's employment, cor-
rebottled ibis wits evidence es to being sent down with
the busber end called away In a hurry and sent to the post.
etterensinined—l saw** boy take down the drawena,end
use me wood.

Thomas Pecker, the primer's brother, was then celled,
mad he stated that the prisoner worked es cutter to the trade,
sad worked for wetly all the leading housed in the mantle
trade. He was also a oolleotor of patterns. He had another
shop fa Whitecross-strest. In the warehouse in MonktraU-
sheet there was some hundreds of sets of petteres-260 to
SOO sets. Bate was la different alms of one pattern. They
are very valuable in the brads. French patterns are worth
10e. each, and a *et would be worth from three to four
geissio. I was not ➢resent when the claim was made out.
Boos evidence was then given relative to the absence of
the servant girl, Connor, but it did not alter the aspect of the
OM either way.
Alfred Berland had been two months in the prima/de
emOoy, and during that time there was no nipple or burner
to eke gas bracket, and it was corroded, as if there had not
beta ter some time. If the gas was full turned on it would
reset the door, and Mr. Parker had told him not to turn it
en tell, or it !mold touch the beam._ _

---thcsi.ii:rlMr was recalled, and add that for a long limo
Hare had been no nipple ur burner.
no prima,' mother, Ann Parker, proved that she took
the candies to the Surrey Theatre, It having been imaged
ems doe previously. They went into the pit and met prl-
Wik and he came in about half•past eight.
Hr. Harrison, of Lawremoe-lane, proved paying out a
dabs al the sheriff put in after the fire, for 671. 18a. 9d.,
lather than the things should be sacrificed. If 10 pm cent.
was taken off the claim made upon the mantles it would be
their fair value.

Cross examined—Porker had been Indebted to him ever
slnoe he had been in business, but he bad never pressed him,
and he would have let him have 1001. worth of goods at any
time if he had wanted them.

Mr. Scholefleld, en agent to a woollen house, was called to
prop that the price set upon the woollen goods waa fair,
but admitted, upon croon-examination, that he was not aware
that some of tree woollens were in email remnants; but that,
to a manufacturer, would not much alter their value.
Mr. Jams Small, of Buttesland-street, Horton, pattern-
cutter, was called to prove the value of pattern', and said
that • pattern was worth 11. to one man, and not worth one
penny to another. A single pattern was often worth 10a.,
and • lei of the different elms higher in proportion.
Another gentleman, named Valiance, in the mantle trade,
corroborated the Mt whams, adding that a pattern, after
being bought, had to be arranged before it could be worked.
Sete of patterns were of value, and included as such
whin stock was taken.
After some further evidence,
Mr. Gland replied.
His Lordship, in summing up, went through the sel-
dom' generally, commenting upon the conflicting story told
for the &Moe, most particularly that portion which related
to the screws thing up the gas bracket, which the inspector,
Fonlger, had tried and found at first to fit the holes In the
post tightly.
The jury, after an absence of about an hour, returned •
verdict of Not Guilty, upon hearing which the prisoner fell
down in a lit, and had to be carried out of the dock.

Davis and Son, shosoulters in Gracechuroli-street, was
oharged with robbing his employes.
J. &nth, the proeierse foreman, said that u the pri-
soner wee leaving the premises the previous evening, he
asked him whether he had any property about him which did
not belong to him. Prisoner replied, ' A little." Witness
mud him to be swelled, when 11 Oeose of leather belong-
in to the prosecutors wen found upon his person. At his
lWgings 16 other pieces were found, which wittier believed
also to belong to the prosecutors. Prisoner had bean in the
service of the prosecutors about six months, and his wages
were 248,a week. _ _

--taiseirter—pleaded guilty to stealing 11 of the plows, but
that the remainder belonged to himself.
He was brought before the Lord Mayor and Alderman
Wire In petty sessions, and sentenced to four months' impri-
sonment with hard labour.
Mon Venable', aged 17, servant in the house of Mr.
Samuel Harris, a fruiterer, In Aldgatc, was charged with
steeling 12e. 6d. from her master's till.
The venerator mid that he suspected the prisoner of
having robbed him several times of late, as at night be bad
locked the shop till and takes the key away, and in the
morning it was found open, money leaving been abstracted
from it. He missed 12a. 6d. from it yesterday, and accused
the prisoner of having taken it. She dialed having done so,
and said that all she had in the world was a half-crown.
She went upstairs with prosecutes vile, and pees tly came
down end said, " Master, bore Is Ulf
Prisoner—l admit I took the ball-soveralgn, but I never
stole mosey from the till bekre. My Wilms seat me to
the till fora pair of sea" and sodas the belt-sovereign
tluse Itook it.

Bho won asstesood in petty steolons to two mat& inipi-
sonntont with bud labour.

BOW-STREET.
No lea than fire cab-drivers were Nearly charged with
being drunk while la charge of their respective vehicles on
Thursday night.
In consideration of the vary trying weather, Mr. Henry
let them off with the mitigated fine of 10s. each.
Yr. William Clark, the landlord of the Alma oeffae-ahop,
in Castle-street, Leicester-square, appeared to an adjourned
summons charging him with having sold beer, wine, and
spirits without • Scenes.
The charge rested on the evideace of two arias
named hunk Strom sad Alemenler Geo. Smith, who
that on the 28th harry they want to the defendant's house,
mak after parking ef sees kidneys and ooffee, ordered a
bottle of psis els, whir err supplied from • cupboard
behind re bet crater. Oa the 30th January they went
loth, and had kidneys mad mite as before. Simons then
bad a err of gin and water, and Smith • gleam 1121...bmg
and water, wMa the wailer sieved dross thee same
end after that Huy had enter glees esak, with
trident served Ulm Smith paid ter ell the rebeshesrate.
The witnesses were cenerezembed at some length by de-
fendants mussel, kir. Pearce, who elicited from Masons a
reluctant admimion that be bad been at the Alma tyke since
he had laid the information, end that en one occasion he ac-
an invitation to dinner.
Ur. Henry—Did you think that consistent with your duty
Witness—l did not think it was any harm. I never meant
tomeld I
births ap
/raid.,pntmen and I did not dine with him though

A number of witnesses were then celled for the de no.
&tweed HMS, the waiter, end the: on the 26th he went to
the neighbouring pablio-hone, the Round Table, to fetch
the bottle of ale ordered by the witnesses, who paid him la.
beforehand ; and that on the 30th he also fetched from the
Punchbowl the first grog end negus. Another waiter named
Shepherd said that on the latter =nice be itched from the
Punchbowl the ascend grog and segue ordered of Mr. Clark.
Mr. Jones, an engraver, at that on the
26th he wee t when tharrdnordeLBB:l4 was given,
and aaw Hnill leave the home end return with the bottle.
Mr. Charles Pam, clerk to his uncle, a proctor, gave similar
evidence as to the 30th ; and Mr. Augustus Lindsey, an
ivory turner, deposed that he was at the Puachbowl when
Shepherd purchased the second grog and segos, and as he
wee going to the Alma he followed Shepherd, and sew the
refreshments handed to Simons and Smith.
Upon this evidence the me had ben adjourned order
that inquiry might be made as to the character of the several
Maness for the defence, and also that Mr. Henry might
himself visit the remises, es as to be able to form an °pinata
whether persma sitting in the position deecribed by the
Crown witaeseer could an the cupboard from which they
alleged that the liquors were taken.
lir. Pearce now said that ha had meat Mr. Wallaby
(counsel for the Excite), who would not be able to attend,
but bad authorised him (Mr. Pearce) to say that he was
willinoo.g to take the roagistratere opinion on the evidence ea it
st

The Solicitor to the Excise mid that he had no evidence
to offer touching the ohmmeter of the vrituseeso
Mr. Henry—Than I am bound to sasume that am
respectable. The witness Pam, for instance, is theme
napbaw
of a proctor and clerk Ia his office—such • person is not
likely to lend himself to the defence if it is not true. And if
his evidence and that of Jones be true, the charge is an-
swered. lam placed in the position of &jury, and if I have
any doubt I cannot convict. The evidence of
the expectant is open to very considerable com-
ment. He was highly censurable in going to see
defendant and agree to dine with him. For what
object did he do that ? can draw tat one conclusion, that
he was laying a sort of trap bar some offer to be made to him.
I should have considerable difficulty in convicting on the
testimony of sack a witness. Then with regard to the evi-
dence as to the gin sad sherry being brought from the cup-
board, I have been to view the place, and am medalled that
they could sot see either cupboard if they were 'Ming at the
second table. If they sat at the table nearest the door they
might see the one mpboard, but whoever went there would
have his back to thaw, so that they could not see what he
took from the cupboard. The witnesses for the defence say
that the wsittre went out to boy the articles at the public-
house, and on the whole lam disposed to think that is the
truth. At all events I have too much doubt to convict, and
I shall therefore dismiss the summons. At the same time I
must repeat the opinion I ham already intimated, of the
extreme impropriety of the expectant visiting defendant in
the manner he stales.

iiieTurWrsoili;;;iben &Wand.
WOREIHIP-BTREICT.

Mary Ass Ryes, a comely young Irishwoman in an ad-
vanced state of with a sickly-looking infant
in her arms, ap for relief from the poor-box.
The applicant stated that she was the widow of a soldier
who had formerly served for nine years in the 4th Light
Dragoons, with which regiment he had been engaged through
the whole of the Crimean campaign, and bad taken part in
the memorable charge at Balaclava, from which he
without a wound. Havvatitanbeen subsequently seised with
severe pulmonary oom t, resulting from his arduous
duties and trying pri onii, he woe discharged from the ser-
vice and invalid ed home without the slightest prevision, as
' he bad not been anfliciently long in the army to entitle him
to a pension. Soon after his return to England he partially
recovered his health, although be still suffered from the
insidious disease he had contracted during the war, and
having no means of subsistence far himself and family, he
again offered himself for military duty, end (according to the
statement of the applicant) the usual medical inspection was
so carelessly performed that he was passed ea • sound man,
and was ordered to join the 3rd Buffo, which was stationed
at Bboracliffe, The applicant was not allowed to accompany
him to his quarters, but he had only been a abort time there
when she accidentally ascertained that he was lying dan-
gerously ill in the hospital. She instantly hastened down
to Shornclifte, where she found her husband in a dying
state, and she was allowed to remain with him until • few
days after her arrival, when he died in her arms Her for-
lorn condition excited much 030i1Diler&ii011 amongst the
officers of the regiment, who afforded her some temporary aria-
tanne, and having been advised to apply for more permanent re-
lief from the Patriotic Fund, she bad mace done so, but her ap-
plication was rejected in the absence of the necessary con-
clusive proof that the disease which proved fatal to her hus-
band bad resulted from his service in the Crimes, although
such was undoubtedly the fact. She was now without the
slightest means of support for her sick and starving family.
Mr. Hammitt expressed his commiseration for the die-
tressed condition of the poor woman, and ordered her to be
presented with a small ram from the poor-box fund, which
he wss sorry to say was at loch a low ebb at present that he
was only enabled to relieve her immediate exigencies.

MARLBOROUGH-STRNET.

John EmulA wee charged with the fallowing misconduct in
an omnibus.

Mr. tieo;ge Palling, clothier, No. U, Southampton-
@beet, Strand, said, that on the previous night he got
into a Royal Blue omnibus, at Pimlico, and the
defendant and a boy shortly afterwards got in
also. The defendant began eating bread and meat
with a 'mite, and complainant then saw that he was drunk.
He remonstrated with the conductor for allowing a person in
the defendant's state to enter a public vehicle. The conductor
add he did not know how to act in such a cue. At that
moment three ladies got into the omnibus, upon which the
defendant commenced using filthy language, at which the
ladies expressed their annoyance end disgust, He
spoke again to the conductor, and told biro If he
did not remove the defendant he (complainant) would.
The defendant made some kind of apology and im-
mediately afterwards began throwing his arms about
just like a wild Indian. The Wise were so much
alarmed that when the omnibus stopped at Regent-circus ha
called a constable and gave the defendant into custody.
The conductor said the defendant need very bad language
to him after he got out of the omnibus.
Defendant admitted he was not sober.
Mr. Bingham—You were very drunk, using brutal lan-
rime, and terrifying peaceable people—several lediew in •
public vehicle. Such conduct cannot be pared over; there-
fore I fine you 10s.

SAILORS' SAVINGIL—At the monthly meeting of the
Panora' Home and Destitute flame Asylum. Well-Maud,
London-docks, held on Thuraday t, Admiral Bowies,
C.B. (in the chair), Bear-Adaedral Harcourt, W. Stuart,
Req., and A. Johnson, Eq.—the eamiyr, submitted the
&cutouts, by which it appeared that 2.0601. bad been for-
warded during the last month teem Mods of sailors
in the country, and 3021. invested in the Beard sin=
Savings Beak, making a total of RAUL Maeda to that
security shwa the let ilay hat. The somber of boarders to
the Home at present is 310 (sailors from all pasta of the
world), and out of so large a number of men no cam of sick-
ness was mortal. Tim asylum boa relieved during the last
month with food and cl.Mhing 92 idiom, by which mesas
many of than bad bean able to obtain ships and again rums
disk occupations at sta.

SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR THE MAL
OP SIMON BERNARD.

The following gentlemen composed the grand
jury 7eaterday in the above case:

-Mr. &braid Greenaway (Foreman), 38, Blahopegate.
*at Within, hater.
Mr. Joseph Hoary Jackman, 12, Friday-street, warehouse.
man.
Mr. Thomas Deem, 63, Cannon-street West, warehmese.

Mt. William Webb, 98,
chant.

Within, nue.