The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-07 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Mr. Porte, one of the relie officers of the parish of
St. Mary's, Newington, attend before Mr. Elliott, to
answer • summons taken out against him by the
Manis Townshend, and charging him that he,
as relieving officer, did on the 31st of last month. unlaw-
fully and illegally neglect and disobey certain of the rules,
orders, and regulations made by the Poor-law Commis-
sions, by refusing in a case of sudden and urgent neces-
sity to afford such relief as was requisite to Charlotte
Sparks, a destitute person, for which offence he was liable
to a penalty of 51.
Mr. Elliott remarked that the question her would be
whether the case was one of "sudden and urgent neces-
sity," and desired that the young woman ought be ex-
amined.

Charlotte Sparks, a jolly, healthy, and rather well clad
young woman of 17, here entered the witness-box, and
on her examination by the magistrate, admitted that
for • year and • half she had not resided in the
parish of Newington, and for the whole of that time
had resided in the parish of St. George the Martyr. She
also admitted that the night before applying to Mr.
Porter, the defendant, the slept in a refuge in the Borough-
road, also in the parish of St. George's. She was sent to
Newington workhouse, as she was anxious to get out of
the streets, stop • while in the house, and get into service
again.
The defendant here said he recollected the young woman
making an application to him fur an order to be admitted
into the workhouse • but on learning from her that she
slept in the parish Of St. George's on the night before,
be told her he could not give the order, and that she
must apply to the parish she resided in.
Mr. Chester, solicitor to the parish of Newington,
said there was not a tittle of evidence to show that the
young woman had any legal settlement in the parish. Her
appearanos proved that her case on application was neither
urgent nor necessitous, and therefore the defendant, had
done no more than his duty in refusing to admit her into
the workhouse.

Mr. Elliott. considering no offence proved, and that the
defendant had done no more than his duty, dismissed the
11111111/10M.

We have reason to believe that the following are
the terms of the compromise in the case of Kearns v.
Storks:—An annuity of 1001. per annum for life, 500 f.
crab, and plaintiff's costa to be paid as between attorney
and client.

ROBBERY AND Mt:MAß.—Yesterday afternoon
an inquest was opened at the Pool Hotel, Poulton, near
Birkenhead, on the body of an old man named Hugh
McComb, a marine store dealer. The deceased was in
the habit of carrying on his person a large sum of money,
amounting to upwards of 20W., and this fact, which seems
to have got generally known, has doubtless led to his
being robbed and murdered. The last time McComb was
seen alive was about 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning,
shortly after he had been on board a ship in the " Great
Float," bargaining for some old ropes. After leaving the
ship be was joined by some man at present unknown, and
the two were seen near the Pool Hotel, into which the
stranger entered. On oorning out he was heard to say to
McComb, " He's not here," and the two then walked
off in the direction of the new copper works on
the margin of the Great Float. Shortly after this, about
noon, a Mr. Lang, while walking alongside of the rail-
way, found the dead body of McComb lying across the
rails covered with blood. Life was quite extinct, and it
was evident, from the signs of a struggle, that the mur-
dered man had been suddenly garotted by some one, and
that his throat had afterwards been cut—the jugular vein
being quite severed. The sum of 921., a knife, and a pipe,
were found on the person of the murdered man, but his
brother said that when he left home he had at least 2001.,
so that the murderer must have taken at least 1001.,
though *how he came to leave the remainder is as yet a
mystery. The inquest was proceeding when our parcel
was despatched.