The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTE.

OUtLDHALL.
ilarg Ann Mire and Seeiud, her son, a little boy about
12 years of sge, were brought up on remand before Alder-
man Rose, charged with steeling about 12 cwt. of type Rom
the modem of Memos. Spottiswoode, the (luau's printers.
Wantner now appeared for the prosecution, end mid
Mat the gresecutors felt it their duty carry out throe pc
had :a
p=oing pro Mr.
NaMhist descrip-
tion' like the prisone In act by
to such' • pearlier he Lel been histru-
=ln causing the greatest detriment to the trade, and
floors. Opettiswoode were determined for the future in
*Ear eon to • pooloste all persona found acting iu the
mom It Mr. Mayes. had done. There could not
be two be sid,yr.ith m
ho Mayes' conduct in
twortiko would fetc 4d. per lb. for melting
=at Sisgoig ; ghat which consisted chiefly of type
deed tha piamentaraa.6d. per lb. Mr.Woniner idd
be did sot with to look& the boy in the present charge, on

account of Ws pee&
Alderman Roes sated Mr. Wootner if be had any one he
°odd oel to prove the purchase of the type instmd of Mr.

mu. Wonkier he had a man of the name of Stevens,
who led Inn la Mr. Mayes' employ, with reference to some
Wen sliw=Mato/ Mad swung the type, bat not
iimmtlird es 's property, he begged to
dais tad bled linew=6l.l:a en ti: owners, d waa found to
await alter Ott sheet at a mew work.
AiillOOM NW said it world he desirable not to call Mr.
Marixibr wriating cireassateaacev.
etaffess, who won then called, said—l am in the
ammpley af Mr. Mayes, metal and tool warehouseman, at 19,
St.-Idieffssmentre, mad the prisoner him brought type to our
shop mend Mess during the last ruenth. The last tame she
rime wee an Salanky, the 21st of February. when she
brought 4411*., Mir which I paid her at the rate of 2d. per lb.
I asked her as trarations,. because I knew her sr seeing to
the shop oil hillier atellinons. On the 13th she brought a
antity et wile and brew, but the weight is rest entered in
tie book. I gent her 3e. &I. for that lot. On the 6th of
February shelminist type and bears to the amount of 3a. 10d.
The bran mime • comsat sale for. I cannot say how
many tons at nasal Mr. Mayor has bought of her,
because I have only been with him about sin
weeks. I was with hint in 1055, end Abe used
to come in there withtypkbut we did nut buy it bastes we
had no sale for it. Mr. Mayes has not told me has been
buying type of her for yew. She came to our shop two or
three times a week. Have not been present when Mr. Mayes
has bought.type of her. There are entries, in the book in
Mr. Mayes handwriting. On the 14th February there 6an
entry of braes and typo bought for 6s. Bd. in his handwriting.
I believe I was not present at that transaction. I never
asked the prisoner other for her name or address. There is
no other entry in the book during the six weeks I hare been
with Mr. Mmes in his handwriting. There is an entry of his
on the 24th Ike. of type ss. 8.1 We sell the metal we buy to
Mr. Smith, an inkstand maker. We do out pick out the new
type from the old. We buy mid sell it as old type. I
do not think I bought the broken stereotype plates produced.
We should not have bought them by themselves, and they
must therefore have come with the type. We should have
refused the stereotype plates had we seen them. I never
sold any type and do not know the price it is meld for.
Alderman Mere said after this eviihmee he wished to know
what Mr. Wontner proposed to do in reference to Mr Meyes.
Mr. Wontner said he applied that the book might be im-
pounded, and the cm adjourned to make further inquiry into
the contests of the book, as regarded the purchase of type.
Alderman Role aoceedingly re/landed the primer until
Thursday.
THAMES.
Yesterday Mr. &Ile granted a warrant under the Lunacy
Act against Thomas Bell, of Cannon-street-rood, who bed
addressed skein of threatening letters to Lord John Rus-
sell, and had otherwise annoyed his Lxdalrip at various time,
particularly while parliament was in session.
Mr. Mein, a surgeon, who was accompanied by Sergeant
Fray, said he waited upon Mr. Bell, at his dwelling, No. 34,
Cannon-street-road. In answer to questions put by Mr.
Meares, Mr. Bell said hewn determined to have redress for
the injuries he bed sustained, end intended to visit the
Mon of Commons that day. Mr. Bell also admitted that
hobs* written letters rhea John Rusaell ; that his friends
WWllliadered be his ip, and that he should seek m-
elee es berg ea he lived.
Mir, bib imbed Mr. Meares if he was of opinion that Mr.
11ti was IMMO?
MR. MlNlNt—That is my opinion. Ile is labouriug under
nog nantinglikmey delusiens. He iv a dangerous lunatic,
rod I is ammary be should be put under restraint.
Mr. Sala ordered a warrant to issue, and asked Foe)/ if he
Weeded toe:mate it immediately
Fay—No, sir. It will be necessary to procure the &t-
-imbale of Lord John Rowell'. secretary before the ease
can be dimmed of. Fay added that the alleged lunatic was
carefully watched by the police when he visited the locality
at the House of COMMOD.P.
The last letter, forwarded to Lord John Russell hieing,
end which induced his lordship to put the case in the hands
of the police, is to the following effect
" 34, Cannon-street-road, February 19, IM7.
" Mr. Bell, ride= and clockinaker, informs Lind John
Mereandott Russell that Mr. Bell will be in West-
minster Hall from 9 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb-
ruary 20, 1857, with the; Mereandott medicine J. E.
Holborn Ashplant. Mr. Bell purposes to attend in West-
minster-hall every Friday that Mr. Bell is in London, and
nut incapacitated by Lord John Russell's entire/trice from
administering the Mercendott medicine, by being drugged or
deed an injury that Mr. Bell has more than once unex-
pectedly (to Mr. Bell) suffered severely from. Lord Mee-
candott Russell is of course aware, AA Mr. Bell has often
stated it in writing to Lord 51. Russell, that Mr. Bell has
often attended Wisiturinster-hall. At the Times Lord J.
M. Ittesell will he informed of to ascertain whether
Lord John 31. Mereandott Russell has the courage to
me his true Morendott end other demoralising
Madera in Mr. Bell's presence, and hearing as well as using
the 1101/P6 of Commiess and its privileged precincts, to dis-
seminate Lord John Mereandott Russell's depraved faculties.
Mr. Bell for the purpose of destroying, or, et least diminish-
ing the effects of Lord John "Mereandott Russell's depraved
slanders will, am often so convenient to Mr. Bell, rend copies
of Lis letter to Lord John M. Rues% and his (Mr. Iklf e)
reasons for thus posting Lord John Itmell as a demoralizing
Der and depraved coward at Westminster Abbey, Rochester
Cathedral, limn Richmond, Kingston, and Meidstone
Churches, one quarter of an hour before the commencement
of the service, and at the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, &e., PO ns to reach the heating of those in high sta-
tions, among whom Loot John Ituasell may hoer malig-
nantly inculcated his demoralisinn inventions:
Mr. Dell was formerly in business as It watch and clog*
maker on Cornhill. lie is a little old man, of somewhat
eccentric habits.

MIDDLESEX DISCHARGED PRISONERS' AID
SOCIETY.—The find annual meeting of this society, which
wee originated with the aid of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.,
sad a body of the magistrates of the °aunty, was held yeeter-
dny at the Sessions-house ; the Marquis of Salinburv, Lord-
Lieutenaet of .Meldlenen, in the choir. Mr. C. P. Allen, the
bon. secretary, read the report, which gave a detail of the
operatione of the society during the first year of its existence.
'I he Chairmen, in a short aildreee, advoented the Anima of
the society to support, as it woo one which, in conjunction
with reformatory institutions, would work great social
benefit. Lord Robert Groveller moved the adoption of the
report. It appeared that the society'. funds were for the
year—donations, ; eubscriptions, 601. ; and many die-
', charged crinannln bed been received into reformatories and
other institutions with the beet result., through the instru-
mentality of the society, the numbers who hod received
benefit being 74 from Coldloth.lieldn and 117 females and 3
boys front Westminnter Bridewell. The noble lord strongly
urged {moulds for an extenaion of support of the on ietv.
, Mr. Pownall, chuirman of the county bench, Roweled tile
I motion, and entered into art:distil:al detail, more particularly
an to juvenile criminals in the county. The resolution was
carried. Mr. Korean-ad moved n resolution, eeeondcd by
Mr. Gurney Hoare, to the effect that the society eminently
merited additional support, whieh SCas unanimously agreed
to. The report was ordered to be printed end eirenlated ;
end after votes of thonko to the noble marquis and Lord It.
Grosvenor, the meeting broke up.
THE. CAsCAL WARD OF THE WEST LONDON
consequence of public attention having been dl-
meted to the unsatisfactory condition of the camel word of
this union, inhume at Battlenbridco, by the meet evening
visit of the Lord Mayor, and also from the strong remark. on
its present elate which subsequently appeared in the columns
of the uewnpepern,Mr. Yarnell, the inspector for the Poor-law
Board, made it his duty promptly andcarefully to examino
the ward in question, and on Tuesday last be reported the
remit at a meeting of the board of guardiann of the union
(which minty confirmed the previous statements, with tho
iumoricrit exception lbw the retie were kept separate, end
not huddled together). It woe at once unanimously deter-
mined to hold a epeeial meeting of the aziptlinnq to pnweed
to view the building complained of, -and to ascertain
what, alteration in its structure and management
were desirable, in order to remove the public ntiffina
at present routing upon their body. 'Ehe meeting
of the board accordingly took place on Thuniday ; end
afters very enreful and lengthened investigation a variety
of
usehd proponals, principally in woordanoe with Mr. Farndre
report, which bad been previously made, were ordered to be
at once carried out. As the glmrdiiins of this amen are
strong advocates for the establishment of public baths and
wanhhouse., they very appropriately connidetedihe propriety
of administering a warm loth to coh applicant for emend
in-dor relief as an impennt aid to the promotion of
vagrant elennlinees. It eppeared to be generally felt that,
although the board of guordians, from motives of prudence
and policy, did not neck, in dealing with Grecs:lewd poor, to
rival the City aldermen in their comparative luxurious
armneemente for criminal, at Holloway Prison, nevertheless
it woe their sincere desire AS considerately at possible to
regent the adios of those whose poverty was their only
crime. and whose vagrant, and indeed !thane irreclaimable,
wretchedness, to deal with completely remains at best but a
difficult problem. The statement to tie Lord Mover at the
Maneion-hoax, in justification of the condition of the eased
ward he had complained of, wee entertained to hue been
made without the authority of the board.
AMERICAN MAILIL—LIVERPOOL,
Cunard Company intend to di...pitch the arrow steamer Alps,
Captain Imam, which arrived yeeterday from New York _
with the Baltic's ?nails, on Wednesday next (the day_th•
Baltic should, were she in poet, tail), for Balton and RR
Yost. Bhe will carry the mails for the United Stan*