The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

MENDICANCY.—CharIes White, a poor deformed cripple,
was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with vagrancy.
James Brady, a police constable, No. 42 K, said the
prisoner was stationed close to the road, in front of the
premises of Easum and Brown, ropemakers, in the Com-
mercial-road, yesterday afternoon, soliciting arms. He
took him into custody. The prisoner was not at all offensive
in his conduct.

Mr. Wo ,lrych asked the prisoner why he was a beggar.
The prisoner—What am I to do ? lam deformed in my
limbs, and walk on crutches.
Mr. Woolrych—You should go to the Union house, You
are a cripple, and are entitled to relief from the poor. rate,
The prisoner—It would be very bad to be imprisoned in
a union workhouse all my life because I am deformed and
a cripple.

Mr. Woolrych—l am sorry for your affliction, my good
man, but it is an offence against the laws to beg in the public
streets.

The prisoner—I cannot work. lam deprived of the use
of my legs. I wish I could get my living by the sweat of
my brow.

Inspector Griffin—The district has been lately overrun
with mendicants, many of them impostors and professionals.
This man took the space vacated by the blind boy who was
here yesterday.

Mr. Woolrych—Where do you come from ?
The prisoner—From Stroudwater, in Gloucestershire. I
want to reach that place as soon as possible,
In-pector Griffin—The prisoner had Is. 4d. upon him,
and he is known to have spent money for food in the course
of the day.

Mr. Woolrych said the practice of indiscriminate alms-
giving in the streets was a very mischievous one indeed.
It encouraged imposition. The blind boy brought before
him yesterday maintained his mother by begging, and she
paid a girl 15d. per week and her board to take care of him.
The prisoner was an object of compassion, and ought to go
to the Union-house. Ho should discharge the prisoner,
but if he begged again he must commit him to the House of
Correction.

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THE HONOURABLE MRS. YELVERTON AND
MRS. FORBES —lt was mentioned some time ago
in our columns that an action had been brought by the
Hon. Mrs. Yelverton against Mrs. Forbes, the lady who
lives with Mrs. Yelverton's husband, claiming damages on
the ground of the slanderous libel contained in the latter's
letter to the London Examtner. Defences have been lodged
in the Court of Session by Mrs. Forbes to the effect--first,
that she is the lawful wife of Major Yelverton, and that as
such her husband, if any person, is the party to be pro-
ceeded against ; and 2dly, that as she has no domicile or
effects in Scotland, the Court of-Session has no jurisdiction
in the case. The defences admit that the libellous letter
in the .Examiner was written by Mrs. Forbes.— Caledonian
Mercury.
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