The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

THAMES,

Martin New, a tall Irishman, a brick-maker, who car-
ried a fine child about two years old in his arms, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged by Mr John
Hughes, the relieving officer of the Whitechapcl Union,
with creating a disturbance in front of his house on
Sunday morning.
The prisoner's wife was also charged with her bus-

band, but about an hour before he wls placed in the dock
she was taken iu labour iu tite poiice tied, adjoiniog tie
court. Mr. Hughes was no sooner made acquainted
with her condition than he sent a messenger -to the
workhouse for a nurse and some blankets. He also pro-
cured the immediate attendance of Mr. Falconer, divi-
sional surgeon of police, under whose care the woman
was safely delivered of a fine boy, who, with the mother,
is likely to do well. A cab was procured, and the woman
and her child were sent to the workhouse. Mr. Hugh, s
having seen the poor woman properly taken care of and
provided with every comfort her situation required, pre-
ferred his charge against her husband.
Mr. Hughes stated that on Sunday morning he gave
an order to the man and his wife for their admission into
the workhouse as casual poor. An hour afterwards they
returned again with the order, and demanded other re-
lief. He infoemed them he was not at liberty to do any-
thing more for them, on which they made a great dis•
turbance in front of his house, and caused a mob to as-
semble. Ile was therefore under the necessity of giving
them into custody. The wite, who had just become a
mother, was the worst of the two, and her language and
threats were dreadful.

The prisoner said he objected to enter the workhouse
with his wife, where he should be separated from her,
because he had a sufficient taste of it on Saturday night,
after Mr. Hughes had given him and his wife an order
for a night's lodging. The place he was in was very
wet and cold, the floor was sloppy, and it would be the
death of him to go to such a place again.
Mr. Hughes said he gave the man and his wife 31b.
of bread on Saturday evening, and an order for their
admission into the workhouse. The woman was lodged
in the receiving ward, the moat comfortable in the work-
house, and her husband in the casual ward, which was
dry and well ventilated, and by no means deserved the
description given of it.
Mr. YARDLEY said the prisoner's conduct was very
reprehensible, and he appeared to be a dissatisfied man,
who would not receive with cheerfulness the provision
made for him by the public bounty. He had endangered
the life of his wife by his foolish conduct. He would
advise the prisoner to alter his behaviour, or he would
get into trouble, and find his way to a prison; but as he
-was the lesser offender of the two he would suffer him
to depart. He should also discharge the case against
the wife, and was glad so much attention had been paid
to her.

LAMBETH.
John Jones, a young fellow, whose friends were said
to be highly respectable, his father being barrack-mas-
ter at Cork, and Elisabeth Pearce, who had deserted her
lawful husband and home•to beguile her hours with her
fellow-prisoner, were placed at the bar for final exami-
nation on a charge of robbing their ready-furnished apart-
ments.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners oc-
cupied a furnished apartment in the house of Mrs. Pesh-
ley, in the Waterloo-road, where they passed as man and
wife, and the landlady having some misgivings from their
manner, that all was not right, took occasion in their
absence to examine their room, and found it stripped of
nearly all the bedclothes and other movables. The pri-
soners, by some means or other, got a hint of the dis-
covery made in their absence,and did not return home ;
but information having been given to the police, they
were apprehended on the charge, when the duplicates
for the missing property were found upon them. Their
friends have managed to take out a number of the ar-
ticles pawned from the pawnbrokers', the latter having
given them out without either duplicate or declaration,
rather than have to appear as witnessess in the case.

There were one or two other charges against the pri-
soners, but they failed in sufficient proof.
Two respectable persons, in whose houses the male
prisoner had previously lodged, spoke to his proper con-
duct while with them, as well as the respectability of his
friends.

Mr. ELLIOTT convicted the prisoners in the penalty
of 5/. for the unlawfully pawning. together with the
value of the articles pawned, or in default of payment to
stand committui to the Housa of Correction for two
months each.