The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-22 00:00:00

}LUGGING IN GAOLS.

Mr. BRISCOE then made a motion, in pursuance of
notice he gave at the last session, that the recom-
mendation contained in the last report of the prison
inspectors, that the practice of flogging boys under
fourteen years of age with the cat-o'•nine tails in
the gaols should be discontinued, should be carried into
ffcct.

Mr. AUSTEN seconded the motion, and only regrAted
that it -did not go to the extent of abolishing such a
punishment altogether.
Mr. C. BARCLAY said he was sorry to be compelled to
oppose the motion. In his opinion flagging was a most
proper punishment for boys, and it was much better
to punish them in this manner than to send them to un-
dergo a lengthened imprisonment, which might have
the effect of entirely contaminating them. He did not
see that any case of cruelty had been made out to call
for their interference.

Colonel CIIALLONER said they should not forget that
this degrading and horrible punishment, as it was called,
was very freely made use of at Eton and their other
public schools, as many gentlemen he saw around him
could no doubt testify.—(A laugh.) They had very
strong reason to remember the black rod and the right
arm of the master, after they had been guilty of driving
a tandem or hunting a badger.—(Renewed laughter.)
He agreed with Mr. Barclay, and thought that many a
boy would have been saved from ruin if the magistrates
had the power to order a flogging instead of sending a
young lad to undergo the form of a trial. If the boy
Jones had been well flogged at first, he would never have
gone a second time to the Palace.—(Roars of laughter.)
Mr. BRISCOE replied, and the motion was then put ;
but as the only magistrates who held up their hands in
favour of it was the mover and seconder, it was of course
lost by a large majority.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Nachman Lazarus, a German, who pretended that he
could slot speak a word of English, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to pick
the pockets of several gentlemen.
ilaydon, a City policeman, said that he had observed
the prisoner, in Gracechurch-street, slip his hand into
the pockets of three gentlemen. The prisoner, very
shortly afterwards, tried the pocket of a fourth gentle-
man, who moved away from him, being evidently aware
of the attempt, and witness seeing that he was deter-
mined to do mischief, took him into custody.
The prisoner interrupted the policeman frequently, by
extravagant gestures, exclaiming that he knew nothing
of what was said about him.
One of the justice-room attendants said the man spoke
the English language fluently, and had just been speak-
ing to one of his fellow-prisoners upon the subject of the
charge.
The prisoner—Not at all. I speak no English. Ino
try to pick de pocket, and dis officer is a bad man. I am
a good man.
The LORD MAYOR—Why did you pretend that you
did not understand anything that was said to you? The
prisoner—I did not understand it.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—WeII then, I'll tell you exactly
what it was.
The prisoner—No, no, me no understand nothing.
Ah ha! look at dis. (Showing a passport, dated July,
1846.) his show I know nothing of picking pockets.
Another policeman said he had taken the prisoner
into custody about three weeks or a month ago, in
Cheapside; but the complainant could not be found, and
the prisoner's discharge was the consequence.
The prisoner—Ah ha! I am in London only eleven
days, so how could Ibe taken? 'Tis all false, my Lord.
The prisoner then made a great noise in asserting his
innocence, and, before he concluded, evinced a much
better acquaintance with the language of which he said
he was: utterly ignorant, than any specimen in the
above account testified.

The LORD MAYOR—I consider you to be a very bad
fellow, prisoner.
The prisoner—No, no. This is the bad fellow. lie
wants to make an innocent man guilty.
The LORD MAYOR—You have acquired a very rapid
knowledge of our language !
The prisoner—No, no, me no understand it at all.
The LORD MAYOR—You shall go to Bridewell for 14
days, and hard labour and short allowance.
The prisoner was then removed, and as he went lie
damned the officer in excellent English.
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James Murray, an elderly man, who generally appears
in the streets with a basket of toys, was charged with
having gone into a public-house in Bucklersbury and
stolen a handkerchief and two aprons, which lay upon
the seat, and belonged to a poor woman.
The LORD MAYOR—What do you say to this, pri-
soner ? The prisoner—Why, then, upon my soul, I
never done such a thing before.
The LORD MAYOR—Was the prisoner drunk? The
prisoner--Not I, faith.

The LORD MAYOR—And why did you steal this poor
woman's property ? The prisoner—Why, then, faith,
I'll tell you how it was. I went into the house, and I
had the misfortune to lay my hands upon the things, and
I walked away with 'em.—(Laughter.)
Committed for fourteen days' hard labour and short
allowance.