The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-28 00:00:00

THE IRISH TITHE BILL.

Mr. SHAW wished to know if the Irish Tithe Bill was to
be proceeded with (as we understood) on Monday. It stood
in the Orders for that day.
Lord A LTHO RP said that it was not. The Hon. Mem-
ber for Harwich had a motion relative to the King of Oude,
which he meant to bring forward that day as an amendment to
the Order of the Day, and therefore it was intended to' give
precedence to the Dissenters' Admission Bill, which stood for
the third reading, and would not occupy much time, and defer
the Tithe Bill to another day. It was, however, the intention
of the Government to proceed with the measure.
Mr. O'CONNELL—In that case the session cannot pos-
sibly end for the next two months. The Noble Lord must
know that this Bill was opposed by two parties, and that it
would therefore take much time to discuss it.

Lord ALTHORP was perfectly aware of the opposition
that was intended to be given to this Bill ; but although the
Government would have difficulties to encounter from two par-
ties, it was their intention to pass this measure during the pre-
sent session, even though one, two, or more months might be
be required for discussing' its details, and fully considering it.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought up the report of
the Committee on the Eiecution of Wills, which was ordered
to be printed.
Mr. S. RICE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the
establishment of criminal courts at Norfolk Island.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House.adjourned at a quarter past five till Monday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Saturday James Joli/P, a young man who has been
living on parochial bounty for several years, was brought
before Alderman Venables, the locum tenens for the LORD
MAYOR, charged by Mr. Booker, one of the Bishopsgate
parish-officers.

Alderman VENABLES-Why do you give money to such
fellows ?

Mr. Booker—This is the consequence of having refused.
The prisoner said he was sorry he could not despatch the
overseer.

Defendant—l was desperately hungry, and they wouldn't
give me neither money nor meat. I am sorry for what I
have done ; and if the overseers will let me go I'll bolt at
once, and I'm blest if I ever come back.

Alderman VENABLES—They may be glad to get rid of
you on such terms, but certainly I shall not part with you
so easily.
Mr. Booker said that the defendant, like almost all the
rest of the paupers of the parish, applied most of the
money he received to the purchase of that beverage which
tended so much to crowd the workhouses, and when ac-
cused of so applying it, his excuse was, that if the parish
supported him, he supported the Government.--(A laugh.)
Alderman VENABLES said it was evident to him during
his mayoralty, and the opinion had been confirmed by his
subsequent experience, that the distress of the poor arose,
not from the want of employment, but from their improvi-
dence ; and until the principle of saving from their earn-
ings was properly inculcated, there could be no chance of
checking pauperism.
Defendant—lt wasn't drink, it was hunger, as made me
tipsy ; and that's the way with many a poor fellow as you
see tumbling about the streets.—(Laughter.)
Alderman ,VENABLES—PII administer a cure to you, at
any rate, for one month. Let him be taken to the House
of Correction and put to hard labour for that term.
Another pauper, a fellow of about seventeen years old,
who had been born, bred, and educated in the workhouse,
was charged with having, in consequence of the refusal of
the officers to give him an extra supply, fastened himself to
the door of the overseer's house, in a half-naked condition,
and knocked for admission as if he called upon a visit in his
own carriage. The defendant had had numerous oppor-
tunities of supporting himself, but never fancied labour, and
returned to the workhouse to his pipe of tobacco and inde-
pendence.
Mr. Booker—l can get this boy into a collier if be chooses
to go.
Defendant—What should I go in a collier for ?—( A
laugh.)
Alderman VENABLES—You shall go to the House of
Correction at any rate.
Defendant—Thank you, my Lord. Take care and put
my Christian name right'. " Its " Bill."—(Laughter.)
BOW-STREET.
Richard Farrell, Martin Keene, and Thomas Galloway,
were placed at the bar before Sir F. ROE and Mr. HALLS,
charged with an unprovoked assault upon Mrs. Fleming,
residing in Compton-street, Soho.
Ile;complainant, it appeared, was passing through
Lumber-court, St. Giles's, on the previous evening, where
the three defendants reside, when, on passing the defendant
Farrell's house, he rushed out upon her, and, striking her
a violent blow on the head, knocked her down. A woman
named Ridley, who was in her company, was proceeding to
assist her to rise, when the defendant also felled her to the
ground. Nichol, a policeman, then came to the spot and
secured Farrell, when the other defendants attacked him,
and suCceeded in rescuing him from his custody. Assist-
ance arrived, when Farrell Was again secured, and the other
defendants, on appearing at the office on Saturday morning
to give evidence in his favour, were recognised, and taken
into Custody.
Sir F. RoE'said it was a case of most unprovoked assault,
and'one that called for the infliction of severe punishment.
He then fined' Farrell in the penalty of 5/. for each assault,
or in default of payment ordered him to be committed to
the House of Correction for two months upon each penalty.
The other defendants were also fined .50s. each, or, in the
event of non-payment, commmitted for a period of one
month.

LAMBETH-STREET.
DISGUSTING CASE OF PARENTAL CRUELTY.—WiIIiam
Davis, police-constable 2.54 K, appeared before Mr. NOR.-
TON, and stated that on the previous evening his attention
was called to some shrieks and moans that he heard issuing
from-a house in Mutton-lane, Mile-end, occupied by a tur-
ner named Alexander Wood. He was informed by some
neighbours that the cries proceeded from a crippled child,
who had been kept confined in a loathsome condition for
several months past. He then introduced a respectable
woman named Elizabeth Hall, who stated that she lodged
in the house from February to August, 1833, and pro-
ceeded to state such facts relative to the treatment of the
crippled child, that Mr. NORTON directed the parish offi-
cers of Mile-end to accompany the police and search the
place. Mr. Grey, the overseer, immediately proceeded to
the house with the police, and found the unhappy being in
a situation language can scarcely describe. Having ob-
tained admission, the party proceeded to an under-ground
bark cellar, desiring the father to state where his child
Was. He immediately pointed to a very dark recess, in
Which was an old box, from which he took an unearthly-look-
ing form, and placed it on a chair. Its limbs were contracted,
its eyes wildly gazed around, and it seemed quite unconscious
of the gaze of strangers. It was naked, with the exception
of a dirty remnant of a check shirt which scarcely covered its
shoulders. It appeared as if it had been recently washed
and scrubbed with great violence. Its face and breast
were bruised, and its legs were covered with excoriations
and sores. On inspecting the horded hole into which this
miserable being had been crammed no covering was found,
and only a very small portion of hay spread at the bottom,
which was in the most filthy condition. On a policeman
removing this heap of filth, which the father called a bed,
it was found to be literally alive • large maggots were
crawling about in hundreds. The father, on being re-
monstrated with by Mr. Grey, said it was the only fit way
in which he could keep his child, as theboy was unconscious
of what he did ; he took care to feed him well, but he could
do no more for him. Up to seven years of age he was a
fine healthy boy; he was then seized with fits, and he had
been in that way ever since.- He was now twenty years of
age. Mr. Grey had the poor idiot conveyed in a coach to
the office, and the father taken into custody. At the of-
fice it was found that the idiotic cripple could not utter a
single word, but at intervals he made a noise like a wild
animal ; various articles were exhibited to him of which he
took not the slightest notice ; but when bread was pre,
sented he opened his mouth and stretched out his hands,
and ravenously devoured it. Mrs. Hall stated to the Ma-
gistrates that she was a fortnight in the house before she dis-
covered the unhappy creature, when she saw him laying in

a corner in the workshop. She never saw him fed, but
often gave him victuals herself, He was suffered to lie in
filth for &week together, but was generally washed on a
Sunday morning. He was sometimes taken out of the box
and placed in a chair, where he was often suffered to remain
until, on his removal, his skin adhered to the chair.
Mr. Story, the parochial surgeon, stated that the con-
finement of the child in the box, which was only three feet
long and twenty-two inches wide, for so long a time, was
sufficient to produce contraction of the limbs. On mea-
suring him he was found to be four feet six inches in height,
if he could have stood up. The father, in a very plausible
manner, said that the habits of the child made him unfit to
be treated like the rest of the family, but he always tried
to make him as comfortable as he could ; he was well-fed,
but he was never satisfied. He denied having ever beaten
him, and said he gave him clean straw once a week.
In answer to a question by Mr. Grey he said he had had
five wives, and this child was by the second.
Mr. WALKER thought the father had a very difficult case
to deal with, although to strangers his conduct might ap-
pear repulsive, because he was unused to such cases.
Mr. NORTON said nothing could reconcile his mind so as
to judge favourably of such conduct.
Mr. Baddely, parochial solicitor, said that the parish
officers had determined to take the helpless being under
their protection. They were resolved also to sift this case
to the bottom, though the present evidence might not be
sufficient to warrant the detention of the father. It could
be proved, however, that four years ago the child could
walk about with assistance. After some deliberation, the
case was adjourned until Saturday next, when the father
undertook to make his appearance. He was allowed to
leave the office by the Magistrates' door, in order to
escape the indignation of a crowd which had assembled
round the office. The child was removed in a coach to the
workhouse.