The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A woman of poverty-stricken appearance, whose
name did not transpire, waited upon the sitting
magistrate, Mr. Hall, and submitted to him the
following singular statement :
She said that she was a married woman, and was
confined about five weeks ago. The child only
lived three weeks, and on its death she applied to
the parish officers to bury it. They declined to do
so unless on condition that her husband would go
into the workhouse, and go to work in the stone-
yard. This he refused to do, preferring to retain
his liberty and look out for employment. The re-
sult was that the corps* had remained a fortnight
unburied. She had placed it in a box, which was
closed up, but decomposition had set in, and it was
becoming offensive. The parish authorities ad-
hered to their decision not to bury the child unless
on the condition stated, which her husband as re-
' solutely resisted.
The magistrate inquired where she lived.
The applicant replied that she lived at North-
end, Fulham. She had been to Hammersmith
Police-court, where she was referred to the Com-
missioners of Police, and on calling at the Commis-
sioners' office, in Scotland-yard, she was desired to
make her complaint at Bow-street.
Mr. Hall said that if the applicant's statement
was correct the parish authorities had acted im
properly, and were liable to indictment ; but this
was not the court at which the complaint ought to
be made. However, he would send a request to the
Commissioners of Police to institute an inquiry.
through the superintendent of police for the divi-
sion in which the applicant lived. The superin-
tendent could report tho result to the magistrate
at the Hammersmith Police-court, who would, no
doubt, take care that proper attention should be
paid to the matter.
A constsble was accordingly despatched, in com-
pany with the applicant, to Scotland-yard, bearing
a wiessage to the above effect.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—John
Compton, a man-servant in the service of Dr. Tyler
Smith, 7, Upper Grosvenor-street, was charged
with stealing eight dozen wine bottles and two
cricket bats, and on suspicion of stealing a diamond
bracelet, value ,E 1,50, and other jewels, the property
of his master.
Dr. Smith said his son lately came home from
Eton, and brought with him, among other things,
two cricket bats, of the value of 303. On one of
these being missed the prisoner was questioned, but
denied all knowledge of them. From circumstances
which subsequently transpired in relation to these
bats, and a quantity of bottles removed from his
premises, the prisoner was apprehended. A diamond
bracelet and other articles of jowellery had been also
missed, and suspicion now fell upon the prisoner of
stealing them. The prisoner's wife had formerly
been housekeeper at his house in Grosvenor-street.
Mr. James Williams, landlord of the `White Bear
public-house, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, proved
the prisoner's bringing ono of the bats in question
to him to take care of, and that he received it, also
purchasing of the prisoner eight dozen 'wine bottles.
The prisoner was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Ilammill handed to our
reporter a letter addressed to " The Sitting Magis-
trate," and of which the following is a copy :

" March 14.
"Sir,—The enclosed copy of an advertisementi which ap-
peared in the Ti»:es of this day discloses another ingenious
mode of robbing those who can ill afford to be made the
victims of swindlers—clerks out of employ. Your calling
the attention of the reporters of the prose to it will, per-
haps, insure that publicity which will place the unwary
upon their guard. No honestly-disposed person could re-
quire more than two or three stamps to answer the appli.
cant and write to his references.-1 have the honour to
remain, sir, your most obedient servant,
"IV. SMITH."

The advertisement forwarded to the magistrate
ran thus :
" A competent clerk may hear of a first-class situation
(salary £BO per annum) by applying, by letter only, en-
closing 36 stamps, with references, addressed to A. 0., 64
Edgware-road, NV.' " ,
The writer of the letter stated that the place of ad-
dress was a post-office, where replies were received,
a charge of ld. for the care of each letter being
made to the person upon its being delivered to him
when he called,