The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-10 00:00:00

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HAUIMERSMITH._IbIPORTANT APPLICATION.
—THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS V.
CHISWICK.—Mr. Woolrych, the clerk of the Me-
tropolitan Board of Works, amompanied by several
gent!emen, applied to Mr. Ingham for an allow-
ance to a poor rate assessed upon the parish of
Chiswick, by order of the Metropolitan Board, in
default of thewovereeers of the parish. Mr. Wool-
rych stated th4at in 1856 the board issued a precept
upon the overseers of Chiswick to raise the sum of
9311. 175., being part of a debt due to the late
Commissioners of Sewers. The overseers had re-
fused to obey the precept, and the Metropolitan
Board now proceeded as the law allowed, to make
a rate, considered as a poor rate, and to send down
their own collector to receive the money.
Mr. Ingham said this was the first case of the
kind that bad been brought under his notice, and
therefore he wished to know under what clause of
the r et the board pr, needed.
Mr. Woolrych said similar rates had been made
in St. George's, Hanover-square, and also in Lam-
beth, and the magistrates had allowed them. The
clau.es under which they acted were, first, the
188th, 161st, and the 181st.

Mr. li,gham asked if Chi4wick was not included
in the area of the Metropolitan Board ?
Mr. Woolrych said it was not, but was included
in tlie area of the late Commissioners of Sewers.
The act gave the board power to recover from the
outlying parishes all the debts due to the late
commissioners

Mr. Ingham said, in the 181st sectiou be saw
that the board bad power to require of the over-
seers in the outlying parishes to pay, but it gave
them no- powers to enforce it.

Mr. Nroolrych admitted that the clause was no.
carefully drawn, but argued at some length tha
hid worship should take into consideration the join,
effect of the three clauses.

Mr. Ingham said there was considerable force in
the arguments of Mr. Woolryeh, but at the same
time he entertained a doubt whether he had any
power to proceed in this way. Under the 161st
section the board had power to apply for a man-
damus in the Court of Queen's Bench for the over-
seers to be compelled to collect the rate. It was
an extremely important case, and he thought the
board should go to the Court.
Mr. Woolrych said they would very likely be too
late this term, and it was doubtful whether they
would be able to obtain the mandamus for some
months. It was a very important matter to the
exchequered ratepapers, as they would have to pay
the money, instead of those who lived in the parish
when the rate was assessed. His worship would
remember that those objections could be raised
upon an appeal against the rate.
Mr. Ingham), after considering the question,
thought he might allow the rate, from the fact that
all he had to do at the present time was to see that
the rate was duly made by an authorised body.
The other points could be raised upon summonses
being applied for.
His worship accordingly allowed the rate, by
attaching his hand and seal to the rate-book.

THAMES. --CANNIBALISM. —Johanna Foley, an
Irishwoman, aged 30, was brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged with violently assaulting her rela
tive, Julia Foley, and biting off part of one of her
fingers. It was a case of Irish row in Nightingale-
buildings, Ropemakers'-fields, Limehouse, where
more savage assaults have teen committed than in
any other part of the district assigned to this court.
Evidence having been given, a portion of the
third finger of the prosecutrix's right hand was put
before the magistrate and th: n handed round the
table of the court. It had been bitten clean off
between the first and second joints, and the nail,
which exhibited no indications of cleanliness, was
quite perfect.

The prisoner entered into a long history of fa-
mily rows and feuds, which the magistrate said had
nothing to do with the case, She then said, "I
don't know whether I Bit her finger off or not."
Mr. Yardley—l can't pretend to punish such a
case as this, I shall commit you for trial, and you
may call any witnesses you may think proper Lefore
a jury.

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SOUTHWARK.--CHARGE OF BURGLARY.—
William Jones was charged with breaking into the
Star and Garter Tavern, Star-corner, Bermondsey,
and stealing therefrom a quantity of tobacco and
money.

Samuel Howell said that his uncle kept the
house, and he lived .with him. Witness saw all
closed up at eleven o'clock at night, and about au
hour afterwards he was retiring to his bedchamber,
when he saw a light in the shop. He immediately
descended, and looking through the keyhole he
perceived the prisoner behind the bar emptying the
drawers. He called in the police and had him se-
cured.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.