The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-14 00:00:00

VENTILATION OF _HOSPITALS.

To THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF GALLOWAY,
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL LYING-IN HOS-
PITAL.

36, Berkeley-square, W.
My Lord,—In resigning the office of physician
at the General Lying-in Hospital, which I have
held for upwards of 20 years, I deem it only just to
offer to your lordship an explanation of my reasons
for taking this step.
On several occasions I have felt it necessary to
differ from the committee on the subject of Dr.
Reid's system of ventilation, which was established
in 1842, which has produced the most favourable
effects upon the sanitary condition of the hospital,
And which without any just reason has been dis-
continued.
A short statistical summary of the mortality at
the General Lying-in Hospital, without and with
this plan of ventilation, will best explain my posi-
tion. I may also add that the accuracy of the sub-
joined numbers is beyond cavil, haying had them
Qorrected and verified by an experienced calculator.
Pron., lan., 1837, to Aug., 1841 (when the hos-
pital was closed fur the purpose of establishing Dr.
Reid's system of ventilation), SO2 women were de
livered, of whom no less than 61 died, showing a
mortality of 76.05 per 1,000.
The hospital was reopened in April, 1842, but
by the determined opposition of the present matron
and the nurses under her the new -ventilation was
rendered worse than useless—the ♦alves were regu-
larly closed the moment my back was turned ; and
from April, 1842, to the end of March, 1843, 19
women died out of the 209 who were delivered
during that period—making a mortality of 90.90
per 1,000.
The following April (1843) two of my own pupils
at St. Bartholomew's became house surgeons at the
General Lying-in-Hospital, and resolutely carried
, the ventilation into full activity. _

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The mortality ceased instantly, and for a period
of seven years the success as regards the health of
the patients and of their children was most extra-
ordinary. Of 1,661 patients delivered during this
period only 8 died, and one of these was from an
accident, or at the rate of 4.31 per 1,000, the
greatest amount of success which has ever occurred
at any lying-in hospital, whether in this country or
on the continent ; and yet other circumstances were
not peculiarly favourable during these years, the
hospital was much fuller than it had ever been be-
fore, and this period was not remarkable for the
general healthiness of London.
In April, 1850, the committee determined to dis-
continue the ventilation, and from this time to
May, 1855, 30 women died in childbed, or at the
rate of 25'90 per 1,000. In May, 1855, after violent
opposition, I succeeded in obtaining permission to
have the ventilation renewed, and hoped that the
experience of former years would have allayed every
prejudice against it.
In February, 1857, Mr. Grissell, who had been
one of the most active of the committee in stopping
the ventilation in April, 1850—undeterred by the
frightful mortality before it was established, and
uninfluenced by the extraordinary success during
the seven years when it was in activity, neither
warned by the fatal results which had followed its
discontinuance for five years—ordered a large hole
to be made into the fire shaft, by which its action
01. the air of the hospital was effectually cut off ;
and this Lt. aid without having such a measure
moved, or seconded, or nut to the committee in the
I regular way, and in spite of the disapproval of the
rsenior physician (myself) who was standing by.
Puerperal fever again appeared towards the end of
the summer, and feeling that it was useless to make
any further appeal to the committee, I considered
it my duty to apply to Dr. Odin, the officer of
health for Lambeth, who, on inspecting the hos-
pital and reporting its state to the vestry board,
was directed to write to the governors of the
General Lying-in Hospital. Aspecial meeting was
immediately summoned, and a vo`e of censure,
moved by Mr. Grissell, was passed upon me for
"calling in Dr. Odling.' That vote of censure
troubles me not. I have done my duty to my poor
patients, and if four years and seven months with-
out the ventilation show 61 deaths, and seven years
with it only eight, it may be fairly said that but

for the ventilation, caeteris paribus, we should have
lost 93 women, instead of that magnificent result
of only eight ; and in the succeeding five years,
instead of losing 30 by unwarrantably cutting off
the ventilation, we should have lost only five.
This is not a solitary instance of the suc::ess of
Dr. Reid's ventilation in a lying-in hospital. At
Copenhagen the mortality from puerperal fever
was even worse than at the General Lying-in
Hospital, but the new hospital which has been
built with this system of ventilation from plans fur-
nished by myself has shown results as striking and
gratifying as in London.
Such overpowering facts establish the certainty
that a great number of women will die at the Gene-
ral Lying in Hospital if this system of ventilation
be stopped, and that a most unusual healthiness of
the patients and singularly few deaths occur when
it is in action. The wilful destruction of it, there-
fore, in the face of such evidence becomes an act
verging so closely into one of a criminal character
that I will not lend myself, directly or indirectly, to
anything of the kind ; and as to the vote of censure
against me which Mr. G rissell propose-I and carried,
it merely amounts to an act of defiance to the
ordinary
feelings and principles of humanity.
In stating these details to your lordship I fulfilthe object of my letter.

The officers of health possess no powers beyond
those of pointing out error, and reasoning where
remon exists. The Secretary of State for the Home
Department " has no power to interfere." It is
therefore my purpose to use this letter to your
lordship as a means of appeal t) that great organ
of public opinion which is ever ready to defend
"right against might." I have the honour to be,
my lord, with,great respect, your lordship's obedi-
ent servant,

EDWARD RIGBY.
Late Senior Physician to the General
Lying-in Ho3pital.

Tax TRANSFER OF ESTATES.--The bill of Lord Si.
Leonards to simplify the title and transfer of real and
Zqronal estate, and to secure the titles of purcirsers
witi,:uvr:---"Iv.- has been reintroduced and reprinted,
of Parr -w
to its co—,..i_
larasnt.i ,The pro-v*isTh3loilindtainkf nieasure, which
are already known, will not extend to Scottanu. -
~the adjournment

Yesterday a special meeting of the proprietors of
East India Stock was held at the India House, Leaden-
hall-street. The object of the meeting, which was called
at the request of nine proprietors, viz., Lieut.-General
Thomson, Mr. M. Lewin, Mr. J. Jones, Mr. G. Craw-
shay, jun., Mr. John Faulkener, Mr. G. Crawshay, Mr.
J. Allen, Mr. C. Finch, M.D., and Mr. E. Eagleton,
jun., was " to consider the communication addressed to
the Court of Directors from the Government respecting
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the continuance of the powers of the company." Mr:
Mangles, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, pre- !
sided. There was a larger attendance of 1,0001. Stock I
proprietors than usual, but they were not so numerous '
as the importance of the subject led one to imagine.
Nearly all the directors were present.
The CHAIRMAN, before proceeding to the business,
acquainted the meeting that the direction had communi-
sated with the Government relative to the future go-
vernment of India, but had received no answer. Before
the meeting of Parliament the Directors intended to
summon a court of proprietors to consider the question.
Mr. LEWIN asked to be informed the nature of the
correspondence, because it might materially affect the
remarks to be made and the course to be pursued by those
who bad been the means of calling this meeting. He
thought they ought to know the opinion of the board,
The CHAIRMAN said that it was unusual to do so. He
assured the meeting that it was in favour of the company
and diredtOrs.
Mr. lames repeated his question. He had no desire '
to see the Indian Charter abolished—(hear, hear)—but
he thought the aouduct of the board of directors had
ma.;ny been the cause of the present movement.
The fIHAIRMAN said that tie meeting was called at •
e
~ef certain parties, and the directors wished
the n
r prod 01uce .92e 7inion. It was contrary to practice and
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imperfect correspondence that
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had taken place between
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the Government and the
board. The communication wad not made through the
secret alphabet.
Colonel RATHBOENE suggested it would be better to
adjourn the meeting till the proposed directors' meet-
ing, when the correspondence could be laid before it,
together with their opinion on the question. (Hear.)
Mr. CEAWSHAW, jun. expressed his surprise at the
proposed adjournment of the meeting. He admitted
that he addressed them with an overwhelming sense of
the danger that would result to the country in India
being placed under the control of the Government. He
considered that if India were placed under the direction
of a Secretary of State, India would be soon lost. He
thought it would be impossible to mislead the people
of England into a belief that it would be better for
India; but unless they removed an opinion to that
' effect, that had been circulated of late in various
quarters, he thought the company's existence
would soon be at an end, and the experiment
tried. The honourable gentleman referred to the origin
of the charter, contending that the present Government
of India had been miscalled an anomaly. He referred
to the course pursued by many of the past great men—
Hastings, Malcolm, and others—who had governed
India, observing that the principles laid down by theni
were correct, and only required to be properly worked
oat. The officers of the company, both civil and mili-
tary, could not be surpassed by any of Her Majesty's
' servants (Hear, hear.) It was proposed to abolish the
double government, which meant the destruction of the
East India Company; whilst the Board of Control
would be merely a sham death, and be merged in a
Council for India, or some other form. (Hear, hear.)
The Board of Control should be abolished, and the power
of theconspaoy possessed in the time of Warren Hastings
restored to it. The company had been plunged into
wars by the Board of Control, which was estaolished to
prevent such calamities. Tuey could not agree to the
extinction of the company, unless they believed it would
be beneficial to that country. If they did not stand up
and struggle for the continuance of the charter, it would
be abolished, for Parliament was never more corrupt
than at present. (Hear). He concluded by moving that
the proposed transfer to Government of the powers of the
East India Company is opposed to the rights and pri-
vileges of the East India Company—is fraught with
danger to the, constitutional interests of England, is
perilous to the safety of our Indian Empire, and calls
for the resistance of the corporation by all constitutional
means. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. LEwIN seconded the motion.
Mr. J. D. M'KEtintz opposed the motion. The
present system of double government got rid of respon-
sibility. Their policy had been to conciliate the strong
and oppress the weak. justice could not be obtained
in the courts of India by the poor man, from the expen-
sive nature of the proceedings, which was used as one
means of oppressing the poor and ;,helpless. It was,
therefore, necessary there should be a more extended
European system adopted in India for. the prosperity
and happiness of the people.
Mr. REMINGTON supported the motion. From a
lengthened residence in India he was able to speak of
the kindness and consideration shown by the English

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towards the native inhabitants of India.
Colonel SYKES (director) felt assured, in expressing
his own convictions he did that of his brother directors,
when he s aid that if a change of Government could
produce more material interest, improve the happiness
and insure the comfort of the -vast population
of India he would submit to any personal loss consequent
on such a change. (Rear, hear.) At present they had
only a broad outline of the charge; that was to be
brought against them, and they were ignorant of the
specific charges they would have to answer. He did
not stand there as the apologist of the Company, but as
the advocate of truth. It had been stated in many of
the leading journals that a new government would pro-
duce an increased development of the resources of the
country. That might be so, but the resources of
India continually increased under the Company.
During the last thirty years the exports of produce
had increased. In 1834-5 they amounted to 7,993,4201,
and had increased in 1855-6 to 23,039,256/. The imports
in the same time had increased from 4,261,0001. to
13,476,0001., and upwards of 150,000,0001. steriing had
been sent to that country, which was in circulation
throughout the country. (Hear.) The men of Manches-
ter complained when cotton rose the ghost of a quarter
of a farthing that cotton was not grown in India. That
was not the fault of the court of directors. The land did
notbelong to them,but to the people of that country. The
company did not receive rent for the land, but only a land
tax. If the people could gain by growing cotton instead of
other produce they would do so, but they had no more
right to compel the people of India to grow cotton for
the people of Manchester, than the people of Ireland
had to call on the English farmer during the late famine
to grow potatoes for the Irish. (Hear, hear.) He
approached the subject of the mutiny with sorrow, and
they must not conceal from themselves that if any blame
attached to the directors it was that of oversight and
not intention, from which nose must shrink. The
gallant officer proceeded to state that he was a member
of the military committee. One million and a
half of greased cartridges for India certainly passed
through his hands, and he took blame to himself from
not knowing that fact, because from his experience in
India he was well aware that such a circumstance would
have an extraordinary effect on the sepoys, who would
cat a man's throat rather than do a thing by which he
would lose caste. The cartridges were sent out and
used for some time without the sepoys being aware of
what grea-e was used, and it was only owkg to a remark
made by one of the other troops to a sepoy that would nut
give him water, on account of losing caste, that he
would soon lose caste in having to bite the cartridge.
It was that that led to the mutiny—not being able
to remove the impression from the sepoys' mind, that
we wished to make them lose caste. He denied
that we had ever denied our country in India.
A bishop's arriving at his station was announced
by the sound of cannon. Chapels were being
built all over the country. In Bombay, since 1836, .the
chapels had increased from 42 to 71, in Madras there
had been an increase of 12 chapels within late years,
and in Bombay 11; and there were now about 460 mis-
sionaries in the country. With regard to the double
government, he denied that any such existed. The Board
of Control was answerable for everything that was
done in India. The despatches for transmizsion
to India from the India House were revised by the
Board of Control, even to the extent of crossing the
" t's" and adding " th'o" to the dates in red ink. (Hear,
hear, and laughter) There was no double Government.
The Board of Control was answerable for all the
annexations that bad been made, and every message that
had been sent to India. All they now wanted was to
get rid of the moral check that at present existed. With
the patronage of the company in the hands of on
unpopular Minister and a subservient House of Commons,
it would prevent his removal, and set at defiance
the constitution of the country. Believing it would
be injurious to India, and ultimately destructive to the
constitutional principles of this country, he supported
the motion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. CRAWFORD addressed the meeting, in the curse
of which he said that the Affghan war had cost one-third
of their present debt, and asked them to consider what
would be the result when India was left to the irrespon-
sible control of a minister ?
Mr. LEWIN also addressed the meeting in support of
the motion. He would rather retain the Company with
all their faults than flyto evils they knew not of. (Hear.)
Tho mutiny originated under persona appointed by the
Crown, and arose out of the annexation of Oude by
Lord Dalhousie. Ile condemned the appointment of
Lord Clanricarde to the office of Lord Privy Seal, in
consequence of his views on India, and, in passing,
observed that the present House of Commons was the
most corrupt since the days of gromwell,there not being
30 independent members belonging to it.
General Barons having addressed the meeting,
Mr. JONES moved the adjournment of the donate for
a week. It was desirable to know the directors' opinion
on the subject.
The CIIAIRIIAbT thought it better to adjourn to the
directors' proposed day of meeting to consider the mo-
tion. Ha thought the resolution would require altera-
tion. At present they did not know the particulars of
the Government scheme.
Ultimately the meeting was adjourned till WednesJay
next, the 20th.
The CHAIRMAN referred to the remarks of Colonel
Sykes relative to the greased cartridges, and denied that
the Court as a body held the opinion as expressed by
the gallant officer. A commission had been sent to
India to inquire into the outbreak. The Government of
India had stated that none of those cartridges had
been used.
Colonel SYKES explained. He adhered to what he
had said.
The meeting then separated.

An inquest was held yesterday, at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, on the body of a child who bad died in the in-
stitution. A verdict of died from inflammation of the
lungs was returned, the jury adding that they thought
the nurse of the ward had neglected her duty. The
verdict is to be laid before the board of the hospital.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before 4r. Commissioner Goulburn.)

THE LONDON, HARIVICH, AND CONTINENTAL STEAM
PACKET COMPANY (LIMITED).

A winding-up order having been made in this
case, and the list of contributories settled, a sitting
was now held for the purpose of making a call on
the contributories. The liabilities are 5,0001., and
there being no assets,rthe ridiculous amount of "one
penny" only being found in the cash box—a call
of IW. per share was proposed.

Mr. Bagley (instructed by Messrs. Linklater) ap-
peared for the official liquidator.

Mr. Lawrancasappeared for Mr. Pillans, of Edin-
burgh, a contributory, who contended that he had
been placed upon the list without notice. At the
last sitting affidavit had been made of service of
notice on all the shareholders ; but Mr. Pillans
made affidavit that he had not received any notice,
and that his name had been placed on the list with-
out notice,

His Honour said the only course open to the
shareholder would be to make a special application
to the court to have his name struck out. To do
otherwise would be to re-open the whole question
as to the list.

Mr. Bagley stated that great care bad been taken
by the court, at the settling of the list, to see that
due notice had been given to all the parties, accord-
ing to the addresses appearing in the, register of
shareholders. Mr. Hardman, one of Messrs. Link-
later's clerks, deposed that he had posted notices to
each of the shareholders, at the General Post-office,
London, and whether the parties appeared or not
the court had required to be satisfied on two points
—that they were on the register of shareholders
and that they had accepted their shares.
Mr. Lawrance abandoned the objection as to no-
tice, but contended that the register was informal,
inasmuch as the date of Mr. Pillans's registry as a
shareholder was the 25th of Feb., 1857, while the
register itself, as appeared in evidence at the last
meeting, was only made in May, for the book con-
taining it was only then purchased.
His Honour said it was to be regretted that Mr.
Pillans had not come here at an earlier stage, and
taken these objections. This sitting was for the
purpose of making a call, the list of contributories
having been settled, and the court could not now
re-open the former proceedings ; suoh a course
would be interminable. The register had been dis-
cussed at great length, and the list was only settled
after full argument.

Mr. Lawrance said the only question remaining
was as to the amount which his client would be
liable to pay. He held 25 shares, on which he had
paid 2/. per share ; but credit was given him in the
books for only 6/. ss.

Mr. Bagley said that credit would be given for
the 501.

Mr. Lawrance—Then the only question is what
discount my fiiend Mr. Pennell will allow for
prompt payment. (Laughter.)
Mr. Jenkinson, for Messrs. Zillerson, Dutch
shareholders, claimed the right to set off against
the call a debt due from the company.
Mr. Bagley said the set-off could not ~now be
allowed. It could not be urged. as against the credi-
tors of the company. The applicants must come in
with the rest of the creditors.

His Honour said the creditors had first a right
to have the amount of the call paid. If anything
remained after paying them 20s. in the pound, the
question would arise as to its disposal amongst the
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shareholders.

Mr. G-astard, the solicitor to the company, made
a similar claim, which was disposed of in the same
manner.

Mr. Randall, on behalf of Herbert Meyer, whose
name had been placed on the list, took the objection
of minority.
His Honour,doubtea whether the act gave him
power to inquird into this question. It appeared
from Mr. Farrar's book, that no case had yet been
decided on this point ; but the proper course would
be to leave the party to be sued for the amount of
the call, and he might then plead his infancy.
Mr. Bagley said the 39th sec. of th 3 act of 1848,
expressly contemplated a minor being a contribu-
tory and prov ided for his representation by his pa-
rents or guardians.
Mr. Doria (as amicusturice)—But that is only in
cases of consent.

Some otherctrifliog objections were disposed of,
and the order for a call of 101. per share was then
made.
In the course of the discussion reference was
made to a provision in the amended act (20 and 21
Vic. cap. 14, sec. 16), which empowers the official
liquidator to compromise with parties who are un-
able to pay their calls, and his Honour observed
that it was extremely important for it to be known
that such a provision was contained in the act.

POLICE, INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 13.

MANSION-HOUSE.—AIex. Nemmo, aged 68,
who has long been in the habit of begging, was sent
by the Lord Mayor to prison for 21 days for perse-
vering in his favourite occupation.
nilyoeyramodlmupishunitready to drop with agony-
Immediately after the committal of Nemmo a 1
miserable creature named Edward Hall, aged 32,
was charged with a similar offence.
The officer said the wretched man appeared to be
in extreme distress, and did not for a moment deny
that he had asked charity.
In answer to questions from the Lord Mayor,
who very particularly investigated the case.
The defendant said—l was in the service of the
Red India Company in India for the space of 14
unfortu-
nately, forfeited all claims to a pension in conse-
denotouowbcl
call
lelr;eiud::;:
quence of habitual drunkenness. lancodulldanmoturneasbislet
labour I become
discharged,adito
npao.ydsdlploelsaae;amaplease
iny and, ytheearstmbputtaltiohnavteo dbreienhk,
attp to
aa the
anyda conditionol
y perceive,as
mne dy e
ai workßealnnsdidyifen
i:olufaaar annt
The countenance and frame of the defendant bore
sufficient evidence to the correctness of his state-
ment as to his health.
The there
ewioere persons in the j ustice-
roothat,
from what they
had heard the defendant mention as to his services
and his calamity, there was no doubt of his vera-
city,in
whoofficer
were said,
of :p
and
The Lord Mayor, after some further inquiry,
directed that he should be comfortably sent home
to his parish in Somersetshire.
The defendant—I feel most grateful to your lord-
ship, and I assure. xeel- that I - never would have
begged if I had not been periphing and totally un-
able to help myselt by any effort.
The Lord Mayor—lndeed I believe you, and I
am glad to have the opportunity of helping g a poor
man iu so deplorable a condition. You admit that
you have been very imprudent, but you have paid
a dreadful penalty for your error. It is satisfactory
to find that great benefit is derived from the acti-
vity of the police in apprehending persons who beg
in the streets. I have just sent a professional beggar
to prison upon their representations, and I no w
have occasion to help a poor man who, if it had not
been for the police, might have perished.
In the course of the day John Turner, aged 33,
was charged with having committed a similar offence,
and the Lord Mayor, after having strictly investi-
gated the case, and ascertained that the defendant
was a poor countryman who was able and willing
to work, and was not at all acquainted with the art
of begging, and Vtiat be bad wamea many miles
without food on the day he was taken into custody
by the policeman, supplied him with the means of
returning home.

WESTMINSTER.—Thomas and John Butler,
father and son, the former a labourer at gasworks,
and the latter a mere youth, were finally examined
charged with committing a desperate assault upon
Cornelius Shehan.

Prosecutor, whose face presented a horrible ap-
pearance at the time of his first examination, stated
that he lived ,in the same house as the accuied, at
Westminster. Ou the night of
the 28th ult., at half-past 10, prosecutor and his
9, St. Anne's-lane
lowed him into his room, and, after exc!aiming
family returned home,
" We have got you now," knocked him down,
when the prisoners fol-
when the senior prisoner stabbed him with a table
knife and slit his nose up. The younger prison( r
first struck him on entering the room, before the
injury was inflicted with the knife.
Mary Anue Shehan, his daughter, confirmed his
account, with the addition that when the accused
entered her father's room the younger one was
armed with a bricklayer's server, which he flour-
ished over his head. Fearing fatal consequences to
her father, she put her hand in the young prisoner's
and kissed him, and etitreateci him to go down
stairs. After her father was Roundel the light
was put out, and she was unable to say what the
prisoners did, but just before the light was extin-
guished, while her father was weltering in the blood
which poured from his face, the younger prisoner,
who had unheeded her request to leave the room,
was going to strike her father with the server.
George Simmonds, 174 B, found the prosecutor
in a pool of blood and sent him to the hospital.
The elder prisoner absconded that night, but was
captured on the following morning ; the younger
one was apprehended. A knife, answering the des-
cription of that with which the injuries were in-
flicted, was found on the elder prisoner's table.
Mr. T. F. Greenwood, house surgeon, of West-
minster hospital,- stated the prosecutor had a
wound over the right eyebrow, extending over the
nose, the bridge of which was fractured ; it was a

severe wound, and must have been given with force
and by a sharp instrument.
Mr. Punter having asked the accused whether
they wished to say anything,

The elder prisoner-said the prosecutor occupied
the room over him and annoyed him very much by
continually making a noise, in addition to which
he came to his door and abused him on the previ-
ous night.

The younger prisoner, in general terms, denied
the charge.
They were committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.

WORSHIP-STREET.— Daniel Pitt, describing
himself as a gunmak, r, Elizabeth Clifton, and Mary
Harris, the latter with. a child in her arms, were
charged with robbery, and the male prisoner also
with an assault. All three belong to a gang of in-
veterate thieves ; the woman Clifton has passed in
various names, and there were summary convic-
tions against the whole.

Charles Hurd—l am shopman to Mr. Crees, a
draper in Hoxton, and at 7 o'clock last night the
prisoners came into our shop and asked to be shown
some silk handkerchiefs and scarves. I showed
them several, but they left the shop without buying
anything, and directly they had gone I missed some
of the handkerchiefs. I ran after them, and, find•
ing that the man had separated from the women, I
caught the women first, told them to come back,
got a constable, and then followed the man. I told
him that he must come back, as there was some-
thing wrong, and he replied quietly, " Yes, all
right, governor, but wait a minute," and then in-
stantly struck me a violent blow in the face with
his fist and ran away, but was caught by 490 N,
and lodged in the station.
Policeman 67 took the two women, and on
doing so Harris indignantly exclaimed, " Don't
touch me, sir, I am a respectable married woman ;"
but on searching her I found these two silk hand-
kerchiefs upon her.
Shopman—Which handkerchiefs are ours.

Policeman 81 H—l know the three prisoners
very well indeed, and they aro some of the worst
thieves in Spitalfields.
Pitt—Why, I have not been in Spitalfields at all;
I have just come out of Westminster Bridewell.
Harris—l certainly did go in to steal, but 1 did
not take any handkerchiefs. My husband had three
months' imprisonment from this court for assault-
ing me, and, as I have two children to support
while he is in prison, I must either starve or steal.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—l shall send the male prisoner
to the House of Correction for three months for
being in a dwelling-house for an unlawful purpose,
and fine him 40s. for the assault on the witness, or
another month in default, and commit the two
women also for three months each, and with hard
labour for all.

THAMES.—Jeremiah Kallaher, an Irish la-
bourer, was brought up by writ of habeas corpus
from the House of Correction, and arraigned before
Mr. Selfe, with John Henessey, Patrick Murphy,
George Sims, Catherine Crawley alias Sullivan, and
Catherine Halloran, all natives of Ireland, charged
with being concerned in the wilful murder of Henry
Morgan, a police-constable, who died of the injuries
inflicted upon him on the 26th of last mouth, in or
near the Mile-end-road. The five last-named pri-
soners had been remanded. It will be recollected
that Kallaher was convicted on the 28th Dec. by
?Ir. Selfe, and sentenced to two months' imprison-
ment for assaulting Morgan and another constable,
and as his term of imprisonment had not expired
it was necessary to bring him to this court on a
writ of habeas.

Mr. Selfe summed up the evidence. He con-
demned the conduct of Sims as very indiscreet and
improper in using the language he had done, but
he was not disposed to change the opinion he ex-
pressed on the 28th ult., that Sims not having seen
the previous part of the affray came to the rash
conclusion the police were unnecessarily using their
staves, and made use of coarse and inflammatory
language. With respect to Henessey and the two
women, there was no case on which a jury would
convict them for being concerned in the murder of
the policeman, and he should discharge them, but
not wihout condemning the impropriety of their
conduct, forwhich he had punished them on the 28th
ult. There was an overwhelming case against Ka Ila-

her, who was rightfully in cuatody for an atrocious
assault on two men whom he could not look upon
when they were before him three weeks ago with-
out feelings of compassion. As he said before, there
was no evidence that the women Sims and Henessey
had any share in the death of the deceased, but
with Murphy the case was different, for he was
proved to have taken an active part in the affray in
Jubilee-street. He should therefore commit Kal-
laher and Murphy for trial for the wilful murder of
the deceased Henry Morgan, and discharge the
other prisoners. He could not say the police had
unnecessarily used their staves on Dec. 26. He had
sometimes reprimanded policemen for using their
truncheons without occasion. It was not so on this
occasion. The police were savagely attacked, stones
were thrown, and several policemen, including the
deceased, were seriously injured before a staff was
drawn, and not only the deceased but Piller and
Vena,hles exhibited great forbearance.
Inspector Griffin, of the K division, reminded
the magistrate that Henessey was brought up on a
warrant before Mr. Yardley on the 2d inst , for as-
saulting Piller, and on the magistrate bearing that
Morgan had just died he remanded him on the
charge of murder.
Mr. Selfe said he had overlooked the charge of
assault, and directed Piller's evidence to be read,
and the constable said he was struck by Henessey
wbile endeavouring to secure Kallaher.
Henessey said he was innocent.
Inspector Griffin said Henessey was a violent and
disorderly fellow, and was tried and convicted on
Feb. 21, 1855, at the Middlesex Sessions, for being
concerned in the bread riots in Whitechapel a few
weeks previously. The prisoner was sentenced to
six months' hard labour. _ _

Henessey—l was quite innocent of that, yer
honuer's wurtchip.
Mr. Selfe—l don't believe you are innocent of
assaulting Piller. I sentence you to one month's
imprisoonment in the House of Correction.

SOUTHWARK.—In the course of the day a re-
spectable-looking woman waited on his worship for
his advice under the following circumstances :
She said that three, years ago her husband deserted
her, and had neither lived with her nor contributed
towards her support since. He was such a brute
that she wished his worship would divorce her.
Mr Combe told her he could not grant a divorce.
All the power he had under the new Act was to
protect her and ker property. -
Applicant thought the Act just come into opera-
tion gave power to the magistrates to grant a
divorce ?
Mr. Combe told her that it did not. Had she
any property of her own, or was she earning her
own livelihood
She replied that she had a house of furniture,
and she let lodgings for their support.
Mr. Combe observed that her husband could
come and claim the furniture, as he supposed he left
her in the possession of it.
Applicant said that her first husband left her and
her daughter about 2001. worth of furniture, there-
fore Ler present husband could have no claim on
that. By means of that furniture she and her
daughter obtained their living.

Mr. Combo told her he should like to see the will
before he gave her any advice, but if she was in any
business waa uatuing ner own livelihood
he could protect her and her property obtained by
that business.

Applicant thanked his worship for his advice,
and left the court, promising to bring the will on a
future day, when she hoped to obtain a divorce from
her brute of a husband.

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