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London, England, 1858-08-07 00:00:00

husband bad inflicted them, and he returned to the house and
took him into custody.
The wife here again interposed, asking his worship to
fo raive him, as she was the cause of a',l the ill-usage.
M. Combo hire he was a cowardly brutal fellow, and
lie should senlence him to six months' hard labour in the
House of Correction at Wandsworth.

LAMBETH.—THE STJRREY GARDENS AND THE
PARISH or NEWINGTON.—Mr. Herbert Harris Can-
non, one of the official assignees under the Court of Bank-
rut, tcy, and receiver of the estate and effects of the Royal
Surrey Gardens Company (Limited), appeared before the
lion, G. C. Norton, to answer two summonses and show
canoe why an order should not be made on him for £270
owing to the parish of Newington for rates due from the
soi.vey Gardens Company.
Ms% Robinson, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Chester,
the 10.11eitor to the parish of Newington, attended to
support the summonses; and Mr. Keenr, instructs d by Mr.
Jones, npr„,ared for the defendant.
Mr. Robb, son opened the case at some length, and con-
tended, quotin 7 various legal authorities, that file defen-
dant, as official .liquidator under the Winding-up Act, was
legally liable to the payment of the rates due to dm parish
while receiver over ti.'e property.

_ .
Mr. Keene, in reply, argued that the defend:tut was
merely an officer under the Court of Bankruptcy, atoll could
only act under the direction of that court. As such oflic3r
be could only pay those sums upon which the Court made
orders, and it would therefore be hard on him to me .ke. him
or his goods liable for the payrue.nt of a sum wh'ich the
Court might repudiate. The learned gentleman, In con-
clusion' said that in point of fact Mr. Carman, as the officer
under the Court of Bankrupey, was not liable to the pe ywent
of the rates in question, and that the Court of Bank ruptcy
was the proper place to apply for them.
Mr. Robinson said that an application had been made to
the Court of Bankruptcy, but they could not get a. farthing,
as there were no assets. At the request of the haute 1 gentle-
man, the Defendant was sworn, and in reply to .the ques-
tions put to him, he said he had received about S .900 from
Mr. Spurgeon's committee and other resources ti Jr letting
out the gardens during the period over which, the rates
claimed from him ran on ; and out of that sum , -.made dis-
bursements, which left a balance of only £23 i J his hands.
In June last he let the gardens to Mr. Coombe £13,000,
and out of that amount received £3,000.
Mr. Robinson contended that, according lo his own
showing, Mr. Cannon had such a beneficial or icupation of
the property as enabled him to make £9OO on of it, and
therefore he had a perfect right to pay the par ash the poor
rates for that time, particularly as the garden ; being open
had no doubt increased the pauperism in Newir 'Won parish.
After a lengthened discussion, and argumi ;r; is pro and
con.,
Mr. Norton declised making any order in ti le case, but at
the same time expressed a hope, when the proper time came,
and when the affairs were wound up, the Court would not
allow the parish to be the loser of the rates.

Mr. Win. Alexander Coombe next appeal •ed to a sum-
mow, to show cause why an order should net be made on
him for the payment of rates, amounting tn, £5O 16s. Id.,
due by him during his occupation of the S'Ettrey-gardens
since the 17th of June last. Mr. Coombe co to plained of the
excessive rating of the property, and said that instead of
£1,200, it should not be rated on more than_ £I,COO a-year.
Mr. Chester observed that Mr. Coombe would have an
opportunity of appealing against the next r ating, when, if
any excess was found, the parish officers w ould pay every
attention to it ; and upon this understanditq Mr. Coombe
agreed to pay the amount claimed.

THAMES.—ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC
RoAn.—G Gib!)ling, a strange and rough •looking, faovv,
aged 26, and described as a bricklayer having no home, was
brought before Mr. Yardley charged with. attempting to
steal a purse containing £3 9s. 6d. from the person of Mrs.
Sophia Burn, a lady residing at No. 28, Ode-place, Com-
mercial-road East.

The prosecutrix stated that about two o'clock that after-
noon she was walking along the Commerci:tl- road with her
purse containing £3 9s. 6d. in her left hand„ when the pri-
soner came up and put his hand over her left shoulder,
seized her left band and purse, and tried 'to take it from
her. She screamed aloud for help, and the prisoner, after
hurting her very much in his endeavours to take her purse
out of her hand, ran away, and made his esca'v'.
The prisoner, in an iiniwot mauder, dem auded of the
prosecutrix whether she had ever seen him b efore, to which
Mrs. Bunn replied that she bad not seen :him until that
afternoon, when she saw him in the road.. He was first
walking behind her and then before her for some time; and
she had no doubt whatever that he was the man who
attempted to steal her purse and money.
William Gazely, a police constable, 461 K, stated that he
saw the prisoner running, and several pemons in pursuit
of him. He stopped the prisoner, who said, "I am not
the man—don't atop me," and madei a desperate effort to
get away.
Rnehe, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had
been summarily convicted several times.
The prisoner said he was innocent of the charge, and tLe
magistrate committed him for trial.

ROBBERY IN THE WEST INDIA DOClE.—Leonard
North, aged 14, and Alf ed North, 12, brothers, were
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing 11h. and
10 ounces of sugar, the property of the East and est India
Dock Company, from their premises.
Joseph Cleaver, a constable in the employ of the Dock
Company, stated that he stepped the prisoners as they were
leaving the West India Dock, and found on the person of
the eldest boy, in his frock, lib. and 3 ounces of sugar. On
searching the youngest bay be discovered 7 ounces of sugar
in his pockets. The prisoners said they picked up the sugar
offone of the quays. It was quite clean, and had not been
on the quays at all. He was directed by the Dock Com-
pany to press for a conviction, owing to boys frequently en-
tering the dock and cutting open the bags of sugar.
Mr. Yardley—The Dock Company did not send that mes-
sage to me, surely.
Witness—No, the head constable.
Mr. Yardley—Did he consult with the Dock Company—
with the directors—before he sent that message by you ?
Cleaver—l am not aware that he did.

Mr. Yardley said, no doubt the Eastand West India Dock
Company wished to preserve their property, necessarily ex-
posed as it was, from plunder. It would depend on the
evidence and the circumstances surrounding the case
whether he convicted or not. He must exercise his own
judgment en every matter that came before him. He cqpld
not understand bow the head constable could havectmmu-
uicated with the dock company or his superior officers since
the prisoners had been in custody. He did not approve of
these private intimations, whether coming from indi-
viduals or public couipanies. He should exercise his own
judgment on the matter.
The boys were then questioned, and said they had a
mot her but no father.

Cleaver stated, in answer to a question by the magistrate,
that many bags of sugar had been cut open and plundered
in the dock. _ _

Mr.' Yardley directed the youngest boy to go home and
fetch his mother, and adjourned the case.

In the afternoon the mother of the two boys attended, and
said her sons were generally well behaved, and that they
had never been in custody before. She took the greatest
possible care of them. She had a large family to maintain,
and was a widow. She was obliged to lock up her youngest
children while she attended the court.
Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the eldest boy had
had a succession of fits since he had been in his custody for
the three previous hours. A medical gentleman attended
upon the boy, who said the case was a dangerous one. He
believcd the fits were caused by the fright occasioned by the
boy being taken into custody.
The mother, in piteous accents, implored of the magis-
trates to restore her sons, and said she would keep them out
of harm's way in future.
Mr. Yardley—l hope you will, my good woman. Rave
these boys been in ctiActly before ?
Roche said the boys were quite unknown to the police;
they had cot been in custody before. He was afraid the
eldest boy would not live.
Mr. Yardley sail lie was not going to cause the death of
the boy by committing him to prison ; and Lotwithstanding
the in.imation conveyed to him by the officer, and although
be did not approve of boys stealing sugar in the docks, he
should take upon himself to discharge the prisoners. He
warned the mother to keep her children out of the dock in
in future, and not Ict them get among tl,c sugars again.