The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-14 00:00:00

MIDDLE SEX SESSIONS.

These Sessions commenced yesterday morning before
THOMAS CONST, Esq., the Chairman, and a full bench of
Magistrates.
William Smith was indicted for assaulting Edward
Dear, on the 30th of December.
The prosecutor, an elderly man, was formerly a butcher,
and lives in Skinner-street, Somers-town.

COURT—WeII, and what are you now ? Dear—l
lives by crying—
Counr—Live by crying--crying what? Dear—
Tatees all hot, your Worship.—(Laughter.)
COURT—WeII, what did the young man at the bar do
to you? Dear—Lawk-a-daisy, Sir, I leads such a life
with these butcher boys ; I went with my taters to the
young master, and he was going to put a skewer and paper
to my back, which they meant to light ; I was only lighted
in that way a few nights before, go I gave him a gentle
kick fur his pains, and down he knocked me, and I have
been in pain ever since.
A female was called to confirm the man's testimony.

The defendant denied that he attempted to " placard"
the complainant, nor should he have touched him but for
his kicking him first over a leg already lame, and then be
turned him out of his master's shop, as his language was
shockingly " wulgar."
A young man of the name of Loft, who saw the tran-
saction, said the young man (aged 70) was very turbulent
to the defendant.

By the COURT—Had never heard that boys were in the
habit of fixing paper to his back and lighting it.
Dear—Oh dear Lord God ! what next. Why, your
Worship, this witness was the very fellow who did it, and
I kicked his for it.—(Laughter.)

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The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The COURT sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 40s.
with leave to speak to the prosecutor, which reduced the
sum to one• half.
The prisoner was quite pennyless, and was locked up
till the fine be paid.
The Jury were then discharged till Friday next.

CHOLERA AT LIMEHOUSE.-MEETING
OF THE PAROCHIAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

Last evening, at eight o'clock, a very full meeting of
the Parochial Board of Health took place at the Board-
room of the workhouse, for the purpose of adopting the
most active measures to prevent the extension of the
cholera, which has presented itself in the parish in three
decided cases. The members of the Committee sat for
several hours, and expressed their determination of adopt-
ing such measures as may be recommended by the Lon-
don Board, in consequence of the three suspected cases of
Asiatic cholera which have recently occurred in the parish.
The cases alluded to were these :
On Sunday afternoon a man called on Mr. Livingston,
one of the Overseers of the parish, to request that he would
send the parish surgeon to see a female, named S *rah
Ferguson, who resided in White's-rents, Fore street,
and who lie described to be suffering, the greater part
of the night and day, from violent spasms. Mr. Liv-
ingston, in consequence, accompanied Mr. Cumming,
the parish doctor, to the house, and that gentle-
man, as well as Mr. Barnet, another medical gentle-
man who was called in, having declared the case to be
cholera, the patient, with as little delay as possible, was
removed to a building at the rear of the parish workhouse,
but quite detached from that institution, and the most
active remedies resorted to, to check the disease and re-
lieve her sufferings, but it was all to no purpose, for
after suffering the greatest torture she at five o'clock
breathed her last ! For some time previous to her death
her body, and particularly her extremities, became quite
blue, so that there could not be the slightest doubt of the
case being Asiatic cholera, and what is generally termed
the blue cholera. The deceased was in the enjoyment of
the most robust health, and obtained a living by picking
up coals and pieces of timber along the river side, and
Was in the constant habit, even in the most inclement
weather, of wading knee-deep in the water and mud. It
is not a little singular that her child, which is about
eighteen months old, during the temporary cessation of
pain of its mother, sucked for some time at her breast,
yet it is still in perfectly good health.
The next victim to this dreadful disease was the wife of
an Irish labourer, named Shay. She had exhibited symp-
toms of the disease on Thursday, and was attended by Mr.
Cumming, who considered her much better on Saturday.
On Sunday afternoon, however, she was much worse, and
her daughter, a girl of twelve years of age, becoming seri-
ously ill, they were both removed to the workhouse at fiv%
o'clock in the evening, and every attention paid to them.
The mother died at about midnight, and the daughter at
seven o'clock yesterday morning.
Yesterday two medical gentlemen belonging to the Cen-
tral Board of Health examined the bodies of the three de-
ceased persons, and at three o'clock they were first rolled
up in a pitched blanket, then placed in a coffin, and buried
at a great depth in the corner of the church-yard.
Shay, the husband of one of the deceased persons, and a
second child, still remain in the building at the rear of the
workhouse, where every attmtion is paid to them, and they
appear in good health.
At eleven o'clock last night there were no fresh cases
either in Limehouse or the adjoining parishes.

CITY COMPANIES.—The other day a very
old Liveryman of one of the first companies of the Corpo-
ration of the City of London, who has been reduced from
affluence to humble circumstances, applied to the Court by
petition for the assistance of 51., but instead of giving any
relief, the petition was rejected, apparently as a matter of
course. A abort time since a move was made, and public
meetings called, to bring these aristocratic and jobbing
companies (for many of them deserve no better name) to
account in a trifling measure to their poor Liverymen for
their conduct and appropriation of their funds, but from
What cause we cannot say (whether the parties were bought
Over or not), every thing was dropped, and not a word
snore beard on the subject. In the instance we now allude
In, the funds are very extensive, and the Master, Wardens,
and Court of Assistants are bound, in point of law as well
al equity and justice, according to the wills of the parties
Who have left money for that purpose, to relieve those of
their Livery in distress. But no, they prefer spending
hundreds a year in gorging, extravagance, and luxury;
and whilst they continue the practice of calling every
Member upon the Court merely on account of his pro-
perty, and putting aside even the eldest member because
he may be in humble circumstances, so long will those
Who ought to have some (aimoli] be shut out from all
management and knowledge of the concerns of the com-
pany, and the poor man who may want relief apply for it
in vain, as nothing but private interest with the Court of
Avastants will prevail.--Prom a Correspondent of the Timm

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