The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

MR. LINDSAY ON STRIKES.

On Tuesday night a great demonstration took
place in North Shields, on the occasion of the non-
electors presentation to Mr. Lindsay. The presen-
tation consisted of a very handsome rosewood cabi-
itet (manufactured by Mr. Hedley Chapman), and
containing sumptuously bound copies of the works
of Shakspeare, Milton, Bacon, and Burns. A soiree
was held in the Albion Assembly Rooms, which
was attended by about 600 inhabitants of the
borough, many of Mr. Lindsay's friends from Sun-
derland and Newcastle being also present.

The chair was taken by Dr. Dodd, who was sup-
ported on the right by Mr. Lindsay, M.P., and Mr.
Ingham, M.P., and on his left by Mr. Justice Hali-
burton, and many most influential inhabitants of
the town and district. Mr. Lindsay, on entering
the room with his friends, was received with im-
mense cheering.
Mr. RIDER, a journeyman joiner, read an ad-
dress to Mr. Lindsay, which was signed by about
800 non-electors of the borough.
Mr. LINDSAY, who was greeted with long-con-
tinued cheering, thanked the assembly for the tes-
timonial with which they had presented him, but,
above all, thanked them for the feelings which dic-
tated this spontaneous desire to aid so very humble
a member. He had left them in regret, but not in
anger, and perhaps they might in after years find
that the principles which he advocated were the
principles which would tend most to the interests
of the people at large, and to their own interests in
the long run. But it was not so much on account
of his political principles that the testimonial was
given to him, but there was a feeling among the
working classses that he had assisted in giving
them the means of gaining knowledge. Some gen-
tlemen were of opinion that it was unwise to edu-
cate the working classes, and that knowledge led
to combinations and strikes. At all events there
were strikes when knowledge was less rare than it
is now, and if knowledge had done anything it had
done this : that whilst the strikes in olden times
were accompanied by bloodshed and violations of
the law, no violations of the law occurred now.
The mechanics had first to learn that the well-being
of the working classes was as essential to the tran-
quillity and happiness of the state as it was to their
own happiness ; and by a. little study they would
learn that the increase of revenue and stock was
increased national wealth. If they had this im-
pressed on their minds, they would not be so dis-
posed as they were at present to combine among
themselves to enforce better wages, when the de-
mand for labour did not warrant it. Labour was
the poor man's capital, as much as shipping and
land was his (Mr. Lindsay's) ; and he had a per-
fect right to dispose of that capital to the best ad-
vantage. (Cheers.) He was going to speak a few
words to them in plain, honest language; but it
was for their good. In former times there were
laws which made combinations for the advance of
wages illegal, and many restrictions were put upon
the masters in regard to the number of apprentices
they took, &c., even to the dictation of the manner in
which those apprentices should be fed. Happily,
all these laws had been swept away, as being unjust
and injurious to the people themselves. They
had now a right to combine amongst themselves,
but it was very questionable to him whether it was
for their interest to do so. They lost in the long
run. Say, for instance, they struck three months
to get an advance from ss. to ss. 6d. ; even if they
carried their point they lost ss. a day for three
months, and entailed an immense amount of suffer-
ing upon themselves and families. They had also
done an injury to the state, because they were un-
productive labourers ; they were consumers, but
they were not lending anything towards the
creation of the wealth of the nation. He would
now come to another point. While they had a per-
fect right to say they would not take a certain
wage per day, they had no right to say to their
neighbour that he should not do so if he thought
proper, because that was a species of tyranny, by
not allowing him to exercise his own free will.
What was the effect of these combinations ? There
were rules laid down which said that a certain man
should only work a certain number of hours. Take,
for instance, the masons' trade which was now on
strike in London. They said a man should only
use his trowel with one hand ; and the effect of this
was that the skilled and industrious and energetic
man was put on the same footing as the indolent
man, whose wages were the same as the other. This
was an unnatural state of things; and the surprise
to him was, that the intelligent and energetic man
should become a party to those combinations which
attempted to "regulate" the price of labour. While
he said this be begged them to bear in mind that
he considered it equally impolitic and erroneous
for the masters to combine. (Loud cheers.) Take
the ship-building trade, for instance. There were
in Sunderland and in that port various grades of
shipbuilders. There was one shipbuilder who could
by his greater energy and skill have more orders
for ships, and could afford to pay workman ss. a
day and make a profit. What right had the other
masters to dictate to such a ship-builder as this,
and say that because they were only paying 4s. a
day to the carpenter, he should only give 4s. ?
Why he only gave Ss. a day on the presump-
tion that he could get a full receipt for that
money. Therefore, it was as impolitic and as un-
wise on the part of the masters to enter into these
combinations as it was for the men. The attempt
to regulate wages was also injurious. A large em-
ployer of labour that day told him that he was con-
nected with the press, and it appeared that in the
Printers' Union they had a general assembly and
various presbyteries. The rate of pay was sd. per
thousand letters, but at Aberdeen it was only 41d.
The general assembly decided that the Aberdeen
pay should be 5d., and that the Aberdeen printers
should strike. The printers said, " We do not
want to strike ; we are satisfied with the pay, and
as house rent and living are a great deal cheaper
in Aberdeen than in London, Liverpool, and other
great cities, 41d. is better to us in Aberdeen than
5d.. to you in London." The general assembly would
not listen to that sensible reasoning, and compelled
the men to strike against their inclination and
clearest convictions ; and they were obliged to leave
their families in want and misery to obey the man-
dates of that general assembly. This was a species
of tyranny not to be tolerated. All attempts to
regulate wages or the price of articles had been
signally fallacious ; the price must be regulated by
demand-and supply. Many years since an attempt
was made to regulate the price of coals. Tho coal-
owners fixed the amount of produce and the price
of the coals. Consequently, to maintain the price
they had fixed, they were obliged to materially
curtail the supply, so that some large collieries
which could have worked 500 tons a day ware
obliged to reduce their workings to perhaps 100
tons. Intelligent men said immediately, " We are
getting 15s. per ton upon these hundred tons, but
if we got 7s. per ton upon five hundred tons, we
should have a much larger profit, and be able to
employ a greater number of workmen ;" so that
this system which they had established for their
especial benefit brought an amount of ruin upon
various collieries. It was the same thing with an
attempt to regulate wages. Why should the indo-
lent man be placed on the same footing as the fine,
manly, energetic fellow who could make 7s. or Bs.
a day ? Did they think the intelligent men of
England would continue to stand that ? No. As
they got more knowledge they would find that
those combinations were not only tying their hands,
but they were doing more than this. This was a great
national question. Since the policy of free trade was
wisely established in this country Englishmen had
been forced to compete with other nations, and to
maintain our position we must compete also in the
labour market. If by these combinations they were
curtailing the time when a man was allowed to
work, and consequently must give him a greater
wage, they were raising the rate of wages, so that
the manufacturer of this country might not be able
to produce the article at as low a price as his com-
petitors, the consequence was that he was driven
out of those markets. This evil fell upon the work-
men, because it threw them out of employment. It
made the number desirous of. being employed
greater than the number required; and consequently
wages fell, while employment ceased. He asked
them to be bound by no law which attempted' to
fetter their energy, and to ask in the market for

that price which their labour was worth, but also to '
ask to have free scope for their industry and energy
so that they might reap the reward. By doing so
they were not only benefitting themselves, but the
nation. He introduced Mr. Justice Haliburton,
who, he said, had for many years taken a deep in-
terest in the welfare of the industrious classes. His
writings were not merely full of wit, but they had
done much to elevate the people from the pot-house
to the parlour. (Applause.)
Mr. HALIBURTON was received with enthusiastic
cheers, and one more for " Sam Slick." He said he
felt a great deal embarrassed as to the mode in
which he should address them, or the topics he
should select. He had come with his friend Mr.
Lindsay for the purpose of seeing this country—
well-known as containing the greatest shipbuilding
ports in the world. He regretted that there was not
in those shipyards the employmentthey could wish,
hut one of the baneful effects of war was to produce
a superabundant supply of vessels ; and it was to be
hoped that in a shorttime the demand and the sup-
ply would be more equalised, and that shipping
would be, as usual, a very profitable employment.
His friend Dr. Dodd had eulogised him in such a
way that, if he were not an old lawyer, it would have
drawn the blushes very strongly into his face, and
Mr. Lindsay had gone, if possible, a little beyond
the doctor; but this was to be expected from the
long friendship which had existed between himself
and Mr. Lindsay, for whom he entertained a
very high personal regard, both in his private capa-
city as a gentleman, and also in his public capacity
as a representative of the people. He had the mis-
fortune to differ from Mr. Lindsay in some points;
but he concurred in the opinion of the great ma-
jority of the people of England, and that was that
upon all mercantile subjects, and upon all subjects
which affected the shipping interest—which was
the great interest of England—Mr. Lindsay was
universally admitted to be, if not the very ablest,
one of the most able representatives in Parliament.
Mr. Lindsay was always listened to with very
great attention, as every man would be who was
master of the subject upon which he talked. Mr.
Lindsay said there was an object in his (Mr. H.'s)
books. Now, he should feel truly ashamed of him-
self—it would be very incompatible with his situa-
tion as a judge—if he should write a jest-book to
make people laugh ; it would be a very undignified
and very unprofitable thing for a judge to do; but
he thought he might do a very great service to his
countrymen, provided he could convey to them cer-
tain truths, either too humble for them to care
much about or too dry, unless like doctors' pills
they had a little sugar put round them. It was a
very bad thing, as all lawyers knew, to have what
they called an alias: when a man having four or
five aliases was put into the dock it was enough to
convict him. He laboured under the disadvantage
of having an alias • he was known by the name of
Haliburton, and also as Sam Slick. He hoped this
would not operate so much against him as he had
seen an alias operate against others. He should
not attempt to follow up those subjects upon which
Mr. Lindsay had so ably discoursed, because he had
exhausted the subject. Mr. Lindsay was a prac-
tical man, and whatever a practical man said was
listened to with proper respect, because, however
good theories may be in themselves, a mere theory
without practice made a very imperfect man, what-
ever his occupation might be. He agreed with his
friend Mr. Lindsay in his remarks about strikes.
There was one consolation to be drawn from these
strikes,there was no country but England could afford
to have strikes. Strikes were expensive things, and
only belonged to a rich country ; he defied any man
to point to any country where mechanics could go
upon strike for three months together as they did
here. If the mechanics in the States were to strike,
they would be starved out by Saturday night. Mr.
Lindsay was an example of what a man could do;
and it was this upon which his respectability was
so much based, that by his industry, perseverance,
prudence, intelligence, and energy, lie had been the
architect of his own fortune, and a very handsome
fortune it was ; and he was still a young man. On
the other hand, there were examples for a man to
avoid. There were no more valuable institutions
in this country than mechanics' institutes, but they
had changed their nature and become something
else than they were originally designed to be. He
did not think they did the good they originally did.
or fulfilled the purposes that Lord Brougham and
other philanthropic men intended. They had be-
come rather places for lectures upon abstract things,
and did not convey that useful knowledge which
they ought. He should prefer very much indeed
if the mechanics themselves would be the lecturers
in their institutes. He would like to know whether
Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, would not give a far
better lecture than the most profound man from
King's College, London, because the former had
got the practical combined with the theoretical
knowledge. It very frequently happened that
young men, not mechanics, and knowing nothing
. about their life, doabts, anxieties,. skill, or know-
, ledge, and 'wishing to get their names known a
little in public, delivered lectures, and they went to
cyclopedias and other books, and hunted up cer-
tain statements, which they did not know to be
right or wrong. Why, it was all wind, and went
for nothing. If mechanics' institutes were to do
any good, mechanics must take them into their own
hands, be their own managers and committees, and
not look to any people of consequence, but make it
entirely and purely a mechanics' institute for their
own advancement. (Applause.) As mechanics'
institutes now stood, they were one of the first step-
ping-stones for young men to get into Parliament.
They tried their minds there in making speeches.
Everybody that went to a hustings here, or spoke
at all, was all for the people ; he would lay down
his fortune, stake his character, and sacrifice all for
the people. He didn't care for the honour, but it was
for the peop e--he was a friend of the people. He
made a great many pledges, but if pawnbrokers
took parliamentary unredeemed pledges, and any-
body could be found to buy them, an auctioneer's
would be found a much more profitable business
then a shipbuilder's. (Applause.)
Mr. INGHAM next spoke in terms of general ap-
probation of the conduct of Mr. Lindsay, whom he
had always had reason to regard as one of the most
intelligent and one of the most useful members of
the House of Commons. His conduct in reference
to the Harbours of Refuge Commission and that of
manning the navy entitled him to the highest

respect.
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the pro.
ceedings terminated.

POLICE INTELLIG_ENCE.-Aug. 24.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Wm. Gill, of Leadenhall-
market, poulterer, and licensed dealer in game, was
summoned for having in his possession certain head
of black game out of season,:
Mr. Orridge attended to support the complaint,
and Mr. Best for the defendant.
Mr. Orridge said the information was laid under
the Ist and 2d Wm. IV., c. 32, sec. 4, by which
any dealer who might have possession of black
game between the 10th of December and the 20th
of August, except it was game from Devonshire or
Somersetshire, where the time of prohibition was
extended to the Ist of September, was liable to a
penalty.; and he (Mr. Orridge) should- prove by a
witness that the defendant had possession of several
head of black game on the 15th inst., five days be-
fore the date when possession was allowed by the
act.

Joseph Newstcad, a clerk in the office of the
Field newspaper, deposed that from information re-
ceived by him, he went to the defendant's shop in
Leadenhall-market, and saw there several head of
black game, of which he purchased one, which he
produced, for 3s. 6d.

On cross-examination by Mr. Best, the witness
said he was sent to make the purchase by thp Asso-
ciation for the Prevention of the Sale of Game out
of Season, having its offices at the Field office; and
he admitted that the defendant was not present
when he (witness) made the purchase.
Mr. Best submitted that there must be some proof
that the person who sold the game was really in
the employ of the defendant ; or otherwise his
authorised agent, before the case could be carried
any further.

Mr. Orridge contended that positive proof on
this point was unnecessary ; as, in the case of a
licensed dealer in game, he had a right to conclude
that any person selling game on the dealer's pre-
m.ses, in the absence or presence of the dealer him-
self, was a duly authorised agent.
The Lord Mayor—You must prove to my satis-
faction that the game was sold by the defendant or
his agent, and you have not done so.
Mr. Orridge thought the fact of selling in the
defendant's shop was sufficient.
The Lord Mayor—l think not.
Mr. ()Fridge thought it should be so considered,
for the 42c1 section of the act-threw the proof of
exceptional facts upon the party proceeded against.
Mr. Best said the 42d section was not intended
tch apply to such cases at all, and for aught that
had been shown to the contrary, it might have been
sold to the informer by a person who was a stranger
to the defendant.

Mr. Orridge said that was by no means likely.
The Lord Mayor—You might have proved your
case by calling the defendant's assistant, Mr. Or-
ridge. I do not think the defendant is bound to
disprove the fact of the service. I think you are
bound to prove it.
Mr. Orridge—Then I shall ask you to adjourn
the case, my lord.
Mr. Best—And I shall ask your lordship to dis-
miss the summons.

The Lord Mayor—Have you any further proof,
Mr. Orridge
Mr. Orridge said he had not. if required to

prove the contract of service, he could go no further
then.

The Lord Mayor—lf you knew as much of the
practice of Leadenhall-market as I do, you would
not be surprised that I want you to prove, other-
wise I might convict every tradesman in Leaden-
hall-market. I dismiss the summons.

Mr. Orridge said he must, of course, submit, but
;he information would be laid afresh.

Mr. G. Brookes, secretary to the Game-dealers'
Society, said he thought the opportunity a proper
one, with his lordship's permission, of calling
attention to the fact that any person purchasing
game of the men who sell in the streets
is liable to a fine of £5. The society did not want
to pounce upon the public by means of informers,
but he thought if, the fact were made known by
the press, it would have the effect of putting the
public on their guard.
The Lord Mayor said he bad no control over the
press, but the statement was a very proper one to
be made public, and Mr. Brookes had acted kindly
in making it.
Mr. Orridge said the association which he re-
presented had been established as much for the
protection of gamedealers as of sportsmen, and
would take proceedings against purchasers of game
in the streets if cases were brought under their
notice.

The Lord Mayor told Mr. Orridge he would
have plenty of work if that were done, for on
Saturday nights numbers of street game-sellers
might be seen on and near London-bridge.

CLERKENWELL.—DARING ROBBERY OF A
CASH-BOX AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.—Thomas
Jones, Thomas Gallagher, and Samuel Harmer, all
well known to the police, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged on remand with
stealing a cash-box containing £25 from the Prince
Albert public-house, Hollingsworth-street, Isling-
ton, the property of Mr. Charles Walker.
Mr. T. Beard attended on behalf of Gallagher
and Harmer, and Mr. T. Wakeling for Jones.
Mrs. Walker said that, on the morning of the
10th, about half-past ten, the prisoners entered the
bar, and Gallagher and Harmer called for some
drink, which they paid for with some half-pence.
The whole of the prisoners then called for some
cigars, which one of them paid for with half-a-
crown, and she gave them change from the till.
They then had some more deink, which came to
fourpence, and gave half-a-crown in payment,
for which she had to get change from the cash-
box in the parlour. One of the prisoners at this
time was in the tap-room, and Harmer went
and spoke to him. Gallagher and Harmer
said the cheroots were very much broken, and if
she would untie a bundle they would take a shil-
ling's worth. She got a bundle, and Harmer took
four. He then went into the tap-room to the pri-
soner Jones. Gallagher remained at the bar com-
plaining of the broken state of the cheroots, and
she remained waiting to serve him. Harmer came
back from the tap-room and the cigars were very
bad, and that she must put some more out for
them to choose from. She did so, and when they
had picked some out they asked her for some paper
to put them in. She gave them some, but this was
nrit clean enough for them, and she gave them some
more. Eventually she satisfied them both with
paper and cigars, and then Jones came out of the
tap-room. She heard her bar-parlour door slam,
and then all the prisoners left the house. She sus-
pected that something was wrong, and, upon her
going into the parlour, missed the cash-box. She
went to the front door, and saw Jones going one
way and the other prisoners another. Gallagher
and Harmer, who were brought back, were in the
house the day before.

Cross-exaniined—Jones she had not seen before.
There were not a number of persons passing through
the passage at the time. While the prisoners were
in the house no one was in the passage but the
servants.

Mrs. Grummell said that, on the morning of the
10th, she saw the whole of the prisoners leave the
prosecutor's house. Jones came out first and went
one way, and the other two ran round the corner.
Mrs. Waiker came to the door and called out, and
witness ran after Gallagher and Harmer. They ran
across a brick-field, and went to a house and
knocked. A lady came out and spoke to them, but
would not let them in.

Charles Hawkins, the potman, said he saw the
three prisoners at the house on the morning in ques-
tion, and they all came in together. They were at
the house about an hour. He saw Jones in the tap-
room, and though his conduct very suspicious, as
he kept looking towards the bar-parlour door.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wakeling—l am certain
that Jones is the man, although I had only seen
him once. When the prisoner was taken into cus-
tody I pointed him out to the constable.
By Mr. Beard—There were other customers came
in while the prisoners were in the bar, but I can-
not say whether they were men or women.
_ _

Mrs. Lin dop said she resided at 21, George's-grove,
Holloway. On the morning of the 10th Gallagher
and Harmer knocked at her house door. She asked
them what they wanted, when they looked con-
fused and did not make any answer. They had
previously been up to the laundry door and shook
it violently. They then ran up to the private door
and knocked a rat tat, but would not then say what
they wanted.
Police-constable Stammers, 136 N, said he took
Harmer and Gallagher into custody at the door of
the last witness. The prisoner Harmer said, "I do
not know what we are in custody for. I was run-
ning after the man who took the box." One of them
gave his address at Dublin, and the other at Liver-
pool. When Jones was taken into custody he was
at Orme's, the Jane Shore, with a lot of thieves.

Sergeant Gould, 40 N, said he took the prisoner
into custody, and told him that a young man wanted
to speak to him. He made a rush to the back-door
of the Jane Shore, and called out " Rous, rous,"
which means " help." His companions came for-
ward and tried to rescue him. At the station, when
the prisoner was searched, there was found upon
him a jemmy, some picklocks, and some skeleton
keys. On the way to the station he said he would
lay £lOO to £1 that he was not the man.

Cross-examined—He did not tell the prisoner the
charge until he got him to the station. The prisoner
asked him, but he did not tell him, because he was
surrounded by the prisoner's companions.
Mr. Beard submitted that it was only a casf.::
of suspicion, for it was not shown that they were
known to each ether.

Mr. Wakeling said, as far as his client was con-
cerned, he must say that Mrs. Walker must be
mistaken in his identity.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a care he could not deal
with.

Mr. Wakeling and Alr. Beard said, under the
circumstances, the prisoners would reserve their
defence.

Mr. Tyrwhitt fully committed the prisoners to
the sessions for trial.
Inspector Judge, N division, said that Gallagher
and Harmer had been previously convicted, and
sentenced to transportation, Gallagher for 20 years.
The landlady of another public-house, at which £45
had been stolen, was present to prefer a charge
against the prisoner Gallagher.
Mrs. Hitchcock said she kept the Prince of Prus-
sia public-house, Horsleydown. In the early part
of last month sonic men came in the morning, and
called for some porter. When they were served, the
man Gallagher came in and spoke to the other men
and then went out to the back part of the house.
The other men asked her for some cigars, and spoke
to her about the spots on them. A boy then asked
her for change, which she had to go to the back to
fetch from the cash-box. Afterwards the prisoner
came to the bar, and called for a glass of porter.
Before he drank it she had occasion to go to the
back for the purpose of paying a small bill, and
then found the cash box was gone. On returning to
the bar the prisoner was gone.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he considered the first case
would be sufficient, but Airs. Hitchcock had better
watch the result.

S 0 UT If WARK—COMMITTAL OF TWO FASHION-
ABLE SHOPLIFTERS.—EIiza Baker and Mary Ann
Lunday, fashionably dressed young women well
known to the police as connected with an organised
gang of shoplifters, were brought before Mr.
Combe for final examination, charged with steal•
ing a valuable Paisley shawl, at the shop of Mr. D.
Davis, linendraper and silk-mercer, Newington-
causeway.

It sppeared from the evidence of Mr. Robert
Hoosen, the manager of the business, that on Satur-
day evening, the 13th inst., the prisoners came into
their shop and requested to be shown some shawls.
A number were placed before them, among which
were several of Paisley manufacture. Lunday
selected one, which was placed on one side, and
after opening several others Baker said she should'
like to look at others. Witness was partially
turning round reaching them when he perceived
Baker fold up one of the Paisley shawls and secrete
it under her clothing. He said nothing until he
got round the counter, when he requested both
prisoners to accompany him to the other end of the
shop. They seemed flurried, and Baker hesitated
to leave her chair, but on a constable being called
in she got up and the shawl fell from beneath her
dress. They were then both given into custody.
Reid, 235 M, who took them in charge, said that
since the last examination he had ascertained that
they lived in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel,
and were connected with an extensive gang of
shoplifters.

John Pearce, 178 K, said thatilaker was a well-
known thief. She was tried and sentenced to four

months at the Thames Police-court in December
19st.

The prisoners, who reserved their defence, were
committed for trial.

AN IRISH Row IN GUY'S HOSPITAL.—SINGU-
LAR APPLICATION BY THE MEDICAL SUPERIN-
TENDENT.—Dr. Steel, the medical superintendent,
waited on the magistrate for his advice under the
following singular circumstances :—He said that a
male patient died in one of the wards at 4 o'clock
in the morning. The wife was there, and left shortly
afterwards, but returned in about an hour with a
number of Irishmen, and demanded the body in-
stantly to be delivered up to them. The gate-
keeper told her that he could not comply, as it was
against the rules of the hospital. They then all
rushed in, and, headed by the female, entered the
ward, and forcibly carried away the corpse. Their
conduct caused considerable excitement in the
building at that unseemly time in the morning,
and as it was likely to be of much inconvenience
if such conduct was repeated, he wished his wor-
ship's advice how to act against the female.
Mr. Combe—Was any opposition given to the
latter as to the removal of the body after death had
taken place ?

Dr. -Steel—Yes, Sir. It is against the rules to
remove them so soon. The corpse is first removed
to the dead-house, where it remains a short time,
and then given up on application of the relatives.
Mr. Combe—ls any operation gone into after
death ?

Dr. Steel—No, Sir, unless with the consent of
the relatives, or a post mortem ordered by the au-
thorities ; but here a mob rushes into the hospital,
and with force carries away a corpse contrary to
the known regulations.

Mr. Combe----- I dare say they thought the body
was about to be cut to pieces, and they went in to
prevent it. The Irish are particular about their
dead. Did the female commit any assault upon
your officers ?
Dr. Steel—l cannot say that she did, but I din-
sider her conduct very bad in bringing a mob of
unruly persons to the hospital at such an unseemly
hour.

Mr. Combe—l recommend you to give instruc-
tions to your gate-keeper to prevent a mob enter-
ing for the future. When any of the deceased's
friends demand the corpse, only allow sufficient in-
side to convey
-it out.

Dr. Steel-IWe shall take your advice for the
future.

Applicant then left the court.

THAMES.—A NAKED PRISONER.—WiIIiam
Jones, a wretched-looking object, age 21, was ar-
raigned in the felon's dock, with nothing on his
person but an old short pair of trousers. The upper
part of his person was entirely naked.
Robert Harris, a police constable, 377 K, said the
prisoner was detected pulling down a fence on the
premises of Mr. James Knight, a stone-merchant,
in 'the Mile-end-road, and given into custody.
There was no prosecutor.
Mr. Yardley—Has the prisoner any clothes ?

Witness—go, Sir.

Mr. Yardley—You ought to have put him in pro-
per trim to appear here. It is not decent to put
him into the dock naked.
Witness—lle has no clothes.

Mr. Yardley—ls the man mad ?
Witness—No, Sir. He said he came from Wales

Mr, Yardley—lt is scandalous to put the man
into the dock to answer any charge in such a trim
as that.

Witness—He tore up his clothes.
Mr. Yardley—l don't care about that. I will
not have such indecent exhibitions in a court over
which I preside. Who is the inspector ? Where
is he ? Fetch him directly.
Inspector -Hayes, of the K division, immediately
rose from his seat, and said—l am here, Sir.
Mr. Yardley—Why was not the prisoner brought
here with some sort of covering on his person ?
Inspector Hayes—Nothing is prepared for the
purpose.

Mr. Yardley—Something impromptu might have
been done. We must have some regard to decency
in a court of justice. The prisoner ought not to
have been put before me in a state of nudity.
Inspector Hayes said, if the prisoner had been
found in the state he now was in the streets he
should have sent to the workhouse for clothes; but
even in such cases as that the parish officers were
very reluctant to provide clothes.
Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner where he came
from, and what he meant by tearing up his clothes.
The prisoner said he came from Wales, and that
his clothes wm e all tattered and torn, and held
together by pieces of string.
Harris said the prisoner had told him that he
had run away from a schooner.
The prisoner said he tried to obtain a berth in
the Royal Navy, but was unable to do so because
he had no papers.
Mr. Yardley—Where are your papers ?
The prisoner—Not one have I got. Last winter
I had my discharge from a ship, and have lost it.
Mr. Yardley—lf you had been disposed to obtain
work you could have been employed at harvesting.
The farmers want men.

The prisoner—I have never done any harvcs'
work.

Mr. Yardley—Not much skill is required for
harvest work.

Kent, an officer of the court, said the prisoner
had not done much work for a long time, and his
hands were quite sift.
Mr. Yardley—l have no doubt he is a trouble-
some, idle, and disorderly fellow. He must be
clothed; he must not be sent through the streets in
a state of nudity. I have been here 13 years, and
I never witnessed such a thing before.
Inspector Hayes—There is great difficulty in
getting clothes from the people in authority at the
workhouse.

Mr. Yardley—It must not happen again.
Inspector Hayes—l will see to it, sir. It shall
not happen again.
Mr. Yardley—Never let a man or woman be put
into that dock in such a state again. It is degrad-
ing and a violation of the dignity of a court of jus-
tice to expose a man publicly, and arraign him
before a magistrate in a state of nudity.
The prisoner was then discharged.

WESTMINSTER.—BEGGING IN BELGRAVIA
—John Durant was charged as follows : _

It appeared from the evidence of Peter Smith,
274 B, that on the afternoon of Tuesday, the de-
fendant went into some mews and an area in Bel-
-grave-square and solicited alms, declaring that he
was destitute. At one place he obtained some money
and at another some bread and meat. He went down
an area without ringing, and looked very suspici-
ously in at the kitchen window, but was met at the
door by the servant.
In answer to Mr. Arnold's inquiries,
_ _

The policeman said he had been more than once
convicted, and was a constant companion of the
worst thieves in Chelsea.

The defendant alleged that he rang the bell pre-
vious to going down the area, and denied looking
through the kitchen window. Ho was born in Man-
chester, but had been brought up in London, and
was obliged to beg, being subject to fits, which pre-
vented him working.
Mr. Arnold was inclined to think that he went
down the area with the purpose of committing a
felony, instead of begging. He, however, must
convict him for begging.
The defendant was sent to prison for a month.
A SOLDIER CHARGED WITH STEALING A WATCH.
—James Pratten, a private of the Grenadier Guards,
was charged with stealing a watch, the property of
John Crate, 2, New Peter-street, Westminster.
Complainant said that on Whit-Monday he went
out at eleven in the morning and returned at three
in the afternoon. When he came home his watch
was gone. He mentioned it in the house but made
very little stir about it, and did not ask any one
whether they had seen it. On Tuesday, for the first
time, he heard that the prisoner had taken it.
Ellen Bradbury, wife of a soldier, said at the
time of the robbery she lived at 2, New Peter-stre, t,
and prisoner lived in the same house. On Whit-
Monday, while prosecutor was gone out, witness
was standing on the landing at the top of the
house, and prisoner coming out of his room said he
would have prosecutor's watch. Witness replied
he "wouldn't go to do it," but he went into prose-
cutor's room, and she saw him take the watch.

•
In answer to inquiries from the magistrate, wit-
ness at first replied she did not know why she had
not spoken of the circumstance, and afterwards said
she said nothing about it because she had never been
in a police-court before. She told her husband a
fortnight ago, but did not tell prosecutor till Tues-
day.
Police constable Poley, 228 B, proved apprehend-
ing the prisoner on Tuesday evening at the Tower.
Ho denied the robbery.
Mr. Arnold remanded the accused for a week,
and delivered him over to the military authorities,
observing he did not want to lock him up. He
could not believe the woman's evidence unless it
were corroborated, and if it were not next week, he
sl1)Uld discharge the accused.
THROwING STONES AT A POLICEMAN.—LUCKY
ESCAPE.—Henry Shirley, a boy of about 15, wrs
charged upon a warrant with a violent assault upon
police-constable Beal, 59 B, by cutting his head
with a stone.
On the 27th May last, Beal took a boy into cus-
tody for picking pockets, and was immediately sur-
rounded by a crowd of low characters. His pri
Boner was rescued, and defendant threw a large
stone at him, which cut his head severely, and ren-
dered him unfit for duty for four days. A warrant
was obtained against him on May 28, but it could

not be executed as accused had been in prison at
Hastins.
Defengdant, who pleaded guilty, was sent to pri-
son for 14 days.

WOOLWICH.—BURGLARY BY A YOUTI.I
George Peak, a young lad, recently in the sellic.„
of Mr. Appleyard, grocer, of North Cray, ll'
placed at the bar on a remanded charge of burgller
and stealing a cash-box containing £44 Bs.,
moneys of Mr. Appleyard.
The evidence of the prosecut6r was to the effect
the
that the prisoner was employed as shop-Yt.
absconded from his service about three weeks solci'
and he then discovered that the prisoner had
cc
looted several small debts and embezzled the raoneyi
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Subsequently, on the night of Sunday, the Ti;
inst., his house was broken open, and a ettB-w-
-and £44 Bs. stolen. of
Police-sergeant Ebbs deposed, in consequenc-
information, he proceeded to Gravesend, and four
uic
that the prisoner was in custody for being artifor
and having possession of a large sum of raolleY42s
which he could not account. Witness found
in his possession and several articles which the in
secutor identified as having been stolen from Jo'
shop.
The depositions of the witnesses were made out,
and the prisoner was committed for trial.