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At the Clerkenwell Police-court yesterday, Geo.
Thompson, aged 22, a sickly-looking and very poorly
clad person, described on the charge sheet as near-
penter, having no home, was charged with wilfully
breaking two squares oiglass at St. Pancras Work-
- house, the property of the directors of the poor of
the parish of St. Pancras.
Patrick Clancey, one of the gate porters at the
• workhouse, said that on Saturday night the defen-
dant, along with some other men, came to the
workhouse gate and asked for admission. The
master could not admit them, and the defendant
broke the glass. He did not see the defendant
break the glass, but the defendant knocked at the
door, and said he had done so for the purpose of
getting a night's lodging. He then took the pri-
soner into custody.
- The defendant said he did break the glass, bathe
did so because he was not admitted into the house.
Lie had got a bad foot and could hardly walk. The
master of the workhouse di,l not inquire into
_any
of the cases, and it was not until the women and
children had been to the police station that they
were taken in, No men were taken in, and as he
'belonged to the parish he thought he ought to have
been admitted,_or,,at least, that his case should be
inquired into.
Mr. CorriO'dslieafrthe defendant's case had been
inquired into by.'the master.,
Clancey said it had not; but the master took in
the women and children, but would not take in the
naen.

PracE 4D. STAIIIPED, SD.

everywhere, and their influence reaches every one.
The same is the case in the Army. The Minister of
War has only to give the word, and thousands of
zealous.emissaries are ready to propagate it like
lightning through the ranks of 600,000 men. Has
this influence been used in the present instance to
excite the feelings of citizen and soldier against
England ? We believe it has, and we believe it for
three reasons. First, •we believe it because it is
quite clear that an instrument less secret, and in the
present state of society in. France less efficient,—
the Press,--has been emploTed for this purpose.
We believe it, secondly, because the results are suet
as an action of the Government upon the people
would be likely to produce; and we believe it,
thirdly, because we have observed in the open acts
of the Government of France symptoms that it does
not shrink from stimulating will against this
country. We will mention two instances—first,
the issuing the medal of St. Helena, and, secondly,
the erection at the public expense of a monument to
commemorate a repulse sustained by the English on
the coast of Brittany a hundred years ago.
We have therefore, we think, established that
there is considerable irritation in the mind of -the
French army and nation against England, and that
that irritation has mainly been caused by the action
of the French Government. From this it neces-
sarily follows that the French Government wishes
that irritation to exist, but it does not necessarily
follow that the French Government has resolved to
go to war with this country. It may well be that
a profound politician like the Emperor of the French
is not unwilling to have it believed that his people
are burning to avenge the misfortunes of the last
war upon England, and that if peace be preserved
it is entirely owing to his good sense and modera-
tion. It may be that the Emperor Napoleon, while
exciting the national spirit of his subjects against
us, and making such preparations as would be re-
quired if a war were really in contemplation, only
means to place himself in so commanding a position
that England, which desires peace above all things,
may be intimidated into following whatever im-
pulse he may ple:se to give to the affairs of Europe ;
or, lastly, it map be that these things really mean
what those who are politically oppcsed to the Em-
peror declare they mean, and that we have danger
to confront in the existence of which we cannot yet

Mr. Corrie--It is the master's duty to examine
all who apply, men as well as women. It is not his
duty to deny any one.
Clancey—The board have determined to put a stop
to the taking in of men. A great number apply
for admission.
-Mr. Corrie—Neither the board nor the master
have the right to do that ; they ought to examine
every one that applies. The defendant says he be-
longs to the parish; so let the master attend
before me.

In the course of the day the master of the work-
house, Mr. Wink, attended, when the following
proceedings took place.
Mr. Corrie said he did not understand why the
poor wretch before him had not been taken in.
According to the statement of the porter, there
were a number of poor men at the gate who could
not be taken in because there were orders to the
contrary. Ile hoped that was a mistake of the
master.

The master said there was an order that the able-
bodied men should not be admitted, as there had
been a run lately on the parish.
Mr. Corric said it was all nonsense to talk about
a run on the parish ; if able-bodied men were in
distress ihey must be relieved.
The master said the order was that none of the
able-bodied men should be admitted. He admitted
all the women and children that applied on that
evening.
Mr. Corrie---The defendant says he belongs to
parish. Did you inquire of him if be did so P

persuade ourselves to believe. Unhappily, we can-
not afford to speculate on the alternative. The ha-
treds and passions of mankind are more easily sti-
mulated than allayed, and it is not our fault if we
are forced to act in a time of profound peace as if
the camp of Bpulogne was already formed again,
and another flotilla awaited the orders of its Impe-
rial master.

The Master—go, I did not.
Mr. Corrie--Certainly there cannot be a general
order not to inquire into the cases that come before
you?

The Master—No, there, is not a general order. I
went to the gate, but I did not give any orders that
persons were not to be admitted.
Mr. Corrie —I understood the porter distinctly
to :ay that he had orders not to admit the de-
fendant.

The Porter--Our orders were not to take in
any men.
The Master—yes, able-bodied men.
Mr. Corrie—l think it a very improper inatrue-
tion. It is the duty of the master to inquire.
The Master—l had 40 able-bodied men in the
house the other evening.
Mr. Corrie—l do not care if you had 400. You
should inquire. I cannot listen to the number 4or
400. Inquiries should be made into every case.
The law says the poor shall be provided for, and
shelter given them. The defendant says he was
starving and lame.

Tho -Defendant-7-I am starving. sir, and I am
lame in consequence of walking about without shoes,
looking for work. I was starving and could hardly
move when I was refused admission, and then I
broke the windows.

Mr. Corrie (to the Master)—You can't call that
miserable wretch, who appears half-starved and
lame, able-bodied. If you had seen him would you
have taken him in ?

The Master—Yes, I should have admitted them
all if it had been a rainy night.
Mr. Corrie—l recollect that it was a very cold
night, and the man being refused admission, and
his case not inquired into, was enough to make him
desperate, and if I had been placed in the same cir-
cumstances I, no doubt, should have been desperate
myself. If the man had been admitted he could
have been made to work for what he received.
The Master—Parties come in on the Saturday
nights and stop until the Monday morning.
Mr. Corrie—Well, and they could be made to
work for what they had received. It could not be
allowed that a number of men should be lying
about the streets all night.
The Master—The policemen are about, and the
station is near, and they can remove them.
Mr. Corrie (emphatically)—No. The police are
not to do your duty. Suppose this man had died
after he had been refused, you and those connected
with the matter wouldhave found it a very serious
matter. The poor fellow must be taken to the
workhouse, and the sooner the regulation is re-
a ded the better.