The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

DRUNK OR MAD.—Nark Madden, aged 23 years,
a stevedore, of Harding-street, Shadwell, was
charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assault-
ing Henry Dermas, a merchant, dwelling at 6,
Cottage-court, Hayfield-place, Stepney.
The complainant said he was passing over
Arbour-square, Stepney, near the police-station,
with his wife, when the prisoner, who was drunk,
came behind him, put his arm round his neck, and
deliberately threw him on his back. He struggled
with the prisoner, who tore his coat, flannel shirt,
and linen shirt. At last he got the prisoner down,
and kept him on the ground until a policeman
came. . _

The prisoner, a rough-looking fellow, said he was
drunk last night.
Mr. Benson —Or mad. Drunkenness is no ex-
cuse. You are fined 2s. 6d., besides ss. for the
damage you have done to that man's clothes, or to
be imprisoned seven days.
ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF PAUPER CHILDREN.
—An Irishwoman, named Bridget Edes, who car-
ried a sickly baby in her arms, came before Mr.
Benson and complained of the treatment pursued
towards her two young children in a school at
Phashet,to the parish of St.
St. Sheing fell into distress, and
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children. They pined away and came home very
ill, and appeared to have been starved. She wished
to lodge asomplaint to the Board of Guardians, but
was prevented doing so by Mr. Rolston, a relieving
officer. Mr. Key, a surgeon, was of opinion that
the children bad been starved, and Mr. Hickman,
altrustee, said the case ought to be investigated.
Mr. Benson said that unless Mr. Key wrote a
letter expressing an opinion that the children had
been starved or neglected he should not issue a
summons, and that he really did not believe one
word the woman said about her children being
starved. It was impossible such a thing could
happen in a school under the control of a Metro-
politan Board of Guardians.
The applicant said that her children came home
with their eyes affected.
Mr. Benson—That don't show there was auy
neglect on the part of the Guardians. We very
rarely have any complaints against the Guardians
of St. George-in-the-East.
The woman said she wanted to see the board.

Mr. Benson thought it was only reasonable the
applicant should make her complaint to the Guar-
dians in the board-room.

Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said that Mr.
Rolston was a very kind and humane man, and that
he would allow the woman to have an interview
with the board if he was written to on the subject.

The applicant was then furnished with a note to
Mr. Rolston and departed.

711 E MEETING OF SCOTTISH LIBERALS
A 7 GLASGOTV.

An invitation having been presented to Karl
Blind to be present at the great Glasgow meeting
held in celebration of the recant political victories,
he sent the following letter in reply :
"Dear Sir,-1 feel it to be a signal honour to
have been invited to the great meeting of Scottish
Liberals, and only regret I cannot express by per-
sonal attendance how much I sympathise with you
from the depths of my heart.
" Scotland has truly proved the bulwark of pro-
gress in Britain. Through town and country you
example
pclaerroiefdwthhaetbpaenonpelre of freedom,
achieve in the face offreedom, giving a noble
great difficulties when resolutely bent upon deliver-
ance. It is from the education diffused through the
masses of your country that you gather such
strength for the good cause. May that serve as a
teaching wherever it is needed ; for there is no
•righteous government except that which produces
the happiness of the greatest number possible '—
and true happiness cannot exist where ignorance
lingers with all its attendant miseries.
" All through Germany your victories have
given rise to the liveliest admiration. Every Ger-
man who values free popular government must at
this moment be doubly proud of the kinsman that
connects his own nation with that of the Scots. I
pray you to convey to the meeting my cordial
greetings and my good wishc,s, and to believe, &c.,
" KARL BLIND.
" To the Secretary of the Liberal Demonstration
Committee at Glasgow.