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London, England, 1850-05-11 00:00:00

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accident, and sent in an application to his
Worship to grant him a fresh summons against
Parrott free of expense. While awaiting the reply
of the magistrate Sergeant Thompson, of the F divi-
sion, received instructions to take the prisoner into
custody upon the criminal charge.
Mr. Parrott, and several of the unfortunate men
who bad been victimized by the prisoner and his as-
sociates, were then sent for to appear in the character
of prosecutors. .
...

Thomas Burgh Long, of 15, Thistle-grove, West
Brompton, clerk, proved that he answered an adver-
tisement in the Times about three weeks ago, offering
his services as clerk to the advertiser on the terms
proposed—namely, " that he should deposit 50/. a
cash security, it being an office of trust." He called
at what appeared to be the business office of the ad.
vertiser, at 7, Brownlow-street, Holborn, and which
was called a "Loan, Investment, and Emigration.
office." He found the prisoner there, officiating as
" chief clerk," and was informed by him that the
manager, Mr. Campbell, would listen to no other se-
curity than a cash deposit. Witness then left 101,
and on the follovving Monday gave the person who. sat
in the inside office as Mr. Campbell a cheque for 40/.
Witness was then " put to work," whidh consisted of
going out once or twice to make inquiries relative to
certain " references" or " securities,' and at the end
of the first week received 21., according to stipulation,
as his first week's wages. He could, get neither
wages nor deposit after this, and one day he found the
offices shut up.
The prisoner cross-examined the witness with the
view of showing that he personally received no
money from him, and that, according to the term
of the agreement signed between the parties, the
time had not yet arrived for the repayment f the
deposit.
Charles George, of 71, St. John-street, Clerken-
well, proved a similar negotiation with a man calling
himself Stanley at offices in Kingsgate-street, Hol-
born, where he had also seen the prisoner frequently
in company with Stanley. Witness paid a deposit Of
104 and only received 10s. in wages. [Stanley was
brought before Mr. Hall last week, and discharged,
the Court having no jurisdiction.]
Mr. Parrott repeated his statement as to letting
the prisoner an office at 79, Great Queen-street, on
the 15th of April, in ignorance of the character of his
tenant, till be found the place surrounded by young
men who bad been duped by him.
Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoner to Tuesday
next.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Colonel Sibthorp, the Member for
Lincoln, attended before Mr. Yarnold, at the instance
of Mr. Kipling, solicitor to the trustees for lighting
and paving the parish of St. Luke, to show cause why
summonses should not be issued for the recovery of
certain rates due. upon premises belonging to him,
called Salmon and Ball-court and Tomlinson's-build-
ings, in that parish, and which rates had been neglected
or refused to be paid.
The substance of the case on the part of the trustees
appeared to be that they had paved all the courts and
alleys within their jurisdiction, including those now
in question, and, as the houses in them were rated
under the Act 57th George 111., cap. 29, sec. 54, which
gave them power to pave all streets and public places,
it was contended that it clearly embraced the property
referred to. The Colonel disputed his liability, on
behalf of his tenants, and set up an alleged promise on
the part of the trustees that, on consideration of cer •
tain acts being performed by him, his property should
be exempted ; but in answer to this it was contended
that such an arrangement, even if come to, could
not be considered as binding the present body of
trustees, who were bound to protect the interests of
their trust irrespective of parties, and at the sugges-
tion of the magistrate, therefore, formal notice had
been forwarded to the Hon. Member that the pre-
sent application would be made against his tenants,
and he now consequently attended in person to
answer it.
The Colonel, who appeared to labour under severe
indisposition, addressed the magistrate with consider-
able warmth, denying that either he or his tenants
were liable for such rates, and complained of the
summary mode of proceeding taken against him, a
course which he had reason to believe had been
adopted from some motive. On a former occasion the
liability of his property had been brought into dis-
pute, and the trustees then, after the case had been
very fully gone into, had not only undertaken that no
further demands should be made upon him, but had
actually tendered him their thanks for what he had
done. A second appeal was then made, but was un-
hesitatingly dismissed, and he felt it peculiarly hard
that he should be brought here again and subjected to
annoyance upon the very same grounds, after two
decisions had been given in his favour. Another
cause of complaint he had against the trustees was,
that a promise had been broken which had been given
to him, that proper notice of any intention to pave
his property should be forwarded to him by the
trustees, instead of which the paving had been
performed in a very surreptitious manner, and
without his having even the possibility of knowing
what was going on. He had every desire to meet
such matters in a fair, candid, and open spirit, and
not be tied down by mere legal technicalities, but the
trustees appeared determined to rest upon their legal
authority to enforce these rates from him, and,
although upon that ground he might be held liable, it
would be very unjust, as it was well known that
Acts of Parliament were frequently passed, many of
the Members present upon which occasion were gene-
rally, if not entirely, ignorant of the contents of the
very Acts they had made. He had sat for 20 years in
the House of Commons, and now, labouring under
illness as he did, he neglected his duties there to
attend here as the advocate of a public question, in-
volving matters of such importance that they must
shortly come under the notice of the Legislature,
when the whole question of
parish expenditure would
be thoroughly investigated and put upon a just foot-
ing. He was blessed with means to do great good to
his fellow-creatures, and endeavoured to dispense them
in a feeling of liberality, and, though he had property
in no less than five counties, he could with pride
and gratification say that he had not a single tenant
who had not expressed his pleasure at having
him for a landlord, as he was always ready to do
whatever he could for them. He had much respect
for the magistrate's opinion, but he was determined
that this matter should not rest where it did, and even
if it cost him 5,0001. or 6,0001. he would carry it into
the Queen's Bench, and there try if he could not put
an end to such proceedings. He had more important
duties to perform elsewhere, but he considered it
compulsory and incumbent upon him to resist such
demands, the iujustice of which could be esta-
blished dgaennt, if the magistrate thought
he should therefore leave the
entirely in the hands of the Court, without
pfurtherto call liim
troubling himself Personally about it.
Mr. AuNOLD thought the gallant Colonel had no
serious cause of complaint, as it appeared that much
courtesy had been exhibited in giving him due notice
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taking of the then trustees could be held to bind
their successors in matters of public instance, and he
therefore felt bound to grant the summons applied
for, as he should have no answer if a mandamus were
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