The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-02 00:00:00

and refusing to do the work allotted them for a night s
lodging, and for their breakfasts the next morning,
having been admitted as casual paupers the night
before, and attempted to break the forms in the
working shed.
They now said that the work wi s too severe,
return for the bit of dry bread and s xne straw to h•
down upon.
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The porter said that it was quite chill's play; tte
were only set to pick oakum.
The defendant said he was a sweep, but th 3 11€0
Act threw him out of employ.
Mr. TRAILL—It seems easier work to pitk oakum
than sweep chimneys.
Defendant—l'd rather sweep ten chimneys of
morning than pick that stuff, it works the fingers to
dreadfully—it is not made of rope, but of a eo°°e.:
nut fibre, and is so stiff and harsh to unravel, that 11,
almost makes the fingers bleed.
In answer to the charge of causing a disturbance
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in the workhouse, they said that when they, v°
turned out into the work-shed they were so bitterly
cold that they merely moved the forms out °Oho
way to give them room to run about and circular to
their blood to keep them warm, picking cocoa-111 D
fibre being a very cold description of work.
They were committed for seven days each. .th
John Weston, a cooper by trade, was charged wll,
inflicting a severe wound on the head of his wife
wi
a candlestick. oh
The poor woman, although so ill, expressed a NVlh,
that the prisoner might be discharged, saying that: s';
was equally as much to blame as he on the oceasLe'l
for she irritated him by contradicting him. A et
• Mr. TRAILL said that it was a miracle she had n
been killed, and that the ease should go before 11.15
The wife again supplicated that she might 110'
compelled to appear.
Mr. TRAILL, finding the complainant so desirous
el
screening the prisoner from punishment, reintrif,i
that it would be of no use sending the case for trl4:'
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The prisoner must find bail to keep the peace, Or-
defau he wuld commit him to gaol. the
The wife ex claimed that she would like to suffer -
imprisonment instead of the prisoner.
Henry Matthews, toll-collector at Waterloo-bridge
was summoned at the instance of Joseph Stubbstuo
letter-carrier, for unlawfully detaining his hat in
toll-house.
The complainant stated that on Monday last 11°910
company with another letter-carrier, went to tile
Surrey side of the bridge, and paid the toll. Itio
other letter •carrier followed, and at the moment of
defendant called out and said that witness haci,cllto
paid, but he contended he had, and, as he refute° a
pay again, the defendant snatched off his hatl.tiea
took it into the toll-house. Complainant, detergontb,
not to pay over again, instead of passing through pot
gate, tied a handkerchief round his head, and
over Westminster-bride.
Charles Mason, the g
other postman, confirmed' t.boe
complainant's account as to the fact of hearing Vet,
put down the halfpenny on the table of the
and it having been taken up by the defendant' 01
The defendant, however, denied that the tailor
been paid by complainant (a policeman and 1111,°
man connected with the bridge bearing out Moil.
sertion), and that he then seized the hat for the, sot
He believed the complainant would not have held hot
had not the crowd urged him on by saying "".5 the
could not be seized for toll, for that he was in bat
Queen's service, and that the clothes he wore 4 to
and all, belonged to her Majesty. He was On the
have an opportunity of stating that postmen an, the
metropolis, in fancying they had a right to Patera
bridge toll-free, like soldiers and policemen,
mistaken. isthe

Mr. TRAILL said that there must be perjury
case, the witnesses flatly contradicting each other•ere
The toll-keeper said that his two witnesses Wry
standing up close to the wicket at the time aa„5,POl
tection to him, as it was the day of the Lel— !-
opening the Exchange, and in four hours 9,0 Peof
sons had passed through. Not long since a crfoill,
nearly a similar description came before Mr. uite
who decided in his favour, showing that he Was.,iioot
justified in seizing the hat of any man who did
pay the toll. 130
Mr. TRAILL told him he had better be careful nes
he performed his duty, and not to act with ra°,6.00
to the passengers, otherwise he would get hiniseill
trouble. gOd
The Magistrate, having heard a great deal ProA to
con., at length dismissed the summons, but re'
allow the defendant his costs.
GREENWICH

FOWLES AGAINST BREDOR BECK.—This sae cede
argued as to the legality of enforcing an award ISte
by the arbitrators appointed by the Upper Watt'
Turnway and Burial Society, of.Deptford. i.fetea
Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the Society, tr,a,:,-„,41
attention to the 11th and 25th rules of the Du."- 50,
made by virtue of the statute 10 George IV., OP: 40,
as amended by the 4th and sth William IV., c$1);
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and produced the certificate of their enroln3en'tiff
Mr. Tidd Pratt, the barrister appointed to Orly
that the rules were in conformity with the /as!' od
then produced the award made by the-arbitrAtq'ti.
proved the defendant to be a member of the So°
The defendant was then adjudged to pay I,:etff
to the complainant, as senior steward of the Dt'l fot
and in default to be committed to Maidstont go•
one calendar month. 001
The defendant, who was exceedingly violent/21,0e
would neither take the advice of his solicitor tothe
by the award nor abide by the judgment airmagistrate, was left in custody to reflect on the
cumstances.

WOOL WITCH. aid
Yesterday a poor widow named Rivers lkoe'
before the magistrate and said, she lived st,A" 0,0
house, but not being able to pay her rent suq,jori,
compelled to walk the streets or go into the 1111,,,t4
Her husband had worked in Messrs. Young .10
Curling's yard many years as a caulker, and sine'd
death she had maintained herself by Pirigdlo,.3
nursing. Of late she could gain no employ, anrisP
applied to the relieving-officer of Lewishamroor
for out-door aid (her husband belonged to lie
stead, which is within the Lewisham Uni°n,iiies4°
refused her any pecuniary assistance, and tohl,aviii%
go into the house. This she refused to do, 705
been two or three times in it before, when s'e
badly treated by Mr. Burrows, the master.; di"
pushed her about the house, and afforded bette,
to many inmates than he did to her. She witsh°
rally in a weak and ill state of health, and sbette,
those who were not so treated with diet of 3 oetel
sort than she received. She would, therefore'
enter it again. oder
A gentleman present said he had always n 0,0
stood that the treatment at the Lewisham
excellent.

bIIS
be 5-'

Complainant said it might in some cases
certainly not in hers and many others. pier certainly
o
Mr. GROVE said it was not in his power to
any pecuniary relief. She must settle the 11tter
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with the relieving.officer and the board of gutilalet°
Mrs. Rivers said she offered to be passed 11% ce
her own relatives, who lived at Brecon,- and the ;AO
promised to render the necessary means; butt,salt
et
she went to the union Mr. Charles Atkins, the
drove her from the door, and although her brice°
promised, by letter to the guardians, to keep herijoiti
troubling th,t parish again, yet she could lot 4.°„
money sufficient to pay her passage and food ""
to Brecon. The applicant then withdrew.

• &el°
Wild fowls, generally considered the 'IOWA $b of
winter, have appeared in flocks on the Moray flakaf
an early period this autumn. A few days ago A o 17„
fifteen wild swans was seen oft' the Longman, alrie td
these elegant birds was brought to town, hatytevbcP-6
shot on a Highland loch in the vicinity. lire liti'ntles3,4
of two others being shot elsewhere; and s vt,
recently saw an enormous flock of 200 swans, day -gor
our northern bays. On Sunday and on Monobss"
some large flocks of wild geese were seen near 'eoft
and attracted much attention from passers-b,
count of the noise created by their peculiarly Os
cries.—lnverness Courier.