The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

IN RE JOSEPII FLACK.

The insolvent held a situation in the Ordnance De-
partment, at Norwich. He had been a bankrupt in
1829, and in 1839 passed through this Court.
He stated that he had leave of absence for three
months during the time he was in prison ; and that
he would not be allowed again to resume his duties in
the Ordnance-office, without passing the Medical
Board.

At the request of Mr. WOODRUFFE who appeared
for the creditors, the Court awarded 151. a-year to be
paid from the insolvent's salary, and ordered his dis-
charge forthwith.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor said it gave him sincere
pleasure to state that he had received, through the
office of the Times newspaper, the following letter
containing a contribution of 51. for the Greville-street
Free hospital, than which there could not be a more
noble or useful institution in the country. It was
with particular emphasis he called the attention of the
benevolent public to the brief but comprehensive
description of the nature and character, of the charity.
"MY LORD,—As yourpredecessor wa.'s kind enough
to bestow his aid in favour of the Greville-street Hos-
pital, permit me through you to offer my humble
assistance to that excellent institution.
" Is it possible to imagine a qualification more con-
sonant with true Christian charity than that which
has been fixed on by the Governors of that truly
philanthropic establishment ? They require no letters
of recommendation, no signature by G
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the performance of his duties, which were frequently
most painful, in consequence of the fl 111_117C of poor,
helpless, diseased creatures, without home or friend
in the world, he had been put in possession of facts
connected with the Greville-street Hospital, calculated
to show that the letter his Lordship had just read,
did not at all exaggerate the merits of the institution.
He knew from the experience to which he alluded, a
sort of testimony the sincerity of which admitted of
not a shadow of doubt, that at periods of the
greatest severity and distress, the destitute stranger,
who required medical or surgical aid, was sure to re-
ceive at that hospital the most skilful and humane at-
tention.
The LORD MAYOR said that the Committee had
taken the large premises which formerly belonged
to Messrs. Seddon and Co. in Gray's Inn-lane, in
which, with the assistance of the public, the services
rendered to our less fortunate fellow-creatures would
be upon a most extensive scale. his Lordship then
expressed a wish that the example which he had thus
made public for the purpose of inviting imitation,
would be followed by the crowd of excellent persons
who were so well known to substitute benefactions for
luxuries.

Captain Henry Pratt, who had been appointed com-
mander of the Barbadoes, bound with emigrants for
Prince Edward's Island, and who was, a fortnight
ago, charged with bigamy, was brought up by Childs
the constable for final examination.
Childs stated that, according to his Lordship's di-
rections, he had written to the lady who was said to
be the prisoner's second wife, and that she had come
from the Cove of Cork for the purpose of giving evi-
dence against a man who had in so base a manner de-
serted her.

The first wife of the prisoner, a young woman of
very respectable appearance, who was married to him
on the Ist of December, 1836, and whom, with his
child, he abandoned upwards of two years ago, was
present during the examination.
Mr. Hill attended as solicitor to the prisoner.
Maria Jackson (the prisoner's second wife), a very
well educated young woman, stated that she was 28

years of age, and that she met the prisoner at the 1
Cove of Cork, and was married to him on the 4th of
January last, by license, in St. Paul's parish, in the
city of Cork, she being a widow, and he, according to
his own account, being a bachelor. (She produced a
copy of the marriage certificate from the rector.) The
prisoner represented himself to her as a lieutenant in
the navy.—(Here the prisoner laughed.)
The LORD MAyoa—How long did you reside with
him ? Witness—We lived together about three weeks.
The LORD MAYOR—Which of you maintained the
other ? Witness—Oh, he maintained me. I went
with him in his schooner from Cork to Dublin the
day after our marriage, and when we got to Dublin he
told me the schooner was to be sold, and as I thought it
might be expensive to him for me to remain in Dublin
I left him there to procure a situation, and I returned
to Cork. He went off to Liverpool when I went to
Cork.

The LORD MAYou—Had you any correspondence
with him ? Witness—He wrote several letters to me,
which I have here.

The LORD MAYOR—And by what means did you
hear that he was a married man ? Witness—l heard
by accident from Captain Nun, of Harwich. I never
communicated with him afterwards. It was in March
I heard of the circumstance. The last letter I re-
ceived from him stated that he was still out of em-
ployment, and that he was going out as chief mate to
the East Indies.

Mary Ann Osborne, one of the bridesmaids of the
prisoner's first wife, deposed that she was present when
the prisoner married Fanny Josslyn, in the parish of
Dovercourt. in the county of Essex, on the first day
of December, 1836.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, you told me
some time ago that there was no truth in the state-
ment that you had two wives. What have you to say
now ? The prisoner (smiling)—Why I have nothing
at all to say, my Lord.
The LORD MAYOR—I have good reason to believe
that you have more wives, Captain Pratt. The pri-
soner—More ! No. Two are quite enough for one man.
Mr. Hill—l advise you to hold your tongue.
Childs—l have reason to think that he has another
wife at Liverpool, my Lord.
The prisoner—No such thing.
The LORD MAyou—Well, I shall commit you for
trial. The prisoner (laughing)—Thank your Lordship.