Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-11-21

. lief. Cropping his way about IN the
, upper portion of the building, he saw
a ladder leading to a trap door think.
) ing perhaps some one might beup there
he went up the trap, and as soon as he
= got through-the only light was from a
square of glass in the window-he saw,
: lying on bundle of straw and shavings,
boy about ten years of age. The
gentleman asked him what he was do
ing there. He received no reply but,
T 'Histl hist histw what are you
doing ?" repeated the gentleman. "I
am hiding" What are you hiding
for ?" Don't tell anybody 1 am hi
ding" Where is your mother?"
"My mother is dead ~ "Where is your
father?" "Don't tell him sir. Look
here ~ He turned himself upon his
face, and showed him his back and
shoulders. They were horribly beaten.
The skin had been broken, and there
was dried blood surface. "Who whip
ped you like that?" said the gentleman.
MY father" What did he do it for
"My father got drunk, and whipped
me, because 1 would not steal Did
you ever steal? Eyes, sir / was
thief on the pad!'- (pad means in the
street.) But why don't you steal now?
Because 1 wentto the Mission School,
and they told me, Thou shalt not
steal p and they told me about Jesus !;
and l never will steal again, if they
kill me But please don't tell my faith
eT." The gentleman said he would
call with q lady the next day. and take
him to a good place.
The Police force of the city consists
of l Chief Superintendent, Is Superin-
tendents, l27 Inspectors, 6I3 Surgeons
and 1872 Constables, in all 5,57I per-
sons. 800 men on duty at night, aud
about 1900 during the day. Every
street, road, lane and alley, compri-
sing an area of 700 square miles, 90
miles in circumference, and embracing
all the parishes, are visited constantly,
day and night, by the police. Each
| policeman walks twenty mile a day,
without attending Court, which is five
miles more. So admirable is the ar
rangement Of the system that every
police officer can be summoned to at
tend any part of London in two hours
after receiving the notice.
The speaker then gave an account of
how the prisoners are tried before the
Superintendents, and said some conf
cal replies are made by the guilty one.
For instance, man is charged with
stealing watch. The superintendent
asks him, "Why did you steal this
watch ?" ''The doctor said / must take
something, because was i'll, so took
the watch" daughter. 1t is drink
that makes men mad-that upsets our
whole constitution, that paralyzes every
energy. 1t is strange what nen will do
under the influence of drink. There
are some men in this country who con-
stantly aud steadily see stars, thirty
six of them. Applause.]
At the great exhibition in London it
was supposed that there would be, and
there was, a mighty influx of pick
pockets from all parts of the world and
they had inspectors and detectives
from all parts of the world. It was
supposed that they would commence
operations at the opening of the Exhi
bition, when the whole Crystal Palace
was filed with. visitors. At the ticket
Office the policemen were stationed,
and every one who came for ticket
received one; but when they got into
the Crystal Palace they found them
selves all together, and could not pick
any ones pocket, except they tried it
on one another.
The speaker then described some
visits to the dens of vice which infest
London, which excited the sympathies
of the audience to such an extent that
there was hardly dry eye in the as
sembly. We will next go to the House
of Commons. The session commences
at D. m, and extends to or in the
morning, especially when important
bills are to be disposed of. Some of the
men speak, not for the House, but for
their constituents, who read the speech |
in the next mornings paper. There
are men who always command the at
tention of the House; that fine-looking
man with the bright eye is sone of them
Hon. VIM. E. Gladstone considered |
as the most finished orator in the
House.
Contrasting Mr.. Gladstone's oratory
with that of some men, the speaker
said: l remember a gentleman who
made a speech for the purpose of pro-
posing vote of thanks to me. He got
up aud said: Friends, l rise. rise, to
make proposition. What 1 propose
to rise to make is-a-is-a-is-a. in point of
fact, proposition that will meet, en-
with the eh I am sure, the hearty, chi
approval of this, eh large, ehl and in
short, | ehl may be permitted say, ehl
most a respectable assembly, eh ! Hi
am sure, ehl that we, ehl have listen
ed, eh in point of fact am quite sure,
eh that have listened, en- ! ETC.
That kind of a speech l have listened
to for twenty-five minutes. The audi {
ence there may not be as discrimins-
ling, they may not be as critical, they
may not be as accomplished, bat hey
are a. little more enthusiastic. s
Thespesker continued at some length '
and closed by relating an account of
supper given to some of the abandoned
women of London. He said that in =
several places where he had delivered ,
this lecture the ladies had formed
society for the purpose of securing EN- {
ployment for this class Of persons, and
he appealed to his hearers to contri-
butte to this laudable object, saying it
vas the best charity of all"