police, but no charge being made out against her
she was set at liberty. He at once recognised her as
one of the most notorious thieves in the district, whose
real name was Amelia Wade, but who had found it
convenient on many occasions to adopt an alias. She
was of course taken into custody, and it is believed that
three men, in custody on another charge at Liverpool,
were concerned in the robbery.

At the Mansion House on the 30th of September,
William Lefevre, a child of ten years old, was charged
with having attempted to pick Pockets. His impudence
was remarkable; he had been observed by a labouring
man together with two other boys, endeavouring to pick
pockets, and he appeared to be the most active of the
little gang. The witness followed them for some time,
and at last saw the prisoner dexterously slip his hand
into a woman's pocket, but as he pulled it out empty,
the man merely gave him a slap on the side of the head,
and told him to be off. "Off!" said the boy, squaring
up to him, "do you cut away with you, or I'll knock in
the whole front of your head; blest if I don't." The
witness was not much astonished at the language, for he
had seen the prisoner and his companions before, but
having thought proper to pursue them further, and
prevent them from going into a halfpenny steamer, the
young fellow said, "Well, I see there's no use in talking,
and I certainly will pitch into your breadbasket, old
fellow." And he threw himself into position, and said
he was all right in pluck. Alderman Gibbs: What
have you to say, prisoner? The prisoner: I was only
playing about with other boys, when this man, who
isn't a policeman, came up and threatened us. I told
him I was able to fight him, and he wouldn't have me;
that's all. He was remanded.

Alexander Minginoria, a Pole in the uniform of
a French soldier, was charged at Marlborough Street on
the 30th September, with Begging in Shops. He gave
an account of himself, from which it appeared that he
had fought against Russia in 1834, and for this he had
been exiled. He went to France, entered their service,
and was sent to Algeria. In that colony he had spent
the best years of his life; and when he returned to
France the revolution had occurred and a republic had
been established. The French government had come to
the resolution to expel foreigners from that country.
Accordingly he was peremptorily required to quit the
country of his adoption, and for which he had fought
for so many years. A free pass and a free passage were
provided for him, and he was landed on the shores
of England without a sixpence. The secretary of the
Polish Society, who was in attendance, said he could
corroborate one portion of the defendant's story, as far
as the extradition of Poles from France was concerned.
Within a very few months he could prove that 200
destitute Poles had been driven from France by the French
Republic, and had been landed penniless on the shores
of England. It was monstrous such a system should be
permitted. He believed the fact had been communicated
to Lord Palmerston, but he was not aware whether any
steps had been taken to check the evil. The magistrate
concurred in condemning a proceeding that had the
effect of driving these poor foreigners from a country on
which they had some claim, to a country on which they
had no claim whatever. The secretary said, the public
grant for the relief of the distressed Poles had ceased,
the English nation having naturally become tired of
giving alms to the refugees. There was, however, £1200
subscribed privately for the relief of the Poles, and out
of this fund a passage to America would be furnished to
the defendant. The magistrate gave the poor man 5s.
for temporary relief.

At Bow Street on the 1st of October, Theodore Staines,
who was described as editor of a weekly paper, and said
he was a novel-writer for certain periodicals, was charged
with two Savage Assaults in Long Acre, while in a state
of intoxication. He had been walking in Long Acre
after midnight with a gigantic walking-stick, which he
flourished indiscriminately over the heads of unoffending
by-passers. A carpenter named George received a smart
blow on the head, and the constable who apprehended
him was kicked, struck, and bitten by him on the way
to the station. He expressed his regret at what had
happened. He had now no recollection of it. Owing
to a long absence on the continent, he was unused to
English liquors, and a very little had effect. The stick
produced was a curiosity, which he had brought from
abroad. He hoped his "brethren of the press," as he
called the reporters, would not expose him. The
magistrate advised him to keep his "curiosity" at home for
the future, and fined him 30s., or a fortnight's imprisonment,
for the assault on George. For the assault on the
constable he was sentenced to eight days' imprisonment
without the option of paying a fine.

A Lunacy Case, curious for the technical objection which
was the subject of preliminary discussion, was decided
at Dumfries on the 3rd. The subject of investigation
was the state of mind of Mr. Pulteney William Mein,
eldest son of Pulteney Mein, Esq., of Canobie. The
pleadings, or "brieves," as they are termed, described
the party as maximus filius. This description was
objected to on the part of the defendant, as being
misdescriptive. It was contended that maximus filius would
have been a good description of the largest son, but, to
describe the eldest, the words should have been maximus
natu. The objection was overruled, and the case
proceeded on the merits, when, after an inquiry of three
days, the jury found a verdict cognoscing Mr. Mein, in
other words finding him insane.

On the 3rd, an inquest was held at Milntown, in the
county of Clare, on the body of Dennis Kearin, a pauper
boy of eleven years old, who had Died on the Road
between the Milntown auxiliary workhouse and the
Ennistymon workhouse. The board of guardians had
ordered the paupers in the auxiliary workhouse to be
inspected. At six o'clock in the morning, on a very bad
day, 85 boys, 14 men, and 3 women, set out and walked
to Ennistymon, a distance of fourteen Irish miles; were
inspected, and set out again on their return, without
having tasted food since their departure in the morning.
They were exhausted with cold and hunger, and the
boy Kearin fell down and expired on the spot. One of
the witnesses, a resident in Milntown, who met the
party of paupers as they were straggling along in the
evening, gave the following description of their
condition: I was on my way home to Milntown, from
Ennistymon Fair. I observed a man up against the
wall on the side of the road; I asked him what he
wanted there, and he told me he was weak and not able
to walk. I came on then, and met another man on the
road, who walked a few steps with me and said his sight
was darkening, he was so weak from hunger. I met a
number of the boys further on; I asked them were
they able to walk home; some were, and some were
weak. I met another boy further on, and he having a
sheaf of beans under his arm, he and I came to the road
as far as Mr. Kearin's bridge. We met with more of
the boys, and he stopped along with them. I came on,
when I met three other boys; and one of them was
trying to bring another boy who was not able to walk;
it was then dark, I took the little boy that was weak by
the arm, and led him along with the other boy. I did
not go far when the other boy told me he was falling
dead with weakness. I took him in like manner by the
hand, and had both the boys then by the arms. I led
them both on until we came to Clonbonny Bridge. I
took off their hands there, and had to turn aside from
them, when I heard a cry, and I took the chaps by the
hands and went on. I saw a little boy staggering before
I could come up to him. He was dashed against the
wall. I asked one of the little boys that was with me to
take up the boy that fell. He said he could not—that
he was dead. I came on, and did not look after the boy
that fell. I heard the sound of his skull against the
wall. I saw no person with him. The boys I had, told
me several times they were hungry. All the boys I
spoke to were pauper boys. They were sent from
Milntown Auxiliary Workhouse to Ennistymon Workhouse.
I asked them, did they get anything to eat at Ennistymon
house? They said, No. They told me they ate a few
spoons of stirabout that morning for breakfast at six
o'clock. The jury returned the following verdict:—We
find that Dennis Kearin, aged eleven years, came by his
death on Monday night, September 30th, on his way
from the Ennistymon Workhouse to the Auxiliary
House at Milntown from exhaustion, for want of food,
and exposure to cold, and from the neglect of the officers