A ST. SAMPSON GRIEVANCE. To the Editor, EVENING PRESS. DEAR SIR,-Will you grant me the privilege, through the medium of your widely-read columns, of airing a grievance that the inhabitants of St. Sampson and the surrounding district have to put up with now that the nights are long and dark. Certain gangs of young roughs nightly assemble in the various back lanes, and make it their especial pastime to annoy and molest unwary foot passengers, assaulting them with turts of grass and even with stones, and frequently making use of the most vile and offensive lan- guage. It would be difficult for the victim to lay hold of one of these young black- guards to make an example of him even were he young and active, but if he is old or infirm, or if it is a member of the gentler sex, there is nothing for it but to "grin and bear it." I have repeatedly had to put up with this most unpleasant experience, and friends of mine also complain bitterly of like treatment, and it is high time the authorities increased the police force and took strong measures to suppress these and similar annoyances. When one comes to consider how small the cost of a proper organised police force, large enough to cope with the requirements of this small island would be, it is unfortunate that the authorities do not bestir themselves in the matter, especially with the incentive they have lately received in the form of an epidemic of petty burglaries. Vours respectfully, AN ENGLISH RESIDENT.