The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

TEE PERILS OF RAILWAY TBAYILLING.

At the Aldershott petty sessions yesterday,
before Captain Newcomb and a fell bench of magistrates,
Beam lamb, a middle-aged roan of respectithle appointees,
described as a yeoman, residing at Hawley, sear Fare-
beeough, surrendered to his bail on a charge of having
indecently assaulted a young woman named Moody is a
railway carriage, while travelling between Surbitoe
sad Woking on the previous Wednesday. The cont.
Odessa, who is twenty years of age, was in attendance,
with her father, who is curator oaf the Winchester. Maftwa,
and with whom she resides. She bears the appearance of
being • respectable sad intelligeut youag wommi,and seamed
sotaaainit agitated Irmo the peculiar position Ia which Ail
was placed. The court was cleanly crowded.
Mr. T. Best, superintendent of paha, at Waterloo Me-
tier., appeared to prceeente on behalf of the South Western
Itailwev Company ; and Mr. IL Eve, wile:tor, of Alderabott,
defended the primmer.
The particulars of the case, as detailed by Mr. Beat,
Wines follows :—Oa Wealassiley last oomplaisent took her
aekt in • nem:id-class carriage at Waterloo station, and
shortly afterwards the prisoner entered the same compart-
ment. Peru were then %nits alone, but prior to the de-
parture of the train, at Llu p.m., soother female passenger
entered, end sat near the complainant. The prisoner at-
tempted to force a conversation on the complainant, asking
het' how old the was, why she wore spectacles, and several
other questimm, which she did sot &sower. This occurred
before the other woman entered the railway carriage, and
her presence caused the prisoner to desist for a time from
putting soy torther questions. The complahmat thee felt
ate, and the three rode down to tinthitom where the other
female passenger. alighted, leaving Mies Moody sloth
with the prisoner. Almost immediately on the
train laving this station, and before it bad got
fairly I. motion, the prisoner laid himself on the neat o-
site to that on which the complaisant was sitting, and io
a very imulting manner repeated the questions be had pre-
vionsly put to her, which she nolo declined to answer.
In order to avoid the prisoner's aamyeace, Miss Moody
got up and looked eat of the window, but she had tharcely
ripen from her seat when she felt a hand laid on her
shoulder and drawn down to her waist. Alroestindoelintely
afterwards the felt that her clothes were beau' lifted up in
front, and with a view to prevent this and any other :roles-
tation she opened the door of the oompartaisnt and gut
magi in, standing oa the stop of am
the train at the time going at a rapid pacriVC
oompLiiimot bad no further recollection of any-
thing that occurred until she found herself is
the bands of the guard, and a Mr. Stokes, *bother pas-
senger, the train being then at • standstill tet seen Esher
and Woking. It was thee discovered that the complainant
had for sortie time been ia a state of unconacieuenese, and
that she bad bees held in a roast perilous position during
that time by Mr. Stokes,* military hootinaker, of London
and ! dershott, who was Odin in the adjoin, mg coos ;viewer.,
aid whose notice was called to the theuplidanuit by • boy
who hod observed her banging by the handle of the door.
Mr. Stokes bravely exerted himself to rescue her from this
dangerous politics, and had no sooner succeeded pin
Analog her to the door of his own compartment than abe
swooned ou his arm, which was fortunately at that thus
round her waist. le this situation the complainant was
held for • distance, it is supposed, of shout live miles, when
the attoatiou of the guard having been attracted to the cis-.
etimsh,oc • by a number of labourers who were at work in
the adjacent fields, she train was Mopped, ow! the cons-
plainaot sofely placed in a carriage. On arriving at the next
station ( Woking), Mr. Stokes insisted on the prisoner being
taken into custody. This sae accordingly done, Lett he was
entrielueutly liberated on bail. Mr. Bent expressed a &alit
as to whether the case could be dealt with by the Hamp-
shire megistrates, as the offence was committed in the
county of Surrey, before the arrival of the train as Woking
'natio*.

Mr. Brooks, the miniatratee' dirk, said the beach had so
jarisdietioa.
Mr. Ere remarked that the prisour wan improperly tabu
into comedy by the railway compmy.
Mr. Bout said the prierwer warn cwt takes into custody
to tue aethority of the railway oosupeny, or Mil would loops
been opposed at the Urn examinatioa. He premed Captain
licircome, the chairman, who is also a Surrey mazistrate, to
Lear the cuss is that capacity, bat as objection was raised
to dila course,
. . _

The Chairnian expressing ea opinion that he could not do
so, Lis instructions from the Seeretarr of Suds, u to hie
rasgistenal duties. Laing to a coettsry greet.
The COW was dismissed, and the pnwwer. wbo was appa.
rently unconewned during the proceeding., left the court
with his :needs.

Mr. But lutirriated his inteatiew to tabs further Two-
coatings iu the aiul the case will lie minuet! at as
early periud is air.y court.

THE Draiiiit'-rlo:si or THE SAVOY CHAPEL ROYAL. i
--on s.tu„Ly the authorities of the lawny of Lancaster
an:rived a conitnuni.etion, through the Earl of Clarroloo
e chaise -for of too Lucky),Lucky),wthe effect that bee Ila• ~
6gh.
y the Quoin sill be graciously I.loaul t, tare upon
self the cost of restoring this aucieut fal.rie, which was
rediamil to rouse by lire on Thurolay. This is not the
first time lane alajtaty Lea evitepal the deep in-
terest she takes in the plus, for a st•vse elegantly
carved is still to be seen in one of the walls, on
which an inscriptiou is engraved commemorative of
the rircuoistaoce that the interior of the chapel was re.
paired sod restored at her expense in lislj, and the con-
gregatiou silo mil their gratitude on that occasion by the
uutsillialiment at their own cost of the large w(adow
Over the altar with stained glue. Oa its completion the
work of rut...ration wee imputed and approved by the
Priors Consort, oo a visit his royal highness paid to the
clr.tel in 1.60(.11o/sing year, std of skids the raisiaioners
antritaie a grateful :ecollectino. The fsl.lic was insures'
to the amount of 4.1.101 Y., a sum which will go far
towa...ls ita restoration. On Friday, br. Sitleey Bakke.
the crchtt.,:t, molnan inspection of the olio& with a view
to esaruste the coot of relmilding the chapel. Us Is nude!,
stor,,l to IAVs eapresoal as °fission that the four walla
wh's'i iaomin :.re not seriously injure], mid may, therefore,
be :....le uv.i...lfe ia the work of restoration. These walls,
which Am built of spi-re.l sums sod boulder. ere upon en
are: i., f,..r fest tic,ek, and snout be at le, 5 t .1..0) Team old.
A c:o.ur scspectiou of the ruins since the his shows that
wf the inure' roms:lents of notsble persons, while some
have hue entirely uvutoyed. without a trees of them
being left, these that remain Lave been so mutilated and
defaced by the action of the fire ea to let der leetorati:u
brepossohle...

ZNSINRTAN 31vAztim.—Darii 4 the week
eeding July ti the visitors Lave ).0 as fullows
Monday, Tuesday, am) Saturday, free deep, open trim
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11,eftl ; 011 Wedneyylu: , Tbursd..v, and
Friduy, umlauts' days I..ilmissioe to ti. 1,1,•• s.su
trout 10 a.m. till G p.m., 2.011 ; total, 1",..6.. Fr m the
°pain ciatk• museum, 4,714,52 ,