The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-23 00:00:00

ni It THOMAS [VANS.

The bankrupt wmiiiiiiltliWriOsZuli-aerk, and the City
Central Saw-mills, Whitecrowstreet. Ms was the sitting
for examination ud discharge. The accounts prepared by
]leers. But Brothers rad Bayles, show unsecured debts
of 2.1231. ; liabilities, 7981. ; ditto oa behalf of former firm
of Heaps, Brothers, 3,1311. ; no amen. ; bad debts returned
of

Goodday, for the official assignee, stated that Evans
had bees bankrupt in 1856, when he received • first-chum
certificate. In 1860, when in partnership with his brother,
be bad petitioned the court under the arrangement clauses,
bat some of the creditors not having received notice of
that proceeding, they had obtained executioo, and it wee
to get rid of times liabilities principally that the bankrupt
had come to the court. He had been adjudicated bankrupt
in prima
Mr. 0. K Lewis, for the bankrupt, urged that his failure
vss attributabie to his having contracted • lane amount of
bed debta, about 1,8001., in little more than a twelvemonth.
Hie Honour mid this was the third failure. and he most
come to the conclusion that the bankrupt had contracted
his recent debts without probable means of payment. On
that posed the order of charge would be rispended for
six months, with protection (renewable) for three months.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The March adjourned general sessions of the pesos for the
county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Baseioam
House, Clerkeowell•grso, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant
judge and a beach of magistrates. The mender reclaim
the tames of 77 prim:mere committed for trial. The state
of the education of the prisoners waa reported sa follows :
Can neither read nor writs, 18 ; can reed only, 19 ; reed
and write imperfectly, 38; can mad and write well, 2.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKF.NWELL
WWI DISUMON AND ELOPEIMIT.

Marks Cit;;;eU, aged 33, a goldbeaWr, who stated that he
resided at 7, Munster-square, Elt. Paws, was brought up
on a warm, and charged before Mr. D'Epsoreart with
ramgag away aod leaving his wile chargeable to the pariah
of §t. Paocsas.

It appeared from the ecideane of Mr. Joseph Henry Clark
and Kr. Jobs Hartley, warrant of of St. Panama,
that the prisoner, who is a volunteer, deserted
his wife sad cohabited with • woman in Ruston-
square. The woman whom he had picked up with
was vetoed Drewitt, sad she was represented as
being worth 1,3001. per year. It appeared that the defen-
dant fell is with the woman at the Exhibition in Hyde-
park, and since then had deserted his wife, saying that he
was well provided for, arid could well afford to leave his
wife • small maintenance, and then no one could hurt him.
The officer had been several times to the house in Huston-
square, for the purpose of apprebeeding tbe prisoner, but he
bad always been denied. On-Saturday night the prisoner was
watched into the house, and when Hartley went yesterday,
lie represented that he was the priaoner's brother. and then
it wax stated that the prisoner was in the house ; but ma
soon as he said he was a =eatable, he was again denied.
After • careful search, be found the prisoner concealed, arid
apprehended him, but not before he had been assaulted by
the woman with whom the prisoner cohabited. It was fur-
ther stated that the prisoner's wife was a hard-working,
respectable woman, and that the woman with whom the
prisoner was cohabiting was outside the court in • brougham,
the worse for liquor.
The prisoner, in defame, stated that moat of what bad
been stated liras true. He was willing to allow his wife a
malotenanes, but he hoped the magistrate would make it as
small as he possibly could. (Haase.) He was now out
work.

Br. Barker asked if the parish authorities would mettle
the matter with the priernier
Mr. Clark said ander the circumstances he would tot, as
he ail not think that any dependence could be placed as
thiLpriaonor's word.

Mr. Barker aid the prisoner's conduct was moat die•
gracaful, and sentenced him, as a rogue and a vagabond, to
fourteen days' impriamment with hard labour in the Home
of Correction.

The prisoner, wbo sestoed surprised at th• &tidos, w
then removed.

SOUTHWARK.

ATTVI 111:11CIDZ AT BLACEPILIARS =MOIL
Sarah Adana, • very respectable looking young woman,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Bareham, charged with
attempting to commit Wade at Blackfriambridge.
James Woodcock, a young man, who stated himself to
be • stonemason, rid that on Saturday night about 12
o'clock he wee proceeding towards his home in the Black.
frimarand, when the prisoner passed him in •
hurried and excited manner. eying tart snick
Witness turned round to look at her, sod premising
that she ran towards the bridge, he called to •
coastable sod pointed her out, suspecting that ebe meth-
t•tei suicide. Such appeared to be the fact, as she rushed
down the steps, when the coestable begged of him to rue after
her, as be (witoessi was able tome fader Mao this policeman,
who had his great coat on. TT hoer aceordiegly ran down the
steps and seized bold of her shawl port as the prisoner wee to
the act of plunging into the river. That jerked her back, but
in draining her the shawl was tore, mad had not the con.
Moto his assistance she would have got away. The
Moe then took bac into custody.

Mr. Benham asked the prisoner wby she made such an
attempt on her life.
She replied that sbe must have been half mad or she
would not have been so wicked. During the week she had
had some altercation with her mother and siege', and oil
Saturday night she ran out of the house in a passion and
foolishly meditated suicide. She was, however, 'limn*
sorry for it, and promised never to make such an attempt

The prisoner's sister, a highly respectable young woman,
admitted that they had some words on Saturday last ; she
had no idea that her sister would have attempted to commit
suicide. She never made such au attempt before.
Mr. Burcham asked her if she would take care of her if
he discharged her.
Witness replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Burnham then humanely lectured the prisoner on the
enormity of the crime she had attempted, and ordered her to
be given up to her sister on promising not to make such
an attempt again.

_
BARNET.
lIIIRRICINCI OUT OP PRISON.

This morning,aiii;'cioci,—Ric/74;i Pitts, a convict
under sentence of eight plan' penal servitude, was placed at
the bar charged with having unlawfully broken out of
Millhank Prison.

The crr;M;atinces attending this case are probably the
most remarkable that have been heard of since the days of
Jack Sheppard. The prisoner had, on MOM than 000
occsaion, been convicted for burglary, and about nine
months tine was apprehended on another charge of
burglary. He was taken by an active officer of the M division,
named Clarke, wu examined before the magistrate, sent for
trial, and sentenced to eight years penal servitude. He was
then sent to Militant prison prior to being sent abroad.
About the time above stated it will be remembered that
three prisoners escaped from the prison. Amongst the num-
ber was the prisoner. This man being bow-legged or
beady was easily recognised, but to disguise his mal-
formation be had a pair of large browsers made and
padded, and he preceded, m the first instance,
to • tailor at Barnet, where he obtained employ-
ment as • journeyman. Finding from the infor-
mation he received from some of his companious in
crime that the police were hunting him up, he succeeded
in ingratiating himself into the good graces of a widow lady
living on Barnet-common, who engaged him to attend to
her farm-yard. Whilst in her service he pretended to be
very religious, preached to the servants, and read the Scrip-
tures of an evening. Everyone in the lady's establishment
looked upon the fellow as • Simon Pure." Things went on
in this way without detection for several weeks, but at length
constable Clarke, 106 M., who apprehended him on the
hat charge, and Robert Father, No. 98 of the M division,
put themselves into communication with Inspector Richards,
of the Barnet polies, and it mu arranged that the three
officers should sally forth in search of the prisoner. Ac-
cordingly on Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, the
three officers went to Mrs. Lane's house, and having re-
quested to see the man, asked permission to look out of one of
the windows whilst the fellow was in the ground attending to
the sheep. That requested wai readily granted, and a manage
was sent to the man to drive a flock of lambs towards the
house, and whilst so doing the three officials were engaged
with opera glares, looking out of window. Feeling unshed
that they had found out their man, they rushed out and
pounced upon him. Being armed with a rake be made a
desperate resistance, but the three officers laid him prostrate
on the ground, and eventually succeeded in securing
him. When told the nature of the charge, and whe-
ther he wished to say anything, he replied
with the greatest coolness, What I have to state I will
tell the beak. when I am taken before him, but I shall 101 l
you nothing." One of the officers said, ' You need to live
le Market-street, Itoroegh-road—don't you recollect"
The prisoner said in reply, " That is my business." He
then added that he wai sot the one who broke open the
prison ; he merely followed the others.
The prisoner, who was described as being 32 years of age,
and a clever burglar, was under examination when our re-
port left.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1863.

THE RIOTS IN THZ NORTH.-(THIS DAY.)

(IT IBLICTIIIO ITLIGRAPIL)
(nor ooa oww coaassrowoser.)
STALYBRIDGE licamAy.
. .

All the people here, except eight, refused relief
tickets this morning ; the rest marched in proces-
sion to Ashton, where a riot is expected.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

Two o'CLoca.

The railway market is firmer to-day, in sympa-
thy with Consols, and several of the principal
stocks have improved. Midland stock has Alien f
per cent. ; South Eastern, } ; Great Western, ;
and London and North Western and Great Euteoa
4. Metropolitan shares are also rather better, at
to
2i. London and North Western stock is now qu
97 to ; Great Western, 66} to 1 ; Midland,
}tot ; Lancashire and Y orkshire 108} to ;
Caledonian, 115} to ; South Eastern, 91i to } ;
Great Northern, 121 to 122 ; Great Eastern, 491 to
60 ; and London and South Western, 100} to 10L
Indian railway stocks are inquired for, and
are better in two or three instances. Great Wes-
tern of Canada shares meet with attention. Bahia
and Great Luxembourg are firm.
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