The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

A BATCH OF vicepocerrs.

George Johnson, Wot. Pall rwk, and J
John Bannham,
were charged by Sergeant Edward Langley, of the detective
police, with attempting to pick pockets, and being in pos-
session of a number of pocket-handkerchiefs.
The sergeant said he saw the prisoners attempt to pick
two pockets, and then took them into custody, when on
searching them he found five handkerchiefs on Johnson. On
doing so Johnson remarked, "It's a good many, but not
when a chap's got a cold."
t Langley said one handkerchief was marked
" I). ."and another, " Sarah Webb."
Johnson mid they were all his own property.
Mr. Knox—Perhaps you are related to the Webb family I
The prisoners were all committed for three months each.
WESTMINSTER.
PICKPOCKETS AT THE KXWSITION.
John Allen and Henry &clatters, the latter of whom said
be was a very respectable young man *addict not like to give
his name, were charged with picking pockets at the
Exhibition.

Charles Cola C, said that at 7 o'clock last evening he
was et the corner of the Cromwell-mad, when he saw the
two prisoners, and knowing them as the constant aasociatca
of thieve*, he watched them.
Mr. Arnold—Do you mean to gay you know this very
respectable young man to be an also:bite of thieves
Witness—Yes. I do.
Prisoner Eccleston— I have only been in London four days.
Mr. Arnold—How long have you known him !
Witness—l saw him first four or five years ago. I have
seen him several times of late, and recently with the other
er?oncr.

Nr. Arnold_Go on with your statement.
Witness—l sew Allen go in f loot of a lady and &fiction
c!ore by with his left hand down by the lady's side. Both
then left her for a little while and west into the Brompton-
M.l, but they returned to her and stood as before. Et-
deston with his right hand used a white handkerchief to
wipe his face, while with his left he picked the lady's pocket.
He drew his hand out with something in it, and
then touched the other prisoner. Looking at me they were
►bout to go ►way when I endeavoured to seize them both,

THE REPRESENTATION OF EXETER.—We learn
that Mr. Coleridge, the eminent Queen's Counsel of the
western circuit, ben consented to come forward in the liberal
interest for the city of Exeter. We see no reason why the
liberals of Exeter, if they are united, should not send both
Mr. Seymour and Mr. Coleridge to the Commons' House of
Parliament at the next election .—Plysioulh Journal.

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ALARMING FIRIL—At 6 o'cloCk this morning a
fire, which occasioned considerable alarm to the residents in
the locality, broke out at No. ss, Took's-court, Chewer),
lane, is the occupation of Meson. Walter Morris and Son,
law-writers. At the time mentioned Mr. Morris and seve-
ral clerks were at work, and the apprentice, a young lad,
having occasion to proceed to the back room on the first
floor, discovered the place to be in flames. He at once
closed the door in order to stop the draught, and thereby
stay the progress of the fire, and after giving the alarm he
ran for the engines, which were speedily in operation.
The firemen succeeded in confining the calamity to the
upper part of the house, which is entirely destroyed.
There were many valuable documents on the premises at
the time, bat, fortunately, they were all saved. Messrs.
Morris and Sae are insured.

CHARING-CRON RAILW AY. —At the Sheri fTB' Court,
Red Lou-equate, before Mr. UnderShenff Burchell and •
special jury, a compensation case was tried on Wednesday,
which occupied the court till nearly 7 o'clock. Messrs.
Holdsworth and Douce, wine merchants, the successors of
Messrs. Cutler, of Hungerford-street, made a claim of 6,6.i01.
an the Charing cross Railway in respect of premises re-
quired far the railway. Mears. Holdsworth had removed,
in coosequenos of a notice from the coooy, to Pall-mall,
and several items of claim were made. Them removal of the
business was a material circumstanoe, as also the re-
moval of their stock of wine, which amounted to about
5,000 dozens. The loss by damage, deterioratioo, and
leakage of the wine was estimated at from 3s. to 3s. 6d.
per dozen. Es lance was given that port and claret wine
became " nick " by removal, and it was some time before
such wine was in • settled state. It was suggested that
port wine, when sent to a customer, was injured, and the
Rower was that the loam wu agreed upon before it was sent.
Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., for the claimants, called a
number of witnesses to show the low Messrs. Holdsworth
would sustain by the removaL Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., for the
company, complained of the large amount claimed, espe-
cially in respect to the alleged deterioration of wine by the
removal, when the claimants had taken more fashionable
premises in Pall-mall, where the business would no doubt
Increase. The jury gave • verdict for 3,5C3/., as compen-
sation
to Messrs. Holdsworth and Douce. .

LOCAL TAXATION.—AD act wax paned in the
year 1880, requhing annual returns to be made to the
Home-office of all the local taxation of the year ; and the
first year's returns have now been published. This being
the first yeas, some of them are extremely imperfect ; but
they show that church-rates were levied to at least the
amount of 233,580/. ; burial board rates, 103,7071. ; sewers
and drainage and embankment rates, 283,0701. ; rates for
the local management of the metropolis, 788,1891. ; harbour
dues, 1.201,3981. • rates levied by local boards, improvement
I commissioners, and under the Lighting and Watching Act,
874,3384—t0ta1, 3,484,2624 The bonded or mortgage debt
secured on these rates and tolls is about 17,000.0004 The
poor-rates, police, and county and borough rake, highway
rates, turnpike ills, and Trinity Howe dues, bring the
sotire local taxation up to about 15,000,0001. a year.
FEARFUL SUICIDE ON THE DUBLIN AND KINGS-
?owe ILAILWAT.—On Wednesday ail; a man deliberately
committed aikido at Salthill station, laying his bead on
the rails, and allowing the 11 p.m. train from Dublin to
pass over it. His features are not distinguishable. He is
, old, and of a gentlemanly costume. Hi. name is not
known ; but inside his hat was found • paper, on which
was wenn°. " I have been sleeping on the rock thee. two
nights."—Dieb/in Evening Mail.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT THE IVyBRIDGIE RAIL-
WAY STATION.—Ao accident of a serious nature occurred on
the South Devon Railway nu Tuesday. The guard of •
goods train, winds was waiting at Ivybridge Station, °fil-
-1 measly turned the points, which had been correctly placed,
I the result being that the 9.20 up passenger train from Ply-
mouth went on to the down line, and ran into the goofs
train at the natio°. A third class carriage in the centre •
of the train had its foremost compartment smashed in ' •
one gentleman sustained • fracture of the thigh, another a
compound fracture of the nasal bone, and several other se.
vere bruises and abrasions. Fortunately the alow pace at
which the passenger train was proceeding, it being about to
stop, prevented any very disastrous results ; but had a
similar mistake been made with reference to the express or
any other train which did not stop at the station, it is ap-
palling to contemplate the consequences which would have
ensued.—Plyetonth Journal.
MORMON Ftscaurrs.—About 200 of the disciples
of Brigham Young arrived at New York es the 9th of July
in the packetahip Windermere, from Havre. A New York
paper describes them as all—men, women, and children—
; quiet, inoffensive-looking, blue-eyed Swiss, but the charms
of the female portion seemed to have been sadly impaired
by hard manual labour, and, judging from their Ironed
shoulders, hard bony AK* and fiat broad feet, they had
spent • considerable portion of their time is performing teaks
for which the rougher sex are specially intended. They left
next day es route for the Greet Salt Lake. Shan the begin.
sing of the present year about 2,500 Korman have arrived
at New York, and gone west to swell tin ember of Retsina'
Young's followers.