The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

Abraham Jew pedlar, was charged with a
brutal emit his wife in the public streets.
The s violence was fully proved by Police-
4//7, who witnessed the assault. When the akar
NMI him why he sominitted each cruelty, the reply the
mimosa volunteered was—" It's only say wife."
The MUM, when placed In the witnembox to give
idiom against her husband, said she did not wish to
pen the chary, end Alderman Carter discharged the fellow.

15VFifilit:

Mary Ass Pleating, Catherino Gorman, and Mary Atm
Waggon, wen charged wits awsultiag the easistant swarm
of Bt. Crilee's Workhouse.

The protein had seat for the amistaat matron, stating
that they wished to speak to her. She took the precaution
of having the governor to amorapany her, and as proceeding
to the ward is which they were, one of them inquired why
she was mat to the wash tab, and another why she was vent
to work at all ? The oceoplainant asked if that was all they
wished to see her shout, to which an answer in the affirmative
was given, as keasiag which the governor left the ward,
and no sooner was his bask tarried than the priscoen made
as attack on the emblmat melrem of a most ferocious descrip-
tion. They tore her shims, her hair, and head.dress, and
beat her severely. Assiaisaes, however, soon came, and the
primmere were secured.
Mr. Fowler, the gevetear of the workhouse, said the pri-
seams were very boil eineamers, sad lied bees repeatedly
committed for miseembiet.
Mr. Henry inflicted a Faulty of di. on each, and in de-
fault committed them to the Roue of Correction for two
months.

litimerd /agrees, a cabman, and Men Shaw,wsre charged
wider the following eirenntstaness :
A cab was stop,.e4 in Careretreet, at 2in the morning,
and the polies found the male prisoner inside, drunk, and a
female en the boa driving. Ingram got out, and finding
that it was a policeman who had interfered, struck him
immediately. They were then taken in charge.
Yr. Henry ordered the man to pay 20s. for striking the
policeman, sod discharged the woman, with a caution.
Sorel. Herring*" Ceithrin• Ar/hp, and Hannah
Denman were charged with smashing windows at Gilee'sl
Workhoue.

.-iiteThovintot stated that u coca as he had got back tol
the Workhouse, after giviog evidence against the prisoners
Fleming, Gorman, and Watson, he was called up to N 0.9
Ward, when the }oilmen were breaking windows. They
had demolished 41 squares of glair. They had been already
eosaitted many tines es refractory paupers. Donovan war
thtiworst. . .

Mr. Henry fined Donovan 41, or two booths ; }luring-
tea. 405., or three weeks' ; sad seat M'Artby to the Hoses
of Horreedea kr 14 days.

WORSHIP-STREET.

A rupsetahly elre-e;eil eldrify—pereo-a. named WillUlis
Newer" who described himself as a surgeon, wu brought
up on suspicion of having wilfully set Are to • home
which he occupied, in Wellington-strut, Kinnland-road.
Ur. Charles Johnson, a brass finisher, living in the suns
street, said—l am the owner of the boas* which I let to
the prisoner about six weeks or two month; since. Shortly
before 12 °Wash last night, I was roused from sleep by a
bud disturbance in the street, and, on mania, oat, I ob.
served the prisoner's how was ou fire. 1 isonsedistsly emit
off for the engine,' several of which soon afterwards arrived,
bat eve-y effort to extinguish the fire proved ansumessfal,
and the house was completely destroyed In less than two
hours.

1-317 Edward Dix, an inkstand manufacturer, liviag op-
posite to Om prisoner, said—About half-past 11 o'clock last
sight, I saw the prisoner leave the house in a burned San-
aa, and he bad only prooseded • few yards when I
observed • strong reflection of light thrstigb an
upsetare in the shutters of his parlour window on the
ground floor. I instantly raked an alarm' and on forcing
epee the door, with the assistance of same of the nelghlioun,
discovered that the flaws had caught the whole of the wood
work sad wainscoting of the parlour, every portion of
whisk was os Am After an ineffectual atienipt to chock the
progress of the fire, ere direesed oar Alerts to effect the
resew of a widow sad her three children. who were sleep
lag lit the frost ram of the fleet fleet, sad fertaaatoly ear
ceeded ia saving their lives * towering Iles dm fres
the window at the want the Name won hantlaidwengli
the t=ijakeagew no awe of Ile_ Omer oath 9 DWG*
tale whoa I reasinhat SIN 1111101144 the crowd
who IPSO St the enaliley rah& 1 iniesdiately
walto bielorid asked his whet he mem having
the glass es be bee done 'w by
hoa be men have boom that it
wee ea Are, to which the primate "aphid that M know
noddies at all &boat it, and he was the. given into anetedy.
Inward Wialea Die, the ha of the lea wham, telly
weeebersted hie helm's a mai sated that homes.
one sad two ebb* in the he ant the primate is
a narrow peewee is the nelibbourliewla mei
hewn a little tnhi es him *et Mats wee as be, to
0p.:P.1" sad skip the hey by the t,
be led his
table Ware's, N 370, stated that upon taking
to custody he said be bad been drisking
tether fatally at the Vas, and that be knew nothing of the
firs, which bad aridiatly broken out whits be was taking
• walk about the neighbourhood. aseording to hie usual
sustain.

The prisoner email, (rotated his ienosusee, and said
that the flu must have been occulated by a st ark trona the
sandier, wbkh be blew out oa bluing the house, and that be
was Itiwwif a grievous sufferer from the calamity, es he was
all famed, and had lost every article he possessed.