The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(TR Is DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
TOM SATES, THE ES•CHAMIKON OF =GLAND, IN A NEW

CHAHACIIM.
Mary Aon Donorau, aged 264 who described herself as •
=tried womau,residinilat 20, Pratt-attest, Camden-town, was
charged before Mr. D'Ey noon rt with being drunk and wilfully
damaging a quantity of plants at 10, Bethune-cottages, Own-
dee-street. St. Pancras, the property of Thomas Sayers.
Thomas Sayers said that last night, about 11 o'clock, be
saw the prisoner in hie garden. He found that all his
p!auts, consieting of geraniums and other plants, had been
pulled up, and damage to the amount of about 30s. had
been done. The prisoner was a little tipsy. His garden
had before been stripped of the plants, and therefore he
bad determined to prosecute. The plants had been torn
about eery

•
A witness, residing three doors from Mr. Sayers, said that I
she rw the prisoner in the complainant's garden pulling up
the planta. Some of the roots she had thrown into the
surrounding gardens.
The prieGner said that she knew nothing shoot it, and was
never at all in the garden. There must be some mistake.
Police-constable Richard Solley, 105 8, said be saw the
prisoner standing outride the garden of the complainant.
The garden then was all right. A short time afterwards he
was sent for. and then the garden am stripped. She had
thrown the flowers and the potty into the neighbouring gar-
dens. When he told her what she was charged with, the
said she was not aware of what had occurred.
The prisoner, in defence. said—l think they are mistaken
in charging me. I never saw the man in my life, and do not
know him. It is all wrong about me.
The complainant said that his garden had before been
served in the same way, and he thought it was done out of
feeliap of spite.
Mr. 12/Eynconrt said the prisoner had done a great deal
of damage • and drunkenness was no excuse for such wanton
mischief. 'He should floe her 20s. for doing the damage,
and 20a. foe the damage ar in default of payment to
be imprisoned and 4, to hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection for one eale month.
The primmer said shad no money, sad was locked up
in default.

SHOCKING DEATH OP A SIGNALMAN ON THE
SONS LOA DON RAILWAY.

INQIJRBT.—(THIS DAY.)
This afternoon Mr. John Humphreys, Middle-
sex coroner, held an inquiry at the Three Cups Tavern.
Bow, respecting the death of John Peaces, aged 56 years,
a signalman on the North London Railway, who was killed
under the following shocking circumstances :
James Tibbe,a shunter on the North London Railway, maid
that on Wednesday last he was on an engine with a passes.
per train, at Devon's-road, Bromley. The tiain be I put
down its passengers at Bow, at eleven o'clock, and was
about being shunted into the carriage shed. DSOINIKI put
up the aernaphore sigmi of " danger." The tmin stopped ac-
cordingly &ad &Gassed ran to turn the points. A signal
should have been given t,r witness, who should bay. said,
"All right" to the engine drives to go ou again, but deceased
did not give it, and while it was being waited
for another engine, driven by • man INIMCI
Foxon, came along at the rate of six miles an hour, sad ran
over deceased. The danger signals ware dill up, and the
line was therefore blocked, but deceased had shown •
whit* lamp to Saunders, to intimate that he might some
along. Foxon came along, however, quicker than de-
ceased expected. The engine ran over him, and whom
got down and foetid that his legs were lying outside the
line. and his body inside. The engine was 40 yards off when
deceased waved his lamp for it to continue to come up the
line.

Mr. Beecher's introduction surprised, though it did sot
disconcert, that gentleman. He was evidently prepared for
some opposition ; but be could hardly have expected that
his appearance at the front of the platform would rouse one
portion of the audience to • high state of entliusium and
cause the other portion to approach almost • state of
frenzy. For some time it was doubtful whether the
celebrated abolitionist would be allowed to speak; but
those who cat near the reverend gentleman and observed
his firmly-composed lips and imperturbable demeanour saw
at once that it would require something more than noise
and spasmodic hisses to cense Mr. Beecher to lose heart. He
stood calmly at the edge of the platform, • representation of
" Patience smiling at grief," and • smile of sincerity bat-
tling tacitly but successfully with opposition. One of the
two must sooner or later give way, and no one who scruti-
nised Mr. Beecher's features could imagine that be would
be the first to become tired. At last there was a lull ;
clergymen and ladies ceased to wave their um-
brellas and handkerchiefs, the torrent of hisses became
less perceptible, and the chairman made another appeal
to the meeting for fair.play to Mr. Beecher. His manna
that an opportunity would be offered, after Mr. Beecher had
concluded his address, to persona who wished to ask the re
verend gentleman questions, was not very favourably
received, and • series of disturbances ensued. Cries of
" Turn him out" were heard in various parts of
the hall, and efforts were made to eject some
members of the unruly party. When the scuffling had
partly subsided, the chairman expressed his determination
to preserve order by calling in, if necessary, the aid of the
police. This announcement produced something like order,
and Mr. Beecher took up the advantage and com-
menced his address. To note the repeated inter-
ruptions made to the reverend gentleman would
not only be tedious bat unnecessary, as they are
mainly recorded in our extended report of the proceedings.
These interruptions were incessant —en Irish gentleman
(who stood near the platform) and • member of the legal
profession being two of the chief actors. The native of the
sister isle was exceedingly "inkshus" to know all about
" Prisident Lakin's" policy and other matters ; but having
• voice very unlike that which Stentor is reputed to
have possee.d, his interrogatories did not cause mush
annoyance. The came of the legal gentleman was lees ex-
cusable, and he produced much disturbance. Several
"lovers of liberty and free speech" at last ejected this
obnoxious individual, and when he reappeared at a later
period of the evening be was again thrust out of the
room, while • seen prevailed the equal of which
has seldom been witnessed in Liverpool. "Three cheers
for Jefferson Davis" wee a proposal which once more met
with • hearty response from • portion of the audience ; and
as the admirers of the Confederate President were loth
to cease their expressions of approval, Mr. Beecher com-
posedly eat down on the low parapet of the platform and
awaited • calm, at the same Una apologising to the re.
porters for causing them to be so long detained.
At one time about • wore of persons were speaking in
various parte of the ball, and Mr. Beecher, as • last re-
source, said that if the meeting would not hear him he
would address the reporters. From the gallery were sus-
pended placards on which the wade " Who is Huey Ward
Beecher?" were conspicuous; and, takes all in all, the scene
was one of complete disorder. Mr. Beecher repeatedly
declared that it was not new to him ; but it was plain that
towards the don of his address the rim gentleman was
losing his self-possession, and he admitted that his struggle
for an hour sad • halt against the prevailing disorder had
caused his voice to faiL So far, indeed, had his voice
suffered, that he was compelled, in concluding, to declare
that he could not answer any questious unless perfect order
prevailed. He did reply, in comparative peace, to one or
two written interrogatories ; bet the disturbances being
renewed, Mr. Beecher sat down.
Amidst a continued uproar • vote of thanks was paned
to Mr. Beecher, and the meeting broke up in a disorder
quite as great as that which marked he commencement.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

BIIVIDAY, MOM= 11. • £.ll.