The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-17 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OP ROYAL MARINE

CLOTHING.

At the Woolwich Police Court, yesterday, John
Clark, • pensioner front the Royal Marines, nesidlng at 3,
Eigiroterraoe, Woolwich, woe charged with the Illegal pos-
session of 17 pair. of u o manufactured trousers, 13 flannel shirts,
two pieces of white cloth, three pious of calico, two pieces
, of holland, and numerous other articles, supposed to have
bees stolen from the workshops of the Royal Marine
Barrack', where the prisoner was formerly employed as •
tailor. Thecae* excited unusual interest, in coesequeoce of
the recent dieclosures of fraud at the Royal Artillery clothing
stores, and • large somber of the military and Royal
Marines were present. Polio.-consteble [dog, • detective
. otBc• of the It division, stated that io consequence of re-
, cueing information that • large amount of Royal Mario.
clothing waa in the prisoner's puesesaioe, he proceeded on the
previous night to his residence in Elgia-terrace, and there
found the property produced. Several brushes and
other articles were branded with the broad arrow, and as the
prisooer failed to give • satisfactory account of their posies-
'ion wits/ma took him into custody. end removed the property
is • cut to the police statioe. Jobo Watling, R. M., stated
he is master tailor at the Royal Marine clothing gores,
and the prisoner, who had bees pensioned from the Royal
Marines about five months, was formerly employed under
him as foreman. He believed that the property produced
mune from the store.. Was certain that the white cloth did,
and also the black coat prodneed, which was made of the
white cloth, gad had been dyed. The Prisoner : I wish to
say that Mr. Watling gave me the white cloth and the calico
produced some years ago. Wit....: Well. I might have
done ao. Mr, Mende : Then do you mean to say that
you have any right to dispose of such property?
Witness : I have • certain quantity of materials
unwed out to me, out of whiff I em expected
to produce • certain number of articles, sod barium
doee that, if any material remains I consider it be-
: lugs to me. Nue the prisoner has left the Royal Ma.
rine.. I have gives him out work occasionally. Lieutenant
and tloartermainer Melville Silver, Royal Marines, stated that
the clothing department of the Woolwich division of Roy al
Maims was adder Ida charge. Ile toned •certain quantity of
cloth and other materials monthly, oat of which be on.
peeled to have returned • certain number of articles of
clothing. The government was pretty liberal, they all
knew that, sal he had no doubt that the muter tailor
might have a considerable quantity of materials left after
he had supplied the articles. At all uteri the muter
tailor gave satisfactioe to whams, Rod he believed also to
the government. With regard to the shirts produced, I
witneu most observe that the proceeding was irregular,
am the shirts ought no to have come out of
the muter-tailor's shop, but eat of the stores. The large
quantity of articles now produced could not have hen car.
fled oat of the barracks et use time, as they would have
been stopped by the military polies. They mud have bees
taken out at different times. Mr. Mende—Weil, we wee%
call them perquisites ; but can you say that these articles
have been stollen from the barracks? Witness—l have
no doubt they came from the dons, but the muter-tailee
bus from time to time so °ermine. which of course awn.
mulatea Mr. Mende—l think this is •mu which »rime
more .:placation, and that we ought to have more infer.
motion as to the practice which prevails in the clothing
department of the turps. It wee necessary that other officers
should attend and give evidence, and he should, therefore,
admit the prisoner to hail in 201, and his recognizance" of 401.
to appear that day week. Meanwhile the property would
remain in the bands of the police.

TRAFFIC RETURNS,
Mlles Pao. Mer. lie4ll. Total,
RAILWAY& oqa singers. chandlio. ISM. 1963.
Week ending May S. L A 4
1•46 Hunan •
Bengal Dietelois 7ol} 6,643 8.229 :4.909 15654
North-West Prixincel 3Ol 4,115 3,0e5 7,230 4,442
Wees ending Jaw It
Bombay, Banda, end C.I. 1851 1,504 1,263 2,593 2,199
Week ending July 28.
Detroit and Wersukee 4,153 5,950
eek ending July 23.
Widened Lake Huron l6lk 1,1133 1,5411
Week emUng August 6
Ibilaburgh and Claw. 173 0.7011 9,102
Work enuung August 13.
Oat art Etaadosi MI 261 119 870 299
islastow dr South Weston 199 10,046 9,367
Lembo% Brighton, and 8
Coast ....... 11611 10,687 4,2111 24,917 MIMI
Week ending August 14.
Cambrian
Omar Luxembourg
Metropolitan
North Lsoclon

THs SrAPECTND MURDER o, THAL'S CHILDREN
AND SUICIDE Or TNT MOTHER AT READLTn. —The hiquiry
ieto the circumstances attending the death of Emma Legge,
aged years, and her three children—Flora, aged 5 years ;
Louis, aged 3 teen; and Hopolens, aged 5 months, was
resumed yesterday afternoon at Reading before Yr. Bloody,
the comom for the borough. The jary returned a verdict
of " Found droworid. there being no marks of violence ea
either of the bodies."

SAPID( TO MARKERS IN THE 87178.-10 113.
foresee to the l►te unfortueate socidest at the Wimbledon
Meade; of the Natiooal Ride Association, when Petrick
Cooper, of the Coldstream Guards, was shot and sow deed,
Sergeant Instructor Jeckson, formerly of the gird depot
battalion (a most intelligent sod mrsirtie man), writes to
the Aberdeen Free Press as follows :—"I roceider that the
communicatioa briberies the man or sergeant is cheep of lb,
6riog points awd the man in the butts is very dedient, aid
aboold be improved. The oompetitioe at Aberdeen. is
18$2. wee the drat tried with the tell *eels. a vary simple
61711111111111.01, invested by Mr. Batten (Et costar, to the
Aberdeeesbire Artillery and Ride Amooialioe), arid ap-
proved of by the executive eommittee, sod I think if this
arningemeet wee tried by the National Rifle Association it
might be the mess, of preveeting sorb an nocurrence as has
befallen the marker at the Wimbledon Meeting of 1864.
The idea was suggested last year by Make Times, of tire
Aberdeenshire Militia, to the National Rifle Aseosialliem,
but bee sever been takes 1110i100 of."

STRIKE KT THE SURREY A;D COMYZECLAL Docks.
—Yesterday roomiest a d• mese was witnessed is
this neighbourhood of the Gnsd Surrey aid Commercial
Docks, opwarda of a thousaad men, some may a• may as
1,200, harkg voluntary left their employment. The
straits are filled with miss loungion about, smoking, sod
Whims of their grievances to all who car* to hate, to
theme, so that se essay porta considerable crowds haws
hew collected. Chs this soessura the strike does sot arise
out of any difficulties with regard to "time" or hours of
lobos', bat is simply • question' of mum