The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
CAUGHT IN • TRAP.
Thomas Thomas, a young man, who described himself as
a gentleman," and Frederick Webb, clerk and porter to
Mr. Davison, of 136, Cheapside, were placed at the bar be-
fore Alderman Humpbery, charged with being in the hewn
cf Mr. Pepler, of 61, St. Martin s-le-Grand, for the purpcm
if committing a felony.
It appeared that the primers went to the prosecutor's
louse, sad after being in the smoking.room some time their
induct attracted the attention of the servants, which led
their movements being watched. After the lapse of
,bout an hour the prisoner Thomas was observed creeping
wealthily out of the smoking' room along the pear ge towards
he bedrooms on the hest floor, one of which be entered and
ess immediately locked in by ace of the nervante while she
rent and informed her muter and fetched • policeman.
When the officer arrived he found the prisoner lying fur
sleep on the bed in the room in which he had been locked,
oh the prisoner Webb wan found also asleep on the sofa in
bs smoking-room. They were immediately given into cur-
ccdy, and on Thomas were found one spoon and • pair of
gr4sIDP.
r. De Jersey asked the magistrate to commit the pri-
m:oars upon the evidence as it stood.
Mt. Lewis for Thomas. and Mr. Howell for Webb, con-
teoded that their clients had not committed any office*, the
'act being that they had been drinking to excess, and what-
ever folly they bad been guilty of was to be attributed to
that mane alone, and not to any felonious intent. With
regard to the charge against Thanes, Mr. Lewis elicited
that the value of the spoon and sugar tongs was almost
nominal, and they could not therefore have been taken with
the view of stealing them.
Mr. Davison, Mr. Quitter, and another gentleman gays the
prisoner Webb the highest possible character for honesty,
ind stated that the present charge did not lessen their
pinion of his character. They also spoke favourably of
tnorass.

Alderman Humpbery said be should discharge Webb in
:oasennenoe of the excellent character he bad received,
but he thought Thomas's conduct very suspicious, and he
therefore committed him for two mouths with hard labour.
Mr. Lewis mid he should appeal against the conviction.

WANDSWORTH.
iNTIMING 1 IlAtilB wens IS monos.

Mr. wauT;Wife;47-3—taii;:or—e.7.-Pluniiii:aanyin on
bacinam in Dean-street, Bobo, was summoned before_Mr.
Ingham, by Mr. T. Bent, the superinteedeat of police on
the South Western Railway, for unlawfully attempting to
eater a seemed clam arrange while the train was in malice. I
The defendant pleaded guilty, and the fads were taken
shortly. On the sth of the present month the guild of the
423 Leatbarhead train saw the defendant on the platform of
the Clapham Junction station with some lilac boughs in him
mouth. As the train moved away the defendant opened •
rend-clime carriage door and attempted to step in, but he
did not summed is getting in. By that time the train had
moved from the end of the platform, and in making the
mood attempt to eater the carriage he slipped and fell on
to the signal lines. The guard stated that he never saw •
more narrow escape from lees of life, for if the wires had
tot been there the train meet have passed over the man.
The defendant expreend his regret at what had occurred.
The fact was, he was maxims to meet • gentleman at King.
iron, and he was not thinking of what he was &boat. Ide
had remind several brasses from his fell, and bad been laid
op in maseqsonoe.
Mr. Leghorn observed that if the defendant had been
killed it might have been mid that it was three& the nom.
may's 0114111.101111% sod perhaps they would have been put
to an expensive
In answer to a question from the bench, Mr. Bout mid
the oompsny7 were not desirous of preening the rase severely.
The proaeemga had been takes fur their protection.
Mr. high= mid in that nee be should reduce the penalty
of 40• to 10e. and erste.
The mossy was paid.

(now LArr NlollreS Gallirri.)

WAR-0171CC, MAY 15. —The Queen has been
jrniy 'pleased to give orders for the apponatmeet of
olie Watson, d the Bombay Army, to be air
ordinery member of the military divan= of the third clam,
or °Dupree:moot the most Hoeottrable Order of the Bath.
DOWNING-STREIT, MAY It —The Queen has
Mee pleased to appoint Major Hoary I'itshardiag Berkeley
Xs.= to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Wand of Heligo-
land.

'e Orrice, MAY It—Notice
is hereby giver, that the State Apartassate of Wineor
Castle will to open to the public, node the usual regolatime,
on and after Monday next, the ISth Met
BOARD OF THAD', WHDITEAI.I., MAY 15.—The
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee et Privy Conseil
for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's
Charge d'Affauen at Madrid, enclosing a copy of • Spanish
royal order, imposing oertain customs duties on vegetable
wax (ewe vegetall imported into Spain.
BOARD Or TRAWL, WHITEHALL, MAY 15.—The
Right Hoe. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Coma
for Trade have received information from the Secretary of
State far Foreign Affairs, that the French government ham
reduced the towage duty levied on &kWh vends engaged
in the indirect trade and drivea by Aral of weather into
French harbours hest Mr. 75e. to lb. per ton.

LOID

RITZ:1111U CONFLAGRATION AT THZ WRZT-ENG.—
(Tsui DAT.)—About 2 o'clock this morning • fire, csmarring
pest scaitmoset, bloke out in the premises belonglig to
r. James Oole, a carver and gilder, situate No. 9, Rupert-
street, Ooventry-atreet, Haymarket. The premium wee*
of eesiderebk extent, extending se far bank as
the homer in Priticesstreet. In • few

;jos the entire range of workshops promoted a
vast sheet of flame. The reflection was seen all
over Loudon, and numbers of persons came from dis-
tant parte to view the progress of the me
By the time the 'twines arrived there appeared sorlal.
limit
chance of saviors several of the homes situated to Princes-
street, but owing to the Jodie:icor directions given they
..aped. The Sr. was not extra gnitMed until the workshops
sad oostents were destroyed, aed the front house damaged,
No. 10, is the MIMS *at reet, belonging to Messrs. Dale and
Co.;No. 65, Princes-street, Mr. Hays, pork butcher ; No.
64, ditto. Mr. J. W. Devise • aed No. 53, John Balker, the
Princes negro, were a/ so &imaged, principally by
and water. The origin al the Sr.. malmeert..."alaZ
sufferer, were not insured.

A
A GOwlelismEffr LOAM POE TIE UNEMPLOYED
0/ BLICIIOI3L—At a meeting of the Blackburn
town email, held y, admit memorial to Sir George
Grey, praying for a loan of 70,0001., at a low rate of In-
ternet, to enable the corporation to promote public works
ler the employment of the operatives, was submitted and
adopted, and the corporate seal ordered to be affixed thereto.
The council waa presided over by Alderman Hutchinson,
who proposed the resolution ire the subject at the meeting
of the commit on Thursday week, when Mr. Eamon and
Mr. Rawlioson were priest. The mayor proceeded to
London yesterday morning, sod the other member. of the
deputation by which the memorial is to be presented went
up bat night ; and than moieties they will have an interview
with dir George Grey, at the Home-olioe.
THE Niw BIBHOI. —The enthronisation of Dr.
Ellicott took place at Bristol Cathedral, on Thu day,
with the meal ceremonial. Amos( the clergy present
were Canon. Plowman and Proms, and the Rem T. B.
Cream and G. Fleme. His lordship preached hie flogger -
moo on Sunday morning at Gloucester Cathedral. It was
in aid of the infirmary, and was characterised by exceed*
iimplicity, while full of deepriliought and beauty of expres-
sion. The text selected by his lordship was St. Luke vii.
13, " And when the Lord saw her He had compagion on
her, and mid unto her, weep not." Notwithstanding the
was aumerous, sad the charity appealed for me
cortte=aad best in the eatuiti7, the collection amounted
to only about 251.—Woils Stamford.
Maurneos 101, THE ZEROING WEB:E.—Monday,
8, Annivemary ; Architects. 8. Tuesday, Ethao-
kirks'. 4. Aanivenery ; Royal 'agitation. 3, " Soured."
Prolamin. Tyndall ; Statigiog, 8, " Pay of the Soldier min.
pared with Wages of the labourer, " Major-General
loch ; Engineers, 8, " Communicatim between Lagoa and
Dublin, " Mr. Watson i " Manufacture of DuAmite
Machines," Mr. Firms. Wednesday, HartiMharaL.
4, Promenade ; Society of Literature. 41 ; Society
of Arta, 8, " Destrnetim Dietillatiou," Dr Paul ;
Geological, 8, " Delman Plants of Maine, Gated: &a. ;"
" New ripecies of Daadmrpetos, kos"Dr. Dawson ; Upper
Old Red Sandstorm Rocks," Mr. Salter; "Belgian of
Sandstone of Oranarty with Reptilian Footprints," Dr.
Gordon and Rev. J. Jogs. Thursday, Numismatic, 7;
Chemical, 8, " Effect of Intense Heat on Fluid," Mr.
Grave; Antiquaries, 8, Election of Fellows; Royal
hBatitutios, 3, Geology," Proforma Angled; Royal,
j, " Sea'. Magoetio Action on the Fag*" Dr.
Chambers; " Numeric Element' of Indies Meteorology,"
Mr. Hennana de Schlagintweit ; " Structure of the m-
ulled Apgar traipolez, sad bipolar Nerve-Cells of the
Frog," Dr. Beals. Friday, Royal lastitution, 8, " Sun's
Chemical Action," Professor Rooms. Saturday, Horticul-
tural, 2, Election of Fellows, 4, Proomads ; Royal lortila•
tion, 3, " Lamaism," Professor Max Midler.
Tar MODERN BARIREIANS. —There etc some
things upon which every human creature famished with
down upon his cheek imagers himself entitled to have an
minim. What youth, however inesperimeid, Mr hesi-
tated to express a confident *meat as to the elaraelie of
a home, the change of • woman, the merits of a picture,
or the skill of a cook ? Nevertheless it is incontestable
that such matters seed donation and experieom —cookery,

perhaps, more than all the rest. The palate of • man
under thirty is without sensibility. It is that
physical faculty which demands even a longer term
for its development than any faculty of the mind.
Invite a youth fresh from college to as entertain-
ment of cunningly cooked dishes. and watch the obtaiimine
of his pereeption. He will smother his oysters in pepper
and vinegar ; be will darken the amber brilliancy of hie dor
map with bleat pepper ; he will defile his salmon by lobster
sauce ; he will demolish, in the twinkling of an eye, without
• moment's redaction, his quenelles and hi outlets ; and
after Id mutton and roast chicken be will call Willy fee
strong beer or half-and-half, iwdewl of sipping in reflective
silence his Chambertis claret or eliampagno. Tt is the came
of chili that they an infortsd gush harlisnins.—The
Mirror.