The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-29 00:00:00

MARYUBONL

The number of charge@ of "drunks and incapable.," and
"drunks and disorderhas,“ were much more numerous than
usual, even for Christmas time, and in conseqnsoce Mr.
Knox took his seat precisely at ten o'clock in order to get
through the Waimea. The moat serious charge was pre-
ferred against a young man named Matinee Bermingham.
Richard Salt, 150 D, produced a handful of hair, which
he said the prisoner had pulled out of the bead of a woman
whom be had been dragging about. The woman now de-
clined to appear. There were others present to charge him.
Catherine Coonor, a respectable married woman, whoop
head was in bandages, said that on Saturday afternoon,
she was in her parlour, at No. t, Walmer-place, when she
observed a mob outside. On going to ascertain the canes
she maw a female lodger of ben on the ground surrounded
by ten or twelve rough girls and two or three rough fel.
lowa. The prisoner was kneeling oa the top of the fmshe,
and in the act of biting her ear off, when she (witness)
took bold of him by the collar to pull him of Am soon as
she had done so prisoner struck her with his fist a most
violent blow on the month. He then took off his belt and
struck her a fearful blow with the buckle end of it, felling
her to the ground and causing the injuries from which she
is now suffering. She was quite inamisible, and bad to be
taken to the hospital to have her wounds dressed.
Johannah Daly, a general servant, said she was standing
at the door of last einem when the prisoner with amob
of girls without bonnets or shawls on and two or three
rough fellows surrounded her and pulled her down. The
prisoner knocked her down and the rest fell upon her.
Prisoner caught hold of one of her earrings and tried to
pull it oat. Retina opened his mouth, and we. in the set
of bating ber when her landlady pulled him of. She was
so knocked about. and her.bsir pulled so violently, that she
became himitsible.

Nary Welsh (who had a frightful black eye) was also
=n
ay much knocked about, and had bad a quantity of hair
out.
Mr. Knox sentenoed the prisoner (who behaved in a
very ineolent manner during the inquiry) to six months im.
prksonroent in the House of Correction, with hard labour.

LAMBETH.
Mr. William Henry Manners, a person of respectable
appearance, and for seven years one of the poor and general
rate collectors in the parish of Lambeth, was charged with
smbezdieg various sums of money received by him on ac-
count of the parish. It will be recollected that it was only
last week that Mr. Turner, another poor-rate collector of
the none parish, pleaded guilty at the Surrey Sessions to
a charge of appropriating to his own use about 1,8001., and
was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, sad the pre-
sent charge coming so immediately after the ether has
mused a perfect " sensation " amongst the ratepayer.
Mr. Thomas Wilkinson Archbint said he was clerk to
Mr. John Benjamin Clerk, clerk to the governors sad
guardians of Lambeth parish, and knew the pigeon from
his having bees employed for about some yearn as a poor
and general rate collector in the pariah. He (tritium) also I
knew Mr. Davis, the proprietor of the Horne Tavern, sad
one of the rate-payers of the parish, and it was the pri-
soner's duty to wiled his (Mr. Davies) rates. On refer-
riog to the rate-hook produced be found an *ritzy for the
amount of rates made ea Mr. Davis cm the Ist of September
last, 201. 16e. Bd. namely, poor-rates, 13/. 10s. 10d.,
mid general rate, 71. se. 10d., and the receipt produced for
that amount was la the prisoner's handwriting. Os turning
to the oonsterpsrt of that receipt, he (warmers) found that
• instead of the name of Mr. Davis being entered with the
amounts he had stated, there was that of "Bittos," with
an amount of 104 d, so that in that single collection he ap-
propriated 201. 15s. '93d. to his own IMO.
In reply to a queetioe from Mr. Norton, Mr. Rogers said
be meet feared the prisoner's defalcations would be found
to he considerable, and therefore he should at pressed object
to bail.
The primal, was then remanded.

Wire MURDER Hi LrvamrooL—A woman named
Elimbeth Lewis was killed in Church-street, Bobo, on
Saturday night, by her husband. The woman, who was
very Intemperate re hut habits, drank heavily os Saturday,
and whilst in a lulf-muddled state allowed a companion to
deal a quilt and • sheet from her children's bed. The
kfflabasd, a teetotaller, was very much enraged at his wife's
eseduct, and struck her a blow in the fain with
his fist. The woman fell, as if in a fainting
It, and Lewis na to fetes her some water, as he
led dose white she had fainted on previnus occasions. lbs.
Lewis, however appeared almost lifeless, sod her husband
mu for • dolor,
who found life to be estiact. Dr. Taylor
fund • wound nadir the chi., but he Woks this may
have been sustained by • fail. Lewis was taken into cus-
tody bonialiately, and brought before the Liverm,ol magis-
trates yesterday, what he was remanded until to-day. The
acumer will moat probably bold an inTieet to-day.
THB MuaDaw IN LOWER FRIDIRICE-RTREEtt
LIVERPOOL—Joseph if Orath, who was stabbed by a
Msailiassaa in the above street os Friday, lea slue died.
Minima li'Ciratb, his cousin, who was also wounded, is
dais well.