The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

OMER PAULA'S ARMY.

The Patrie publishes a letter frora Constantinople
of the 18th inst., in which it is said :
" As misfortunes never come singly, the rumour ii
current among the public that Omer Puha, on sp.
preaching Kutais, encountered unexpected obstacle,
which rendered an attack on that city almost imp*
Bible. It is said to be defended by a numerous. ger•
riven, while at the game time a considerable sexual
corps keeps the field, and threatens to fall on Omu
Pacha's small force."
Other accounts from Constantinople agree pith
the earlier intelligence by way of St. Petersburg,
that the Turkish general had fallen back en Refloat
Knish.

GERMANY.
King George of Hanover has just abolished
by jury for political oftenoes in his dominions by he
mere decree. 'Lie. on account of published irtln,ll
are also withdrawn from the cognisance of pins.
This sovoreign, the public is aware, is the weal
loon of our late Duke of Cumberland.

The King of Sweden has conferred the order of the
Seraphim on Count Walewski, tke French Minister el
Foreign Affairs:
The Emperor of Russia has bestowed the ceder of
St. George of the second Cass on General Mouraveiff. 'bile
Lieutenant Koreakoff, who was the bearer of the nowt
the tall of Kers to his Majesty, has been raised to the mai
of captain and appointed aide-de-camp to the Emperor.
Mine. 0. Sand has just had a comedy arcePtt
the
a at
the F'asc'ia, entitled L'lrrisolu. When read before
committee, the numbers were equal—four favourable, fast
against—in which case, it seems, the liberality of the reply
Sons gives the decision in favour of the author.
M. Scribe proposes to lay aside the pen hellos lied I
for thirty years so much to the delight of thousands;
totbe
bet
we (Golielnani) must, in truth, add he has worn it
td LA
stump.' Fie promises one more comedy, to be oil
Derniere Piece.
The Porte St. Martin is preparing the o,estee
Euripides for representation, translated from the Omsk W
Alexandre Dumas. The teagedy is to be produced will
minutest attention t• the accessories of the Athenian ersol
in costumes and furniture, and Al. Clesinger, the 000
has modelled the groups in clay to be imitated by the ellen*
A letter from Milan, in the Opinions of Turin, WE
" The concordat just concluded between Austria and Os
Holy See has not met with favour here. For some air
past the words ' Down with the concordat,' sad simX
sentiments, ham limn chalked upon the walls of the std'
bishop's pages by nnknowa hands, and are wawa le fill
as they are wiped off y the polies."
Russian NErs.— b "
Letters from the Crimea," egi
the Saha Public of Lyons "have often spoken of the ton
which the Russian soldiers' used in their Dies, is ord.?,
take some of their opponents prisoners. o'''. 101
twiner ppC°
liberated from service, who has resumed hit ,
Hon of a silk weaer, wishing a day or two beck to ror.
comrades in the workshop an example of the mode of S
ploying these articles, one of which he had beonght
1 from Sebastopol, threw the net suddenly ever
b
workman who had his back turned. This latter, being ;I'M
tht !!:
stridently drawn from his balance, fell heavily cm
and broke his leg. The consternation of tbe
scarcely be imagined, and, abr.' all, of the triad nu
foe
experiments. A collection was immediately made ab:
injured man, and, as the fracture is a simple ma, d."
ill effects Om a period of tweed inaction ire sprigto

LAW

THIS DAT.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

=mu ra. telamown I
111 NA IDWARDS.

Tee Matinee. W.Tielwesde. u do sad peeler iserelisat,
et Ciess-steest, Mallory, appliod far lie esstilieste. He
owed to assmoroi neaten 6011.; wets abut 3001.
Ms. Lownou oapiwitod ; tkwn wu Moppoitka. •
suoadroloso 'agitate wu rutted.

111 RI IIIIZII.

The beakrupt was ea iroasseager, of Piakerlar tenses,
Ileyswatee. This was the ezensimatisa asseting. He owes
te sasseared treaters. 1,0901. ; the assets are estimated at
&best 4691. He pawed unopposed.
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IN 13 WIPTIN AND =NIL
The beak:apes, Wm. Walla sad Frederick Wa. Rise,
bad ousted ea bagasse es plariarcard swasfestaurs, 1*
Leap-sere, India' wider the fins or style of Wins,
Lisp, sad Co. This was the fiat stream seder the beak.
naptey, for proof of debts sad 'helm of ass/guns. Mr.
M. W. Markey, wholesale eta ti
Joser of Mciaser-street, was
applaud wed. wipes.
aseipaeo Mr. ohann is the eMcdal
; sad Mt. Stopher the 'DUMP( ander the
beakraptey.
A prelluisuy statement of affairs prepued by Maws.
Harding sad Pullout, the 11100111ktasits, shows the following
lesalts : —Creditors of WiMa sad King, 2,9711. ; ditto limier
101., 861. ; ditto for goods supplied dies the dissolatiea of
partaeiship is OeUber, 1866, 2111. ; ditto under 101, 611. ;
Orediten payable ia fall, 3741. ; liabiliWs, 8181. Good
dielfwes, 6431. ; doubtful ditto, 4411. (estimated to realise
3001) ; bad ditto, 1841. ; debtors for goods sapolisd slue the
iikesiaties, 6911 ; stock in trade, estimated at 8001. ; pleat
sad washisery 'diluted at 8001.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

OUILDNAI.I.
JVVIIIIII.I DIP/LAYTTY.

A boy, whom head warmly reached the desk, was
elasspd by ►is nether, Aaa Seaward, with stealing 10e.
It appeared that the prisoaer was a met isermigible led,
std notwithstanding all the attempts of his mother le reform
W, he still watineed his practise et thieving. TM pow
masa who seemed very sash affected, stated that ea last
Saturday week she left fear half creme ea the matelpieee,
sad having had measles to go up stairs, m her retura
head them gem. The risme, had pemieuely robbed her
Mt this She teepee his. He had hoes away Ma
Mae fee a week shies be took the Massy, mad she was afraid
be bed bees led away by bad Empalme.

The primer admitted Miss the limey.
Alderma System said it we truly pastel to see me
ss yeuag placed is such a positios. Tile meat Mt, how-
ever, required the attendance of two magistrates to deal
summarily with the ewe, sad he should reseed the prisoner
ggt Saturday for that purpose.
BOWSTKEIT.

a RAVING ♦ amine
Idasund Jobs Patsy, as athletic young fellow, who said
fee wm • sailor heleaging to her liejuty's ship Rodney,
was charged wit► ussalsiag Janes Williams.
Complaisant, who tioseribed himself ss lamplighter at
hiag's College, stated that at about half-past sieves lest
sight he was pleas( with • friend through New street,
fleessalsedes, wises he met the viscose, sad assidestally
Notated him la passing. The prisoser tussled !apes him
sad discharged a volley of abusive epithets, promptly
followed by • skewer of blows. &fere he was
wefieiestly resseesed treat the surprise of this attack to
defend himself, the primer had hawked him dews, sad
was rallies ever Ida is the mud. Then ksesliag apse his
skeet as be lay, the prises.: seised hiss by the throat sad
eadeavessed Is straggle him, making at the mats Sine sash
almervations as " Oh, you —, yes'n nearly gone ; yea%
very coca disks; l'U Satoh you," Its. ComplAssat's
*Mad, however, same to his •id, sod got the primmer sway
from Ida. ♦ were straggle issued, bat ultimately the
primer was empowered, by the united exertions
sosoplakisat end his friend, who detained him till •
poikessa esme sp. He was druids.
The prisa•se said that complaisant attacked him first.
Cosplaiasat dialed this, and called his friend, who fully
eseubor•ted his statement. T►e prissier thou soiled kis
mother, who woe with a friend, a little is advance of him,
hat who did set use the coutssesmaseat of the affray.
Being asked if he bad scything more to say is debase,
The prises's replied that keels, just retuned from the
Cebu*, where he had fought is the trochee, sad bad ham
severely wounded, he thought when he got hems be had
a right to have • little esjoymoat. He had boss &taking
with some Meads.

—..—
Fiaad 30►., at ii &fault maaaittod for tourism days.
TM Ma was paid.

♦ IVULAX

Ilf ThoUILI.

Mums Duals**, aged 46, of no home or moupatiso, a
Ramis& deserter, was placed at the bar before Mr. Comte i
charged with being desk sad incapable of taking we of
himself la lisffellpstreet, Pentleaville.
It appeared that Polise-coastable Benjamin Conk*, 263
11, when oa duty last night in Suffolk-street, Peatonville,
about eight o'clock, saw the prisoner quite drunk sad
lampable of taking care of himself. He asked him to go
away, bat, although he did nit absolutely refuse, he eased
auk a mob that the pollinates was compelled to look Ida
up. The miaow was sae ef the two MMIII who deserted
hos the Radii amiss, sad was picked up by the captain
of her Majesty's ship Bulldog, w►ile assign ia the Baltic,
sear the Woad Isles. Whoa he was searched at the Melee,
6a. 9d. and a lod were towed upon him. He went very
quietly to the statism.
Mr. Cents, as the:prisoner went quietly with the polka.
sad, and had hoes looked asp all night, discharged his, and
his money was given lip to him.

SOUTHWARK.

101111111 T Time • DA•raa's SHOT.

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Robert Mills, a hearty-looking man, was Awed with
'Malin a plea of &upset, vales 64, from the shop of Mr.
rialtos, draper, 67, Biosithiamread-
William Cooper, assistant to the prosecutor, stated that
shoot five os Saturday eveniog, h. saw the primmer enter
the doorway, wham goods wore ezposed for sale, snatch up
a large roil of dragnet, value 61., and ran away with it.
Witness panned him, and stopped his, with the property
is his possession, when he begged his peados, and requited
his to let him go. Ho, however, gave him into custody.
Polka•constable 606 A, said that the prisoner told him
he had bad nothing to eat fir two days, which was the
reason of his stealing the drone.
The prisoner pleaded Guilty. and was committed for
three months.

Mary Griffiths, Ana Morrie, sad Margaret Lee were dully I
ozarainad, hafore Kr. Elliott, en • charge el stealing • piste I
of printed eutton, the property of Mr. Godsmark, a draper.
The pruners is the Ent isomer desist the sharp with
mach vehemence, sad represented themselves as respestable
sad hard-workiag people ; bat, isquiries !Levis( bees made
shoat them, it was feud that they believe& Mlle addresses,
mad today a wonatable treat the 0 divkdisi was la ahead-
aces, sad repreeested*the primers as the aseselates of
several of the seat import thieve. is Shoreditsh, Hisplast-
read, sod the aigliboarbeed, two of theta—namely, Lee
Ind Griffithe—baviag bees is custody before.
Nadiag themselves thu detected, the prisoners ees-
limed their gailt, sad the ease was dealt with ander the
Bruasury Juliana.. Act.
Lee was sentsseed to fear menthe, Griffiths three menthe,
Mil Noe* t• Ws months• imprisonment, is Wandsworth
Roue el Comedies.

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