The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-12 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Mania Manintan sod Ellen (?!adman, his wife, were
charged with assaulting Policeman Hampton, 173 F.
Hampton deposed—About one o'clock this morning I was
called In by the female prisoner to their lodgings, at No. 1,
Ilpemakers'-alley, to take the male prisoner in custody
for assaulting her. She was bleeding from a wound
in the heed. I told him be must come with
me, and be said be would see me -- first.
I took him in custody and when I got him
into the court he began to struggle violently
with me, striking and kicking me. He also seized me by
the threat and nearly strangled me. I drew my staff from
my pocket, and struck him on the arm to mike him let go.
He wrestled with Me and threw me on the ground, sod
while I was down the wife took my staff out of my hand
sad hit me on the back with it. Ultimately, with the help
of another constable, I got them to the station•house. They
were both very drunk.
Mr. Henry fined the man 405., or in default of payment
21 days imprisonment ; the woman, who had acted very
ungratefully in attacking the officer, who was acting for her
protection, must pay Ms. or be imprisoned for 7 days.
The female prisoner begged the magistrate to let her
husband off on the ground th it be would not have aseaulted
the constable if he had not been drunk. They were both
veto sorry.
Mr. Henry said it probably was quite true that they
would not have done it it they had been sober, but he
could not accept that manse.
The prisoners, being unable to pay the fine, were corn.
mitted for the terms above stated.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE NEW ROYALTY THEATHIL -APPLICATION TO TH! COURT.
This morale,/ • Dumber of petaoia employed at the New
Royalty Theatre attended to eak advice under the following
01.i:comities's

Use of the applicants, a stage carpenter, said that he wan
engaged by Mr. Emery, the manager, but had always been
paid by Mr. Caldwell, of Deanetreet, whose name appeared
co ;be bills as the proprietor of the theatre. (hi Saturday
evening, on applying to Mr. Caldwell:as usual for payment
of hi. week's adary, he wail told there was no treasury. He
'imbed to know what he was to do.
The applicant was told that he had better apply to the
comity court.
Another of the applicants, the property mut, stepped
forward, and said that he had, on packing up his articles,
taken away a pistol entrustad to him to clean by Mr. Emus',
sea., and was given in charge for stealing A ; but on lasing
taken to the aration•house the inspector, on hearing his
reason for detaining k —that he hal no order from Mr.
Emery to give it up to an person, and th,t he had not
been paid for cleaning i to take the charge.
This applicant was also referred to the county court for a
mttlemeot of his claims, as were all the others.

DI:ELI:11 M ACCIDENT AT • COTTON MILL AT
Wrsvuouotrrotr.-0a Saturday forenoon an occurrence of
%most fearful character took place at the Albit.n (24ton
LH, Weathoughton, the property of Mr. J. Pilkington.
mak named Robert Hibbert, a mechanics, aged 38, was in the
bet of putting •strap on • doubling frame, when him slop
tram caught by the strap, and be was taken round the shaft,
which was working at the time at the rate of 110 revolutions
tttinute. The poor fellow waa frightfully mangled, and
bur death wee almost lastuitaaeous, his right leg befog torn
of! at the calf. Although mineral persons were present and
interred the occurrence, they were unable to render any
seriatim» until the engine was stopped, and when the
body wins removed from the shaft there was not the least
011 of life.