The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-25 00:00:00

CLERIEKN WELL.

DANCIIIIOCS PIACTICI.
Cogently& Cqffey, a boy ally 11 years of age, and whose
bead did not reaoh to the top of the dock, was charged,
Woes Mr. Harker, with throwing stones on the Metropo.
then Railway, sear King's-crime.
•
Mr. Wakeling appeared for the primmer.
The preoltee of tbrowlcg Ames on to the trains pass-
ingthrough theopeseuttings has now became very frequent,
and in coesequemos of the nuemerous oomplefats Um police hare
received onion to keep ea extra look-ant, sad to take into
custody all plasma found throwing stones on to the lies.
Yesterday the prisoner was standing on the bridge that
ensue the line at George-street, and was sees to throw
mensal stones on the railway at the time one of the trains
wee taming. When he was taken into custody he had •
sloes in his hand, which he said he was about to throw down
on to the emcee for a lark.
Mr. Welding hoped the magistrate would discharge the
raimaar on aeoouat of his age, and be might state that his
permits would take care that the prisoner should not °freed
oinhl•
Mr. Barker, in discharging the prisoner with a caution,
UM him that he might be sent to the Central Criminal
Omit for this offence. If say other boys were brought
before him for this offence they would be most severely
dealt with.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
I.OIOIIIT ON TEI ONION NAM

John Squire, pianoforte maker, of 1, Fredrick-plus,
Caledonian-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwkitt, with
Barak of 30f. mesas of a forged cheque on the Haim
The case having been opened by Mr. Beeves, solicitor to
the beak, who said it was one of a pistol nature inasmuch
u the prisons: was the son of the person whose name was
icreharke Henry Hulse, one of the maim of the Union
Beak of London, Arall•saes branch. mid that Mr. John
Nahum kept an account at the bank. The &egos prods:ad,
dated 23rd February, 1853, purporting to be drawn by Mr.
Jobe Squires for 301.' sad- numbered 56,572, was pre-
empted to him, and he paid it in two 54 notes, sambaed
411,702 and 3, and W. in gold. He believed the primmer to
be the poison who presented the cheque.
Mr. John Squire, pianoforte-maker, of Sattarkinatreet,
Calsdoniaa-road, said be kept an account at the Argyll-
Naos branch of the Union Bank. The cheque produced
Was not in his handwriting, though it was • good imitation.
It was not signed with his knowledge or by his direction.
There is • counterfatl in his cheque-book numbered 56,572.
On the morning of the 23rd of Fsbranry the chops book
was in his writing desk, et which he had been writing. The
prisoner had access to the room and the desk that morning.
He found yesterday morning tart the cheque had been torn
out The prisoner. his sea, on Mondeizsaied Mat he was end
did not cease to work, but the nut enable mom infonned
bins that he bad seen his brother previous d with
money, and in ODODOTIMICO made an examinatlon, sad found
the cheque had been taken from the book.
W. Marsh, 170 N division, proved takin; the prisoner
into costody sad searching him at the station. He found
one 54 note on him, and some money and an old cancelled
chre solicitor said that that was the one evidently used
to copy from
Prisoner mid he had nothing to say.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded him for a week.
WANDBWORTH.

ONDZILKINIAO • earnms.-11110/ITAIS CONVICTION.
JoeepA Shale • river apposition, sad Henry Brooks were
summoned Win Kr. Ingham by the conesrvetors of the
Thames, far an infringement of their bye-laws.
It appeared that the barge Jelin was lieneed for the
dredging of sand in the river; sod the coedited= were that
no sand should be obtained within 100 yards of s bridge,
sad not exceeding 30 feet on either side of the entre
of the neer. In conumuenes of oompialate from the
engineer of the Victoria Railway-bridge that men were
111 the Wit of dredging for mad seer to the
Way, sad likely to cease la ferY to the structure, Rough, one
of the river keeper, sad his son, watched for several eight',
and at lin* on the 21st ult., they law the huge John
moored off Batteries, sad within 50 yards of the peer-head
of the bridge, and the defeadeets were dredging for and.
They watched them forums time, sad when they rowed up
to An= they found about 10 tom of sand is the barge.
The defence was that the sight wss dark, sad thst they
thought they were working a proper distance from the
breiraraßrooki also mid that be had only be et work ea
in a few days, end was *swan et the We.
Mr. hem mad it wee most Imperteat that the taking
of and from so war the bridges shoeld be prevented. He
find Shaw 31. sad 2s. saute, sad Brooks 10a. sad outs.
Joke Crmegome, tae 'Auks of the barge Kate, sad
Boron Wifrick, were are summoned by the comenstors.
The furmueta were watem4 so • BuidaY Wed of the
Dens at Hammersmith, on the Berm aide, loading and
with shovels from the formione. The barge was on the
pond, uit war low water, sad wee within 50 feet of the
river beak. The defindente told Bough that they knew
they VIM doing wrong sad they were many for it.
Mr. Ingham fined Celanese We. sod mete, sad the other
defendant 10s sod nein
Time war greeted to several of the defendants to pay the
money.

FRENCH INTIMAIINTION Iw Airmuca.—Yesterday
(Tneeday) the Liverpool Daily Poe pablialaid a third edi-
tion, metaining • wipe* to the following offset We
have the best yorible authority for mying that the gowns-
ment at Waehingtos be., in term friendly and
mentor!, declined to accept the Preach proposal of me-
diation."