The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-08 00:00:00

THE SECOND MARSHLAND INUNDATION.

KING'S LYNN, TUESDAY.
Very little work at the dams was accomplished
yesterday, the time being occupied almost solely in prepa-
rations and accumulating material. The junction sluice
between the two drains has been closed up by a dam of
sheet piling, as a preliminary to damming the Smeeth and
Fen drain at that spot. The scour through the breach by
the broken sluice has laid bare some of the pilings in the
foundations, and at low water it may be seen how • great
mar of the flank wall, severed from the other part of the
building by • zigzag crack six itches wide from top to
bottom, is only upheld by the projecting top of a single
pile.
it is hardly possible to describe the alarm and depression
occasioned throughout the district by the state of affairs
this morning. The day opened on • heavy rain, which has
continued all day, accompanied 17 a gale from the north
west—the moat adverse combination possible. The tide of
this morning was consequently full four feet higher than
that of last night ; sad this evening (about 7 o'clock) it
will be still higher unless the wind abate. The sea water
rushing through the breach rapidly filled the drain, and
poured over its banks, wherever the cradging had been in -
effectual, into the Marshland sewer, and over the further
bank of this on to the adjoining lands, filling the stack
yards, and coming close up to the houses. Making its way
rapidly up the two main arteries, it filled the internal
drains, and caused them to overflow on either hand. The
scene is now exactly similar to that of May last, but so
much the worse, as Marshland itself is now in-
vaded, as wall as the &ninth and Feu. The flood is
spreading across in the direction of Tilney Buck
(three miles in a direct line from the °nasal). The
fa-men in that neighbourhood have significant warn-
ings of the necessity of removing not only their corn and
stock, but also themselves, their families, and household
On the other side of the drains, in the Feulands,
rciids.case is precisely similar, but aggravated by the low
level of the soil. The flood is making Be way close up to
the Lynn and Wiabech Railroad, and there ie every pros-
pod of this being again submerged and the traffic stopped.
Some attempts have been made to check the flood by
closing the sluices in the various smaller drains ; but in
few mess is this likely to be successful, and it endangers
the stability of the sluices themselves. The parish
and farm roads have already in places bean covered ;
bat at present the water runs off at the obb
tide through the broken sluice and the Marshland sewer.
Large quantities of cattle, sheep, and corn are necessarily,
from the threatened deprivation of standing for them,
forced into the market at Lynn to-day ; and this, with fall-
ing prices for nearly all cereals, is doubly disastrous.
The lsod flooded to-day is estimated at over 2,000 acres.
The Marshland Court of Sewers have held a long meeting
this morning, and, after an animated discussion, have deter-
mined to entrust the safety of their drain and district to
Mr. Valeotise, C.F., and to give him • eark Naneke as to
the works he may think it necessary to execute.

CHA MPIONSHIP OW Till THAMES. —The proposed
contest for the champioaship between Robert Chambers
and Green the Australian, °patience the chief topic of
aquatic circles. Notwithstanding the ill-judged remarks of
some of the Nevroutle papers, Green by no means wishes
to recede altogether from a match, se alleged by our
northern contemporaries. Green, it appears, challenged
Chambers, by private correspondenoe, some time since, and
received DO reply, until the arrival of a letter, dated October
1, in which Chambers, after apologising for the delay which
was caused by the death of Mr. Blakey, one
of his principal hackers, offered to row in eight
weeks. This would bring the match into the latter
end of November, and Green informs us that the winter
will not suit his constitution for training. As there
is a prospect of a match between Chambers and Everson,
Green is prepared to make a match to row the winner next
summer. Hie object, his backers think, will not be attained
unless he rows the attested beet man is England. Chain-
hers, it appears, wishes to row on the Tyne, and offers
201. to Erman to row there, or requires a bet of 2001. in
addition, if be COMBS to Leaden. Everson's challenge is
simply cell* epee Chambers to defend his title to the
rhampionehip of the Thames, which he wrested from Kel-
ley ; and the idea of rowing for the recognised champion-
ship on an other water is absurd. Chambers ought to
know that it dose not look well for one in his position to
endeavour to dictate terms to his challengers at Ben
when the " empty title of Champion of the Thlines" bat
stake. Evasion and south country watermen regard that
title as anything but " empty," and it is one which Grew
has travelled 16,000 miles to win, it possible.—Sporting
Life.
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THE POLICE COURTS.
CURIUM WELL.
Henry Morris, 22, wee charged with violently assault-
ing his father, George Morris, • brazier, of 24, Salis-
bury-crescent, Somer's-town, and attempting to bite off his
The complainant said that, in consequence of the defen-
dant's disorderly conduct he had forbidden him the house;
and last night, in the course of &violent scuttle and alterca-
tion, in which he admitted threatening the defendant with
• knife, the latter jumped on him, threw him down, and
then, stooping over him, attempted to bite off his nose.
This purpose would have been accomplished but for the ap-
peamoos of the police. He was still suffering from the
wound.
The defendant pleaded that he was compelled to do what
he hail done in self defence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said it was a very disgraceful assault,
and sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 405., or in default
of payment one month's hard- labour in the Howes of Cor-
rection.
The defendant, who said he bad no money, was locked
up in default
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
George Lore, formerly steward's room-boy at the Army
and Navy Club, was charged with stealing 401. in notes and
cheques.
Frederick Moyse, the head-waiter at the club, Pall-mall,
said on the 12th May the prisoner was in the employ of the
club, and was sent by him to the Union Bank with 201. in
notes and 201. in cheques to get change, on account of the
club. The prisoner never returned, but he met him yes-
terday and gave him into custody.
Mr. Mackay, one of the cashiers at the Union Bank,
proved that 401. in notes and cheques were changed for the
club, but he could not tell by whom.
The prisoner was remanded.
A man, who at the station refused his name and address,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to obtain
two guns from Messrs. Moore and Gray, guumakers, of 43,
Old Bood-street, by false and fraudulent pretences.
Mr. Frederick Gray, of the firm of Moore and Gray, said
he received a letter by post the day previous to send • pair
of guns to the Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle, Scot-
land. The guns were sent to Stafford House, and an officer
communicated with in consequence of the poet-mark being
of the South London district, while the letter was dated
from Scotland. The porter took the guns, and left them
at Stafford H3llllO.
Charles Butcher, 137 C, mid that about six the previous
evening he went to the Duke of Sutherland's, Stafford
House, and after waiting an hour and a half the prisoner
drove up in a cab to the honer, and rang the bell, and was
admitted by the porter. The prisoner had at the time •
piece of paper in his hand, and remained in the house about
five minutes, and then came out, when he (Butcher) asked
him who sent him for the guns, and he said he was a clerk
at the Enaton• square station, and that he was sent with a
telegram (produced) to have the guns delivered to him by
the porter. He then asked the prisoner where he intended
to have taken the guns if he had succeeded in getting them,
and he replied, " To a man waiting at a public-house on
the right. Land side of the Euston-square station. I
hope there is nothing wrong in my coming to fetch
them. I am certainly not • clerk at the railway station,
as I told you before that I was." He also said that
he was to have 21. for fetching the guns, and that the
man said be was to say he was a clerk at the railway station,
or the porter would not let him have the guns. He then
put the prisoner into a cab, and went to Eustonequare, but
on arriving there prisoner said he could not see the man.
He then took the prisoner to the Vice-street station. He
had another case against the prisoner for obtaining a gun
from the Marquis of Lansdowne's house.
Prisoner had nothing to say, and was remanded.
The prisoner was then charged with obtaining • gun from
tie Marquis of Lansdowne's.
Mr. Stephen Grant, 73, St. James's-greet, gunmaker, said
be nested on September 4 a letter by post purporting to be
signed by the Earl of Shelburne, and directing that a gun
should helmet to Berkeley-square. The letter was posted
in London. He sent the gun the same day by a porter. The
value of the gun was 521., with 500 cartridges.
Edward Toomey, porter to Mr. Grant, proved taking the
eta to Lansdowne-honor about three weeks ego, and leaving
rt with the porter.
Alexander Leigh, porter to the Marquis of Lansdowne,
said—On the 4tb of September last witness brought • gun
and left it with him at the gate. Priaoeer was waiting for
it, and said he was sent by Mr. Stephenson, one of the
officials of the Great Western, Lord Shelburne being the
chairman, for the gum. He spoke of the Bari Shelburne as
the chairman, and Mr. Saunders, the secretary, and on
being asked if he was is the company's melee, he said he
was, and had been three yews. Believing the prisoner's
statement about his connexion with the elattne, and saying
that Mr. Stephenson had had • oornmesicatbm from the
, Earl of Shelburne that morning requesting him to send the
gun, he handed it to the prisoner, and he took it away in
a cab.
The prisoner was oommittod on this derv%
WESTMINSTEIL
Ate then was charged with the following miens or
malt :
Petri* Hortmet slated that be was im 'Turk's-row, ()hobos,
on Monday ettessoma, whom the &deadest sad some other
wows ammo to the maw whine he ins balking to a
mil lova to abase lam. He gsist mess heed to tbsfr,tt
this they emeetwesi paths hies with mks* awl owe of
the wawa shush him with • Wilk with* his hod

men,
Mr. Poynter said, even if it were so defendant was bound
to leave the station when ordered by the inspector. It was
a moat serious thing to stop the traffic at a railway in this
manner. He hoped the penalty he was about to impose
would serve as a caution to other cabmen. He should
floe defendant 405., and if brought before him again would
suspend his license.
He was locked up for a month in default.
SOUTHWARK.
George Connor, Mary ARA Nyland, Jane Smith, and
Isabera Wilson, all well-dremed persons, were brought
before Mr. Combs, charged with being concerned in stealing
• portmonnaie, oontaininefive Napoleons sod other morey,
from the person of a French lady named Catharine Letelune,
in the Booking-office of the North Kent Railway, London.
bridge terminus.
Mr. Baum officiated as intvpreter, the prosecutrix not
understanding the English laoguege.
John O'Hara, a porter in the employ of the South Eastern
Railway Company, said that at a quarter to two that after-
noon he was on duty in the North Kent booking office, when
he saw the male prisoner and Mary Ann Nylaod go up to a
French lady. The woman took from the dram of the latter
something, and passed it to her companion. Whams
saw at once that it was a red portmonnaie, and called
one of the company's police, who stopped those persona,
found the portmonoaie on the man, and took him into cus-
tody.
The proeecutrix was swore, and mid, through Mr. Baum,
that at a quarter to two o'clock she was at the booking-
office of the North Kent Railway with two gentlemen.
She had at that time in the pocket of her dress • red mo-
rocco portmon.naie,containing five Napoleons, a few shillings,
Nod Nome papers. She recollected some persons pushing by
her and her dress being pulled, and a man came up to her
and asked her if she had loet anything. She instantly missed
her portmonnaie and contents. Bhe identiEed the one pro-
duced as her property.
Mr. Combo asked what evidence there was to show that
the prisoners were all together prior to the robbery !
f3ergeunt Scannell, M division, specially employed at the
South Eastern Railway terminus, said he was on duty at the
Dover terminus as the time, and be saw all the prisoners
conversing together. They walked about, and entered the
refreshment department sod had sherry together. Witness
watched them, and saw Connor and Nyland go into the
North Kent booking.oftios Witness kept his eyes on the
others, sod a few minutes afterwards he saw Connor and
Nyland in custody. and then be apprehended the others.
Wilson here MO that she was a stranger to all the others,
and was going to Woolwich. She was innocent.
In answer to Mr. Comte, Nyland said that her husband
was a working jeweller, and lived in Nelson-street, Long-
lane, Bermondsey.
Connor also said he was a working jeweller, and lived at
the same place. The other two women, he assured his
worship, were strangers to him.
Smith said she wan s widow, as Wilson was, and they
both lived in Marrion-street, Hackney-road. They knew
nothing of the other prisoners.
Mr. Combs was about to commit all the prisoners for
trial, when
Mr. Baum, the interpreter, informed his worship that
the prosecutrix would be compelled to proceed home to the
north of France in a few days.
Mr. Combs said that as such was the case he would deal
with Connor and Nyland at once for the felony, if they
liked to plead guilty, but as for the others, they would be
remanded until Friday.
Connor and Nylanil at once pleaded guilty, and begged
his worship to deal leniently with them.
Mr. Combo sentenced each of them to six months' hard
labour under the Criminal Justice Act.
HAMMERSMITH. - - -

Henry Stevens, a toll collector, was charged before Mr.
Ingham with embezzlement
Mr. Robert Gooddiog, a lessee of tolls, said the prisoner
had been in his service a fortnight. lie told him that he
did not know what be should pay him, but he was to live
out of the gates or tolls. and to account to biro for Use re-
mainder. lie first placed him in charge of the Weetbourne-
green gate, and on the 29th of September he removed bins
to the Kensal.green gate. In consequence of bearing that
the Prisoner was not conducting himself according to wit-
, neas s satisfaction, be sent a man on Sunday morning to
take his place. When witness went to the gate be found
that the prisoner bad left only 41. 16e. instead of 71. 9a. that
he had collected.
The witness handed up to his worship the prisoners An-
cona., specifying the amount of tolls collected each day.
Mr. Ingham remerked that the prisoner had accounted
for the receipt of the tolls, but had not paid them over.
The prosecutor, io answer to questions, said he did not
tell the prisoner what he was to live on. He was to take
what be required for his living and to pay over the remainder
of the tolls. The collectors generally lived upon the best of
things.
Mr. Ingham said the prisoner might have been keeping
hie carriage out of the tolls. There was a differenoe of opi-
. Moo between them as to the mode of living.
The prosecutor said the accounts rendered by the prisoner
gave &statement of the remainder of the tolls after his keep
bad been deducted.
Mr. Ingham thought the uncertain language of the living
out of the tolls rendered it impossible to make the cue one
of felony. It bet it indefinite, as one man could lire on •
shilling • day while another would require ten shillings.
The prosecutor said it was the practice at all the gates in
the metropolis to pay the collectors • certain sum per day
Imad their keep out of the tolls.
Mr. Ingham was of opinion that there was no westossle-
meat, and recommended the prosecutor, if he wished to
Imake it a criminal offenoe, to pay • Ludes= io !atm*.
The prisoner was then discharged.

TH3 ALHYROrourAN LINDE:ROHM:MD RAILWAY.—
It was announced that this line of railway would be opened
on Moodey, bet owing to some unforeseen delays it has been
found iseommay to postpone the day for the opening until
the lath imanat.
Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pro-
tne Odom pandas id Wieder brown leave, he In the
rkhur es
Tr Ile irsdrrad, therefore eleeye
- Alta Slid Paste by Len apaeL—(l4verilessient.