The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1

On the 12th of last month the prisonen, brothers, were I
found in possession of the property, offering it la pledge at
a pawnbroker's at Ratcliffe. It appeared that It was stolen
from the residence of the prosecutor, 23, Upper Harley-
street, sad that en the day of the rubbery one of the pri-
soners called at the house, and made an inquiry for a per-
I son wbo, he said, was a servant there, but who was not
known at all. It was 'apposed that he then carried off the
contents of the plate basket.
The prisoners were found Chilly, and sentenosicace to
one year's bard labour.

Asiseis els Partin Illawne, at, • German, was indicted
for smalls( the sponge-, the property of Dr. pashas, phy-
sician to the Westminster Hospital.
On the lith of April last the prisoner went to the prose-
cutor's house on the premium el asking to be capped es
pathologiad drawings, and while the servant was ab-
sent foe a moment he Mole three silver spoons from a side-
board.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Since the offences
was committed be has had six months' imprisonment for
another of a simile! character.

Us Was mimed to seven years transportation.
Bayou Ila. WITILAN.

C. Nara* and T. IValidna were indicted for felo-
niously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwell-
ing house of John Connell, and stealing therefrom a
quantity of plate, value SOt.
The prosecutor is • gentleman of property, residing at
No. 3, St. John's-gardens, Notting-WU. He and bin sister,
who resides with him, were at Cheltenham, and during their
abscneo the house was under repair. The prisoners were
employed on the roof, and in the night of the 2nd of Octo-
ber broke into the store room and carried off tho property
mentioned in the indictment.

The prisonen were found Geilty, and the court sentenced
them each to ten yews' transportation.

the side had been opened, from which the prosecutor was
induced to Respect some one in his employ ; and, from
further information, ke gave the prisoner iuto custody in
the morning. It was the prisoner's duty to see the pre-
, mules carefully fastened when closed, and to keep the keys
while the other parents were &Irene. _

Williams Hughes and Richard Hughes deposed to seeing
the prisoner leering the premises in question on Sunday
morning, about eleven o'clock, ea they were going to
church. They knew him by sight, as they lived nest door
to Messrs. Whittaker's, and noticed that he stepped back
to let them pass. Ile was, they thought, dressed in black.
Dlr. Hood said when the prisoner came to his house he
was dressed in a black coat and waistcoat. _

Daniel May, •datective *Meer, said he was called in and
witnessed the disturbed state of the premises described by
Mr. Hood, who showed hint when the entry had been
made. The prisoner was called into the private room and
asked when he last saw the premises safe, and he said it
was at nine o'clock on Saturday night, and the next time
he saw them was at six o'clock on Sunday evening, when
he wee pasting to church. He tried the door, and found
it open. He told witness he had never left his lodgings
during the whole of the day on Sunday until be wont to
church in the evening. He also described to witneu the
place %here the entry wail made, and how effected; hut,
although an entry by that window might have been gained
from the outside, the weakness of the fawning, could only
have been suertained from within, and was not in any
way apparent outside.
Mr. Hood said that an entry at the lame window had
been attempted about eighteen months ago.
The accused was remanded (or further inquiries.
No portion of the property has been recovered.
MARYLEBONE.
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Amu Campbell, Ti;it:eilo;ii;ig female, about 28
years of age, was charged with stealing a quantity of
jewellery, the property of Mrs. Phillips, late of 4.1, Albert-
street, Camden-town.
The °Meer Lockerby, on being sworn, said—On Sunday '
afternoon, in consequrnee of information I had received, I
wcut to Ashton-villa, Kuowle-hill, near Maidenhead, with
Mr. Templeman, junior (prisoncr's solicitor). I saw the
prisoner with another lady on the lawn, sod asked her if
her name was Miss Campbell. She replied that it was ;
and, on my telling her that I wished to speak to her, she
asked me to walk in. I did so, and then told her I was a
pollee-officer. She asked me what was the matter, and
I informed her that a quantity of jewellery had
been stolen from Mrs. Phillips's during the time
she was there, and that she was suspected. She
asked me who suspected her, and I told her
Mee. Phillips, by whom I had been sent down to find her.
She said, " Bow could Mrs. Phillips suspect me after the
kindness I have shown her; if any ono has taken the
articles of jewellery they must have been taken by her
daughter." She asked me it they had beta questioned
stout them, and 1 told her they had, but they denied all
knowledge of the affair. She (prisoner), at my request,
gave me up her keys, saying, "ton may scorch me first,
and my boxes afterwards." I did not then search her, but
went with her and the lady to a room where there were
some boxes, and which she (prisoner) raid were her's.
While I was is the act of unkcking a trunk prisoner, who
was much agitated, ran out into the yard, into which
I followed her, when she said she must have •
glass of water. Mr. Templeman was with me, and
I left her with him. I went back to the room, mid
in the pn:senee of the Lady who was on the lawn with
prisoner I searched the trunk, in which I found a small
box. The said box was unlocked by primer?, and in it''
were a pearl brooch, a pearl necklace, a pair of ear-dropo,
I a pair of bracelets, and a Maltese cross, so also a c rucifix,
wrapped up in flannel. Lockerby here produced the arti-
cles lie had enumerated, with the exception of the crucifil.
Prisoner said, .. I saw Mrs. Phillips snow these things one
evening. I understood her to say she was going to sell
them, and I thought her daughters had more right to them
than she had. I did not intend keeping them myself. I
wee trying to get two of the young ladies into a convent, as
i their mother behaved so bad to them, and by presenting the
I jewels to the convent the ladies would be well treated, if
they presented anything of the value of 201. Others who
gave nothing would ho sery differently dealt with." Pri- '
saner afterwards said that her mother had charge of tho 1
things, and that upon one occasion she (her mother) gave
her the key of a drawer, to which she went to get some
cuffs ; she then took the jewellery. She alleged that she
was going to sell the valuable property fur Mrs. Phillip*,
who, as she alleged, was in hard circumstances, but I he-
rlieve she is worth 700/. to 8001. per year. When I took
prisoner into custody, the other lady said she would give up
the jewels. l'Aisoner cried and said she took thesis for the
rule purpose of getting the young ladies into a convent.
Mr. Broughton—ls the prisoner a catholic ?
Lockerby—She if, sir. When I took her, she said that,
if she were let off this time, she would not off; sad again. 1
told her she must come to London in my custody, when she
cried, and said she wished to go before a magistrate in the
eouuty where I took her.
Mr. Broughton—Are the Misses Phillips eatholies ?
Lockerby—'They are not, air. Mrs. Phillips it the widow
of a clergyman of the church of England.
Mr. Broughton—What are the ages of the daughters ?
Lockerby—The eldest of the young ladies is 22 years.
' There is a son also.

Tempkmen (to Lookerby)—Did not the prisoner soy
that, if she had wanted to dispose of the property, she bad
ample opportunity of doing so ?
Lockerby here henth d in letters and papers which be
found in a pocket-book taken from the prisoner. The
whole of the said documents were banded to the magistrate.
Mr. Broughton looked over the lettere, Ile., produced by
the officer, and in some of them the name of Dr. Peery was
given in reference to a Mire Clara Powell, who had been ad-
vised to see him.

lieprisoner;on being asked what she had to say in n-
ewer to the charge, replied, "I plead guilty to taking the
jewels, bat not to stealing them. I tried to get the
young ladies into a convent. On the contrary, I dissuaded
them from doing so, knowing, of course, that they were
unfit unless they entered the catholic religion. If they had
done so I should have been very happy to have seen them
there." _ _ _

Mrs. Phillips, to whom the property belonged, was not
present. It was stated she was at Exeter.
Mr. Broughton, after carefully reviewing the whole of
the evidence adduced, remarked, that the offence of en-
deavouring to proselytise the daughters of a protestant
clergyman and induce them to enter a convent was an
offence of a most serious description, and he should remand
the prisoner till Monday next.
On being removed from tho bar by Addey, the gaoler,
lobs beset Into tears, and exclaimed, " Oh, for God's sake,
dea't mad no to prison. I ens an officer's daughter, and •
gesasers pambeghter." She was then locked up.

LAMBETH.
When the prisoners Chamberlain and Wells, conduction
of Halls' omnibuses, were placed at the bar for re-cam:Jaw
, Hon on the charge of embezzlement, the prosecutor informed
the court, by his attorney, that be withdrew from the cue:
penitential letters bad been received from the prisoners, and
their former employer, without intending to place himself
again in their power, he hoped that the punishment they
had suffered would adequately Impress them with the value
et honesty.
This resolution surprised the court, which directed that
the badges and licenses of the prisoners should be placed in
the hands of the Commissioners of Police, with a statement
of the circumstances which had trait:pixel

The prisoisen were Chen discharged.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

TVZSDAT. Nov

The state of the Weather at cash of the following places
at Nice o'clock yesterday moraiag. The listless are
arranged in order of latitude.
HASTINO%-8. ; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
Botrritanrrox—S. ; Strong Breese; Rain.
FOLIIIITONK—S:; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
TIIIII3IIIDOI-B.W. ; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
Itseneuevonn—N.E.; Gentle Breese;
GAIRNWICH—CaIm • Overcast.
62t00n-13.W. ; Cam ; Rain.
Swintion-8.W.; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
Coscummus—.B.W.; Gentle Breese; Foggy.
C•1011411)011—S. ; Gentle Breese ; Rain.
YARXOUTIII—W. ; Gentle Breese ; Cloudless.

The returns from the following places did not reach this
dice in time for publication yesterday; they therefore
indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at
nine o'clock.
Dusan:x-8.W.; Cslm ; Cloudless.
motxtrou•a-8.; Qcnlle DM.. I ()MINIM.
POOL/I—W.; Gentle Breese ; Partially Cloudy.
Lascassza—W. ; Gentle Breese; Partially Cloudy.
E Strung Breeze ; Rein.
1).11111.1110TON—E.S.E. ; Gentle Breeze; Baia.

THIS DAY, Now,.
Calm of Wla& Strength of Mad. Btaie of tl e Weather.
&W. Gentle Breese. Rain.

ONE OF TIIE OREAT LEVELLERS. would b 0
curious, as illustrating the equality of sleep, to inquire how
many of its phenomena aro common to all classes, to all
degrees of wealth and poverty, to every grade of education
and ignorance. Here, for example, is her Majesty Queen
victoria, in her palace this present blesatil night, and hr re
is Winking Charley, • sturdy vagrant, in one of Its! Ma-
jritf's jails. liar Majesty has fallen, many thousands of
times, from that same tower, which I claim a right to
tumble off sow and then. So has Winking Charley. Her
fdajeaty in her sleep has opened or prorogued parliament,
Of Jail held a drawing-room, attired in some very scanty
dreg, the deficiencies and improprieties of which have
caused her great uneasiness. I, in my degree, hove suf-
fered unspeakable irritation of mind from taking the chair
at a public dinner at the London Tavern in my night-clothes,
which not all the courtesy of my. kind friend and boat, Mr.
Mettle, could persuade me were quite adapted to tho
occasion. Winking Chancy has been repeatedly tried in a
worse condition. Her Majerty is no stranger to a vault or
I firmament, of • sort of ticiorcloth, with an indistinct pattern
distantly resembling eyes, which occasionally obtrude.
itself on her repose. Neither ant I. Neither is Winking
Charley. It is quite common to all three of us to skim
along with airy strides a little above the ground also to
bold, with the deepest inters-t, dialogues with various
people, all represented by ourselves ; and to he at our wit's
end to know what they are going to tell us ; and to be in-
describably astunirhid by the secrets they disclose. It is
probable that we have all three committed murders and
hidden beam It is pretty certain that we hate all despe-
rately wanted to cry out, and have had no voice ; that we
have all gone to the play and not been able to get in ; that
we have all dreamed mach mom of oar youth than of our
later lives; that—l have loot it I The thread's broken.—
Dickess's " Household Words."