The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-27 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Captain Shepheard, wu brought up before Mr. Hard-
wick, charged with being drunk and with assaulting a
police-cons, able.
From the evidence of police-mutable Smith, C 171, it
appeared that the defendant was found at an early hour in
the morning kaoeking and riogicg at the door of a house of
ill fame in Sheppard-street. He remonstrated with the de-
fendant for creating a disturbance in the public struts, upon
which Captain Shepherd raised his stick and struck him
over the body with it. Finding the Captain was not sober
he took him to the station-house.

61TaiiSheitTear71iOni;dtoCing drunk. Ha bad been
somewhat excited at the part he had taken in a trial at the
Middlesex Sessions during the day, but he had taken
nothing except half a pint of wine with his dinner at
Fladong's Hotel.
Mr. Hardwick asked Captain Shepheard it he had not at
one time been under restraint.

Captain Shepheard would explain the ermunstances.
Mr. Hardwick considered such explanation was medicos.
He could not understand how Captain Shepheard, who pro-
fessed to be an officer and a gentlemen, could reconcile his
conduct with his pretensions. It was not creditable to be
found in the morning in a state of intoxication creating a
disturbance at the door of a house of ill-fame:.

bed at Captain
FBhepheard said he had not been able to procure
a lad g's and other hotels, and he had
When
to
this house and had engaged and paid (or a bed. When he
applied for admission he was refused by the owner of the
_ . _

Mr. Hardwick ordered him to find two sureties of 251.
each, and himself in 501. to keep the peace.

A marine store dealer, named Emb(duns who occupies
two houses in a new street, called Market-street, near old
Stepney church, wu brought up for final examination,
charged with knowingly receiving stolen property. A
great quantity of metal, melted pewter, brass, brass wire,
copper nails, copper fastening for ships' bottoms, quart and
pint pots, • ship's bell, • time piece, and a miscellaneous
collection of articles were produced in court. The time
piece was proved to have been the property of a Mr.
Ilenesey, of the Blacksmith's Arms, Brook-street, Rateliff,
from whose place it had been feloniously abstracted.
Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the defence, admitted
the importance of the question, but would urge on behalf
of his client that the nature of the business in which he
was engaged was calculated to excite suspicion. Ile was
six years is this very peculiar trade, and no charge made
against him before. A man named Wade, who had since
absconded from 'the service of the prisoner, had
purchased the timepiece and other of the articles.
lie had promised to be present at the last examination, but
bad not made his appearance aline. lie was prepared to
show that some of tree property at least was obtained in •
perfectly legal manner. Ile then called
Mr. Barnett, • plumber, who identified much of the
pewter as sold by him to the prisoner in the regular way
of his business. _ _

George Barrens, a brass-founder, also proud that vari-
ous pieces of brass and brass wire were sold by him to the
prisoner at various times.
Both witnesses united in giving the prisoner an excellent
character for Mee years in which they had known him.
Mr. Ingham said that after the evidence he had just
heard he was satisfied it was possible for • marine store
dealer to carry on his business and be an honest man—a
fact which all his previous experience had led him to doubt.
However, some of the property produced, especially the
pots, were evidently stolen. lie should, therefore ' commit
the prisoner for two calendar months, with hard labour, for
illegal possession.
WANDSWORTH.
I'olico'aergeant Denby, one sal the clerks in the office of
Superiutendent Bicknell of the V. division, waited on Mr.
Poynter to submit • letter which had been addressed to the
police authorities relative to M. Poiteviii's projected Nun-
tries balloon ascent from Cremurne.

Mr. l'aynter received the application with his usual cour-
teous attention, and then remarked that he had no power to
interfere in any matter of this kind. If M. Pelicans, or
any one else, chess to risk his neck, that was Monsieur's
business and not his (the magistrate's).

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY DIVIDEND.—Tho di-
rectors will recommend to the proprietors, at the ensuing
meeting, to declare a iiividond upon the stock of tt e com-
pany for the put half-year, at the rate of Ts. Od. per 30!.
mock, which with the dividend of 10s. fsl. for the previous
hail, nails U. per Nat tor the put year.