The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-10 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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BOW-STREET.

Charles Fiddle, wiawasriemsn7l;(l from Friday last, on
several obliges ofswindliag the servants of different families
at the west-end, was brought up for further examination.
1 The publicity given to the former proceedings have been
the means of bringing to light a boat of similar cases, as
well as the following one, which is somewhat different in
character:

Mr. George Fincham, surgeon, of 2, Marlborough-bill,
fit. John's-wood, stated that on reading the newspaper
reports of this ease, he felt certain that the prisoner
was the man for whom he had been on the look-
out a considerable time past—the more especially as the
name given to him by the man in question, strange
so it may appear, was the ease (Violette). He now
entified the prisoner u a man who waited upon
him at his ruidemes one evening in a very extraordinary
manner, puska Iles servant in the hell with the greatest
iddeateep eel walking into the drawing-room as if he had
deem gain mapasintance of the family. Witness and Mn.
Phisihrea were fa the dining-room, when the servant same
and Wane= him that then was a foreign gentleman in the
drawlers's= waiting to see him. Oa going to him the pri-
mes. peolusted the private cud of a newly-married friend
of his (lir. Fiechanes) who resided in Torringten•equare,
sad wife was represented as having sent the prisoner to
witness, with a strong recommendation in his favour.
Ho appeared to know very little of English, or affected
an ignorance of the language, but he gave witness to
understand that be could convene freely in German,
French, or Italian, upon which witness stepped into
the dining room, and asked Mrs. Finch= to listen
to the man's story in French, and then act as an interpreter
between them on the occasion. Accordingly the prisoner
toll Mn. Fincham, French, that he had lately arrived
from the continent, and that on reaching the London ter-
minus of the railway le was beset by the touters from
various hotels (a meths, rather more continental than
English), and literally forted into a cab, by which he was
'mauled to the Hyde-park Hotel opposite the Marble Arch.
He said that he remained there a fortnight, and was charged
twenty guineas foe the accommodation, a circumstance which
compelled hies to take lodgings in the Tottenham-court-
rood, when his property was now detained for rent, as he
had no means of paying it, owing to losses mu-
tated, dc. until he had been able to commu-
nicate with' his friends abroad. He stated many
other things which witness had forgotten, the upshot
of it all being, of coarse, that he wanted assistance. Now,
although he (Mr. Finches's) was greatly periled at the
man's having produced the private card of one of his
friends, sad could not imagine how the prisoner could
have brought it to him, or been aware of the friendship
existing between him and the gentleman in Torrington-
square, if the recommendation wu not a genuine one, still
be had a strong suspicion that the fellow was an impostor,
and he told Mrs. Fincham, in English, that he thought it
was all humbug, a word which the prisoner appeared
fully to understand, notwithstanding his ignorance of the
line:try—You declined to give him anything, then ?
Mr. Fincham—Not exactly. He gave the fellow 29. only,
in consequence of his suspicions, upon which ho behaved in
a manner bordering upon impudence, and sanatered
out of the house in a style denoting excessive
indignation. From what witness had since heard, how-
ever, from his friend in Torrington-square, the prisoner
called there the same evening, producing the wedding card,
which he had previously shown to witness, and stated that
he (Mr. Fincham) had sent him there with his compliments,
and bogging them to give him a bed for two nights. It
happened, however, that the visit was ill-timed, as his
friend's carriage was at the door, and they were just leaving
the house, dressed, to go to a party; consequently, the pri-
soner experienced an unfavourable reception, if he was not
actually threatened with a kicking, for his subsequent
insolence. When witness heard this, it was still a mystery
to him bow the prisoner got possession of the private card,
until mentioning the affair to a friend, he exclaimed, " He
must have found it in your drawing-room ;" and surely
enough witness then discovered that the card in question,
with others, was missing from the bowl lying upen the
drawing-room table.
Mr. Henry—Of course. He took the opportunity of
helping himself to the cards during the absence of the
ant, intending to visit all your friends in the same manner.
(A laugh.)
Mr. Finch= hoped the prisoner would be detained, fee
some time ago a man answering hie description visited
another friend of his, and haviog been shown iato the
dining room, on presenting a private card in the same way,
contrived to fill his pockets with plate, such as silver spoons,
dc., and decamp with the property.
Mr. Albert, the interpreter, who attended in the uses,
said that some pawnbrokers' duplicates were found in the
Eion of the prisoner, and related to silver spoons which r;'sealc; pawned. They were in the hands of the police.
Mr. Henry said it would be very desirable to see iato
this ; and the prisoner was consequently remanded for
another week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Baker and Janes William were charged with the
following daring robbery :
George Glue Sandeman, of No. 15, Hyde•park-gardens,
said he was walking in Kensington-gardens on the previous
afternoon, when three men came behind him, one of whom
suddenly pat his hand over his eyes, pulled his watch from
his pocket, and ran off. He gave :the alarm, and two pr-
deners joined him in pursuit. The two prisoners were over
and secured. One of the park-keepers made his ap-
pearance immediately afterwards with the watch, which
one of the prisoners had thrown away u soon as he was
pursued.
William Crockford and :Samuel Fisher corroborated this
statement.

The7irisoners, who asserted their innocence, were fully
committed.

§OIITHWAItIC.

Mr. Barba.. a Unarm acid manufacturer, at Rotherhithe,
appeared on an adjourned summons in connexion with the
Smoke Prevention Act. Mr. Barber iaformed his worship
that he bad expended nearly a hundred pounds since the
set cam* into operation, but bad not succeeded, although he
had tried several inventions. Mr. Bandersoe, the govern-
ment inspector, then made certain suggestions to him which
he adopted, and the cure was effectual. There was no
smoke, and he could confidently state that it was a great
saving to him. What he had erected was very simple, only
costing a few shillings. There was an inverted bridge
across the furnace, and the red-hot fuel was at the back.
The new coal when ignited emitted the smoke over that
and was so consumed. Mr. Barber's plan was extremely
simple, and he had pointed it out to many eminent firms,
but they laughed at it on that aceount.
The government inspector having confirmed this,
Mr. Comb, said he was extremely glad to find that there
was an effectual remedy for consuming the smoke, as that
would show that the Act of Parliament operated well. Me
should dismiss the summons without costs.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL Soarry.—Evening meet-
ing, Monday, the 12th of Marsh, at halt past eight. Papers
to be read: 1. Late journey from El-Medina to Mecca,
down the "Dub el Shark'," on the eastern road (hitherto
unvisited by Europeans). By Lieutenant Burton, of the
Bombay Army. 2. Memoranda on Abyuinia, communi-
cated by the Foreign-office. 3. Account of a tour up the
Gambia to Baum, by J. Smyth O'Connor, Esq., Governor.
Communicated by the Colonial-office. 4. Despatch from
Mr. Gabriel, at Loanda, respecting Dr. Livingston's ex-
ploration of Central Africa. Communicated by the Foreign-
°Moe.

REPRESENTATION OP LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL,
FRIDAY.—The death of Lord Ravenaworth having elevated
the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P. far this borough, to the
peerage, a vacancy is created in the representation, and
much speculation is afloat as to the sueomeor of Mr. Liddell.
It is reported that the probable osneervative candidate will
be Lord Stanley, the present member for King's Lynn, or
Mr. Philip W. 8. Miles, ex-M.P. for Bristol. Both parties
have been evidently taken by surprise, as no candidate in
either the conservative or liberal interest has yet been
announced definitely.
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