The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-24 00:00:00

10 &&&&& ON ♦ LADY IT :a■ SWILL YOB.

William Jenkins, aged 31, Jaws Mclntosh, 33, an! James 73t.
Orem, 24, well-known members of the swell mob, were 114
charged by Mrs. Charlotte Shepherd, a married lady of lal
fortune, residing at No. 4, Cambridge-street, Islington, with 31
robbing her of her parse, containing three sovereigns and 914
thirteen shillings. et.
Toe prosecutriz, haying been sworn, said that, on Saw-
day afternoon last, she was walking with her sister in the SO
Lower-road, Islington, when she felt something at her to,
pocket, and on turning round she saw the pores in the gt,
band of the prisoner Jenkins. The prisoners Mclntosh and le
Brown, with another well-dnesed man, were with rt.,
him, and they hustled both herself and sister. at.
They made an alarm, when the prisoners all ran away, rt.
and the third poison said he would purste them, and he at.
ran away after them. Witness called n Stop thief," and 11
the priooners were stopped by a police constable and looked yr
cep. The prisoners ;threw the purse, &a., into the canal, L.;
near the Thatehed-house, Islington.
Committed for trial. .

I Numerous boys were eharged by the pike with gambling la
with halfpence in the public thoroughfares, and lined. Mr. ft.
Curie expressed his determination to check the nuisance
by initiating heavy floes.

THAMES. 194
Wine BILTING.
IV)ilidill Boles, a mariner employed on hoard the barque isl!
Carona, was charged with a violent assault upon his wife, St.
to
under the most savage circamstaatec
It appeared from the 'vides.* that the prisoner meat ti•
home on Friday last is a state of intoxication, when be 'sl*
commeneed• furious attack upon her. He jumped on her 40
body sad exclaimed,. I will break your jaw; you shall IS
speak anymore; I will wavier you." He subsequently ps
left the house, and proceeded to the Sailor's Hoots in the 10
East Isdia•road, Poplar, whim he obtained his wages, ;it:
amouatiog to Ti. The wife followed him, and asked him 75
for same money for her starving child, which he refused. t())
Her face was much bruised. Pt.

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Several witaeuas were called in confirmation of the wife'. a
statement, sad, after a gooti deal of coafireting testimony, Ft.

the magistrate (lir. Yardley) *committed the prisoner !Ur I is
three months.

THE CHURCH.

The Bishop of Norwich has instituted the Rev. t
William Th'u as Beckett, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxford In
on the nomination of tug Rev. John Lei', M.A., to the 3o
rectory of Ingoldesthorpe, near Ring's Lynn; value, 3471 ;
et.
population, 344.
The Archbishop of York bas instituted the Rev. Robert at.
B. Williams, 8.A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, to the at
curacy of South Daiwa, near Beverley; patron, the Rey. 50
F. 8 immense, Y.A.
The Rev. Henry thulium Polehampton, M.A., Fellow 32,
of Pembroke Cullege, Oxford, and curate of St. Chacre,
Shrewsbury, has been appointed to a chaplaincy in con- 10
flexion with. the East India Company, in the Presidency of 25
Bengal. 25
The Bishop of Oxford has instituted the Rey. W. Mosel, 20
M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, head muter of the Gram.
mar School, Naomi-nab, to the rectory of Bt. Peter'., Wal. re
fission:l ; value, 1004 ; population, 480 ; patron, W. S. le
Blackstone, E.g.
The Rev. Robert G. Caltbrop, 8.A.. of Worcester
College, Oxford, curate of Stainfordham, Northumberland,
has been instituted by the Bishop of Chester, on the Pt.
nomination of 8. trim, E.q., to the perpetual curacy of et.
Irton, near Ravenglasr, Cumberland ; value, I 001.; pupn- et.
Litton, 609. 1$
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LONDON MODEL YACHT CLUB, SERPENTINE g.
Riven, HYDI esne.—This morning the banks of the Ser.
pentine River were crowded by a numerous assemblage of IV
fashionables to witness the matches of the London Model to
Yacht Cla 3. The day's amassment consisted of six heUs, 161:
namely, four beats in five heats, and two boats in one heat. ace,
The nine boats start for the grand heat. The first and It
second boats carry away the prizes of two silver cups, 10'
valued at 101. Mr. Supsrintendeet Williams, of the Royal 00
Humane Society, was in atteodance, in ems of accidents, with ,13t•
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his boats. The yachts are not more than 1.000 squire at.
inches; 21 subscribers. The following are the names:— 1-
Weathergage, Alma, Atalanta, Sylph, Pilot, Prince of to
Wales, America, Secret, Britisb;Fair, Eloa, Whisper, liar. to
riots, Nil Dasperandum, Prima Donna. Anne, Rover,Cygast, 2514
Chameleon, Water Witch, Levant, lightning.
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH IN THE STREET.—List
evening a female Bused Smith was suddenly taken ill while ler.
prom/wading along LeenuMnser, sodinan'sfields, White. Rt.
chapeL She had been to sunifriend is the Minoriss, and while ed.
on her way home eh' wise/lined with the pains of labour, and lit
fell down on the stone pavement. Sbe was raised op, and 10
it wu kand that Site had gime birth tea male child. She 14
was carried to the infirmary of Whismhapel workhouse, at.
where Mr. Payne, the surgeon. of Higiseerut, examined kg;
the child and its molder. The Cornier was dead, bat the
latter, after the neceesst7 atteviee, was soniklersd in glair Fl•
way of recovery. rt.
GREAT LUX EMBOORO.—ThiI diletHOTS hue Manna et
from a minute inspection of the line, and are new verged
Ir
in compilation of their report to the shareholases. The 20
inmpany engages by Ire new contract to terminate the whole w'S
has to Arlon by the 14 April, 1869. The works are divided r. •
into three parts, each to be finished within one third of the St.
time allotted under penalty of confiscation. The board has 10
no intention of availing itself of the full period, but the 25,,,
Dm was demanded in order to escape every possibility of 1:(7.6
set isterdiet similar to that from which It has just st,
owayed, which must always prove more or less injurious to
the interests of any temparay. The branch limes to Lusts-
boors and France are to be terminated simultaneously with
these asastracting by the two Governments towards the
DAPS hustler, so that a communication will be at once
wlessiggiolon. Permian= was at the same time granted
to work Ow line trom Brussels to Rhisoer, the whole to be
aompletail by the let of Jaansry. This opening took place 12','
as the 10 k instant. The works between Namur and 5
&wines, beyond Ciiey. are about to be put up to cocitraor, Ts
sad from this point to Rumen, the plans will again undergo It
a strict examination. On thine approval the necessary pm.
shafts of ground are to be made and the works commenced. ri
Measures are also in contemplation respicting the Ourthe
Canal.

PRINCIPALITY OF KING'S COLLEGE AND UNlVER-
undentand that the Earl of Aberoeen, Chancel. ;0'
for of Rte.'s C 'Urge and university, has intimated his Is
istantioa to appoint the Rev. Peter Colin Campbell, A.M ma
presently Professor of Greek in the College, to the vacant all
°Maul Principal. Thu appointment, his believed, will be Ms
ameepreble to the professon. This appointment awns' •
imeasey is the chair of Greek.—Aberaerns J.vensaL •
RZWAID or MEarr.—A first-clam gold medal has I
been awarded by the French authorities to Captain Cora*,
of the Roglieb merchant vessel Rabat Flail', of Domfriee,
for pickling up sad keeping as board his vessel for 42 days
the shipwrecked meg of the Louis le Grand, of Dude's'', Ira
in May lest. Iss

Bcorrisu AGRICULTURAL STATISTICAL—It has been Pit
intimated to the Highland Siciety by the Board of Trade, ';7O
that Scotland ',till not be included in the bill which it is mu'
proposed to istroduce nest session of parliament, to compel
the esicupiers of land to make the necessary returns of their fa
stock, &e. IR
Mr. Mozon and Dr. Beata_ ,e co-executors for the
Poet Campbell's monument in Westminster Abbey, have le
contradicted the report set on riot by the AtAtneum, 10
slit/ging that the British nation had accepted the monument IC
ter the adornment of one of its loftiest places without lair 11.
payment.
The Literary Gazette reports the death of Pro- se
lessor J. P. W. Johaeton, of the Uoieereity of Durham.
THE PRINCE OF WALES', SWIMMING TUTOR--
Mr. George Talbot, the much respected waterman of Eton,
sad bather to Lis ttoyal Highness the Prince of Wale., re.
turned this week from (Mine ; and we have much ',lea-
ser* in announcing that his esertions as a teacher of swim-
ming to the " heir apparent " hove not proved fruitless,
the Prince being most proficient in the sterol art. Consi-
dering the abort period of Talbot's engagement, and hit
attention thereto, peat credit is due to him.—lVinsiaw
"Cosn. Alexander von Humboldt bay jest celebrated
the 86th anniversary of his birthday. Notwithatandieg his
great age, he still unremittingly anatinaes his important
lemon.

Excies PaoszarnoN.—At the petty sessions held
at Crediton as Thursday, William Greenslade, a maltase of
that tows', was charged by the Board of lalsnd Re
with illicit ataltdsg. sod with animistic' to at/street two
wise diem, matted Satchel sad Oliver, in the discharge
of their duty. After a lengtheaed bearing, the defeadast
was eoaeieted of both aeries, sad was deed 2001., being
half the malty to which he had made Woolf legally
liable.—Wariano Thos.

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