The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-11 00:00:00

and then agreed to set aside COOL a year out of his salary as
police magistrate of 1,201 W., for the payment of his debt' ;
but owing to some creditors dismoting and proceeding to
~ution, the amogement could cot be carried out, and
baukruptey ensued.
Mr. Reed appeared for the assignees, Mr. Sargood, Mr.
i•ridith and Mr. Beard, for the creditors ; and Mr. Lick-
Liter for the bankrupt.
.utter a consultation, it was agreed to let the bankrupt
his ekaminatioo, the order of discharge being ad-
, Iced.
1! journal to the 13th of January.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

ARLBOHOUGII-STREET.
" I AA'S" COACHMAN EN TROUBLE.
-./ /fay,,:, a coachman M the employ of Mr. Trinder,
fare Arum. St. John's-wood, was chargvil before Mr.
,s, under the following cireurnsrances
-.,rgeact Appleton, 2i, C, said that about half-past I
this morning lie saw a horse attached to a brougham
••w i.ud in Coventry-street. The prisoner was standing in
of Lone, • remarkably fine one, and holding it by the
The prisoner then raised his foot and kicked the horse
‘,1,1 times ou the shin, and afterwards on the knee-cap&
the prisoner why he did so, and he said the horse
; ..1 3,1!0n anon, and that he we. punishing it for it. As
i..,,i.risouer was very drunk, and the horse became restive
~.n...pience of the kicks the prisoner had given
,• !: I 311 the prisoner was about to strike it with the whip,
~tempted to take the whip from him, when they bad a
in the course of which the whip was broken. He
t,ok the prisoner into custody, and the horse and
• • L,:hain were I ,ken to be green-yard.
in .10,i:ter to Mr. Knox, the sergeant said the prisoner
w ...in the employ of a livery stable keeper, at St. John's-
w • .3, and had taken some women to " Kate Hamilton's"
was waiting for them.
prisrwer said he took some" ladies" to "Kate's." and
a:. :•• •I,w; so the horse slipped and broke one of the shafts,
; ,t,:hed him off the box, hurting his bead. He certainly
the horse, but he was excited at the time. .

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Mr. Knox raid the prisoner .0 a person totally unfit to
is. enti,sted with horses, and toed hint 40a, or 14 days.

SINCICINf; DEATH FROMSTARVATION AND

EXPOSURE.

A very p otili ca.,e of suffering and destitution
was the shi.:ect of iuvestigation lut night at an inquest
held at the Groen.gate Tavern, City-road, before Mr.
Richards, the deput► coroner, respecting the death of
Susautiah L Anse liory Hamlett, aged 11 years.
Mrs. :1,1,10111111 Hamlett, Bath-street, St. Luke's, said
that ,he aas the wife of Edwin Hamlett, a matchmaker.
They h.,d eve children, of whom the deceased WSJ the eldest,
Cue ether, being reapectiselr aged J, 7,4, and I year. Her
husband had been going down hill for four years put, and
ht. carping. were only from 6s. to 14a. a week. For
t!.., 1 ist eight weeks he was laid up ill with fever, and
thtt time they had only Se. a week. They had their
,t: itare avized for rent, but before that they had been
to part with • great deal of it to buy food and to
,y the rent io port. The rent of their present room was
week. All of the family got low typhoid fever. De-
▪ bore her sufferings a fortnight until Sunday morn.
ie ▪ !..itie then became very bad, and internal bleeding came
sod she died suddenly between 7 and S o'clock. There
no, no furniture in the room, and the deceased had very
cqvering.
. . _

Hannah Rya% the wife of a chairmaker, lodging in the
house, said that she knew nothing of the state the
f were in until she was celled by their mother on Sun-
day morning. They were then in such a dreadful condition
t witness advised them to go into the workhouse, but
ti.ev never spoke in answer, but looked at her.
I simpeon said—l was called in to the deceased on
morning, at ,4 o'clock. I saw the naked body of •
ari ling in one of the corners of the room. There was not
vestige of clothing, but • piece of bass matting partly
covered the body. She was quite dead and was cold. I
s.w the other girls mei the men, and they were suffering
from ttphool fever. The deceased was much emaciated.
Tee -11,e of her death was internal lissmorrhage from
tt ;IA i Ter, arising from exposure to the cold and want
t the c.n.cuon necessaries of life. She had had no proper
n-lical attendance.

Mr. liiriwg sAid that he had seen the family of the de.
roar,' as described, and they were in a moat deplorable coo-
d.t:or. He had mooed the body of the deceased to be
rt moved from the room, and taken to tbeworkhouie.

Ile pry returned a verdict, " That deceased died end-
:t:.:v from the mortal effects of hemorrhage from low
trihoid fever, accelerated by want of the common necessaries
of life. ezposure to the cold, sod want of proper medical
attendance."

BURYING OP A LARGE STEAMER AT HER
MAJESTY'S DuCK YARD, DEPTFORD.

At a quarter-past 1 a.m. a fire Was discovered
r.:ing in the midship and foremost part of the steam-vemel
i.rrth, fastened to the moorings at the Reyal Dockyard,
tford. Chief Inspector Carnelly, Inspector Golding.
at, l 2.; dockyard constables, with two officers and 25
Marines from the barracks adjoining the Dockyard,
tas:c; ben aroused at once, manned the government fire
Coat and played on the burning ship with unremitting
exerti.,ii till four o'clock. Strange to say the govern-
ment nre float is not provided with steam, it requiring
persons to work the two pumps. As it was only one
11,4, was worked, and all that was done was to confine the
e to the forepart of the steamer and save the adjoining
ne—eiv. At 4 o'clock Captain Shaw arrived from London
cab a steam tire float, and the difference in the effect be.
ntantfr.t, at once, the fire being speedily ex-
t•o:ukbed. Several land engines arrived at the Deptford
!.i:kvard, including three from Southwark-bridge-road,
the flab:bare and Peckham Volunteer engines, and Mr.
.team tire engitie ; bat being on shore their services
titre cwt available Lod they did not play. The damage
,".,re to tl,e steamer is very great, and it te condemned to be
Up.