The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mr. Henry Fli;r7es,iiiii;POTtlancillemiiirg-roome, No.
32, Poley-street, appeared to answer a summons, "for that,
being a pima keeping a room where refreshments were
sold, he did knowingly permit prostitutes to meet and re-
main therein." The proceeding. were taken under the
Police Act.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the defendant.
Inspector Hubbard, of the E diviaioo, said, about roe
o'clock on the morning of the sth instant, be went, accom-
panied by two constables of the C division, to the Poctlaill
Dewing-rooms, in Foley-street, and in the bell-room he
found several prostitutes, in all about 22. He called the
defendant's attention to the circumstance, when defendant
" I cannot help it, and I do Dot care what the wo-
men are so long se they conduct themselves properly." He
visited the rooms again at forty minutes past two, and
Toned all the women there who ware there previously. He
inquired for Mr. Mann, the proprietor of the room,
and was told by the defendant that Mr. Mann was in the
country.
Mr. Knox salted the inspector if he could say that refresh.
meats bad been served after 1 o'clock.

The inspector replied in the affirmative. He saw refresh-
ments served after 1 o'clock, not in the ball-room but in
another part of the mtablishmeat.
In reply to Mr. E. Lewis, the inspector said the ball-room
was separated from the supper-room by a staircase. Persons
could go into the supper or refreshment room without first
going into the ballroom. There were no refreshments in
the ball-room, and all the women who were there were very
orderly.
Mr. E. Lewis said the rooms bad been established for
severity years, and it was there where the first quadrille had
berm danced in England.
The inspector, in reply to other questions, said be did not
know there was a dancing academy at the rooms in the day-
time. The defendant was the master of the ceremonies.
He bad visited the boom several times. but had never seen
any refreshments in the hall-room on any occasion. Mr.
Mann's name IVY over the door, and be was a free vintner.
Mr. Mann had been summoned for selling refreshments, but
themes was dismissed.

la reply to Mr. Lewis,
The Inspector said there were about 140 men and women
present fie did not think respectable women would go to
the rooms.

Mr. Knox said be would not call upon Mr. E.
Lewis to address the court, as he should dismiss the sum-
mons on a technical point, the defendant not being the
parson who ought to have been summoned. He had no
doubt if the car bad gone on that an attempt would have
been made to show that the hall-room and the refreshment
rooms weredifferent placer, but he did not think such a plea
would suoosed if taken to the Queens &ma.
Mr. Searle said if the room continued to be opened fresh
summonses would be applied for.
Mr. E. Lewis did not see why those rooms, after existing
so long, should be now attacked
Mr. Searle said after the house' in the Haymarket were
closed prostitutes and their companions went to these
rooms.

lSSswazaona was than dismissed.
MARYLEBONE.

Marks Beasley and Charles Edbrartla were charged with
the following outrageous conduct.
On the previous evening they were in Westbourne-grove
drunk, and amused themselves by pushing young women
off the pavement into the road. A poor old woman was
sitting on a door-step, and they went up, ill-used her, and
knocked her head several times against the door-post.
They also intentionally pushed any respectable man who
rthem into the road, sod because a young man Domed
bed Robert Doyle remonstrated, one of them struck him in the
back, and the other in the face. They had been watched
custby aod policeman, who then came up and took them into
Y.
In reply to the charge they said 'they had been to
the "Cosmotheca," in Bell-street, had something to drink,
and did not know what they did.
Sentenced to pay 31:1. each, or undergo 14 days imprison-
ment.
W EST M INSTER.
Thomas Barry was charged with brutality 12 turning his
wife and children into the streets, and refusing to let them
have either food or clotbiog. The poor woman applied to
a policeman for sasistance, and when he interfered the psi.
one, attacked him so furiously that it was with great
difficulty he was taken to the station.
The prisoner said he was drunk, and did Dot know what
he wee about,

--SeoteoceTioortsea day. hard taboos in the House of
Correction.

THAMES.

Alexander Petilfer, coffee house-keeper, of 5, Seaford's-
terrace, East India-read, was charred with throwing scald-
log water over his wife, seriously injuring her, and commit-
tins various amanita on the police, and wounding a mu.
',table named William Walker. On Friday night be had been
drinking, and a quarrel mimed. because his wife would not give
him 6d. On his using a disgusting epithet towards her she
took a jug of beer off the table and threw the beer in his
face. As she was going out be drew some scolding water
from a kettle, sod threw it over her bead and neck.
Her screams brought the police, and Walker was at once
knocked down by primmer by a blow from a heavy hammer,
and rendered insensible, and but for the rim of his bat—
ons of the old pattern—he would have been killed. Other
police arrived, but prisoner kept them at hay for some time
with a revolver, swearing he would shoot and stab any one
who dared to attempt to take him. He was, however, ulti-
mately captured, and was very violent.
He wee committed for trial on both charges.

LAW RKPORTISO.—Sir Roundel' Palmer, M.P.,
her Majesty's Atteresy•Gerseral, has ogled a molting of
members of the bar which is to be bold in the chain/prom
of Lincoln's-inn on Monday, the 28th instant, for the par.
pose of taking into consideration the report of a committee
appointed on tin 2nd of December last on the subject of
riepeetias is the coatis of