The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-24 00:00:00

IL4ILWA7 AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday the OSOINI taken before the email=
were principally protests he extending and implevies the
km. t railway OIIIIIIIINWIfttion is Melee. the Wets of
and the .Picethesseed Midland distaide. The fol.
were disposed of, eel declared to lave duly complied
with reqshmasetelle peellemeet :
RIDWTOL AND SOWN WINMSI/ JUNCTION RAILWAY
CO .—To &sliest's the Leeds. sad South Western to
make eight
_sew lusestie mite with the Salisbury sad Yeovil,
the /Wend sad the Sessemet Osaka, and to ram for the
Pu a farther espied in sew shame of 750,000 f.
r: DIP Mu= one /Mama, AND Nears RAILWAY
Couratrus.—lty this lill the Vale at Reath propose to
acquire the Swansea mil Imeh, and to toy dews osi their
ewe line the escrow gaup es well as the broad, the cost of
the latter being estinta- Wet 100,0001., and the remainder at
00000/.
BRITON FINNY AND DWI 001EPAIFT.—For a kale of the
undertaking to the South Wales sad Yak of Reath Com-
petes, sad to raise 10,0001., sad to borrow 40,0001.
NTOCITOW AND DALLINC/TOIL—To NIA' new lines to
Towlaw eel Crook, to menet the earipany's misting
capital of 000,000 f. into stock, and apply say portion of it
to the sew worts
Nom BOMB& AND OARSMEN AID BILLO=W BAT 0011.
PANIZ/L—PM leasing the latter to the former.
YAW? DNA TTON AND Simeon JUNCTION RAILWAY.
GMAT N.ONTlillAlf RAILWAY CONTANT.—To make alias
Gam Ressuagtoe sear Desolater, Oeinaboro, end alter
levels beet the Liter pie.to Saxilby, with powr to mho
310,0001. is sew shares, Ned to borrow 110,0001.
NONWICII AID SPALDING RAILWAY.—To eaten& the Yoe
from Settee, la the Helloed division of LieediAlre, by
• amble jeactioa, Wee sew shares to the extent of 715,ML,
and berme 25.0001.
WNW? CHWUNN RAILWAY.—FO, • new line from
Motildawarth to Chester, sod breaches to Birkeebsed Bail-
in', with power to Woe 100,0001, sod borrow 60.000 E
YAJA OW CLWTD RAILWAL—To exteed their line to the
worth•weet shore el the Weer Clwyd at Foryd, and nine
13,0001.
LAI:WINTON AND Sown Arrow Ran.war.—For a ,all.
way from Michela sad Lassionias at as estimated coot
of 1110,0001., and power to harrow 00.0001.
MOILITONEAWIWIIIAD ANDBOUTII DMONBAILWAT.—From
the Newton station of the South Devoe to Noretooltainp-
stead, at a net of 100=1...asdA0001., ow lees.
HATTUILD CIIASI
Bourn WILTON 00SPONAT/011.
WAKEMAN ROAD&
GROAT BRITAIN RUTUAL Lim ASBUILASCI 80C1117.—To
enable it to @mead be sued.
The bill of the Swansea Reath, sod Brecon Rainy
Company for estensioes ins withdrawn, and will not be
further proceeded with.
The come of nom-compliance included the Natalie
Railway, to alter flue sod levels, and make five new brooches
in the slate dietricts, at 260,0001..; and the South Stafford.
shire sod Central Wales, for est/mime from Dudley to
liridgoorth and breaches to the booth Ettaffonlehim and
West Midlend Railways awl Great Welles at Swiedes.
with • proposed new eapibti of WOW and skip& ism.
RAILWAY TO TUB CANT AT OOLORWSTNIL—TTY
.%1111
spplisation on the pert of the Teedriog Readied
Comsey, rusniag from the Hythe, in the neigh
of Colchester, to Wivenhoe, for power to 'stead the llew
Into Colchester and to the camp, sod to enter bee qpir
tracts with the Wile Departmeat. the ailditioeal weiner
required for the parree being 1t3,0001. The 'Wan
orders were complied with.
PROPOS= ANATTOIIII AT BRIONTO7I.—This bill, labs.
dosed by Yews. Fannin and (Rabat, to empower
the corporation of Brighton to ea lish an abattoir et
&kneads-house far Brighton sad places within a quarter of
• mile of the boundary thereof, Dot situate in the district
of Hove, with stables sod buildiage for the use of the
butchers cad the public the' cost thereof tri: be defrayed
by tolls, and the corporitine are to be empowered to borrow
30,01.101. The requirements of the steadies orders were
tieslared duly complied with.

EXTENAIVZ FIRE IN HOLSORlC—Yesterday after,
aeon a Ere broke out in the back factory of Yemen. N.
Wilbraham sod Co.. mainufactarers, importers, werebeess-
wee, sod velvet mercers, carrying on bushier at Ne. 6,
iddisrow, Holbora. The premises were three or fair
floors high, the upper of the workshops being filled with
nisolthiery sod wetly fabric. Numerous theses of the
London Brigade sad the stems land eggies were mow es
the spot. but in spite of the erertions of the firemen the
flames continued their ravages, sad could red be aatiegaishei
until the wothabope sad meshisery rooms were rimitoyed
in the factory. and a great meant of damage dens to the
frost premises, as weU se to the lack of the bonsai ow either
aide in Mkidle.row, sad hell a dome ethos i• Teesehrimert.
As is the origin of the fire nothing is kerma. The are Ire
insured it the Elides and Putelliess, bet wee of the

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THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.
Clbristigikew Jona a reugh-loekieg am of shoat 36 Deere
of age, wee sherged oe Iranians et elembeg a watch of the
vela* of 601., from lir. Robert Nieto, a gentleman from
Ineolunire, while chinking at the bar et the Crooked
Billet pablie-heen, at the corner of Wychatreet sad
Hol7we►latreet,

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EVENING; r 'JANUARY AK. 1862.

The prosecutor stated that at half-peat 1 o'clock that
morning he went Into the Crooked Billet, and ordered a
glass of gin and water. While he was driukiug it the pd.
weer and another man entered ; and the prisoner, shoring
against him, milked " What he was going to stand?" He
replied, "Anything you like, my dear fellow, saly 7
hurt.'. About a quarter of an hour afterwardsthe
sonar and hismorapanion went away. Shortly afterwards
witness missed ha watch from his pocket.
Joke Griffiths, barman at the Crooked Billet, earidrined
the prosecutor's statement. He saw the prisoore end hls
companions when they left the house hurrying away air
fast as they could walk. He described the memoir to the
constable, who apprehended him. The prosecutor treated
the prisoner to-three glasses of grog.
Floyd, 19F, said he saw the prisoner and two other men
drinking at the bar of the Crooked Billet at about three
o'clock. At that time he observed the prosecutor looking
at his watch. About four o'clock he was called in by the
prosecutor, who complained that he had lost his watch.
He apprehended the prisoner is consequence of what the
barman told hlm. Tbe prosecutor was the worse for liquor.
The magistrate celled 0. the prosecutor (who had said the
prisoner wee only •qtiorter of an hoar in the house) to
e!Vaititi the difference al time from half-past l 3toor 4

The prosecutor replied to a series of statesman so oos-
fused and inconsistest that it was difficult to get at his real
menoing. Ultimatekr he was understood to put it thus :
That tow prisoser sad his oompeatos had at first remained
about • owner cf an boar, during which time he (meesen-
tor) treaW the prisaser to a gls tide. They afterwards
nionnli_winn bkossuuteM sa nested the pamper
to gat The primmer this time moaned till shout three
o'clock, at whiff dims prosecutor bed hie watch Naha. It
was when the primmer sad his sompenione left the mooed
time that they were mesa to hurry away, sad in about are
mioutee afterwards, he (prosecutor) Ithleld his watch.
The prisowar denied harlog stolen the watch, sad alleged
that the prosecutor was drinking sad dassiog with some
The barman, Griffiths, said the primmer was the only
perms who approached the presenter. Indeed be would
not snow any penes bet himself to epprime the prose-
cutor. A wawa aMempted to de so, amithe presser kept
bar of, sad ultimately armed bee eat ef the hoes% saying
that she " wasted to rob the {shams.'
HA Hall mad there was great dffilealty in the ease,
from the confined manner in which the preamakir gars
his testkeeny. Ho should not undertake to deride wen •
ems but wohid lean it to a jury to form thill cenelaskno
os the swidenos.
The primmer was secordingly committed far vial.
MABLHOROOGIIHISIET.

rhovesas Mason, whose real earns is Wagon, and Henry
Loess, were brought before Mr. Tyrwhite for farther ex-
amination, charged with being meowed ie as inuneme
somber of robberies of truisms's in eerie= pats of the
metropolis.
The court, until business closed, presented a remarkable
ems* Wow& at MO trodemess were at ass rises as-
=disabled to
thopeinteme
legless blindericatlo itse:taisarrais
lizaktsvidzsamke a
;aim ambisty„ as is doubt the Ohm Air Rini Om
[ sees ether memises of the mile POP le Idi Pl=
it
gips semi et as salmi aid sue= el limmorm
la Meta that lb* while samhor ad mem who IMP la
least thrflicimettee kid has ribbed oil risse
bun M. tr- NIL no
e:Mitiettialline. se
eidetated. asesaelied to pessli
the sistemMle mods is which the
esadireeeeheied
el her vell-bserra charneten, Wel the two
prbenem. .erred ea their system rd tho
pane am qr ekinies that the smbetty at the rdessies
mui have boa ' pot up," that b. that Se tiddIVOS re-
ceived bilemialles from some gm oeuseded with the Wei-
mer or the prendeis as to the beet way 0 gettAsg at the
emit box or tato the promises. Pelisomsr4 use* C 23,
to whom the sole credit is due of into
custody, he having accidentally istillem into
rropcart
just at the time when they were sheet to perpetrate a large
robbery on a biker io Coseptenobriet, her. Sam the Ent
easabsties, bon actively mimed is lirsehrueet the rob
barbs and the system seersed by deb pig. The us**
et the tradimma who lave boss readier, ham, groank
sad chemists. From the infersalloa mined by Offs theme
bi so dont& that the peg acted in MIA instancor es gad
infennation. It appears it is the ember at bakers to pre.
vide on • particular day for the calling el their Wien far
is
the fear account. It also the endear of grows le have
their cash ready every Saturday far the collootem el deb
sugar and tea errs, with whom they deal. It was MI them
particular days that the robberies were committed, and it
was this peculiar system of bushman that the gang seemed
to be thoronghly acquaioted with.
Mr. Beet attended for the paironerd
Before the additional evidence wee called, an apparent
cm the part of the owner of the dopeart—Mr. Poole, of
Boston—was made for its delivery, the prisoners having
hired it of him in the regular way.
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired of Cole whither there was any ob.
*lion to punt the applicatios.
Poliotweigeard Cole replied that the Owen had only
borrowed the trap twice from Mr. Poole, mill there did nob
appear to be airy roams why it should sot Imi *MI U• MI
him. The prisoners, who at emerows WO theft ewe
ww• accustomed to borrow their Imp bens gabliallt 111:1
dealt in Sour, and it wee through his they tad kiwi es
time that bakers wally_ paid the milbre Mob ONIMMIL
Tbe case of Mr. MAW baker, of
than proceeded with. It ;rill be recelloll°V.lllllhil 1
DOOM called at the shop, and mil Mr. Miller wog Oa
tense of wishing to pee him as seder for wails.
Tho prisoners and their ireadiesaite basiss diesitsi Mrs
wen Mom f Mn. Zeillor. aso cd tha gpitighaebe spin * ask
is whisk aas &Mounting to Vieloorg MIK and MK had
been deposited, bat which was fortgentely removed that
mowing. The thief took away two ban' full of copper, no
doubt under the impression it was the seamy he expected
to obtain.
lir. John Menke, proprietor of the baker's shop, posed
Hat some memos into the shop and inquired shoot wed-
ding ohm lases was the moo, and he spoke of Squire
letbeatas irk 6D 10, 0 order. Wires he returned
Is ahaphe lb dr* brass opus sad We begs el
sops said germ The bro bop now produced were his
P=der Gordon proved that the two bap of coin were
Lmit oat of Mr. Keillor's shop by &deem end put into
wet at the bask, whis poliowerpoat Cole, who
rwaber watching the proceedings of the prisoners, rushed
to lay bold of the horse. Lucas }moped out and
ma away, culling out " Stop thief !" A carpenter knocked
hip down. And whom secured him, and gave him over to
MM pones. In the dogcart be found the two begs of coin
*Mks from Mr. Keillor.
Thin wee all the evidence offered he this came.
The ewe case was for Waling semirbea containing 1101.,
the property el Mr. Austin.
Mr. Jester Anstis elitod—l live at IF Parldlngleerettest,
Merylehensbissaamerr. Oaths bet.abesthelf-
est 9 &desk Is the seem og, the milasser MN into
pl,l mid Wit seas tee, and pee me a essersign la
' I be the sash-beat, old& was to the desk
es the aesslier, to get chugs. I pro the primer his
oblZ and lle left the shop, tab as hist egg* gest
9 o' height said
eissad amis. As le was
baying ihep he said tome, lam is some ass who
web ma an 'ha dear. A gig jai then drew up, end
rather. hmomi my hem* The_priesser &hams
ss".7the OM 'ma he pan as mikiistfat Ilb. melle lii
gad lth Of li, ebb( me 41. to these. n&
Weald call for the- goods in tin I INNS blii-
lbw to gee the goods ready, en firsty allrhss
1 iesed it hoe the ink. The be: siabisal DK la .1111,
1111610, silver, and chequer. lam ewe the primness am the
tro:Rio come to my shop en rte" day el He wiebeey.
sil .11.: now produoed is sabot timi has wg name
ea it. I.lsys not recovered say patties St lie Illeafists.
Cifdli4M•dned—l gave imismilim• ID lis plies, sad
she a domision of the two Inelneil OI M Mesa. weer raw
glip before the day of the rehhery. wit ohm the
to.der. when T law them bring others, and
picked them out. I hel gisibeisly heard on
pa=
lahrimmersthe were reesombiL
Watts, 184 li, raid—Os listletk July,
lbe Ay Misr the robbery, a cub-box IMO hem& to the
ably miser is Holton. The box bad bees broken open
* SIM belrumeet.
it. ben was subsequently sent to Marylebone station.
ham% and identified by Mr. Arlin. It ye. picked up near
Nib loggia. of om of the pelaseeen.
Mr. Tyrwhitt decided es ternmsding the prisoners for •
MIL
Amen the robberies that have been mormitted, all within
• 11111111arkably short period, Polior-eargeuit Cele has son-
ended in tracing out the following :-11e. Smith. baker,
Lille otrest, ash-box, eoutarniag 211. ; Mr. Rooth
bib" cash-box, Hi. • Mr. Doughty, baker,
; Mr. Shari, baker ilayatreet,
Gosh. 12f. ; Mr. Gill, Vouthall•road, cash-box, 401.;;
Mr. Baybridge, King-seat, Casiden.town, caribloz, 211. ;
Mr. Jams, Woolworth, casb.box, 401. ; Mr. Templemen,
groper, Caledoniaa.road, cash-box, 901. ; Bath Torero, Peek-
ism, 401. ; Mr. lacy, chemist, Weetbosnogrove, cash-box.
1001. ; Mr. Fey baker, Kensington, 101. 'The constable hes
also received information of similar robberies at Greenwich,
Peptised, and other places round the metropolis.
/woofing Fithoreki, • pntlemanly.looking.sm
residing at 31, lonslewn.road. Nett-hill, was
Wane Mr. Tyrwhitt with woulting a•••••00,W0a74:
Los at the *ierMation.
The deleadaat sew brought to the Malice the previous
day chew& with Whig drunk, and whim brought to the
mart IMII rilisshaeged. la the aflame= he slam 3:4
sad a. balm to brought the seatkm, aid Whit to
eel{, be embed the seseitable by all itel
to iris head.
..1
hints semis Mow with his fiat, and bits his
Detembat mid he had tieg .yin warm to Vie.
Isheime, and Sae heed 901 or 14 &pa.

Two yonsimawssin Wife; la Ilasieposwel, Coal-yant
Mury.buse, o work wklob Ina stated lsy the constable.
tielay;saltak to be
asthe wontsaiplece.la the locality,

Wi
lobe Wag
stele& is penemalion of a valuable gold mita, supposed
Tb• giris were ma minutely examining the watch
Waken name, "Le Piestrier, C baseery '1 by
Memigh lie deer el the Kieg'skiessedF-housti tett
Winn 04114 and be, believieg the lad Oat th•Y
reddedßarkyoseent that they set ben SOW by it
beartly, Irma is and took them Me enikeilly es their not
eetlietorily aeseastum for its sennsise--see of the girls
stating that it was her the ether that her
• "Mend" bad gives itto her.
Mr. Tyrwidtt temmiled the primers fora week. so that
If possible the owner of the wale►h might he tem&
Frederick lly/a, a yams yam, was Mewed with rob-
bing his employer, Mr. Beeiwateg, isdiPrbeese keeper, of
96, DUkellitalli, IL Jamas.
It appears est the primmer was a waiter at Mr. Brown-
ing's, and ia emeensimes el Yr. Brownies far some time
past hmieg miessd money from a desk is Ms bedroom, as
mach as ill. dues Friday Iset, he marked two 1
sod consulted the polies. The monk w:47=
in the desk, which was looked, and some time after
it wskfound abstraoted from the desk, and on the prisoner
being searehed, a marked sovereign was found in his
possession: A bank note to 51. was also found in his box,
sod a lamp bank book with BUMS to the amount of 301.
Prisoner WA sines admitted be bed takes several mate ed
money from the desk, and Mr. Beowning stated that hie
loss was about 301. altogether. It further appeared that
bad offered to give up the whole of the property
ound os him.
The prisoner was matanded.