The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

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Jane Smith, • middle-aged female, was brought before
Mr. Comb for final exerninatioo, charged with stealing •
puree eoetaining ss. from Ann it.ker in the North Kent
Railway terminus, London-bridge.
The prosecutrix, a domestic servant residing at Starry,
near Herne Bay, said that on Wednesday afterooon she was
in the booking-Aloe of the North Kent Railway at Loaders.
bridge, waiting to get a ticket for the purpose of proceeding
house. She had her purse in her pocket. cootainiag tra,
when she entered the railway premises, and after standing •
little while ate of the 'servants of the company came up to
her, and from what be said sbe felt bar pocket and mused
her purse and the sa, and immediately afterwards she saw
the prisoner in custody.
Lewis De Beaune, one of the company's servant; said
he was on duty on Wednesday afternoon, the 14th, on the
North Kent platform, when be raw the prisoner go up to
the prosecutrix, deliberately put her hand in her dries
pocket and take something out. Witaers immediately
caught bold of her band, and the purse fell on the ground.
He spoke to the proescutrix, and she identified the. puree as
her property.
Sergeant Holmes, a detective officer specially employed
by the railway company, said he took the prisoner into
custody, and since the last examination he bad made ice•
quiry about her, but could not ascertain whether she had
bees previously convicted.
Mr. Combs asked her if she would be tried by him or go
to the sessions. If the former she must plead guilty.
She preferred being tried by his worship, and pleaded
guilty.
Mr. Combs sentenoed her to six months' hard labour at
Wandsworth.

Mrs. Emily Dijon, a lady resicitiiat No. 26, Wharf.
road, Notting-bill, appeared before Mr. Ingham, to answer
a summons charging her with keeping • ferocious dog un-
muzzled.
Mr. Warwick Hunt, of No. 4, Ledbury-road. mid that
on the evening of the 10th inst., he was returning home to
dinner, when os passing the defeadant's gate, her servant
name out in • harry with • large dog by her side. The
dog, which appeared to bare a great deal of the bloodhouod
to it, soddenly flew at him. Hefuniped ma one side and struck
at it with his stick, and it then caught hold of his trousers.
The dog would have bitten hint if be had not jumped
away quickly. The witness added, that in the summer
time the dog flew at him while he was walking along, and
two days afterwards it flew at some children.
Edward Lewis, a letter carrier, said the dog flew at him
as be was entering the gate of the defendant'. house the
week before last, sad be had to keep it off with his beg till
the servants milled it away. The dog did not jump up to
him playfully, out flew at bins with his mouth open. He
also said that several men in his office bad been Annoyed by
the dog.
John Collier, a little boy, said that about three months
ago the dog tore his coat. He denied having thrown any
stones at the dog.
Mr. L. Lewis, for the defame, said the defendant bad
been in the paresis of the dog, which billowed to the
Mewl of Mount St. Bernard, for three yearn, and it surety
docile. In fact it was • dog which was greatly admired in
Kemiegtoe-gardens, so, which piece Mrs. Dims was in the
habit of taking it uumuzzled at the fashionable boar, when
*abroad was playing, and it had never bitten say one.
Several witneases were called, Melodies the defendant's
cook and housemaid, and also two gentlemen friends, to
show that the dog was quite tame, and was in the habit
of playing with Mn. Dimes 'children.
Mr. Ingham said that it was not neosesary to make oat
that the dog was exceediagly saysge ; it was enough
to show that the throwing of stones at it irritated
animal. It was quite evident that the dog bad caused •
great deal*, alarna. The defendant ought to have bees
more careful ;aod he should inflict • line to maks her mom
cautious. He fined her 20s. and costs.

SIMILE AND LOCKOUT AT A COTTON FACTORT.
The large oottoe mills of Messrs. J. and W. J. Scott, Bridge-
ton, with the 1,1100 workers therein employed, ow Mon-
day erased working, owing to a strike amongst the
" guiders" and " pieeers." The wages of the workers io
both these divisions of cottocopinniog have, in common
with those of other cotton operatives, been considerahly
reduced since the commencement of the cotton famine.
Last Thursday the guidon, of whom about 90 are employed
is Mews. scutte mdle, sent a deputation to Mr. Scott,
making him to increase their wages with those of the piecers,
and receiving an unsatisfactory homer they stopped work-
ing. Fur the purpose of deliberating as to the beat means
to be adopted in briogisg about an amicable arrangement of
the dispute a general meeting of the worker, was held on
Holiday in the Mechanics' Hall, Calton, when the griev-
anoes el the "guiders and placers" were discussed at great
length. Mr. Little, formerly employed in the mill, stated
that the warm of the piroers came in some instances but to
3d. a weak, while the majority had not above 3e. 3d. The
guiders bad, la asking as increase for themselves sod the
meows, been told by Mr. Swat that he would give lls. to
these at the =all wheals sad no per week to those at the
wig wheels, but 'mid got same the eitetiseasc•
of even this sum. The were suable to
subsist on this pittanos, and the golden, some el
whom were men with large families, had to KIM
Male even a herder straggle to lies. A Mr. Wilma.
who addressed the meetieg after Mr. lAttle, so
is the come of a few shrewd cod palatial remarrtti
those on strike should indicate exactly what they desired,
✓od thus amble these who had hem larked set to get •
clearer view of their ratios. ease diteassies mimed to
the midst of which the anoonmegestit Mr sub that Mr.
Scott bad ordered all W snake Om le he raked est MB
Monday, thus making the leek-eat maple* extend* to
all clams of the workers employed is the factory. A dis-
putation baring Imo appointed to weft se kir. SoeM, and
arrange with bum, if peesilile, Mom en which to memo
work, the meeting espaistad. The deraististi, was sr
dentocei, would amemos the rank el fhb frierriew to •
meeting of the workers, to is held es Wednesday feemosa,
in the Orem, 1/1111i Driggeter.—Norik British Yost.