The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-05 00:00:00

CAUTION TO OMNIBUS DRIVERS.

William Heard, driver of the omnibus 6,380, was charged,
at the inatioce of Mr. William Love, chief officer of the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
with cruelty to two bones, by working them in an unfit
state.

The hones were brought to the front of the court for the
magietrnte's inspection.

it appear s that in conseuence of complaint'
which have reached the Society for thenumerous Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals of the sondition of some of the omnibus horse' on
the Oxford-street route. two officer, have been placed there
to examine the horses, the result of which has been that
frequently of late cases have been brought before the magis-
trate at this court. Is the present case the society's officer,
ou examining the horses,found three or four wounds on them
and the collars pressing into them. On telling the defen-
dant of the condition of the poor animals, he raid he was not
aware of it, bat this could not be true, as from his seat it
was clear he bad a full view of them.

Mr, Tyrwhitt said the defendant bad no excuse ; be
should look at the horses before he brought them out.
The fact was the omnibus pmprietars were doing a good
deal of business now, and they worked the horses to the
very last, regardless of their condition. He should fine the
defendant se. or seven days in each case.

CLERK EN WELL.
COMMITTAL OF ♦ BUROLAR.—A SMART CHAsF.

A strong entire young fellow, a labourer, who gave the
acme of Jobs Wilma, wan charged with attempting to
commit a burglary at 18, Park6eldetreet, liliogton, and
further with committing a burglary at 23, in the same
street, and stealing two spoons and one fork, the property
of Mr. Alfred Atkins.

Mr. Wokeling appeared (or the prisoner.
From the evidence it appeared that between the hours of
two and three in the morning a police-constable heard the
barking of a dog at the beck of some houses. This attracted
his attention; and whilst he was listening he heard some one
jumped a &AI. Immediately afterwards a pair of gates
were thrown open, and the prisoner and another man emerged
from the yard. The constable gave chase to the prisoner and
after& smart run of over three quarters of smile the prisoner
was captured. He was very violent, and when told the
charge he Laid he was innocent. In the prisoner's flight be
threw away a jemmy. A search was then made at the back
of tote house. and it was found that the thieves bad been
at the Lick of several of them, and the jemmy
that the prisoner threw away exactly fitted the
marks on several of the shutters. In one ease
the prisoner had opened the &batten and the window
of a back parlour, and was in the act of entering when the
occupant was aroused, and gave en alarm. In another wee
the thieve' had got on the top of the roof, and having
lifted the skylight., fastened a rope-ladder to the top and let
themselves down into the premises. Fortunately they
took nothing away, but they did not depart until they had
ran...cked every drawer and box in the apartments to which
they gained access. At the station the prisoner gave a false
Iress.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. LITEE'B.—(THIS DAY. )
This morning, about 6 o'clock, a fire of • sermon character
happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Marshall, of
Edgeware, let out in tenements to several poor (Antilles,
situate at No. 2, Honduras-street, Old-street, St. Luke's.
The police, upon hearing piteous screams from the house, at
once sent off messengers for the Royal Society's escapes and
engines. In a brief period two of the former attended, fol-
lowed by the engines of the pariah and London Brigade.
The whole of the inmates were rescued, and the firemen
managed to coofine the fire to the premises in which it began;
but it could not be subdued until the building and the
humble furniture of the several inmates was all but con-
, sumed. None of the sufferers were insured.
SOUTHWARK. I A NARROW Escsrs. —A correspondent of the
ROBEIRT 07 A CASH-ROIL. I Scotsman writes, that on Saturday last the train from
A respectable-looking young man named John Morris Berwick, due at Edinburgh at 9.20 a.m., wan shunted at
was brought op in custody of Henry Hunt, • detective Loogoiddry. The last carriage had not been 50 seconds off
officer of the DI division, charged with stealing • cash-box the line when the express from Leaden passed at follspeed.

Tll7. defence set up for the prisoner we. that the pollee
ha,l made ► mistake. He heard a cry of " Stop thief? "
an,i, t.. ing a man running, be joined in the pursuit, and
wag thug taken into custody for the thief.
The magistrste fully committed the prisoner to Newgate
for trial.