The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, , AUGUST 9, 1855.
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TIES-POLICE COURTS.

SHARE LISTS--

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoaz.
Great Western stock shows a further fall of no less
than 2 per Dent. to-day. Several of the other heavy
stocks are also cheaper, whilst the lighter descriptions
are steady. London and North-Western is now quoted
98 to 1; Great Western, 81 to 4; Midland, 70 to
I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81 to 4 ; Great North-
erns, 22,1 to j ; Caledonians, 311 to 4; and South-
Easterns, 18j to j.
French shares are much the same as yesterday
afternoon.

BOW STREIT.
The night charges included no fewer than sin cases of '
felony by prostitutes, her of them having referees. to
!valuable gold watches and shales, which had not been re-
covered by the owners. In three instances the promestors,
who were others in the navy or army, declined to appear
against the prisoners, and they were consequently dis-
shamed.
Mere Aims Myra, one of the most notorious thieves is
London, although yet a young girl, was charged with picking
the pocket of • foreign gentleman, a traveller, whom she
bad saluted in the street, and who had declined her com-
pany. After the prosecutor had given his evidence,
Mr. Hall, the magistrate, mid—Were you the worse for
liquor, sir, when the prisoner met you?
The Prosecutor—Oh, certainly not.
Mf. Hell—Ensue me, then, an you a foreigner ?
Procreator—yes; I am a German.
Mr. Hall— Oh, then, that accounts for It. If you had
been an Englishman you would surely have been drunk.
(Laughter in the court.)
Prosecutor—But I am afraid my countrymen drink also,
sometimes.

ORDINARY mut= AND NIVCRL

Pd.l RAILWAYS.

Hr. H4l—Yea, after they have been in England any
time, lam aware they do They acquire the habits of
Englishmen, lam sorry to my, and bseume drunkards, in
order to he in fashion. Your countrymen are very mode-
rate drink•re when they are at home.
The priamer wu committed for trial.

1 A BAD PATM/Z.
Thomas Watwoe, abut 30 years of age, was charged, at
the instance of the authorities of the parish of St. Mary,
Islington, with deserting his wife and five children.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Williams, the
reheated officer, that the prisoner had, on the 2nd Septem-
ber, 1862, been committed to the House of Correction for
two months for a like offense. After coming out of gaol ha
returned to his home, and, having obtained a situation 6A
ovemsn, shortly after ran away with the cook, with whom
he is now cohabiting, and nothing further wee man of him
until Sin apprehension, yesterday, at the Crown T
Bayswater, where he was employed. When he wee nom-
mitted by Mr. Corry, he bad nothing to say in his defence,
and he (the relieving officer) could boar testimony that the
wile was a very clean, prudent, bard working woman.
The wife and children had been receiving parish relief for
the lut two years.
Committed to the House of Correction for three calendar
months with hard labour.

ASSAULT ADD ATT ZZZZZ D HIGHWAY ILODIDAT.
Edward Le*, a bricklayer's labourer, was charged before
Mr. Seeker with violently asmulting Witham Hall, a
smith.

It appeared that, at about 6 o'clock on the preceding
evening, 11•11wu retarniog from his work along the Creak-
road, when he was suddenly knocked down by tba prisoner,
an 4 two other men (who had elcaped), and severely kicked I
and beaten. His eye we% blackened, his lip cut, and be had
experienced other injuric. He had no doubt that the in-
tention of the prisoner and his companions was to rob him.
The statement of witness having been corroborated,
The magistrate inflicted • penalty of 61, or in default of
payment, two months' imprisonment.

SOUTHWARK.
MITPCIL /TIT= 01 10 88888 .
WiMass Tyaots, • young fellow, about 18 years of age,
was charged with an artful robbery at • chandler's shop,
46, nitrites'', Southwark.
Sergeant Lamb, 457 A, said—l know the primer as an
amociate with thieves, sad haring heard of his sumer in
Irobbing sbopkeepen by means of " the hair trick," I have
lately kept a sharp look out for him. Lest evening I heard
of his Miog in the shop of the prosecutrix, and jest aa she
missed the sixpence from the till, I entered. I immediately
poised hold of the prisoner, and found in his hand a sixpence,
to which was attached a very thin light-coloured
hair, with which he " played the trick." He generally pur-
chased articles of the value of ilvepenee halfpenny
and threw down the sixpence with the hair Seed to it.
which the shopkeeper not perceivieg," put in the till.
Instead of reesiviog the halfpenny change, he generally
called for an article of that trifling charge, situated behind
the shopkeeper, when he dexterousl extracted the sixpence
by means of the hair. He has been on nearly every occasion
enecesefill, especially where a quantity of silver was in the
till. In the present instance, the prosecu•rix had not an-
I other sixpence, so that she was able to swear to the prisoner's
felonious conduct.

The Magistrate asked whether there were other charges
against him of a similar nature ?

Sergeant Lamb mid that he was well known, sad he had
no doubt, if he was remanded for a few days, a number of
other eharpe could be brought against him.
The hiegistrete accordingly remanded him until Tuesday.

THIS LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Thin Morning st
number of Bret, second, and third clam drieen for the Land
Transport Corps, who entered for flee years, at the new
rend , City Arms, Citproad, were attested, and paid a
portion of their bounty. The volunteers are principally
those who have been accustomed to the care and treatment
of horses. They will proceed to-morrow morning, via the
Greet Western Railway, to the Royal Artillery barracks, at
Hotileld, near Bristol, to he drilled.

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GARRISON AND VETERAN BATTALIONL—It in non-
templwed by government to organise garrison and vete-
ran battalions on a similar system to that adopted during
the Peninsular war. Pensioners from the land forces will
be eligible, but the majority of both °Seers and men will
consist of those who, from slight wounds, ere rendered in-
capable of performing active duties in the field, are yet fit
for garrison service at home sad in the colonies. When the
battalions are organised and di.ciplinel, which will not
occupy much time, the government will be enabled to with-
draw a large force of infantry of the line from Bermuda, the
West Indies, and Canada for more active service in the
Crimea. As invalid battalion of artillery will also be
raised; the mita composing it will be stationed at the
various forts round the coast.

A YOUTH FOUND DROWNED.--(THIS DAT.)—This
morning, at an early hour, the body of a youth, aged about
Id year., was found floating in the Regent's Canal, Hag-1
gerstone. The deceased was quite naked, and be had, no
doubt, been bathing, but no clotbee were discovered on lb.'
towing•path. The deceased was subsequently identified by,
the relatives.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT STALYBIUDOL—A
fatal accident, which has ended in the loge of one life, and
nearly is the loss of three others, took place at Stalybridge,
yesterday (Tuesdayl morning. It appears that four
children, between the ages of ten years and seven, were
playing on a balk of timber, which had been thrown over
the river Tame. The river was very high at the time, and
running with great velocity. Whilst on the balk. and ap-
parently in consequence of the heavy swell of the river,
the children appeared to become all at one* confused and
frightened, and they seised each other's hands to assist one
another over the balk. The youngest then seemed to lose his
presence of mind altogether, and he fell into the river, drag.
ring his three companions after hint, and they were all im-
mediately carried away by the strength of the stream. Two
of the boys are brothers, sons of James Armitage, of
Castle Hall, cuhlooker at Messrs. Johann and Boa's, and
the other two are sons of George Blackley and Robert
Lawton. It we. • providential circumstance that at the
time the children fell into the stream, the hands of the
various adjacent mills and workshops wen away from work
at breakfast time, sad that they were wen to fall into the
river by a great number of persons. Immediately on the
accident taking place, several persons promptly and eon-
rageously rushed into the river in various places. Mr. John
Roy's, at Mesas. Johnson and San's mill, and several other
parties ran into the river about 100 yards below when the
boys fell in, and they wen thus in • situation to meet these,
which they were successful in doing, and three were saved.
The other poor boy, David Armitage, aged seven years, was ,
sever seen after he fill into the river.—MancAssger
Esensiger.
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CHARGE OF MURDER AT SALFORD.—Yesterday
morning • mum named George Booth was brought before
Mr. Trafford, mytietr•te, Salford, charged with beating
sad killing Gras Beinessout, a woman who had been living
with him as his wife. The evidence adduced was to the
effect that the prisoner sad deceased lived in Chapel-street,'
sod about two o'clock ea tin previous day the prisoner was
seen beating her outside the front door. He bad hold of
her by the hair of the head, end palled her into the house.
Whilst polling her by the hair he was teen to kick her on
the stomach. When he got her into the hones be ordered
some persons who were attracted by sympathy for
the woman to the epot to "be off," and shut the
Jim upon them. They could hear him bootleg her after-
wards, end one witness said be beard eons boys who were
looking in at the window exclaim " How be is kicking
her I" Alice Brows, a neighbour, said she saw bin strike
her sad kick her repeatedly whilst be had bold of her hair,
and he knocked her down and kicked her whilst she was
lows. At • later hour in the evening be went and asked a
neighbour to fetch bee sone brandy, but she was then in a
dying state and expired about 25 minutes past eight the
Isms sight. Elbe complained mach of pain in the stomach
The prisoner said be had no question to ask ; deceased had
I been drinking, and had not been sober for several days. He
was remanded until minivan had bees ►old on the body of
the usfortmeate woman. .

TH3 Cann, IN RUT Lcrtutax.—Wheat is tall in
the straw, the can are large, and at least of avenge thigh-
sees on the grand. la some localities then are complaints
of from five to tea grains being twenties in almost every
head, whilst in other fields net a Ingle pickle is deficient.
There will be little wheat harvest tetll neatly the don of
the month ; the yield may not be so lugs as lest year's
crop, or the quality so lot, but rains some unfore-
seen circumstance trite, it will prove a fall ave-
nge. Barley is the heaviest of the green crops,
almost every field being laid. It is expected to
tuns out well, sad though the straw has gags
dews the quality may sill be fair, as mesh of it has
bogus to Amp solosr, sad, with dry weather, may be
=fee the dale is Ism does three weeks. Oct. an aew
se Wig as is dosinabli t nom lib that have been
top dressid wIIY sew ars to is partly laid. Early
varieties have bops to abases akar, tad, with the barley,
will bedps beime the wheat. DOM have abundance of
straw, tad an dm proski; lawgiver, they appear to be
well podded. AllostharlM prasposts for the harvest an
alooly satiefootory t at th. MOO Yo., a chose. from the
present meta wearer to a stein sad dry atmosphere is
otassatly M be diabsd.--Bookaoso el yootorday.