The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE CO ÜBTS.

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MANSION-HOUSE.
The Lord Mayor maid he had received from several homes
of respectability letters, complaining of having been per
with circulars recommending to their notices as •
speculation shares in what the writers called "The Orend
Money Distribution of the Loan of the Grand Duchy of
Baden." His lordship believed it was a repetition of •
grand annual humbug, which had been for many years
attempted upon the credulous people of the British metro-
polis, and he knew of no way bat one, publie notice, to
meet it, for the purpose of putting the public on their guard
agaiivt other lotteries.
Robert Seamus, carman to Mews. Baseadale and Co., of
Wood-street, was brought up, charged with having stolen a
quantity of tea and other goods, the property of his em-
ployen. He was remanded.
The Lord Mayor requested that the prole would acknow-
ledge his receipt of the first half of a 61. note, No. 71,032,
of which the other half was promised to be transmitted upon
the announcement, for the poor box.

aIIII.DHALL.
Mx Bennett was brought up, charged with the following
offence:
Police-oonstable 18 said—About 20 minutes past eight
•'elock yesterday morniag be was on duty in the Old
Bailey during the execution of the oenvicted man Bar-
thelemy, when he saw the e
xpose)snd en it their,
and holding a box in which he e trialet rigs" toe
sale.. As soon es he saw the slim, he pat the boa Misr
his arm, but refused to mom hum the ape vibes ....noted.
Alter great difficulty, whams get die dews hem
the chair, but he issedisiely sad said, es it
wee a public ezecatke. be has a sight M there, sad he
would not rearm, for he brought the glair he the purpose
of carrying on his bedsores. After tide the }Meese went
sway, and witness saw ids again, agrumed ea biehair, is
a different part of the neighbourhood, sad neesediegly took
him into custody. At the stadia he was very Orient. The
altercation between the primer sad whams Meereed in
front of the gallows.
Bpringste, the gaoler, said le bed llama the *team 12
years. Be had Men twice is the Gittspnvetrese Herapter,
and on the last ocemioe, when visited I. his esti, the
turnkey found him stripped from head to foot, and his
fees and body bedaubed end painted all over with the most
te characters in soot and red ochre, In imitation of
Wises.
TM pelsoner said there were other persons singing soap,
sad gating their living is other ways while the 'mention
was asks on, sad he thought he had an equal right to sell
bk daps.
Ifs Alderman recommended the prisoser not to repeat
sash soadnet, end as it was not a very serious offence he
Melee:god him.
Wes T‘ap=aislias TOMAIIIOII, aged 18 pare. was
charged la treat et the gaol of New-
gate during the mageskelillertheisiepr.
Ia this sass the prisoner gated a area's pocket of his
basdkasabi4, end on the owner of the stoles propirlp Mew
Mg Masi, he saw it wrapped round the gebreases seek.
' It sway from the prisoner, who hepsileady
all him again.
e H hem
father of the prisoner informed the court that tiro
prisoner was about to enlist as a soldier porcine to this
affair, but that he persuaded him not to make himself al
prisoner for life by enlisting.
The Aldermen said the father had given his eon very ha-

pendent advice. ft It was far better that be Wahl be a
primer far tile is the snip than a primer is gaol for
such ea Asses as this:
The prisoner was this weanallted for 21 days.
BOW-STREET.
Charles Aforroll, Frederick Webb, John Bunyan, and
John Church, ell young man, were brought before Mr.
Hall, sharßed with assisting in a snow-ball riot and assault.
hut the pollee us Sunday morning.
From the statement of 15 F sad other constables. it ie.
peand that luring divine service on Sunday morning *
mob of about 1.600 persons bad assembled at the cusses of
Trafalgar-square, near ht. Martin's Church, when they
emu ss4 themselves by pelting the omnibuses, cabs, end
foot- passengers with snow-balls. On the laisrference el
the police they were made the special object of attack, and
some of them were in a few minutes unable to see right OT
left in consequesee of the heaps of snow accumulated upon
their shoulders. hats, &e. The soldiers peering to their
barracks were soutestely driven back, and had their tem-
pers sorely tried. Eventually the police were compelled to
draw their tramlines, and a terrible encounter ensued ;
but the four defendants, who were among the won't of the
fir:glow:len, were captured and taken to the police-station
is spits of several attempt., in Chandos-street and Rumen-
stress, to rewire there from the handl of the racers.
The churchwardens of St. Martin's attended to Inform
the msgtetrate that divine service in the church was com-
pletely pat a stop to is consequence of the noise outside.
About 100 extra constables had to be sent to the spot.
Mr. Hall-descanted upon the enormity of the offence,
especially upon the Sabbath-day, and within bearing of the
congregation assembled for divine worship. He avowed his
i intention to inflict the full penalties, sad accordingly fined
I each of the defendants 405., or 14 days' imprisonment in de-

fault of payment.
Thomas. Cork, alias Clarke, fotmerly a detective police-
man, was charged with pot-stealing.
The prisoner, who was committed for trial, was formerly
a constable in the detective force, but having been appointed
on one occasion to keep watch over some premises in Ber-
mondtey, front which a great number of rabbit-skins had
been stolen from time to time, the prisoner was himself
suspected. Accordingly he was also watched, and shortly
afterwards was taken into custody with a bag full of rabbit-
skins is his possession. Re was then tried and convicted,
and of course dismissed from the force.
Two boys from Seven-dials, who appeared to a summons
charged with threatening Edmund Friend, one of the wit•
nuses against Charles King, the " plain-clothes " man,
WWI admonished and discharged, the complainant having
failed to attend at the appointed time to support the
charge.