The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1852.

NAVAL

DETONTORT, is stated that on the
miscellaneous estimates being brought up in the House of
Commons, ac inquiry will be made, whether the situation
of storekeeper at the Royal William victuellieg yard can-
not be dispensed with, as the frequent absence of the pre-
sent holder of that appointment hes induced the belief that
a great portion of his salary might, without injury to the
genie', be saved to the country.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13.—The Duke of Northum-
berland, First Lord of the Admiralty, and other megmben
of that board, are expected at this port to-night, on a sheet
visit.—The Winchester, 60, Captain leek, wu taken oat of
dock to-day.—The Builhk, steam-sloop (paddle), of 400
horse power, Ina been brought down the harbour to coal.
She is to be commissioned, pro teas., by Commander
Gardner, of the Blenheim. serew guard-ship, for the purpose
of towing the vessels of the Arctic expedition to the iee.—
The Prince Beirut, 00, Captain Harris, bearing the pen-
dant of Commodore Martin, will be " paid down" at Spit-
head on Thunday.—The Bimoom, iron screw steam-trans-
sport, Captain Kingoome, has been paid advance of wages
to-day.—The Hogue, 60, Mew steam guard-ship, Captain
M'Dougall, will be " paid down" on Friday. The Fairy,
royal yacht, and Elfin, despatch-vessel, were taken into
dock yesterday, to be painted and re-embellished for the
season.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.— WOOLWICII, APRIL
13.—The Adder stem-venal arrived at Woolwich on Mon-
day afternoon, from Chatham, and remains at this port to
assist in towing the vessels of tho Arctic expedition to
Greenhithe on Thursday, the 15th inst., the slay fixed for
their departure from Woolwich. The venels will have their
compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, on Friday and
Saturday neat ; and the Basilisk, advanced paddle-wheel
steam-sloop, of 400. horse power, at Portsmouth, and the
Desperate WOW stem-sloop, of 400-hone power, at Daven-
port, have been ordered round to the Non, to take the As-
sistance, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., and the Reso-
lute, Captain Kellett. C. 8., in tow, and accompany them
to the ice. With these means of aid, Captain Beleher's
expedition will be at the ice et a very early period, and
the Intrepid and Pioneer screw steamers of the Arctic
squadron will consume less coals then they would have
, done had they been employed in towing the sailing-vessels
to the ice.

BETTING AT FMB O'CLOCK.
(at itacraic rationarn.)
TWO THOUSAND OUINEAs STA
9 to 1 opt Wirebrewid II to 1 apt Wait
CHNITEII CUP.
9to 1 apt POWs (t) 123 to 1 apt Hors Romberg
14 to 1 Selossraw(t) 26 lo 1 Merry elrd
20 to 1 Iletborp 40 to 1 bibs Wsnlor
18,000 to 000 was laid against Poodle this morning in the
bet.
DZEBT.
•to I inn Howe Nslie 110 to I aptthatio(t)
to 13 1 Mann/ass 20 to l Asp: (t)
le to 1 I.4pldlsk 33 to I abeam (t)
There are only the,. races fur to-morrow, via., tho
Column Stakes, a Belling Plate, and the T.Y.C. Plate.
Minus walks over for the Headimp Plate.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONIL-1/sampAy.
Boma ma. ESEMAYT SDAIIA.AASITTAIIT4UneI AT TES °MURALS,

Marko Cantata, 20, ;i7;3;iiicted for having stolen six
oranges of the yaw) of 3d., the property of the Great
Western Railway Company, his employers.
The prisoner was a porter in tho employ of the company,
and on the night of the first inst., he and another porter
named Edwards were detected by Charles Paris, the fore-
man of the porters at Paddington, in the set of helping
themselves to oranges from a broken chest in one of the
truck,. Six oranges were found in the prisoner's pockets.
Edwards was discharged by the magistrate, there being no
clear ease against him ; but he had not been taken back in-
to the service sf the company.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. O'Brien said the company suffered greatly from these
petty depredations. If a porter took a fancy to a gin of
wine, he did not hesitate to break a bottle to get it; and
they felt it to be their duty to prosecute this case.
The Assistant-Judgesaid he could easily understand that.
It was necessary that such acts should meet with severe
nishment, and the sentence was that he be kept to hard
labour for six months.

TSB POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL.

Annabalks Berra, 10 years of age, residing with her
father, at 4, Hill-street, Peckham, was charged, under the
lbilowing circumstances:
Min Marianne Robinson, of St. James's-terrace, Cam-
dentown, said—l was walking with my sister, yesterday
afternoon, in St. Paul's-churchyard, and, while we were
looking in at Allan's window, my attention was directed to
the prisoner by two ladies, who said : Look ! that child
has just cut your mantle with a pair of scissors ; follow her,
she is running away. It is that child with the red rib-
bons." I ran after Ler, with my sister, who stopped the
prisoner. The latter isegan to cry ; and, before I accused
her, she said, " I did not cut the mantle." end at the same
time sho was putting a pair of scissors into her pocket. I
then gave her into custody. The ladies told me that pi-
soner-had cut another lady s shawl in a similar manner only
a few minutes previous.
Mrs. Day, complainant's sister, corroborated this state-
ment.
Milli Louisa Messenger, of Ebenezer-place, Shaeklewell.
said—l was in St. Paul's-church-yard between three
sad 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had my shawl cut
la several places while I was looking in at Allan's window.
My mother was with me, and first saw the holes in my
shawl, which were cut through four thicknesses.
A'derman Salosnans—What is the value of the mantle
and the shawl ?
Miss Robinson—The mantle is of silk velvet, and ma-1
broidered in front and round the bottom. I gave 41. 106.1
for it last autumn. It is an expensive one, and will wear 71
years.
less Messenger—l paid If. ls. for my shawl in the be-
aks/fag of last winter.
In sumer to a question from the Alderman, the cons-
giiaat said the articles could notbe repaired, as the pieces
ware eat completely out.
David Hach, 371, said—l took prisoner into custody,
sad she said, "I did not do it—my cousin did it." I
asked her where her cousin was, and she said, " I don't
know, fur she gave me these scissors and ran away directly
eke did it." I went to her cousin's address in the OM
Jewry and saw her cousin, but she denied all knowledge of
the transaction. The officer then produced a paper can
pining a great number of pieces of various kinds of matt
vial, which was seen to have been thrown away by the
cousin as soon as the prisoner was given into custody, and
which showed that a system had been carried on one by of 1
the girls of wilfully cutting and injuring ladies' shawls,
' mantles, and dresses ; even gentlemen's coats did not air
pear to have escaped the mark of the scissors.
Alderman Salomon—How old is the prisoner's cousin?
Prisoner—t3he is 16 years of age.
The prisoner's father attended, and said he hoped the
alderman would not punish his daughter, for there was no
evidence to show that she actually cut the mantle and shawl,
and he was confident of her innocence.
Alderman Salomon said it was a most malicious trick,
and be could only mark his opinion of the case by inflicting
as steer' a penalty .us the circumstances would admit oL
lie thought the prisoner must be a very vicious child to Is•
guilty of such an act.
The father said that the child had been brought sip
highly respectable, and was not in town more than ones a
fortnight, and he thought she ought not to be made et
suffer for what her cousin bad done.
Alderman Salomon said that, in the absence of the testis
mony of the two ladies who saw the prisoner run away, ka
mast treat her as an accomplice, and owes sh.t 91 as. be
paid for the mantle, and 16e. for the shawl, and he coa-
sidered that would be making a fair allowance for the time
they had been in wear.
The father expressed himself very much dissatisfied, and
inquired it he was to have the injured articles on payment
of the amounts ordered.
Alderman Salomons said certainly not. The amounts be
had awarded were for the damage, and not to replace the
shawl and mantle.

WORSHIP-STREET.
James ilacitin, • tall muscular young man, was charged
with • determined attempt to murder his brother, Mr.
Edward Macklin a painter and glazier, carrying on Wa-
nes, in James-street, St. Luke's.
The complainant stated that the prisoner, who had filled
various respectable situations, from each of which he had
been successively discharged in consequence of his violent
temper and irregular habits, had resided for some time put
in hishouse, and occasionally afforded him &scalper in his
business. On the preceding afternoon he entrusted the
prisoner with sufficient money for the purchase of two
pounds of hair of a peculiar description which he used in
his trade, but observing when the article was brought
home that it fell considerably short of the quantity he
ordered he mentioned the circumstance to his brother, who
insisted upon having it weighed, which was according)y
done, when it was found to be at least half-a-pound defi-
cient. Without making further allusion to the subject,
witness proceeded into the parlour, after intimat-
ing that tea was waiting, and was followed there
by the prisoner, who instantly rushed towards the
table, from which he caught up • long sharp-
pointed knife, and exclaiming, with an oath, that
" he would have his life," made a violent thrust at .his left
breast. On seeing his arm raised, witness rapidly dropped
down on his knees, and the point of the knife passed over
his shoulder, and struck the door behind him with such
force, as to bend the blade as it now appeared. The mo-
ment he recovered his feet, the prisoner, who had placed
himself between him and the door, made a second blow at
him with the knife, and having no other means of escape,
he hastily threw up the window, and leaping out into the
street, made the best of his way to the station-house to
procure assistance. On reaching the end of Featherstone•
street, he encountered& policeman, to whom ho was com-
municating the particulars of the outrage, when the pri-
soner suddenly presented himself with the knife in his
hand, and declaring " that he would plunge it into his
heart," made another stab at him, but his arm was arrested
in its descent by the constable, who succeeded, with tame
difficulty, in wresting the weapon from him, and took him
into custody.
Police-constable Ashley, O 228, fully corroborated the
latter part of the complainant's evidence, and added that
when the charge was taken down at the station-house, the
Prisoner exhibited the most rancorous and vindictive feel-
ings towards his brother, and since his arrival at the court
he had repeatedly threatened his life, and declared that he
should die for him un the scaffold.
On being asked if h poe
wished to say anything in answer
to the charge, the prisoner sullenly replied that he ahould
reserve what he had to say for another occasion.
Mr. Tyrwhitt directed the depositions to be at once com-
pleted, and the prisoner was ffilly easmitted for trial.
LAMBETH.

Susannah Harding, a—wolll;;;e7lyoung woman, with an
infant in her arms, applied to the Ron. 0. C. Norton for a
summons or warrant against the Rev. Alexander Gordon
John Bishop, a clergyman of the Chureh of England, who
has frequently figured at this court, for a very serious
&mutt eoismitteed on her on the preceding night. The
complainant, whose countenance bore proofs of gross bru-
tality, stated that she had been Using for some time with
the Rev. Mr. Bishop, but since the birth of the infant in
her arms, now 14 weeks old, she had not been with him.
On the night before she went to see the rev. gentleman at
a cigar shop in Exeter-street, Strand, which he frequented,
and having met him there he accompanied her r far as
Waterloo-bridge. At the latter place he inked her
where she had been during the day ? And she
replied that she had been to Greenwich Fair, and
that she bad taken her baby with her. lie next
asked if she had any money in her pocket, and she replied
that she had half a crown. lie then said that she had no
business to go to Greenwich Fair, and pea her a severe
blow on the left eye. She IPCIIIMINA 'est upon which her
assailant put her into a cab, and denind the cabman to
drive her home.
In reply to the magistrate, the unfortunate young woman
said, the infant in her arms was the second illegitimate
child she had had to bar asestlant, but the former was dead,
and for the ether the bad taken out a immintons spinet him
at this court, red ter doing this the sex. gentleman, she
said, win miry miry with her.
Mr. Nodes at me* gloated the esamons, and directed,
as she said she had se messy, that it should be granted
poor.

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