The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING,

me her nosey sad refused the goods else had It ins se
belt of here.

Mr. lisearnitll observed that she wee, in her own opinion,
ananifestly very canning in evading the law, but he should
anlesitatiagly send her for 14 dap to the Rosso of Cot-
reeks mane eh* at ones consented to go into the work-
house with her offspring.
Defendant persisted in her refusal so to do until locked
.p for a wranderable tins in the all, when she thought
better of it and soorpted the sonditioae.
THAMIRL
• P•IIILT Or THIIIIVIS.
Two girls noised Smith, aged 19 and 17, were charged
with being in piresecnon of halt a ham end eight yards of
cotton print, inspected to have boss stolen or unlawfully
procured.

William Copping, a police wadable, Ito. 379 X, stated bb
that the real name of the prisoners was Haw, and they be-
longed to a family of thieves. Their father, who lived in 114
Queen Ann-street, Whiteohapel-road, and
had a email street stall in the New-road, Whiteithapel, had 111
bees twice convicted of felony, and on ono occasion he 2741
(Copping) found there 100 silk handkerchiefs which bad 1.4t
.
boos stolen. Oa Wednesday the brother, only ten years st.
of ego, was detected in curling a tan pounds of t
ham from a shop, and was sentenced to two months*
Imprisonment and hard labour. He had seen the pri-
KAMM their father, brother, undo, and aunt turn out airy
in the morning on marauding expeditions, bat the, so
were so sunning that they managed, except in the in-
stases, be mentioned, to elude the vigilance of the s•
police. Ho saw the two prisoners together yester•
day with something under their cloaks. Ha took to
them into custedy, and found upon one half a ham, weigh.
leg and on the other eight yards of cotton print,
In
sufficient for a dress. He had no doubt the property was
It. St.
stolen.

...
Mr. Yardley directed the twistable to endeavour to And it
the owners of the property, and remanded the prisoners. :::
Subsequently, Mr. Yardley decided on disposing of the so
ease at once, sad be sentenced the youngest prisoner to two NI
months' imprieonment and bud labour, and the eldest to le'
e't
six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. tail

SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS.
(THIS DA r)

This morning Alderman Kennedy and Alderman ii< et.
Rose, the newly-sleeted sheriffs for the eity of London and 34
satiety of Middlesex, entertained the Muter., Wardens, and us
Court of Assistants of the Clockmaken and Byes- t

Melee:Laker. Companies, to which they respectively io
belong, to a splendid breakfast at the Alblon T ,
previous to their proceeding to the Guildhall in state to be 26
sworn in and mums their year of ogles, and at half-past one M
o'clock the Lnd Mayor and the leading Aldermen, with C.
the usual civic functionaries, entered the hall and took is
his seat on the hustings, when the nasal oaths were admi- .1
aistered ►y the Town Clerk to the Sheriffs, and to Mr is
senior. Under-Sheriff, after which the court retired,
the new Sheriffs being invited to take their seats la the Bt.
Court of Aldermen.

BWRAIING IN OF FRI NSW ALDIRNAN FOR FAZI/ING• R.
DON-WITRIN.—RI the Court of Aldermen held after the filt
ewearing•in of the new Sheriff', Alderman Eaglet.= wu in• up
traduced by a deputation from the Wud of Farringdon• lb
within, and har as taken the customary oaths, took his seat it
at the Court as Alderman of the Ward, in room of the St.
late Alderman Kelly. et.
SO

Tim BALTIC FLEET.—A telegraphic mammy ;
rived this day from Throttle, states that the Bulldog had ro
weird with the mails. All the high-pressure blecluships 25
had left for Englaud, and the weather rationed unsettled. 22:
SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN BEEMONDSEI-STREST. ep
—This morning a Ilse young tam named James Caanard,
aged 24 years, fell from a refold a depth of 40 feet, and is
sustained a compound fracture of the legs and other in- 6
judo,. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where he
remains in a precarious state. et
ATTEMPTED &MCI DIL —This morning Mr. William
' Bryant, aged 48 years, of Deptford road, was ►rought to ec
Lazarus Ward, Guy's Hospital, with his throat frightfully
cut. The unfortunate man had been is a despoading way al
for some time, he was discovered t►is morning in his bed- I
room, weltering is a pool of blood, sad a earning knife 82
' lying by his side. Little hopes are entertained of his re- IV
covert'. 70

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SUICIDE THROUGH DISAPPOIRTRD APTICTION.—
This meriting Eliza T , a housemaid, in the ..vies of Set
Dr. W. 11. Neville, of Esher, hang herself in her bedroom. at
Oa the drawers in the room were two pieces of paper, on 144
which were written the following Please to laic over Sic
the plate and linen. If any of the sherds are missing los t
will Gad them alder the bed. Lacy (her fellow servant) at.
perhaps you wiU now see the sakied neater in which you st
have treated me. Good bye." The deceased had latterly 50
been disappointed in her athleticism, sad had several times to
said she would throw herself is the water. ra
Bt.

EXTENSIVE F 11112.-00 Tuesday, at mid-day, is iii
Oa sea as Mr. Matthew Coot's tars, at Valetas, arm is
Loath, were busy threshimg with the steam anabiao, one of
tt en observed a fire in ma of the stacks, spgammtly about ac.
elm sin of a man's hand, sad, in spit. et tbs amissassems at.
to pat it out, it rigid till It burst the esti» eta* sod also !ti
*then whisk stood contiguous, cousumiug 200 qrs. of what,
10 acres of oats, and 1 stack of tares, also two waggons and
a cart. The loss sustained is calculated at between 1,0001.

ad 1,6001. AU dm &sisals au the farm wets reamed. St.
A GALLANT FEMALE Doxzeric.—Early this week st.
ea attempt was made to break tato the Abbey fun blase, ip
Little Coggeshall. The maid somas; hearing a noise about
eleven o'clock, looked out of the *amber window, when 10
she saw a man in the set of entering the parlour window, a at
second standing at a little diatom*, as If upon the watch. St.
She immediately procured hoe master's gun, which she
fortenately found loaded, opened the window, sad Seed at Mm
one of the fellows; bat though her mange was good her 23
aim was deteetim. the burglars making off. 10
A RUSSIAN PLEA FOR MESCL—The following St.
article appeared is the &biog.*. Tiatingar of the 14th 10
10
of August:—" The danger is past, at least for the present; 10
Sweaborg has ceased to smoke; Use roar of the guns no 1.0.6
longer deafens the ear as daring the eventful days of the 9th at.
and 10th of August. No 'invincible armada meets the 10
sight; the horism is once more clear, bet Heleingfors is no 2'
longer itself. The feeling of security has not returned ; life In
and excitement have vanished. Nothing more desolate can 23
exist the the appearance of Relsingtors daring the last few
days. The incessant moving sad tramporting of valuables,
(similar*, mad efectsuf all deseriptions, is beyond belief ; the
wrests are Ailed with them, mad the man road to the into-

ii•;1;elaos line of sorts, waggons, and fogitivee; the mese
bales the power of language to powetny. Rskinglets and is
its inhabitants used to be known for their tranquillity is
and pommilde monditioa, hat now they labour under that 90
most motagioes fever, the pasta of fear. And what do we *
feet ? We hope oar enemies have not lost all feelings of
humanity sad pity. They siertainly have not, up to the s,
present time, spared private property, sopeeiallv vessels of 100
every denomination. Still it ought to be barn. in mind 100
that hers the question involves the safety of a whole town, 23
a whole roolmathaity-a small one, perhaps, but cantering in ,ro
itself the little all of the inhabitants end the deepest into- leo
rests of the Plaited nation ; a city that Ism a right to be 30
respected, not only la the same of humanity, but in that of
civilisation. It ought to he remembered that, es some deeds I
add imperishable laurels to a nation's and an individual's s
name, others leave a stain which for ever remains recorded 9:
in the future pages of history."
VALUE OF SGSEP.-Mr. Drew, of Eostmm, has 110iei
given the results of his experiments on various breeds of 160
sheep is a letter which appears in the Royal Age cultural To
Society's Journal. He considers it proved that the setae los
quantity of food that will suffice for 100 Cotswold will ••4
suffice for 103 L ioesters, 115 Hempshire Dower, 128 lee
pure-bred or Sasses Dawn, or 115 Croce-bredD
or awn Al
Cotswolds. Oa this supposltioa the results in money,
supposing each lamb or tog to be sold as mut- r,
ton at the year's end, would be as follows : 711
-
Cotswolds, 11.. 4d. per fleece, 38s 4d. carcase, 495. Bd. 10
single leg, sad 2481. fit. 81., satire flack. Leicester, fleece 90
its. 10d , careen 32c. 7d., single tog 424. 6d , entire 11 Ink 10
2221. 12s. 93. Susses Downs, proportions 6s. 110., 16
335. 9d., 40s. Bid , and 2041. 2..66. Hampshire Downs,
9. , 365. 10d., 465. 101., and 2631. 10e. 10d. ; cross:towed, 10
9.. 110., 41s. 2d., Ms. ltd., and 2921. 10,. The term "en- 19
tire dock "is supposed to imply the number of sheep that 10
could be kept on what would solace for 100 Cotswolds, tee 10
proportions being given as above. Se
SALES OP SOUTHDOWN SHEEP.-Mont of the im-
portant annual sales of 800thdovon sheep have taken place. IC
At the annual sale and letting of the Goodwood fl irk rams 11
let for the season at prices ranging from 10 to 40 guineas, V
the latter being the highest price, and the nest three 281., .
261.. and 231 The Sauthdown ewes sold for from 6/. 16s
to 221. each. Mr. Rigdsn. breeder of Hove, near Brighton,
has sold 140 ewes, : 90 fal3mosthed and 60 allerdings,
12 rams, and 20 ram lambs ; sadist 1111 at elan lamb.. The
fell mouthed ewes were sold at prime ranging from 21 15s.
to To. ; shoarllng•wes. from IL 160. to Si. 10s. The prices of
the rams that were sold imaged from 6 to 20 guineas, and of
the ram lambs from 6to 71 guineas. Of the rams forlettiog
one two years old, which gained priers at Carlisle and
Saws, was let to Mr. *stars, of Rartham, for 60 guineas;
a one year old, which Raised poises at Carlisle and Sussex,
was let to Lord Walainghass for 30 guineas ; another to Mr.
Rail, for 31 guise's ; one to Messrs. Hammon and Ang-
merirg, for 30 guineas ; and a throe year old, which gained
• prise at Paris, to Mr. J. Felder, for 20 guineas. At the
Lthdport eels a one poor old ewe (stoked 46,., and full-
mouthed ditto from 40.. to 83s. At Lewes the prices
26e. to 42a. ; lambs, 16s, to 26..; withers, 281. to 39..