The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

Sarah "'whim, who appeared to be about 18 ran of
age. win charged with Devise attempted to drown Istiself.
The 'meshed girl had, it appeared. been in awake is
Leaden els months, sad was sedated, end wee obliged is
go upon the Sewn, with whist dreadful life she soon be-
ams dimmed. libe was seen by a pollinates at the bottom
of the Louden Bridge steps, sad prevented by ►iss from
throwing herself ir to the water. Bhe said ohs was very
unhappy. sad she feared that her parents would never
fore,. her.

The Lard Mayer desired that the girl should be reminded
for a row days, sad her rather was revisited to attead.
. .

John Cooper was 'harped with haviog endeumwed to
extort mmoy from tho wife of Mr. Cooper, ea artist is
Mimi William stmt.

Mis. Cooper mid—l was Maim la the first floor, en
Saturday, sad the prisms,. whom I did sot know, ease
ia and asked U Kr. Cooper was at home, and whether Mr.
Cooper was • stout lam. I said ho was • stout
sm. He then said he was • reporter for all the
papers, sad that Mr. Cooper had pima bail for
a fighting am, sad if I would give Ku 13s. 64. it should
mot appear, es it 'sight, is hie situation, be • dispose to
hi.. I said I could not take upon Lysol( to pay him the
13e. 6d., but I would refer bias to Mr. Kerrie. • solicitor,
wefts address I gave hint. He then left the house, and this
moraine ha stalled again between eight read nine, and my
Ituboad was at items. He that said if I would pay his say
sus oven seder 13.. it should sot soppier, and he wished to
ham his Meuse takes, and I might isnot for the likeness
oat of tho measy. He held moo pepltre IN his band at the
time. I rofesod to pay him anything, sad Mr. Cooper thea

came la aaal I kft the MOM - -
Tim Flamm (to witam.)—What yea say is tree so tar as
yea go, bat I will maks it mare elem. Did I set say that
I sans to lon as the father of a family?
Witses►—l thick lon did, sad you mad. allot of 24 papas
all of whisk you said you supplied ; sad you said that you
would remiss massy from all of Meta.
TM whether was remanded for farther szamlastioa.

MARYLEBONE.

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°ARVIN*, IPOIi?'S PARK.

Mary Ann* Davies, a young woman, very elegantly
attired, wee charged before Mr. Broughton with being la
the Z iologicsl Gardens, Regest'equak, for the purpose of
committing a filmy.
Hr. Weimer aiteaded fee the primmer.
Edwards, 128 8, said that ea Bata-day enemies, about
belt past four o'clock, ►e was in the Gardens la plala
clothes, w►sa ►e saw the prisoner, who was keewa to him,
pan betimes two ladies, sad pleas ►erself la frost of a
Ike. He the. observed that else west ekes up to soma
ladies, tad saw her pat her bead by their dresses, movie,
it (bee head) to sad fro. He west up to her sad stated
that Ise was a pollee-oonstable, sad that be believed she was
there for t►e purpose of picking pockets. He remerked
else t►at he must take her tato eastady. She seemed to feel
tadigusat at the charge, sad said he sat be mistakes. As
they were going slam she observed that she hoped be
would sot take her into 'weedy, sad she would give his
►er word of hamar that s►e would sot be seen there agile.
In answer to Mr. Broug►tau the seastable stated that he
bad mesa the primmer i• the soapily of thieves. She lived
with a sea Named Hwy Walker, +be was seat from that
mart on a charge of stealing • watch from a passenger in
es omnibus. There am great complaints of pickpockets at
the Gardens.

Mr. Brosettout-111 was elavicted at the hat Casual
Criadital Coen?

Edwu.is—Yes, Mr. He was aanvietad, and had a
punishment of 4 years' penal eerritede.
Mr. Broughton thought them was not enlicieut pound
for a conniotka.
The prisoner was discharged.

AUDLCIOVID 10111111. T.
Margarst Wearthay. aged 14, was charged with stooling
a poem of &apses, of ab int 10s. value, from the shop of
kr. England, linendraper, High-street, Lisson•grove.
The prisoner was io company of another child, and was
seen to go off from the shop with something ender her
dress, whisk ehe dropped on her way to the station-hones.

the war seat to the Homo of Corr;etioa for Woo noathi.

WESTMINSTER.

Alfra Coauthor, described as a gardeaer, was *barged
with rebbiog a poor Irish girl, who sells fruit is the street,
of ball a-erowa.

Ptomains stated that on Saturday eight the prisoner
came up to her in the Kicg'►road, Chelsea, and taking an
apple out of ber basket, ate it. She requested payment,
when he said he would give her a halfpenny, if she could
Bad change for half a crown. She gave bin 25., and was
turtling her pocket for ease halfpence, when he missd
the half-crown which was Illog is her basket, sad made off
with both that and the two abilliogs. A gentleman inter-
fend in the poor girl's behalf, but prisoner got away. Ile
was apprehended yesterday :sorbing.
Primmer, who admitted that he bad stiU got the poor
girl's change, told a long story about her having handed the
half-crown to another woman to see whether it was good,
and not 'ivies him his fall change.
Ile was remanded till Thareday.

Tho Magistrate' offered to tab; good bail for bio appc:r-
ascii, but he was locked up i• default.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Tamura WITH 1011TICL

A respectably dressed men named base Walford wee
broeght up ea named charged with • murderous assault
upon his wife, sad Mee with having violently assaulted •
tradesman named Poillipe, lieieg in Nottingham-plass,
Commercial-mei, who bad i•terfered for her rotation.
At the former baring of the ease it wee proved by 11r.
Phillips that while passing through Chleksand-smeet,
Whiteehapel, his attenuate was attracted by $ terrible
uproar, accompanied by min of " Martin" in cue ef the
homes, on enteriag which he finned the prisoner in the
set of beating his wife ia • most enraersifal meaner
as she lay •pon the Mel. Oa remonstrating with
bias, the prisoner, doctorial' that he wield serve him in •
similar meaner, beached him down aad blackened hie eye.
The unfortunate wife was conveyed to bed, under the dine-
tioa of a surgeon, who prosoonmit her to be to a state of
'across dancer from the injuries she had received, sad
furnished a certificate to that effect.

On the.... being sow sailed ea, it was intimated by the
policeman who had takes the charge, that although the
primmer's wife wee still very ill, she expressed an obstinate
determination set to some forward against her husband, as
abs ►ad se whit to punish him
Mr. Yams, who appeared for the defiant, submitted,
radar theie eirestustaness, that the case was at en end, as
the other complainant had forwarded a written acknow-
ledge's:it to the effect that he had accepted a peensiery com
pessation from the prisoner, and that it was not his fetes-
non to praised farther in the matter.
The Magistrate, however, said that he should certainly
withhold his esuttion from such an arrangement, which
ameusted, is a ease of so aggravated a charaster, to a men
trifling with jeans', and although he regretted his inability,
is conseqemsea of t►e absence of the wife, to impose as ade-
quate motet of punishment upon the prisoner for his bru-
tality towards her, he should convict him spas the previous
evidence, and order him to pay a penalty of 40c, or be com-
mitted for one month to the House of Correction.
BOUT H WA ARK.
BILLING 011 Ili PIIKATZ 100115.

John:Dudley and As.. Driky, his wife, wen charged
with unlawfully sang gin to Nary Ana Cooper?, at No. 10,
Flint-street, Southwark.
Mary Ana Cooper uid that she and her husband lived at
6, Usieo-street, Borough road. Lest night about a quarter
to twain she went out with a decanter to purchase lose gin,
but else feud the public homes closed. She consequently
asked a pus= when she could purohue some gin, when that
party told her that oho would be arm to get some in Friar.
street or Plintetotet. She 'audio; went up the latter etreet,
and saw no female prisms? 'Wadi.' at the door of No. 10.
The pelican immediately seined her to walk Is, sad them
took a bottle from a espbeard, and emptied a teaatity of
gin late witaseate decimator. She wasted ems mem bat
the primmer bad se mere to the batik, awl wheelie Hsu
headed ernspeace balf•pmay hr N. sad mat away. She
lead sot gose anal yard. before she net a twastable, who
sapped Mr, sled they both retamed to the beam, whoa
both Owners were elm isle aseledy. The WWII'S hen
said die did not pay forgo eh, neither did the hush ask
for say mousy, but she put the eeveapeees belf.peasy
in the head eta child oho had is bee arm. thee had Mew*
the prisms's some time as neighbours, cad eh* onsidesed
that the gin was only gives to haw neon aeammedatiaa.
Samuel Fowler, yolisteemetebie U lit said be had At

some dm siepeeted the peteesets. bat situ the pant
i tine led set boss able W detest Ws.

The phases* both dedered that they bad sot sold the gin,
and the Mash, said sbo had est, hat is W Mn. Cooper, as
she was as aid asgsaistasoo.
Mr. sakes said be bad so desk, free the masses of
the witness Cooper sad the constable, that the ease was folly
proved agalast the female ; therefore be should doe bus 261.
or three raostbs, and the nu west be dirokerged.

• 1111.111.
John Marl, a fallow well knows to the pollee, was eharpd
with violently aelealtias two female.

From the evidence of the etwaplaituat. Sans Steal, who ab.
cohabited with the prisoner, it appeared that the prisoner
was in the mutant habit of ill-using bur. Site had lived at
with hia for three years, and she was hardly ear a day Lsi
without beta* handled about. Os !Friday he kicked her, tt
threatened to gouge out her eyes, sad ran • Sark late her :t
us. On Saturday he again knocked her about, kicked her
in the wet brutal maser, and after throwing several things it
at her, sad alai the eat beastly sad disgusts' anal% Is be

took op a tab oed eat bar head own with is. Wham the
onmplainant's sister, who had .a bloat ia her amt, inter st
-
Wed, he struck hot stoat violeatly is the pit of taw Amt, le
hawked her and lot infant oa the rood, is Ike sot tit
brutal maser, alias that he would do for these. ec

The primer, who is a woli•kaowa IMO, bad wain to I x
say. fit.

The magrieteste, la the mom belie, manna, commented
1 a.
mom the ewe, and ontmeed him to tin months with hod a.
lobos:: in the Homo of Cometion. n.

THANES.
LATI SIIZIIIII3 01 TM, SKIP COISTIMIS OP CLWDOL

Oa Mr. Yardley taking his seat ou the beach this stow :
ill", Mr. Laador, • Widow. applied to Idea respecting the 10
broker's still's's; ea the same of the ship Csimess of 14

Caweer, of Inearner, , whisk was distraissiapes an Tees- r.
day lest for estunea's wages to the amount of 1191.75. 4d. ir
Mr. Lsador said the wages had bees paid to the mimeo is ti
the shipping slim. et.
Mr. Yardley—That is me discharge whatever of my judg-
meat, and saleis the debt and costa be paid into court, the le
salvo( the ship must proceed..
it.
McCready, as °Seer of the wart, 93 H, mid—This is the so
last day, your worship, for the man to be fa perismioft la
Mr. Yardley—Then let the ship be sold.
Mr. Landor said the broker had charged for the sun fa 11.
possession seems times over on each warrant.
Mr. Yardley—He ought not to do that. If there woe 30
only cos sea fa pansies, ally use ought to be charged. ft,
Mr. Leader—The broker has also shaped IW. Ils.
poundage mossy ; bat I datet quarrel with that. I hope,
sir, as we have paid the matey at the shipping-olio', you ft
will ally order us to pay mots.
es
Mr. Yardley—Let the payment of the wages at the skip. pt.
ping-olko be takes pro team. It was a mast improper
proceeding 'dowdier to discharge the debt at the shipping-
dice. If yea show the °Meer the mem has beau paid to et.
the seamen, and predate their reselpta, he will so doubt be

satisfied ; but If yea do sot pay immediately all the ooste. I
the ship mast be sold forthwith. I will allow the Omar to as
go to the slapping-elks, sad If ha is satbdad t►e larger su
amount has been paid he will release the ship oa Feyness VI
of every farthiag of the costs. Is
McCready was satisfied the wages bad bees paid before is.
Capiala Doss at the ilhipplatedles ort:Towsr-bill, sod bad xi
sees the 'slaws which ►ad bees signed by the mamas. sc
Mr. Yardley—Hs acted with gross Jeronimo of his duty
is iaterferiag with a judgment of this court. You way is

tell Captain Dean whet I lep. He ought not to have taken I
the =neg. tt

Mr. Laadoe said the captain and the agent of the owner
had been misled by the ignorance of the shipping
and additioaal *apemen iscarred, and he; hoped this ease ni
would he made public.
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Mr Yardley—l have sothlng to do with asking state. ;
aunts public It le no dissharp of &judgment of the court
to pay massy ordered hero before a shipping master. I
repeat, he hes betrayed most gross jgaossam of his duties.
It was then agreed that 6s. psi day should be charged far
the man is posesasion of the ship.
at.
Mr. Lander, Mr. Ellis, the broker, and MoCrsedy, pro- at.
cored to the shipping-rise ; the costs, mounting to 201.,
wire paid, and the Counter of Cawdor was released. 4
1010LLOY AND 00 SSSSS . 15
Jobs Hain, alias Chrk, a coslwbipper, aged 38, was 41
brought up before it,, Tudisy, on remand, charged with Si
burglariouly breaking and entering into the boys of Mr. :
James Joseph Baldwin, of No. 14, Albert square, Cramer- 0.
dal-road East, and stealing 1601. in Bank of England notes,
a cost, Nand shirt, two silver salt spoons, and $ pair of ro<
saga tongs. 134
lo
Inspector Allison, of the IE. division, and other potion ifi
others rarloysd in the ease, said they had bean unable to et.
trace the notes, the numbers of which were unknown to
Mr. Baldwin. The prisoner was a returned transport and it..
several of his family wen thieves.
to
Mr. Yudlay committed the prisoner for trial. to

BURGLARS DETRATED.—lnformation has been re.
(vivid by the polio, of a daring burgluy sad attempted j
robbery on the premiwe, 48, Clerkeawell-greea, occupied it.
by Mr. Heamford, lapidary and dealer is precious moose. it.
Au elderly lady, who coespied apartmeats is the homes, Si,

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having been awakened on Friday morales by the barking 1
et a favourite lapdog, got out of bed aad west down stairs, 17
alien she observed a man without shoes rush into the dist o
free front room, and agape out of the window. An alarm tir.
we. given, and the polies, called in, but the fellow distanced IL
W goners. On looking over the premiss', the shop was 1.41
lemil to be in disorder, the glass case containing the vans- to
►Mebrokn, and the street door unfastened with the imp-
deo of one bolt, which leaves no doubt that he was disturbed
whilst endeavourbig to admit his confederates. The most ti!.
valuable portion of the property bad been selected by him, V,
and was ready for removal ; he, however, contrived to carry
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off a few pebbles wet.
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understand that

We (Manchester Guardian) _ , ono of ...-
the first advantageous results of the Limited Liability Act
will be the formation of a company for the purpose of eon. to
structieg a dock on the Cheshire shore of the Mersey, in a lt4l
position imsediataly contiguous to the parchaos lately made ie
by the Corporation of Liverpool. We need not somnisat on In
the important), of this project to the trading and mauufac•
luring istemla of Lamosibirs.
Yosss Ornate of Berlin contain. the following

Ilrrn Vienna :—u The gaestioa of the pertictipatios of Bar le
-
dian in the negotiation has been definitely settled by the
Western Powers having decided that a itudialan plenipo-
teatiary shall be admitted to all the negotiation which are 10
not connected with the ezednive right of the gnat powers." 2,
IL Asher has an opera ready for rehearsal, of C
which eons of the airs, beard by friends, are highly 30.
spokes of. M. Heavy hu also finished anew opera.
Mm.. Plessis will appear at the Francais in the r
early pen of next math. as a new pine written for her too
&hit by the pea of Scribe. too

Lafoot, recently arrived at the Greed
Opera, Paris, is aadentood to be engaged for Lauda',
neat )tat.
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The performances of Mme. Ristori and the Italian "
4
Mapes, at Paris close neat week. In addition to her soy
ogsgenseat at Vienna this lady will, before rwurnieg to 11:i;
]ply, perform at Lyons and other principal cities in the too
meth of Franco. too
A letter from Constantinople states that the in- 1:084
habitants of that elpital are this winter to have an Italia& 1,1
opera, *French vaudeville, and a ballet.
A letter received in this quarter (Glasgow Daily uy
Neil), from one of the mew of the genboat Stork, which io
leek part in the bmtbudaient of 8 wesborg, states that the IA
Moen of that vessel, by means of their telescopes, saw the in
Unitas removing the dead in cart-loads.
The Essex papers are commenting upon a very m
bird case which has jut occurred in that county. It ap-
pen that two brothers, named Collin, labourers In the m
ploy of • Mr. Joseph Brews, a retell farmer of Roydon
Irak", pee notice to their employer', foreman on the
maim; sit Saturday, the 4th inst., that they should went 4
• belibilley on the essadng Monday to witness the review. 110
Ile de Inapesities Itereeten *either sweated nor re- pe
iii. Ile bream% tigatber with their father, went to el
week ea fibs Moseiff sierning at halt peat four o'clock, E
bibs an peer eel a half before the usual tints, as =
dm were embus to pt their work forward. "
As One Wasik • large eonernose of people having
eructed at Ilaning-ms•d. the spot selected f',r the
mew awl the lbeems having told them to leave off mow-
Timms ad at ones to the review-erosed
sea limy 1141rds two o'clock. Two days passed,
ewes IMO the 100.011. went to their work as usual, but
es tbe Ilmintagbe= tuere sent he by their ea•
g=orei d keel a pollinate& is et,
Tip sew Wile foe eleeedlatuusier a warrant
lbsw Sr B 001011•14 of Paredes, by
Age they were sammlued to Chelmsford Gaol for 14 day",
whit bard labour. Se. Palmer, of Ifesiog Park, oat of
ormleavation fee Ile hard trainest of the men appealed
$lOllllll G. re
G. rescind as sewer that Ate Home
fkreestary mold see ne ndleisat gresad for advising an la-
tishresse with the prize' ilenlateee.