The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

CUIVILZ or RAILWAT THIZITA AT BRISTOL.—
Three asterious characters. named George Taylor, Bliss-
tek Barnes, and Mary Callaway, who have for a
satheard period infested the railway termini in thi. city
a the Great Western, Bristol sad Easter, and Midland
.impanies, eommittiog eatensive depredations on persons
emitted by the trains, but who had hitherto by their
adroitness succeeded in eluding justice, have just been cap-
tured, and, alter a very leagthrsed inquiry before the ma-
netrates on Monday, they were all three fully committed for
trial. they were charged by the railway authorities under
the following cireurnitances :—lt was that for some tin*
they have pursued the plea of forcing themselves into the
crowded booking Whom and upon the arrival and departure
platforms, where by pretending to be in a great hurry, and
;oolong about, they managed to create a great deal of eon-
Nous, which they took advantage of to steal watches,
perket-hooks, penes, te. They have also been known for
test time to have been in the habit of travelling by Ta-
tou trains, prinelpelly in first-class carriages, with a
view eumsnittieg depredations on the journey, and
tech vies their shill that, although carefully watehed,
easy contrived to escape detection till a day or two
Hare, when they were captured in the following manner,
vita a 'bows one of their moat successful plans of operation :
A oily aimed Lewis and her niece having occasion to pro-
ceed to Wotiou-under•Edge, went to the trirkintoMee fur
vurpoeir of obtaining their ticket.. The three prisoners
eta observed to come on the premises at the same time in
earwily together, apparently conversing eagerly. Mrs.
Lou was timely observed by them, and when she took out
h.., purse to pay for the tickets, her niece saw Bermes call
pnaorier Taylor, and, touching her own dress in front,
el.. re bin. Lewis's pocket warn, point to that lady. Taylor
set Barnes then .lord in upon her as if for the purpose of
(',,ining tickets, but in a minute they left. The niece
im-
©• import,' of her aunt if she had been robbed, and
~:ag been anetterral to the adinnativer, she follow, d the
o•in. sad observed him part the purse to Callaway, who
etypeti it in a corset of her shawl, leaving • point hanging
• it. the niece at one, accused them of the theft, when
ra,laway struck at her, and, while eh. stoo,ied to avoid her,
pared the pane into her reticule basket. The magistrates
committed them ell three tor trial.

SANITARY CoNDITIoIi ..e; ST. PANCRAS. —On
Moeda, Mr. Smith Brent, the depoty•coroner for Mid.
•!Irsea, heir' ao inemeat at the Duke of Wellington,
beightenatreet. Argyll-sguare. St. renew, couching the
math of a female of the name of Mora Ilevhar.l, aged 33,
who had lately been delivered of a child, and who, tt was
Wetted, had been poisoned by the foul and ooziest.. games
whoa are coat/Dually arising a the neighbourhood of her
deeding. Mrs. Cardiac Lepton, who e. as the first wit.
nese robed, stated that the demure) had for the pest few
wer'ss been residing in the second.floor back of a home
buttortatmet, Cromer-street, and that on the 16th of Sept.
she was there delivered of a male child. 'loth she and the
sa.,l confirmed to do extremely well until Monday week,
when the deceased WAS tubes eery ill, and notwithstanding
that Br. Popham, the pariah surgeon was called in, One
es, dad ea the Thuraelay following. Had heard the
*peak of the hot smell. that pervaded the Louse,'
eat bad oftea complained of them herself to the landlord
of toe premiere. Other evidence of a similar elm.rarer
was given. It was also proved that during her
c'.uoirment the deceased was much neglected. The
en summing up, stated that he had on
Ili I .V ISO bell an euqueat in a different part of the
St •hiele it was pro,- el that death had been muted the
6.1 'late of the sewer. The jury, having rentaired in
eiheidicetash for soma time, re termed the following sortie'
''''bcl,—" That the deceased, Maria 'Jaybird, on the 23rd
day ,f September, did then and there die, and the jareeral
sey that too el ith of the said Maria Ilavhard was
the mortal effects of typhoid plicrperal fever,
ri„-ti by the unto altby state of the almiripbere of the
'- and leesii'y in which sho lived acting iojuriouely
Von the impaired and health of the said Maria Hay.
kwd• Aid the jurors a 'qtr.'. their regret that the num.
of the deer we' wootsn w.n imperfectly performed,
arri that a• effort was not made by the Irieueie of the de.
ist4.4 to protest the alb minim of a parochial nurse. The
eatertain an tamest hope that the vestry of the
Smell of St. Patients will promptly exert the legal powers
y helm at their elmpsa.el in order to improve the sanitary
tias of differs ut portions of the parish, mud to prevent
;lc 'eternises of (leash from causes somas, to throe which
yw now felled thing together ; and the coroner is hereby
trUy but earnestly relented to communicate the
„,edict and this Impeach* to 'he vestry of the pariah
emcees at kw earliest opportunity."
"DON. BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL.
;11,11 —Tragic tor the week ending Sept. 23, 1662,
le"'Al• 6.1.; ditto for cortespeadiug week last year,
...kW Ns. 31. ; deereas• is 1052, 2,063!. 6,. 10d.