The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING,

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLKIMENWELL
A WIFE'S TALL.

Mary Ann Sinrlair, Idissipatallooking woman, was
charged before Mr. D' ynconrt with knocking at the door of
her husband's house without lawful excuse.
The husband stated that about two years ego the de-
fendant left him, having one day, whilst he was oat, sold
his home. She led a very profligate life, and was in the
constant habit of getting intoxicated. A short time after
she left home she took a man to a brothel, and robbed him
'of his watch. For that offence ahe was given into custody,
and wee sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment with hard
labour. Occasionally, when she was the worse for liquor,
she came to his house sod annoyed him, because he would
not take her back or provide her with maintenance.
The defendant said that she was determined to annoy him
if he did not give her some money, as she was often without
food. Her husband was as bad as she was, for he was co-
habitiog with another woman.
The husband said he did not want his wife punished ; all
that he required ores that she should not annoy him.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said the parties had better get their
friends to settle their differences. He then discharged the
woman with a cantle°, remarkingthat if thehusband's state-
ment was correct he had a very good case for the Divorce
Court. . . .

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The wife, who rid she would be revenged oo her husband,
then loft the court.
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THAMES.
THE FALSE TRIEND.-A CICU. HOBBZHT.

George Robert Bohm, a seaman, was brought before Mr.
Partridge, charged with stealins a bag filled with clothes,
the property of Charles Frederick Allen, of No. 4i, Cole-
man-street, City.
It appeared that the prisoner, a coareelooking fellow,
about 30 years of age, with beard and moustache, who
looked ray much unlike what he represented himself to
be, had bath Wye% in the house of the prose-
cutor's father, in Coleman-street, and represented that
he was going away in the ship John Davis. The prosecutor
was anxious to go to sea, and the prisoner said he could
get him a berth as steward in the same meal, and they
might as welt go away together. The prosecutor,
on the faith of these representations, provided him-
self with an outfit, which consisted of 2 seats,
2 waistcoats, 7 shirts, 2 flannel shirts, 2 pairs of trousers, 6
pairs of arks, 2 pairs of drawers, 5 neckties, a blanket, rug,
brushes, razor, and other articles. The whole of the prose-
cutor's " kit " was deposited in a large canvas keg.
A few days since the prosecutor bade farewell
so his father and friends, and started from the City for the
West India Doak, where the John Davis was said to be
ready for sea. The prisoner took the prosecutor to the
house of a man named Gilpin, of Na 1, Harrow-street, Bat-
cliff, where Allen was advised to leave his bag
of clothes wilds they went to the shipping office to
sign articles of wesosot. On reaching the shipping office
it was eembikmd that the Jobs Davis was not ready for
sea, or at leant it was an repreeented by the prisoser,who then
took his friend to the Jolly Caulkers, a house of public enter-
tainment on the Surrey side of theriver,whers they remained
for three days, and all that time the prisoner lived at the ex-
pense of his friend. On Sunday afternoon last the prosecutor
gave the prisoner some money to buy a =them. The pri-
mer never returned with the money or the mattress, but on
the same afternoon the prisowt called upon Gilpin, and
demanded the beg of clothes and a concertina which
Allen left there on the previous Thursday, and said " the
hag and the concertina belong to ma" He also said
Charley (mamma the prosecutor) had shipped and
gone to sea Gilpin delivered the clothes and con-
certina to the prisoner, who was not seen again
until yesterday afternoon, when the prosecutor's father
met the prisoner on Snow-hill, and gave him into the
custody of a City Whams named Edwin Routs, No. 5115,
to whom prisoner said, " No, that can't be, I have
just wine from Gravesend.' The constable insisted

Onaeouriog the prisoner who then said, ;;Trall. I did take
the bag of clothes sad the omowtina, and lost them all."
Mumma Gilpin and Mary Ahearn proved the delivery of
the beg and it. coolants to P.oheoti, who turned out all the
clothes and counted every 'Aide.
Mr. Partridge thought the psomseutor bad acted with con-
siderable imprudence.
Allem—Well. sir, I as set a enspidoos man, and I
thought the prisoner wad as homed man sod would cot rob
me. I have lost everything,
Mr. Partridge was wiry the prosecutor's confideace in
the prisoner was so very sadly abased. He remanded the
primoer for a week mad awned Roues to make inquiries
about the prisoner, who was a disgrace to the blue jacket.

THE EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY IN WHITE
-
CHAPEL CHURCH.

FURTHER DIECOVEILIES.—(rms DAY.)

This forenoon at 10 o'clock • search in a part
of the church hitherto overlooked was instituted by order
of Mr. Churchwarden N. J. Powell, and with the most un-
"firtmans.
belfry behind a sort of wooden chamber or box
containing one of the huge dock weights • child's coffin was
found standing on end. Upon proceeding upstairs into
the dock chamber the men employed in the examination
found a child in • shroud and no fewer than 11 skulls.
There was also in another part of the chamber • coffin con-
taining a quantity of sawdust, which upon being removed !
disclosed to view the skeleton of • child, with a cap on the
aka I. These and other remains had bean placed behind
some beams or joist. parallel to the wall, at
• height of eighteen feet above the floor of
the chamber. To reach the spot where the
remains were found, it is stated that two per-
sons at least meat have been engaged, for the only 400148
to it was by means of a narrow ledge of timber eight feet
from the penal, and the coffins must had been handed up to
the perm &Washy an accomplice. The place to catch hold
of was very narrow, and if the person clinring oo had made
the slightest dip, he would infallibly have been killed by
falling into the iron machinery of the church bells.
A builder, Mr. Hicks,of Whitechapel, has been en=
to carry out this farther search. A carpseter, John
employed under him, dates that from the appearance of
the wood in the miles some at lead of them must have
been placed where they were !mod within the last two
years. Fragmente of others premed the appearance of
being thirty years old.
The total number of readies found by this new search is
three bodies of children, 11 stalls, and a quantity of frag-
ments of bodies, besides mans, complete and broken up.
It is extraordinary that these remains were not dis-
covered before, se a marble slab in the bell chamber states
that the bells were thoroughly repaired in honour of the
marriage of the Prince of Wales, on the 10th of March last.

EXTENSIVI FIRES AND GILZAT Loan oz PROPIDITY.
--(Taro Dee.)—Dariog last night and this morning three
serious bee took place. One was In the extensive cork ma-
nufectoe-Lholoogleg to Mr. J. Burt, No. 5, Wel'close-
square. Tb• back workshops in the upper paned the buddies
are burned out, sad the roof off. The stock is also
serioesly fire, water, he. Thelon will fall
upon the Sun —A finials° broke out in 11:11
w=
minas belonging to Mr. H. Beesley, linenthaper. A
amount of damage was done. This fire was named by an n-
ape of pa : insured in the Phoenix Fire-office.—A drebroke
out in the premises of Mr. J. Edis, upholsterer, No. 141,
She/idle& The damage dose was oeseiderable. Insured
in the General and Imperial fire-ciMoss.
PRIVINTION OP INFANTICIDE.—A preliminary
meeting to consider the best means of dealing with
the increasing evil of infanticide was held on nays-
day at No. 16, Crimea-street, Strand, when the fol-
lowing reeolutions were unanimously carried :—" That
this meeting, haying considered with painful interest the
various causes whirl apathies to the commission of the crime
of infanticide, is of opinion that a society should he formed
with • view to devise mean of shacking an evil which is
now prevalent to a degree loudly calling for immediate re-
medial rosesuree. That a committee be appointed, consist-
ing of those now peessat, with power to odd to their num-
ber, and that the Names of a president and vice-president
be submitted at the next mating; and that a draft of
the rules and regulations for the msnagement of
the society be prepared and laid before the some meeting.
That the prospectus (which described the causes which
led to infanticide and the probable remedies) embodies
many of the views of this meeting ; but that it will con•
duos to the objects of this society if gentlemen will come to
the next meeting prepared with papers containing their
matured sentiments upon this most important subject.
That a ladies' committee be eppoisted at the next meeting,
and that ladies be earnestly _nvited to co-operate in this
beneficent movement. That a subseriptioo of 10.• Id. ma-
nually, or a donation of 51. fia, °Destitute the subscriber or
donor a member of the society. That the Bank of London
be requested to reoeive subscriptions and donations. That
the next meeting be held at 16. Craven-street, Snead, as
the 17th Ind.. at 4 o'clock, p.m."
rile F 0172. CONDWANDD MUNDSRCRA AT KIRK-
DALE.—So far mat present appears there will be the happily
rare and painful sight of • quadruple execution at Kirkdale
on Saturday next. From ioquiriee at the gaol yesterday it
appears that Abrams, the Spanish sailor (condemned for the
muider'of James Harriers. in Liverpool), cannot be brought
to realise the terrible fact that his life has been forfeited,
and be resolutely declares that he will not be bang.
O'Brien. on the other hand (who murdered the keeper of a
house of ill-fame in Preston-street, Liverpool). is preparing
himself devoutly for the change which awaits him, and both
men are diligently attended by clergymen from the Mount
Venom Catholic Institute. The other condemned men,
Benjamin Thomas and John Hughes, are Protestants, and
their spiritual requirements are attended to by the Ray.
Mr. Appleton, the gaol chaplain. Hughes (sentenced for
the murder of his wife) appears truly repentant, and pre-
pared, so far •• appearances indicate, to meet his fate. He
still declares, however, that he had no previous intention of
maltreating the deceased woman. No reply has vet been
resolved to the petition numerously idgml on his behalf,
c a ddied hie sentimee may be commuted, which has beau
to the Secretary of Siete. Thomas, who both
os his trial mad for moms time after km analsonation was
very violent, bag moderated is his behaviour, but though
be pms some attention to what is said to him by the chap-
hie, Is by so means in a very desirable state of mind.
Banyan, the girl, 'modernised for the murder of her child,
will sot be executed, though what form the commutation
will take is sot yet known.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADYILLIT 8m.4. —Apponmarrrs. —aid
Surgeon Dr. Joseph Henderson, to the Baneweii.
Chief Engineers IL J. Brown to the Challenger; James
Driver to the Liffey.
Acting Engineer 8. R. Dawkins, to the Nile, as super-
numerary.
Assistant Engineers A. J. Tout, John D. Lamont, Mal-
colm Baird, Robert Young, Geo. R. BIM, to thlll Nile, as
supernumeraries.

WOOLWICH, 13erf. 4.

RETORN OF HER MAJNOTF.—Admiralty instruc-
Wei were this day received by Commodoreatpstinterlent
Sir F. W. E 24ieoioa, directing the Admiralty Aeon-
vessels Black Eagle, Staff Commander Whillier, and the
Vivid, Staff Commander Allen, to leave the harbour early
OD Sunday morning for Antwerp, to form part of the royal
squadron which will convey her Majesty and the Royal
Family to England. It is expected that her Majesty will
disembark at the Royal Arsenal Pier, where the recent
arrangements made stall remain, but any order issued on the
subject will, it is understood, on this occasion emanate
direct from the War Department.
Colonel Ford, commanding Royal Engineers at Wool-
wich this day received ,prders from the War Department
to proceed to Canada early in October to relieve Major-
General Servant., recently promoted by the death of
Major-General Oldlield. Colonel Ford will be relieved in
the command at Woolwich oa the Lt of October by Major
Mackin; R.E., who has for some years been employed on
the boundary comminaion between the United States and
the British territory in the western portion of North
America.

SI!?. 4.

The Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, Captain
the Prince Leiningea, mild this sftercoon for Antwerp.
The Wye, iron screw store ship, Muter Commander
Valentine G. Roberts, arrived at Spithead on Thursday
evening from Shearson, &adonis this evening for the West-
ward.
The o.borrie, steam yacht, Master Commander George
H. IL Bower, sailed on Thursday for Antwerp.
The Dee, steam ship, Master Commander Thomas 0.
Pullen, arrived this morning from Plymouth, and sailed this
afternoon for Woolwich.
The squadron dressed ship this morning at eight o'clock
with the Dutch flag at the main, and at noon the prawn
and Victor+ fired a royal salute to commemorate the birth-
day of the Prince of Orange.
The Monarch, target ship, was taken into No. 2 dock this
afternoon to have some new iron plates put on her side for
gunnery practice.
The Geyser, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, commander
Mark T. Pallid!, arrived this afternoon from Plymouth,
having in tow the 84-gun ship Calcutta, which is to take
the place of the Ulastrions.
The Speedy, 2, screw vessel, Master Charles Burney, went
out of harbour this afternoon to try her engines and new
boilers. _ _ .

—fie Bloodhound, 3, peddlowheel steam vessel, Lieu-
tenant-Commander John E. Stokes, arrived et Spitbaad
this afternoon from the West Coast of Africa, and will pro-
ceed to Woolwich to pay off, having been upwards of three
Jean in commission.

THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER FLORIDA AT
BREST.

A correspondent of the Times, one "J. L.,"
nods an account of a visit he has just paid to the Florida,
at Brest. The captain is described by the erthusiastic
writer as "a alight, middle-sized, well-knit man, of about
42 ,• a merry-looking man, with a ready, determined air,
full of life and business ; apparently the sort of man who is
equally ready for a fight or a jollification, sad whose prefer-
ence for the latter would by no means isterfere with his cre-
ditable conduct of the former." He is 42 years old, sod is
the oldest officer on board. All the offieen were born in the
Confederate States, and most of them were offioen in the
United States navy before the outbreak of the war. The
oldest of the offiosn is not more thee 23. "The men are
more mixed." There are ICI able mama on board the
Florida, sod about 13 affirms. The captain exhibited a
book, in which all the prism were regularly entered and all
particulars relating thereto. He explained that their
'Olt Northernof l' e
""to burn and destroy
i the property
wherever they found t. The pipers
of the burnt prizes ere all kept sad a valnatioo is made
before the destruction of the vessels in the expectation that
when peace is restored the Confederate government will
make an appropriation of money equivalent to the claim, of
the captors. In coriesqueoe of this arrangement there is very
little actual tramcar* on board the Florida, and the alms
and crew are working mainly oo the faith of the future in-
dependence and solvency of the Confederacy. " Anyway,"
said Captain hfaffitt, "we have oust the government very
little, for we've lived oo the enemy. Oh, yes, we've nerved
them out beautifully." In reply to some questions as to
the tiethod of capture, the captain maid, "We only
make war with the United States government, and
we respect little property. We treat primmer, of war
with the greatest respect. Most of those whom we have
captured have spoken well of rut To be sure we have met
with some ungrateful rascals ; but you inset with those all
the world over. The last prize we took was the Anglo-Saxon,
which we took in the English Channel the other day, in
mid-channel, about sixty miles from Cork. fibe had coal
cm board, and we buret her. The pilot was a saucy
fellow, and maintained that be was on his piloting ground.
He insisted on being landed in an English port, but we
could not do that. I brought him and 24 men here
(to Brest), and sent them to the English oonsuL If the
pilot bas any just claim upon us it will be settled by the
Confederate government. That's not my bemires. My
business is to take care of the ship."
On Wring leave the correspondent asked Captain Maffit
whether be expected to be intercepted on leaving Brest,
pointing at the same time to the Goulet, the narrow passage
which affords the only ingress and egress to and from the
Bade. " Well," replied he, ' I expect there will be neves
or eight of them out there before long, but I'm not afraid.
I've run eight blockades already, and it'll go hard but I'll
run the ninth."

SHOCKING CASE OP MANSLAUGHTER BY THE
CREW or A FEENCE Vim.—At the Sunderland Police
court, on Thuredsy, Testa Clulot, master, Wenn F. Joseph,
Eugene Jean, ?hods Jean, G. M. Emile, sod Joseph
Gorio, the two last being boys, were charged with causing
the death of Matthew Williamson, • fisherman, ow Tuesday
sight,
sight, about seven miles off Segun Harbour. Mr. Robson ,
Erted on behalf of the Town Clerk, and Mr. Graham
oded' the orisoeers. Mr. Robson said it appeared
that on the night of Tuesday, about half-past ten
o'clock, Matthew Williamson sod three other men, fisher-
men, belonging to Hartlepool, were fishing for herrings
with a net, about six or seven miles off &sham Harbour,
the harbour being W.N.W. While they were thus busily
employed they saw • ship bearing down upon them, which
afterwards tumid out to be the ship to which these
men belonged. The fishermen did all they could to attract
attention, by making the fire blew and blowing the fog
horn, though the weather was clear. The ship, however,
came right down upon them, and caught the beat forward,
and she was io tome danger of going down. tinder these
circumstances three of the crew jumped, sod tried to
get on board the French ship, feeling their lives to be
is danger. The fourth mu remained in the boat.
Matthew Williamson was among those who jumped. As
soon as they got into the chains the crew of the French ship
endeavoured to throw them buck into the host. Williamson
and another man, named Andrew Bogey, were driven back,
and made a second attempt to get on board. While they
were climbing up Williamson was struck on the heed by
one of the crew with a log of wood or • handspike, and
the blow loosening his hold, he fell into the water and was
drowned. There was no doubt a French ship was answerable
for damage dose by process in the Court of Admiralty. But
although the present offence had been committed within
the jurisidictioa of the Court of Admiralty, be doubted
whether an English court had jurisdiction to try it. Robert
Robson said the ship struck the boat tight upon the stem,
and as the rope did not give way at first, they were in
danger of being sunk. He called to his companions to jump
on board the veseel. sod be, Andrew Bogey, and Matthew
Williamson immediately jumped into the fore rigging of the
ship. They were banging on the aide when the two men
who jumped with him were knocked back by the crew of
the vessel, and mune of the crew were also trying to knock
him hack with their bands, but his arm was fist in the fore
shrouds. They were " braying" at his head with their flat
hands. He got on board, and while he was climbing up Bogey
and Williamson jumped • second time into the main chains.
When the latter had his knee on the gunwale, one of the
crew who bed been diodes at the witness west to William-
sos and struck him oo the Iliad with a log of wood, and he
tumbled into the water aid was drowned. Withers in-
stantly went to the skipper at the helm and told him to
put the helm up and let the vessel go by the wind, but the
skipper answered by stamping angrily and using very
violent language, ending by striking at witness, who
avoided the blow by retreating along the deck. The two
men who were attempting to push him down were L. F.
Joseph and Eugene Jean, but he could not say which of
them it was who struck at Williamson. Andrew Bogey,
soother of the men, gave corroborative evidence, aod identi-
fied Joseph as one of the men who pushed him back.
Benjamin Robson said he stayed in the boat when
the others tried to jump on board the ship, and he ow
Williannoo pushed beck. That was the reason witness did
not jump. Re also saw him jump the mooed time, whoa
one of the Freeclinien struck him • blow cm the head with
• handepike, which knocked him into the water. and he
was drowned. On looking up to where Williamson fell
from, he saw the man Joseph looking over the ship's side,
but he did not see any more of the crew. The Mayor
said that Nicola Jean and the boys would be discbarmd. The
other prisooers were remanded for • week. The magis-
trates agreed to accept bail for the captain in the sum of
100 i., and two suretiesin 501. each. They decided to ac-
cept bad for the other primmer..
SINGULAR LKAP OP A DIHR. —A. few days ego,
the shepherd on the farm et Domesday Mains observed •
strange-looking animal roaanisg freely ow the pasture. Di-
recting the atteetios of others to the appearance of the
stranger, chase was gives by men and dogs, ow which the
animal ran off at fell speed in the direction of Duncaosbay
Head, and io leaping the eave known as the Gloup, rt fell
over the highest pripiee es that famed pmroootory into
the sea, and was immediately killed, host was soon after
manned by some Lewearbey lidasemes, sad proceeded to
the spot, when the sawed tamed out to be • Ilse young
back deer.—Northire Eeelpe.

LORD PALMERSTON AHD THE UNEMPLOYED
OP GLASGOW.

On the visit of the Premier to Glasgow in March I
last, a memorial from the unemployed was presented to
his lordship in the City Hall at the entree of the trades.
The atriwer to said memorial wee only received on the 20th
of August last, and is as follows:
" Treasury Chamber', August
.19, 1213.
"Sir,---I am commanded oy the Lords Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that Lord Palmer-
ston brought the memorial adopted at the meeting of unem-
ployed operatives at Gliugow on 24th March last, together
with other similar applications, under the considerate* of
this board, with reference to the measures which it might
be the duty of her Majesty's government to propose during
the Li aria% for ift alleviation of distress in the mane-
factoring districts. Their lordships deers me to slate that
although it is deeply to be lamented that the intermissioa
of the ordinary employment which is afforded by the cot-
ton manufacturers should have extended to erase lotelfties
than those in which that misaufacture constitute the staple
and almost exclusive source of employment, her Majesty's
government did not feel justified in-Bohai to parliament
any genera measure for the promotion of employment or the
amendment of the poor-law, or for facilitating emigratioa.
However desirable such measures may apppeaar to parties
suffering under what it is hoped may prove but &temporary
went of employment, my lords must theatre that it is seldom
expedient and seldom ultimately advantageous, even to the
parties themselves, that general alterations affecting the
large subjects of employment, poor relief, and emigration,
should be made incooserenoa of temporary pressure • and
parliament accordingly, in the two acts passed for affording'
relief in the last session, have confined their operations to
the districts in the counties of Chester, Lancaster,
and Derby, known as the manufacturing districts.
My lords have only to add, in expressing their sympathy
with the distressed operatives, that, looking to the Mamas-
Mg general prosperity of the country, their lordships trust
that in the manufacturing districts of Scotland, having re-
gard to the demand for labour and the various emus of
industry which prevail in those district", those on whose
behalf the memorialists have been addressed may be able
to find profitable employment.—l am, sir, your obedient
servant, " F. Pm..
" To Mr. John Macdonald,
"Chairman of MeetimaViwnemployed Operatives
at