The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

SEITENBER 12,

The mother, who bad the appearance of a decayed gen-
tlewoman, sod who is upwards of 70 year' of age, void that
it was with the greatest pale and reluctance that she ap-
poired against her own son, but be drove her to it by his
miscondoct, and she felt it was necessary for her own pre-
Section. Be was constantly annoying her, and on Friday
night wilfully broke a pane of 'Las, and so disturbed her
lodgers that she feared she should lose them.
. .

Seife—Doee he hoe with you!
Complainant—No • I should have liked him to have
done so, hod his conduct been worthy. It would bare been
a greet protection and oomfort to a person of my years to
hare had him with me, but I could not. He is constantly
annoying ma
Mr. Belie—What is the cause of his conduct !
Complainant—Drookimous, I am
.sorry to say. He wu
brought up to a good business, and is a capital workman.
He can and doe. ears a great deal of mooey, and spends it
in drink, and then he comes and annoys me.
Mr. Selfe—ls that often

Complainant—Frequently ; he comes at all hours and
disturbs my peace. I have but a short time left me here,
and I should much like to be at rest. He came on Friday
night, intoxicated, and because I would Dot admit him, he
threw a stone through one of my windows.
Mr. Belfe—What do you say, defendant, to such conduct
towards your aged mother?
Daindantr—l will promise not to trouble barmy more.
Mr. Sells—Why not take the pledge and keep it` It
seems all your misconduct arises from your drunkenness.
Complainant—lt does. He would be well enough if he
kept sober.
Defendant—l will take the pledge. I assure you I wilL
Mr. Self.—l will let you have an opportunity of doing
so. I will give you another chance. but pray understand
me. If you are brought here again, take my assursoce that
I'll send you to prison without a floe. I shall require you
to enter ioto recogoissoose of 101. to keep the peace for six
months, and mind you don't break it.
Defendant —I wool ; I'll take the pledge.
LAMBETH.

Annie Doris, alias Nary df•(larrg, late a servant to Mr.
Ha.nphreys, a pawnbroker in East-street, Walwortb, was
ebarged before the Hon. G. C. Norton with robbing her
master.

Mr. Humphrey. said that about six or seven weeks ego
the prisoner entered his terries as • general servant, and at
the time he received an excellent character with her from
the Servants' Home, in the Blackfriars-rod, where she
came from. She bad not been long in his service when he
began to miss articles of propetty ; and his lures having
increased, and the prisoner having stopped out for the
night, be at once discharged her. After she was gone be
continued to miss property from the stock in his warehouse,
and having discovered that the cuffs had been taken from
a valuable silk dress that he had in pledge, and suspecting
the prisoner to be thief, he immediately celled is the
assistance of Sergeant Hann, • detective officer.
Sergeant Hann said that in consequerios of the informa-
tion he had received from the lest witness be proceeded to
Derry's "Servants' Home," in the Blackfrian.road, sod
there found the prisoner. He told her she was suspected of
stealing • pair of valuable cuffs from • dress in the ware-
rocm of her late master, but she stoutly decied it, and said
she knew nothing about them. On searching her box, how-
ever, be not only found the missing cuffs, but •
sheet and towell belonging to Mrs. Derry, the keeper
of the " Home,",locked up in the box. Sergeant Hann
also found that the prisoner had given • wrong name ,• that a
man had frequently been ringing at the kitchen bell of her
late muter while she lived there, and that she had been in
the habit of seeing him at • part of the premises where there
was • hole through the wall. He (Hans) wished further to
mention that Sore the prisoner's discharge Mrs. Derry bad
obtained for her another situation at Clapham, and to which
she was about to go, without making the slightest inquiry
as to the cause for leaving Mr. Humphreys.
The prisoner could give no reason for changing her name,
and admitted that she had paid Mrs. Derry for getting
her the last situation. _ _ _

Mr. Norton remanded her to a future day, and desired
the officer to have Mrs. Derry present at the next exa-
mination.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, Szn. 10.—Arpoirrmrsm—Cow-
mander W. Codricitoo, measly promoted from the Nu-
dism for germs at the eve of Good Hops and Africa to
the Warrior.

Clerk.—Alt red Smith, to the Fiegord, 42, at Woolwich, ea
supernumerary.
Naval Cadets (Dominated) Lord George G. Campbell,
Joseph L. Gregory, Fnumis G. Oliver, and Robert Y. Ray.

CHATFILM SEpr. 11.

The iron-clad frigate Achilles, IU, I::ls6:h;rse
power, which is fast befog pushed forward for sea, has bad
several of the hands withdrawn from her and placed on the
iron-clad frigates, Lord Warden and Bellerophon, building
at this dockyard, both of which vessels are required to be
completed with all possible despatch. The Achilles will be
out of the dockyard officia6 hands by the sod of the present
month, when she will proceed round to Portsmouth for the
purpose of being docked, her bottom being exceedingly foul
from the length of time she has has been lying in the har-
bour. The hull of the Achilles is coated with
the anti-fouling composition of Mr. Hey, the Admiralty
chemist, but notwithstanding this the bottom is covered
completely with barnacles, seaweed, and other marine io-
crustatioes, some of the weeds being as much as Id inches
said two toot to length.

PORTSMOUTH, Seer, IL
The French screw corvette Le Bourgionvills,
Commander Nourry, with Le Charisma, sailing corvette, in
tow, left Spithead yesterday morning.
The Glattort, 14, iron flaming battery, one of those need
lees craft built for service during the Russian war, is to be
placed in the steam basin to have her engines removed,
preparatory to being broken up.
The Orontes, 3, iron screw troopship, Captain H. W.
Hire, will steam out of harbour on Wednesday, for trial
of bee machinery after repairs. She will afterwards_ 4 in-
spected by the Assistant Quartermaster-General, Celbnel
Shadwell, and it is expected that she will sail for Dover on
Saturday, to embark Royal Artillery, proceeding thence to
the Cape of Good Hope. Mauritius, and Ceylon.
The Enchantress, steam yacht, !haterCmmander J. E.
Petley, sailed this morning for the Mediterranean.
The Himalaya, iron screw troop-ship, Captain E. Lacey,
and the Urgent, iron screw troop-ship, Captain S. H. Hen•
demo, are daily expected to am,. from Canada with
troops.
The Arid, 9, screw sloop, Commander W. C. Chapman,
is also daily expected from the Cape of Good Hope statioll,
and on her arnval will dismantle and pay of.