The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

SAVAGE AMAULT
.191T11 SICKLES. --COMMITTAL TOR TRIAL.

Miehail Driscoll and John Shea were charged before
Leigh with the following ferocious assault upon police-
constablee in the execution of their duty.
John Jabot, the landlord of a public-house in the neigh-
bourhood of Whitechapel, said that between ten and
eleven o'clock on the previous night the prisoners
and two women entered and had some beer at the bar. They
appeared perfectly sober, and were then quiet. Some
gm was supplied to them afterwards, and when it was 12
o'clock he told them and others that it was his hour for
closing, and that they must consequently leave. Inadver-
tently be put his hand upon a pot containing a small quan-
tity of porter belonging to the prisoners. This they accused
him of having spilled, and although everyone else present
denied it, they insisted that it wee so and became very vio-
lent. Witness at length wan compelled to get assistance
from the ,ta.tion-house. One constable instantly went, and
himself followed with others soon afterwerda. When he
reached home the first constable was drooling with both
the prisoners, who then had tickles in their hands. The
women were removed into the street first ; it being reason-
ably judged that the men would follow, which they did, and
'he then closed his house. What occurred afterwards he did
not see.

Swallow, 170 /I, the first constable concerned, swore that
he found the prisoners flourishing the sickles and creating
the greatest alarm in front of the bar. Directly he inter-
fered Driscoll shouted, "If you interfere with me I'll rip
you up." Fortunately, at that moment others of the
force entered. One of the women was taken to the station-
house by witness, the other woman and the prisoners fol-
lowing and endeavouring to rescue her.
Police•constable Isted, 223 H, said that he took the
woman first removed from the house, but was compelled to
hand her over to Swallow in consequence of Shea strik-
ing him a terrible blow on the back with the stick produced
(a thick broom stick). He drew his staff, but did not use it,
He went to the station, and afterwards took Shea outside
of it.

Carling 163 H, deposed to Shea having sprung at him
with the sickle on the way to the station-house, and making
a blow at him with the weapon, which he caught upon his
staff, and then seized his assailant, who struck him
with the disengaged hand repeatedly in the floe.
Witness succeeded at length in getting him down,
and struggled for the sickle. While so doing the
rnlEan kicked him terribly, and finally made an up cut with
the sickle, which, as witness raised hie hands to protect him-
self, came in contact with, and injured both, the left in par-
ticular. With further assistance Shea was secured.

Prisoners, who reserved their defence, were fully com.
milted for trial

TRAMES.

MURDEROUS ARRAULT.
Oliver Berton, a German seaman, was brought before Mr.
Selfe, charged with committing a savage assault on France*
Herbert, a woman of the town, who is now under medical
treatment in the London Hospital, and in a very precanous
condition. _ _

Greenfield, a police constable of the Icclivision, mid—l
was on duty in High-street, Shoreditch. this morning at an
early hour, and heard cries of " murder" and " police. pro-
meding from the house, No. 3, Brewer-street. I went there
and found a woman named Herbert bleeding profusely
from wounds on the heed. She said the prisoner had beaten
her with a sling shot, which he did not d.eny, and said she
wanted to rob him.

The prisoner—l did not hit her with a sling shot, it was
with mine fist.

Mr. Selfe--You could not have inflicted the wounds on
her heed as described in the medical certificate with your
fist.

Greenfield produced the sling shot, a most dangerous
weapon, and capable of inflicting most serious if not fatal
wounds. These deadly instruments, composed of ;,lonely
twisted white cord, and loaded at one end with lead, are
aarrisd by many ruffians and foreigners, and their use has
lately become a nuisance. . . .

Tlie policeman said he found the sling shot near the
door of the room in which the affray took place.
The prisoner, in defence, said he came here in a Bremen
ship, and that the woman Herbert, after inveigling him
into her house, tried to rob him, and struck him, and he
struck her again.
Mr. Belfe—With that sting shot ! You are remanded for
a week.

THE LASH AT WELLINGTON BARRACIES.—On Fri-
day (yesterday) forenoon the third battalion of Grenadier
Guards, which is stationed at the Wellington Barracks, and
which is under the command of General Craufurd, was called
out for the purpose of witnessing the application of the
lash to the hack of a private of the regiment named
Muffed. The battalion was paraded under the command
of Prince Saxe Weimar, near the Canteen, where the hal-
berts were fixed up, upon seeing which the men became
aware of what was going to take place. The unfortunate
man was stripped and tied up to them, when three drum-
mers were selected to inflict the punishment, which con-
sisted of fifty lashes. One of the drummers was chosen, he
having been a practical hand atit when theregiment waste the
Crimea. After the completion of the punishment, the pain-
ful operation of which so affected four of the men that
they were obliged to leave the ranks, the prisoner was re-
moved to the hospital, his back being frightfully lacerated.
The man had been absent without leave, and was met
by his sergeant, who complained to him about
It. He in reply made use of some abusive and vulgar words
to the sergeant, remarking at the time that he did not care
if he got fifty for it. He was reported by the sergeant to
the commanding officer, when a court-martial was held, and
a punishment of fifty lashes was awarded. The man did
not bear a good character in the regiment. He bore the
infliction very firmly.
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL—A most disastrous
collision took place on Tuesday morning, about three o'clock,
some 30 miles to the south of Beachy Head, between the
Solferino, of Havre, and another vessel, name unknown,
which is supposed to have canned the foundering of both
vessels, with their crews, excepting two of the Solferino's, a
coloured seaman and another, who were picked up in an
open boat by a fishing lugger, close under Peachy Head, on
Thursday morning. They state that they were suddenly
thrown out of their hammocks, and on getting on deck
found that they were locked with another vessel, both cut
down to the water's edge, and a very heavy sea running.
IThey were in the act of lowering the boat when a sea
struck it and carried it away from the davits, and as there
were no oars in the boat they could not regain the ship
but drifted slowly away, and in • short time they lost sight
of the two vessels. The poor fellows bad a miraculous
escape, as they were out in an open boat two days and two
nights, dnrine which time there was a very heavy sea run-
ning, with Lail a gale of wind, and without oars or any
means of guiding the bed, and only an old shoe to bale out
the boat, which was very often on the point of sinking;
naked, and without anything to eat and drink. They were
fitted out by the Suapwreoked Mariners' Society's agent,
and pawed on by the French consul at Newhaven.
SOUND OF CANNONS.—We stated that the reports
of cannon were beard plainly at this place on Tuesday, the
3rd inst. It is now known that on that day fighting occurred
throughout the whole forenoon at Strasburg, Virginia,
over one hundred miles in a direct line from this place,
over bills, mountains, and valleys. A gentleman in whom
we place implicit reliance informs us that on Saturday, the
31st of May, the day of the great battle near Richmond, he
was riding on the road near Baltimore, and heard a con-
tinuous roar in that direction, and at a time when there
were no indications of thunder. We are fully im
with the idea that the firing of cannon can be h much
further than supposed. It must be over one hundred and
fifty miles to Richmond.— Toireontoira (U.S.) Advorate.
AN ELEPHANT AT LARGE —ln Trowbridge, on
Saturday, the elephant " Ajax." belonging to Sanger's
Circus, and his keeper, were quartered at the Horse and
Groom public-house, and during the night "Ajax,' like a
true Cr:scion, defied locks, bolts, and bars, and played
" Hogg s diversions." In the first place be was tied by a
strong rope Wan iron bar driven eight inches into the earth ;
this he easily pulled up, and then took down the heavy
stable-door which confined him, neither binges, locks, nor
bolts offering the slightest impediment. "Ajax " next per-
formed a similar operation on the ckllardoor, but did no
damage. Leaving that place, he went into the garden.
where he deroolished everything, and trampled the ground
Eat The Conigree Chapel abuts into this garden, and the
animal smashed the windows, framework and all, and also
those in the cellar, doing damage to the amount of about
30s. At this point of the proceedings the keeper appeared
and led " Ajax " back to his dormitory, where he adminis-
, tared a sated castigation to him. The proprietor of the
circus, on being apprised of the damage, immediately made
reparation for the MOM —Wiltshire Mirror.
S'rigz AT WlOAN.—Seven of the collieries of
W*in, employing 2,000 men, have been stopped by a
strike. A large meeting was held yesterday, at which it
is computed 4,000 persons attended, and a resolution
was unanimously adopted that the whole of them
should strike rather than accept the reduction of
10 per cent. in their wages, of which notice had
been given. One of the speakers urged that the average
wages of the colliers was not more than 2a. fel, a man per
day, awl this, he contended, was too little for them to live
upon, after the necessary deductions were made. Further
11041001 of a redaction in wageshave been issued for
the 17th inst.,. who, weeding to the resolution adopted
yesterday, other colliers will follow the example of their
ewaradw.

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