The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-21 00:00:00

ILLEGAL NETTING IN THE THAMES.

STAINES BENCH, Sept. 19.—Thomas Purdue and
Frederick Purdue, both of Shepperton, fishermen, were
brought before the bench, on the information of Thomas
Milhourn, fur using a net ter the purpose of poking in the
Lower Preserve at Shepperton. It appeared by the
statement of the honourable secretary of the Thames
' Angling Preservation Society, who appeared in sup-
port of the information, and was fully proved by the
evidence that the two I'urdues and their father, known on
the Thames as " Old Harry Purdue," share in a very large
degree the patronage of gentlemen fond of angling in the
Thames, and also supporten of the above saciety. The
two defendants have for some time past been known to
the waterbailiffs to fill up their days when unemployed
by gentlemen by poking about the preserves in their im-
mediate locality, and were watched accordingly, when on
the 7th instant, about four in the afternoon, Waterbdiliff
Roscwell, who had been lying in ambush, caught them in
the fact, and in attempting to gain the net jumped into the
water, but failed in obtatnirg it. The bench (after express-
ing their indignation that mm in regular employment, by
trade fishermen, and patronised as they have been, should
act in such a manner, and hoping that gentlemen would
put a stop to such ingratitude, as they had the power to
do, by only employing fishermen who did not break the
laws made fur their own benefit) fined them 50s. and costs.

NEwsrArEns lilt POST.—An erroneous impres-
sion, calculated to impede the circulation of newspapers,
having been created by a recent paragraph in the Pans, a
correspondence was opened with the Postmaster-General by
the proprietors of Or, Public Companies' Monthly Record,
and the following letter shows that the limit of seven days
only applies to newspapers going out of the United King-
dom :—" Liencral l'ust-oflicc, Sept. 19, Mil—Gentlemen,
—ln reply to your letter ut the 15th inst., I beg leave to
acquaint you that the limit el Wien days from the date of
publication for twisting newspapers does not apply to those
forwarded from one part of the United kingdom to
another.—l am, &e., J.l'. GUDIIY, Pro. Sec.—To Messrs.
Nash and Pearce, Public Compaitia Monad!, Record office,
Strand."

EASTERN COUNTIES RAlLWAT.—Yesterday the
sale of this company's surplus property adjoining the nil-
way station at Edmonton, including lands and premises,
and consisting of 14 lots, realised 2,480!. Um property
was disposed of at the Auction Mart, and the prices were
considered good.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCIL

CASUALTIES.

Glen Albyn (s.), from Hamburg, was spoken rot Sept. 17,
6.30 Heligoland, E. by N., about 40 miles distant,
with both engines broken down. The Ti ....sit for
Hull, was making for her.
Lord of the Isles, M'Cormick, from Prince F. ,era Island
for Liverpool, which went on shore on h: • .ame Island
July 30, was towed in here and is ducharg...;.—Arichat,
Aug. 6.
Solway, Barnard, from Quebec, to Ipswich, was fallen in
with Sept. 11, waterlogged, and the crew !,ken off bg
the Garland, from Jamaica, arrived in ..I.e Lovas,
Deal, Aug. 20.
Victoria, of Scarborough, from Quebec to iondOst, Was
fallen in with Sept. 12, dim:nested and wati•:ogged, and
the crew taken off by tht‘Varbler,Westeott, Jrivel here
which bad extlienced a very heavy gale 1r,14 the west,
ward or. the 10th, and lost sails.—Liverpm.l. Sept. 20.
NV:ogler, from New Orlems, and Liverpool, 5.,31 Jamiica,
experienced heavy gales, on Sept. 10, the I tuer lost her
sails, and the latter her bulwarks, and shifted.--
Liverpool, Sept. 20.