The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLERK ENWELL.
CROE. EITIP-PARINTS.

Two boys, wbe gave the SIASIIIII of Ponlger and Binke,
were charged with loitering about in the public streets
without any visible mune of anbeisteacie.
The police proved that at Y o'clock is the morning they
toned the defendants asleep in a shatter box, and, u they
bid seen them there before, sod found that they had no
vied& muss of subeisteece, they were taken to the police
'W
lrower to the charge, the defendants said that they
had left their homes because their dap permits bad ill.
aged them. Foulger's father had said he should not atop
is toms, and the mother of the other bad said that she
bed quite enough to do for her other children without being
bothered to support him, and that if he mild not get his
ewe living by work, he must get it the best way he could.
134 stepfather of one of the boys came forward end said
he shoald like to get his 630 into a government school, as he
did sot want to be troubled any more with him. He could
net afford to pay more thee 6J. or le. per week, although
he earned Ha per week. His son could neither reed nor
write, bat that was his own fault. The boy was now 12
years of age, and was quite old enough to be helping him
saw thaa for him (the stepfather) to have to work for
kis
ltrn.SZ'aconrt said it was diagraoeful to beer people talk
I the meaner be had just heard, and there could be to
doubt that the cause of to missy young thieves being about
the metropolis was the cruelty practised on them by their
stepparent& He should remand the defendants to see
what could be does for them, sod if they ware seat to •
'shoal their parents might depend on it that they would
bare to pay about se. per week for them.
The childreo, who mud they should hke to go to school,
were then remanded.
&RLHOROUGH-STREET.
IMALING rewitusar, 3e.—rue man or EPADITG rue
" LIP' or sacs PREPPAID.*

Willies James !Yarn , page in the service of Lady
Orbs, flyer, of No. 155., Upper Rrook-street, Oros.
reorertue, was charged before Mr. Kum with atrium
some cold brarkts, sod a quantity of other property
Weeps( to her ladyship.
Sergeant John Mulvaney, 24 A, said—On the 21st hark,
I sent to the residence of Lady Caroline Throne, lba,
Upper Brook-street, sod found that the prisoner, who was
pp is her ladyship's service, had absconded, taking with
bim a quantity of jewel'ery and other valuable property. I
found the woodwork of a drawer had been cut sod forced.
Yesterday, from information I received from the superb'.
tendentof polka at Dover I went there and took the prisoner
into custody. On say telling biro the charge, be said it was
all trae. sod that he hod done it through reading the " Life
of Jack Sheppard." Oa searching his boa I found in it the
work in question. if he is remanded I shall be able to pro.
use the whole of the property.
The priseaer—l knee no questions to rk ; it I all tram
Mr. Kara remanded the prisoner,

ROBBERY or 1,0001. IN TIM STREZT.—Tbis morn-
int informatim was received by the police that Mr. W.
Gladstone, cashier to the firm of Shard and Trevose, the
eniont East India merchants, while proceediag to the
Rink had been plundered of his Makers' vote case, eon.
Wong upwards of 1,05 W., with which the thief got clear
away.
LARGE T. SMALL COBTATITUENOI2B.—Long seri-
ene sad vats dissuasion of the subjen will still be mom
my before it is made clear whet shape a good reform bill
will take; but the history of the last three weeks will have
done sorootbing to make the discunion easier. The good
side of the late election. is the aide of the large con-
stituencies, and the bed side Is the side of the small cooni
toe:Kies. The large towns have shown a remarkable
satiety to be decently represented. They have been
willies to give a chance to new men, and to ability out of
tie anal groove. They have resisted. in a large degree,
the dictation of cliques, of sects, and of hobby-worshippers.
The county elections have been well fought, ba-
ser the voter* have taken • sincere and honest
intern is polities, because they have a growing desire
Oat a certain policy should or should not be adopted, end
teams they have acquired enough spirit and self-reepoot to
roast eons bullying interference as that which has net
W libertb two ante in Nortek. On the other hand, the
Won of the electing in many small boroughs has been
writ dims:rueful, and has shown how great a cone to the
beresgh, and to the electors, and to sonsty generally it is
tout/int the return of members to the votes of a ■mall
keel of greedy, needy, ignorant shopkeepers. The loam
Or taught will be a very useful one, when the time comes
to think seriously of a new reform bilL —Saturday Review.
Tess CROPS IN BUCLINGHAMISHIRFA—The very
les weather of the lest few days Me doe* much towards
/missing the riposieg of tin mops. Harvest has been
commeeeed in many parts of this disirict, ►nd reaping will
that
generally nest weak. The general impressim is
that tbs yield will be about an average ocre.—Bucke delver-
Suer.

EQUAL TO THE EIiRRORNCY.—The following card
las hen aimed to the American public by Mr. Barnum :
"Outdid foe the universal feeling of sympathy ex-'
pared for the loss of the American Museum, and eot
snoindfid of the Mannar patronage which has been
bestowed open my etforte to please far the last nosier of
• roliutre I have resolved, in compliance with surner- '
ase ropes* to erect immediately is this city a museum
which will be sa stratmost to this great metropolis and
is boor to the country. An experience of twisty-
Ire yaws will enable me in six mootbs to duplicate in
Europe sad America every specimen of natural history
which blamed my late museum, sad from historical
smirks sad other sources within my knowledge I can •
*early supply the places of the revoluticioary sod other
relics which have wen destroyed. For years I hays been
obliged, for want of room, to reject many rani and
valuable curiosities stored in the museums rad '
Private oollectioes of Europe, which I shall now have
the Pleasure of prolog before the American poblio ; and
I tisk nothing is aayiag that before many months elapse
I Shall, if life be spared, open to the public a popular
Place of isehroetirei and annisernseit infinitely more ex.
horn's. commodioas and interesting than soy ever be-
fore known upon this continent. I shall despatch a
Trost spot to Europe on Saturday next, sod shall sues follow royeelf, in order to carry out, with buena'es repre-
sentatives absoad, tots above plao. In the meantime, in
order to give eccoloc meat to my dramatic company and
ether attaches of the Inseam, who are dependent upon
tagageweata for their daily support, I propose to con-
tras the performance of the powerful pantomime lately
Produced at the Museum, in croszioa with the living
eariosities, as soon as • suitable public hall or theatre eau
be ward for the purpose. This I trust will be in • few
dare—The public's obedient servant, P. T. BARNUM, 35,
Chainbersctreet, New York, July 14, 1865."
TAMINO Fisa.—A. little gtrl residing near a pond
tilautehtiastta has uooeaded is taming some of the fish
throwing crumb' of bread, crackers, ha, into the water.
'Twits celled perch seem to be the most tractable and
docile. Ooe of them often takes the sod of her ewer in
his mouth, while another wilt glide gently into her heed
sad turn on one side, and so remain, appereotly reposing,
till raised guile to the surface. The little girl walks out on
&Plank sustained a few inches above the water, sod before
she reaches the rod of the plank the Bah may be seen Art-
icle rapidly toward their feeding ground. The larger ones,
Pe"Pec•lll, are disposed to drive off the smaller masa but
kers order among them by means of • stick with
a arringueedle attached to the sod of it, sad when ono
Picks a simnel be gets a stab, ad is off at once.—Barton
( ..3.) ;wpm
CHANCE FOR A SPINSTER.-11 young man ill
Aroostook County, Mobile, 'advertising for • wife, speaks
himeelf as follows :—" I am 18 year old. have • good
let of teeth, sad believe in Andy Jobssoe, the star.
Illmatled harmer, and the 4th of Jody. I haw takes up •
state lot, cleared op 18 acres last year, tad seeded 10 of it
11°•11. Ily buckwheat looks Bret-rat., sod alum sods and
are twilly. I h,ve got mire sheep, • two-year-old
buils7d two half, re. besides • home and bars. I went to
Pry married. I want to boy bread-ad-butter, hoopekirts
r" watrfalls for some versos of the female persuasion
i 4 life. That's what's the mum vita me. Bat i
lluet haow to do it."

TOR LAUDS BANKING COMPANY.

FURTHER HEAVY CALL ON THE SHARE.
HOLDERS-(PHIS DAY.)

At a meeting under the winding up of this
honk, held to-day at the chambers of Via-Chancellor
Kinderoley, before Mr. Buckley, hie chief elerk, a farther
call of 401. a stare was made on the contributories already
settled on the list, tusking, with the 701. a share already
allied, a total sail of 1101. a sham,