The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

NEW COI:WE-YESTERDAY.

Clarks Davis, 18, French polisher, was indicted for
breaking into the dwelling.house of William Matson, and
stealing therein one watch, valued at 161., his property.
The prosecutor, who keeps a watchmaker's shop nearly
facing the court, said that on the night of Wednesday last,
about half-put sin, he was seated in his shop at work,
when some one threw a stone with great force through the
window, which passed close over his head, and almost im-
mediately a hand was forced through and a gold watch
snatched from off the rail. Ile instantly ran to 'the door,
but could not open it, and subsequently found that it had
been tied with a rope.
Maria Sands, an intelligent little girl, said that upon
that night she was sitting on the step of Williams's boiled
beef house, and saw two men come from out of the court
adjoining prosecutor's; one had a rope and the other a
stone, and they peeped about them. Being foggy, she
crossed over to see what they were about, and she saw one
tie the door, and the prisoner throw the st,ine through the
window and take the watch. He walked a short distance,
and then run. lie had a red handkerchief tied round his
mouth. She saw him again at Guildhall police court, but
could not recognise him until the handkerchief was put on
him.

Mr. Cooper briefly, but ably, contended that the ease
wu one of mistaken identity.
The jury required him.
Prisoner was spin indicted fur stealing a watch, valued
at bl., from the person of Henry Maddison.
The prosecutor, a gentleman residing in Tenniaon-street,
York-road, said thdt upon the night of the 23rd, he wu
creasing ltlackfriars•bridge during the tog, when prisoner
came up and got into conversation with him, but they had
not got far when he made r snatch at his watch, which he
got, and at once gave to some one who made off with it,
but the prisoner was almost immediately taken.
The jury found him Guilty, and he wu sentenced to four
years' penal servitude.

THIRD COURT.-YESTERDAY.
IM/0111 111 Z COMMON UIJIAMT.

The whole day was occupied in this court trying a por-
tion of the Mint cases left from yesterday, and several
more are left to be dispeeed of to-morrow. There has been
a heavier list of this class of offenders than there has been
for many years past, the cases seldom occupying above one
day ; whereas this session they have taken two entire ones,
and will a great portion of the third. Not above one or
two prisoners have escaped conviction. The learned jurlge
who tried the cases passed much more severe sentences
I than have hitherto been passed upon this class of offandert,
with a view if possible to check this rapidly increasing
crime.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.
11110.11 MR. .LIUKANT AD .Y!. APFISTANT It DOZ.

John Caleer, a respectably dressed man, stated to be a
milkman, suerendered to take his trial on an indictment in
which he was charged with having stabbed a man named
Mullins.

This case lasted a considerable time, witnesses being
called on both sides. On the afternoon of tho 24th of Octo-
ber the prosecutor went to the Peacock public-house, in
Gray's-inn-lane, where he found the defendant having
some words with a lad named Foley. Ile called Foley
away, upon which the defendant told him that he was a
perjured thief—(this having allusion to some evidence
he had given tor a man named Bryant)—and threatened to
" Miser" Bryant and some of his party. Before this one
of the Lodging-house Inspectors had interposed to stop
some warfare of words which was going on between the de-
fendant and Bryant's wife. In the end a row took place
and a blow was given to the prosecutor with a knife, which
cut through his trowsers and inflicted a wound in the abdo-
men, causing blood to flow down his legs. The prosecutor,
when this was known, was carried out by his friends, and
the defendant given in charge. On the part of the prosecu-
tion evidence was given which went to show that the de-
fendant gave the blow, but for the defence evidence was
called to prove that it was not him but a man named
Nl'Kew, a labourer; hut, in anticipation of this, 3Pliew
himself was called for the prosecution, and he distinctly
swore that he did not. It was a question which sick., was
to be believed.

The jury, after some deliberation, found the defendant
Guilty.
The Assistant Judge thought the ease had been aggm-
vsted by the evidence for the defendant. It was u very
heinous offence and the court could uut pass it over lightly
He then sentinc-d the defendant to six months' hard
lab mr.

FATAL ACCIDENT tiN THE S01:111 WALEa RAIL-
WAY.—A fatal accident happened on the South Wales
Railway, about five miles from Newnham, Gloucestershire,
early on Tuesday morning last. The down mail train ar•
rived at Newnham about two o'clock in the morning, and
proceeded on its journey into Louth Wales, it passed Gat-
combo station safely, and had got into a cutting near the
side of the river Sevora, when suddenly the passengers found
the carriages parti dly overture...d, and themselves thrown
violently from their seats. The train immediately stopped,
and ten it was found that in the darkness of the ni.rht the
earth on the side of the cutting had fallen down upon the
rails on the east or down side, the engine on encountering
this was thrown over upon the up line, the tender followed
it. The first passenger carriage was partially overturned,
hut did not fall over, and the other carriages fortunately
kept their places, and though the passengers were much
shaken, and some of them were bruised, all escaped without
serious injury. The driver of the engine, a steady man,
named Simpson, was found lying dead under the tender,
his body dreadfully mangled. The stoker escaped with a
few bruises. lie was thrown into the tender, and there
being little coke in the tender, it turned over upon him and
thus formed ashield, protecting him from further injury
than brains.