The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-22 00:00:00

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CAPTUDE EXTIIAORDINsitiOn Monday week informa-
tion was received by the Brighton police that two men who
had absconded from Liverpool and were charged with fraud
had arrived in Brighton and were about to sail hlt the packet
for Dieppe; but the police having no certain information
of the men, and no particulars of the charge, suffered them
to depart by the steamer which left the harbour on Tuesday
morning. The packet had got half-way over, and the men
no doubt congratulating themselves on having effe...ted their
escape, when some accident occurred to the machinery and
the weather being exceedingly boisterous, the captain
determined on returning to England. On learning
this tact, the chief officer of police directed Superin-
tendent White to proceed to Kingston and watch the
men as they came ashore, so as to know where to find
them if necessary. White proceeded to Kingston accordingly,
and about three o'clock the packet came into the harbo..j.
The pes,nqcrs were forwarded to Brighton by an omnibus,
and White, who was in plain clothes, placed hires .1f in the
vehicle near the too men in question, and came with tht
to Brighton. On the way he took occasion to recommend
them to a public-house, and on their arrival here "kindly "
showed them to the Jolly Fisherman. On Wednesday, Mr.
Searle, solicitor, of Liverpool, accompanied by an officer,
arrived with a warrant signed by Mr. Cemmi.sioner Perry
of the Bankruptcy Court, for the apprehension of James
Maw and William Chapman, the names of the parties in
question. White accompanied his brother officer to the
Jolly Fisherman, and there found the two men, who were
forthwith lodged in the Town Hall for the night, and on
Thursday White proceeded with them to Liverpool.
SURREY.
SINGVLAR AND FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, an inquest
was taken by William Carter, Esq., at the Farmhouse,
Stumble-Hole Common, Henley, on the body of Benjamin
Harman, aged fourteen years. The deceased was a servant
in the employ of Mr. Oxley, of Dean-Hope farm, Morley.
On Monday last the deceased had been to a distant meadow,
to fetch a drove of sheep back to the farm-house, and on the
way home he had to pass a bridge which runs across Dean-
Hope brook, a' the foot of which he found a pond of water
which crossed the roadway, caused by the recent heavy rain.
The deceased, on reaching the spot, found that the sheep
refused to pass through the water ; the deceased, after a few
minutes' consideration, seized one of the sheep with :hi •
view of dragging the poor animal through the pond,
which was only a few inches in depth, thinking the
others would follow it, and whilst struggling with
the sheep he fell over the end of the bridge into
the brook. His brother, who was standing by, raised an
alarm, and endeavoured to save him, but the current of the
tide being ao strong, it carried him some distance down the
brook, where he disappeared. Search was made for the
body, but it was not found for upwards of two hours. The
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."

REPIIFAL TO BCRY.—In reference to this case n correspon-
dent at Barking says: " The curate (the Rev. W. Denton)
buried a body at two o'clock, after which he obtained the
keys of the church and churchyard, locked the doors and
gates, and carried away the keys. At three o'clock the body
of the poor woman was brought to the gates, and admittance
demanded without success: after a short delay the body was
taken back again. The reason assigned for refusal was, that
the deceased was an immoral character. A magistrate wrote
to the Bishop of London, who commanded the curate to bury
the woman, according with the usual ceremony, which was
done on Tuesday afternoon."
THE "COCKNEY SPORTSMEN " Of Shoreditch and White-
chapel have, it appears, been doing much mischief in the
neighbourhood of Plaistow and East Ham. Under pretence
of shooting gulls in the marshes they congregate on Sundays
to the number sometimes of thirty and forty, and fire at
whatever comes in their way. Amongst other thing; several
sheep have been killed. Three of the" sportsmen " have
been taken before the magistrates at Ilford, but there was uo
evidence to identify them as the authors of the damage. The
churchwarden of Plaistow complained bitterly of the dese-
cration of the Sabbath as well as of injury done. It trans-
pired in the course of a very long examination that before
the police took the prisoners into custody, they should have
asked them for their names and address, which, if they had
refused to give, then to have taken them into custody, and
the magistrates would then have had the power to inflict a
fine of 51. upon each. Now they must proceed against them
by information, which was the only mode under the Game
Act. A parishioner trusted the magistrates would punish
the prisoners in some way. Several of his sheep had been
drowned through persons sheeting
the marshes with dogs. One or
opened had shots in them.—The
done it ; they had never been in
prisoners, who were very dirty,
seas, were discharged.

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