The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

SOUTHWARK.
Inn Williamson, a died pated-lootiafag.emals, was domed
with threatening to minder Mary
The complainant saki she was as sesistant to a baker in
the Grange-road, sad on Saturday evening the
ems tato the shop and attempted to seise the knifiri=
the muster, declaring with an oath that she would murder
her. Fortuoately a imitable was peeing at the time, sad
she was prevented from doing any mochid, and was given
tato custody.
Mr. Woolryeb asked what state she was in.
Witness replied that she was nod drunk, sad had not the
constable been passing she believed she would have isfured
her.
Mr. Edwin, who appeared for the promoter, meld that
the prisoner had for some years been la the habit of samiy-
ing and threatening the shopkeeper and assistants, and bed
been in prison at least a dozen times, varying fres a math
to six mouths, in default of finding MIL She was sn inve-
terate drunkard, and no doubt her bided was awes& His
clients, however, required to be protected from her violence
and threats, as they believed she would commit murder if
mot pot under restraint.
Mr. Wooloych reminded her to prison for a few days, to
enable the surgeon to =amiss her sad swamis the real
state of her mind. If she was imam mite 'suet be put under
proper reetesint.

TAMS
A very comfortable-10WED( wean& s, el Iw " Gt, hit, sod
forty class," watorod the 'Mame-box sad amid, ' 1 mod to
got married?'
Mr. Pagot—Well, I cannot marry yea. my good womss.
The applicant add that bow humbug left her tositssa
Jenne ago, sad that she had met sem Mai or heard id him
for sight yams. fibs was sa rims to got married age* sad
wished to know if she could do so legoMy.
Mr. Paget would explain what the law was on that palM.
It • woman had not seen her busload or heard of him for
I swan years, sad might rseeowabty cowhide he was sot is
eadMsam, else would cot be Roble to a prossosMos far hip-
my M she got monied spin ; bat if her drat busload made
his appaloosa or proved to be alloi whoa the monad mar-
riage was contracted the claims by the mooed Mahood
would bs alegftimate
Th• applkaut, without saying another ward, kit the
witnesabox and hastily departed from the molt.

A MITHDIRRD CHILD SINT ABRAILWAT LI7OOACIR.
—Lard evening Dr. Ithesster, =wow for Central Middle-
sex, held as inquest at the Elephast and Cantle, Camden-
town, an the body of • /on female child, egad about
12 ',loathe, which bad been wowed peeked tea box as
the Easton stalest of the Lemke sad North Walden Bail-
way. The atrocious character of the case excited peat
interest. Imposters IrLaciblan and Gileon, of the 8
division, were preempt on the part of the polies, sad Is-
specter Pndgeon, of the railway forth, onthe pad el the
authorities of the London sad North Western Compaq.
The (widener went to show that is the monde( d the flak
instant, jolt sew 6.15 a.m. train was about to start from
the V titoria static's, Manchester, in the Lancashire sad
Yorkshire Railway, a woman gave to Anthony Bond, the
guard, a green-painted box, saying she was going by
the train to Preston, and that was her 1
Hs placed the box in the lumge van, aid suppos=
woman bed got into the train. Oa arriving at Prestos, as
no one asked for the box he took it ea to Fleetwood, sad
brought it lack at sight by the 9.15 p.m. train and carried
it to the Isft-luggage department. The box bad a label on
it, on which was written, " Mrs. Clem, piesseger, Man-
chester to Preston." After remaining theft some days sad
not being owned, as was the custom on all lbw ocianseted
with the North Writers, the box was despatched to, and
arrived at. the Euston station left-luggage department,
where on Friday hest it was opened to sthif there was any
clue to the ureter. At the top of the box was a thkk
cloth, and underneath it straw, which, es being_ronseud
disclosed the body of a perfectly naked female child doubled
cep sod lying on its ads on some flock placed at the bottom
of the box. Inspector Pridgeon, who was seat for, heeded the
body over to the metropoiltas police. Mr. John
surgeon of the infirmary of St. Panorm WorkhoLsial,36r
when brought there the child bad been dead some days. It
bad cut both its upper and lower front teeth, and the, be
should my, about 12 months old. The hair was long ; the
child had been well nourished, and there were no external
marks of violence, but it. limbs were rigid. On making •
poet modem examination be found congestion of the brain,
begs, and kidneys, and on the right side at the heart there
was a quusity of dark blood. There was laid in the sto-
mach, which he had tasted, but could lad no traces of
poison. The child had evidently met with • violent death
from suffocation. The body was paha* healthy in ovary
way. The Coroner said this seldom* plated to the fad
that a mad atrocious and deliberate peurber bed been per
petrated, and to the probability that the staid had bona
Into this box alive. The appearances shoved all
pecked
evidences of suffocation. Be would leave it tow jam
to say if they would return a verdict of wilful es s
adjourn' to enable the police to trace the guilty partial. Me
Inquiry was ultimately adjourned.
HORMEL'S DEATH ON acs NORTH Herr RAIL.
WAY.—Soma singular facts, illustrative of the 1601111010
muse in the extent of the railway traMo which bee takes
place of late years, were disclosed at an iagmat bold by Yr.
Payee, the City coroner, last sight, on the body of •
railway empiryd named Thomas Beam. It appears that
in the neighbourhood of Rotherhithe there is a junction of
the Mid-Kent, North Kest, Crystal Paha, and Greenwisk
lines with the Leedom, Brighton, and South Crest Beilway
line. The tribe of these different railways run to Lesion-
br Age over six lines el metal ; sad we were bloomed that
in the winter mouths between 400 and 800 bides pus up
and down in the twenty-four hours, whilst ia the summer
month@ the almost incredible numbered between 800 and 900
travel over the mils within that specs of time. Six troths
have been known to pale the thrsal-boxes is the space
of three rideable. For the regulation and safety of Ibis
immure bathe there are the signal-poets, sash of
which is winked by a man cad a boy, whe sew
relieved every eight beam If anything were to their to
one of the men, incapacitating him for the performance if
his most therms duties, hie attendant boy is qualified to
take his place soul relief ears be sent. Dorian the dines
fog on Saturday sight the traffic was numb impeded, bat
such was the care taken that so accident of any hied err
caned ; each train stopped as it approsehod the
jar:Aloe, and only resumed he therm ropes receipt of ver-
bal directions from the signalmen and other alkials. Ac.
eidmis to railway employ.% are not nafrogaurkowi to
the number et trslas poring and repairing. Withisg the n
last year, four mem have been killed. Space Is so meth
mined that there is no room for the as.—eignalmen, bill
sticker, teiegrapbthes, sad others when duties sompel
them to walk up sad down the lisie—to stand between
the parapet sad tie aide lima. They are thunders Milled
to walk between the metals ; sad Mr. S. Brews. telegraph
foreman, deposed " that then was no place wham the men
could walk with safety." They are, however, provided with
time service books, by the dsdy of shish they ma arrive at
an idea of the time at which • pert/rah, lino of metal
might be free ; but es • hatter thessioe, it wee
deposed that triune hardly ever kept their exact time.
Man-holes were also provided at intervals fee the emu to
step nab wthe they expected Wes to erne, and it wee
the peered plan to walk towards, and set from. trains. If
a man stood between the metals two tabs might out lint
to pieces. On Friday &Barmen bet, at 4.21, the talegrugh
man, Thomas Sordllng, having finished his week, wee pro-
ceeding up the lines towards Lonthe-lisidp In the ~to-
wary way, and he took the North Kent dome lion He
saw • train timing towards him 400 yards off. lie beatily
stepped an to the North Heat up line, set waiving that
there was • Maio on them metals akar behind him. H.
was instantly knocked dews, and the vials Unix primed
over him sad wet him to pima. H. bead wee several
from the body and smoslied ; iris loop wore head into his
brains. Mr. Drown, above referred to,
_metal tha e (h-
-oused hed exandeed hie book be wmild bass ems that at
that partiouhr time the Oreenerich Mao would lam been
namouppied ter Grimm Wanton The anamesim was
wholly aosideatel, mid the jury rabanal • mast to that
offset.Thera ars upwards of 10,000 souipssitiew ands
registered under the heekewph7 law. The prams* ask arms
ism fosse as the 11th Oak, MAL