The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

FRENCII POLICE CASES.

THE POLICE COM TS. (From Cofignani.)
-.D.-. Four men, named Blin, Ouziana' Gargand, and
GUILDHALL. Laveissiere, were, on Saturday, tried by the Tribunal of
Mary rrarers, a middle-aged female, was charged with Correctional Police for perpetrating what is called the
creating a di...urbane •is at. Ilarth•domcw's Church, Moor- o American robbery," to the prejudice of a foolish servant
lane, during Divine serirce.
James Stevens, a verger r f St. Bartholomew's Church, man, speaking
girl. This sort of rob'aery has often oven explained :—A
said the prisoner on Sunday evening last came into church, French with a foreign accent, accosts a
simple-looking person, and offers him a liberal sum to con-
and during the delieery of the sermon shouted out at the duct him to some place. On their way, they aro joined by
top of her voice and abused the minister in the most dis- some man, on some pretext. In the course of conversation
gusting language, calling the eenhiewitioa a set of hypo- 1 the foreigner intimates that he has several thousand franca
vile*, and the minister a preacher of lies. Several mem- lin gold, which he wishes to exchange at a heavy loss for . CATTLE.—SALISDURY, Ocr. 31.—The second half-
hers of the congregation were frightened at the awful lan- l di. pieces. The new comer whispers to the dupe that they I yearly fair fur sheep, horses, cattle, &c , was held in the
1,040 Ala made 4444 of, and Inutily quitted the church. may do a good stroke of hollow by e schaogieg the money Butts, near this city, when, from the lateness of the scasoa
Witases rim era her. and ultimately gaze her into cu.tody. The dupe produces aU he has, and receives in return: 'at which this fair is held, or the near approach of Apple-
The prisoner said she was drunk, and did not know how roulcau of what he is told are gold pieces. Ilk two *haw fair, the supply of sheep was very short, and the
she got into the church. companions then get rid of him, and be finds his • attendance of buyers was also limited. The sale was conee-
Sir R. W. .:arden said reweave mein))ers of a eangre- roulesu to contain only pieces of lead or sous. In the , fluently doll, and many were driven away unsold, but the
guilts must not be annoyed by the disorderly conduct of a case on Saturday, the servant girl was attracted, in prices of late fairs were maintained in most instances,
drunken woman, sun lie tbcrefora fined her 10s., or in ale- the find instance, by the offer of a reward to show a though the turn was in favour of the buy r. The supply of
,
foreigner the way to the Ile St. Louis, and afterwards she
fault seven days' imprisrnmcni. horses and pies were of a very trifling character, and
CI.EitIiENWELL. was further deluded by is hint that the foreign* r was so scarcely any business was doing. Four pieces of plate, of
A young woman with two children appeared before Mr. struck with her charms that he was half inclined to offer the value of ill. each, were offered by the committee, viz :
Currie, and applied for hie advice under distressing cir- her marriage. When the customary question of changing To the person penning the largest number -f sheep ; to this
conacances, the gold came on, the girl said that she had no money of person purchasing the largest number of sheep ; to the
She Jai I that her husband was formerly in the employ of her own, but intimated that she could borrow some, and person who penned the best 100 mothers; and to the per-
Mr. elornae, the elserirs officer. Ile ran away with the she hastened to a friend of her master, and obtained son yenning the best 100 Barest elves. Them prises caused

CORN —LtowttPooc, OCT. 31.= The supply of stock
to•day exhibits a slight increase over hat week or the
corresponding week of last year. Sheep have been in
pretty good demand from the buyers present, but for cattle
we have had a slow sale, and a law of both descriptions re-
mained unsold. Prime heifer, s}d. ; second class ditto,
bd. ; half-fat bullocks and cows, 4id. ; prime wtdders,
60. ; second class ditto, Gd. ; ewes, bid.