The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW-BTRIIET.

A DAZING Yocgo THIPS.—B. Crutchlo, whose head
seemly reached the edge of the dock, was charged with
stealing a pair of Wellington boots.
Toe prieoner, though so young, has been in custody sere-
rid times. Last evening he crawled into the doorway of Mn.
W. Oyle, a boot and shoemaker, of No. 22, Chancery-lane,
and took a pair of Wellington boots off a line. The act was
' witnessed by the shopman who followed the prisoner, and
stopped him with the booi in his possession. The prisoner
immediately turned round, findiog that he was caught, and
said witn an air of simplicity that he bad only taken the boots
to show his father, who was going to bay him a pair.
The prieoner, in answer to questions by the magistrate,
said that be was going nn for 10 years, and that his father
was a tailor, living in George-street, Foley-street.
lespector Wilkinson said the prisoner had frequently been
in custody.
The constable stated that the prisonsr was charged, with
two other hobs, at Marlborough.street a few days since, for
stealing bacon. They were remanded, and u the prisoners
were leaving the office to be placed in the prison van, Crutch
ley very adroitly ran anringst the crowd congregated round
the van and escaped. He was caught again two days after-
wards.

Mr. Hall said he had no doubt, trcrn the observations the
prisoner made to the &home's, that it was not his first of-
fense, and that he sou quu pet pared with an excuse for the
chugs. Hs should nomad the prisoner till his lather
►ttended.

The prisoner was then remanded until Saturday next.
WESTMINSTER

A Row.—C. Ilettprray, Theresa bl'Coffray (his wife),
and Ann Webb, were charged with having so entirely in-
jured John Alley, a mulatto, as to place his life in consider.
able danger.
A policeman stated that, between 3 and 4 on asturday
morning, he oat attracted to No. 2, Wink's-butldioms,
Chelsea, by hearing cries of " Murder!" and, upon en • g
the house, found the mulatto (Alley), who lives with the
prisoner Webb, and is a lodger of M'Caffrey'e, bleeding pro-
tunly from a number of guilts in the head. The three
prisoners were present, and the mulatto said they were
attempting to murder him Immediately after this he
became iusensib.e, a d while is that state the ti male 111'Clf.•
fray, who declared with an oath that she would be the death
el' him, attarkel him with her Bets, and caught up a large
sea-shell to throw at him, but was prevented by witness.
With further assistance, he conveyed them ell to the station.
Inspector W. Cummings stated that the mulatto was
brought to the station or, his way to the hospital, in a truck.
The whole of the upper part et his body was covered with
blood, and he appeared as if di ad. Witness had him im.
mediately conveyed to the hospital. When the prisoners
were brought in they all exhibited bruin. and other marks
of violence, and had blood about their p, none. The two
female prisoners wen drunk. Webb said that she bad lived
with Alley for a couple of years as his wife ; that he came
down in a violent rage, and, after attempting to stab her,
gave her an injury in the head, and that she merely de.
fended herself. She added that Alley would have murdered
her but lc r the interference_ of the male prisoaer,

ld'Catlray. Theresa M'Craffray declared diet upon
the iaterference of her husband to restrain Alley's
violence, the latter knocked him down with a sauce-
pan, end she took up the shell end struck him on the head
with it to meke him loose his hold of her husband ; and she
wu only sorry she did not give him (the injured man)
more. The male prisoner, littCsttray, declared that be had
been aw, ke by the disturbance, jumped open by Alley, and
otherwise most violently ill treated.
The prikoners, until the injured man should be oat of
danger, were remanded.

SEARCIIING FOR MRS. SLOARE.—The addition of
30f. by the pournmeat to the reward originally offered by
the glillriiSDS, has stirred up the activity of the pellet. Oa
Tuesday evening last, information was received at the station
where the wsmnt is dersited, that Mrs Skims was to be
found residing in the neighbourhood of Chelsea. Accord-
ingly two detective officers of the City police force were
dispi tithed, in company with a clerk from the Temple, who
brought the information, and they proceeded direct to
Menalagh-street, Chelsea. On arriving there the clerk
pointed out the house in which he believed Mrs. Sloane
was concealed. and the officers stepped forward and
knocked baldly at the front door. It was opened, and they
were immediately after ushered into the drawing-room,
where they found a lady apparently about 45 years of age,
and exactly answering, in every particular, the description of
Mrs. Stoma., as set forth in the placards rifering the reward
for her appreben•ion. The clerk from the Temple felt per-
fectly raddled that she was the right party. The lady pro-
tested that the officers were mistaken, sad was indignant at
the insult offered to her. It became necessary to send
fee Jane Wilbred, who set all doubts at rest, and sa•isfi<d
oven the Templar that he had made ■ blunder. Apologies
followed, and the officers left, it is understood, upon ipod
terms with the molested lady, who, it is sated, wee once be-
fore so unfortunate as to be mistaken for Yrs. Manning.

BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON Pollee...MEN AT MANCEIES-
rza.—About noon im Monday, an officer who was on duty
in Great Ancoate-street, saw a group of men loitering round
a spirit vault, and es they ware obstructing the footpath, he
desired them to move on ; bat this they refused to do,
saying they had been drinking their new year's gifts, and
had a right to enjoy themselves. About one o'clock, the seine
men set upon and beat fn a shameful manner, a country
man who happened to be passing; and when the
policientan, immediately afterwards, reached the art,
the eesntrytaan walked up to hint and made complaint
of the manner in which he had been used. Several
of the men then attukrd the countryman • Mead
time, and, in attempting to defend him, the eraser
got several severe blows. The countryman, however, e!tasted to escape ; and the °Blur, after using his @mikeab.
for some time, took one of the men into custody, but he wee
rescued by the meb. Another officer coming up, the preview
prisoner wits again secured and removed • short distance, but
the mob threw stones and brick*, knocked both the officers
down and kicked and jumped upon them, the prisoner
being marched off in triumph, bearing the staff of one of the
officers. A man named Plant was oh d to take a very
active port in both resits ; and a married woman named
Mary Chrimes also caught hold of and impeded the officers,
and energetically appealed to the mob to wen. the prisoner.
Plant and Chrimes were apprehended in the MUM of Mon.
day afternoon, end yesterday morning they were brought up
at the Borough Court, when the above facts were sated.
' Both the otEcers hod their heads plastered and bandaged,
having received severe wounds in the forehead, and they
stated that they could searsely move in ui-nce of the
injuries they had monad, from kicks, die., in different parts
dW body.—Mr. Maude, after commenting on the brutality
end ciowardis displayed by 20 or 30 men attacking one or
two, who were quietly and properly endeavouring to do their
daty as policemen, said that each attacks were Noosing so
Inquest (there having been a disgraceful one at the end of
Mee last week), that he was determined severely to vanish
all those against whom such charges were proved.—Plant
ions committed for Wel at the missions; and Chris**, in
delaialt of paying a fine of 205., was committed for a month
—Jfasirlurster Guardian.
FIGHT lISTW ERN A FALCON HAWK AND PARTRIDGES.
—A lew dustbin se a tenant of Mr. Binghant's of Bad-
er mimed in one of his grounds, he diiturbed a
libLll2Prillidges, one of which, after a short fight, alighted
salsa she hedgerow in the same field, and the other top-
*lift haft for the moment disappeared, when a falcon
beak almost as instantaneously was open to poise and drop
NS lie ism spot where the lint bird had fallen. A fight
immadluerif monad, which had warmly imetentoed when
the Wm bird aims to the resew*, and with his mate
baldly teen idea against *air powerful enemy, which latter
Or a few roman of hard fighting actually retreated a
tetinpie of yaede, wipes again retuning he renewed the
bat owing he was wattled, a second time made a
mess dWat retreat. Thu one of the partndges elect took
wing, the remaining bird being picked up quite dead, with
• deep and severe wound on its breast of en inch in length.
The hawk fee the moment was again seen to hover over the
battle field, bat miming its prey SIAS, decamped. There
ma he no doubt that had the hawk not been interrupted he
would have killed both birds, notwithstanding the deter-
mined boldness with which they met and encountered their
wily eateganial.—Cheitenfean £eomin.r.