The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MARYLEBONE.

P I.l'S Drat nil' A LA)I,O IN 0 i-1101:811 K rxerit.—Mary
_121,1 Farmer, residing at .57, Ikaumont.dreet, High-street,
Marylebone, was brought up in custody, oa the charge of
having stolen Bunk notes, jewellery &c., to a large amount,
the property of Mr. Thomas Hillman, chief clerk to the
" Accidental Death Insurance Company," Luthbury.
Prosecutor, cm being sworn, Raid—l and my family have
recently occupied apartments at the prisoner's house. Last
Saturday week I came home at six, and directly afterwards
I went out ; ut IM minutes past six I returned, and the
door was opened to me by the prisoner, who asked me if I
had not met a man coming out of the premises. I told
her I had not that I was aware of ; upon which she ob-
served, " Your son is sitting in the dining-room. I think
I heard footsteps across the passage. lam very much
afraid that a robbery has been committed, and it's most
likely there's the thief upstairs now." I remarked that I
would send for a policeman; and I spoke to several persons
who were passing along to request that they would look
for one, while I remained at the door. Prisoner
said that she would see after one, and she went into the
street. While I was waiting at the door the prisoner's
sister came running down stairs, with dishevelled hair, and
carrying a candle in her hand, exclaiming " Oh, my God,
there's a man under the bed." At this moment a policeman
came to the door, and I said to him " Let us go up stairs."
Prisoner, who had returned, took hold of the candle and
went up stairs, and I and the officer followed her. When
we got to the bedroom flour, on the second landing, I saw
the front bedroom door, which room is not occupied, open,
and in the apartment with a velvet cloak belonging to my
wife. The policeman said, jokingly, "there's your man,
and on removing the cloak there was found behind
it the drawer of my wife's dressing ease, with a
few trinkets in it. I opened the dressing-room
door, and at once discovered that the ease itself
was gone. My wife came up and found that
her drawers bad been disturbed, and the cloak
which 1 have mentioned gone. We then went up alone to
my daughter's bedroom on the next landing, and I found
on the drawers the outer covering of her dressing-case. The
ease itself was nowhere to be met with, and it contained
either one or two bank notes, a half-sovereign, an emerald
ring, a gold and emerald brooch, a topaz brunch with pearls,
a gold briguct chain, a double opera glass, a gold ring set
with a diamond, and a number of other articles, value, in-
dependently of the notes, from 801. to 901.
Sergeant Dattersby, 4 —At halfpast 7 on the evening
of last Saturday week I repaired to the prisoner's
house by direction of Superintendent Ilughcs, who
had received information that a large robbery had
in a most mysterious manner been effected. I imme-
diately repaired to the dwelling, and after examining
the same I saw the prisoner and her sister, and
a man named Saunders.on, wno lises with them.
From inquiries which 1 subsequently made, I ascertained
the number of the notes stolen, and stopped them at the
Bank, and at length traced the payment of one of them by
the prisoner to Shoolbred and Co., Tottenham-court-road.
On Saturday night last, I repaired to prisoner's house, and
I told her I must take her into custody, as I had traced one
of the notes which she had passed at Shoulbred's, sells a she
said, " If I must go with you, let me have time to wash
myself, and change my things." I told her she might do
that, but I must go with her. I followed her up stairs,
when she went into a room with a little girl, and closed the
door. I waited outside, and in a short time I heard her
move something. I went in, and saw her at a small writing-
desk on the drawers. I told her I must look into that
myself, which I did, and found therein two pawnbroker's
tickets and sundry papers, and in another desk in the apart-
ment were 19 more tickets. I went out again, and while
waiting at the door, I heard prisoner, as she was dressing
herself, say to the girl, " Oh, what a fool I was to go so
near " (meaning no doubt that she ought to has'e changed
the note at a greater distance from her residence). I
conveyed her to the station-house, where she was
searched, and in her pocket was found a ticket
for a brooch and a ring pledged on Saturday last.
Battenby further said, that from inquiries which he had
instituted, he had ascertained that she belonged to a most
disreputable family at St. Leonard's, and that her father, a
noted smuggler, had been transported for life for assaulting
a custom-house officer. She had lived as lady's maid with
Mrs. Colonel Finch, Hyde-park-gardens, and was charged
at this court with stealing from the house bank-notes and
other property amounting to nearly 1501. ' • she was tried and
sentenced to transportation, but owing to her being strongly
recommended to mercy her sentence was commuted to 18
months' hard labour in the House of Correction • soon
after her liberation she took a lodging-house in Albany-
stmt, and absconded therefrom with more than 501. worth
of property belonging to a gentleman named Hughes, one
of her lodgers, and who now lives in Camden-town.
. . . .

The prisoner, on being asked what she had to say, denied
that she was the person who changed the note at noollired's,
and said she was not out of her house until might in the
evening of the day named.
In °mkr to afford time for the production of important
witnesses the prisoner was remanded till Monday next.

Mr. Bingham Paid, from the circumstance,' under which
the warrant was granted, and the facts which had Men
stat#ll, hr considered himself fully justified in acceding to
the application for leave to withdraw the charge.
The defendant was then discharged.

WINDING UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

HEREFORD AND MERTHYR RAlLWAY.—Yester-
day three engineering claims were brought in by Mr.
Valiance, the solicitor to this estate, before his Honour
Master Richards. The first was for 143/. from Mr. Hughes,
the consulting engineer to the company, which was allowed,
subject to cause being shown to the contrary. The second
was a claim from Mr. Taylor, surveyor of the line, for
1,03 a, which was referred for consideration to the official
manager, it being alleged that Mr. Taylor had received all
he was entitled to. 'file third was a claim of 1971. from
I Mr. Jermyn, C.E., who stated that he was employed by
Mr. Hughes. His Honour observed that unless Mr..ler-
myn could prove that he was employed by the company he
could not allow the claim as a debt against the company,
and that he thought 10 guineas a day for 17 days an enor-
mous charge. Mr. Jermyn said he could prove that at the
period in question the services of an engineer were worth
it, and that indeed they were worth 40 guineas a day.
The labour that he and others underwent at the
time was such no they had not experienced during
20 years before. lie went down at the direction
of Mr. Hughes, on a forlorn hope. to secure the deposit of
the plans for die line, and succeeded in sn doing. It was
very hard that Mr. Hughes, who had only given the di-
rections, should be allowed his claim, and that the claim of
those who had done nll the work should not he admitted.
All that Mr. Hughes had done was to cross a river to meet
him, Mr. Jermen, who had travelled through frost and
snow over the *Welsh midland mountains to meet him at
Brecon, where he changed horses, and all he had received
was 201. on account of expenses. kr. Hughes replied that
his position was that of consulting engineer to the company,
and in that capacity lie examined the plans and sections
after they were made out by the proper parties. Mr.
Taylor, in explanation of an item of 649/. for survey of 20
miles of line, said it was no uncommon thing in the days of
the railway mania to offer 100 guineas per mile for a survey
when it came to the push. Ultimately his Honour decided
that he could not allow Mr. Jcrntvn's claim as a debt
against the company, but that he might have his remedy at
law against Mr. Hughes.
STAFFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE 'RAILWAY.—
Yesterday. Mr. C. D. Archibald, one of the directors of this
company, was further examined by Mr. Roxburgh, on be-
half of Mr. Hutton, the official manager, relative to the
part he took in the custody of the company's funds, Mr.
Scotland appearing as his counsel. At the conelusion of the
inquir y Mr. Roxburgh called upon his Honour, Muster
Richards, to make an order on Mr. Archibald to pay over
2,602/. to the official manager on behalf of the shareholder.,
and which he (Mr. Roxburgh) alleged had been drawn out
of the Commercial Bank without any authority from the
shareholders. ills Honour reserved his decision to give
counsel for Mr. Archibald an opportunity to reply.

PETITION FOR RAILWAY AND PRIVATE

BILLS.

KILLARNEY AND VALENCIA RAILWAY. Yester-
day the standing orders were complied with fur the devia-
tion of a portion of this line, for the extension of time, for
the compulsory purchase of lauds, and completion of
works of the remaining portion.

811REWAllt KY AND BIItMINONAM RAlLWAY.—Ye+tenlny
the standing orders were declared not to be complied with
to extend the time limited by the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham Railway Acts, for the purchase of laud, and the
completion of branches ; to authorise the fbrmation of
himtch orjunction lines and stations to complete the Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railways,
and to make arrangements with the Shrewsbury and
Chester, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail-
ways, and for other purposes.—Parliamentary agents,
Messrs. Cameron and Martin. _ _

DIAILIN AND KINGSTOWN KAlLWAT.—YeAterday, the
standing ordi•rs were complied witlt to authorire a cc.
tron.fcr to this company by the Waterford, Wexford. and
Wicklow Hallway of the railway from Kingstown to Dray,
and the powase to construct the s.ame. Parliamentary
agents, !delete. Doritigton.

-r-THAXF... HAVEN IMCK AND RAILWAY.—The standing
orders were complied with for extending the powers of this
romp :my for completing works for live years. Also, for the
extension of powers for taking IMOs and division of the
shares of the company. Parliamentary agents, Messrs.
Maednugal and Newall.

FoRE.74T tol, DEAN, CENTRAL RAILWAY3.—The NM for
thispurvow were withdrawn.

MIDLAND ItAILWAY.—The standing orders were com-
plied with for the purchase of Leeds and Bradford Rail-
way and increase of capital.
MANCIIE.TER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCK RAILWAY.—
The standing orders were complied with for completion of
purchase of Cromford Canal and amendment of acts.
Barron Fealty Docks AND Ratt.wmc.—The standing
orders were complied with.
The standing orders were also complied with in the case
of the Anchor Assurance Company fur incorporating the
company ; the Patent Invention Society for the encourage-
ment idinventions and the protection of inventors; Clerk-
enwell Improvement fur transfer of powers of commissioners
to the corporation of the City of London; the Wandle
Water and Sewerage Company for better supplying with
water certain parts of the metropolis south of the Thames—
proposed capital, 300,0001. ; Warkworth liarlmor Dock
Company, In the case of the Limerick Markets the stand-
ing orders were declared not to he complied with.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

The State of the Weather at
Nine o'clock yesterday
arranged in order of latituo
Course of
Wind.

TUEsDAY, FEE. Ig, Igsl.
each of the hollowing places at
rooming. The atations arc

Name of Clan.

of
Sn'en'th State of Weather.
Wind. .