The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

POLICE.--YasTERDAy.

OVILDHALL—A MAW'. Roues NOT MS CASTLE.—
Richard String& was charged with being in the unlawful
=tof•• hoses in Toy-lane.—A Mr. J. Ewing was a
ar the Dean of St. Paul's, of some houses in Toy.
lane. He let one of them (No. 6) to a person named Evans,
who theided in it until about twelve months since, when he
treaskrred his tenancy to a person named Lewis. The latter
eventually gave up poseessum to the original lessee, Mr.
)fie, which necking the ears of Evans, he wanted to re-
gain possession, on the ground. that he had regularly
sines it up. Accordingly, on Wednesday, a Mr. Allen and
theprieoner entered the prem and said they came to
take possession on behalf of Mr. Evans, and that the pri-
soner would be left there. Mr. Ewins remonstrated,
and told them they were trespassing; but, finding the
man would remain, he called in a policeman, and
the prisoner was taken to the station-house.—Mr. Hob-
ler, for the prisoner, said he suspected the alderman
had no jurisdiction. He wished to know what the nature
ef the charge was that they intended to press?—Mr.
Humphrey's clerk said, for taking unlawful possession.—
Mr. Holder contended that the prisoner had a right to do
what he was ordered; and, if he was trespessing, the
, bad remedy in another way.—Sir C. Marshall did not think
' he mild interfere.—Mr. Humphrey's clerk said, then he had
no 'hams to press. He ahead seek his remedy by an action
of trompms.—All parties then withdrew.
BOWHIREET.—ROBVERY St A SOLDlEB.—Richard
Kind, a soldier, aad John Martin, were charged with

assaulting Holbore,yesterday morning, and stealing bis
watch. One of the riding boys of the Pon-office said that
he saw the soldier clasp the prosecutor round the waist and ,
take the watch out of his pocket. He handed it over to his
companion, who ran off with it. Witness gave the elan,
and with one or two policemen, pursued the prisoner, who,
finding himself hard premed, threw the watch down upon
the pavement. The two prisoners were caught and taken to
the station-house. The soldier and prosecutor were both
drunk. The prisoner Martin was sober. The prisoners
were committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET. Anson. —John Watling was
charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises of his max
ter, Mr. De Sax, wadding manufacturer, Montague-street,
Spitalflelds.—On Tuesday week the prisoner was observed by
a lad named Williams to leave the premises in a hurried
manna, and immediately a fire burst out. A great portion
of the building and property were destroyed.—A constable
stated that the prisoner came to him and said that he was
desirous of giving himself into custody for having set fire to his
master's house. He said he had accidentallylet fall a loafer-
match, by which he was about to light his pipe, among a lot
of tow, which had ignited ; and seeing that the premises were
likely to be set on hre, he hastened his escape. He, however,
denied all intention of wilfully setting the house on fire.—
Mr. De Sax said that smoking was strictly prohibited not
only in his, but in all factories of the like nature. His con-
firmed impression was that the prisoner had wilfully set fire
to the premise..—Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner.
LAMBETH.—Msrautvonnnt.— John Bruce was
charged with the manslaughter of Mary Allsworth,
aged 68 years. The facts of the case have already appeared
when they occurred. On Saturday night the prisoner entered
the shop of a grocer in High.street, Lambeth ; and, without
the slightest provocation, made a savage attack upon a youth
employed there. Not satisfied with pulling him about the
shop, the prisoner drew the youth into the street by the
hair of his head, and while the latter was struggling to dis-
entangle himself from his savage assailant, both knocked
down the deceased, who happened to be crowing the
street with such force as to fracture her skull, and sbe
expired in six hours afterwards. On her head being
examined, an extensive fracture was found on the back part,
which produced an effusion of blood on the brain, and caused
• her death.—The prisoner said that having received a
• severe wound in the head, when he drank, he became so
excited that he did not know what he did.—He was fully

committed for trial.
WANDSWORTH.—Comastow ON THE Bourtt-Weer-
saN
RAILWAY.—T. Starks, a point-turner employed ;on
the South-Western line, and W. Bayer, a waggon driver,
were charged with having neglected their duty, and
thereby caused a collision on the above line, and a great
destruction of the company's property. Yesterday morning,
about 20 minutes to three, the goods train, on reaching the
Wandsworth cutting, had slackened its speed to about 4 miles
en hour, when the engine driver, perceiving a white light at
the junction of the Southampton and Richmond line, con-
cluded that all was right, and put on the steam. Immedi-
ately afterwards, the train, which consisted of 42 vans and
truck', came in collision with some ballast wagons that bad
been left close to the point of junction, where they had no
kind of right to be. The engine struck the end wagon,
breaking its buffer off, but escaping with little other damage,
u also the tender and first two trucks; the others
were overturned, and five of these were wholly
destroyed, together with the greater part of their contents,
which, with the broken carriages, were strewed across the
line, effectually stopping all traffic. Mr. Godson, from
the Nine Elms station, having ascertained that Staples,
the point man, and the ballut wagon driver, had
both neglected their duty, ordered them to be appre-
hended.—The evidence against Staples was then given.
—Charles Ellis, an eogine-driver, who had been
in the company's service nine years, said he knew
the prisoner Staples as a point man employed at the
junction; it was his duty to see that the line
was clear, and, if obstructed, to show a red light
It was as much the duty of the point and signal man to give
signals to the drivers of earth wagons as to the engine
drivers of trains.—William Todd, the fireman, said that
when he found a collision was inevitable, he put on the break
and had worked it to its tightest position before the engine
struck the wagons. Against W. Baker it was clearly
shown that there was no necessity for the prisoner to
have placed these wagons in the position in which they were
left. Neither of the prisoners made any direct answer to the
charges against them. Mr. Bender said that it was clear
that when any of these accidents occurred, they were °cat-
sioned by negligence, and he believed that in this care gross
negligence had taken place. With respect to the prisoner
Staples, he should not rand him for trial, because he had
been twelve years in the service, and had hitherto home a
good character. He should pay a fine of 405., or be impri-
soned for three weeks. The offence of the prisoner Baker
he did not consider of such magnitude, as any error he
committed could and ought to have been rectified by the
other prisoner, who was practically acquainted with the
shifting of the points. The fine upon Baker would be 10s.,
or a fortnight's imprisonment. Mr. Godson st...ted that
Staples should no longer be employed by the company. Both
prisoners paid the fines, and were 'discharged.