The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

TUE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EYENING, MARCH 14, 1848.

batter. Mlle. Alboni sang the air, " Penni albs patria,"
from the " It&liana in Algieri," with great brilliancy. M.
Baiston than performed a concertino on the violin, composed
by himself—a very pleasing piece, admirably executed.
that, Min A. Williams and Mlle. Alboni sang the duet,
Serbami Griot si tido," from " Beiniramide ;" and Beetho-
ven's overture, "The Men of Prometheus," concluded the
concert. The room was very full ; and the new arrange-
ment of the seats, whereby marred seats for the subscribers
are mingled with fres seats for the rest of the audience, ap-
peared to give general satisfaction.

Mc Mum.
FRENCII. PLATS, ST. JAlleli'S TttltATßE.—Mdlle.
Nathalie, who is proceeding through the last week but one
of her engagement, appeared last night in a new piece of a
very amusing character, entitled Le pee& aux Beausperes.
The details of the plot are too complicated to be described in
the limited space at our disposal. A young girl, who has
been indebted for her earlier subsistence to a family now in
decay, applies all her ingenuity to the obtaining, ft,r the sole
surviving ion of her ben.tfactore, a rich heiress, as the means
of restoring his fallen fortunes, and in this design she
ultimately succeeds, aided by a lover of hers, a worthy young
tailor. 7he piece was capitally acted, Nathalie baring as
her coadjutors Cartigny, Ineset, Moataland, Lucien, &c.
There was a tolerable Lowe, but theatre are undergoing the
lame depression to which, at the present juncture, all mun-
dane things around us are subjected.

INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD cuacurr.—STATFORD, MARCH 13.
Before Yr. Jes Us. Creswell.
CUTTING AND WOUNDING AT LIAR W
CASA.— tachard flubs' wu indicted for having cut and
wounded one John Smith, of Leaks. he being a gamekeeper,
in the service of the Earl of Macclesfield. It appeared that
on the night on which the offence was committed Smith was
in company withseveral other gamekeepers, at a place called
Switherly Roads, in the manor of Rudyard. The prisoner,
with several other persons, came up. Stones were thrown
at the gamekeepers, and Smith received so severe a blow
that he fell to the ground. The prisoner and another man
aniodeki‘cekreed
lyhiinini.urelidlsomfatcet,wwas.aceunat,
balendtohdeo
anwuy
cs.wtobmrekerirmfoi"pr two 111'11eins. The morning after this occurred the
place was examined, and a number of nets, such as are usually
employed for taking hares, were found. Prisoner, in defence,
said that before any stones had been thrown the gamekeepen
let loose a great dog as big as a calf at him and his party.—A
witness named Naden, also a gamekeeper, denied this; but he
subsequently admitted that the dog was let !owe after Smith
had been knocked down.—The Judge said it did not appear
that there had bees any intention on the part of the prisoner
to "maim or disfigure," as charged in the ind:ctment, or
"to do grievous tridily harm." There was no doubt that a
gross assault bad been committed, still the intention might
only have been to give the keepers a sound :thrashing.—
Guilly of a common assault—twelve months' imprisonment.
—The prisoner's three companions were found guilty of this
offence at the last essises.—There are 25 causes on the list ;
three are special juries. Those disposed of to-day were desti-
tute of public interest.

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NOUFOLK CIRCUIT.—BaDrOItD, Menem 13.
Nisi Panic—Before Mr V. Pollock.
°IMMO' O. LiAIIIIIB.—SLANDSR. Tee defendant wort
charged with circulating a report that the plaintiff set tire to
his stock and premises, with intent to defraud the Sun Fire-
office.—The plaintiff (ar. Gilbert) is a farmer. In October be
went with his wife to pay a visit to Wavendon, in Bucks, and
when they returned home at 10 o'clock he found that his pre-
mises and stock were on lire. The defendant is a butcher,
and keeps a chandler's shop at Wavendon.and others At a nversa-
tion betty en Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hari:, , the de-
fendant asked Mr. Wilson if he had heard the report that
Mr. Gilbert had sot fire to his own premises ? This won the
slander complained of. It was proved in evidence that Mr.
Gilbert suffered a loss of 1,3001. and was insured for only
1,0001. If the buildings were re-erected by the Duke of
Bedford the plaintiff would be put to the expense of 1001.
for carting. Mr. Gilbert must therefore have been a great
loser by the tire.—Mr. Serjeset Bele+ having addressed the
jury fur the lietendaut, the learned Judge put it to the jury
whether Harris intended injury by circulating the report.—
, The jury found the defendant Guilty of slander,: but sic-
lquitted him of malicious intentions.
CRUII, Comm—Before Mr. Juistioe Coltmsa,
James S.ith, aged 27. Joseph Cooper, aged 18, and
"sneer White, aged 23, were charged with stealing 13Ibs.
of pork, the property of George Burley, at Cranfield, in this
county. Mr. Worlledge defended the prisoners.
Mr.
Justice Coltman, there being u.o counsel for the proureu-
tion, examined the witnesses, and front the evidence thus
elicited it appeared that Mr. Barley having during the week
bought tile pork in question of a friend who kept a heershop
calledthe Crow, proceeded there on Saturday evening, the 11th
of January, to bring it home, in company uith his wife.
Of course the bargain could not be a dry one, and Mr.
B .rley, who has a weak head drank his muses quite out
of both head and leas, and in that condition he and his good
lady started to go home, with the pork wrapped up in a blue
pocket handkerchief. Mrs. Burley, as might be expected,
bad enough to du to convoy her husband and pork home in
safety, especially as a witness who was called for the pri-
soners stwid that she appeared to be quite as drunk as her
lord and master, who at one time fell down fiat on the
ground, while she rolled over his prostrate from, and tossed
the pork out of her basket. At length, however, the Imppy
couple arrived at their door, where they sow the three
prisoners standing in the road. Here another difficulty
arose, fur neither Mr. nor Mrs. Burley was able to open
the door; and the prisoners admitted them within their
own hnwe by breaking open their own door for Vain.
This done, the whole party entered the keeping-room, who re
the prosecutor fi II fast asleep in his "old arm chair," while
Mrs. Burley deposited her park in • closet. In a few
moments aft, r she saw Cooper go out of the back door with
something under his arm, and shortly after the other pri-
soners quitted the house by the front door. In about a
quarter of an hour Mrs. Burley missed the pork, and on
the following day, a dog hunted it up in a hedge at the back
of the house, in a spot which Cooper, if he had carried it
out with him, would have pained on the preceding evening.
Under these circumstances the three prison( ro were all
taken into custody ; end in answer to the charge it was
shown, so Wine stated, that Mrs. Burley was as b .d as her
husband, though she denied it emphatically, and that she
had tell the constable that all 'he prisoners were gone when
she had got home ; while several very respectable people
gave them an excellent character. Mr. Wornedge having
addressed the jury for the priaoners3Mr. Justice Coltman
summed up the evidence, leaving it to the jury to lay whe-
ther thi y had such reasonable certainty that the prisoners
hail taken the pork, as to outweigh their character and the
contradictions which had been given to the evidence of Mrs.
Burley. The jury at once acquitted all the prisoners.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT:—NOTTINGIIAM, MARCH 11.
The commission for the town and county of Nottingham
was opened on Thursday, and business was proceeded with
yesterday. There is only one undefended cause in the list.
In the borough there were 19 prieenen, and in the county
29, bat most of the caws were of an ordinary description.
There was one charge of murder.
THE (WREN V MELVILLR.—LIRRL.— The prieoner, a
commercial traveller, was indicted fer a libel on a young
woman, named Annie Wilson, the daughter of the landlord
,of the Rain Inn, in Nottingham. It appeared that he had
paid his addresses to the young woman in question, but had
been refused. In the month of September an advertisement
appeared in the Nottingham Journal of a very coarse de-
scription, in which the name of Miss Wilson was introduced
in the most disgustiog terms, and the defendant's name was
appended to it. It was proved that on the same paper on
which the advertisement was written, was a note
to the editor, purporting to be written by the defendant, and
requesting its insertion. On the pert of the prisoner it was
denied that either the advertise meat or the note were is his
handwriting. It was proved that as soon u the advertise-
ment appeared the prisoner sent to the parents of Miss Wil-
son a denial of his having written er sent the advertisement,
and termed his great regret that it should have appeared.
The proof as to the handwriting was very contradictory, and
there was a verdict of acquittal.

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ITS
POLICE.-Y
WORSHIP-ST REET. _E xTENS eereelh
ROBBERY.— Wit
a.
lines Strickland was charged with having been con-
cerned with others iu breaking into the dwelling
house of Mr. James Pullen, in Brudenell-place,
Sew North.rosd, Hereon, and stealing therefrom
stock receipts and other valuiblo property to the amount
of 7001.—Julia Callaghan, housemaid to the prosecutor,
stated that her master went out on the preceding evening.
leaving her in care of the premises, and anon after his depar-
ture the premier, with whom she had for some time carried
on. clandestine acquaintance, came to the house and invited
ht rto take a walk with him. She objected to do so, as her
mutter had taken the key of the street door with him, but
the prisoner said that she could easily obviate that
difficulty by leaving the dour upon the latch,
and that he would himself get in at the parlour
window, when they returned to open it for her. Witness at
length yielded to his importunities, and proceeded down to
the kitchen for the purpose of changing her dress, but had
no sooner reached it than she heard the street-door open and
a eon of muffling noise in the passage whore she had lelt the
prisoner. She did not take any notice of the eireumstance
at
the t;iiie, but sicompanied the prisoner to two or three pub.
lic-houses in the neighbourhood, where he said he expected
to meet a friend, and in the coure of their conversation he
put. several questions to hos respecting her master's property,
and particularly inquired whether he did not keep "lots of
money" in the house. They returned together in about on
hour, and the pirsoner admitted himself at the parlour
window, which had been purposely left unfastened, but
several minutes eloped before he opened the street-
door, and he accounted for the delay by statii g
that he had accidentally stumbled over a chair. 01.
entering the houseshe immediately discovered that
it had been ransacked by thieves, and hastened to call
the prisoner, who had promised to wait for her out-
sole, but found that lie hod disappeared, and she saw no
mere of hint until he was taken into custody.—The l rose-
cutor dated that he reached home at eleven o'clock, when his
servant apprised him of the robbery, and on examining the
different apartments he ascertained that his cash box and
several drawers had been broken own, and, besides various
valuable securities and important documents,, that a
quantity of plate and other property bad been stolen. The
prisoner was traced the .ame night by a po'icenian to a lodg-
ing-house in Shoreditch, and taken into custody.—The ri-
soner, who denied all knowledge of the robbery, wasp re-
manded for a week.
LAMBETH.—Onuses Itonneny. John Williams,
printer, and George Smith, tailor, were charged with break-
ing in the shop front of Mr. Robert Creamy, a boot and shoe
maker, in Southampton atreet,and st, along therefrom several
pairs of boots and shoes.—Samuel ,V alters deposed that,
about half-past 12 o'cleck yesterday, be was in Southampton-
street, Walworth, and saw a mob of about 400 persons come
along. The prisoner., who were amongst the crowd, h
ad
ad
each of them a stick, and he saw both of them go up oshop front of Mr. Creassy and strike at the windows. They
dashed toe ron in, and, on thi ir accomplishing this, he FON
them take f
outt of the shop several pairs of boots and shoes,
and put them in different parts of their dr,ss. The mob
then went away, and he heard the prisoners say, "
three
We
had better warms " (go off ; and they and
others proceeded in a different way from the mob.
The witness kept them in sight until he met a constable, and
p ,inttd them out as two of the ringleaders of those who
robbed the shoo of Mr. Creassy. They were thin taken
into custody.-00 Smith were found a pair of Bluchrr boots
and six pairs of shoes; and on Williams a pair of shoes.—
Mr. J. Pulman, residing next door to the lost witness, de-
posed that the mob smashed his windows, and he distinctly
saw the prisoner Smith take a psrasol from inside the win-
dow. The other prisoner, Williams, was present at the
time. Several of the mob, and the prisoner amongst them,
were about to rush into his shop, when he placed himself in
the door, end declared he should run a cane-sword, with
which he had armed himself, through the first person who
attempted to enter. This had the desired effect,m for none
attempted to enter, but all scampered off.— Themagistrates
remanded the prisoners.
HAMMERSMITH. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. There
being a number of persons in attendance for the pur-
pose of being sworn in as special constables, Mr. Beadon
said that he had received no instructions from the Home-
office to do go, neither had any of the other magistrates on
the Middlesex side of the water. He had been ray much