The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1846.

to depart at an early hour the following moruing. It is
stated that another company will leave this garrison for the
same destination on Saturday next, and also that Capt.
Dupuis's Company (Bth), Bth Battalion, and Capt. Bing-
ham's Company (65h), Bth Battalion of the Royal Regiment ,
of Artillery will leave this garrison for Ireland.
PeNsiosints.—Yesterday morning the second division of
Chelsea Pensioners, residing in the eastern district of the
metropolis, were reviewed in the town. They went through
a variety of evolutions under the direction of Capt. Wood,
the commander of the division.

that had it not been through the kindness of the accused,
who gave them shelter, they would have been reduced to a
most deplorable condition.—Mr. Seeker refused to entertain
the (barge any longer.

LAMBETH.—A Monem PAUL PRY.—Richard Berry
was charged with being drunk and making a disturbance in
the Waterloo-road.—Police-constable James Keely, 142 L,
depo•ed that on the night before he found the prisoner in
the Waterloo-road much the worse for liquor, making a dis-
turbance. The inhabitants of a house opposite to where he
found him also complained of his conduct, but did not give
charge of him, and as he would not go away peaceably, he
I (the constable) was compelled to take him to the station-
house.—The prisoner said : The fact is that I called to see a
friend in the Waterloo-road, but did not find her at home.
While I stood at the door, I heard some music and singing
at a house close by, and being passionately fond of MUSIC, I
thought I'd knock at the door and obtain admittance if I
could. I did get admittance, and making my way into the
parlour where the music was playing, I addressee' the par-
ties
and politely said, " I hope I don't intrude"—(laughter)
—and was as polite as I could, but they would not have it,
but turned me out. (Renewed laughter.)—Mr. Elliott : I
don't know how you could expect to be otherwise treated.—
Prisoner : After my politeness, your worship!—The prisoner
was fined 55., which he paid, and was discharged.
WESTMINSTER.— A RUFFIAN. Joh ft Lynn was
charged with a series of ruffianly assaults.—The defendant,
who is upwards of twenty-five years of age, it appeared,
insists upon his aged parents, who are poor bard-working
people, maintaining him, and, in return, ill treats them.
He came home about two on Monday afternoon, and upon
his mother quietly pointing out to him that he ought to
endeavour to procure some employment, as they could ill
afford out of their slender means to support him, he abused
her in the vilest manner, struck her about the arms, and
seized her by the throat, and upon his father coming from
his bed to see what WAS the matter, assailed hint with a
torrent of abuse. The mother's screams attracted the atten-
tion of the neighbours, and one of them, Mrs. Moore,
received a desperate blow on the eye, and upon her hus-
band inquiring why he did it, defendant rushed towards
him and gave him also a black eye.—Mr. Bond said his
conduct was like that of a wild animal, and fined him 40s.
or 21 days, for the assault on his mother ; 305., or 21 days,
for the assault on Mrs. Moore, and a similar penalty for the
assault on her husband.—Defendant was committed to
prison for nine weeks.

THAMES. •-A,t VNDEFINED OFFENCE.—Aaron Bray,
a respectable-looking men, was finally examined on a charge
' which it appeared puzzled the lawyers to define. Mr. Hur-
lestone, with Mr. Pelham, appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, defended the prisoner. The
evidence previously given was to the effect that the prisoner
went on Friday, the 4th instant, to Mr. Was. Persehouse,
' an extensive farmer at Greenwich, and stated that he had
an order to purchase three horses for Mr. Henry Wigram, of
Blackwell. Persehmise seat his son with the horses. Two
horses were selected by Mr. Wigram, at the respective prices
of 32/. and 341. Bray contrived to possess himself of the
money, which he converted to his own account. His defence
was, that he had an open account with Perschouse, to whote
credit he put the 661. on receiving it.—Mr. Hurlestone yes-
terday said he could not well state with what offence the
prisoner was charged until be ascertained the nature of the
evidence about to be given by Mr. Wigram. The difficulty
was, whether the prisoner should be committed on the charge
of detaining 661. under false pretences, or for the larxny of
the horses.—Mr. Wigram said Bray had been recommended
to him as a proper person to be employed in the purchase of
horses. He purchased for him the two horses in question on
-fith instant. In four or five days afterwards Bray came for
his commision, when witness, as was his usual practice, paid
him the price of the horses al o. Persehouse afterwards
called for the money, when witness told him he had paid
Bray, who he understood brought the horses as a commis-
sional agent, and whom he looked upon a' authorised to re-
ceive the amount. In answer to Mr. Ballantine, the wit-
ness said he considered young Persehouse, who was with the
prisoner at the time, and near enough to hear tho conversa-
tion, as a person who came in charge of the horses—Mr.
Ballantine said he did not exactly know what charge he was
to apply himself to, or whether he was to defend his client
from the larceny or the false pretence. No case of fraud had
been made out, and as to the larceny of the horses it was
out of the question.—The Magistrate said it was manifest
that a fraud had been committal, but the case was one for a
jury to decide, and lie would hold the prisoner to b.iil to
answer any charge which might be preferred against him at
the sessions.

HAMMERSMIru.—A WINDOW-BREARINO MYRTERY.
—Yesterday Mr. G. Clive was occupied a considerable time in
investigating a case of mysterious window-breaking, brought
under his notice ou the hearing of an assault warrant against
Mr. George Jackson, an independent gentleman, residing at
No. 33, Trevor-square, Knightsbridge.—From the evidence
gone into, it appeared, on the part of the complainant, liar-
net Egerton, servant to a gentleman of the name of Whit-
' taker, residing at No. 10, Hill-street, Montpelier-square,
that she had been in the service only a fortnight. The backs
of both houses were opposite to each other, and the gardens
joined. On Saturday, the 12th inst., about half-past six
o'clock in the morning, when Harriet Egerton came down
stairs and opened the kitchen window Aline's she found
two panes of glass broken. About half-past twelve o'clock
! the same day, while in the back kitchen area, she heard
a crash of glass, and on looking up she saw a pane
in the back kitchen window was broken; and believing it to
have been caused by two of her master's children (boys),
who were in the garden at the time, they were beaten for the
supposed offence. Between six and seven o'clock Egerton
saw the defendant, who was standing in his own garden,
near a fountain, throw a stone, which struck her on the head
and caused a cut, from which the blood flowed, which was
the assault for which the warrant was issued. Front that
time until the following Tuesday the same annoy-
ance was continued until thirty windows were altogether
broken.—Mrs. Whittaker, and one of her daughters, gave si•
milar evidence.—Mary SilvesterAhe servant of Mra. Hodges,
a lady living next dour to Mr. Whittaker, swore that on the
Saturday in question, having heard of the window-breaking,
she watched at an upper window of her mistress's house,
in order to discover who the delinquent was. She saw the
defendant come into his own garden at the time stated by
Egerton, and beat a pair of trowsers with a cane, and went
lin-doors when he had finished, but he neither picked up
! nor threw a stone, which statement was corroborated by
!Mary Ann Cole, one of the defendant's female servants.—
Policemen Younger, B 74, and Chaplin, B 76, deposed, that
in consequence of the representation made by Mr. Whit-
! taker as to the mysterious window-breaking, they were sent
by their inspector, accompanied by a serjeant, to that gen•
deman's house, to examine into the circumstances. They
saw the broken windows, and the stones, coals, and bricks
that were stated to have been thrown through tr.em, and
they remained in private clothes for hours on the premises,
in order to detect the parties ; but although while they were
there several windows were broken, they were unable to dia-
-1 cover by whom the outrage was committed. They were,
however. of opinion that the stones, &c., were thrown by
! the girl Egerton herself, from the fact, that, while she was
upstairs with them watching, or was gone out for errands,
no windows were broken nor stones thrown ; but directly
that she went out into the garden, those occurrences took
place. Having represented that fact to Mr. Whittaker, that
gentleman and they each marked several stones and pieces
of Bath-brick, and put them unseen in the garden, and
seven of those missiles were afterwards found inside the
house, having been thrown through the windows, some of
11 which they produced. Mr. Clive said that the case was so
full of doubt and mystery, that he felt bound to dismiss it.
ROBBERY or JEWELLF.RY.—SevcraI hearings took place
at this court, the last of which was raportAl in this paper
on Saturday, Sept. sth, respecting a robbery of jewellery,
belonging to a lady who died in the house of Mr. Ken-
nedy, a :.urgeon. That gentleman was acquitted of any
participation in the affair; but finding an injurious mis-
understanding has arisen, he requests us to pabush the
' following letter to correct it :

Sir,--One impression created by some of the reports in, that cc: fain
duplicates handed by me in the police were fur a portion of the missing
property. Now the plain fact is, or was proved before the magistrates,
though not reported, that those duplicate* were for certain watches of
a intent of nune, and had been given to me in part payment of a debt
before the deceased lady had ever come to reside in my house; and
they were only mixed up with this infamous affair by the police
officer cons tiering they might relate to the miwing property, and
therefore producing them in the court, notwithstanduig that I told
him what they related to, whom I got them from, and how they came
into my possession, having been offered to me in December last to
choose a watch from, in conaequence of having lost my own, and all
these duplicates haring been suequently offered and given to me as
part payment of the rad debt. They have nothing whatever to do
-.with the article,. stolen—thry are loty late/dl property, and, as such,
are still in my poisseasion, as well as several documents clearly proving
the transaction regarding them betwixt the party I got them from and
myself; which documents were also handed to the police, rind are now
in my possession.—I am, air, yours obediently, Cl. KISNELIT.

BEET-ROOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES.—
Beet-root cannot be too much recommended to the notice of
mankind as a cheap and salubrious substitute for the now
failing and diseased potato. Hitherto the red kind has been
only used in England as a pickle, or as a garnish for salad;
even the few who dress it generally boil it, by which process
the rich saccharine juice is in a (peat measure lost, and the
root consequently rendered less nutritious by the quantity of
water which it imbibes, as well as by parting with the native
syrup of which it is thus forcibly deprived ; it is, therefore,
strongly recommended to bake instead of boiling them,
when trey will be found to afford a delicious and wholesome
food. This is notan untried novelty, for both red and white
beet-root are extensively used on the Continent; in Italy,
particularly, they are carried about hot from the oven twice
a day, and sold publicly in the streets: thus they are pur•
chased by all classes of people, and give to thousands, with
bread, salt, pepper, and butter, a satisfactory meal. There
are few purposes for which baked, or even roes ed, or fried
beet-root would not be found preferable to boiled. If these
roots were as universally cultivated in England far human
food as they are on the continent of Europe, and baked and
sold as cheap, as they might easily be, many a poor person
would have a hearty and good meal who is now often
obliged to go without one; and now that the potato crop is
again failing, the above information cannot bat be of
infinite service if generally known, for there is a good deal
of beet in the country, although only planted or sown for
the use of cattle.—Carmart4en Journal.
VULCANISED INDIA-RUBBER.-4 short communica-
tion on tile substance termed vulcanised India-rubber was
made by Mr. Brockedon to the members of the British A.
elation. The process of vulcanisation consists in submPlting
caoutchouc at a high temperature to the action of the sulphur,
with which it combines, and becomes harder au? more elm.
tic. The proportions of sulphur vary accordk.g to the degree
of hardness required ; but about seven Tyr cent. of sulphur
is the quantity combined for gene al puiposes. The quality
of the India-rubber is much mor elastic after bnng thus
treated, and it is of this subSte:ace that the small Indiarubber
rings, now so generally
teed, are made. It was stated by Mr.
Broekedon, that twc
tons weight of these Indiarubber rings
are sold iu A west,.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE ON
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

SWINDON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—Last evening
as the 4 45 train from I'addington was proceeding on
its way, a most fearful accident occurred near the
Farringdon-road Station. The following particulars were
obtained from a gentleman, who, though in the last
compartment of the passenger carriage, next to the tender,
was providentially un injured. As the train neared the station
the rate of speed was, as usual, reduced ; whereupon, from
some unexplained cause, a luggage van placed between
the first passenger carriage, and the engine got
off the line, and forced its way through the first compart-
ment of the carriage, causing the instant death of two
passengers, aid injuring several others who were in the
same or adjoining carriages. The head of one of the pas-
sengers was literally dashed to pieces, and his fellow-tra-
veller in the same compartment received so severe a con-
cussion of the brMa that almost instant death was the result.
Our informant states, that the scene was horrifying in the
extreme, and that, as may be expected, the greatest excite-
ment and consternation prevailed.