The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-11 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY.)

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IS seranagermwr morimme CLOSING ACM
Mrs. Maria Jaya, the keeper of • ealisektonse at 8,
u4beireas„ Winton, was smemesed Were Mr. D'Ers•
We'rui pates fer that ea,
_kolas ties keeper licaseed
ramehmeet boas, did. whites the limits of Act,min set
of a ealled " The Pabliabouse Closingc=
sad expose fee sae sad oesseusption
;no whil7 sell
;ftlebiaacts, between the he of 1 sad 4 °Week I. the
*Mary le fee statute, ie.
ur"l,idmme,ccealeitstaffr ofa Firtesdertekasistrer,
eallty.l4llll.
pleaded
pw"groreasail•
cierocestable Loess, 542 N, mad that shortly after
ea the taming is qesaties be passed thy defeadeat's
bona sod hearing voices inside be fetched another cos-
stable and then went Made. He found three men in ems
ameartment, with some cops before them, ea use the
cups apperestly contaimed coffee. le soother ereapart.
meat them wee a female. He told the dateedast she was
doing wilt tartadaattvtiszseetro told the parties were
a/ autism left.
a meow to Mx. Ricketts the constable said that this
was thepug. lint complaint against the home. He did not am
ibe partake of say rareshmeata nor did he see any
Krpas The hems am closed.
Ricketts said he bed a good answer to the rase op the
tor* bat he would submit that no arena had been proved
is the Sans of the nneamens
yr. D'Evecaut—Yon know it is an offemos to sip coffee
in a refrainment beans ate minute after L laugh.)
Hr. Rieketts vie ewers of that, sad thought the law
vvy bard. He had ts sabmit that the cans was not proved
first, became the house was not epee ; secondly, beams
there " *asking exposed for sale ; sad thirdly, because so
ede bed boa Feed. As he had laid, he had good answer
to the ore am its meats, bat consider* that this was a
ma web, frivolous, sad vexatious proceeding on the part
of tea pea* be would not show ish real defame, bat
weld ask for a dismissal of the sommose on the monad be
bed staid.
D'Er nowt, after looking at the act of parliament,
die:shad the summons.
veresnamo env run.

TAM HY 8011.1118.1.
Jaw :Stephen Johnab 92, 30, stating himself to he a car-
my. Wh, without any Med resident ; William Baker, 28,
• is itmoretoad, Horton, a timber drafter ; Mary
Len Moon, 24, of St. Jolueaterraos, Hamkneytvad; a
swig women ; and Mary Aso Gape" 20, heiag is
lthembeet, Briok•len, also marled, were 'Merged with
klieg is pennon of pesperty believed to be stoles.
FlOlll the statement of Watts, 184, a plain clothes me-
stable of the N diviviaion, it amend that in minnows
of • swims robbery having bees °amanitas& in Nichol-
moms, not a great distance from the lodging of the worms
Moan be, at 10 °Week last night, in company with Bear
vett sad Phillips, 257 sad 438 N, weal to a house is
Jobjes.termos, and suddenly esterin on of tics rooms
found all the prisoners there baying tea. He desired them
to remain meted, expressed his insulin to march for stein
property. sad as show of rentaass was sleds be preendol
to do so. In a box beneath the in wee fond
a quantity of an linen and ass's clothing, and
in the drawer of a weak-hand stand than were In epees,
marked H, six forks, rapt tongs, eight gold rise, the bow
of s watch, two skeleton keys, a small jemmy, sad a knife
of mealier shape used far the purpose of dapple( book the
adobes are---041 iedisosialiaMsly haMlad together.
Six rimwen oleo taken from the Angers of Nome. A
lumber of duplicates were also found, and a gold chain with
ens was also takes from the wows Clayton. A pass with
two direr foreign eons was found. The primmen wan all
Ohm into sandy with the property, aad ressond to the
'Odom
Boon mid, is defames, that the mamas with her in the
roam were bar hinds, whom the Welted to tea, that she
was ast aware of anythhe Win la the drawer mentiond,
sad that the rings win OMR .11 bee by Jim Moore, now
"" mom nem' ping earwiteals.
TdefogM ether primes leek& ad imewkdp of the articles,
rd Witte sheared that although they were not what be
was Is meth far, and expected to Sod, be yet bed no doubt
thsy bad boa Mein, and that a remand would enable him
to NI an wows.
Rinamied asitediagly,
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SOUTHWARK.
DIPSOPIM COYDUCT OF • POLICE3I•N.
George Kidd/add, • respeotablolooking man, wu
brought before Mr. Bunitam, charged with committing an
moult epos John Bradbury, a constable of the 31 divides.
Mr. Branford, the supeneteadout of the division, was
present to watch the case.
The comptaimos said that be was • married man
and irded in the same house as ' the privoner and
his wife, in Loug.lane, Bermondsey. On the previouv night
about 10 o'clock he returned home after the performance of
his dada, and while pulling his great off and hanging his
belt up, the prisossr cams up to him suddenly and struck
him • violist blow co the mouth and another blow os the
eye. He, however, did net with to proceed icy further with
the case as the prisoner had apologised to him.
Mr. Bambara—Wu the prisoner locked up for the u-
malt !
Witness—Yes, sir. I took him into custody omit and
locked him up.
Mr. Bonham—Were you on duty at the time!
Witness—No, dr. I had lust oome off duty. I should
not have locked him up bad I not bees in a
Prisoner—Your worship dotal uoderstane rights of
the case. JJ am an injured man, and that man '(pointing to
the constable) has ruined my peace of mind, sir. Ho has
behaved improperly to my wife. In fact, I caught them
together in such • position as left so doubt of his conduct.
When be came home off duty, I told him of it, and then be
laughed at me, and I certainly did strike him, as he de-
served.
Mr. Bonham observed that be had no busies', to have
been locked tap at all. The constable was not on duty, and
he most have knows that he bad no right to take him.
The constable told his worship that he was in a passion at
the time or he should pot have done it. As for what the pri-
mmer had said about his conduct with his wile that was
all false. He never did anything of the kind.
Ddeadaat—That'sralse, for I caught you at it, and you're
a bad man.
Mr. Swaim told him he had nothing to do with that,
all he had to do was to deal ulith the use before him,
and he might say that the constable had moody sweseded
his duty by {coking him up. His worship eakhd how long
he bad boo in the force.
Superintendent Botsford replied about two. years. Ha
was now under suspension for misconduct.
Mr. Barer', mid he should set make Guy further re-
mad, bet discharge the prisoner, who had beau most im-
properly looked up, and he hoped the 000 stable's conduct
would be further uivedigated by the proper ahlhoritios.

WANDSWORTH.
LTINIIiinG • VILLOW-WORILII•n.
Five 101111 llEnid Henry Holmes, Arthur ifellburne,
Richard Anises, Thennus Cobb, and Edward AMISS were
esmosimed fee violently seriatim George Somerfield, •
fellow-wwbunit, by ducking him in the dug Wanes.
It smeared from the complainant's stakemeat that they
were employed is the Garret Oil Mills. About five
minutes prat 42 °Wore as the 3rd Ind.. after leaving off
work for the dinner boar, he was met by the defendants,
who said. " You an otir prisoner." Tbey collared him. pat
I rue round his waist, then ded him along. sad Wew
him into the water at the mill-beed or dam, is which
thew were between sixsix and seven feet of mud
and water. He was dragged through the water
when one mid, " Tie him to • tree sad let him dry."
The defendants then proceeded to tie him round a tree,
whoa soother man Is the ram employ came up and remised
him. The complainant farther stated that Hellbent' had
the repo and a seam in it ready when the defendants col-
lared him, and that they all bore a Kite against him.
Io cross-examination by Mr. Haynes, for the defendants,
he admitted Writing Holmes about five weeks ago with •
Stalest which be carried for his protection. He denied
having told lies of them to their employer.
Mr. lisymis was not there to justify the conduct of the
defendant', but elated in extenuatioe,that the oomplateaat
bed made himself so obnoxious to them that they could
not bear it any longer, and they merely gave him a duel.
ma-
llellburne wu called 111 a willows, and he said that llse
complainant wu just put down into the Wand* and that
the rope caught the tree by 'oddest.
Mr. Dayman said that however disagreeable the corn.
*Swat mighthau conducted himself it wan not • justifica-
tion for the assault committed upon him. lie fined them
each 20e. and 2s. costa.
The firms were paid by their employer, who it was stated
had discharged the complainant.

Titanic Ritctirrß. The traffic receipte of
railways in the United Kingdom incanted, for the
week ending the 4th of Much, on 11.821 mike, to
563,6911. , and for the eorrespooding week of bat year, on
11.476 miles., to 5!52,7831., showing an iocresas of 345
mi and of 359081. in the receipts. The grow selets
eatthe following 14 railways mounted is the
411fraPte. on 8,314 miles, to 474,1961., and for the
corresponding week of 1864, on 8,067 miles, to 447,4251.,
showing an increase of 257 mile?, and 26,7611. in the receipts.
The increase on the Caledoman amousted to 1,7131. ; as
the Great Eastern to 1,8041. ; on the Great Northern to
7,0781. ; on the Great Southern sad Western to 2601. ;
on the Great Western to 6,076/. ; on the Lancashire sad
Yorkshire to 6471. ; on the London and North Western to
4.8831.• on nu /Aga.. and Brighton to 8791. ; on the
Lapdog; and South Wasters to 1,775/. ; on the Mid-
land to 2.4281.; oe the North British to 1,1631. ; en the
North Eastern to 1,821/. ; and ea the Smith Faders t 01,3721.
—total, 29,8991. Bat frees this most be deducted 1381,
the demean on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Linsoinshire,
leßriug the Masan as 'bore, 26,7611. The goods and
mineral traffic on those lines amounted to 289.1361,
and for the oorrosponding week of 1864 to 275.3721..
showing as increase el 13,7841. The receipts for pellunittmk
tercel., ke.. amounted to 185.0301. Maim& 172,06312
showing ea Were of 12.9771. The traffic resolve' es et
other lieu amounted. en 3,1103 mike, to 109.505/.. and for
the cornspoodirig week of last year, on 3,419 Enloe to
103,358 L, elbowing au increase of 84 miles and of 4,1471. in
the receipts. The total reastpis el the pent week elbow an
Menu* of 16,7401. In compared with those of the pre-
lading week sliding the 25th of retwnewy.