The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
BRING SAND= INTO ♦ C♦N.—W. Johnson, who wan
Viers*,ly a cabana's, and a heave on at Bt. Clement's-
chankyard imech-stand, woo charged with felony.
It appeared from the *Tido'', of a gentleman, that at one
o'clock this Naming he took a cab at the stand, and was
handed in by the prisoner, but before the reticle started he
mireedkis handkerchief. After Ike prisoner had been con-
veyed to the statior, how, the property was found at the
sprit wheels the primrose eased.
The prisoner denied ell knowledge of the property or rob-
ber), and was committed toe trial.

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WESTMINSTER.
CZAROI or Assaoar.—Erlher Eldridge was chlrged
with having asumbei Hannah Itluvery.
Mrs. Rouvery sewed that daring the I.st five menthe •
gentleman, named lisrey. had occupied some untarnished
apartatants in her beensa, and had latterly rem into arrears
tor rent. That monism the presser enured Mr. Barn's
rooms, cad commensed peal, up sena of the thins.AlFes
• short time, es the rimer wee shoed having the home,
whams followed bra, sad attempted to stop bar from car-
=say property away. Whams caught cold of her
and the prisoner turned round and struck wit-
ness two severe blows across the face, end pushed
her violently ageism the wall. The prisoner walked across
the toad. Witness again followed her, and was struck a
second time. Witness then gave the prisoner into custody.
Mrs. Diary Remsbottem corroborated Mrs. Rouverre
evidence and said the promentorgave the;prisoner ao pp
vocation 'for the malt.
The prisoner, who had behaved herself is • very vii
manner, wee directed by the magistrate to remain quistomil
that if she interrupted the of the witnesses she
would be removed from the court.
The magistrate fined the prisoner lee. for the 'moult.
Mr. Barry threw • haltsovereign upon the table, sad the
prisoner mu liberated.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Coition or EMBEZZLIMINT.—J. Me wee finally ed.
stained, charged with baying earbeasned 2.41. received for
Mr. W. Pawsoo, pissestorto manuketarer.
The promeater deposed that in July kat the prisoner was
introduced to him by a Mead as a person likely to sell
inetrueseste for him apes commission. About • month
afterwards the primmer ogled upon him sad said he wanted
• piaao-forte (or • person at Brighten, and witness agreed to
give the prisoner ten per cent. commission upon the sale,
' and all other sales he might effect, end the prisoner was to
remit all stuns of mosey by parse:idles order, as soon as
received. The piano selected by the prisoner came to 2M
Previous to the prisoner leaving be said he Wright he could
sell at least two usstrumeats a week. Witness subsequently
sat the piano to Brighton, end about • fortnight alter he
received the letter produced from the prisoner, stating that
he (prisoner) had sold the inexamenst, and that witness was
to draw a bell upon him far the &meant. Witness dectioed,
sad told the prisoner that he must remit the money at once
so him, as per agreement. Ho afterwards offered to let
often' have IW. on sonnet, which he refused to accept.
Witness then suspected that all was not right, and, from
inquiries he made, found that the prisoner had received the
nosey for the instrument and converted it to his own use.
Mr. 0. Harper, an innkeeper, residing at Brighten, stated
that en the 27th of Augustlat he purchased • cottage piano
of the prisoner, and paid him 201. 10s. The Name day the
prisoner gave a receipt, signed " J. Miller."
The prisoner was tally committed for trial.

BWITIIVIELD MARICET.—A ro3 al commirrian has
been appointed to inquire into the live and dead meat mar-
kets of leindon ; it consists of the following member : Mr.
G. Cornewall Lewis, M.P. (chairman), lion. Frederick
Byng, Sir Harry Varney, Bart., M.P. ; Sir James Duke,
Bart., M.P.; Mr. William Miles, M.P. ; Professor Richard
Owen, Mr. John Wood (common councilman of Alders-
gate Without).
LEGACIES TO UNIVIESITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—
The council have received notice of two legacies—one of
5001., for the hospital, by Mr. Lewis Morris Cuthbert, of
Lyon-terrace, Maids bill ; the other, for the col!ege,
1001.,
free of duty, by Mr. Wilkins, of Maekwortb, Derbyshire.
DISMISSAL OP A MON BAILIFF OP A COUNTY
13017nT.—On Thursday Mr. W. M. Prod, judge of the
Norton Abbott County Court, dismissed the high bail t
Oat come ism his disk In consequence of discovering ties
several MID of mew received by that functionary is
weans nen lad net been paid over by him to the person
emslt el ta dm.
Two Mown' TDAINS went into Birmingham
yeelnitrg. serneying persons from Leicester, Derby, Net-
*whoa, iteraford, Peterborough, and the adjacent districts,
ter the pupae of enabling them to view the exhibition of
mandentuess open in that town. Each train was drawn by
to=eadosat the visitors who thronged the exhibition
vie with peat decorum.
bI,2OIIMENT Ile THE SHEFFIELD TEADE.—We
have of late observed, with unfeigned gratification, sundry
unmistakeable symptoms indicative of a revival in the lad-
ing branches of the Sheffield trade. In the table-knife trade
there have ben this week several workmen summoned be-
ton the magistrates by their employers for unlesefully lean•
lag their service, although • long interval had elapsed with-
out any legal steps being taken ; and we have been informed
ongood authority that shoe le sanely a single competent
artisan of good eharestut temulaing an inmate of the
Shefilsld Tan Workhouse. The retail shopkeepers, too,
oe gesemely dinned te admit that they have felt the bean-
old yentas sins bewsnement. A very gratifying effect
et iseremed poperity in this part of the country generally,
▪ Warded by the act that then is no necessity for holding
**West Ming intousedins Illeiollll which usually take
pinee about this win etch year.—Sheifielel noes.
ilionway Roaming, Several robberies have
meataily hen sommitted in Derby, and on the evening of
sadep Let a highway robbery, attended by considerable
illimmh was perpetrated about four miles from the town, on
the ort road. Mr. Towle, a gentleman farmer of Weston.
ea-Treat, had attended the subset at Derby as usual. Oa
Intoning hose, about six o'clock in the evening, the rain
telling beavily,he fanned arugover his shoulders, and drove
at a regular pees, until ba wired at a point of the road be-
twixt the village of Al
sad the Rid of liarrington's
Lodge, Then iblit wee very dark ; but Mr. Towle observed
three men stand ng upon the causeway a little ahead of him.
Oa coming abreast of them, two of the men made
a madden spring at the base's head, and succeeded, aßer a
sheet noun, in anode' its farther progress. The third
men nu tieblod the gig, and wend large stones ware
hurled at Mr. Towle, one of whin passed does to his head,
and the last thrown (from the man near the gig) hit him
over the back of the neck, and pitched him spin the
epimh-boon*, the rug falling over his head, and ion jading
ale pig,
ant?: the her his action.
Beuge wall
safes d, a then dsagged cnilltofe
desperate Wenn. Two of the footpads he knocked down,
but the third succeeded In doing his arms round his body, and
they then threw him upon the ground and knelt upon hint.
One of the robbers thrust a handkerchief into Mr. Towle's
mouth to stop his cries fee help, he in the meanwhile strag-
gling to regain his legs. This men, however, succeeded in
taking his gold watch and chain, part of a gold guard chain,
and money (IL 10e. fit gold en about 61. or 61. in dim).
Fin tonately they zahnn a mall pocket-book containing
bank notes amounting to between 604 and 701. By the time
they had succeeded is fittlietilig the above•named articles
the Donington omnibus u•as beard approaching, and the
men immediately on am; in the direction of Derby.
tip to Monday morning no tram of the men had been die
covered. From inkessika ci.ktained, however, it appears
that the sense three men commit: ea a robbery near Leicester
on the Wednesday evening Fsvio'ol7.