The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-13 00:00:00

LORD RAXELAGICS CASE.

OREENWICII POLICE. (TIIIS DAY).
Immediately after the disposal of the night charges, the
ease of Lord ltanelagh and his friend, Mr. Itowand, against
the policeman and porter in the service of the Greenwich
Railway Company, and also against Sergeant Carpenter, of
the metropolitan police force, was called, Mr. Seeker being
the magistrate presiding. The court was densely crowded.-
Mr. Ballantine, on the part of Lord ltanelagh, stated
that his lordship felt it to be his duty, the charge brought
against him by the Hallway Company having been dismissed,
to place the servants of that Company before the ma-
gistrate upon the charge of assaulting his lord-
ship. On the night of the occurrence his lordship was
placed in a position which required the greatest presence of
mind, having, as he had, under his protection a lady and
child, with a crowd of persons pressing upon him, and
therefore not at all in a position to assault the railway ser-
vants. Ile would now call as itnseee., who would prove that
upon that night the railway station was a scene of crowd- !
ing and confusion from the number of persons waiting to
get a ; and the oftieers of the company, so far from
conducting themselves properly, had been assaulting
several passenger previous to Lord Itanthigh's arrival at
the terminus. lie would call a gentleman named Carlisle,
a government tea.hroker, who world prove that he went by
the train preceding that by which has lordship attempted
to travel, and that the passenger. were treated in the most
brutal manner by the servants of the Railway Company,
and the man Pries. was one who several times dtstinguisheil
himself by his antes:inning demeanour to the crowds in wait-
ing fur the departure of the train..
Lord ltanelagh then deposed, that on Sunday evening,
the 3rl instant, he had been dining with sonic friends at the
Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, and left there at 10 or a little
before, and arrived at tire station shortly after that hour.
Was perfectly sober. The railway station was densely
crowded ; his party was in front and pressed forward by
the crowd. The harrier was about being closed, and the
lady who was with him, Mrs. Captain doming", had partly
got through the gate, and he (witnme) put his hand
forward to prevent the gate closing upon the arm of the
lady. Hail a cane in his right haul. The man Withers
seized witness by the collar, and l'rice also collared hint and
dragged him within the barrier. They dragged him
about, and his lordship r, peatedly requested them to take
their hands oil or he would strike thetas. Re threatened
to strike them in consequence of the manner in which he
was being dragged about, but he did wit strike. The man
Price nes er took his hand from his hardehip's collar from
the moment he was seized until he was taken into the road.
When sergeant Carpenter snivel witness was pinned against
the wall by the two defendants Withers and Price. When
his lordship was being removed, two or three Pervious in the
crowd " you have struck the constable.," and witness
said " I have not, and shall net strike any one bairn-
tionally." Was so dragged about that his gold pin was
lost, and his stock was all hut torn from his neck.
Ili- hardship was not cries-examined.
S. E. Carlisle, of 4, Park-place, St. James's, and of the
firm of Carlisle and Co., lineing-lane tea brokers, was at
Greenwich on the evening of the 3rd filet., and accom-
panied by a friend, he arrived at the railway station shortly
before IO o'clock. There was a great crowd, so great that
he was almost sutfueateil. Saw a man get over the barrier
and strike at the railway officer, and the crowd cried out
to the man, "Give it him." Witness was not of Lord
Rand:Bol's party, and ilia not see his lordship on that day.
Indeed the crowd was so gnat that witness was forced for-
went into a carriage, and he lust his friend. There were
two men ',Ailing the gate, but witness did not see their
fads, and could not itlintify them.
nee taken on II banner day, corroborative of the
statement of Lord Itanelagh, was then read, and Lord
ltanelagh was Is .und over to prosecute' the company's ser-
vants, Price and Wither., at the Maidstone sessions.

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The ease aqain.t S.•rgeant Carpenter was then gone into,
and di.lwevil of in the Nem way.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE BY SOLDIERS AT
THE NOR UI KENT ItAIIMAY STATION.

At the Guildhall. Hui:hotter, yesterday, FAlwartl
Torn, corpor.il of the filth Itildrnent, Michael liouske. sad
John Daugherty, private. of the Istb, were charged with
riotous conduct, rind the two first with usinu their bay-
onets. to the danger of the servants of the Midway Com-
Paße layor having intimated his intention of sending the
Lase to the .4.-ssions, _ . _

_-Major Kennedy, of the Nth Regiment, said, with regard
to Daugherty, hr had hems 21 year. in the seri ice, and had
only lately returned from India; and the three good-con-
duct budges w hich he wore would sp. ak of the good character
he bore in his regiment. Oil thy day in question he came
from Gravesend in company with the eoporal, and, al-
though he might have taken part in the amault eomplaimil
of, he had not any bayou, t. The court would, perhapi,
of Daughettfe ca.e summarily. Ile then handed
in a n rtitic ate of Ikaughertf. good eharaet.r.
Th, charm was then proceeded with, tint as regarded
Bann and Rourke.

ffs Is ral witm otv were examined, from whoa• evidence it
appe:sn d, that on the evening of the 7th instant, the pri-
Mann attired at the station shortly before eight
o'clock, and desuandtd tickets for their conveyance to
Gravesend. The station master,seting they were intoxicated,
refused them, and alter some altercation they went away.
About twenty inlaid. • to nine o'clock, at which time the
Stlti.“l was tilled with pass-tiers waiting to go by the nine
o'clotte t rain.t he prison no returned more intoxicated than be-
ton.. .tnel again demanded tickets, which were again refused.
7•he prison,. rs thereupon became very violent, creating con-
sideralsie alarm among those present, Dann placing him-
self in a position to prevent them front getting their uckets.
He then cellist out, •• Unsheath bayonets; if we can't go
by tickets we will go at the point of the hayonet," at the
same time drawing his bayonet. which he held is a ns.
nacing attitude. Rourke followed his example, and with his
bayonet made several lunges at Ireland,ssue of tlif company's
tonstablts, who had come to quell the disturbance, and
who, considering his life in danger, called to the station
master, who gave him a loaded pistol to defend himself
with, which he presented at the prisoners, telling them to
keep hack and give up their arms. lIVIIC2II of which they
because still more viol. lit, a inkliourke again approached Ire-
land with leis drawn lupine t, which in each instance he for-
tunately parried. Tomlin, the bead porter at the station,
came up with a constable's stall' and knocked one of them
down, and alter further resistance they wen• overpowered,
handcuffed, and take nto the station-I ouse at Rochester.
Mr. &nicht r stetsl that he arrived that evening, with the
passengers from Sheerness, and accom;sanied them to the
station, which he found in much confusion, from the out-
rageous conduct of the prisoners. The paosengers were
much alarmed. The prisoners, who made no defence,
were committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions, the magis-
trates espressing their willingness to accept bail.
Daughs rt% was then charged with a common assault, to
which he pleaded guilty, and the court taking into con-
sid,•ration the statement made by Major Kennedy, inflicted
a mitigatsd penalty of 2f. and 7s. coat, which was paid.

THE Qf EEN'S VI-IT TO SCOTLAND.—WC beliece
that no information of an official character has yet been re-
el-in& here as to the time when her Majesty may be ex-
pected in Edinburgh, tu route for the north; but it is
ainerally understood that (as stated by the E.rpress of
Friday) the court will leave London by railway, for Ilal-
moral, on the 9Sth or 29th inst. Her Majesty may, there-
fore, he eepected here un the evening of tither of these
days—probably, perhaps, on the 28th, which is a Thursday.
In the iniantiwo the officials of the royal household arc
daily expeeted at Holyrimil, to make the necessary arrange-
ments for the reception of the royal party. The operation.,
we may add, for the erection of the statue of the Queen in
front of the palace, which were commenced a few days ago,
Are now, so tar Ili the excavations fur the foundation are
concerned, all but completed.—Cutedonian Mercury.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGED:Vt.—The following
centlemen having undergone the necessary examinations
far the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at
the meeting of the Court of Examiners, ou the 11th inst. :
Moors. G. La Drury, Emsworth, Haut* ; W. 11. Ilorham,
f:itgware-road ' • F. Ayrton, Liverpool ; A. Spearing, York ;
1. Stratton, Wandsworth, Surrey ; R. 11. Dyer, Taunton,
outlier-et ;W.J. A. Orr, Dublin ;F. W. 11. Baps, Stiff-
.ey, Norfolk ; and O. Crosland, Wakefield, Yorkshire. At
'he same meeting of the court, Mr. \V. T. Billings passed
'.is yonnution for naval surgeon ; this gentleman had
re viunsly been admitted • member of the college, his
iploma bearing date August 1, 18-12.
WEsTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMIIISNION.—II is
proposed to erect a statue of the Queen in that portion of
the vacant space between the Abbey and Victoria-street,
ix new thurouhfare recently opened, counecting in a
lirect line the region of Belgraeia with the districts sue-
:mailing the Houses of Parliament. It is proposed that
' to statue shall hr of fine bronze, seated, of the stature of
feet, to fare the south, looking towards Westminster
tidal. The immediate pi:Jesuit, it is suggested, will he
sweated with te peturesspie treatment of the royal arms,
td two ornamental gas Limps, which will be combined so
• to produce an architectural effect. The pedestal beneath
iU be of stone, rusticated, and wiU rest on a platform of
co steps. The height of the proposed statue will be IS feet,
:x1 the coot (as agreed upon by illy. Bell) will be 1,000/.
ST. GEORGE THE Il.titTYL SOPTILWARK,
tilts A ND WASIi•NOCISEA.—Yesterday a public meeting
as held in the vestry-room of this parish, at o'clock in f
lt,
.e afternoon, for the purpose of considenng a letter ail.
essed to the chairman of the vestry held on the 10th day
• June Last, and, by adjournment, the three following
-pi, from Sir George Grey, withholding his approval of
e resolution of the vestry. " that the act of the 9 & 10
.M., fur the establishment of baths and wash-houses, should
adopted for this parish," and to take such proceedings
the matter dismay be deemed expedient. Mr. Nathaniel
one of the churchwardens, was in the chair. He
'rely adverted to the occasion of the meeting. It 'fi-
end that Mr. Maher, one of the ratepayers of the
.rich, had addressed a letter to Sir George Grey, setting
nth reasons why the consent of the Secretary of State
oald be withhulden from the wish of the vestry mo-
rning the proposed baths and wash-houses. Mr. Archer
nsielen el that the parish had not had an opportunity of
..rly weighing and expressing an opinion on the measure,
the ezpensas of which the vestry was about to commit
On the receipt of this communication, a correspond-
.t•e commenced between the parochial officers and the
rites-olllec, terminating in the withholding of Sir George
•.,y'e consent to the adoption of the provisions of the 9
10 Vict., end advising them to comm.mce de• 11414).
• r some discussion, Mr. Newport moved • vote of
.nks to Mr. Archer, as having benefited the ratepayers,
potting Sir George tiny in possession of the facts. It
also moved that the report of the committee be printed
.I circulated throughout tho parish, and, after flunk., to
chairman, the meeting separated.