The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1853

at the banquet and in the Hall, so that we have lost three I
day. for Ss.
Another Waiter—And there was not the slightest eon-
plaint •gsinat ue, for we were all sober.
Pint Waiter—S iber ! I should think so, for all we had
during the sixteen hours we were there was one half-pint
of bear, and some meat, but we had no knives to out it
with. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—Bat had you no wine ?
Snead Waiter—Oh dear, no, Sir ; they looked too sharp
after it for that. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—What became of the opined bottles,
then ?
Third Waiter—Oh, they were collected by the wine men,
and went into the cellar for what we call "Dover."
Sir Peter Laurie—What do you mean ?
Third Waiter—Why, Sir, the half bottles us used to fill
up others, which are sent up to table again as unopened
bottles, and that is what we call " dovering." (Renewed
laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—Well, I believe Mr. Burrell is a very
honourable, upright men, and I do net think he would
break his word ; so you had better apply once more to him
personally.
Fourth Waiter—He promised us a good dinner, bet we
never got it. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—Whet wu the number of waiters there
on Wednesday?
Second Waiter—There were eighty-six, and it is cus-
tomary to have a hundred ; but we had lets on this occa-
sion. and a great deal more company.
Fifth Waiter—And we all had distiaguishing collo= to
our coats ; and because some of us did not return them,
which is a very unusual thing, a shilling was deducted for
it in each instanes.
Sir Peter Latirie—l am sorry you should have had any
dispute with Mr. Burrell ; but, as it is not a criminal case,
I can only recommend you to apply again to Mr. Burrell,
or sto at *ace to the County Court.
The waiters then retired.

Mary Sheen, a middle-aged Irishwoman, with an infant
in her arms, both of whom were covered with filth and
vermin, was charged with begging and assaulting the child.
James Light, 128 B, stated, that he saw the defendant at
two o'clock that afternoon advance towards a carriage in
Oreavenar-crasoent and solicit alms from a gentleman in it.
She then accosted two other gentlemen, and was taken
into custody, whoa she threw herself down several time,,
end it was found necessary to place her upon a stretcher to
convey her to the Pimlico Station.
The charge having been entered there, she consented to
walk to this eeurt, and did so ; but, on arriving in the
Vaushall-bridge-road, she suddenly threw the poor infant,
which she admitted to the officer was not her own, down in
the road.
Mrs. Swan Shed, of 11, Vauxhall-bridge-read, who wit-
nessed her conduct, slid that she saw the defendant sud-
denly dash the child down on the gravel in the road, intim.
timidly. The poor child's head was much braised and
swollen ; and, owing to the force with which it came to the
ground, must have received other injuries, and cried very
bitterly for a great length of time.
Mr. Broderip having inquired what the defendant had to
say to the charge,
She suddenly pretended that she was unable to spinik a
word of English, although it appeared that she had been
carrying on a con eeeee tion with some of the witnesses out of
doors, and could speak English as plainly as themselves.
As the parentage of the child had not been ascertained,
Mr. Broderip ordered that it should be taken to the work-
house; and the defendant was remanded.

SOUTHWARK.
Icif/tans Rearm, the proprietor of a coffee-house, No.
232, Blackfriars-road, was charged with committing a vio-
leatlissault upon his wife.
The complainant stated that she had been married to the
prisoner about two years, and, unfortunately for her, he
had been in the habit of frequently ill-using her. Oa the
previous day, as be was going out to witness the Lord
litayor's Show, she advised him to be sober and steady, and
not to return home drunk. He struck her, and left the
house. Whet he returned home at night, he abused her
again, and seizing a chair broke it over her head. Her eyes
were blackened, and she really believed that she would have
been murdered had not a constable been called in, tad he
wu given into custody.
The prisoner, in a whining manner, said he hoped his
worship would be as merciful as he could, for it was the
Ant time he had been charged with such an offence. He
did not intead to hurt hie wife.
Mr. A'Beckett told him that it was proved satisfactorily
to him that it was not the first time that he had assaulted
his wife, and he should not be doing his duty as a magis-
trate unless he punished him to the full extent the law
allowed. He therefore sentenced him to the House of Cor-
rection for six months. .

The prisoner, who seemed much surprised, was then re-
moved by the gaoler.
Messrs. Sharp and Rickel!, seal merchants, Bridge Wharf,
Camden-town' were charged by Mr. James Jarvis, of
Etham-plate, Kent-street, Dover-road, with delivering to
him a quantity of coals deficient of the weight expressed in
the ticket.

—Mr.Jarvis stated that on the let instant he purchased
two tens of wale frem the defendants, which were brought
to his premises a few days ago, and a portion of them de-
livered in his absence. There remained, however, in the
waggon seven sacks when b• returned, which he requested
might be weighed. That was done, and five out of those
sacks were found to be deficient in weight. The first sack
was ten pounds short of weight, the tseoond eight pounds,
the third four pounds, the fourth eleven pounds, and the
fifth four pounds.
A clerk of the defendants said he should at own plead
guilty, because their own cumin admitted that the Ave
sacks were deficient in weight but he begged toe:plain the
reason. Messrs. Sharp and kickett purchased coals from
the ClaCross Comnny, who sent them to London by the
North Western Railway. The coals in question had a
been deposited upon their premises, but were at once sent
to the complainants. It often happened that a portion of
the coals when placed at the head of the waggon fell out of
the sacks, and the carman were in the habit of allowing
them to remain until the whole of the quantity ordered
was loaded, and then they threw them into the waggon with-
out regard to the sack. If the whole quantity had been
weighed he was convinced that there would not have been
say deficiency found.
Mr. Alinaett was not at all satisfied with the explana-
tion. It was the duty of the seller of the coals to see that
they wen delivered of the full weight ; and the respecta-
bility of the firm was in this case rather against it than in
ate favour, because it led the public to neglect the precau-
tion of having the sacks weighed. He should, therefore,
Bite the defendants 61. and costs.

May Trotter, a respectably dressed servant. living at one
of the bdges at Barl's-terrace, near Holland House, Ken-
sington, was charged with being concerned with another
female, not in custody, in stealing a large quantity of plate
belonging to Mr. B. Davis, one of the magistrates of Mid-
dlesen There was a second charge against the prisoner for
embezzling various sums of money, belonging to the prose-
cutor. This charge ultimately resolved itself Into one of
forgery
said the prisoner had been in his service
more than 12 years in the capacity of cook and blue-
keeper. Oa Friday last he gave her a cheque for 131. to pay
sundry bills owing to his tradespeople. On the following
Sunday night, at 20 minutes to one, he found the prisoner
dead drunk, lying at full length' in the kitchen grate.
There was a Are en the grate, and it was a great weeder
that she was not burnt. He tried to rouse her, but his
efforts were quite futile. He afterwards found the back
door wide open. At three o'clock he was able to arouse her
sufficiently to be carried to her room, where he &muffed
his late housemaid, whom he bad discharged about a fort-
night before, secreted. In the morning he insisted upon
the prisoner leaving his service immediately, but before she
left he desired her to go and pay some bills. She went
out of the house, and returned with the bills prodnocz
receipted.
Mr. John Butt, fruiterer and greengrocer, No. 3, New-
luid-place, said—The four bills produced had been sent in
by him, but he had not received any of the money. They
appeared to be receipted by him, but the signature was net
in his handwriting or in that of any of Ins family. The
amount of the four bills receiptod as having been paid was
11. Os. 91d.
The prosecutor said when the ease was fully gone into it
would be found to be much more extensive. He had a
number of other bills which had not been paid, although
the prisoner bad received the money for them.
Mr. Beadon remanded the prisoner for a week.
The plate robbery was not gone into.

FIRE IN A PICTURE GALLERY.—The picture gal-
lery of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., in Grosvenor-street,
with all its valuable treasures of art, narrowly escaped en-
tire destruction a few days since, owing to the carelessness
of a servant, who, having entered one of the drawing-rooms
for the purpose of cloeing the shutters, placed his candle in
inch a position, near one of the couches, as to cause its igni-
tion after he left the apartment. The fire was not disco-
vered until some time subsequently, when the room in
which it originated as well as two others of the same suite
had attained the heat of a furnace, all the pictures on the
walls had become blistered, and almost every article of
furniture bad been destroyed. Most fortunately the gal-
lery and all the drawing-rooms of the suite had been dis-
mantled only a few days previously, and the only plc-
tares remaining en the walls were those of modern
artists. The valuable ancient Italian and Spanish pic-
tures, for which this collection is so remarkable,
had been removed from the walls, and being stacked up
close together in one corner of the gallery, they have
scarcetp suffered any damage from the heat. The same re-
mark will apply to the Belgian and l)utch works, of which
there are mazy almost priceless specimens. The pictures
which have suffered most are, happily, the works of living
artists, whose services may be obtained in their restoration.
Sir Edwin Landseer's Travelled Monkey" is among the
few modern pictures that have escaped. The collection was
insured for about 30,000/.—ocarcely a tithe of its value—
; chiefly in the Olobe-office. The finest specimen in Rug-
! land of Murillo's " Madona on the Crescent" is in this col-
, lmtion.

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