The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

BURGLARY IN THE MAYOR OP M.ANCIIE:,TER'd
HOura.—On Wednesday night an entrance was effected
into the house of the chief 'magistrate of Manchester, at
Bain Rill, by cutting through a pane of glass and the inside
shutter of one of the sitting rooms. The thieves, however,
found the door locked feeding to other parts of the mansion,
and did not proceed further. The only plunder they were
enabled to carry off was a silver bread.heeket and some other
articles of plate of small value, altogether worth about 501.
No trace of the thieves has b:enpaeovered. . . .

GREAT ALARM was excited yesterday in the neigh-
bourhood of Dale-street, Liverpool, in consequence of the
gu works having taken lire. But though the flames were
exceedingly high, and threatened dangerous consequences,
they were tortunately.Rlvtasmerry short time.

SHAVING ON SUNDAYS. At Upton-on-Severn
sessions, on thu 30th ult., Mr. J. Layton, barber, was
charged, on information under the 29th Charles 1., by the
Rev. Mr. Kent, of that town, with exercising his orclinery
calling on the Lord's-day. A policeman deposed : By the
wish of Mr. Kent, curate of Upton, I went to Layton's shop
on Sunday, the 12th inst., about half-pa tll o'clock, and
saw that he was shaving a man named Wright. —Mr. 1101.
land, solicitor for defendant, in addressing the bench, stated
that he regretted that, in the nineteenth century, an act of
such a nature, tamed 200 years ago, should be attempted to
bo enforced. Were the magistrates aware that men, for
wearing brass buttons in place of cloth ones on their coats
were liable to a fine of 601. ?—or that under that very act of
Cheri's, no butcher was allowed to go into his house on the
Lord's day under a penalty of 20a. ?—or that no baker could
bake a joint of meat without being subject to a penalty ? He
also sutmitted that the 4th section of the act declared that
" no tradesman, artificer, labourer, or other person, shall
exercise his worldly calling on the Lord's-day ; ' and it had
not been proved that the 17th of Nov. was the Lord'rday.
The summons did not say that the act of worldly calling al-
leged was done on the Lord's-day.—Mr. Martin :'The late act
does away with the objection. Mere matters of form can be
amended.—Mr. Holland : By the 4th section it is also en-
acted that all prosecutions or " molest:dons " must he
brought within ten days, and therefore the present com-
plaint is out of eourt.—The bench inquired when the sum-
mons was served, and it appearing that it had been aery don
the 15th, the bench did not consider that defendant had
been prosecuted within the time prescribed by this act, and
therefore dismissed the information. They, however, warned
Mr. Layton of the (huger he would incur by keeping open
during divine service, and stated that he might &have till
half-past ten o'clock on Sunday morning.
131.7881 CC. _ _

STREET BEGGARS.—The Bricefon Gazette of yes-
terday say.:—" Vie are glad to fin that vigorous, and as we
how effectual, measures have at length been taken by the
authorities to suppress the annoyance occasioned by street
beggars to the visitors and inhabitants. On Friday fourteen,
and on the following day no less than twenty-nine, vagrants
were brought before the magistrates, most of whom were
sentenced to various terms of imprisonment ; and the report
auras the urgent necessity of each proceedings. It proves,
moreover, the truth of our own frequently repeated assertion,
that the vast majority of these importunate beggars are mere
impostors. In one case a woman, when taken into custody,
had money in her pocket ; in another, the piteous tale told
by a prisoner turn our on inquiry to be a mere It :on:
in short, they were COW worthy W being set on • pr with
that recently reported in this paper of the street mendi
cants who were detected in a vagrant lodging-house, playing
at cards."

Taz NEW CONVI-GEISWETISHMENT IN TMI
ISLAND or POWELLND.—This prison has been opened for
partial occupation, and AS tenanted by about GI prisoners.
In March last the site on which it stands was a barren, un-
cultivated waste, miscalled the Grove. There is now a prin-
cipal Mailing, divided Into four spacious corridors; they
contain 640 separate cells or sleeping berths, arranged one
above the other, in four stories, and acce►sible by galleries;
an infirmary cpable of accommodating GO patients; gas
works; engine hones; tanks for three months' supply of
water i separate cella far pusishatent ; and an Saw and