The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-09 00:00:00

Cbe Court.

The alterations to the front of Buckingham Palace
being now completed, nll guests and visitors to the palace
will enter through the iron gates next the centre gate of
the eacloiure to the cast of the palace. Ihe entrane.• gate
will be that to the south of the centre, and that fur exit to
the north.. . _

!ler Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied Ly the
Princess Royal anal the Princess Helena, honoured Sa B.
Landscer, yesterday morning, with a vi.it at his rt.-4 lento,
St. John's.wood. Iler M:nesty and hi. lt.ayal iligliaewa
were attended by the lion. Miss Se, moor, Colonel
Buckley, and Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gunton.
The Queen, attended by the lion. Mi.. Seymour and
Colonel Buckley visited the Duchess of Gloucester, yester-
day afternoan, at Gloucester Rome.
The Prince of Wale., attended by Mr. Birch, took a
carriage drive yesterday.
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey and Licut.-Colonel Iron. A. Donlon, vi.ited the Ex-
hibition of Work. of Art by tie. Students of the clowl of
Dodo, at 3larlbomugh yederd.tv morning,. In
the afters:Lk* his Royal attended as before, in-
.pecte,l the Flaxman Gallery at the Loadon Univa Ay,
Gower-street. Royal Highness was melted by B.tron
Gold.mid, Cherie,. Atkinson, E.g., W. Wyoa, 1,1., and
several of the Piofe.s.w. of the, University.

The Quern and l'rince in.Lbett• i ye.dcrilay mull-
ing the twa engrivintr, by Mr. 11.. en is of htz
Mak ty an 1 l'rince Albert from Wiutcrluxlta's ri,ture,
wLieh ware xubmittukt by Mr. Mon.

Prince Albert iti,peetcd yestenlay morning a portrait of
the Late Duke of Cantbri.bre, by ti. P. t lri en, Esq. Ills
Royal Ili:hues, also Mlle; te‘l A statuette, by J. I.:. Jones,
Elul., of tilt, Duke of Wellington.
Iler Majesty and Prince - Albert, net•ompaniod by tho
Prince of Wales and the l'rincess Royal, lumounsl tho
Itocal Italian Opt ra liouse with their igescnce last ..venings
Th'e royal suite consisted of the )!archamess of Douro, llon,
:Miss Seymour, the Earl of Listowel, Colonel Iluelsley, atxd
Litmt....coltwa lloa. A. Gordon.
The Marchioness of thous) has reEcv .4 the Countets of
Desart in her duties as lady in waiting to the Queen.

A deputation from the church of Scotland had an inter-
view ye,terday with Lord John !twee at hi+ ut4b
donee in )1/Fllling-Arect. The deputation embibted of the
Rev. Ur. Simisou, of liirknewtoa; Res. Dr. Co.hk. of St.
Audrov 3; Proti,or Campbell, Swinton; Mr. John Gordon,
Mr. Home Drummond, M.P., 'Mr. Mr.
Forbes Markenz:e, M.l'., Colonel Mure, .11. e., Mr. Alex.
Smaller. lion. Franck Seuti, M.P., Sir John Derma
31axwel!, Mr. ileum, Mr. David wrath, and Mr.
burn, of I:ilk:tn.
'I lie Earl of Arundel and Stirroy and Mr. I.anTlab•
au intervi.m, with Sir Geor4e tiny y vsterday at thu Hume-
. . . . .

Mr. Charl..s ";evens had an Liter% kw with :he Conunig-
ioners of Li:Always yesterday, at the tillire of the It ..r of
Tr.tde, in the matter of the Bristol awl Exeter Railway.
A deputation from Sydenh tm, Forest-hill, and Lewis-
ham, in restart of the untold. d Metrupolitan Uill, 18.51,
I,ltl an interview yesterday with Lord Seymour at the office
of her )14 sty's Lommissoiners et Woods and Forests, in
Whitthall-plane. The d.•putali.ln rnn.id .1 of—Front
Forsnd-hill : Messrs. Wiliiant henry Whitten,

Ivor, and Henry Major. From Syatotham 'nog.
hunt, thonv Corhott, Henry Barrett,
'lllonlas Haller, Joseph Verty, (harks Pearson, Richard
Ane.ek, Ovorg, Ilut-on, Jeremiah Barrett, Win. Sitarel,
and Janus Grei tiwood. From I,,whhant : Henri. (201.11.11•
Mill and Denjamiu Parsey. From : Mr. Hobert
Evie.
Dr. Johnston and Mr. W. Duncan, of Edinhirgh, had
an interview with Sir Lieorje tircy yesterday a‘ the Houle-
anat..

Ihe Oxford University Cotuntission had a meeting yes,-
teribty a the ottieial residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury in Downing-street. Present : IIi•hop of
Norwich, the Dean of l'arli•le, the Master of nihroke,
the Roe. 11. U. Liddell. J. L. Dampier, Esti., the Rec. Fru-
fesaor Powell, the Rev. 0. R. S. Johnson, and Um .1(.:T.
A. I'. Stanley (secretary).

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COCIIT.
Emu's Tall COMWX 8/111111ANT.
CHARGES OF FOItGEILY.

J. L. llorrock,, 19, as a merchant, pleaded
guilty to two indictments charging him with felt Maud,
Mr:ging and utterring two hills of ...change 130/.
and tilt?!. 3s. :M., with intent to th fraud William Mi'der

hruty and others.
lie was sc..tteneett to be transportol for fourteen year..

J• Cana Bowl. 22, clicinigt, uI pleaded gniity to 'a chargo
of ,tc.:1117, u oil:amity of eh( gm, mid other %%Linable irt,trit-
usentp, di- property of George William Acton.
it amocarol that while a clerk Wil4 in the act of paying in
the in.truments in question at the hankers, the prkonee
rushed to and snatched up the property mad rut otf with it.
lie wa3 ocuteueed to be tranvort.al for ten 3-1.311.

BLroar. Ent.z.
P4I•T-OPFICF. Ito III; 1:1t1 EA.

J. Coot, 21, a post Mike letter-eurrier, pleaded guilt► t,
indietztteirt charging him with seer.iing and de•tru)iug
three letters, the prole•rty of the l'ustinaster-lieneral.
It wag stated by Mr. Clarkson, whir appeared for tiro
pmg,eution, that nu di:demist motive w;:s imputed to tho
prisoner, but th it he had, hfle in a state of into...l(ll[i at.
deliberately destroyed the Ittterstu sate himself the trouble
of delivering them.
Ile was seateueed to sit mouths' imprisonment and hard

J. I). Burk.., 19,.a eliTkoileakil guilty to two

indictment., eliargiug him wide stealing letters tvntaining
property belontring to the Postmaster-Geoettil.
lle was ~.ntenced to be transported fur 12 years.
J. Smith, 31, w ho plcadrd guilty to a similar charge, was
also sentenced to ho transportoil for ten ri-uni.
J. Reyna/eh, IS, likewise pleaded guilty to the charge of
stealing letter, th..: property of the pi.gniaster-general.
lie wia wallowed to be transported fur ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

TIIIS DAY.

Tl[ ANT F.B.

T. Turner, a waterman, aged *.N, of No. 6, Mill-pond-
street, Itotherhithe, was charged with assaulting and at-
tempting to rob Mr. James Jos-ph Ilaldain, ship chandler
awl marine store dealer, of Nu. 2, Clark-street, Stepney ;
awl also with throwiaag him oserboard and attempting to
drown him.
Mr. Baldwin, whose face was covered with bruises, and
who appeared to he in a very weak state from loss of blood
and his immerhin in the water, stated that last night he
was on the Itotherhithe side of the river, and
.4'..aaut twelve o'clock gait into a bout, for tho purpose of
b.:ing ferried over to the Thaims-twinel-stairs, Wapping.
The prisoner and two other watermen got into the boat,
and instead of taking him directly across the river, took him
alongside a ship, and utter rowing Lim about for soma
time took him back to Itotherhithe. Ile said it
was very strange, arid insisted on being rowed to
his destination on the Middlesex shore. The water-
men then rowed him towards the Tunnel-stairs, and
before they reached that plaice they began talking among
themselves, and one of thou struck him a violent blow
under the car, while another attempted to rub him. lle
resisted as well as he was able, and wits again struck in the
face and thrown into the river.
Mr. Yardley—What did they rho that fur?
Mr. Ilaldwin—No doubt to rob me. One man pot his
hand in my pocket and attempted to take my packet-book,
and then I was struck a swore blow. It was alone so sud-
denly I can hardly recollect what did occur. I was tip to
my neck in the water, and scrambled out us well us I could.
Atter I was thrown overboard the men rowed towards tbo
shore. One man got out, anal the boat then rowed away. I
did not lose anything. I bad Walk-notes and bills in my
pocket-book. I bad been drinking, and was notkui.e sober;
The prisoner, in defence, said he wins on the Itotherhithe
shore, anal saw the gentleman come down the beach, and
nearly walk into the river. Ile cautioned hint to mind how
he went, and upon looking at Lim saw that his face wag
covered with blood. Ile told the gentleman he had better
go away, but he would not, and remained twenty minutes,
and said he wanted a boat, and five or six more watermen
took him into a public-house, and washed the blood off his
face, and cleaned it, and the gentleman wanted to change a
2W. note.
Mr. Baldwin said he had fallen and cut his eye in Bother-
' Lithe before he went to the water side.

The prisoner said he rowed the prosecutor over in a boat
by himself, after others had been rowing him about; that
the prosecutor afterwards got into another boataand soma
other watemum rowed him away. The prisoner then as-
serted he was at home when sir. liaidwin w,is thrown over-
board, and afterwards that he was on the spot near some

barges. _
Mr. Baldwin was recalled, and said he WAS not rowed over
by a single man. Ile did not go into a public-house on tho
Middlesex side of the river. His 201. note was then safe in
his pocket-book.
A. Cowc said he heard cries of " Murder" and " Police,"
last night. They proceeded from the river, grew
more and more faint, and were accompanied with a kind of
suffocating and gurgling noise. He went round to the water
side, and saw the prosecutor, who was wet, and
bleeding profusely, coming up some steps,and calling for aid.
Ile helped him up, and then looked around and saw thu
prisoner on the hard beach running behind some bargee.
He caught hold of bins, and before speaking to him the
prisoner said, " It's not me that did it."
A constable here said that a man named Carman, who
was not in attendance, could give more important evidence,
for he saw the other watermen in the boat put Turner on
shore after they had thrown Mr. Baldwin overboard, and
heard him say " Shove off the boat."
i
Mr. Yardley said that, accordin to the statement of tho
prosecutor, a foul murder and ry had been attempted,
he should remand the prisoner 8.11,041,1,„
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A policeman said that Mr. Win bast 70461'801. in his
pocket-book when ha Wei
mar-lieuse.
A watermaa ben slegrei , laid Ms best was
Ruseptitlonaly take* away; sks ja .4hoh the
gentleman was rowed venter, ~.,
The prisoner was then ;pi .:. , ^ ...,
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