The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

SOUTHWAII.K.
If. IMltind was charged with breaking into the dwelling-
loose of ti Moore, a bricklayer, in Webb-street, Sooth-
es*, with intent to commit a robbery. He W 4.4 also
darted witis setting tire toe chest of drawers in the house.
May Ann Moore, wife of the prosecutor. said that on Sa-
lord.r morning, a little after 7 o'clock, she opened the shut-
Ins of ha fro.it parlour,and closed down the windows securely
while she went out. On ;Wl' return, in about .5 minutes,. she
hued the shut •rs closed and the windows forted up. She
Imtantly wiled in a polite-constable, and,on their entering
the frost room ho was alarmed at finding smoke and flan es
faxing from one of the drawers. The constable opened it
sad diwoul.l a nitantity of barn on lire. On searching
the room the prisoner was found concealed under the sofa,
with a violin lying by his side, which ho had removed from
ear of the drawers. Witness left no light ,or
ke in the room when she went, but a packet of
biked lucilas was found in the drawers, which contained
sisantity of new linen she had to make up for a family.
The pike-eonstable who took the prisoner into custody,
Mod that he asktd him how he got his living, when he re-
pbsa, Oh ! this is the way I get my living."
An °M.', said the prisoner was a well-known young
th.,r.euno • • lwith., aesswrate gang infesting the &mush.
1.1, was trod and consisted at the sessions about twelve
a moths 3,7.1 bar robbery in a dwelling-house.
IL =mined for

THI: GLASGOW SCREW STEAMER arrived in the
ci)a. on Thanday_night, at 11 p.m. The length of the
Te•salre between New York nod Oreneck is twelve days
tee hours mean time—the quickest voyage on record which
has been made by a screw steamer. On ono day of the
Monne she ran two hundred and st venty-fivo miles.
Ehc nit New York simultaneously with the Cunard liner
AR-m.4,, and is only bourn behind her, notwithstanding
th'iminense steam power of the latter. The Glasgow brings
Iwasentter and a lull car.to, consisting of Hour, provi-
ti'wls, fruit., awl 5410 hales of cotton. She was unable to
3L$O tone of additional cargo which was offered. It is
tie o;,iiii‘.n of mereantile people hero that these screw
turners (rum their speed, and the comparatively cheap
unmet in which they are worked, will effect, ere long, a
twat revolution in the passenger and carrying trade be-
tween Gnat Britain and America. They are already cont-
Pti g with the more expensive steam liners for paseengers,
sad with *tiling tessels for amid*. A consort to this ship in
it the course of construction on the Clyde, by Messn. Ted
sad M`Uregor.
CHILD 'MURDER AT MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE,
Notre.—A man nvueil Dellab, upwards of 69 years of age,
sad rraisees Elliott, a young woman of about 20 (the latter
?witty respcctably connected) were on S iturday last, the
les*., committed by the Mansfield bench of magistrates
4;the larett mores for Notts on a charge of wilful murder.
he nijiairy into this case had been adjourned from the pre-
th..„ Tueslay. The principal witnem was a woman named
'nl7. of Sutton-in- Ashheld, whose evidence went to show
that a year and a-nalf ago she resided with the prt-
soa4 Dznah Maarlield Woodhouse. Ile was known in
the neighbourhood as a sort of quack doctor. About that
bele Miss Elliott came to Dellah's house. :The young !MOM
nthen pregnant. She staved with them four days, during
woich time she was delivred of a child, which was alive
when born. The infant cried, but was afterwards put out
‘l* way. It appears that Berry and Dellah had pre-
iy cohabited together, a disagreement had ensued, and,
r; " revenged • upon him, she had divulged the murder
yri,ly wok, Miss Elliot upon being apprehended on
wnk, immediately t,
confessed to the grime. Her
re-id, at 'leaner, in Derbyshire. Delilah was apge•-
natil the neat day (Saturday), and his deportment at that
a'int sad stibiequent adraissien of certain facts immediately
d the authorities as to his participation in the crime,
ugh nris..ners were committed.
(. r 1 RADE IN THE NORTIL—The fol-
an. the statistics of the cattle caports from the
k.7tY 01 Alierdeen for the prosy 22 years, from which it will
'wseva that the trade has red greatly since the re-
m _ Un tile import of foreign cattle were removed.
have been tent from Aberdeen to London, in 1828,
11, )iatti; 1830. 400; 1805, 3,500 ; 1840, 6,422 ;
17";,%, 12.300; 1847, 13,781 ; 1818, 15,420; 1849,
biO, 20,500; 18.11, 23,000. Nearly half • million
a 4 will this ye er Live been received from London
weamenshire cattle alone.