The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

chest, and carried away the deeds Whinging to
en estate the property et the parish, and which
happened to be
euegi article placed there at the tile*.
Some workmen en repairing the church at the
time discovered the rob immediately after it had been
perpetrated, and gave the prisoners chase, and finally secured
' them. The prisoner Wood, however, made a desperate re-
sistance, struck hie prancer several times with a crowbar or
" jemmy" with which he had been armed, and in his flight
was seen to throw away a quantity of skeleton keys. A4l
three prisoners were committed for ti ial, and the magistrates
having refused to accept bail for them, the friends of Wood,,
who it is said can command large ruse of money, at once
applied to a judge in chambers, and got him bailed out.
This ohjoot accomplished, he did not pay the slightest atten-
tion to the matter, and never appeared to take his trial.—
Sergeant Kennedy, stationed at Enema, produced a certifi-
cate of a true bill of indictment having been found against
the prisoner, Fletcher, and Newport, at both the sessioas and
assizes, for the offence, and said the prisoner had never made
his appearance to take his trial, nor were the magistrates
aware who his bail were, as it had been taken in London, at
the judge's chambers. Kennedy further stated that he had
been requested by the solicitors who had been engaged for
the prosecution to inform his worship that it was not the
wish of the perish authorities to have anything further to do
in the business ; but, if his worship should he of opinion that
the ends of justice required it, ho woul I of course commit
him for trial.—Mr. Elliott observed that the law left only
one course open to him, and that was to commit the pri-
soner for trial on the certificate produced.—The prisoner was
admitted to bail.

WANDBWORTH.—THE MtCHNOND RAILWAY.—Mr.
J. Bird and Mr. J. Young, the surveyors of the highway for
the parith of Putney, called the magistrate's attention to an
evil existing in connexion with the Richmond Railway,
which, if not remedied, might some day be attended with
dangerous consequences to the public. The surveyors first
read the following extract of a letter sent by them to the
secretary of the South Western Railway, on the 17th of
July :
Dyers lane is a lane at the western extremity of Putney, leading
front the Upper Richmond-reed to Putney lower•common, emcee
which lane the railway rues en level Freund, and although your own
gates are so hung as to shut by their own weight, he., the security
afforded by them is not aufßriest to justify the pariah in remaining
silent under the present arrangement. The ponsibdity of accident is
fully borne out he facts. A short time since Mr. Young, whore sig-
nature is attached to this letter, and Mr. Collis, is market gardener
resident near the spot, drove off the railroad, between twelve and one
o'clock In the day, some pin which bad strayed on the line, a few
minutes only beton, the jading of a train ; and on another occasion
some horses strayed during the nheht from off the common on to the
line, and were found at five o'clock the following morning near
Wandsworth.

The surveyors proceeded to state that this communication
was answered a day or two subsequently, and early in August
the resident engineer waited on tnem. They pointed out to
Mr. Martin the urgent necessity there was tor haying a man
to watch this gate, and so obviate the possibility of an acci-
dent. That gentleman was evidently convinced of the pro-
r riety of such a step being taken, ana said he would look out
a proper piece of ground to build a house upon. Since that
time, however, no notice had been taken.—Mr. Paynter,
after referring to the Bth of Victoria, e 47, under which the
surveyors presumed they could proceed against the company,
said the most politic course would be to put themselves
communication with the railway commissioners, and they
might state that be had advised that course.—The surveyors
said they should certainly adopt the magistrate's suggestion,
and withdrew.