The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1848.

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mmirass, mass ap foe his outitioste.—Kr.
a imam who had not proved, said he had Was
_arena' whilt tits bankrupt's satiate, had repeatedly
=to dfsehemr, if satisfied that value had bora glean
La Sr. Chapman wooded to this ; bat the bankrupt,
larva efralbeming the Ingegenest, had Whittled Mini
eteillieell preeeellasgs at law for the purpoce of delay. anal's&
array Made rho matter a special jury cause, with the same
laterlem—ADom leselng the bankrupt, his Honour aid he
wad net Hick of ranting the certificate immediately ; it
mart be suspended *.sx swaths. The balanosabeet, which
emends from November, 1846, to October, 1847, showed the
following sums:—Creditors, 3,3941. • same, holding securi-
ty, 38,0071.; profits (including renals), 3,0961. • liabilities,
11,8231. By debts, good, bad, and doubtful. ; pro-
perty, 3014 • same in the hands of creditors, 38,6001. ; law
expenses and charges oa mortgage, 1,9671. • interest on
mortgage', discounts, tic., 3,3041. ; trade mid family ex-
penses, 6731.
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SHERIFF'S COURT.
Roosts e. 131:rcanna.—Baiecn or Pitmans or
31[Laitaoa.—Thia wee a writ of inquiry to assess damages
for the violation, by the defendant, of a contract he had
made to marry the plaintiff, the defendant having ad-
mitted breaking the promise, by suffering judgment
to go by &dealt. The damages were laid at 6001.
Mr. O'Malley appeared for the plaintiff, and stated
that the defendant was, at the coramenosatent of the
courtship, the mate of a ship, and coomantly corresponded
with the plaintiff, using terms of warm endearment. Miss
Rogers's family bad emigrated to America, but she resolutely
refused to accompany them, on account of her attachment oe
the defendant, and the hope of their union. In 1845 the
defendant, being tired of maritime life, procured a situation
on the London and North Went= Railway. He again
wrote to the plaintiff, impinging his joy at his success in
getting a place on shore, end she, in return, wrote to him,
and eougratulated him warmly upon that event. The cor-
rests:indices was mantained, and the defendant was pro-
moted to a more lucrative situation at the Banton-equare ter-
minus. The first mark of coolness displayed by the defendant
was in a letter, dated July 13,1847, in which he said, " Your
remarks upon my conduct of course Ido not notice, s evi-
dently they were written la ill temper." That letter was
signed simply, " Yours, J. C. B."—The defendant's man-
ner of addressing Miss Rogers now marked the progress of
hie love's decay. From "my ever dearest Maria," "my
darling." he descended first " dear Maria," and then to
" dear Mir Rogers." In the month of August he wrote:
" You wish to know how I intend to settle ; all I tan say is,
that cannot be more settled than I hen he had
the cruelty to tell the plaintiff that he hitil ,
never been any
impediment to her seeking to jr,tt settled in life ; and that
she was at perfect liberty to de or take whatever course she
chose.—The learned tzsinsel said those facts were gleaned
from the defendant's own lettere. He had got on in the
world ,• he had mixed with ladies of gayer dispositions,
and whose bright eyes had not been dimmed with seven
years of " hope deferred," for one who had played so heart-
less a part as the defendant.—All the above facts were ad-
mitted by the other side, so that no witnerees were called.—
Mr. Cooke, for the defendant, declared that the defendant
wee as much in love with the plaintiff now ea ever he was,
and the only reason he had not married her wee, that his
means would not warrant him. The defendant was a young
fellow of 26, belonging to the sea service. He bed been cut
adrift in London, and had fallen in love with the plaintiff,
for whom he elways, and even now, had a respectful and
proper affection. This action had been brought through the
interference of a anneltief-loving sister of the plaintiff, who
had circulated • report that the defendant visited places of
public entertainment with a married lady. That was un-
true- sit least in the spirit in which it had been uttered. If
the defendant had actually got married to another, or had
promised marriage to another, it would have been a cruel
case ; but on the contrary, he would have carried out his
promise to the plaintiff, lead she given him time.—The
learned Under•S' heriff leaving summed up, the jury, miter
two hours' consultation, assessed the damages at 641.

COURT OF EXCISE.
Before T. Barris" Egg, IL P. Stephenson, ER., and C. J.
Berries, Eaq.
Twa Quaaw V. RENTON.— ONE THOUSAND POUND.
PINALTT.—John Renton, a soap-manufacturer, 6 and 6, I
Lock's-place, Walworth, was charged on three informations,
with using false fastenings to his soap-copper ; with cleansing
soap without giving notice to the proper officer ; end with
depositing the soap, with intent to defraud her Majesty of
She duty thereon.—The defendant pleaded guilty.—The
court, having consulted for a few minutes, gave
judgment against the defendant for the penalty of 1,0 M.,
and condemned the whole of the soap and apparatus that
had been seised.—ln answer to • remark from the defendant
as to a mitigation of the penalty, the court said that so gross
a fraud having been clearly proved, and the defendanthaving
also pleaded guilty to it, no mitigation whatever would be
made.—lo the course of an hour a distress warrant was ex-
muted for the recovery of the amount of the penalty.
DIALING SOAP ON BUNDAY.—AN OTHER HEAVY PENALTY.
—Sophia Bertram, of No. 9, Crescent-cottages, Cambridge-
heath, was charged with manufacturing soap without UMW.
Defendant's late husband, Monita Bertram, a foreigner,
was a very ingenious person, and, having discovered a new
mode of manufacturing soap, the Commissioners of Excise
allowed him the indulgence of making it in smeller frames than
the law allowed. The husband died about 12 months since,
and the widow having made entry of the premises, the same
indulgence was continued to her. On the 2nd of January,
Mr. Johnson, the supervisor, went to the premises and found
three frames of soap, which had been made since the taker
' left on the previous night. It was quite warm, and the de-
fendant's son, a youth 17 or 18 years of age, admitted that
he made it, and that it was his first experiment. As the in-
. dulgenee of the board did not extend to such circumstances,
he seised the soap.—Mr. Norton appeared for the defendant,
and, in a great measure, admitted the facts, pleading for
. mitigation on the ground of the great distress of the defen-
I dant in establishing a business for the support of a family of
nine children, who liad oothing else to depend upon.—
,
The appeal made a strong impression upon the court, as well
I as on every person present, end the court recommended that
he should put his statement in writing, end submit it to the
board.—Judgment was then given for the penalty of 4001.,
sad the forfeiture of the soap.

POLICE _ESTERDAT.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Am Isititione berosroa.—An
elderly man, named W. Edwards, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, at the imtaath of the Mendicity Society,
charged with gross impoeture.—Mr. T. Thompson' of
Beltere-hall, produced the following petition, which had
both coesived by his brother:
11=Crayford, theng_el that—Whereby ea the evening of
, the let last, while Ma, Maga Mall, el the late Mr.
ftetirimpos:l=4
dobehmlierrai;4.4lkell the with
were essese=sy intim vise diem* amid away moseys,
de. wearies as/ Meth Iles mink smanstrem to at Isset
$OOl., white 1101betwo. will pewee
her entire rain, the tini*_ sii ef tbssigentziez
meted with ads nelghlismimea. Mr& nth Is a germ the
baortty, sad her broil
if assellith nag dmmostee, Y essarksee
We et whisk ma.theas names me hammwee ei
Mnsisesr=iseret
ems - Mile
deentwelli=Wealtill Imam dirk atimitrist
MOW with ewe mutest thisithes, Mime thew.
tea tbste went elormerrowa—Olvem mar our hands thb Met
thy el issosory,, in Me yes/ dear Uri. tees.
Then followed a beg list of esedribekee, in which ■ap-
crlthe names of Lord Bye and Bele, and Lord Bei-
d a number of the clergy and gentry of the neigh-
bourbood which the robber was stand to have been cow-
mitteL-111r. Tisompms eseibaed : Information was given
to the Meadieity Ileskity. The day before yesterday the
pawn* oiled at the Mies, but I did not see him till this
. I had previously aocertained that me hod
takes at Crsylited, and that the signature werethth
Holm Tateriay • yaws gun= tolled with this Lettn sad
said is wee*, writers
per, moth is bass my business lean,
sat timithewet e this. sealleg elite woe by my why
wtu wait ea swarm the deemeint I int la pm • who-
y, sea sir Ishii loth angel te maths Item yea
anisming al year awns is theater da
in Meson suns, la the asishbontheth—l math. W,Air
it=
Nervt, Jona NUL—ft IL themeasa,
I saw Si. eves* her, wed the was told that if the facts
wars cornet she should toothy U. mere if Hall called, and
the prisoner seetedlngly called this ramming. I merely
asked him if he kied authorised dm pan te hall who had
brought the lease addressed to see sod dead John Hall.
He moiled lot beta, and he andeeed mie-that he had re-
Ge(ss& Liol. to eathequthee of Ithti patilles, and that the
steamy wee paid over to Mom. Ilwohilad. I held the peti-
tion in my hand at the time, end be told on the letter the
woman brought to me was in his handwriting.—The Lord'
Mayor: Prisoner, what have you to say in answer to this
moat serious charge 7—The-Prisoner said he had taken the
petition to Mr. Thompson on Monclaj, and ha could not
help pleading guilty to the charge. He admitted also that
the young woman whom he had mint with the letter had
roomed 21., but he protested most solemnly that he had not
handled a halfpenny of it—The Lord Mayor: You spoke
of the) woman as your wife. Is she your wife ?
The Primmer :_ No my • lout. I merely said she was
my wife; but she is no relation to me. Ido not even know
her. But I acknowledge that lam guilt of this charge,
end I am very sorry for it—The Lord Mayor (after some
strong remarks on the, prisoner's delinquency) said: It
appears that you are well known to the officers of the Men-
dscity Society, and I regret that they have not produced an
proof of a former conviction. If tkey could produce en-
dims to that effect, I should be able to add the punish-
ment of a good sound whipping to that of three months' im-
prisonment and hard labour, to which I now adjudge you.
Tae POOR-SQL—The Lord Mayor begged to acknow-
ledge the reesipt of 6/ for the peer-box from " 31. C."
BOW-STREET.—Tozrunnto•• CHUM To atom CHA-
urr,—Mery Anne Mwroy was finally . examined, charged
with torturing her brother, aged two pins and a half, for
the purpose of-exciting charity from peaseiln thepublis
streets.—On Monday last Constable , F division,
had his attention drawn to the prisoner, w o was athompit-
aied by her sister, both of whom were singing ballade in
Holborn, 'and asking alma. They wore surrounded by a
number of female', who ware attracted by the tries of baby

fa the arms of the priming. Mil ethe esessionally shrunk
either from *thee inSiElendletsves pert of his per-
son With, r lbws the haired Z roe sharp In-
seramnt, ht
el theinnlien. e
lderly
paring.
T boy was el lakeliketh hie aa elderly lady,
aid epee oonuesaiettleg her esegisisa to the *Bair that,
some eraelty was .serried teemed' him by the pri-
mmer, she sad bar Aim were eseyrred to the sta-
tism, penviens * which the baby clang to the
lady, velvets' to he delivered again to his tor-
amnlee, mid wWbo the saes was nestling the interlu-
de& hem the bystander., the prisoner was observed to drop
a large pin apes the pavement, which immediately ex-
the seam el Ids agony. Oa arraying at the statics
cerias.gbeevor
iteab: the inied*Z4es
issaa most einams
that there wtedwe
eased eave=tsees is the lowa
_pet of his perms, a-
tria the * width the prisoner had
=lest the crest's making his
ftiappealiserenee, in eonse-
ef whisk he VSB taken to 8R
"'s workhouse.—
rfinhiurray, the sidlikene• father, whet fe • tailor, then
eneuSthe sear, and said be was not aware of any mad-
dee esseeleeiernedethelehat.—Mr. Bennett, surgeon,
bees ma he, Ishessed the magistrate that the
=lt was laboadng lake genera debility from ;window
Ind greet neglect, but then wee so rear to suppose that
his las was in danger, sad the arra on the body, if Inflicted
with • pia, IMO scarcely pmespdble in ensequenes of the
great entestatinn and the satire preen being so completely
coated with Mean and Belt—Ware, the beadle of St. An-
drew's, Hopes Oaks, proved that the father was riot only
allured 1.111
Mkt, bat he was reputedly offered to be
takes late the Woes with Me children, which he refused.
Os being seer red by
_the relieving.offur of getting his living
41tse
he beelyag. Is claws it, but admitted having sent out his
efiddrem se alma,—Mr. Hall said it was quite clue he
was ewers et his children's proceedings, and the
berg add be done was to separate them, by
MO to be taken tare of by the parish authorities,
art hots the house of correction for one month.
WOBSHIP-STRBET.—BauravoLaNcs. Mr. Arnold
bonded the following note to the reporters, and requested
them to amply with the wish of the writer :—The second
half of the enclosed 61. note will be forwarded when the re-
ceipt of the first is acknowledged by the press-21. for the
poor-hoz, 21. for Mrs. Charlotte Thomson, and 11. for the
poor. widow, Margaret Ives, " T.l3."—The magistrate also
reamed 2s. Bd. for the widow Ives, from " C.W.C." and the
second half of a 61. note, No. 28,818, Du. 14, 1847, from
.. J.R." for the poor-box ; these were likewise requested, by
the benevolent donors, to be noticed in the public journals.
MA.RYLRBONE.—AN ZI-POLIOSNAN INCITING AND-
TWIG TO 101.—F. Sharman, for nine months put a con-
stable is the D &widen, charged with having endea-
voured to induce James Walkley to assiot him in the perpe-
tration of a robbery of jewellery, plate, inc., at the residence
of Miss Dingier, 24, Paddington-green, to the amount of
2,0001., was brought op for rare xamination.—Mr. Justin', from
the &nee of Maples and Co., Old Jewry, accompanied by Mr.
Collard, superintendent of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany's polies, attended to prefer against
. the pri-
soner a charge of substantive felony, arising out of
Ceates's ease. The company had nothing to do directly
with this charge yet were so strongly impressed that the
prisoner and Cie** were so implicated in the numerous
robberies effected on their line, that they felt it a public
duty to take the matter up. Coates, since his incarceration
in Newgste, sent for Capt. Spongy one of the gentlemen for
a robbery of whose property belied been committed by the
Lord Mayor, and told him that was of his missing rings (a
valuable diamond one) was pawned at the shop of Mr.
George Bonham, High.street. Whitechapel, on 17th Dec.
last, in the name of Henry Phillips, for 30s. ; and he be-
lieved, from Hardwick's description, that the prisoner wee
the person to whom the said sum was advanced.—Mr.
Justine called Capt. Spent, who deposed to the loss of the
property contained in a beg belonging to him, while on his
pump by steam from Blackwell to Graves
end.—Hardwickd.—Hardwick
proved the finding of the bag and other property belonging
to the captain upon Coates at the time of his apprehension.
—Mr. Bonham proved that the prisoner wee the man by
whom the ring had been pawned.—Mr. Long asked In-
specter Wiggins if he thought it worth while, considering
that the ring case was so clear, to press the former charge.—
The inspector said he should be satisfied with • committal
upon the present case.—The prisoner, who denied hie guilt,
wee sent to Newgete for trial.
Ceske:FT.—Yesterday, one.half of a 61. note was re-
ceived by Mr. Long from "R. R.," for the poor-box of the
court ; and it was stated that, upoa an acknowledgment ap-
pearing in the Doily News, the remaining half would be
forwarded.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—IWPORTZU OP ITALIAN
CHILDHAN.—Juan Baptiste Raballi one of the importers
of Italian children beggars, was charged with having caused,
procured, and encouraged, Giovsnnt Hahne*, • boy about
12 years of age, to beg and gather elms. The defendant is
one of that dam of persons named padrenes who obtain
money by bringing over boys and girls, principally from the
Italian states, for the purpose of sending them out to beg in
the public streets. The boy Babtiste was apprehended in
the first instance by the Mendicity Society for begging, and
was brought to this court, when he was questioned by Mr.
Hardwick, and as he did not deny that he was in the employ
of a pedrone, Mr. Hardwick decided on holding the boy in
custody until he had taken measures to ensure the ap-
prehension of the pedrone. The defendant was taken
into custody. An interpreter having been procured
the boy said, that with his father's consent he
was brought to England, with four or five other chil-
dren, by the & fondant, who we his padrone, that he had I
been some months in London, living with the defendant, in
Short's-gardens ; that he was sent nut daily by the padrone
to beg about the streets, and that the money he obtained this
way was handed over each night to the pedrone. That he
sometimes brought home tenpence, sometimes a shilling, and
sometimes more ; but whatever he got he gave to the
padrone. The pedrone had four of his own children over
here, who went out occasionally, the same as he did.—The
defendant admitted that be brought the boy over here, but
not for the purpose of begging. His object was to have the
boy's services is selling guinea pigs, • couple of which, in a
cage, the boy had with him when apprehended. The mousy
be received from the boy was for the expenses he
was at in lodging and feeding him.—Mr. Hardwisk
said that defendant was one of those persons who made a liv-
ing out of the services of those wretched foreign children
who were decoyed over to this country to get money by
begging. As it was indispensable to have this scandalous
system put an end to, he should make an example of the
defendant, in the expectation that it would operate as a
warning to others. He should send the defendant for one
month to prison, with hard labour, for having caused, pro-
cured, and encouraged the witness Babtiste to beg.
BINIVOLENCI.—A lady, " R. E.," sent the half of a 61.
note for the poor-box.
WESTMINSTER. Hoonseuto AND ROBSEST.---.1.
Clarke was charged with being concerned with • woman of
the town (not in custody) with drugging end robbing Mr.
Edward Hynd, grocer, of Prated-street, Paddington.-The
prosecutor, who appearedl to be in a very weak and delicate
state, said that he was returning from the Blacktriars-road
to his own residence late on the previous night, when he was
accosted by a female, and prevailed upon to accompany her
to Pump-court, near Old Pye-street, Westminster. After
being there a short time he gave the woman at her so-
licitation • sovereign to primers something to drink, and she
returned with MIN spirits. She handed him • glass, but he
had no sooner swallowed it than he was seised with a most
extraordinary sensation. Although he was cognisant of all
that passed around him, yet he was completely powerless,
and while in this state the woman plundered him of
kis purse, containing six sovereigns, his handkerchief, and
ransacked hie pocket-book. He distinctly sew her do all
this, but, from the influence of the drug that had been
administered to him, was incapable of resistance. He was
not aware how long he remained in this condition, but, on
recovering, he was endeavouring to follow the woman from
the room, when he was stopped by the prisoner, who had •
male companion with him. Prisoner, in • rough tone, ex-
claimed, " Who are you 1" when prosecutor, recognising his
voice as that of a person he had heard exchange a few words
with the female just before he had been drugged told him
that he had been robbed, and that he believed diet he (the
prisoner) had been an aeoesicay to the act. Prosecutor then
left the house, and was followed and abused by the prisoner
and his companion. Preseentor went in guest of a constable,
and, having found one, returned to the house, where he
feud the prisoner and gave him into custody. On search-
ing the prisoner, one of the letters which had been taken
by the womaa trim his pooket-book was found upon his
.person.—The prisoner made • long rambling story in answer
to the charts, and he was ultimately remanded until
Thursday next.
LAMBETH.—Aregkezen hiosoza.—Mr. B. C. Fits-
mayor, a landing-waiter in her Majesty's customs, who has
been in custody femme days, on a charge of attempting to
Reeder his wife, was again re-examined.—Mrs. Fitsmayer,
wires left arm was in a sling, and her right hand bandaged,
wee here swore, and deposed that the prisoner had been
given to drink Ise the last three years ; and when he co*
meneed drinking he remained intoxicated for • week to-
othily. The worth before len he had been intoxicated for
lour days in suernathlft ; but left off on Saturday week. His
are tine ale et drink became irrational, and he
t=e is tabernacle, straw delusions ; and it wee the
'vizi= el the SWIM that be then laboured under delirium
tremens. On the night el Tuesday week her husband
awoke in a state of midnem, and became very violent, so
much so that she we Atka to call in the aid of the police.
Dozing the whole el that morning, he remained in a very
violent state, bag mar the delusion that • number of per-
sons were abets all plea and about to murder him. Mr.
Seed" was ailed in at an early hour, and on seeing the pri-
soner he reemannended his removal to Bethlehem Itospitel,
On Wednesday be was violent, and on Thursday partially ,
so, but not at ell so bad as cm Tuesday night. On Friday'
morning he was removed to the Bethlehem Hospital; but
was rejected by the board of physicians, who were of opinion
that his We we one of paralysis of the brain, and incurable,
and recommended his removal to the county lunatic when.
Not being prepared with the necessary documents, it yes
engaged that he should be placed an the workhouse kr 1
the efghn but in the interim they drove to their Webs,
is Maser-place, Walworth. While there they um** a
=air. Otway, • medic. lgentleman' end
W was a long time coming said she would el
her basset and shawl and proceed tc the house of that
tlemee to ascertain what kept inm. She woe ;
up tram her chair when the prisoner placed his:band
as has arm, end said : " Don't go yet ; stop • hit.'
then turned round to Mrs. Fitsmayer, her mother-in law,
and while looking at her she net:. lied violently, which
caused her to start from her seat, and her husband imbed 1
her round the waist by his left arm, whei a south,
during which she saw a knife in lard& hand. Ml=
hold of him by the wrist of the right bands he wee
towards her throat or thud with **balk and
his getting close to either, and lite andeneeswed is
beck as mach as OM add; bet le bowl al ill
the knife, and then ilmdfng vem Rh
she ' aid to dahril, ebe sloped the belie with