The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

COLLISION IN THE MIRSKY.—LOW OF NINE MANSION-HOUSE.
Liven. A strange accident, unhappily involving the A young man named William Peek, lately In the services
of Mr. Teeter, a cigar manufacturer, carrying on business ie
fousdering of two vessels and the Ices of nine lives, occurred Backlentimy under the firm of Tosswll and Co„ was
early yesterday morning in the Mersey. The shipCollodee, brought before Sir R. Carden, who sat for the Lord Mayor.
Captain Hutchison, which riled from the Mersey on the charged with robbing his employer to a very considerable
21st olt., put beck to Liverpool a few days 'lam in a leaky amoust.
Mr* Chandler, solicitor,
of Bucklersbury, appeared to
condition, having encountered the full force of the recent conduct the prosecution.
plea on the passage down the Chanted en route for Portland It appeared that the prisoner was employed by the pro.
(Mains). Os arrival is the Mersey she anchored near New aerator to obtain orders is town, and he seemed to have
Ferry, preparatory to entering the Graving-dock. The adopted a very ingenious plan of robbery. According to the
he prisoner need to represent
eicvl,u7a„,sre hover, bound
h.°inv.W.,hihnte,„„thtve,,l,„,„wi„,lll sc,c,aio of ethatehe huceeafdtohbetafgreeerttealint orders from castanets, and the
--- -- -- ----, war —— --' -- —°'"'s°' goods were given to him to deliver, but it turned out
During the night and early yesterday morning • stilt' that the pretended orders were entirely fictitious, and
breeze was blowing, moonspaaMi with rola and sleet, and the primmer seemed to have sold the property be
about 5 s.m. the schooner, bone upon by • heavier gust thus obtained at little more than hell the prim
than nue), dragged her ...hue (huh of which were dews) at which it wee invoked to the rappossel castomers. Tbis
. system seemed to have been carried on fora very consider-
and drifted on to the Culloden The Culloden had ooly able time, and the prisoner manned to avoid discovery by
one anchor down, the other being peaked. This peaked keeping up his fictitious orders, and when he had dieposed
anchor penetrated the bows of the schooner, which filled in of toe goods at the reduced prior, he paid off a portion of
aboat three minute., and went down, dragging the Cal. the amount due upon former trensactions, and thus for a
lodes with her. Three of the crew of the latter vestal were time prevented hie employer from discovering what was
going on. His suspicions at length, it appeared, were
on deck, and they shouted to their comrades below to coots aroused, and he taxed the prisoner with robbing him, and
up immediately and saes their lives. Sante of the men he at once admitted that he bad done so, and named the
were asleep, others rushed into the forecastle to try to parties to whom he had sold the property at the reduoed
save their clothes, but the Culloden settled so feat that the Me e;o1 i The
him Prosecutor altogetheri ,feted
te
dt
o thehe et.hteenbte.l,ifeved the prisoner
whole of the nine men went down. The three on deck The • r was remanded, tad scum.ses were directed
climbed the shrouds of the sinking ship, and were picked to be Issued against all the parties who had purchased the
up, together with the men of the Rover, by the steam-tug property
ui: of him, in order that they might give some exple-
Wonder and a boat from her Majesty's ship Demist The of their 000 duct.
°anodes belonged to Messrs. Banosonan and Haney, of A carman named Benjamin Holt was charged with being
• of the Culloden was on *bore at
Liverpool. The captain drunk and incapable of team care of a horse and cart.
The cosetable gave his evidence very fully as to the per-
the time of the accident. The following are the names of .s who was clued at the bar being very drank is Austin.
the men saved :—Jas. Reid, flint mate ; W. Llama mooed friars, and quite incapable of driving a horse and cart of
mate ; Herbert Littlewood, boatswain ; Richard Headrick, which he had the charge, sad the Alderman
ley in thenansw Inquired
steward; and Peter South, Thos. Hallows, win, ghee, of the supposed defeodant what he had to
Riohd. Dwyer, Wm. Lock, Andrew Leaning, John Bank; the charge. To the surprise of every one reliant, including the Alder-
and Alfred Belcher, mama The Culloden was a vessel at tam, bii, replied that he was not the party, he was only a
about 900, end the Rover one of about 200 tom. witness.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT Till TEMPLE-BAR PIES— Alderman Carden asked the policeman if the man at the
About three o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a bill-poster in
the employ of Mr. Scott was fixing up one of the large bar was the person he referred to.
Having looked at him, he said that he was not the man ;
posters of the South &eters Railway on the hoarding at he had mule a mistake. him!n. laugh.)e his . e really
the pier laadiag, he overbalanced himself and fell hack- Alderman Carden told that position 0_
wards into the river. His fall was perceived by nee of the he inquued where the real
ought to more careful. and
Mermen, who promptly threw out • rope, and endeavoured defendant was.
to seize the drowning man with • boathook ; but all his broughtforward, and the constable
efforts were ineffectual, the tide, which was running down said Aldermanhe was the man.
Another man was then
strong at the time, carrying the unfortunate man beyond bee
fact! Carden asked him if he was quite sure of the
reach, and he sunk within a short distance of the mer. The (A laugh.)
body has not been discovezed. The constable said be was, and he was then re-sworn and
repeated his former testimony.
RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT A MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The defendant, in answer to the charge, denied that he
—The municipal contotiietitotows of BolioPtelisymblethey was drunk, and said that be had been suddenly attacked
produced serious disturbance. A few weeks ago • public with giddiness. The evidence of the constable, however,
meeting, convened by the mayor (Mr. E. White) in cum- wee confirmed by the inspector on duty at the police
pliant* with • numerouslyaigoed requintioe, was held to
station when the defendant was brought there, who stated
consider the desirability of adopting the Local Government that he we. decidedly drunk.
Act in Basingstoke, with the view of ultimately carrying Sir R. Carden upon this fined the defendant five shillings.
out a system of drainage, end after the subject had beret A cabman, named Walter Mitchell, was charged with
fully dismissed • division took place, and the members of t.inv cciewycliy is pow:cu. of a eau. the property of
the mutton came to the decision, by a small majority, that laces, a miner.
the act should not be adopted. This subject I Mr. Humphreys, of the firm of Humphreys• Morgan, and
created much interest, and formed the primopel Co. of Newriteetreet, solicitors to the Sackl Protection
inquiry of the candidates for mutikim ial honoure. Now Society,
modidatee were brought forward, and toe struggle, in fact, and itstated that sacks were lost to an enormous amount,
was Sot at all an unusual occurrence for cabmen to
resolved itself into one between those who were in favour be found in possession of lour or fire sacks belonging to
of the sewerage being carried out and three opposed to K. diffeuet „,,,e,..
The contest wee carried on with the greatest possible spirit,. The defendant said he .. picked up" the neck, and did
and ended in the victory of the aoncewerage party.
This t* know who it belonged to.
occasionedal°sed much "eiteweet* Large gangs of fellows "''' Sir R. Carden said that people who were found in um
hated in the market-place and pelted various persons with .
. lawful possession of sacks always told this story, but he
Boar, eggs, eta, and the crowd continued to increase after . did not believe it, He should Lire him has.a.eroun and
the poll had closed, and when our parcel left there was cut,
every appearance that the mob would continue their riotous GUILDHALL.
conduct with still greater Idiom I . Ric/lard Dories, aged 21, dmenhed as a porter, and Join
Hoileirnt, POE CONSUMPTION AND DLCRASSS or , Dymond, 20, a groom, were charged, Danes with uttering
Tan 01110 T, Bsourroe.—At the lest meetieg of the coin- and forging two cheques', one for &W. on the 23th October,
mittee of management of this charity some interesting ' and one for 951. on the 30th ult., at the London and West.
'pedal business was trasemeed—via, the selection from palmier Bank, Lothbory, with intent to defraud the
the list of candidates of twenty of the most eligible cases to directors of that bank ; and Dymond with feloniously re.
proceed to Madeira. where they will remain for the whole miring a portion of the money, knowing it to have been
of the winter. The committee have exercised the greatest . obtained by forgery.
care in choosing the objects for this experiment, both as ; Mr. Roy, solicitor to the London and Wastmineter Rank,
regards the lay Bios' condition ad the obazscter of the per- . prosecuted, and said-1 have, air, to charge the prisoner
sons The party will sail from Load= on Monday Davies with forging two cheques on the London and West-
next, doubtless carrying with them the good wishes of the muster Beak. He was porter to Messrs. Evan Howell and
numerous friends of the parent lostitution. Co., who carry on business as silk manufacturers at 4 A
The Postmaster-General has given notice that St. Paul's-churchyard. He lived In the hones, and had
extra mails for Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and !eminent occasion of seeing Mr. Howell place his cheque.
Natal will be made up in the General Post-office oaths b in hie cash-box when in Mr. Howell's room. The
morning of the 23rd inst., to be sent by the Union Steam : prisomir Davies had access to this
Ship Company's et Natal.
DZYSTAL PALACE. —. Olin SHILLING DAT. TOMO, and it would
' appear that be had taken advantage of the position be
I occluded to abstract three blank cheques from the cash.
',Los box, two of which be bed filled up mod presented.
WRIMMIDAT, Nov. L —Admission' ca payment, Limo ;
ditto by seism tickets. 841 ; total Aitken. 1,930. I shall be able to prove that the filling up of the cheques
. ' is in the handwriting of the prisoner Davie; and that oar
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY (Wirroot. hie leaving, the prisoner Dymond cams to take away his
—Teak realists foe the week toadies 0et.29, WWI. 6.. 7d. carpet beg, and }alum, that Dymond had in his poeseeslosi
[Ad vertioaroent.l HOLLOWAY'S OLNTIIIINT AND money which he admitted was part of the proceeds of the
PHA& Good News.— on ear. title, wealth, or stationmay b• forgery, and that he told the akar where be could find fur.
clearable possessions, but they are not, like health, Waitron' to the, proceeds of the cacc. crime to the extent of 851. It
man's happiness. The former may be difficult of acquislti u : a . sir,
the latter Is almoet
Wes at be had at little cost, with mode- would further that the prisoners contemplated
rate perseverance and Wr attention to the Croatian wrapped emigrating to New &eked, as a ticket fee two was found
rowed each pet and box or Holloway's remedies. With these to
ups them, by which it 'meld seem that they had Mien •
hand, we may advance fearlessly through many Chasers that Damage to Auckland, and also another Femme receipt far
beset us, and we may feel milldam% that when used mil, these 101.. by which I rovess they attempted to meg the paw,
peepamtioas trill rectors those afflicted by disease to health, as that was for Quebec, the remainder of the
strength, and sottrotoses. Them noble media .mente will cure being at •, ~,_ ~__ been Wu=
wee. MA We. enlarged Joints, dz., release the victim trout the payable win*" Over 1001. •••
selatil prim{ erg • hags team ice whey, and 1 Wine that the case= will