The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

STEALING AN ENGLISH MEDAL FROM A

FRENCH SOLDIER.

The Military Tribunal of Paris on Saturday tried a
soldier, mused Hacquis, of the 39th regiment, (or steeling
an Mulish Crimean medal the prorerty of a comrade,
named Aside. " Ode day," said Aude, who spoke with •
strong Osacon accent, "i• breshine my uniform I perceived
that my Victoria had disappeared in the night. And it was
that Norman there who stole it, and I found it on his
b l" " I'm GM-rotas it is true," said /I sequin, "but
you are en impudent Gamin to any that I took your medal.
Bow a wild yea know that it wu yours ? Did the Queen of
Raglaed havered made expressly fur you ? This medal is
mine—l found it after haying lost my own; and it is absurd
for yen to pretend to recognise it. for &tithe Crimean models
are sisters." "Monsieur le Preaide ot," observed Audis
with a chuckle, "the Normans have the reporatt. o of being
very canning, but they can't do a fiasco° ! D me the
, air, to ezeciee the medal." And taking it up with
• grand gesture he presented it to the president, at the same
time turning to the sensed with an nr of mockery. " I
see nothing particular in it," said the president, after is.
speeds, the medal. " Look here, sit," cried Lade ulna-
' pliantly, potation to the um of the figure on the fennel of
the medal; " look here. What do you see ? The name of
Ando. I scratched it 'myself with a needle " " The name
certainly is there," said the president, on looking ISM
closely at the medal ; and it is PO doubt a proof that the
medal is yours. Come, prisoner, you must now rainless that
you took the medaL" " I did ant veal it, sir," said the
Norma• much abashed ; I found it, and as to my press re-
' gret I had hat my own, I saw no harm in taking it." The tri-
banal declared him guilty of robbery, and eentecead his e.
• year's imprisonments

Upwards of 600 of the children of the King
Edward Ragged Schools( Industry, Spitallields, were con-
veyed by the Eastern Counties Railway to the Forget, • feet
days since, at the espresso, es io former years, or bit. H. B.
Gurney. Many of the went. of the children were, through
t►e liberality of the Doke and Duchess at Grams, permitted
to accompany their children on this occasion. It is yetheys
' seedless to ray that all partook cf tt • liberal supply of good
th;ngs which had bees provided fry them with evident mile-
tactics, and with an appetite suited to the occults. The
boys, as sail, prosousced both Mr. Oeroey and the resat
" lbst-rste," while the parents were ituatimous to the de.
claraties, . It's the happiest day we here opera frr years."
The eommittea hope, with the wisest:es of the above sad
other seances friends of the ton of Spitslttelds, to be kble,
alit year, to extend the Invita.ion, end gladden the hearts
of salty sere of Shoes who at prtseot have bat fe w opmn-
manlike of a day's session is the green firld.
A singular phenonsetton presented itself on War-
, day night st Roses. An lames. cloud of small white moths
harm emr tbe tows, and completely d the ironed in
a few sesoade. What le linite/ar is that they fell Merest
euluively os the lift bask of the river. In the mortisg
they ley es the 'mead In myriad', and almost all dead.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

MEATING.-(THIS DAr.)

The anal half yearly several 'seining of the ,1
Lnadou and North Western Railway C.mumay wen held
Nu musing at the Moues Station, Mr. Manumr,Deputp
Chalmers of the 130erd of Dirert-re. is theist:mit. Concurred
w.th the former gatherings of this important proprietary Mu
attendance wea by no mesas minor [ma ; .deed, the,, were
scarcely 1110f0 then 100 pr .prieton pretest.
The Canneries sea mimed with regret that the Marquis
of (Amides, the ehausea et the nempany, we. laid up la
tied sad seab:e to sting.

The usual peollmisarlos wiles this gone tbro.gb. The
rop_iit sad aeons'. were takes as read.
The Contagion said this we the drat *condos
is which On report bad bon circulated before no
mating, sad he tits "lorry to Omen that It bad
retaltrd la a small attridaan of proprietor. He
wee happy to say that the dispute with the Oren
Northers Company wit at sa end. The 'greenest of
anitestion bet•een this coseptuy, th• Maenad, and the
Unit Northern bed beta roan, ad wend he inane-
diatele sabsittrd to Mr. Ondstose, the arbitrator. Teti
relating of the London sad Ninth Weston Compel with
srighbourieg 1,0. ..re moat iati.fretory, sad he was S.
labors the met rag that the bond had determined kt
to make connotes,. to tributary lines rather than aialph
piss of Wain. them et flan rentals. Several spoommillii
band spot that prraciple bed bees entered into, and them
cold be no doubt that they would add to the prietterlltia
the print lino. He regretted to say that parliesitent
bad sot pasted the estessios of time asked dar
is reinsure to the aoropletioa of the .health** bramibilitb
but there was this set-off again: that diasppaleltant.
namely, that roost of the work bad bona ointratiled deff
liable the erre.' estimate. Tenn, we may is. mina
whisk the director. bad to mike ea this tearing, with Mr
pad to lamming the capital snout; they would bay. to
take a vote for 19,0001, bong the eon of a weer
house at Poplar, wad 10,0001. for enter purposes, bed
beyond that aottilog nem wee required, and &linnet be
cosld bald out ate hope of the espied annat being
be .osld yet mare the ptoprioten teat no sannessarydgt
imprint addition would be was to It. The oneponna
assist opened for the renewal of the wannest way, par-
toik of the eaten of • eaoltal seoesat, sad It would bay*
to moan epos until the neonates way was ronewed.
Renewals wen impr.vionts, sad mob* fair:y to Is
charged to capital. Haring adverted to ths the
nature debt, pan of whin envied a kith nto d
root, the chairman congratulated the proprieties ups Mb
sattifictory state of their property; the pearsagn Mat
we noreesing, and on the when a. thought the eanyany
had sots its worst thy'. He bad, %banns, groat plenum
la moron adopuon of the upon.
Mr. G. C. CiLysr, M P., emooded the nodes.
Mr. HADIPIRLD, It P.. complsised that nearly all the fie-
tommosdstioos of the ensvaittee of twasultatun had bent
disreguded—st least they bad sot beau carried out. Bone of
then bad beta ahopted, but so attempt had yet bean
made to reduce to boned or the Winne ants
liniments. Ho we satisfied that U than resin-
nendaticee were and upon lb. espendltare might he
radsood oat per teat., and he advised the skareholdon
to nest ups the committee's report bong narked
out to the fullest taunt. As to the working el the lies, It
appeared to hue tint ne interest of the akareholders we
neriend to the laterite of Ste penis. Their diridrad bad
bees Maned from tea to In per net, whin ether lima,
sash as the Lancashire and Yorkshire, steel la the potties
of sada, their dividend. ea the Witease. HMYsMwd
that thus seat be aosatlsiog radially using le the ma-
sagesassit of Ibis grist usdadaldlati. sad mks hhostlisi
was dose betweea this and the wed ahreting, la wry out
rasesammlathsas of the assmitas e 1 umultmelas, he

sissaidi kik es be ab le am Ne swappelmost.
Kr. Illesemaia doirl bas w abiewee hed pad mess
mageateisee
she n hid the =se ea Om maim ; it was twee
odose slossbloghz tbe taws ee
OAK gbh bat the 'speak= Woe pea; with this
WNW, Ore key ask a* add f moat. la the beaked .
la be the sameaesesat el Ibis eawany wee &barely
bar, sr they wadi set, se be belleeed was the ore, be
iamb. slaves paellas at tater sae ea is absolute Ise..
The eery wee OW kr essagasy to puns* was te
steaks Subsea wield; ald ass bear prat. be It oases
win..

flit. DaLenbad board with sem earprios Hat tin emir.
now saw epeat:ia resonate of the pormantat way were to
be Wad to tea asonol stesoust. Tito sharoboiden oven to
brie& era a .on waroalas lageirp taw the eeepasse
roma% tat then et awes ism to the capital seeemot
what mu doe tc it co to tate peseent thee, sad this start
afresh with the ms wale. wroveglag hr them by direst vet* •
tn. the sharsheldets. Deposit spew it if they 'MUMMA
in inns pretest toms it amid ultimately &atm tin divi-
dend.

• Pontinana raplared that tho waking expearee
bm4 bees rater Iron 34 to 40 per oast as mospared with
brew years.
Ms. Omura* reed the snewity for Meeks %eas-
ements' otrabitm of the loud of areeters.
ihe Caataaart, reptylog serially to the obeenrktne
whir bad bees sofa, weird tat the samba of diner's
was dud by set of winterise, sad it err odds be sherd
by set of wheats,. The director had se laws
Sir to p w parfuaesl nor mares, sad be
pet it lo the martian whether it would be stivarbie to p
tor the paper meggeeted. • somaplaist bed bees reu
as to kw errs et tea late eareseiters, sad the is of
MOM paid far e rewriter. Is. brew is kept dews
as lbw* to ware, while r to Ur latter the art
odd brolly be aosarred warp, elms the iris married
wow sane at spearde of armlike eteelisi. Jr to to elt•
eenniale of Mr. Hadfield, it eftuuM be rawarbered that
to writ eat the neerswadmidens et the esrasitsee.
✓essimed Ilse ; *me el *ma had aready bees pat be..
W others ware seer seadderrie, or ta gee-
weal emir est. • 10.11111101110 bad bees sae to
al eat of the **ea of the peenesent soy, sad the
sole of *earns It. aesesst. As elefteas et east the
linnet" ear wield be bad been pa peasd 4 aftalls nes
ef the peas* enusease. sad Os eottenawtrosase whim their
delfts r. pm.. Tropes to inewilles se aim 4r the
slieratier WM.. Unimak, that the wafts ewe earrates
as retire of Its tier at • loos he theesbethet wafts*
ter verstabes s re wham the wells remised to wee messeeted
eta eseridereftee swifts set et liege, of els-
eaftees made r enspeemoe is Mom themselves, It
would be Sand to be highly tesmatisesMe•
Mr. DMIII reeftiod the ehaleassast le had shes
asewer Is die met aiame feh bed bus peed &heat
lassies/ the sealer areftat sada the It saes a rearteel of
the return* reed. FM feeteseo he hpft4 Ole Ma-
ness there was • sharp of di SON. el whirl ems
3•0001. was debited to r. weir, sod the berme earned to
the wirer we sat, whsb he preesred word ultimately
be mike. elf u wartal. New, be rear be glad to Wm
tees sonderstren to to that.
The Lammas rehire that the "years of the eft
pease ewe* hod lees wisetiemili by the prepfteres mad
Was owe therekri par .6 *ea reefteable to ft as She
liftmanw. The or r rakers is theteasisseenia
estrease, eft it ass sr trete Qat epos sl(a+iQrmlie
sawed for the reseiral of She pmeassest wen
veal be "lint 16,000 L • per. Mew the ditalleelt arras
*wed It Is tar ail, ewe 'had they Groped Mae iftesse
a the Met hal of the year, and .he IMMOilft
OM ones* heir lad the 21.0006 enta4 WO the
worst eriespable to due bolt Tree metre.
Mr. DaAjil serpoild, Woollies be was right ia tklskly
tbst the urea t hipped the MAK word sitriateiy bar
Op he written **pita.
The Caatateal r• ivied *at be bed aimed, awed this •
reset part el t, • ~war
fe were Qiesialopep%rearl_. ass
wed, is etres.* es tread Is UNWPOIe. to
p
= * west
eh* be ft miepapers,ia
sheisnethon
amass trearkr le delensine the summer is
aft* as ougssee asseeet Amid be Mewed of. Of
smog it waft hese he nue* epos oath the shift a the
permanent wen nee rearied.
Alter etre Sumo, Careers, the report was edepted.
• Marra as tre eats of 6 per ellit. per mums was them
desired, which ...mid shears 544.316 L 10.1..1 the dap*.
obis Ware, sea liar 14.0744. lle Se. to be serried ha-
ward le the err semis"
• resoistios we. this pawed, authorising the &reran
wto ',r se tier 19,0001. he parker of a se*
hews at P.pler, a_a 10,1361. fir the pashas, et left fee
Wimp, .le.
Ifte ether freak briars wee this Wear hid, mad •
tots of Quasi hays, twos peered le the winsaa sad
direeten, roman. which hod oesenkrahly isereassit in
swation ma lir pm:4444p adroit* aorrated.

BUCKINOMANSHIRR RAILWAY COMPANY
lIRATINCI-(11113 LAY.)

TO tareety.int sadism half-yearly aerie, ef the
Court of P 1096.10,11 of Pre .lyre irryesy w r held at
the Restos Stator, the Hoe. NIT PZILIP STDMINT P 111133.
PONT is re chair. The &Revue w4ll the report :
Toe director bare to submit to tb proprietor the
half rawly roarere4 Carrel were; r eertiled
by the auditor. The &row sheers that the sea el
24,9001. has bees reared from the Locative sad
Norb•Westar• ersposy for the half-year's rest to the
I3lst Deeerbar, HMS. Tha baker ie heed et that pearl
MO 1,1421. 1.. 2d., ortise • total of 26 0421 Is It The dinette& per Cur, the ail warbe merit to
25.4871. k St., Waviest • Ware of 6641 12.. Sd. Tb
art dreier will ho payable at the orepaere baskets' es
the 21st Refer. The Croat .re are happy Se data that the
trans receipt. of n e I.st tat months arture te @alibis •
reedy loaner ever the•e et tee e steep ladles peeled
fa 1865. To. dirvetors have to 11111110•11411 with
mint the art\ of Mr. %Varian, re .1 the astlitore arairted hy, tar Lando.. rid NortliMeotere
Railway Company. The auditor* sleetd by the Beaker-
harehre Ceeepeey, Haehard Cann', IN., and Lieeteeset-
Oren! Jobe Madan a, retire at this bet are
elriOle Ice n.lootne.
The tepee we. odotrall, sod the retiring aedltan haslet
b... re arer. rsa. were voted he the chrraaa, wbM&
tensiestof the preerediais.

The grease is the seers at Fidler's m Gress, SW Brea e• ,p aim, es Tridap, wen v•ry pleatifel, • Nub r that there an wri of Ire 100 to 400; bet
swa g to tri rawer, greatkr Uri War rep wll4. sad
way alor.tuße orb •to bee men thas ore et two
berm. A low, Imwtavet, betesd me airy rl2aw 14 War.
w
arearar of wanasee was wry geed.—Lstre Mfr.

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

Mary Anse Demean, n middle-B(.d wemaa ertargeobWe
appearance, woo eharrd with amoping a Spanish gankman
cm N. highway, and steeling from his penes a newareign
sad a valuable ring, on which a osennot mad him initials wen
emblazoned in diamonds.

Barn de Manmade, the pronntor, stated that at eleven
en the previous sight he want Iron kW home fa Hoiywell-
street, Millbask, to a Mead's home ha Pconaby-terrace, is
the ram asighboarbood, and ending hie Mead was not at
hem, he thought he would walk nest nu Ms
how sad wait for him. He was movingly
seemrieg is the middle of the ran at Mill-
bank, nearly opposite the gates of the Penns-
tiny. When the prisoner sane up she asked bin
for nosy. He told her be bad new to gir• ler, when she
nddealy, sad without saying another were,tbruet hat lane
isto ►is weisteeet pocket, is which he had Ws someigss
sad sem Wipes's. Ithe took out ese sovereign sad part
of the hallpesee. Promoter immediately seised bee
by the ether bawd sad held her, but 'nether wen's,
• compsaisa of line, ease up and ske got away. Proem.
teir Mimed sad scan seised Mr, when ski adroitly seised
kis law, aid pining it in bee genet, dragged his Flag off
with her Welk. He ((Innately rimmed it frees her
before eke mind enseal it, and with the greatest diHeulty
be onseseded in detentes her vete a pellesman
Henry Marsh, lee B, nil that bowleg 40.11
be west to the spot, aid there feud the presenter swaged
L a Tea snag struggle with the primer. Jest as witness
approached, she broke loan and was running away, when
be Pepped Mr mid seek her Lap eastedy. TM sovereign was
set fowl, but the ether wenn bed don away been
witness got up.

Bb. ins r.:..41•4 till Twirler.
LAMBITH.

Kelly Chad, a heals of non sepaisies sad dinlpdad
appaeraass, was bees& baton the Han. G. C. Norton,
charged with steam a Crinsaa nodal sad foss deeps
hen tha puns of Imes NeCulleigh, a private soldier be-
longing to the Beets Fusilier Guards.
Paiia-constable Alfred Wells, 192 L, depend that last
evening, balms eight sad Ilia, o'clock, hensg had la-
fornsrioa reassualcated as bin, ha stepped the prism's I.
OS Wiens toster•rood, ad asked bee foe the usual alia
►ad ? She replied, "What nodal ?" sad at the ran tine
skalled her heads about la as saspideas a amass
that be at wee seised both et than, sad fogad
she bad got ibis nodal, which Its. the state of the ribboa
sensed to bare bees tors s-ay Its. the seat. She at AM
said it bad hese gists I. bar by a soldier, sad at the staboa-
here abs said the saltine was at bar leiging. Wits*as wart
to ha laden, ad there head a 'Wan salatp, who ped-,
dialed baying ram hi. medal to say ea*, sal mid IS
mat have baba saatisloid ham his oat.

PleCelieges, the soldier, was hare ewes% sad delisted
that, to the best of his reeellsoties, he had sever sees the
pressen before, sad that he had sot ewe kis medal to her,
err to say ether perm. He adatitied.however, that he had
bees driakisg • rest deal, sad was very stash isbrzissted.
L reply to a geodes by the Isegistrate, as to how it was
that the ammo of the soldiers to whew they were gives
were lassribed epee some of the medals, while set apes
sabre, the presesseer's sergeeet said that those delivered la
the Crimea were without the same, but these distributed
at Moe had the Kama of the INS segraved as then ; hat
it wee Weeded to have the homer engraved like the latter.
The primer Is reply to the sitar's said the soldier had
gives her the medal to pews.
Mr. Home observed that If her statement was tree
there would have bees se smsesity to have ten away the
ribbon with rash Themes. He sessidered this a creel
epodes of robbery, sad osnesitied the primes, to two
maths' hard Meer.

Lemma Cu, a tall gout isaa, 60 years of ago, woo
abaspd before Mr. Hawaii! with a isarderoaa satrap
spa his wits, Elisabeth.

Ilse seespaineet odd that she woe a " least," any*
NI her busissos ie Denst-enosest, New Ifsah-rood, sad
supported a family reepostably by Mr eseniam The de-
foodsat Ise yews peel bed heisted it hales the gads she
ask and asking Om at of tows, amiably retereag
without after or nesey's worth. This soedeet, however, 1
sop would haw bona with, bet net avast with as mar
daisy her property, he was eeetiseelly salietier epee her,
as children, eat the yang wackier skis wapleyed ea the
prelates, sat uepreveked sod *sleet ensula Lest
eight, retende. hens, a easel, latealested, he kiskod ad
best ler weereitaly, breadar several espsesive salsas
el fathers is his spite, seta Use pellet were seat for.
• peliewaser deposed to baring bead the peer we...
Wales hes the math sad ether pares of the Saes, her
heir toes eat sal swum epee the arper, while damask
is his that slaves, drunk and fotiews, sewed aseirestioa
avast ell seemed him.

Healy—Tble nth has bees bakes no sena tins
bask foe eseesideg kw wife, I Oink
Complains; esiostestly.—Yse. ale, sad yea seat bin fee
these ninth% with awes meads' bail. Dories that tins
ny les wee married. sad welding I. Um his limber present
at the wedding, 1 was Wend te get idn baled est ; be
wee amy geed nse fir the week, ale, sad I manly m-
enthol bin ; this be benne se bed se ear. It wee bat
W ether deg be kanited ewe of sm teeth est.
Defeedon—Why, I. keewiedge shies teeth hem
bees eat Mesa yeses. She is a drinks% violent. 'swarthy
weans, sad ny the is is dagger non bar.
Bab. the rennet eller, sad es 'Mese of W N 11•1•111 M,
Mee both desisted that the memo el this osisseat was
W not • nave Woo Meet creditable tresses It woad
be Mann is seen with. Rs bad fear cluldrae living.
Mr. this owe I shall psi the set fully la
fame. Deiselsat shell sot, fee twelve maths, iseirq
the nese of dud et se Weenies, a wens& I omens
the bestead six seethe inprinansat, sod le Sad es-
I an* he his geed beheld's/ dung Ni maths sere.