The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

WORsH LP STREET.
missmr.4 AND RAILWAY TRAIN:4.

F and Willneut Wilk., well dreamed boys,
i. a,cti.rly 10 and 1 years, were charged before Mr.
iti, throwing stones at a train on the North
Ilillearil, station master at the Shorediteh
of that line, deposed—Last evening, I was
A, 1., t:ntag.r•naal Bridge, nekton, and saw these
drhlwrately watch an opportunity, and then
missiles, apparently stones, at a train

bereatb are arch of the bridge.
• roll.oed them, and on accusing them of the act
s- droned Living thrown anything, lathough he waa by
, • a. .a the nonueut, and what Dempster flung re-
: .1 frmu the dome of the engine. I gave them into
• •:.tedy of Williams 102 N.

Pa mother of Dempster here stood forward and said,
If you please, sir, my boy assures me that it was only
m,luot shell he threw. He is suffering from heart dim-
, is in u consumption, and ought not to be

Mr. Newton—Don't talk to me about consumption and
~t ; what has that to do with the charge ? Had
iVell A passenger by the train and got injured by
waitron ,and wilful misconduct, you would have
hut little of the boy's illnesses, provided of course
it he was nut your own.

T!... boy Wilks—l never threw a stone at all.
Ht. mother—lf you did you deserve to be punished
,t, for you have been brought up to know better.
31r. Inspector Aileron (attached to the North London
-Sir, complaints of this kind are incessant, and
.1.-mg the Lst few months three passengers and two
m,-me-drivers have been seriously injured by stones. Six
moths since a lad 7 had her collar-bone fractured.
Mr- Newton said there was no question of the very
im nos cloracter of the offence, which must unquestionably
by owe means be put estop to. These boys were not known
uS.t .ving before been guilty of a like transgression, and if
in :;ht before him again, and proved so, he would
:a. redly send them for triaL On this occasion they must
,4.h pay 2a. 6d., or suffer three days' imprisonment.
The tines were paid by the respective parents.
ILUILBOROUGH.STREET.
YoN2Y LENDEL4 AND THEIR PRACTICES.

.1 respectable-looking limn waited upon Mr. Knox to ask
advice. The applicant said that in consequence of see-
m advertisement in a newspaper to the effect that ad-
. ...ccs of money might be obtained at an office near the
E....rut-circus, be went there and asked to see the
/.-.“eipal. He was answered by a man who said that
tt agh he was not the principal it was all the same, and
hie business. He told the man that he wanted
iorrow some money on his furniture, and that if no
s .urity war required lie was willing to pay extra. The
a said that he commended him for paying extra rather
t. ,n troubling a friend to become security, and asked
IA bow much he required. He told him 241. and
t be wished to pay it back by quarterly
adalmenta. The man seemed quite satisfied with his
• Toposition, and asked him for 10s. for making inquiries,
ich he subsequently paid. The man came three times
nd looked at his furniture, and appeared satisfied with it.
A•ter waiting three or four days and hearing no more of
the matter, be went to the office to know why no further
rt.,. had been taken in the matter, and saw fresh persons
fro ether. rine of the persons asked him his name, and on
Lis telling him be looked in a book and said they had not
:rot his name down, and that he must have made a mistake.
He told them that there was no mistake about it, and that
hr could not have made a mistake, as he had known the
I:quit-circus and neighbourhood for 20 years. He was
told tonal again, and did so, but with the same result.

Mr. Knox aid he was unable to render the applicant
_ay Assistance, but ho thought publicity being given to the
natter :night be attended with a good result.

SOUTHWARK.
A TICKET-OF•LEAVE MAN VOLUNTARIGT RETURNING TO

PENAL SZEIVITUDE.

Jaws Loring, a poor, miserable-looking man, a ticket-
of-leave convict, was placed at the bar charged with neg-
lecting to report himself to the inspector on duty at the
Stones-end police-station, according to the terms of his
license.

An inspector of the K division said that the prisoner
num to him while he was on duty at the Deptford police.
station, and said that he wanted to give himself up for
neglecting to report himself at the Stones-end station.
lie said that be hail been looking for work, rind not being
able to ohtlin any, and being without means to get into
the country, he thought it would be better to return to
'anal servitude rather than starve about the streets all the
winter. Witness examined his license, and sent him to
the court to he dealt with.

Inspector Wise, 14 division, informed his worship that in
July. 1N64, the prisoner was sentenced to four years' penal
Per/Attie fora street robbery, and after undergoing punish-
ment in various prisons, he was, on the 17th instant,
liberated from Millbank with a license. He came the same
day to Stones'-end police-station, and reported himself,
saying that he was going to live at Phillips's
lodging-house in Mint-street while he looked out
for work. His duty after th►t was to report
himself whenever he removed to another resi-
dence, or at least the first of every month.
On the `loth ult. he came to the station and said he was
going to remove to ?J, Mount-street. Since then he had
not reported himself, consequently he had forfeited his
licence.

The prisoner Bahl that he was in very distressed circum-
stances indeed. Since he had been released from Milbank
prison he had endeavoured to get work but failed. In fact,
no one would have anything to do with him. He wan-
dered about the streets day and night, and at last he was
actually starving. He thought it better at hst to return
to penal servitude, as he was sure of food and comfortable
quarters. . . .

The Magistrate asked when his sentence expired.
Inspector Wise replied—On the 26th of July next.
The Magistrate observed that all he had to do was to
pit the law in force, by sending him back to Millbank
Prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.-SEVERAL PERSONS

INJURED.

Yesterday evening the 6.10 passenger train from
Newcastle for South Shields, when near Tyne dock, came
into collision with a coal engine. The passenger train was
thrown off the line, and several passengers—men and
women—injured. T. Ombler, belonging to Hartlepool,
was severely injured. One man's jaw was broken.
Yesterday morning, an accident occurred on the Midland
Railway, near Saltley Junction. It was not of a serious
nature, owing to the slow rate of speed at which the
train was going, but, considering (says the Birmingham
P,4) that it is the third accident which has occurred
within • period of three years between the ticket
collector's platform and the gasometer in that locality,
and that it is only a few days since we reported the
occurrence of • similar mishap in the New-street
Station, it points to the existence of some defect which
might at any time lead to an accident attended with most
diasatrons results. As to the accident in the station, it
happened last week. A Liverpool express train went off
the rails from some cause which has not been discovered,
or at bust has not been made known, and ran against the
platform, knocking the masengers about in • most un-
comfortable manner. The accident yesterday happened to
the ordinary train leaving Derby at 7 a.m., and due in
New-street at 9.20 a.m. It consisted of five carriages,
a cattle truck, fish truck, acd brake van, and having
stopped at Saltley station, bad proceeded over the level
crossing at Duddeston Mill-road to the junction of the
Aston Curve Branch. The engine and first two carriages
crossed the points safely, but the third and fourth car-
riages, after crossing the points, and at the crossing of the
two lines, left the metals. The latter pert of the train
remained on the line. The rate of speed was only about
eight or nine miles an hour, and the two camages—a
third-class and a composite—after jolting roughly over the
metals, came to a standstill, after running about twenty
yards. The passengers in the two carriages sustained no
serious injury ; but Mr. Standbridge, the town clerk, who
was an occupant of • firatalaas compartment in the com.
posits carriage, was somewhat shaken, and returned by the
next train to Water Orton, where he resides. Mr. Pear-
son, district manager of the Midland Railway, came down
from New-street Station on an engine, and the damage to
the rails was soon repaired. The carriages sustained no
injury, beyond the fracture of the wooden footboard of one
of them.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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