The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

EBTKETAINAWIT TO DOCK IMPLOZAC.

On Tuesday evening the directors of the East and
West Leda Do* Company entertained the whole of the
per. one regularly, in their employ, and a wife or fem•le friend
with each in • large marquee erected on their property, near
the We I t ndia Dock gate. Nearly • thousand prrsous sat
down to tea, the chairman of the board, Mr. Samuel Greg-
son, M.P., and several of the dire.-tors, honouring the as-
sembly with their preieace.
At the dote of the repast Mr. Ganosore addressed his
reseals • kind, welooming speech. He sold they were as-
sembled by the kindnessof the directors, to celebrate the
inauguration of • new lecture-hall, readueproom, and
literary institution, established for their bened,, in coons:ion
' with the provident society, which he was gratified to find was
making eatisfectory progreee—numbering at pr. sent 877
members, and having assisted its members in sickness and
their families on death to the amount of 2,4211., in addition
to atreedanos and meals* provided without charge. Ano-
ther advantage the society had brought about wee the pay-
ment of wogs' on Fridays instead of Batur&ye.
The directors had • striking proof of the in-
poreurce of this change in the diminution of drunken-
ness; for whertas previously dismissals from their employ
were unhappily by so means rare, oat of the 800 persona em-
ployed only one wee discharged during the whole of the last
yea. They would now have • commodious and haademe
ismitution, where lectures would he delivered, for which
they would class earlier, and dames for drawing, choral
singing, &c., might also be formed. (Land cheers.) Ths
directors were meet aszioue for their welfare and improve.
mesh. sad wished all of them health and happier's. (Load
cheers.)
The worth clasinnares Isselth. and that of the directors,
were proposed and drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. The
party them proceeded to humid the arrasgersenu of the new
building; and the tablas having been cleared away, the
marquee was illuminated, and dancing commenced, which
co:canned a • late boor.

8.31,10118 CASE OP STABBING AT
WoLVIBILAMPTON.

On Monday haat, at the %moth police-court,
before the Maio 4.1. Hartley. Req.) sod B. Malin and G.
L.Underhill„ Joseph Harper wascharged with having
stabbed John W Ikea, on Saturdee night, with intent to do
him grievous bodily harm. Mr. W. Ward appeared for the
prosecution.
Wilkes was to seriously injured as to be unable to attar!,
but two medical certificates were produced showing that he
might be able to appear in • week.
James Cooper stated that on Saturday eight he went into
Mealtimes public-hour, to Briekkfinsuest. Wilkes and the
primmer Were thin. Some words took place between the
wins of the prism, sad Wilkes, in coasequeoce of
Mrs. Harper saying to Mrs. Wilkes that she owed
bar mese money. Bwbssg•sstty enamel, Wilkes, and
his wile west to Wilkees house, and were followed by Mrs.
Harper, who again spoke about the money. Mrs. Wilkes
told her to leave her house, eel Wilkes put her out of
doom. She, however, re-entered, and took hold of Mrs.
Wilkes's hair. Some fighting than took place, and • remark
was made reflecting on the moral character of Mrs. Wilkes.
Wilkes afterwards went to Harper, and being apparently
under the impartial that it ws ha who had med. the re-
mark respecting his wife, or, as the witnees said, the woman
with whom he lives, told Harper to tell whet he raieht hays
to say in reference to his (Wilkes's) wife to him (Wilkes),
and not to other people. Harper then struck Wilkes, and a
light between the two men ensued, end lasted elms minutes.
Ultimately Wilkes walked sway with his bend to his nook.
ireyitig to witness,"For God's sake take me off, l's stabbed!"
Witness saw the blood pouring from Wilkes's throat, and
observed • knife in the prisoner's hand. Witness took
Wilkes to Mr. Coleman's surgery, and he we. afterwards
removed to the hospital. His cap was covered with blood.
A police-offloer produced some of Wilkes's clothes, and
some hasidkereblefe among than were saturated with blood.
Mr. Ward salted the beech to remand the prisoner, and sug-
gaited that Wilkee's deposition should be taken, but the
magistrates thought it unneeemery to comply with the
latter eaggestioa, the surgeons' certificates stating that there
was no immediate danger of Wilkes's death. The prisoner,
who had his thumb bound up, and maid he was as badly
hurt as Wilkes, was remanded to Stained Gadfly a week.—
Wolverhampton Chronicle.