The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

MANSION-Hol7Bl{.

Ridiard Merril .712.7invei. or; liayrrwater omidbusorae
darted with cruelty to a borne by working it in an unfit
condition. _

--iii;as a very bad case. A City police-constable,
named Peat, saw the defendant driving his omnibus in
Cheapaide on Wednesday morning about 12 o'clock, and
upon examining one of the horses he found that its side
was completely raw by rubbing against the pole, and it also
had a severe wound upon the fetlock, large enough to put
a five shilling piece in, from which blood and matter were
issuing. Upon the defendant promising that the horse
should be led home and not worked again until it wee
cured, the constable allowed him to go away, but he
watched him and saw him pot the horse again to the
omnibus, and it appeared that he drove him home to Bays-
water. Oa the same afternoon Peat saw the defendant on
the return journey with another pair of horses,
and one of these had a most dreadful sore
on the wither, and the poor animal was alto-
gether in an unfit condition to be at work. The
defendant, it appeared, told the constable that he must
earn his livelihood, and that he bad no alternative but to
drive the hones that were given to him. He had also been
summoned on a previous occasion for a similar offence, and
fined ten shillings.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, made some
lame excuse, to the effect that everything that was pos-
sible had been done to ease the humus, and prevent it
from wringinigthe horses. He also said something
about being obi ed to support himself and his family.
The omnibus dnven by the defendant, it appeared, be-
longed to a person named Richard Robinson.
Sir R. Carden told him he was a very cruel fellow, and
he supposed, if he had not been interfered with, be would
have driven the poor animals until they dropped dead under
him. He then ordered him to be imprisoned and kept to
I hard labour for fourteen days, without the option of pay-
ing • fine.
GIIILHHAI4,.

John 111' Comma, • Min who walked with a crutch, and
Catherine, bin wife, were summoned before Alderman
Lusk, M.P., for aseaulting the complainant.
Mr. Beard appeared for the defendants.
John Jackson said that on Thursday last, at a quarter to
two, he wet placed in possession of the defendants' furni-
ture for rent, in the presence of the man and his wife. He
showed his warrant, and the male defendant read it. He
had not been in more than a quarter of an hour, and bad
made out the inventory, when Mrs. M`Cormaik offered
him ISs., the amount of rent without the expanses.
He refused to take it without the 6s. 6d. ex-
penses. She refused to pay the expenses, and he refused to
go without them. She said, " You won't takeths rent,won't
you ? then out you go," and putting the table on one side
she seized him by the clothes and tried to pat him out,
tearing his waistcoat and shirt in the struggle. The male
defendant tried to strike him with his crutch, but he caught
bold of it and prevented him.
In crees-ezanustation by Mr. Beard,
The complainant said he did not take up the poker to
strike Mrs. WCormack, but she took it up to strike him,
and he took it from her. . .

71;..-Bearcl734ir very ingenious defence, contending
that the complainant was offered the rent before he had
been in the room five minutes, that the man never
attempted to assault the complainant, but only tried to
separate him from Mrs. MT...ormaok. With regard to her
AO was labouring under the impression that the complain.
ant had no business there, and was urged on by her neigh-
bours to turn him out. . . .

Aid;r7n;riLia discharged the !summons against the
husband, and lined Mn. WOormack As. and soots, or three
days.
BOW-STREET.

WiJiiata Virwent and Joh; (hang , porters working in
Covent-garden-market, were charged with stealing a sove-
reign from the Britannia public-haw, Covent-garden.
market

Mr. arrison said that about half-pest 8 o'clock on
Wednenday night his barman informed him that the pri-
soners had taken • sovereign from the counter while be
(the barman) was giving change. He went in search of
the prisoners, and found them drunk in another public-
house, the White Lion, in James-street. They denied
having taken the money. He gave them in charge. That
morning the mother of Vincent called upon witness and
offered to repay the sovereign, saying it was only taken for
a " lark," and that they meant to return it.
Mr. Flowers—The question is, do you believe it was
taken in that way?
Witness—l can't tell, as I was not present. They are
well known, and have a very good character. They cer-
tainly have been in the habit of taking more liberties in my
house than I like, but some allowance was made as they
were old customers.

Samuel Challis, the barman, said that shortly biter eight
o'clock a yosng man from the market sake& him for change
of a 51. note. Withal., by mistake, laid di sovereigns on
the counter instead of Ave. The prisoner Chaney threw
down some half-pence amongst the gold, and Vincent, in
picking them up, took the extra sovereign with them. The
young man took hie proper change and went away. Wit-
ness demanded the sovereign from Vincent, who denied
having taken it, and suggested that they should go in
search of the young man who had got change, who, he
said, would prove that he had not taken the sovereign.
They went, but could not find fthe young men, and wit•
n.. returned to the Britannia and told Mr. Harrison what
had occurred. _ _

Mi.-iiloWeis—What did Chaney do ?
Witness—He asked Vincent to psu the sovereign to
him.

Vincent said he we; sorry for what he had don.. Ha was
drank.

John William Reece, a salesman in the market, stated
he had employed both prisoners from time to time, espe-
cially Vincent, whom he had frequently entrusted with
large amounts of money and money's worth. He would
do so again, fully believing that the prisoners were inca-
pable of wilful disbonewty. How they had got into this
wraps he could not understand.
Flowers said it was clear enough how they got into
it—by (*Ming drunk. However if Yr. Harrison thought
they did not mean to steal the money he might be dieposed
to take the same view. The money, however, must in any
case be restored. He should adjourn the ewe for a week,
taking Hr. Reeoe's bail for both prisoners. If on con-
sideration Ur. Harrison believed their story be might re-
tire. The prisoners must remember that it was only their
previous good character that saved them from being oom-
raitted foe trial.
ILABLI3OROUGH-t3TREET.

John Thomas Bell, olieriisiii;litiWeiklinirlago valued at
8001., the property of the Marchioness of Hastings, was
brought before Mr. Knox for further examination.
This ease, which is surrounded with a good deal of
mystery, has been several times before the court, and was
again gone into yesterday. The rings were stolen from
the hotel in which the prosecutor was staying. The
accused stated that a lady who met him in Bond-street
had taken him into the hotel and given him the rings.
He had had the op unity of identifying the lady by
having all the female servants at the hotel regent, but
he declined to do so.

Mr. Knox—Perhaps it will be better for me to make no
remark on this occasion. I will once more remand the
prisoner.
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MARYIMBONK

Rose Matthews, agedFo,lately—ii.;: vim at 21, Lawfoni-
road, Kentish Town, was brought on on remand, in charge
of I r Shattuck of the Y divisioo, on the charge of
y murdering her mate child on the 14th of August
last.

Mr. Mansfield—Hes an inquest been held?
Inspector Shatford—Yes' err..
Mr. Mansfield—What has been the result!
Inspector Shatford—A vertliet of wilful murder has been
returned.

Mr. MenaSeld—There is no neemalty for me to go into
the case. She already stands committed on the coroner's
warrant.

PtLoaer was conveyed to Newgats in • cib.
SOUTHWARK...

WiUiant Tisdale,atall, rev.tablalooking man, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Maude, charged with amenit-
ing Mary Ann Carter, on Westminster-bridge and acting
in an indecent manner towards other females in the Mae
locality.
Mr. Henry Allen, the prosecuting offioer of the Anacleto
Institute for Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of
Women, watched the case on behalf of the society.
The complainant, a hardworking-looking woman, end
that about ten o'clock on the preview' night she was com-
mg her work over Westminster-bridge, when the
prisoner tame up to her and made wee of insulting remarks.
She told him to go away, when he caught hold of her by
the arm. She got away from him, but he followed her,
and seized bold of her shawl and tore it off. She again
ran away from him, and meeting a constable at the end al
the bridge, she told him what had occurred. Witness
added that she believed the prisoner was the worse for
liYace-eoustable 108 L end that about ten o'clock be wee
on duty in the Weetmiester-bridge-road when he received
information that a man was on the bridge insulting fe-
males. He proceeded that way and met the complainant,
who told him what bad occurred, and showed him her
damaged shawl. He went on the bridge, and saw the pri-
soner in the act of assaulting two females in an indecent
manner, when he took him into custody. In securing him
be ion sight of the females, end had not eines been able
to find them.

The prisoner said he w.&a very drank, and did not know
what he was about. He had no intention of insulting any
of she females.
Mr. Maude asked him what he was?
The prisoner said he was a clerk out of employment,
and having met an old friend he unfortunately drank too
much.

Mr; Mande told him that, had the other females come
forward and proved that be had indecently smutted them,
he should have punished him with great severity, aa women
most be protected from street outrages. Ile senteoosd
him to pay a fine of 205., and :is. damages to the shawl,
and, in default, committed him for 14 days.
George Andoll was next charged with salaulting Nary
Ann Oreely in Gibson.street, Waterloo-rood.
The complainant said that about two in the morning she
was about to enter her lodgings iu Gibson-street, when the
prisoner came up to her and struck her a violent blow on
the faoe. She had odd nothing to him or given him the
least provocation.
In reply to the magistrate, witness old that she lodged

in the same house, and she believed he was jealous be-
cause she had been out with another young man.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner mid that the com-
plainant insulted him on finding him in the street, and
then he struck her.. _ _ _ _

Kr. Mande fined him 20.., and in default of payment
sentenced him to a month's hard labour.

Jame Ott, of 8, Blenhaim-i;;:l3ttn.street, Wslworth,
appeared before Mr. P to answer • summons
artridge, taken out against him by Mr. Bell, the sanitary officer for
the parish of St. Mary, Newington, for being unlawfully
to posassaion of • quantity of fish intended for sale unlit
for human food.

Thomas Webb, the street-keeper to the parish, stated
that on the morning of the 9th instant, between 10 and
11 o'clock, he saw the defendant and a man named Good-
win drawing a barrow containing four large baskets of
haddocks along the Walworth-mad. His attention was
attracted by the stench proceeding from the fish, and in
consequent)e he followed the barrow for nearly a mile, into
New-street, Walworth—a locality in which *large number
of haddock smokers reside. He spoke to the defendant
about the fish, which he said he bad bought in Billings-
gate-market. He also said that they were too bad for
smoking, and were too rotten to hang on the wires, and he
was going to take them back to the market. Wittier
took some of the fish to Kr. Bell, the sanitary inspector,
who ordered the whole of it to be brought to the court,
where it was seen by the magistrate, and ordered to be
condemned.

Mr. William Bell, the sanitary inspector, described the
Bab as being in a condition totally unfit for human food,
and, of mune, at once ordered it to be brought to the court,
where it was condemned. The defendant did not say for
what purpose he had bought the fish, but admitted that it
was in a bad condition, and desired to know whether he
could not summon the party from whom he purchased it.
Mr. Partridge said he remembered when he inspected it,
the stench was so horrible he could not approach it when
in the station-yard.
The defendant said he bought it for good fish, but on find-
ing it putrid intended to have taken it back to the market.
John Goodwin, of -lane, Peckham, said he sa-
tiated the defendant in mess rag home the fish, and did
not observe any offensive stench from it.
Mr. Partridge—Then you must have bad no nose at all.
The defence makes the case worse. You say you bought
the fish as good, and you were taking it home for the pur-
pose of selling it as food. It was so bed when brought to
the court on Monday that I could not approach it. It is
cruel and heartless that you should offer such putrid
matter to that class who generally purchase such articles,
for you must know that the oonsumpticm of it generated all
kinds of disease. I eau send you to prison for three
months, but under the circumstances I shall inflict the
mitigated penalty of 101. and costs, in default of which
you must be imprisoned for six weeks.
I The prisoner was locked up in default.
MAIM.
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Maria Darling, a weliQucatea seaman, whose clothes
were covered with mud sad dirt, was brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and as-
saulting Police-constable Bell, 328 K.
At an early hour the prisoner was calling out " Police"
very loudly and repeatedly, in the Commercial-road, and
Bell attended uponhim, and asked him what was the matter.
The prisoner, who was very drunk, said he had been
robbed in a public•house, but he did not know where it
was, or who had robbed him. The policeman said he could
not do anything for the prisoner, and advised hint to go
home. The, prisoner made use of a good deal of bad lan-
guage, told the policeman that he wee of no use when his
services were required, and struck him a smart blow on
the chest. Bell then took the prisoner into custody.
Theprisoner, in defence, said he was very sorry that he
had struck the policeman. He was very much intoxicated.
He had been robbed of all his money, and he was vexed
about his loss, and did nos know what he was about.
Mr. Paget said that, in accordance with a rule he bad
laid down, he could not allow the release of the prisoner
until be had suffered seven days' imprisonment, with hard
labour. He never overlooked assaults on the police.
The prisoner implored the magistrate not to send him to
prison. It would be his total ruin if he were sent there.
He was seemad officer of a ship, end expected promotion.
All his Fete in life, his good name, his reputation,
the opinion of his respectable friends would be
at au en if he were vont to the House of Correction. No
one could more 'egret striking the officer than himself,
and he should ever feel the degrading position he was in.
Mr. Paget, after putting some questions to the prisoner,
which he answered sathdactorily, and after a long pause,
said he was going to do a thing which he never did before,
forgive a man who had committed an assault on a police
officer. He would allow the prisoner to be discharged,
and his principal reason for doing so was that the prisoner
had been robbed of his money.
Soon after the parties left the court Mr. Paget received a
communication from Mr. Livingston, the chief usher,which
induced him to call them into court again, when the magis-
trate said be was informed the constable would have to
make a report to the commissioners of the reasons which
induced him to take the prisoner into custody. He wished
it to be understood most distinctly that the constable was
perfectly justified in what be had done, and that there was
no imputation whatever upon his conduct.
After some discussion it was suggested to the magistrate
that the prisoner should be bound over to keep the peace,
and that would relieve the constable of the necessity of
making a report, and Mr. Paget adopted that course.
Mr. Pain, the junior clerk, then "bound over" the
prisoner in the following recognisance :—Yon hereby
acknowledge yourself to be indebted to our Sovereign Lady
the Queen In the stun of 101., on condition that you keep
the pesos and be of good behaviour to all her Majesty's
subjects, especially towards David Bell, for the specie of
six months.—Are you cintent ?
Prisoner—Tes, air.
Mr. Paget—l will allow you to be discharged.
GREENWICH. *
William Price, of 101, Rochester.row Westminster,
and Frederick Lovejoy and .Labait Weston, of Deptford, ap-
pealed to summonses charging them with unlawfully ob-
structing Walter Fox, ticket collector in the employ of
the London and Brighton Railway Company, in the exe-
cution of his duty.
George Burton said he was a ticket inspector employed
at the Forest-hill railway station. On the arrival of the 10.30
p.m. up train on the 20th of August (tbe Foresters' day at
the Crystal Palace) he saw the defendants get out of • car-
riage at the hindermost partof the train, and remain on the
platform, while all the other passengers who had alighted
passed out of the station. The ticket collector, Walter Cox,
then came and demanded defendants' tickets, which they
refused to give up or show, saying thry wished to go on by
another train. When asked why they had not oontw ued in
the train they bad travelled by, they replied, "Therewas
not sufficient room." The whole of the defendants then
commenced making use of violent language, and seeing
Weston's band contained a ticket, witness opened it, and
found it to be a half return ticket from the Q-ystal Palace
to New-cross. The defendants still continued using
violent language, and Weston was forcibly removed from
the station.

In answer to Mr. Trill, the witness said that in the
compartment of the carriage from which the defendants
alighted there were ten or eleven ere after they got
procalin
out. Passengers were not supposed to thejourney
by getting out of a train at one 'Winn and ' b
another train ; lint if defendants hadjahown their ticke
tsy
and Dot left the station the tickets would have been deemed
available by the next train.
Mr. Chamberlin, station-master. confirmed this evi-
dence, and said that at the timein questionthere wawa ballet
the Anerley Gardens, close to the station, and he had a
suspicion that it was defendant'. intention to leave the
stationand visit the gardens, and so to get into a later
train and use the tickets they retained, but which would
have to be given up on leaving 'nibs ordinary winner.
The defendant Lovejoy, who acted as spokesman, said
that the oom., ent of the carriage into which they were
put at Bydenbam was so crowded that there was no sitting
room, and the other passengers abused themand threatened
them that unless they got out, they vrouldthrow them out.
To avoid this abuse they left the carriage at Forest-hill,and,
being at the back part of the train, they were unable to find
room in another carriage before the train again went on.
He denied that they refused to show their tickets, bat
they did decline to give them up.
My. Trail said it was always • very serious thing to get
into an altercation with railway officials, because their
time and attention were taken from important duties,
which might murices disaster. He did not, however,
think there had been that explanation given on the part of
the ticket inspector which might have been given to the
defendants; but railway passengers ought to know that
whenever their tickets are demanded they are required to
show them. A refusal to do this had been made by the
defendants, who would each be fined le. sad costs
The money wu paid.

Tat OAZa COLLIIRY Expionnelone.—The ex-
plorers, who again included Charles Barker, alias Bogdan,
and John Flinch, descended the pit on Wednesday morn-
ing. They made their way to the No. 2 shaft of the col-
liee',
where they met with • great deal of water, but
their main object was to erect • stopping. Up to noon no
other part of the mine was explored so far es our correspon-
dent could ascertain. About one o'clock a number of men
descended No. 1 shaft with brattioe boards and other ma-
terials for the purpose of carrying the pure air so far as
the explorers have entered into the mine. As soon as this
is effected the explorers will be permitted, by the addition
of air piping, to extend the district of their operations.
The statement that sufficient energy was not being exer-
cised by those in charge is denied as being totally ground-
less, and an opinion is expressed that those in. °barge of
the mine were best able to judge of the p proper
to be taken under the circumstances, and that were
exceedingly anxious that there should be no minemessary
merinos of life.—Leeds Mercury.

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NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.

The report of the directors for the half-year
ending 31st July, 1867, to be submitted at the half =aril
meeting in Edinburgh on the 20th inst., has been
It states that in that period the addition to capital ac-
count, principally for new works, has bean 169,4801.2a.9e1.
During the half-year 2i miles of the Camps branch and
9i miles of the Monktonhall and Ormiston branch have
been opened for traffic. The other new lines and works
under construction arenow all but completed, and a mate-
rial diminution'of expenditure under this head may there-
fore be looked for in the current half-year. The revenue
account for the half-year to 31st July, 1867, as eomeeted
with that for the half-yew to 31st duly, 1866 (as amended
by the committee of investigation) shows an increase of
248491. 15s. Sd. The interest on debentures, temporary
low, bank advances, debt., prepaid calls, the expenses of
loans, and dividends on debenture stocks, amount in the
half-year to 142,8661. 10s. 7d., and this includes Interest on
capital expended on unproductive works. The balance of
of revenue remaining for dividend to the shareholders is
130,5791. 15e. CeL, as against 113,591/. 2s. 7d. in the cones-
period of last year, or an increase of 16,988/.
11 equal to 15 per cent. The directors recommend
that the above sum of 130,5791.15 a. 6d., with the balance of
1431. 9s. 3d. brought from the previous half-year, be appro-
priated to dividends on the several stocks enumerated
in the revenue statement at page 14, which will absorb
130,666/. 15.. 2d., and that the balance of 564 9s. 7d. be
carried to the credit of the current half-year. The con-
tinued and unavoidable application of current revenue to
capital purposes renders it neetessry that the payment of
the dividends be deferred, except on those stocks which
possess a lien for the payment of the dividend secured
to them. It is with satidaction that the directors
point to the large increase of 21,849/. 15s. Bd. on the
half-year's traffic receipts, and this, obtained in the face of
depressed trade, affords the best evidence of the progres-
sive character of the undertaking. The directors, in
I adverting to the parlirmeutarrprooddinp of last session,
take the opportunity Of acknowledging the valuable the:jet-
sam afforded to them by individual shareholders in pro-
moting the bill for the regulation of the company's fineness.
That bill proposed to authories the company to raise
1 1,875,623/. of additional share capital, and, as the
shareholders are aware, it pored the committee of the
House of Commons as an unopposed measure, but at every
subsequent stage it met with the most determined oppo-
sition at the instance of one or two sb rreholders ; sad
although, when it came before the committee of the Homes
of Lord, its provisions were modified,power was ultimately
obtained, (1) To exercise at once dormantborrowing powers
of the company to the amount of 843,8501., which will not
add to the authorised loan capital. (2) To raise 1,0500001.
of additional capital by preference stock, bearing dividend
not exceeding eight per cent., to rank after the existing
preferences ; and (3) es increase the rate of dividend on
the 1863 preference stock from five to six per cent. The
powers so acquired will not be exercised without the pre-
vious sanction of the shareholders. At
_present it is only
proposed to authorise the directors to borrow the above
mentioned rum of 843,8501. on debenture, and a resolution
to that effect will be submitted, after the ordinary business
of the meeting shall have been disposed of. These deben-
tures will not add to the capital of the company, or to the
charges against revenue, am they will simply take the
place of debts, the interest of at present forme
a burden on revenue. For investment they will afford
an unexceptionable security, as the margin of surplus
revenue is upwards of • quarter of • million
annnally, and that mph". is continually increasing. In
order to add to the security of the debentures and deben-
ture stocks of the company, the directors inserted in the
Finance Act a clause for continuing the arrangement made
by them in January last, to lay aside weekly in a separate
bank account • sum sufficient to meet the interest and
dividends on these. The only other act obtained by the
company was to sanction certain deviations in authorised
lines near Glasgow, with • view of economising land and
works, and to acquire ground for a mineral depot and
station accommodation at Dundee, where, at present, the
company are much inconvenienced in the conduct of their
goods traffic. As explained in their last report, the direc-
tors petitioned against **vend bills affecting the intereets of
the company, and in every cars their efforts have bees
attended with mocesa. In addition to the debts and current
claims due by the company, amounting to 1,875,6251, the
shareholders are aware that the company are under oblige-
Lion to construct new lined involving • further amount of
2,600,0001. It is essential to limit this liability, and at the
same time maintain the independence of the company,
and this the directors have kept steadily before them ;
bat they do not wander en indiscriminate abandonment a
works to be advisable. Accordingly, provision is made in
the Finance Act for constituting certain of the unexecuted
works into separate undartakinp, with • lien to the
subscribing the capital over the revenue of such undertak-
ings. ings. It is to local parties that the directors look for sub-
scriptions to construct branch lines required for the
accommodation of particular districts, so that it will in a
great measure rest with the local interests whether or not
such works shall be immediately proceeded with. The
company'a involvements must, under any circumstances,
be restricted, and the directors, at the proper time, will
ask the authority of the shareholder to abandoc or sub-
stitute lees expensive works for those authorised,
by which the company's liability will be materially
reduced. With regard to the works which may be arranged
to be prosecuted am separate undertakings the general ,
capital will be reduced to the extent of their cost, and the I
time of completion of the residue must, in the meantime, 1
be extended, in order that they may he afterwards dealt
with as thesliareholders shall determine. With the view of
enabling the shareholders to judge of the benefit which
will result from the Finance Act, and of its bearing on the
future prosperity of the company, the directors would point
out that of the 1,875,6251. of debts and current claims
(which includes 300,000/. of deferred dividends due to
shareholders) about 1,200,008/. to ordinary creditors are
now due, and that a considerable part of the balance will
became payable within the next twelve months. Were the
843,8501.0 f debentures,authorised under the act, issued now,
end the money applied in liquidation of ordinary creditors'
debts, the amount due to them would be reduced to
356,0001., or about three months' gross earnings of the
railway. Tina is no serious amount to be provided fir,
and to its early liquidation and the resumption of cash
dividends the directors will give their best attention. Pos-
sessed of a system of great sd increasing resources, they I
sees
at, that, with careful attention to the develop- '
ment of the traffic, a strict supervision of the working ex-
penses, and acting in concert with other companies in
establishing friendly relations for the interchange of traffic,
the North British Company will soon surmount all its
difficulties.