The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-05 00:00:00

IN RE E. BLOCET.

This was a sitting for examination and discharge. The
hanlaupt was a wholesale milliner, of Ureat Russell-street,
blawrailmry. His indebtedness is stated at 1,:i52/. and
tnrro art no :assets, the debts due to him being doabtful
sad bal.

Mr. R. Crirfiths opposed for the assignees. He said that
the bankrupt had contracted his present debts during
short trailing of 14 months, and be appeared
to have been in the habit of pledging goods
which be bad obtained upon credit. The bankrupt
had been examined at a private sitting, but his
answers were very unsatisfactory, and the assignees de-
sired to obtain better information in reference to the goods
pledged, which they proposed to do by means of requisi-
tions. _

His Honour maid that requigitiona might be delivered,
and dire‘ted an adjournment for that purpcee.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLEItEEN WELL.
DARING RObBICKT Or THIRTY.TWO
John Rai* • cattle drover, was charged before Mr.
Cooke with stealing 32 Isle of Wight lambs, the property
of Mr. John Fuller, muter drover, of 3, Lyons'-views,

Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution,
and said he should have to ask for a remand, as the lambs
stolen had not yet been traced. They were stolen on the
night of the 27th of May last, and were marked with green
paint on the top of the head and shoulder. A reward of
WI. had been offered for their discovery, and it was
to be hoped that the police would obtain a clue to their
whereabouts.

The prosecutor stated that on Monday, the 27th May,
he bad 71 horned, or Isle of Wight, lambs in his field at
Tufnell-park. He saw them safe at 6 o'clock. The field
is building-ground and inclosed with hurdles, adjoining a
road called Tufnell-park-road. lie went there the next
morning, and found that 32 of the lambs had been taken
away. The field was properly inclosed. The ground was
dryß so that be could not trace the way they went.
Richard Al/cock, of North-road, Highgate, a drover,
said on Monday, the 27th May, between 10 11 at night,
be was walking along the Kentish-town-read, when be saw
the prisoner,with a drove of lambs, coming down Gloucester-
place int. the Kentish-town-road. There were apparently
about :KO lambs. There was an imperfect light, and he
only noticed the lambs as they went round the corner ;
but he could see the lambs were Isle of Wight
lambs. The prisoner was coming the direct
road from Tufnell-park, and as be turned the corner
he (witness) said, " Hellos, Jack, is that you ?" The pri-
mmer went to him on the pavement, and said to him,
"Hollow, Dick, is that you ? Will you have a glass of
ale r They went to a public-house and had some ale. He
noticed that the prisoner had on a new slop like &butcher's
slop. They stood talking together for a minute or so, and
then the prisoner said he must go after his lambs, and be
went away. On the following Thursday he saw the pri-
soner in the Metropolitan Cattle Market. He (witness)
was 'peaking to Alfred Dickson when the prisoner came
rep. He sal to prisoner, " I was just telling Dickson
what a job we had to find a carrier to take those two
beasts of Mr. Pearce s, as I told you on Monday night."
The prisoner called me on one side and said in a low voice,
" Don't say anything to anyone that you saw me on Mon-
day night."
Police-sergeant David Older, 16 Y, said that from in-
formation he received he took the prisoner into custody,
and told him there had been some lambs stolen from a
held in Tufnell-park, on Monday night, and asked him if
he had had any occasion to be that way with anything,
and be said, " No, I was in bed at 5 o'clock, and never
got up any more." He told the prisoner he should have
to take him into custody for stealing the lambs. He made
no reply at first, but afterwards repeated that he went to
bed at 5 o'clock and did not get up till the next morning.
The prisoner's master, Jack Hayes, came up, and the pri-
soner said, " He in going to take me for them lambs on
Monday night." Hayes said, " You were along with ins up
to late." The prisoner replied, " No, I went to bed early.
don't yen remember ?" He then took the prisoner to the
palice-station, and on the way there he said, " I think it
searly time I turned up my game if I am going to be
Pulled into these kind of things, but I am not going to
take this all alone."
Mr. Ricketts here applied for a remand, and opposed the
prisoner being admitted to bail as he had before been in
custody on a charge of stealing two bullocks.
Mr. Cooke remanded the prisoner, and refused to admit
him to ball.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CIIARGE or STEALING PLANTS IN HYDE-PARIL
Thomas Sinfield, a young man, described as a groom, of
Hover-yard, Berkeley-street, was charged before Mr. Knox
with stealing four geraniums in Hyde-park, the property
of the Goininisdoners of \Yorks.
Pulice.constable Finlow, 201 A, stated that at a
leaner to 12 last night he was on duty in
ydepark, between Stanhope and Grosvenor-gates,
when he saw the prisoner jump over an iron fence
separating the walk from the flower-bed, and then he
stooped down and put his hsnd on the flowers. He wont
towanls the prisoner, who, seeing him coming, got beck
over the rail and ran away. He pursued the prisoner and
time by where he stopped be picked up four geraniums,
newly plucked, and on going back to the bed where Ito
had seen the prisoner stooping he found that some plants
had been pulled up and one or two broken.
The prisoner said he bad no queations to ask the con-
stable. He neither plucked the flowers nor touched the
flower.hed. lie told the constable he was having a lark
with the boy who was with him, and that he got over the
hnce to get a hall the boy threw at him, and the con-
st able said he should charge him with stealing the flowers,
but be never touched them.
Mr. Knox said that the prisoner was peen to stoop over
the flower bed, and whoa he was stopped some plants
were found near him.
The constable said the prisoner told him he went over
after the ball, but although search was made no ball was
found.

bergeant Martin, 14 A, said that four geraniums were
Incited up near where the constable stopped the prisOner,
:Aid two were found broken off at the spot where the con-
stable saw the ,wisoner stooping. There had been a great
mmy pl ints damse,ed and stoh-o lately.
Mr. s.id he did not believe the prisoner, end ho
had no doubt whatever of his guilt. He should deal with
the case under the police act for wilfully damaging the
Plants, and fine the prisoner 40s. or a month.

MARYLEBONE.
STEALING NEWMPA PERS.
/lei Temple wax brought up before Mr. d'Eynoourt for
c...nination on the charge of stealing a number of news.
NKr.. the property of Messrs. Smith, the well-known
agents of the Strand and elsewhere, his muter,.
Tile prisoner pleaded guilty, and said it was his first
off' rice.

•-•ii.".ltyncourt said the offence was a serious one,
brass if not di4covered, it brought all employed under
"ulstion. The facilities were great for stealing news and the difficulty of discovery equally so. There-
Lic wb, n a cote was made out it was his duty to punish
kverely. The case had not been pressed by Messrs. Smith,
ttking into consideration than the prisoner had
hitherto borne a good character, he should indict the
morhr.do puuisitment of one month's imprisonment with
4r4

WORSHIP-STREET.
ROBBERY IN THZ POLICE CELLS.
Two wretchedly clad children, who gave the names of
&het Lce and Rote Ler, and stated that they were brother

and sister without any home, tint their mother was dead,
and that their father had deserted them, were charged by
the police with bein found destitute in the streets in
the middle of the night. The fact was proved and the
girl, who is the eldest, could only state that her
father was by trade a carpenter out of work and
had left them in lirick-lane, us they were found
(nearly naked), telling them to go to their uncle, whom,
however, they could not find. They were directed to be
taken to the workhouse, but a second charge against the
boy was stealing money from a lad named Henry Harrod,
himself a prisoner in the police-oell on a charge of obstruc-
tion. That case having been disposed of by a fine of ls.
Harrod said he could have paid it if he hint not
been robbed by some one in the cell during the
night of fifteen pence. The constable stated that
the some complaint had been made before coming to the
court, that the boy Lee was consequently searched, and
the identical amount found on him. Harrod was sworn as
to the truth of his statement, not any denial of it was made
by the prisoner, who was remanded while the money was
directed to be handed over to its owner ; very gladly he
received it, paid his fine, and went rejoicing on his way
with the odd threepence.

SOUTHWARK.

SERIOUS INJCET ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER

ILULWAY..

Aan Sweeney, an aged female, who was ao severely in-
jured that she could hardly hobble into court, was sum-
moned before Mr. Burcham, for unlawfully getting out of
a train on the London, Chatham, and Dorer Railway while
in motion.

Mr. Church appeared on behalf of the railway company.
Charles Liming, a guard, said he had charge of the train
from Clapham, at 12 on the night of the 25th ultimo, and
he arrived at the Borough-rood station a little before his
time, and before he started again the defendant opened the
door, and, as the train was in motion, she jumped out and
fell between the platform and the carriages, injuring her-
self severely. Witness added, that before the defendant
got out he called out to all the passengers to keep their
seats.

The defendant here said that the company's servants
were at fault, end through their misconduct she was
injured for life. On the Oaks day she walked from the
Borough to Clapham-common, carrying with her a basket
of trotters and a pair of trestles. After disposing of
them she got into the train at Clapham with a
young girl whom she knew, and whose fare she
paid. When they got to the Borough-road the
train stopped and the latter got out first. She
then handed her the basket and trestles out of the car-
riage, and was about to get out herself when the train
moved on, and she fell between the carriage and the plat•
form. She was injured in a very serious manner, and not
likely to have the free use of her limbs again.
A gentleman in the nest compartment corroborated the
chief part of her statement ; when, after other evidence
watoven, . . .

Mr. Bureham said he was of opinion that the train
started when she was about to follow the girl. It was not
at all probable abe would have allowed the girl to get out
and pass her basket and trestles totter if the train had then
started. Under all the circumstances he dismisse,l the
stlllllllolll.

The Timm publishes several letters describing
robberies with more or less violence committed at mid-day
on Monday by a body ruffianly thieves who accompanied
the Finsbury militia through the stints, and who appear
to have insulted and plundered people right and left
with impunity.
DAYAUE TO A STATUE OP THE QUEEN.—The
beautiful statue of the Queen, over the fountain in High-
street, Maidstone, presented to the town by Mr. Alexander
Randall, has sustained serious damage. It would seem
that late on the night of Thursday last a member of the
West Kent Yeomanry climbed up the base of the statue,
and decorated one of the carved figures at the angles with
an officer's cap and a table n►pkin. Unfortunately in
doing this be broke otf the sceptre which rested in ber
Majesty'► left hand. As the whole statue, including the
sceptre, was cut out of one solid block of the purest
marble, and is acknowledged by eminent judges to be the
beet likeneu of her Majesty extant, the mutilation is to be
the more lamented. —AfaWaloat Journal.

PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE NEGRO.—In the
course of a series of lectures on " Ethnology," at the Royal
Institution, Professor Huxley, on Saturday last, arrived at
the subject of Africa and the negro. In closing his re-
marks, he said that the negro is not the " missing link "
between men and monkeys ; he is further removed from
anthropoid apes in many respects than the English are.
For instance, he has woolly hair, and no monkeys are so
ornamented, except perhaps a few scarce species in South
America. The spur heel of the negro has been spoken of
to his disadvantage, but it is doubtful whether his heel
projects more than en Englishman's and that it is not an
indentation of the part above the heel, which sometimes
glees the appearance of unnatural projection of the latter.
Many foolish things are said by opponents of the negro,
who frequently quote as a fact what has often been re-
futed, that the brain of the negro is covered with a
black membranous envelope. It is not so, and if it were,
is that a reason for condemning him to slavery ? The
friends of the negro likewise say foolish things, and argue
that England would be all the better for an infusion of
negro blood. He did not believe so. One thing is certain,
the negro is improvable, because he can now till the
ground, smelt iron, and work gold, which be did not do
originally. How far he is improvable is a question yet
to be solved. It must be remembered, however, that cer-
tainly for five or six thousand years, perhaps more as
proved by Egyptian monuments, the negro has lived in
Africa much as at present, without in any degree civilis-
ing himself. No nation can elevate itself by condemn-
ing another to slavery, and no nation can do its duty to
inferior races, or itself attain the highest point of civilisa.
Con, without trying to raise less favoured nations to the
highest point they are capable of reaching, be it high, or
be it low. This concluding remark was received with
much applause.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF CRUELTY RY A CLERGYMAN.
—At the Andover petty sessions held on Monday, the
Rev. &della Birkett, vicar of Charlton, near Salisbury,
was charged with cruelly ill-treating two children, aged
seven and nine respectively, the daughters of Mr. Edward
Coles, of the Eight Bells Railway Hotel. It appears that
the reverend gentleman had occasion one day last week to
put up his " trap " at the above-named hotel, and on
leaving, the children expressed a wish to have a short ride
with him, the mother consenting. The prisoner took
them a short distance as far as the Whitehurch-road, he
then showed them some trinkets, braes and bone ear-rings,
&e., and asked them if they would like to have ear-
rings in their ears. Of course the children said " Yea."
Re then pierced their ears with sete blunt instrument,
and sent the children home with their necks covered with
blood. It was stated in evidence that the prisoner had
tried to compromise the matter by making arrangements
with the father, which the latter declined to accede to, but
put it in the hands of the police, who arrested him at the
vicarage. He could offer no motive for what be bad done.
The magistrates, after consultation, ordered him to pay a
fine of 5/, or a month's imprisonment, stating at the time
that they (the magistrates) thought the prisoner was not
a proper person to be a clergyman any longer. As the
rev. gentleman had not the cash by him he was allowed a
week to pay.
ACCIDENT AT A LsuNcir.—One of the finest iron
steamers ever built on the Lancashire side of the Mersey
was launched yesterday from the yard of Messrs. T.
Royden and Son at Liverpool. The vessel is called
the France. As she was gliding into the water one of the
guy ropes, by some mischance, became entangled with the
prop of a stage upon which were stationed a large number
of persons, and the result was that the stage was pulled
down, and several persons thrown from a great height to
the ground, and others into the water. Fortunately no
very serious injuries, except in one ease, were sustained.
A man had both his thighs broken, and is in a precarious
condition.

THE HEALTH OF Io odic.—lt appears from the
return iasued by authority of the Registrar-General that
in the week that ended on Saturday, June 1, the births
registered in London and 12 other large towns of the
United Kingdom were 4,727 •, the deaths registered, 2,879.
The annual rate of mortality was 24 per 1,000 persons
living. In London the births of 1,176 boys and 1,061 girls,
in all 2,237 children, were registered in the week. In
the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1837-G6, the average
number, corrected for increase of population, is 1,983.
The deaths registered in London durum the week were
1,250. It was the '22nd week of the year ; and the average
number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for
increase of population, 1,232. Tho deaths in
the present return approximate closely to the
estimated amount, hnt exceed by 132 the number regis-
tered in the week which ended on 2.5 th May. Eighteen
deaths from smallpox occurred last week, 11 of which were
in the east districts. The deaths from whooping-cough
were 47 ; 5 in the west, 15 in the north, 5 in the central,
7in the east, and 15 in tho south districts. Forty-one
deaths from typhus, 17 from measles, 18 from scarlatina,
and 15 from diarrhoea were recorded. The daughter of •
tide-waiter, aged 41 years, died on 30th May at 10,
Windsor-terrace, Carlton-road-west, Peckham, of "cholera
(eight days) exhaustion." The deaths of four persons
who were killed by horses or carriages in the streets were
I registered.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. —A special general
meeting of this company was held yesterday in Edinburgh,
to consider a bill for creating pre-preference stock. Mr.
Stirling, the chairman, defended tie proposal of the di-
rectors
as being the most practicable and advantageous of li
the schemes suggested. It had received the went of 85
per cent. of the shareholders, and had passed the referees
and the Commons' committee. Mr. Blackburn protested
against the measure, but would not divide the meeting on
the question. Mr. Wilson moved a resolution to pay their
debts on the principle of a terminable annuity. Several
bands were held up for the amendment, but the chair-
man's motion was carried by • great majority.
lefacazasi— —The quantity of mackerel caught on
the Cornish coast during the past week was not nearly so
large as in the preceding week ; still the Moneys-bay and
St. Ives' boats managed to get about 100 tans of fine fish
for the London market, in addition to a fair supply for
Devon and Cornwall. Good prices were realised, the
figure for numerous lots being 45e. per six score. Two
large new boats were launched during the week, and four
others are sourly completed,