The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-13 00:00:00

THB INCOUNTIII WITH BUltelAtts NILIA

WOLVERILINPTO.V.

Samuel Jones, the burglar—the details of whose
capture while in the set of robbing • dwelling-house were
given last week—was brought up yesterday at the petty ses-
sions, WtlknhalL Theis wee an immense and excited crowd
rand the court-boor during the proceedings. Mr. Ben-
junta Guy, residft at Portobello, near Wolverhampton,
deposed hat on Monday alight last he went to bed,
having previously samtainiq that the doors and win-
dows were ill exam About hall-past two the following
wonting ha was awoke by two men bursting into hie bedroom.
One of these men was the who carried a mulls in one
hand mad is the othee• proedver, sad had • black mask
on his face. Prosecutor Immediately got out of bad, and
made towards them. The prisoner at once dealt • blow
with his his preserver, inflicting • wound on pro-
secutor's forehead. Mr. Gay continued—l that
struck out at them, sad we fought together, I
had prisoner down, sad he said to the other "Ley
on him; 101 l the Be oleo said, " Bs stout, Jack,
or we shall he taken." lat length got both of them lows,
but the nos wbo had escaped eat me norm the mist with a
knife, so that I was obliged to ha go, sad he thou Weld out
of the window. _

WitlMm Una, the prosecutor's aswhew, who had also been
much beaten of gouts to his uncle's assistance was nest
examluod, sad the shirts of both were produced saturated
with blood. _ _ _

Ponownenstabis Bbeldot deposed to hearing shoots of
warder sad !Mtn Mr. Guy struggling with tee prisoner,
whom be neared sod handcuffed. _ _

icepriseeerwee tally committed for trial at the wires.

Th HOP Derr.—On the 7th inst. the Chancellor
of the Bxeberser ',abused the following letter to J. C.
Dodoes, isq., M.P., who acted as leader of a deputation
whisk had previously had an interview with the right hon.
' gestate= :—" My dear eir,—l tad that the termination
of the excise round and the ociarommement of the new one,
applicable to the collection et this year's bop 'duty under
the sew arreagemeat, will regal:ollst it should become pay-
able when demanded by the °Moen on any day sub.-
Tient to the 26th of February. This I hope you will take
sa a fulfilment of my promise of poolposement to March 1.
In • greet majority of cameo the demand will not be
made until after March 1. Yours gamely, W. B. GLAD*
max." The right low gestlecoan proposed to ask parts-
meat to fix the dusty as foreign lsops as 00110111:.--1. Till
Jaw 1, 1881, ae now. 2. Till January 1, 1682, at 20v. 3.
Afterward. at 16e. (British to he lad. hoc. Jai. 1, and the
daty on mop 1860 to be paid op to F.D. 43,1841.)
THE PENALTY 07 WIIIIITLING.—At the meeting
of the trustees of the Harper Charity as Thursday, Samna
Lamb was awarded the nasal amount in money granted to
wanting at the expiration of Weir term of apprentice-
ship. It appears that this youag man had been kept out of
hie mosey for some cousidarehle time, is uoneequence of his
mower (a Mr. Holm*, of Buckingham) having refused to
alga his lodestar's. Mr. Holton having blue applied
to for • statement of his came of refute], referred the trustees
to the superintendent ef police at Buckingham, and oa
that worthy husetionary being applied to he GUSH that
it be ecisM sot do geed be did not wish to le any
harm. This reply not bobs satisfactory, same of the tros-
tom waited on this gentleman, when, to their utmost e
all he had to soy against the young man war, thatret
heard him whistling in the street' on leverafocceeker, and
had cam or twice sass him Weep tinder a shady tree during
thews*, maths clammier. This not being sonsidered by
the Intelese to be very grew udestonduct, they at once greeted
the amid mos* the worthy mayor advising Wm, V he
wished to mum • goal ettereeter, not to whistle la the
street or go to sleep under a tree.—Bedford Times.
STRANGE USE OF A Cmani—Dartmouth-tom
Chapel, Blackheath, taking's; to the Bad of Dartmouth,
which has bora closed sea Osoe of religions warship for
some time, has bees let se a phies for drill for the Greenwich
sad Blockheath company of artillery volunteers, sad as •
ame-rooes. The necessary abolitions, by the removal of
pews, ko., have already bees commenced, sad the campany
will Mks pommies is the crane of a few days. _

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT Within= EMI*
WAT.—A fatal accident eocarred on Satarday Shwasa
to a rented worm es this line, between Reading
and Twyfard. The unfortunate woman, who was tbe wife
of • I•barswer living at Woodley, had bra to Reading market
ea fletarday, and purebred grocery and other articles foe
her fatally tor the anatibur week; she lee t the town with a
basket ea her arts, sad, as sprees to have been her castor,
got ea to the line of railway at some distance from the town
sad walked by the side of the rails until reaching the 'pot
where she had to woes the Hoe to walk up the embankment
near to her honer. It le 'apposed that ebe did not hear
the wan approaching, tor while fa the met of
going across the line she was struck down by • pr•
slaw train, but whether It was ems gulag weaver& or up
to Louden has not been ascertained. The orodeat, se for
as inquiries at present have beets made, was not witnessed
by any of the eonipany's officers in charge of the trains on
the afternoon in questioo, as no Intimation was given either
at the Reading station or at Taylor that an widens had
occurred. The body of the uaiortanate woman was found
about beer o'clock, lying on the Bee, by Mr. Beynon, of
Reading, the district engineer of the company, who was
welktng towards the town inspeotlng the state of the road
and rails. He observed the peer woman had a &Warr
skull, and had evidmitly been deed some time. He quickly
obtained the rostra of some workmen on the line, a
short distance uff, and the body was conveyed so the cotter
of her husband, at Woodley, a short Satire from Where
the melancholy accident happened. TIN deceased has left a
family et several children, and It le reported that she was
again 'meads. An inquest will bet held this day (Tay),
before Mr. R. Clerks, wort for Berks.
THE BIlltIt•DON COLLIIIT EXPLOSION. —A
meeting was held la the Handball en Saturday, to weenies
a subscription for the relief of the same= by the Barracks
explosion. It was celled by requisition, and the Mayor of
Newcastle presided. The Lord Bishop of Dorfman, in •
speech of much feeling, moved a reeolmion exi loosing sym-
pathy with the bereaved. Thor resolution, having been see
sanded by Mr. Chatchrd, was carried unanimorly. Lord
Ravemsworth moved a resolution pledging the meeting to
promote • public subscription in aid of the sufferer, which
wee seconded by Mr. Cuthbert, the high &Merida the county.
Mr. Hugh Lee Pohlman, csasideriag that an appeal to the
public was premature, while a judicial investigatics wee
pending which might pcsaiMy result in an imputed= of
blame, and render it compulsory on the blameworthy pasties
to give compensation, moved an amendment postponing the
meeting until the verdict of the was known. However.
on the representation that ionnediete help was necessary,
and that an appeal to the public could nut prejudice the
repute of the inquiry, Mr. Penniman corsented to
withdraw hi. amendment, sad the nrition was retried. •
motion by Mr. Councillor Merton uegioar the necessity of a
thorough invositgarion into the cantina of the oaltunity wee
also adopted. At the ooaclusiou of this meeting a number
of delegates from the various oollieriee in Northumberland
and Darras assembled in the Voitoris Hail to decide upon
the course which the pitmeo theniselves should adopt to amid
the software. Special services were held in Newcastle, on
Sunday, to aid the hind which be being raised to relieve the
sufferees. In the afternoon the Rev. Mr. Lana preached is
the Theatre Royal, to an audience which filled even to in.
eoeveatase that rumor building. The Rev. J. H. Ruther-
ford gave an eloquent discourse to a similarly ciowded audi-
tory In the New Town Hall, sad in Bt. Thomas's Church
sad the Church of the Divine Unity opera.' sermons were
preached. The collections needs amounted in the sgpegsto
to assay 1201.—Neeresofk Chronicle.
THE PENINSULAR MAIL—The Tagus arrived
at Bouthamptem Ise, wooing with the Peninsular Mail. Her
dates were Lisbon, March 7; Oporto, 8. tibe brought Sous
sight reseed era. Her (Argo osaigskd of 200 boxes of
80 baskets of almond', 302 bolos of ewes, 21 bums of tangs.
noes, 643 half-cheste of oranges, 70 e.ephaots' tusks. I
parrs of Jewellery, and spate worth 4,1641. sterling. 'Pb.
Tsar ex d her breve front the N.E. to 1.1.81,1
Two D frigates were lying ad Liaboa.