The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-24 00:00:00

&MOCKING DEATH 07 4 WILLI CAM

Mr. St. Clair Bedford, the Westminster Nal
bold an inquiry last sight at the Priem al Oraugalr,
Bre weesireen, Viotoria.street, on the data d • NWS
casual pauper, named Hannah Name, arid ateetitrie
John Best, tutu of dt. Margares Beddow, Wel
figainstr, said that the dammed applied far winialasa
last Friday night, at half-pest 10 oclock. fibs
lk
the casual ward. and at 1.30 on Saturday mornini 60_0
found dead os the door of the ward. The &NW WS a
stated what her occupation had beep.
CaroliM Dobinaoe, casual wardsworossa sou gigolo
the demand entered the ward she took her bean d in
then lay down en a bed, which contained twe dew
01111121.1 M. The female casuals never utulessa Itsf
td
nothing to eat, they see merely provided via aW.
Before the deceased was admitted Into the sued mai
she had bees seated on the workhoosa stare wilt WWI
resting en her knees. At half-past 1 dillbob
casual called witness and told her that the &mai
very cold, and fell out of bed. The beds VS
they hold three or four persons. All is the
t
very quiet that night. The deceased was died Om
nen was called.
Mr. W. B. Korean master of St. Yartafel
said that be was called at half-pest 1 o'elealt last tett
morning to see the deoeued. She was lyieg as kw
between two beds. Her face, which war ,)
turned towards her shoulder, and her UN
sere tea
woman I. the bed said the deemed half ea haw
her admission moused, and fell oat of bst
females in the ward did not call the esidoof
ofteisls, as they thought tbst the deceased
•
drunk. The females who head the &cased
out of bed were " chance casuals" and
would not details them to give evidsece. The dmmaiw
sober when she was admitted.
Dr. John Davis said that the deceased die
apoplexy. Her body was well nturishei.
The Coroner, having sominnd up, the fay teighlis
verdict that the (housed died from 'poplin.

This morning a return was Wuxi of ell tbe 411:,
moos sad open epees, wit Lie a radios of 25 mike leo
Londoo, according to the ordnaom stirrer, epriffiet
mune of each common or open space, with the screw,
peetively, sod the parishes within wuich each omnaMe
open spaces are situated.
It appears that the number of shareholders
the register of the :foist Stook Discount Campo? '
Ifik
paladin 68 ladies, and the nanal proportioo of dere
and doctors. About half are resident is Loudest sidle
other half is the provioees. The swine* beld'ALP!
shares, representing 720(. of paid-up capital end I,nee,
farther liability.
We read in the Athetueum—" A proposal is 16.„
to take 'Fee, having for its object the premotstiose•
testimonial to one of the most osiitissi, rnild, lad Piet
a &Wish artists, Kr. George Crtiik,hsat. It
well to to remind readers of the present generation We
Ornikshask le sow 76 years of ere, and " b.bj
; Strutted sad moral the public is art duds( the
motor,. Mr. Ruskin is the president, soil Sir ir.Tow",
Ibis vies-president, of the committee, which sinew
saimmiptiona."
i The Patriot states that the statue of
ben. by Mr..L IL Foley, /LA., will be needed 7;0
the War-oaks is after all. Sit rene_noit
meet elapse before the sew Wer-ofliee as bedsit*
ft weal keve bees a sad pity that mob a new
_I,
eels steal be kept sal of eight all that time. 111
ileneetensk be put en as moot se It is east, widis
vises of Letst Herbed me fresh in oar memstim.

-- POLICE MAUS.

(THIS DAY.)

MAZTLBSONII.
aim= CABE or MEWL YR"Awn%
Bridget Croat,' aged 24, who gave her address Brook-
ewe, Holborn, was charged before Mr. Minefield with
gocariag a quantity of oil of vitriol over Daniel Smarty, •
liboorer.
The Demecolor's hoe was very much burnt and hie cap
was age In holes. The front of his pilot cat and the
genes more particularly were rendered useless for any
farther wear, through being so badly burnt. He said he ri-
dded at No. 13. Geormatreet, Li1111011•FOVIN and wee re-
ivorg home from his work, and whilst passing thrones
Bleadford-equire the prisoner came up to him. She pre-
dared a white mug from under her shawl, and threw the
contents of it over him. Hs, fertunandy for himself, held
ins arms up before his eyes, and the' prevented the liquid
*am into them. He use la meet acute pain as from burr
leg, sad be called for help,
William Mamas, W 2& 13, said he took the prisoner into
castorlf. dihe .was..barnt about her arms aad hem She
vas so close to the man when she threw the vitro' that
a portion of It spirted bask from him on to her. (Her
jar awl • arms were covered with small blister-marks
m though rite was 'offering severely from small-per) He
(wittiest) moneyed her to the station-homer when MN"
sator was also takes, and • doctor sot for. She mad she
did throw it over him, cad ha deeenred • great deal mere as
vomit of the way he had treated her.
Inspector Barrows stated the pitmen wag brought islethe statioa-houee, &egged with throwing something mar
the prosecutor, which bad burnt hie clothes, fees, red
arms. Her arms and face ware also burnt. After the
charge was entered it was reed over to her, and in reply
she said sloe knew she had done it that she threw vitriol
from • jug into his face, sad wished it had beret his eyes
out, as she meant it to do. After sir had date it she said
she threw the jug into the gutter. She called
the primmer • villain, and mid he bad robred her, and
seamed her to go into an kospltaL She wished it had gene
into his eyes.
Thomas George MEW. phyekdaa and divirional reon
of the D dbriairia. mid when be wee called in he faerM the
man suffering from horns in his face from some
corrosive acid, which he afterward+ famed to he doilt
vitriol. He was burnt on his forehead sod emir His
Meeks were also burnt where the vitriol had ran down,
orriag regular furrow% He must have tad a very marrow
mape of balm his sight He also dressed the burns of the

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reply to the magistrate, primmer mid she had had a
shild by him after he had eedesed bee. That she had to
p into the hospital Omagh biro. and now ha had dmarted
bar for soother woman.
Mr. Mansfield committod her for Welt* Um asst oosskas
of the Csatrsl Criminal Court.

MARLBOROUGH-EITBITIT.
MN MARQUIS TOWNSHIND AND THE MOAN&
Bridge Moran, 14, one of • family of most notorious
baggage, was cher&ilfure Mr. Knot, by the Marquis of
Townsbeed, with
The marry& said that about helf-paei U the previous
night the primmer begged of him in the Haymarket He
spoke to her, and told her the history of a girl who bad
been eliargeid with a similar offence at Bow-street,
sad been reword from a life of misery, in the hope
that it world have the effect of inducing her to leave off
the life she was leading. He also told her that if ape
would go into a workhouse for • short time and 000duot
herself properly, he would try and get her a situation as •
rermat. At first she seemed willing to adopt his suites-
tioe, bet afterwards deelised, stating that her rioter would
not allow her to go isto the worktiorne. He thee gave her
into eurtody, not with the view of pitoishing her, bat in the
hope that she might be spoken to and rescued from her pre-
sent mode of life.
The prisoner said her father was in prison and her
mother was dead.
Mead, 126 0, moved taking the girl into custody, and
that she was with some other girls at the time. They
were in the habit of begging, bat pretending to sell
miaow.
Wm. Gordo., 33 C, said the primer sad her sisters,
who were in eon" were the danghMes of • man nand
Norse, who was undergoing peas! servitude ; their brother
was also midergoiog penal servitude ; seed the whole of the
sitter' were beggary, and had been so ter elOt years.
Mr. Knox, with the view of sendingthe &.1 to some in-
stitution, remanded her.

'THE CASE or STABBING A POLICEMAN IN
DISGUISE.

GREENWICH POLICE-COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, Mr. Joseph Ferguson, pianist, of
26, St. dui:rye's-road, Norwood, surrendered to his bail at
the Greenwich Polioe-court, on the charge of stabbing
*Matthew Maddock. a polioecoostable, at Sydeabarn, on the
10th February, while in plain clothes.
Mr. Superintendent Payne said he was instructed by Sir
B. Mayas to attend the mart, and to state that if, after
his worship heard the evidence, he thought it was a use
either to be dismissed or to be sent to the sessions, to
leave it entirely in bis hsnds.
Mr. Train said, from the first he thought the
. sane was one of sufficient public import►nce that
it should be sent to the maims, because, until
there was some expression from the judges of the
superior court', there would be no alteration in
the messes system of employing policemen is plain
clothes. The CAM involved poiota of a very great public
character, aa cons►ables, whets in an unauthorised character,
toted often rashly, but not from any bad motive, in their
eagerness to perform a duty. In the present ease there had
been a double mistake, • mistake cc the part of
the constable, and also a mistake on the pert
of the prisoner. He (Mr. Trail) bad over and over again
thought it right to caution constables se to the manner
la which they performed this particular duty, observing
that something serious would occur Mlle day,
for which it would be difficult to punish. As to
the result of the trial be (Mr. Train) bad no doubt but
that it would end in the prisoner being directed to be
acquitted, but for the object he bad named he thought it
right on public grounds to send the case to the sessions.
Mr. Board, who attended for the primes?, said, after the
upression of opinion from his worship, he should make
so observations against each a course being adopted.
The policeman Maddock was then called into the
witness-box. He had his left area is • shag,
sad it is feared that it will be some time ba-
kes he will be again able to use it. The deposi-
tion' taken attbo time he was lying in Guy's Hospital, sad
which have already appeared, were read over to him by
Yr. Boustred, the chief clerk, and admitted to be ournat
in details.

In croas-examination by Mr. Baud, the oomitable said
that it was a quarter-peat 3 io the morning when he
Mopped the prisoser. At that time he had no article of
uniform clothing on, nor bad he hie warraat•ticket, anther-
thing him to act as a constable in plain clothes, in Ids
possession.

Mr. Wilkinson, police divisioosl surgeon, gave evidence
skewing that the constable had been stabbed in the arm,
sheet, and abdomen.
Pollee-consteblif Norma!), 266 P, deposed that on
the morning in question, hearing cries of "polies," and
"murder," he ran to the spot, sod saw Maddock stand-
ing in the middle of the rood, with au umbrella sod hie
staff in hie right toad, snd the primmer* standing
In as opposite garden. Maddock pointed to the prisoner
saying, "That is the vagabond who has stabbed me.
Don't go smar, for I believe be has now got • pistol
in his hand." The prisoner said he had been stopped
en the road. Witness told the prisoner the man (Mad-
dock) was a policeman in plain clothes, when'the prisoner
replied be did not are who be was, for he had been
stopped on the road. Another (=stable came up, and the
prisoner was t►ken into custody, walking quietly to the
station.

Mr. Beard raid he should reserve the defense, and
Mr. Trail! committed the prisoner for trial at the next
Old Bailey sessions, accepting bail, as Deface, for his
appearance.

Ctrrissa Dam, FOR THE Mar hoYotTraw Pouch. I
—This moniiug, some surprise was caused in the ranks of
the metropolitan police by as order being promulgated by
direction of the chief eommiseineer of police, Sir Richard
Marne, that the superiateindente of each division were to
have the whole of the men instructed in cutlass drill,
in addition to the other militarr drill that is
sow taught them. Shortly after the pollee were first es-
tablished some of the men—it is stated those that were
doing duty io the outlying districts—were instructed in
ceding drill, but it has been done away with some yews.
and now that the order is given to resume that drill. and
that even after all the cutlasses bad been called in to the
chief office, great surprise has been ceased.
LONDON GiorsitaL Osamu:Ts COMPANY.--THE
?!.zw CrrT Thum BlLL.—Londoners, we hear, are
Duly to lose the benefit of the large and corn-
asodioas three-horse omnibuses, which attracted so
much attention during the Exhibition year, and
have since been worked on several of the leading
Inetroixilitan thoroughfares by the London General
Omnibus Company, if clause F of this bill becomes
1"!: et by this dense it is proposed to be enacted that,
,',
Every person who shall drive or conduct any vehicle
"'in the 40sta-bar or wood or ironwork, to whisk the
traces are affixed, overhanging the foot Pavement, shall be
liable to a penalty of sot more thee five pounds." Gar
/tide" sm. no &alit, aware that where three hones work
abreast it is wearer' to use a opliator.bar sambas within
the above demoriyake.—HaTopade.