The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-24 00:00:00

tl,,t the prisoner is a big ..tiong man
I.h ,t.al in a scry coutageous manner. A constable was
.11 to the assistance of the young woman and the
r _icrn into custody. The prisoner, who at the
.ang ut the case had pleaded " not guilty," with-
iL 11..,t Idea, and a plea of "guilty" was recorded. It
tro,pard that he was a man of violent disposition, and
1..„1 e..nvicted of assaults on the police and heel suf-
t,...l -Lora imprisonments.
Mu. Payne said the leniency with which the police
,„.,_.-t 1A... dealt with assault cases was astonishing. The
1-onct had been guilty of a most daring and
robbery, without any initigating circumstances
.‘ll.l he sentenced hint to be imprisoned and
;.! E., labour for 12 calendar months.
Mr !lard. called the attention of the learned judge to
conduct of the young woman who had so
1. !•11. •••,•ii.e.l the ruffianly prisoner.
said it was most praiseworthy, and it evinced a
-ire to protect her master's property. She would
• .
, su,creign as a rewani for her conduct.

THE POLICE COURTS.
('PHIS DAY.)

DIARLBOROUGH.STREET.
A LUNATICS THREATS.

.\",,,*.n a respectable-looking Zan, about 60 years
, • as a tobacconist of No. 30, Little Pd-
. ,treet, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a war-
, Lh.irg,:d with threatening to kin his wife, Ann

TL .l....miplainant said that the prisoner, who was her
l,u•b:nnl, had several times threatened that he would "cut
Orr throat," besides making use of other dreadful
thr.•.,ts. On Monday he swore that if she had not sold
1,1- r.,iors he would cut her throat with one of them, but
.L.• kid not sold the razors, only hidden them. Her hue-
-1,.,11,1 was in the habit of wandering about the streets for
w. eta together, and he had been confined in a lunatic say-
I'm for 12 months and discharged uncured.
The prisoner said he merely said it in passion, but he
had nut any intention of doing his wife any harm. They
bad lived together forty yeas, and nothing of consequence
hail ever transpired. She was aware that he was suffering
under an affliction.

Mr. Tyrwbitt add the complainant's life must not be
endangered by a man who had been discharged from a
lunatic asylum uncured. Ho would remand the prisoner
for a week, and in the meantime his condition could be
into.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Ky'ABBING A WIVE_

Crighbon shoemaker, of: , Bath-street, Bethnal.
green, sullen in feature, and about 35 years of age, was
ch.irged with feloniously assaulting and wounding his wife.
Lawn Crighton, who deposed—l have been married to
the prisoner sic yaws and there are three children, aged
live years, three years, and seven months, now living.
Lunt night I was drinking with him at the Camden
Head public house, in Bethnal green-road. I left
find and went home, but finding that he
did not follow, I sought him in the street. On again
going to the door, I met him there. He asked. " Why do
you not stay in and look after the child r I made no reply.
11, then struck nie—l believe with a knife—under the
chin. I did not fall.

Mr. Newton—DM you sees knife?
\1 'if sir
•

Mr. Newton=-Ilaise your chin.
The wife did so, and marks of a wound that had been
surgically, attended to were apparent.
The wife--I said, "Oh, don't strike me any more ; I'm
sorry for what I have done." A police-constable came up
and took him into custody. I followed to the station-
house. where a doctor was sent for, who dressed the
wound.

King, 215 K—lt was about • quarter-past 2 o'clock
this morning that I heard the screams of a woman in Bath
street. I ran to the spot. Several persons were there,
and the prosecutrix was bleeding from the neck. She said,
"My husband has stabbed me, and I shall give him into
custody." Prisoner who was close by, remarked, "Yes,
and I will stab anybody who deceives me as she has done."
tihe afterwards refused to charge him. I asked whether
be had • knife about him, and she said that he had. I
found this (a buck-horned rather mall knife) in his pocket.
Blood was on it.

Mr. Newton—Prisoner, do you desire to ask your wife
any questions!

Prisoner—No, air. I'm very lorry. I had been drinking.
Mr. Newton—Aye; there it is again—drink, drink,
drink.

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Pnson. er was remanded for the attendance of medical
testimony.

THE TAILORS' STRIKE.

Immediately after the breaking up of the great
meeting on Monday the committee of the association held
a meeting, and took measures for carrying into effect the
resolutions agreed on. Telegrams were at once sent off to
every town in the kingdom announcing the strike, and
cautioning men against coming up to London during its
existence. Printed instructions were also prepared for the
guidance of the men who were ordered out of the whole of
the Art shops, the list of which had been read at the
meeting, and pickets appointed to watch them, but on no
account was any intimidation to be used. The committee
met again yesterday morning, when it was reported that
the whole of the men in the shops referred to had left,
to the number of about 2,000, and that the utmost
unanimity prevailed. During the day letters were
received by the committee from four of the large employers
signifying their acceptance of the terms of the men.
The names of these employers are Messrs. Cox, Southamp-
ton-street, who, in addition to adopting the time log, gives
an increase of Id. per hour on his old prices ; Ball and
Nub, Conduit-street ; Creed, ditto ,• and Price, Suffolk-
street. Several other of the employers are negotiating
with their men for a settlement. At 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the three men on picket at Mr. Poole's esta-
blishment were given into custody by that gentleman on a
charge of intimidation. They were at once bailed, and
will be brought up at Marlborough-street police-court this
morning. The following circular was issued on Monday
by the committee of the rs'Ansociation :—" ti, Old
Bond-street, April 22—Sir,—As a strike of the journey-
men tailors appears imminent to enforce the adoption of
the amalgamated time log, it is most important that the
masters in the trade take steps to resist this obnoxious
demand. The Master Tailors' Association earnestly beg
your co-operation and support at a general meeting of the
trade, of which due notice will be given.—Yours, he.,
F. H. PARKINPIoN, Secretary." The committee of the
men at ones issued the following circular to the masters in re-
ply— " April tt— Gentlemen,—As you have issued a circular
dated April 22, to tho effect that we intended to enforce the
amalgamated time log, we feel bound to forward you a
copy of the thinl and fourth resolutions pissed unani-
mously at the Alhambrs Palace yesterday, the same date
AA your circular.—Yours, ho., G. Daurrr, Chairman ; M.
LAWRENCE, Secretary."—The above resolutions express
the willingness of the men to close the strike and meet
the masters at the council board if th will abide by
their original agreement, and that the amalgamated time
log's acceptance is only to be con idered to be tem-
porary pending those negotiations. A crowded meeting of
the out-door workers was held last night at the Nag's
Head, Marshall-street, Golden-square, when resolutions
were unanimously adopted to support the men on strike,
and pledging the out-door workers not to take out any
work from those shops where the men are on strike. A
Large number of men have joined the society within the
last few days, and the 2a. levy is being paid in most satis-
factorily.

DEROLMON OF HOUSES NEAR CLEMENT'S,INN.—
(THIA Day.)—Thin morning a large number of workmen
were set to work for the removal of portions of the exten-
sive and complicated network of lanes, Gouda, and alleys
covering the area immediately to the east of Clement's-
inn, for the purposes of the new pekoe of justice ; and in
a few days Old and New Boswell-courts, Clement's-lane,
and the adjacent places, will all be gone. In Old Boswell-
court the Post-office Directory has hitherto been
published. In Clement's-lane, which is attacked this
morning, stand some old houses, one of which is
remarkable as the scene of one of those royal in-
trigues and misdeeds which figure in the recollec-
tions of Charles 11. and bin Court. As soon as this por-
tion of the site of the new law courts is cleared, the build-
ings to the west of Bell-yard will be attacked, and in a few
weeks there will be a vast open space bounded by Temple-
bar on the east, Clement's-inn on the west, Lincoln's-inn
on the north, and the Strand on the south. When the
works for the new buildings to be erected upon it will be
commenced is of course another question.
THE TONIC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—This society
gave its first performance of Judas Maccabeas yesterday
evening, at St. Martin's-ball. The solo parts were sustained
by Mrs. Sidney Smith, Miss R. Henderson, Mr. Lewis
Thomas, and Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and the choruses were
given by a large body of the members of the association.
The solos were rendered by the respective singers with
accuracy and taste, and most of the choruses were given
with considerable spirit. Mr. Lewis Thomas was honoured
with an enrore in the fine air, "The Lord worketb
wonders," and if the manifestations of the audience bad
been accepted with the customary facility, many of the
other solos would have also bad to be repeated. Of the
choruses, " Fallen is the foe," and "We never will bow
down," and the final magnificent " Hallelujah," were given
in a manner deserving of special praise.
CHILD .MURDER NEAR Gl.sro;ow. —A shocking
use of child murder occurred on Saturday, at Pollock-
'haws, near Glasgow. The perpetrator was a woman named
Margaret Hunter. or Beaton, the wife of a labourer, and
the victim her child, an infant two months old. It is said
that about 12 months ago Mrs. Beaton exhibited symptoms
of mental aberration, which led to her being confined in an
4,„ Alm. Latterly she has again become very eccentric in
act habits ; so much so that for a week past her husband
remained at home to keep watch over her. On Saturday
afternoon the husband happened to go out for a few
minutes, and the wretched woman, taking advantage of
his absence, cut the child's throat from ear to ear with a
table knife. Sbe made no attempt to injure two other
children who were sitting by the fireside, but ran at once
to sister's house sod told what she had done. She was
than taken into custody and removed to the county prison
at Paisley.