The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-12 00:00:00

AQUATIC&

LONDON ROWING CLUB. —The fast race of the
seam of this club, in eight-oared boats, cane off yesterday
evening, aid was a wortOritrit iir. The Vain. Seicel.
palmed the race, end the fos llowing we the see dla
Mr. Caseniajor's (WV 1
Mr. Ireland's crew
Mr. Potter'serev
Mr. Herbert Playford's ditto

Mr. Camors'or's crew.—Mead Maltby, Lister, Helms,
A. ballad, , Bedew, G. 'Waitron, Foster (stroke).
Mr. Orme* wain.
Mr. Ireland's dine—Yeses. Owes, liketkinar, One 11,
Illaossedaw, Ostrow" Heed, tad Coventry {shah}
Mr. Irelemd. coxswain.
Mr. Potter's erne—Messrs. A. Tialakion, Caner, Holt,
Wri6t, Freeman, Ct. !Shirred, Burgess, C. Schlotel (stroke).
Mr. Potter. coxswain.
Kr. Herbert Playford's Crew.—Mears. Jeffries, Raz.
Wig, Chopmaa. Catty, Robins, Noble, Morley, Weaditriffirs
(.reeks). Mr. Hsbet H. Playford, coxswain.
The captria, se renal, officiated as umpire. Is.. Ttry-
foes crew took the lead, bat were immediately moot by
Mr. Otramajeds, sir. Ireland's crew being on the other
side does up, Mr. Potter's esasidenibly wawa Mr.
Oanianajor's crew took the had I. Afty yards,
and really drew sway they were clear
et Rowing Club beat-hoar, shed,
armoring I=ce advantage es
•they went, won hy
four et Itre lengths At amide's a very spirited mos begs.
with Mr. Playfard's and hr. Ireland's crew, till Mr. Patter
stewed right oa to the formes, and put time eat of their
imam Mr. Ireland's mew their began to taw the ,seed
plant sad led by hall their own length at eIIIVINI, hat it
wee • desperate rue between this party and Mr. Playtesdre
to ow the Crab Tres, when Yr. !reload was lot thee:
Mr. Fetter then OWN level with Mr. neon!, enitteldlo •
,see wee going es, the bow in flair. Playllemffea.a.
broke hie on,, and the crew awe moon left atrena
they struggled hint to keep their plate. Mr. Imam— rrag
moiety was second be four lenmths. The distance wee
Putney to Chiswick ; the prim, silver cups.

lab) intelligrnct.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCI.—Inub 11.

(Bofors Yr. Oummiwkwar Haboyd.)
nr as C. JONIS, JCL
The bankrupt was a mach-builder, of Marp.retutreet,
radish- care. After an ineffectual attempt to arrange
idle hie crters, and impetus& the bankruptcy, he new
Whb musluslion awrounts showing dente of
WI., sad wets of I,9Wf.

DI on WATTS.
yThe bankrupt was a duper at Northampton. This wu
the examination nag. The accounts, prepared by
Nom Paul and TiTraeear, slow unsecured debts' of 14,038 t,
with Gaeta of f,9pOL, of which 5,2441. had been realised.
The bankrupt appeared to hare made no prolts ; hi trade
expenses (in 15 months) had been 2,0511. ; law outs, 521. ;
inquest, 321 L ; erpesess under assignment. 1451 ; lose on
thaqt, wt.? ditto on rialintion of . stork, tam and
the'isarr. , h sad persaael expenses, OHL From
aZu-apt's trading aornont It appeared that his put
Awn horn Sept 1, LOW, to Nor., 1818 had amounted to
23,9571., and that he had sold good; by auction to the
=MIA a 'UHL
Mr. Ennio% opposed, and exsikkkad the bankrupt as to
his toned solid 'He deposed that the genie slid- were
chiefly seinnindstions of old stook, along with some new ;
D perhaps medial was new, aid lattlay thnio4oOralL
Did sot think that he led by the raise of sew sleek end
the leis on the oil wee ask more Om be aspested. Goo&
nor seat fuse Louden to Neelbauptra, awl then from
tows tolead Fa I resarredidpriee dm DOMOOIIII.
beyond r toe ; bit they not always f it.
He took • in Murry, 1110. Did not
know he went Thear=rits. Ouse one interted the
sales ea hi behalf, to otratrol We ustioseer. As • genend
tale the new goods fetaihd rut prim
Ur. C. E Lewis sumuted.
Thetankrupt pas K the question at /Impact being see
sowed for the certificate meeting.

IN II JAOOIIIIIOII.
The bankrupt was o dealer in watches and jewellery, of
TY•Sh-strask alorkenwell. This was the errinotion
soestimg. Debts, ; seers. above LOOM Further
seem& *lag required, an oiljortormit was agreed to.
/112= was for ths arlipmes ; end Mr. Lowrance for
the
As ollowaire to the waii type** the orig.
nose as the ground that the bed concealed pia
party. The question was ovassed to over.

W Y Walk
The bankrupt, • tailor, of Polkeilaus, applied for his
certin,ste. Unsecured debt• 1.7011, ; musts of trifling
amount.

Yr. }feather opposed for the saaspeees. Several years
ago the bankrupt was in a daimeney al 71. ; Ins acenunte
were to a peat extent unmarked ; he had kept no books,
sad had destroyed his invoices se they came in. App
poets of 1,6801., there were lame sad expenses of 3,800 E
Mr. Lisklater, on behalf of the bankrupt, examined
and mailed that he had been is bedews at Polka.
store Wash= or twiwir years, and had debit with Krim.
Vonebies the WIMPIS the..

His Honour grunted ea immediate oertt&*te of the maid
dam.

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

(Before Yr. Bodkia, Amisteat-Jedge.)
A peat number of oases, in whisk the prisoners for the
chief part pleaded guilty, were amend of by the twd
°aorta. Thaw who wereold off were metenced either
to penal servitude or lengthened terms of imprimement.
The committals of jorseileloffeedme Oda semen were m-
anually large, mad in every are whets it was practicsa
the court peened • sentence while meld send the prim
to some reformatory institution, the County Was •
School, or to Parkhurst.

Jobe Sewfil, 40, described as a stablemen, bat who bed
been a eerier livery stable-keeper, was indicted for feb.
niously embeasling the several sums of 31. Be., U. 100.
61. 14x. and also other sums amounting in the aggregate tq
nearly M.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, instructed by Mr. Wearer
and Mr. F. H. Lewis was counsel for the prisoner.
It amend that the primmer formerly was the
of some livety-et•blee m Glonoteter-mews
having fallen into difficulties, which be could not meek
sheriff eventually went in mink= ascutico for over IeSE,
whieklbspsossator a coni dopier ia Pmedarest. Pod.
angina. hears= whom ail the joisonor there lisd boa
some bminintaminstotimn, pad out, owl as the prisoner;
aftavesamg • cemptvaise even, could not goz,ounicthe
mentor ight the burble part of the
being the mount paid under the execution. Thereto.
cuter, under the egreemant, took pommies of_the prismor's
stables and working stark (to which he cod(wably added
on kis own account) and a further agreement was entered
into by which the prisoiier became the servant of the pro.:
mentor, at a salary of 11. 21. per week, in addition to wheel
he would receive as " driving money," which would mar
his average pay from 21. 2• to 2r. es. per week, and it were
espeamily stipulated that from the date of that agressesed,
the prisoner was to be considered in ever=
lin respect of the business, the prosecutors
that 'be was to render a just, true, and aocuratia
as of all Orden received and executed, of all minioys
received from customers to the sole account of the prom.
tutor. After that Ur gromowtor found all the amens ae-,
quind to tarry on the linsaam, provided additional horses
and bromism, corm, he, sad mho out his own killer which
be gave, ba some imams" to the prisoner to mown the-
iwasny,ind of coulee ha less to allsomat to him when be re-
ceived the messy. 'I prisoner, however, made cat other
bills ki lies of tbaee given to him by Mr. laca, the pro-
secutor, mad received money ie Warn Woo, as though the
bemires wens still his own, wit** Mr. Bookit's knowledge,
and did not account for it tads meter. The tab matured*
out in the name of SewelL These mottoes hoe* seas be
the proescutor's knowledge, the primer was questioned
about than, and be admitted scielopertionlar instances mew
honed, and afterwards acknowledged tail he had 'embed
money for which be had not asomithed to Mr. Booth sines'
the business caned heads i thr amount of 2001. at
least. When asked what bp had done with the
money, he said he had been damns to friends, and
the rest he had spent in with women. It
should be stated that the prosecutor paid the sheriff out,
and took to the business in February, 1859, since which
lime the prisoner had been his paid servant.
Mr. Lewis is croeseuciunination, pat some question,
upehisiaslraelicas, with the view of apperently nicitiog
teas the that the agreement for a series was a
men that the prisoner remained a priacipa notwith-
=6•l4l:. t there weg
sad re tridetairenag
this moneysbetwe terns which.
Emmy ono of the. quonioas met with a direct negative
how the proessidem, whim evidence was given with the
utmost cleaning. who produced his aocounte, books, and
and the Owner's own receipts for his wages from
papas,
of sgreemedt.
Mr. Lewis said he had crom-examined, according to the
instraetiona *Owner had furnished the attorney with,
but after the miaow of the prospector, which Goad net
be, as he combined, in the least Wimps*
_ha elotdd
simply say, if the try believed it—aad Gadd act
the least reason why they should not—they mead convict
the prisoner ; if they did sot, or doubted % they would
acquit him. His instructions beg weir* felled.
The Amistant4odge said be thee** the loaned counsel
bad ezerMsed a sound discretion, fee • After Gan of cm-
beralertnent was never brought into a scot of *Wm
The jury immediately found the winner Omaha
The prosecutor, in answer to the on* stated that up to
the present time his actual bet of MOW ressbr the
prisoser was 1861. Bs. 4d., am far as Mho' ess=
The Assistant-Judge mid the Ohms d embembleeset
was at all times a serious one, bet MI ease was ant sal' at
• serious description, but it bad bele 11,111141111&111* sips-
sated by the delco. the primmer had tokeidone
be set up. Not content with plunders g a mesa who bad
been moat kind to him, he made the most atrocious asper-
sion upon him, for which there was not the leer founda-
tion. The sentence upon him was three years' penal
servitude.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
Robert Iturefasidoa meek and inoffensive-looking young
man, Was indicted for baring 'Wen • cornet-it-piston,
valued 71. lb., tpheizerty of Joseph Windred.
Mr. Palette a for the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by .
The prisoner and the prosecutor lived at Twickenham,
and lodged in one room at a beer-house called the Angel.
They were on very friendly terms, and when the prisoner
was in mosesity, as was not unfrequently the cue, the
al/owed Aim to raise money on trilling articles:
t 4) lint, en the proinise of their being redeemed and
rot The preeseutor was in portentous of • °ornate.
Mateo, which one Tuesday night was safe in his box, and
without his knowledge or oonseot the prisoner opened the box,
and clandestinely took the cornet out of the house, pawned
it, and decamped bum the neighbourhood. He was found at
Harrow, when he at first said he had not taken the
instrument and knew nothing of It, but at hut he
produced the duplaste and said he thought he might pawn
it, and redeem it when he could, as be had other things.
This was the defence now set up on his behalf by Mr.
Sleigh, who urged that however improperly he might have
acted, the prisoner had not intended feloniously to steal the
rPrilearned Judge carefully summed up and explained
the law to the jury.
The jury found the prisoner Not Ouuty, and hoped it
would be a severe caution to him for the flame.
The learned Judge said he hoped so too, as there was a
former conviction imairut the prisoner put in the indictment.,
and though he looked so innocent there were other records
against tom.
Thejury said had they kismet' that, it would have bad •
very different effect perhaps epos their *Maim.
The Judge said the law promoted its mum( trithe know
ledge of the jury on the trial of a primer that there were
any farmer easvictious widest him.

Dissmucrivs Fnu.— Yesterday morning, be-
twseirose and two, a fire broke oat on the premises of biz.
Henry Briggs, bestehen-keeper, No. 4, Heath place, Cern-
teidgelenth•raid At the tune of the outbreak there were
several persons on the pannier" who were rescued by mane
of mews plaUdvgainenthe hone window. Engines were
woo en the tot, bat the limes shot forth with enstaing
rapidity, and in spit. of the efforts of the firemen the
building wee beret down.

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NA*BION•HOUSE.
filraf"Veglad 1121MullaraViThee,a 114"41‘0111irrepnWeaofrerbeiag. inuleonoaraidb."lllll"
others Owe of whoa had eines bar oowncted, and or
tweed to lb yeah' penal servieashe in burglariowdy breaking
into the warehouse of Meths. Sew led Son, ILMillige"
Cheeped., and stealing therefithe a qty of silk, of the
value of about 500 f., on the Mail: last, and alsowith violently assaulting detectives t and Pannell,
the nth Oaths:. When enseirs‘le seine
The general details at the berglary have been already
fully described, and the wrianson tharbore principally
upon the charge of assaating the Odom, in connection
with which

Funnel mid—l west to • haresin Fiss•-•S•st, Bethnal-
green, au lie night at Um 17th October, wilt Znight, my
brother r, and found the prisoner la* is a room up
stain with only his Mousers and shirt as, sad MIMS( •
child. I told him he wow wanted few be* 101rerami Ia
a burglary in Ying•sirest, Chaapaidu Be mil very ireN if
I let him dress be would owns with us ; but indind of ig
so he pitched the child at his wife, who was in the room,
with some other women, and then turned round and
ameadted me. Haight was seedy( to sap iodises% when
he was seised by One waft, ime beid him fait, while
two other Wm.* helped the primmer to get away from me.
I, however. held him Soot its mom time, sod we rolled over
and over for about Iles Warbob. W. we were drumlin(
he get my Sauer in bhp ma—
in sad hit it through-- sad
this,* and diger he got up he adithed half the things is
the mem, end 'Method them eat et the window.
Prisoner (sampV)—Yott kern, you did that yourself,
and you know you Iddred ray ddld so that It has been
other will be, I expert. taid
ever since. OM of its eyes haa been taken out, and the
Sir R. Carden—Juryese who knows Funnel knows that
he would not ill-trait • child.
•

Tro—nittliaiel
Witness—The women got about me and Knight, and
beat In about the head with some shears, but at last
Knight broke away from them, and when I got free I raw
him struggling with the primer. 1 directly knelt down
on the prisousis *hest to esenre him, when the women
. milled out, •' Knife the knife him !" I then saw he
had pot • knife in his hand.
Prisoner—Was it open?
Witness—Yes, it was.
Priemer—Tbat's • Ile. You didn't take that knife from
me at aIL You took it of the dresser.
Witness—l took it out el hi head, and in the struggle
my thumb and gam IMO mt. The women again inter-
fered. Ind_ the prisoner broke away, while scene of the
women held on to Knight and some held on to me, till he
Ind got clear out of the hams. Thee Knight sad get away
from them and followed the prisoner as fan as we could ;
but he escaped, end I did eel see him again till after his ap-
prehension on the 27th March.
The prisoner, who denied all complicity in the burglary;
but admitted that he knew the go d. had been " unfairly
rime by," wee hilly committed for trial on both charges.
Min Lucy Rowliva, • well-dressed middle-aged female,
in discharge of her recognisance+ for further exii-
rren • charge of having obtained a sum of 271:
fain Mr. Kent, of Is, Quern-street, Cheeped' upon •
hill of exchange, by falsely representing herself to be •
duals woman.
en originally charged, Mr. Kent deposed to the fact
of his having disoounted the bill upon the faith of her de4
ekration that she was a widow, and added that he had
nom received information that she was a married woman.
Am lss was not prepared with any evidence to support thiq
mention the prisoner was remanded for a week on Leal
own recognisanoe, to give him an opportunity of otrengtht
ening his case.
Mr. Kent, however, now asked for • further remand]
ipcm the ground that he had not yet succeeded In pro?
himself with the requisite proof, although he still
to do so.
Lewis, for the prisoner, strongly objected to:1
mow% amens( that she had only been given into meted
se a swire. end thin immediately after her key* the e
as thapreeiwas occasion she was arrested and held in ens.
au, time days at Whiscounetreet, until her friends
• sum 6130/. odd in her behalf.
. Kent persisted in asserting that he had a bong dde
ease ; but
Sir R. Carden held that there was nothing whatever be-
fare the court to support the Marge.
The prisoner (who tly mediated the assertion
Gat she was not a widtrfne therefore discharged.
Mr. 'Lewis intimideetthat Mr. Kent would have to defend
an action for giving Iserinhe custody.

MARYLEBONE.
Mot Nunn was charged with having been concerned,
with a rasa named John Waller, not in custga, at Waltbsosi
Abbey in stealing from the home No. 1 Acacia-rola,
et. John's-wood, 185 e. in Bank of En notes, Q& in
geld, a sliver watch, and a riding-whip, the property of
Jean Louis Debolore, a professor of languages.
Evidence was gone into which went to show that Mei
ttberhad been several months in the semi°e of promos'-
nmid of all work. On Wednesday, the 4th fast., he
missed the money, kr., alluded to, and without loss of timd
he gave information to the potfee. The inspector promptly
took steps to trace the robbery both far and near, and be at
length received intelligence that a man named John Walla;
was in custody at Waltham Abbey, at which plaoehe
bed been taken up on suspicion of having improperly.
come by a note for 1001., and other moryb, which
were found in hie possession. The said nobs had been
brought up by the chief officer from the place named, and
it was identified by the prosecutor sa being his. It west
further stated that the man Weller bad repreeisled him.'
self to be the husband of the prisoner, and that be was
therefore a sent visitor at the house, at whirl be had'
ett4,2abz '
ash, slept ; he had noe, however, been neer'
the dna the she., wee mire&
prisoner, on beinga asked whet she bed to my, replied,
" know noth at ll about the robbery."
Mr. Broughting= remanded the prisoner tin Wednesday
neat.

Berland, • dissipated lookiD4 woman, between'
drew
30 sad 40 pan ot aim was clamed with stealing • silk

Mrs. Anna Can, • superior wardrobe shopkirepur
at 10, Lower FAton.etreet, said that last night, &bait eight
o'clock, she came from • lighted room into • dark ball, and
the contrast made it appear darker than it really was, and
she met the prisoner in the ball, but could not see her dis-
tinctly. She asked promaatrix whether she had a silk drew
to sell, to which she replied in lb* affirmative ; but on
taking her into the lighted room, and seeing what sort of a
perms she was, she told bar abe had nothing to suit her, as
the dresses she sold were comiderably beyond the price such
a perms could afford. She, however, Insisted that she
wanted • silk dress ; her husband, who had lately oome
home from as, and wished to make her • present of one,
was waiting outside, and she would go and get the money
from him. She went out, sad miming in again, said her
husband was too modest to come in, and while talking to
prosecutrix, she deliberakly matched at • silk dims, sad
ran out with it. Prolamine pursued her, and on illiC2
man catching her, she took the dress from under bow
She had lost many dresses before, but none in this daring
manner.

Police-constable Pither, 319 B, said he apprehended the
prisoner, who had been Mating, but knew what she was
about. She was most insolent on her way to the station,
repeatedly throwing hermit down, and wing the most filthy
and disgusting language. He did not know aything of her.
Prisoner pleaded giultyto the charge, &Wilhelm, poverty
had led her to the commission of the offence.

Mr. Poynter said, M this was eppersutly her Ant offense,
be should not deal with her so severely as be would other-
wise here done, but it was a most dariag robbery, and be
should send her to prima for two mewthr,with hard Labour.

BOUTIPWARIE.
Haas, Thomas, alias Henry Pearson, a shabby-looking
man, who • few years ego was clerk to e barrister well.
known on the Home Circuit, was charged with being con-
cerned with others not in custody, in breaking and entering
the premises of Mr. Richard Fairey, watch and chronometer.
maker, 150, Tooley-street, and steeling therefrom • number
of watches and jewellery worth near 5001.
Mr. Fairey said that between b and 6 o'clock on the pre-
vious evening, the prisoner and another man, who dere
perfect strangers to him, came into his shop during
the absence of his assistants, and asked to look
at some silver watches. He showed them several,
and while the other was examining one of the watches,
the prisoner took op a printed bill off his counter, offering •
reward of 501. for the apprehension of the thieves who broke
into his house a short tune ago, and plundered the shop of
watches and jewellery worth several hundred pounds. The
prisoner after reading the bill sad looking about the shop
said that he new something about it, and if be, Mr..
Fairey, came with him he could show him where be could
put his hands on all the watches. Witness told him he
should be much obliged to him, but he could not leave the
shop until his Assistant came in. The prisoner said he
could sot wait long, and he further added that he knew
who did the job. There were only two in the house, and
I be was watching outaide. Witness kept him in converse,
I non nntil the lad came in, and be despatched him the batik
way for a constable to come and hear what prisoner stated. A
few minutes afterwards ea officer was seated in the room
'adjoining the shop, The door of which was slightly ajar so
that be could see and hear all that was said without being
seen. The prisoner again said in his hearing that be assisted
in the job, and knew where all the property was, and would
take him to the place that night, when he could pet hh
hands on it. He also added that the other parties had
treated him so bed that he wee determined to " snitch" on
them. Witness told him that he would have the reward of
501. provided he got him the property, when the poisoner
exclaimed. " the reward, I don't want that ; 70.71
have the property on buying it, and not without." Wilmess
then mad' an excuse about meeting Mini. and having get
hie lame and address, he loft the shop with his eampsision.
He (Mr. Fahey) and the ceninable Moored aad he
was taken into castedy.
The prisoner bees said that he was drunk at the Moe and
did not know what he wee saying. He bed netlafeg to do
with the robbery.
Mr. Fairey observed that the prisoner was sober enough
to know what he was about.
Mr. Burchtm told the prisoner that be most take the
consequences of his awn 'abduct. He should roomed him
for n few days,
Frederick Grim a makt.looking and well.dreseed
fellow, belonging to the swell mob. was Sully engrained
for steeling Aoki 10e. from the person of James Figgs, a
conductor of one of the Yioplaad omnibus*, at the door

of his own voided*. He was also suspected of stealing a
watch from Mr. Frederic& frith, at the same place.
It appeared from the evidence of Figge that about ten
o'clock on Sunday night he was at the door of his omnibus,
near tins Elimaiant and Castle, where crowd oolleateil, to
/sensed to Maptiadand'elmetrilere on ', route. Witness
saw the prisoner and several others crowding about the
door rather unnecessarily, and while he was wanting
some females into the velkle he capt.the prisoner's hand
leaving his coat pocket, in which a minute before was about
ten shillings in silver. Withres seined hold of his hand,
and some of the silver dropped, and then the prisoner gave
him ye. Bcl., saying that waii all he had 'dowel /*neded
him to let him go. He, however, detained his., and then
a gentleman named Smith came up, and charged the pri•
neer with stealing his watch.
The latter gentleman waa putting a lad into the omnibus,
and was surrounded by several persons Just before the con-
ductor was robbed, and then he discovered that bis watch

Wok,the gaoler of the Lambeth.Polise Coo* proved that
the prisoner had been tried and consisted ai the ,rey Ses-
sions, and lir. Busobam committed him for trial.