The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1866.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
LOOT IN THE PONT.

George Fardell, • letter sorter in the Oenersl Post•office,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, was charged before Mr. Vaughan
wish stealing letters which had passed into his hands in
th!oonrse of his duties.

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Mr. Peacock conducted the case fur the Post-ollice
authorities.

It appears that the prisoner while at work sorting
letters in the Inland-office was seen to pocket a parcel
containing (as it turned out) a book. On hielbeing searched
two other packets were found on him.
These packets being produced, Mr. Peacock was about
to open one of them when the magistrate suggested that it
might contain something explosive. Some amusement
was created by this aeervation, and by the conse-
quent hesitation (though but momentary) of Mr.
Peacock to open the packet. It contained a small
box in which were the remains of a broken
phial and the ashes of some linen or cotton which
had been used for packing and which had apparently
been consumed by the action of some fluid spilt from
the phial. There was also a piece of paper on which was
written "15 drops of the mixture to be taken at bedtime."
The thinl parcel contained a child's frock.
The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed
for trial.

'LERKENWELL.
DISGRACEFUL SUNDAY OUTRAGIDI AT HIGH-STREET,
ISLINGTON.

Edward lkereham, a rough disci :is:red-looking fellow,
described as a labourer, was c before Mr. D'Eyn-
court with being drunk and disc, ly in High-street, on
Sunday.
The evidence of police-constable Smith, 991 N, went
to show that yesterday afternoon-, 'at 4 o'clock.
he saw the prisoner in the High-street drunk
and fighting. He removed the prisoner at that time
and at 5 o'clock be again saw the prisoner there, and he
was then conducting himself worse than he did before.
He again got the prisoner away, but at 6 o'clock the pri-
soner was again in the streets, and he was then sur-
rounded with a mob of about 200 ps The language
the prisoner made use of was most discling , and it was
with great difficulty that the prisoner could be got to the
police-station.
Mr. D'Eynoourt asked if the conduct of the people in
High-street of a Sunday was not much better than it was.
The constable replied in the affirmative. There was an
extra body of police employed there on a Sunday to sup-
press the nuisance that was formerly complained of.
The prisoner said he was drunk, and did not know what
he was about.

Mr. D'Eynoourt fined the prisoner 10s., or in default
seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.
The prisoner was locked up in default.

" FULL Daess."—The Speaker entertained at
dinner on Wednesday last the Minister of the United
States, the Right Hon. Sir W. Gibson Craig, Sir John
Duckworth, Sir John Burgoyne. Sir Daniel Cooper, Sir
William Fergusson, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir William
Denison, Sir Chas. Trevelyan, Sir Edwin Landseer, Major-
Gen. Forster, Mr. Bright, Mr. Stuart Mill, Mr. Dunlop, Mr.
J. B. Smith, Mr. Pim , Mr. M'Laren , Mr. Morley, Mr. Goldvrin
Smith, Mr. Storey, Mr. Foley, Dr. Percy, Mr. Scharf, Mr.
Hansard, Mr. A. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Paget, Mr. Cole,
Colonel Harness, Captain Clarke, Mr. Knight, Mr. Winter
Jones, Dr. Merivale, and Mr. Alfred Denton. It will be
seen that this was not an official dinner, and no conclusion
is, therefore, to be drawn from the fact that the guests
were not in "full dress."—Tivita.

AN ECCLESIASTICAL COMPROMISE. —Some time
ago, when the Bishop of London consecrated the church of
St. Michael, Shoreditch, the clergy attended in stoles of
various colours, and the bishop directed them " to remove
thooe ribands." His lordship seems to have boon alarmed that
as high church clergy only were invited to the consecration
of St. Peter's, Old Gravel-lane, on Saturday, there might be
another exhibition of coloured stoles, and he therefore
requested that only black ones might be used. The clergy
objected to this, and at length the matter was amicably
settled by an agreement that no stoles at all should be
worn, so that the clergy presented the somewhat unusual
appearance of being habited in surplioe and hood alone.

ESCAPE PROM A FIRE. —(Til HI DAY. )—Thin morn-
ing, shortly after 2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises
belonging to Mr. Henry Woledge, a publican, No. 29.
York-street, London-road, Southwark. Moat of the in-
mates were enabled to get down stairs. Mr.
and Mrs. Woledge in stopping to save their
family became hemmed up stairs, the flames playing below
them. Fortunately at this critical moment Conductor
Webb arrived with his escape, and he succeeded In saving
them. Mr. Woledge thus writes to the secretary of the
Royal Society, " Had it not been for the quick arrival of
the fire-escape man, I and my wife would have had to
jump out of window, or else to have been burnt to death."
The lower part of the premises was destroyed, and the
upper part seriously damaged.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
(Time DeT.)—An accident, which caused considerable
delay, happened at the junction of the Great Northern
Railway at King's-cross. It appears that as a passenger
train was passing over the metals the locomotive ran
off the line and became embedded in the permanent way.
Fortunately the carriages or passengers received no injury,
the only inconvenience being the stoppage of all traffic on
the down line for a time.

DEATH IN THE STREETS.—On Saturday night,
about half-past 10 o'clock, a man respectably attired but
whose name and address were unknown was found lying
on a doorstep in Soho-square. A constable? not being able
to rouse the man, immediately took him in • cab to the
Middlesex Hospital, where the surgeon at once pro-
nounced life to be extinct. The deceased's age was
about 36, and he is described as of sallow com-
plexion. On his person was found a watch, maker's name
" Rotherham and Son; three receipts, one on the London
Joint Stock Bank for &W., one on the London and South
African for 3001., and one on Barber Brother, for 1,4921.;
also some interest warrants and bonds of the New York
Central Railway to a considerable amount, and several
letters addressed "John Fredk. Grieves." The body of
the deceased remains at the Middlesex Hospital.
THE STEAMSHIP LONDON.—WO could now see
that we had more than the dangers of a gale to contend
with. It was quite evident our ship was deeply, if not over
laden. She was a ship built for speed, of great length for
her breadth—belonging to • class of ships that cannot be
loaded with safety in proportion to her tonnage, like those
of the old style. She was, perhaps, safe enough when
properly loaded, with less top-hamper, not so heavily
sparred, and properly equipped. And besides, it was the
prevailing opinion on board that she was not prepared for
a gale. It appeared as if she had been forced to sea in a
hurry, and there was confusion above deck as well as
below. Work was always ahead. The sailors were con-
tinually at work, and yet the ship was never " snugged,"
as the saying is at sea. The crew had not got used to the
ship ; and, another difficulty, many were foreigners,
and did not understand English. Once I saw Mr.
Angel, one of the officers, directing • man to do
something. The poor fellow was anxious to do it
right, but every attempt was wrong ; at last I discovered
that he did not understand a word that was said to him.
I also noticed a want of regularity and discipline in the
ship. I make this observation with no desire to throw
discredit on anyone, or insinuate that the loss of the ship
was in any way attributable to this ; but I think it will all
tend to show that there was not that sufficient preparation,
or that proper regard to life, at the outset, and in the
despatching of the ship, that there ought to have been ;
yet I feel fully convinced as I now write this, that had the
same gale overtaken us two months after, on the last week
of our voyage, the London would not have succumbed to
it as she did. I believe she was a good, strong, well-built
ship ; but that is not where the fault nate ; it's in the
cramming her so full of goods that even the space allotted
to the passengers was encroached on. This interfered with
the working of the ship when trouble overtook us.—" A
Survivor," in the Cornhill .Vagazine for July.

A New FLIGHT FOR TRIG AIIRRICIN EAGLE.—
A very foolish nun proposes to walk across Niagara river,
at the Fah, this summer, on a small wire, carrying his wife
and son on his back. He also proposes to walk across as the
American eagle, and is now having a large leathern cage,
which will be filled with feathers, and otherwise manipu-
lated so as to resembles live eagle of monstrous proportiona.
This is to fit closely about his body, and on walkng the
wire he will balance himself by flapping the artificial
wings. At the same time a rope is to be suspended by
him below the wire, to which his son, a boy eight years
old, will cling, and go through various athletic perform-
ances as his father advanes across the Falb.

Western papers assert that what were vast tree-
less prairies 12 years ago are now covered with a dense
growth of thrifty young forest trees, comprising various
species of oaks, hickory, cottonwood, sah,
A conductor has been fined 500 dole. in Buffalo,
N.Y., for ejecting a man from a car because he refused to
give his seat to a woman. The court held that ladies, or
those who wish to be considered such, are legally entitled
to no more privileges in public conveyances than men,
and that when the latter pay for seats, they have a perfect
right to occupy them so long as they conduct themselves
in a proper manner.
The Syracuse Standard says :—" Mr. George
W. Curtis is seeking subscriptions for a money testimonial
to Herbert Spencer. Mr. Spencer's works have had but •
limited sale in England, but have had an extensive circu-
lation in this country, from which, however, Mr. Brewer
has derived no benefit, and we are glad to hear that Mr.
Curtis's efforts promise to produce something substantial"
ROYAL FUZZ HOSPITAL, GILAY'S-INIY-ROAD.—
The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending June 30 was 3,007, of which 1,251 were new
I COMM

METROPOLITAN FEIN HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE-
soARE, Crrr.—The aggregate number of patients relieved
during the week ending June 30 was Medical, 834 ;
surgical. 580 ; total. 1.414. of which 569 were new ease►.
HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OP THE CHEST, VICTORIA-
PARE.—The number of patients relieved at this inetitn
tion during last week was 1,439, of which 309 were new
caw.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.):

this o'CLoox.

The railway market is quiet to-day, and the
only variation in the principal stocks is a decline of
g per cent. in Great Eastern. London, Chatham,
and Dover is heavy, at the fall of Saturday.
London and North-Western stock is now quoted
115 i to 1164 ; Great Western, 50k to ; Midland,
123/ to 1241 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121 to
; South-Eastern, 68ir to ; Great Eastern,33l to ;
Caledonian, 1251 to 126 i ; Metropolitan, 130 to ;
Great Northern, 120 to 121; ditto A, 1291 to 130 i ;
and London, Chatham, and Dover, 17 to 19.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are in de-
mand, and have risen 55., viz., to 111 to r!.
Colonial lines are steady.

ORDINARY SIiARRS AND STOCKS..
sh.
R.titwAvs. (Toeing prices I Sales to-day
on Saturday. to 1 p.m.