The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-21 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE. Police-constable 355, N division, identified the female
prisoner as having been in custody on a charge of stealing
(THIS DAY.) spoons, but the magistrate at Worship-street police-court
had merely convicted and need her 50e. for the unlawful
--40 -- pledging.
The prisoners pleaded guilty to the charge, and Mr.
COVET OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Trail sentenced them each to four months' iroiprsts' nment,
• (Before the Judge Ordinary.) with hard labour, in Maidstone Gaol. e
wearteaut v. 30•111)11•N, rag quaree TROCTOR i
INTiRVINING.
' Kr. WWI* ,4 tr and Dr. Spinks for the petitioner • ]
its reepondent hr paten ; the • Solieitor-General and Me'. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
Samar for the Queen's Proctor. 3
This case was resumed today. The petitioner was the
eseghter et aGliaeow merchant named Ben, but she had been LONDON BETTING. ]
his ea orphan since a child. Her sack in Liverpool brought --a--
her up, and in 1860 she made the acquaintance of the THPJA O'CLOCK P.M. I
respondent, • commission agent, and very shortly alter- There was a large attendance to-day and a fair ]
"rd. was married aci him. She had a fortune, variously amount of hairiness done. There is little change in the
estimated at from 8,0001. to 15,0001., which was put et
settlement. They occupied • house in Huskiason-street Goodwood Stake.. a° far se the leading houses &re cm- '
til last year, when the petitioner, finding that earned, but two or three new name.are introduced into
ill* health had suddenly become eskously effected. the betting. For the Cup • long pries is offered against il
spoke to her friends about it ; and theymedical Glatliatenr, and the general opinion is that he will be
adage, which satisfied her that she was suggestednfrom the ~,.re• tched if
effects of her husband's misconduct. She therefore - , he is not already. The following are the
operated herself from him and filed her petition. The quotations
Queen's Proctor then intervened and charged her with GOODWOOD STAKES. i
collusion, and having herself committed adultery with 100 to 30 eget The Special (t)
Mr. George Bonifield, a cotton broker. 6 to I - Midis colt (off)
Evidence of great profligacy on the part of the reopen- 9to 1 - Potomac (t) I
dent and of the cruelty charged wan given. Owing to its 9to 1 - Black Prince (t) I
peculiar character the petitioaer was severely crow-axe- 100 to 7 - Burney (t and off)
mined as to her own conduct, and Mr. Bousfieid was also 100 to 7 - La Fortune (off)
examined. They both admitted that there bad been *on- 100 to 6 - Aetna (t) 1
adorable intimacy between them ; but they swore that it 100 to 3 - Bro. to Guerilla (t) 1
was perfectly innocent, and was encouraged by the reopen- 40 to 1 - Bertie (t) 1
dent. Mr. BenaUld frequently gave the petitioner valu- 60 to 1 - llama (off)
able pressente, but she said that her husband knew of them
and indeed had bidden her to get as much oat of bin; GOODWOOD CUP.
as she could. Mr. Bousleid stated that the respondent 7 to 1 ages Gladiateur (off)
had actually urged him to buy jewellery and other things
for her.
The respondent pot himself in the box, for the
IMPROVED INDUSTRIAL DWELLINGS.
purpose of denying the cruelty, and he positively swore
that hie wife's illness could not pessilgy be attributed to __-•---
him- He admitted that he had 1,0", guilty of adultery, Palmerstons-bnildings, three of those bloe/m ct
but denied that his conduct was as bad as had been re-
Improved dwellings for the working daises recently Intro-
presented. He also said that it washer coldness that bad . .
in the met
driven him astray. In the course of his evidence metropolis, were yesterday opened in City
he observed that he was not in the habit Garden-row, City-road, under the swims of the Improved
of swearing, but he admitted that he had Dwellings Company (Limited). There are now twenty-five
made use of bad language in his letters. "People," he blocks of these valuable habitations in London, affording
observed, "often do say things in wriain ahaa the would accommodation to about 3,000 persons, who, at rents vary.
not say by weed of mouth." (Laughter.) He d that lag l
he had sanctioned the intimacy as alleged, and he stated log from 5o• to 7s• Par week, can obtain bedrooms, sitting-
!
that though he had allowed reasonable presents to be made room, and ample acesseeries in the shape of water and
' his wife, he had forbidden others that were contemplated. ventilation. On the top is an open roof, which may be
. [The case is still going on.] used as a drying or recreation ground. Palmerston-build-
s in ere erected on the same admirable plan as those at
i COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Finsbury, Clerkeaerll, Ferringdon-road, Wapping, Old-
s (Before Mr. Commiesioaer Holroyd.) street, Pancras-road, King's-ewes, and Southwark. The
k IN ax worrium-APTLICATION 701 =Min. MOON of the experiment, instituted ally by
9 The bankrupt in this ease was Cheeks Madre Mottram, Alderman Watsrlow, has been romarkaMe, every
desaibed as of no business or occupation, late of Brigadier- house built being fully occupied, with numerous
bill, Enfield. The debts are stated at 2,2141. The applicants eager to fill the first Tammy. Within
I bankrupt ascribes his failure to want of means to defend three years about 80,0001 has been spent in these model
an action which had been brought against him on the war- dwelling-houses. The three blocks of buildings opened
tarty of a horse. yesterday are side by side, six stories high, and will
Mr. G. Smith, of Southampton-buildings, opposed. afford dwelling room to • colony of 70 families, who may,
The bankrupt, when sued, had for a long time evaded however, if they theme, live in the strictest privacy. The
the protege of the court, end there bad been great diffi- rooms are nicely papered and panted, cad nothing that
culty in serving him. He had defended the action up health demands or comfort suggests seems to be lacking
to the last moment, but did not go to trial. It was in the fittings. After a meeting of the committee, •
stated that he had been living in great style at Enfield, sumptuous dejuiler, supplied by /desire. Spier* and Pond,
t but he now alleged that all the property in the house be- took place on the limas-top, from which the
sweeping view, the
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Mr. Buchanan, on behalf of the bankrupt, said that the like of which am rarely be seen off the ilioaumeat. By
eon was ready to be examined in proof of • ownership of the decorative taste of Mr. Hand, the manager to the
✓ the property. purveyors' the flat roof and chimneys were tuna-
His Honour said the cue was not one in which the court formed into a place of flowers, flags, and
would interfere to release the bankrupt before the sitting evergreens, which the neighbouring inhabitants saw
for choice of assignees, and adjourned the can for that afar off with every demonstration of delight. About
purpose. 200 guests pertook of the hospitality of the chairman and
IN IN HOLLIS. directors. lard Shiny was in the chair ; and among the
The bankrupt, a plumber and painter, of Chelsea, guests were Alderman Lusk, M.P., Sir Charles Fox, Mr.
al applied for his discharge from debts of 1321 Soliorley, Mr. Penmen: Edwards, Mr. F. Chadwick, C. 8.,
w Mr. Sykes appeared for the official assignee. Archdeacon Emery (of Ely), Alderman Finnis, Mr. J. A.
• The bankrupt admitted having been bankrupt before, Maya, Mr. A. Crosley (senior under-sheriff elect), Mr. R.
A sad said that he bad not taken up his order. C. Banbury, M.P., Mr. Mills, H.P., Assistant Judge
il, His Honour said he could not have hie order under the Bodkin, Mr. Travers Buxton, Mr. C. Barry Mr. L. Neve I
is.
present bankruptcy until the proceedings under the former Foster, and Miss G. Jewsbury and Mrs. H. Wt'iod (novelists).
se one were completed. Subject to that being done, the order During the after-dinner speeches it was strongly urged
4 would be granted. that the success of these buildings depended manly upon
* their paying as a, commercial speculetion ; and in reference
le to that Alderman Waterlow (the chairman of the com-
e- THE POLICE COURTS. pay) stated that the dividend for the third time was 5 per
it cent., and that if more fund' were forthcoming, there were
a (THIS DAY.) two other sites ready to be built upon.
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CLERKENWELL.
le INIRTANT0•11811.-THIC or. OP MIRY. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)
u A showily-attired young woman, who gave the name of
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- Margaret Pitzhertert, but whose proper name isMary Solite,
4 was charged with stealing a purse and a number of articles NATUNDAT. lIILY 21. 3 ILL
et of wearing apparel and some ribbon, the property of her
l: former mistress
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Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, defended. 11'
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me The evidence showed that the prisoner had till within —
ler the part four months borne an irreproachable elm- Nalen - e
N. recta. About that time she became acquainted wither:am( Atordoto •• - - - - - -
2d man, who was in the habit of singing at " free-and-ma/ " 14,,imrcomath .
W concerts, and he induced herb stay out late at night, an in orseeeeeeey,', _ _
Be consequence, she was discharged from her situation. She Valenti ll N. 1 2 6.8. W. c- 1
55 cohabited with the fellow for a few weeks., and then he Owe Mar - - - - - - - -
We discarded her. Not liking to go home she went to her It e=•-• • 30- - - - - - -- -
former mistress, who treated her kindly, and got her a 11..
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situation. She went on there very well for a week or """°":::: la: xt.L 0i : N.N.W.W et - I
so, and then during the temporary absence of the family indent .. .160.12111 N.& 2' 4 W. etc - i
she stole the articles named in the charge-sheet and de- Itochetort '20.12 63 Z. 21 t W.B.W. of - 2
a' camped. The matter was placed in the hands of the police, Plymouth _110.16 67 L e $ N. W. Do - 1
ste and after a long search they found the prisoner gaily at- Weymouth .:30.14 63 W. 1 0 Z. ,bre - 1
at tired and wearing some of the ribbons she had purloined Partamatia• 16.12 62 N. 2 4 N.W. I 0 - I
. . 30.12 671 N. 1 $ N.W. bin -I -
from her mistress leaving a low concert-room at the East- ice
Yarmouth 56.11 so, N.N.. • 1 1 N.N.W. loc -12
as end of the town in company with • sailor, both of them awo,,ug. Nat 56. N. gg j N. no -1 2
tell being slightly inebriated. When told the charge she said Shields 20.17 66: F.E. $ e N.& 1f- ; 3
a she could not think what bed tempted her to commit 'such Heider I - - I - - - - - - '
b. an •rt-that she had been very unhappy ever since-end
In that if ehe had not been apprehended she should have 3.I7IAZZL
glen herself up se she was tired of the life she had been Barometers have continued to Am slowly. and this morn)-rig
be Laling. barometric pressure Is very notions over the British Isles. Tern-
. . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . neratures have remained nearly stationary. The winds are

Barometers have continued to rim lowly, and ads morning
barometric pressure is very Didion' over the British Isles. Tem-
peratures have remained nearly stationary. The winds are
chledy northerly and easterly, moderato on our eastern coeds,
and light elsewhere. Fog Is reported from our own east coast,
at illtields, and Is also ►ery prevalent on the west coast of /ranee.

The-complainant said she had no wish that the prisoner
should be harshly dealt with, and thought that the punish.
went she bad already undergone would meet the pasties
of the ease.

Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, said that the friends of the pri-
soner were respectable hard-working people, and although
the prisoner had behaved badly to them, it was their wish
to treat her kindly. If a remand was granted arraßements
would be completed so that the prisoner could Join some
friends in Devonshire, and then be removed from her
former bad associates.

Ale ENGLISHMAN'S SURPRISE.—My poor beset
was utterly exhausted, and I myself scarcely lees so. But,
as I looked around the square of the caravanserai, bow great
was my utonishment at beholding a son of Britain
with
actually an unmistakeable living Englishman, with •
genuine Manchester physiognomy, sitting before the door
of one of the cells. An Englishman alone here in Shahrud—
that is certainly • rarity, almost • miracle. I rushed
towards him. He also, although apparently sunk in deep
thought, regarded me with wondering eyes. My Bokhariot
dress, and my evident fatigue had attracted his attention.
Who knows what he thought of me then For myself, in
spite of my extreme exhaustion, I could not resist the
charm of this extraordinary rencontre. I dragged myself
toward, him, and, staring on him with weary eyes, ad-
dressed him with • " How are you, sir!" He 'earned not
to have understood me, so I repeated my question. At
this he sprang from his seat in surprise ; the greatest
astonishment was expressed in his countenance, while he
gave vent to his feelings with " Well I Where have
you learned English?' asked he, stammering with emotion
" perhaps in India." I should have liked to have strewed
up his curiosity • peg or two higher, and at any other
time might have enjoyed a mystification amazingly. But
my longride had so thoroughly tired me out that I had not
the spirits required for carrying on the joke. I made •
plain confession who and what I was. His joy was lade-
scribable. To the great astonishment of my Tartar, who
till now had always regarded me as a true believer, he
embraced me and took me into his quarters. We spent •
famous evening together, and I allowed him to induce me
to rest there the whole of the next day ; for it did the
poor fellow no end of good to be able to speak of the West
after six months' separation from European society. A
few months after our strange meeting he was robbed and
murdered on the road. His name was Loneeld, and he
was agent for a large Lancashire house, for which he bad
to purchase cotton. He had to carry a great deal of money
about him, and unfortunately forgot, as do too many,
that Persia is not the civilised land which the glowing
representations of its lying agents in Europe would lead us
to suppose, and that one cannot place much reliance on
passports and royal firmans.—Arminiuz Vissibtry, in The
Amos, for July.
t &uric RZCZIPTIA—The traffic receipts of nai-
l:mint the United Kingdom, published fur the week
e • the 14th of July, amounted on 12,409 miles to
758,7 and for the corresponding week of 1865 on
12,141 miles to 732,2621., showing an increase of 268
miles, and of 36,4931. The gross receipts on fourteen
of the principal railways in the United Kingdom &mounted
for the week on 8,904 miles to 628,123 t., and for the cor-
responding week of last year, on 8,677 miles, to 600,523/.,
showing an increase of 227 miles, and of 28,1001. The
increase on the Caledonian amounted to 1,5861. ;on the
Great Eastern to 1131.; on the Great Northern, to 715/. ;
on the Great Southern and Western to 1831. ; on the
Great Western, to 4,8681. ; on the Lancashire and York.
shire, to 4,2161. ; on the London and North Western,
to 3,7131. ; on the London and Brighton, to 4731. ; on the
London and South Western to '2701. ;on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, to 1,8511. ; on the Midland
to 3,651/. ; on the North British, to 2,164/. ; on the
North Eastern, to 2,9981. ; and on the South Eastern
to 1,2991.—t0ta1, 28,1001. The receipts on 52 other
ines in the United Kingdom amounted on 3,505
miles to 130,1321., and for the oorresponding
week of last year on 3,464 miles to 121,739!., showing an
increase of 41 miles, and of 8,3931. The goods traffic on the
14 systems of lines above mentioned amounted, for the
week to 299,5461., against 283,1871., showing an increase of
16,359!. The passengers, parcels mails, Ico.,traflic on those
line amounted to 329,0771. against 317,3361. for the cone-
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period of 1865, showing an increase of 11,741/.
The total receipts for the past week show an increase of
18,8811. as compared with those of the preceding week
ending the 7th inst

The prisoner, who Deemed to feel her position very
acutely, said she should like the course suggested by her
solicitor to be carried out.

The prisoner wea renianded for that purpose.
SOUTHWARK.
ROBBERY FROM A CHURCH.

Anne Mills, an aged female, was brought before Mr.
Benham, charged with stealing a book from the Catholic
Apostolic Church, Trinity-street, Newington, the property
of the trustees.

It appeared from the evidence of John Johnson, the
church keeper, that up to about the beginning of the
month the prisoner had been in the habit of rather con-
stantly attending the services. On the 7th inst. he missed
the book produced, value 3e. 6d., from a drawer in one of
the deacon's sesta, and after that the prisoner discon-
tinued attending the church. On the 17th he was passing
along St. Patrick's-stain, Bermondsey, where he saw a
book in a shop window having the appearance of the
missing one, and on examining it he found that it was, and
that the prisoner had sold it on the day she had stolen it. He
saw nothing of her, however, until the previous evening
'hen be met her in the borough and gave her into
custody.
Mr. Burcham asked whether she appeared religions
when she attended the church' _

Witness replied that she did, and some of the congre-
gation had been kind to her.
Alice Wood, secondhand dealer, carrying on business in
St. Patrick's-stairs, Bermondsey, said that the prisoner
mine to her shop on the morning of the 7th inst. and asked
her to knd her twopence on the book produced to pur-
chase food. She advanced her the money on the under-
standing that she would come for it in a week. Finding
Abe did not, witness put it in the shop window.
Blr. Burcham— Did you examine the book before you
Pre her the money
Witotss—l did a little, and asked her if it was her own.
She said it was, and intended to come and take it away in
na.

Mr. Burcham—lf you had looked at the booked yon must
hive seen that it was not her property. (To the prisoner)
—What answer have to make to the charge
Ptisceer—l am very sorry, air. I was in great distress,
led took the book to buy food. I never did such a thing
Mime, and I hope you will be lenient towards me.
Mr. Burehern told her that under the pretence of being
'tußdas she had attended the church in question for the
Purpose of committing a felony. She had actually com-
mitted sacrilege. As she did not appeer to be known, he
!hook not punish her with vest severity, but he sentenced
tot to three months' hard labour in Wandsworth House of
"mmition.

GREENWICH.
CAPTURC Or THIEVIR IN A RAILWAY CAIRIAOL
Joke Jones, aged 2.5, of 4, Gossett-street, Bethnal.
en:road, and Sarah Jones, alias George, of 2, Smith's-
Queen-street, Hackney-mad, were charged, on
trued, with stealing a coat from the shop door of Mr.
wash, pawnbroker, London-street, Greenwich.
y appeared that the prisoners were seen together ern-
ID ming some coats at prosecutor's shop, when the female
wireillY took down one of them, and placed it under her
44. The prisoners then separated walking in
64 7 directions. Information was given to the
Resecator, and also to the police, and on going to the
"away station both prisoners were found seated in a au-
ntie, train then being just about starting for
t"W100. On being accused of the robbery, they
ried it, but finding they were to be detained the
mule produced the stolen coat from under her dress and
lhq were then taken into custody.