The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-27 00:00:00

THP POLIO 00IIRTIL

(THLS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
James Riley, 21 a porter at Billingsgate-lairkel, was
charged with stealing a watch and chain, value Sot., the
property of Mr. Charles Kirby, wine merchant, No. 12
Crescent, hEinories.

The prosecutor was walking along Great Tower-street
about 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening, when prisoner came
up and snatched at his watch and chain. Prosecutor
turned round to lay hold of him, but he was immediately
knocked down by some one and kicked while on the
ground. Hearing cries of " Stop thief," • constable came
to the spot, and found the prosecutor and pri.
soner struggling, and the latter was then given into
custody. About the same time a gentleman who was
passing saw another man crouching down behind a van.
Thinking he was concerned in the robbery he went up
with the intention of apprehending him, but the nun
kicked him on the shins and made his escape.
Partridge, the gaoler, believed the prisoner was well
known to the police.
The Lord Mayor granted a remand till Monday, and
expressed his intention of committing the prisoner for

BOW-STREET.
KEZPING UP CHUSTMAM.

There were a number of charges this morning against
men of various ages and conditions. for being drunk end
incapable, drunk and disorderly, &c. The majority were
discharged or leniently dealt with. One man, however,
was fined 40s. for assaulting a policeman, who had semen.
strated with him for mounting the base of the Nelson
column, seating himself On the neck of one of the lions,
and decorating the head of the royal beast with holly.

SOUTHWARK.
11011 BUY Or LINEN.

John Cane and George Rowan were placed at the bar
for final examination charged with stealing • bundle of
linen, worth 40a., from the cart of a laundress, in Oakley.
street, Lambeth.
It appeared from the evidence of John Bruckworth, •
labourer, in the employ of the Lambeth vestry, that between
4 and sin the afternoon of Tuesday, the 17th, he was at
work mending the roads in Oakley-etreet, when he saw •
cart come past laden with bundles of linen, and the prisoners
and another man following. Cane jumped up and tried to
remove • bundle, and witness watched him until the van
turned round the corner of the street. A minute or two
afterwards he saw Cane running past him with a bundle on
his shoulder, sad knowing him to be one of the men fol.
lowing the van he ran after him and caught him. They
had • fight, but he kept hold of Cane until a constable
came up, when he gave him into custody.
In answer to Mr. Chipperfield, who appeared for Rowan,
witness said that he should not like to swear that the
latter prisoner was one of the men, but he looked like him.
Eliza Ridgway, laundress, Albany-road, said that the
bundle of linen was her property. She did not miss it
until she got home.
The magistrate was of opinion that there was no case
against the prisoner Rowan, therefore he must be dis-
charged. Re wished to know something about the other

priminer.
frotrt Ham, SP, said that Cane had been a thief
urinfancy. He had been several times tried and
convicted. At the July Surrey Sessions, 1863, he was
Wed and sentenced to four ysan penal servitude.
The magistrate committed him for trial

THAMES.
BOXING-DAT.

There were only four drunken charges from the K, oe
Stepney, division, and two from the H, or Whitechapel
division, this morning. The two ilivielons have the pre.
servation of the peace and the protection of life and pro.
perty a district containing a population of 300,000
souls. There were 21 other charges of the usual misoel.
laneous description.
Mary Macareky, an Irishwoman, was charged with steal-
ing 11 gunny-bags, valued at ss. from the warehouse of
Mr. Henry Sehlemann, sack skid maker, of lanky.
place, Commercial-road East.
The prosecutor carries on a large business, and be has
been moat extensively robbed and has been plundered of
4,000 bags in the course of the last four years. He had
lately received information that the prkunor was plundering
him. He was slow in believing this as the prisoner hail hen
in his service 19 yearn, and he laboured under an impression
that she was an honest woman. Yeaterlay afternoon ho
met her in Prescott-street, Whitechapel, and carrying a
large bundle under her shawl. He asked bee where she
was going, to which she replied that she was going to a
laundress with some linen to be washed. He pulled her
shawl on one side and found there eleven new bags,
his property, which had been stolen out of his
warehouse. The prisoner said she was innocent,
and that the forewoman of Mr. Schlentann's establishment
gave her the bags. This turned out not to be the fact.
The prisoner in her defence endeavoured to make it ap.
pear that she was only the innocent tool of another
woman, but failed in making out that defence.

Mr. gchlemnan said he would not Lave prosecuted if ha
had not been robbed to a large amount.
Mr. Paget—There is no occasion whatever for you to
excuse yourself. The prosecution is • very just and proper
one. It is the case of • servant robbing her employer,
whose interests she was bound to protect.
Mr. &Merman said he wished the OW) to be summarily
disposed of.
Mr. Paget—l cannot do that. The law does not allow
me 'mummy jurisdiction in • cue of this sort—a servant
robbing her master. The prisoner is committed for trial.

Rou'rsse IN ABYISSLNIA.—This morning a blue.
book of 210 pages, with a large map, was issued from the
parliamentary printing-office, in pursuance of an address of
the House of Commons, consisting of a collection from
the works of different travellers of information on the
routes in Abyssinia. This information Las been arranged
iu the following order :—General description of the coon•
try and of the different routes by which it can be entered.
Short outline of the nature of the government, the religira
and character of the inhabitants, the currency, the mili-
tary system of the country, and the careerand charm:sere(
the present Emperor Theodore. Reference to the Per.
tuguees expedition of 1541, and to the places
of entrance into the country which have bees
adopted by travellers since the sixteenth century.
Detailed account of the routes leading from Massowah and
Ansley Bay to Gondar and Magdala. Extracts from works
of various travellers bearing upon the different lines of
roads. A map, compiled from the records of travellers, is
given at the end. The orthography of names of places,
&c., in Abyssinia is so indefinite, hardly any two travellers
agreeing, that it has been found impossible to avoid, in all
cases, discrepancies of spelling between the maps and the
text. Abyssinian villages and towns appear to be often of
a very temporary nature, and those recorded by one
traveller are often not mentioned by the next one who
follows the mune route ; some of the plac,4 laid down
may therefore be no longer in existence. and others may
have sprung up. The data also for laying down many of
theca are of very doubtful accuracy.
THE New MERCHANT SH 11'1.1 Nu Arr.—On Wed-
nesday next the act passed in the late session to amend
the law on Merchant Shipping, 1834, will come into force,
and with respect to ships absent it will take effect on their
return to the United Kingdom. Rules and regulations
are to be made by the Board of Trade as to medical storm
and the supply of lemon or lime juice, and for selling
medicines of a bad quality a penalty of 20!. may be im-
posed. Whenever a seaman or apprentice is ill through
the neglect of a master or owner in the supply of food,
acoommodatioc, medicine, &c., the wages are to be paid
by such toaster or owner ; but where a seaman is incapable
of performing his duty through his own wilful act or de.
fault the wages are to be forfeited. On board British
ships a seaman or apprentice is to have a space approprb
aced for his use on deck of not less than 72 cubic feet and
12 superficial feet. Medical inspectors are to be appointed
at ports and other places. Offences committed by British
subjects are to be dealt with by courts having the ordinary
jurisdiction. The harbour motor at Holyhead may be
appointed a justice of the peace within the limits of the
place, and to exercise the jurisdiction of a stipendiary me
gistrate. He may be appointed, though not qualified by
estate, to be a justice of the peace.
ACcl DENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY THROUGH THE FOG.—Last (Thursday) evening,
John O'Farrell, a porter, in the employ of the Great
Northern Railway, at the Seven iiisters-road station. Hol-
loway, was admitted to the accident ward of the Royal
Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, suffering from a preen
fracture of one of his legs and other injuries to his body.
It appears that the unfortunate man was crossing the line
to go to one of the signal huts, at the time that a
fast down train was nearly due at that spot. Doing
to the fog, although he could hear the train,
he could not see it, and in hurrying to tit
out of the way of the approaching train, he fell
through an opening intended as a staircase for the Totten.
ham Junction Railway into the road, a distance of ever
30 feet. His cries soon brought assistance, and be was
picked up and conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital.
Gray'e.inn•road, where his injuries were attended to
Mr. J. 1). Hill and Mr. C. Hopkins, the bowie surgeons,
and he is now going on as satisfactorily as can be elpectel.
ANOTHER CHILD MURDER IN SIIPOFRHIR
Another discovery of a murder has been made in Wirer
shire. At a moment when the county had been throes
into a state of great excitement by the diabolical our
child murder at Longden, near Shrewsbury, addill'aw
congernation has been produced by the particulars 0,
another foul crime, which, although of a les.
character, is nevertheless attended by inhuman
Yesterday (Thursday) the dead body of a child was disco'
vend floating in the canal near the incline,
at Stirchlef,
not far from a spot at which the unfortunate Barnett Zee
man was deprived of life. It seems th, "
t the body '
funnel floating in the water with a string tied round the
neck to which was attached a large r.tone, intended 110
doubt to keep it from rising to the surface of the welt
The stone, however, failed to answer its purpo thus
body consequently rose to the top and was hus found:
As a matter of course the inhabitant, of the neighboarbrea
have been thrown into a greatly excited state, the TO
having followed so quickly upon the murder of poor is"
man in the same locality. The body has been conveyed.
a neighbouring publie-house to await the inquest.—Br
inissohans Post.