The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

IN SS !AIRS:

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The bankrupt, a mall grocer, at Hoven, applied for his
sertilltare. Debts 9671.; ern. under i5Ol.
Hr. Bagley oppaed, for the aortgorro The bankrupt had
tread reohltalg, sal, shortly before the bankruptcy, hut
gins aMU of mho to kh brother. Before emanating bat-
men at Houton, be lad been in hashers at Brixton, and hod
paid ell his debts there, leaving himself. however, without
say tel b snansonos the new busmen.
Mr. bur Lofts herd oa behalf of the bankrupt,
His Hosourbev Artlis was the ass of a man owiag nearly
1,0001„ and he hog gala up Mss than 160/., although he
lid case to the tentt at his own atitioti. Hit trading at
Brixton erased to have been conducted properly, but from
the time ha teessessent banns. st Hortms he had been
living as his creditors. He Mid priven a hill of rale to one
particular creditor ; at that time he outfit to hare called his
coeditors tsgaber, and not given a pre-femme to one. The
eirtilloate moat be impended for sight months—when granted
to be of the mead alas.

—Mr.ltegley Oti;oted to protection Weir given.
His Honour said that, ander them circumstances, he would
wily grant peoteation ter two months, renewable unless clues
wee shown to the entrant.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-BTRIIT.
ANTIS • DAL 1•••11111.
Ail • Batkarro ems dors* with being drunk and dn.
ordeely to Holbws, et 3 o'cledt this morning, on the occa-
ion of a Bel hthslied. M.
Policeman Lengthey, A 100, deposed that he was on duty 111"
la front of the Ciso, in Holborn a, the time stated, when
mine disturbers seem from a gvitleman, now M custody,
misdating himself in • illeeederly manner. One of the I;
constables took the geetimma Is enetody. and an attempt a.
wee made by meg at Me party le mama him. The confusion
wise inereseed by • precise of bad character to
making • rush leveede the geatlemen, whose watch guard
wee broken by ammo perms M attereptieg_ to get away his 10
welch. The Warms woe is the crowd. He wee drunk and
to be mere so thee be really was. He was rimer •
fag abort and Boating to lawmen the diaturbanoe, and alter
is min endeamaring to penmen him to go away, witness 't
took him in comedy. He hod before that been turned out of eg.
the plane-home adjoising. with • party of known thieves. 111
Yokicanan Child, 11 103, said he knew the prisoner se at ar,
esseeisis el Mime sad swell radiomen Wetting the neigh- eZ
beurbood 11.111112111111.
Kr. Judimp-1 will boar the other case before I decide ss
Kra Undo be pat book. ell
Besnosigs, CArietapArr lean, and Alfred 10
31/110111 we that plead at the bar, charged, the tint with 10
wen end disedierly, the two others with attempting
ID tennis m how oho embody of the police. 04.
nes* Si 1. agamed that he saw the prisoner Hem-
-161=411,11h soother
gentas leman
In
wfrinont of the
ted to
moneleir thn amino, sad his friend would not 111.
O&M NM Wham tried to persuade him to go away,
bat be tellssed,smd witness was obliged to take him is enee
tody to put slop to the disturbance. The other prisoners that
interfered, calms to Hemmings not to go with the tones,
and, laying hold of him, tried to get him away. They were se
ale) taken in custody by other censtabies. It wee during ta.
this struggle that • nub wee made in the crowd, sad • match
made at Hemmings' watch. The clubs beteg broke., hung e
looizifrom the weiskieet pocket, and at the time the prisoner
d
t hie wet& win stolen, bat he afterwards found it in

hilftlol 7, who wield the last wailer, corroborated
his stabsteent.
Hemmings earl Keen exxeseM regret for what they bed
/one, attributing their conduct to the elects of liquor; but
Tamplin said he "only totalled to amid his friend," end
elleerkli that he was sober.
Tbe police declared that they wars ell the wen* for liquor.
Mr. Jardine said—That when one diunkim man was re-
sisting the police, end two other* tried to rescue him, though
there was no chance of their succerding, it might create a
serious diaturbanos. He should du each of them 10s., or
tam days' imprisonment. The ems were paid.
Backman was then placed at the bar again, when Mr.
Jardine observed that ChM was no evidence to connect dim
with the attempt to steel the watch, or to prove soy offence
beyond the drankenness. He might be discharged.

THAMES.
RJOTOUto CONDUCT OF TYR DIFFOIINED FOLMAR, MON
INDIA.

Williams Rano:ltow, ems of the satire who were &o-
cean* is ledia, and ?brick Cossesinghans were charpd
before Mr. Terdley with the following riotoite conduct et
the Pie, Hotel, Brunswick Pier, Blackwell :
&roust Hodson, K 2S. stated That about 10 o'clock lad
*it Is iris called to a disturbance which took place at the
Pier Hotel. He got there with four other constables, whes
be bead a most dreadful mew of confusion. There was
easily 100 soldier, in various parts of the house, and there
wan about 30 laying down apeochleaely drunk. Several of
the men had posmeston of the Mir and helping them-
selves, while others were fighting with each other.
Mr. Yardley impaired where the prio.nere came from?
Roach, the gaoler, said that about 500 bad on that day
(yesterday) arrived in the heat India Docks hem India, 230 41-
of whom are paid otf. ga
Mr. Terdley—Are these the men who discharged them-
ashes in India IP
Hosoh—They are, sir.

TM sergeentsdded, the prisoner Hamilton broke • table, W....
end with the leg of it he anifthed pluses and everything he ri:
came near. He elan softened several persons, and struck the ft.
landlord. Witness. sod the constables with hue succeeded in E
clearing the Irmo of uft mem, who main entered. Witness, 6

was rientualliy airmelled to warrior eminence, on the C
arrival of which they succeeded In keeping order. As woe tR
is s rrinforcemmeat of police mired, the prisoner wee taken ;I,
into moody.
The pi:Moser saki that be was drunk, and did not 'mow K
whet he was doing.
Kr. Yardley observed that this wee a bad commencement w
after their arrival in Loudon. lAie
He was used 30.., or 14 days.
dr.
Nearly similar evidence wee given against the other
prisoner, who was dried 6e. dd., or 4 days.
Thew were above a down who were charged w:th being ai•
drunk sad iatapsbila

FIRE AT DZPITORD.—(THIS DAY.)—This morning
between the Immo( 4 end 6 o'clock, a fire broke out in the 6
mime belonging to Mr. J. Cockle, or. and Italian wars. as
carrying on busbies, at No. 17, High-street, le
Deptford. The stock to trade was deetroyed and the whole of
!be banding eirerely damaged. The loss will fall upon the gj
Sun Fire-o Moo ; fortunately the whole of the Inmate, es-
coped unhurt. ")
ALLEGED ARBITRARY CONDUCT OP TURKISH V
OFFICI•LL—LITEktiIOL, THIALPDAY.—The Turkish go-
eleunient wee the oNjeoi of sums anonsdvertion here to-day,
j laamsequeace of tddetention of the ship Romano* of the

Leo at Conataetreople while on ber royal; to 'broil. Cap-
tain Hamleek, of test .hip, was obliged to deliver up to the
government oelelals 250 borrels of gtuipowder, which bad
bra shipped as board hie vessel at Liverpool for s firm in
Ihrsll Yertanately the captain succeeded la procuring •
tempt for the gunpowder taller, from on booed lms ship.

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ANOTIII2II AIIsitCAM STABBING CIIIII.—SHIELDS, r,
TIVII4I/AT.—TI4O boors after the conviction d Moody, the re
American mate, yesterday, mother fearful are occurred
11411411 pt Americane et Shields. John Steinmetz and Jeans a
Kelly, two American Mama, IMO drinking in the Three
Tana publie-houle, North Shielde' shout 10 o'clock Met
night, when they quernlied end turned out to fight in the
streets. Whoa flgMing amongst a crowd of persona, Stein- is
EMI drew a *pone; knife end stabbed Kelly twice in the I
that and once in the back. Om of the wounds in the 411104 14 4
la nearly three niche. dory sad hos ponetnited the loop
Kelly cannot lire malty Maws Steinmetz is in e
There is great excitement in North Shields in cansequemes
this shocking occurenta.
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THE Pmuzy or A Ktaa.—On Saturday after- 1!
aeon, a roam aria sewed Brown, a labourer, midi's; at •
Devideon's Magi, wee returning lime from idinbergh,
sad, wises war Waekball, he met two young women with
wham ha wee acquainted. Brown, who wee a little the -V
mane of drink, aright hold of one of the young women, and T•
sampled to Mee her, but, la the 'trunk which mimed, he q
lest his footle,. end crone to the grimed with such form
that be broke hie right kg. He was brought late the Royal
lineruiery.
A letter from Auckland. in the Aueralia. Mao;
says .—" The winter in New Zeeland haw teen en &hood
unequalled ow; and epilog, so ler am it has goes, has been
equally gni.' and beautiful—the few breaks of wet and d
windy werther being bat WOOD( laterroptioos of the I
greatest inperlance to the huebeodnum. In every diete-
tics the posher are moat luxuelsair, the gaga temp.
raters and fertithia, rain cawing the gees is aging up is
Teak sheustinswe. At gement there is the most eacouregiag
premiss tar the gang crops ; and I lean that both natives
Mal Hamm, bars an wait of land under 111th, far mar-
peeping say headrk heretofore planted in the province of
Auckland. last le no' only being taken up sad occupied,
but the hand ci industry is making itself manifest in every e
Amongst the Indian and Australian mails which
arrived in London via Mereeillee yesterday, woe a mail from
Or. Cairo. ibis is the Bret time a mall ham beta made 1
lim it intend Is the capital of Hann.