The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

THREE HUNDRED POUNDS.

About half-mot one o'clock yeti/lay morning •
=robbery, aeompaaiod with brutal eine, wastes-
at the Meer Oaks, near Sheffield, the neidenos of
William Bradley, Be., brewer. At the time stated Mrs.
Bradley woo aroused Pram her dustbin by being one of
the pee of glom to the window of the first leading broke..
She got oat of bed, sad cm goiag to the window fouad
that a cote had been seat through with such violence as
to tat • bole la the erten. At that moment ski heard
the vete of several tea Is one of the rooms wear her
husband's bodement. She ran to roue Mr. Bradley.
He was la a sound seep, and Me. Bradley shook him,
sad tried to woke him by eye& "William, William !"
Is another bleat the bailees' door was opened
with onsiderable see, aad No lan, with their
fano leolumed, sad ooze of them also bade musks,
sad others voila, rube Itst tho room, armed with
dodgems and pistols. The =meat they entered
heavy blow we aimed at dr. Bradley as ha lay in
hod, ewe enteles the elbow plat of hie lilt srm. dn.
Brodie then itmesed him oat of es opposite side of the
bed to that whisk-Se mew were ise sad, eftsr pule him
is the mow ehrothehe him to motet him. The me
all the Mlle emeimed to efts el Mr. Bradley with thee
billfiliewis wile wen hided wilk lead, but WS. Br
raadileyy
seemodol fa proeseg gem hoe moriosaly
• flholesem MOW elffiliratows, fiselia!ire
strut& her evenly me her sight bream. Bele that the
se did not desist ham their attempts to Ware him, Mr.
Bradley said, "My wool fellows, what do you want ? "
The sewer wu, "We are onto to murder you!" This
throat wee followed up 'with endued violence; and, as
blow fill more apoi Mrs. Bradley, who was heroically
dawdle her bushel, Mr. Bradley exclaimed, 0 Ob, bat
deal murder say wifo." "pie" cried the hews; "it Ls
you. We will murder you.' A furious ouslaught was
age made co Mr. Bradley, Mn. Bradley sow began
toter that the fellows lateaded to murder her hatband, and
bar fears betraying themselves la her looks, one of them
said "We will cot hart Mrs. Bradley, she is a good woman."
" Won, sow, me," mid es, la • len tee, Dom't mar.
der either of us. CHve me per word that you won't Injure
Mr.
Mr. Bradley." "We eV' eel owe of the fellows, " bat
Wil will have year same. It is moue ws want." The
BM bad beget to hese spa the drawers it the room, and
Mr. Bradley the ewe from behind his wife, sad pre
them his teems, amil said, " Here are my trousers. The
kes yes will lad he the pockets. Don't brisk open the
dement. What mammy I have you will fled." The rob-
bers Now poommoisit to salock sad meth the drawers, sad
la the IN leer they lead a mall bag ocataining a sum.
her of old mina. Mr. Bradley required them sot to take
thee met, as they wen only old coins. " Oh, but we'll
eels abet that," Ind ea of the fellows, and proceeded to
Nape the gene M the floor. Seen' that they Wars not
of mesh eh. they MA them there, sad proceeded to teeth
the ode deem The of the men tosuche tho drawer.,
mad ee sears geed Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, one of them
=• nrearemonted at tens. Whet the men bid
everythhe of value la this room, whisk Mcleod a
1001. beak arts. vegetal di. none, some gold, and also Mr.
Beaky' s geld wed, se of the fellows elle out " Give
Me the 'PIM Imes watchi I knew b. wears a good an."
Feu of the nest the be the room, burins the me with
the revolver to mho obese of Mr. sad Mrs. Bradley. The
robban INN moved with three lights, one carrying a
mall mile
_lefty seen a dark letters, and • third
aa oil ffiehme Aims% soak as is used by elem. Before
leen the rue the follows sued, " Where is that
wealthy lady you have is the house 1" To which Mrs.
Bradley roped, "Then is soon bat my poor old mother,
who is la bed." " Oh," said the sass, and left the room.
The ant room they reeked was Mr.. Bradley's dress-
lag room, Is whisk thee was aa immune quantity
of valuable. The semilitles Is which this room was
left proemial • Noe of dierer and confusion sash
as it is shoe bmpesothist to Matetbe. The floor was
wend 0/11r with peon, Mee drossiashases, and
wrier due, aid the furniture la the nom was Os
sonde wreak. Bevy drawer fed be he the room had
beam hose opme. Imp& MS hole me tee one
issa eatemit mere elude nee. the all the
res▪ t
Wide Hotwithemadiag that this peke was mese, a
Imp melmai of vslwallas, la trinkets and article is tiler,
wea Mem Mrs. Seadiay's gold watch woo take from the
druaimmiela, deg with a valuable brooch sad a pair of
sed lemebe; sad- out of me of the leaven there were
lake throe dean of slier teepooms, No of them marked
wet .letter " W." The oleo ate from the sheen a
ever tankard, marked 0 I. 0. W.," and two sear set
epee At the tee ear rower vete the plai" so Ind-
venal had ben the nasseg, sad se maples was the
Medal is whets the ships, had ben left, that it we
almost impossible to see the extent of the loss which had
bas saataled. While the robbers were in her dressing.
rem, Mrs. Bradley brought then not to destroy or take
away her deeds sad papers, sad the fellows Insolently
repel "Oh, we'll see." A little chest in the dressing-room
was sec resasked, batsmen( woe takes from it. Prom the
Imealeat, dining, drawing, sad other rooms dower stairs,
the Mews took .11 the silver articles they could find,
amomatios la vale to surly 1001. Two tea caddies
were *peed, aid the silver sees whet wore in the wen
taloa sway. Ten was also • gold watch take from the
room la whisk Mrs. Bradley slept, and while they wets
neackias the drawees is the room the got away from them,
sad meditated throwing hone from the wiadow is frost of
the hew; but on drawing the bled said. site saw two
powerful fellows kepis( seatry toted.. She wet back
tad saw the robbers jet Nene the room in which her
miter slept. She ran up to them, sal is a finest meter
▪ "If say of you have • moths; I pray you spare mine"
The emission seemed to tooth the men, sad coo
"We will spars her." They did ant lean off their work of
destretico„ however, bat proceed to break cope all the
ephoordt sad drawers which ware fast in the room. All
the valuables they could lay their beads upon wire cos.
eye away, sad the garrets sad other rooms had been
earthed, sad one by sad dnwer but the one we have
meaticsed had bee nosaelked, sad its coottate throws
abet the teem.

Attar hieing scanted *very TOM VP stake, whisk see-
plod then nearly two Loan sad a half, daring the whols
of which tins Mr. sad Mn. Bradley were threatened with
death if they made the least alarm, the reams want dolts
stain, saying, "Now, we are pie, down stain, sad if you
sake say alarm we shall retura sad snider you. We
hams this is a goad Stop, sad we are going to get mono-
this` to sat sad drink, sad shall be above two hours."
Mr. Bradley spited, My good fellows, dm% taks soy
Use sad ye* ore wakens to whatever food you like." The
sea thea want doss stain sad haired themselves to all the
Sher articles they said Bad In the Mame roma, after
whisk they decamped, skis( with Sun nosey ad property
to the amount et about MM.

Inewielesies ear; ies' shows that the satraaos
bad ban she
thosurik the beat window of tas breakfast
teem. BIM Adak the Mims bad smashed • pass of glees
is order M walestea tio solsh to the wiadow, whist being
Ems they 1101014•1 be ben a hole into too shatter about
ow
bib fa deamelne. Bbadieg that them was ins at the
bask, they tried weadter part of the shutter, but meeting
with • dram obstask, they wrenched Item open with •
crow-bar or 'leas' The propels ample's* smashed
the shatter, it being Reed with 'beet trots ; bat siagularly
enough the mike did not disturb say of the oinipsola
of the house. There were two large doge outside the
premises, owe left to:lmage about, sad the other shainel
to a kennel at the bask. Them dogs, especially owe of
them, were amorally very cosy ; hat about the time the
robbery was committed they were sot heard to bark at all,
sad it 1 probable that the fellows bed fed them to keep
them quiet. As soot as it was amertaleed that the can
had decamped, as slam was made, sad Mr. Wm. Jacksea
sad floe, surgeons, were seat for to attest to Mr. Bradley's
feistier. Is a Sold, opposite Mr. Bradley's home, a saw
be, of halms, two mahopay knife hoses, a broad basket,
sad soma other 'Maur articles, were head, haring evidently
been Mem away to accelerate their Neaps. Oa Mr.
Jeakees's snivel it was discovered that the thumb and first
lager of the left hand had been broken by the blow from
the Widget*, sad that his other logos were seriously la.
Jared. His elbow, where the Bret blow was strum, was
Mead to be aerlosaly Wand, some of tbe flesh having been
knocked of. Beetles the wall in the scorner in which Mr..
Bradley protected her husband being marked with blood,
there are many other evidences shoat the home of the visit
of them cowardly robbers, who, we an any to add, an still
at lug..

Two SHITWILICIS ON THI INA OP WIGHT COAST.
--Taaaorrei, ULM o WIONT, MONDAY. Yeatarday
sorsa. It was neseseed Is this tows that two Preach
eeheses had gas shots Swamp the pesos Sight. This
tossed out to be the hat. They were both, it la usdsr.
stood, ea their way treat Lisboa to sash port la Trees,
sad had bees drives out of their latitude by the Soles
math-met pke; hawks is the first leases been
imolai by ski Wok hp wed* penciled for several des,
saa whisk had paneled Seen, hes skimp observations
to esertais the Wait, ia which they were. One of the
vessels woe Wes with seam and the other with linseed.
The forum west erased at Atherfield, sad the latter is
Chafe By. The ones were send, empties sae sea and I
a [Adhey._
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AWN Deems% et hehnlety. was se Ahead whit tedlentise
end • assettered elapash Esc life hal berme quite s bSea to
bin. 1k sad rrey*Hmee say Idris( ; ewe brad dose
mold eseedes Matsu ether sepses& kelirp. Be tried •
variety of ouseiles wehsst Ike abbe( kr rellek tot • kw does et
Belkusea pike hid s sea skewness kr le a kw see
a pallet eel Boa essint ofere as eased Man.—NY bp el
selhdri woks doeusheet the wee ; 111/weette
pope posa. isms sad Wilidlsiamb Pew
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Mak mem

IMTEN TION.

The visiting justices of this prison have instituted
• full investigation into the circumstances attending the
Liam:Aar
yoeftaeoprnisenfdraiedd Dthaevissu,sopenuiTtuondf
thea last,wad wehriekto
whose charge the rimer was, which was ordered imam-
dletely after the escape, will Continue until the justices
decide as to whether he was negligeot in the patronesses of
his duty or not. It appear, that, owing to the overcrowded
state of the prima, Davis was not confined in an ordinary
cell, but in one of the warders' atom—a pima about the
one of a cell, but conodniog • cupboard in which a variety
of articles requited for the use of the warden an kept.
The warder lilt this cupboard open, and the door of the
roost also. Davis took • number of hassock straps out
of the cupboard, looped some of then together like
• chats, than buckled several torther singly, and
to the end he attached the tailors " goon,' ea hos
weighing 9113 e. or 101 W. The door of the wing had also
ben lett open, and, ening no ens about, Dame proceeded
sling the corridor, end got into the yard, where there Is •
wall which ram from the wing to the outer wall, of which
it is about half the height, and la sannanted with spike*
some twelve inches long. Having thrown the goose over
them ,pikes, he wee enabled to pull himself up to the top of
the lower wall by the weight of the goose, and the most
remarkable gesture is the matter is, that he must have
Woad apse the mikes to throw the two over the meter wall,
a position of coosiderable peril. Having succeeded in get-
tins the fro* over, he stopped op to the top by mensal the
looped straps, and then reversing the iron he stepped down
on the other side as low as he could and dropped to the
ground, the weight of the iron carrying the straps back into
the inside. It was at first supposed that some cue outside
held the hos while Davis palled biniseU op,
hat such was
not the can, and trial his been made of what the goon so
thrown over the wall would bold by its own men +sista.
It held two heavy men lend the straps broke asunder. Tha
escaped prisoner hanot been beard of, althosik the °Sara
are cm the alert.

JUVBRILB TRADERS ASSOCIATION,

MELBOURNE.

On Tawley evening last, Sept. 9 (sap the Melba:nu.
Anna), the friend, of that neglected elms of oar community,
the young street venders, assembled at 86, Little Collins-
street, to organise a Juvenile Traders' Automation. About
$ hundred boys, who were news runners and fruit milers,
were regaled with tea previous to bugles arrangements
and the administration of moral lectures. When these

Bedouins of Melbearne books into the room for the festival.
their lively sallies of humour, and their unmistakable
exhibition of uidepeadent spirit, utonished the nervous.
amused the merry, but awakened anxious comers in re-
flecting and benevolent minds. That nth an element
should exist in the midst of oar boasted civilisation and
progress not only proved the neesseity of such an institution
sa that contemplated, bat painfully evidenced, as a moral
exponent, the condition of oar hetarogeseous population.
The repast concluded, the Chairman, Judge Pohlman,
introduced to the meeting Mr. Watt, the kind .hearted
originator of the project. His Honour expressed his deep
sympathy with the movement.
Mr. Watt stated that his attention bad been int directed
to the boys by a referent* of the mayor's to their need or
Wog sent to the Reformatory Imetitutioa thea being es-
tablished. He (Mr. Watt) thought it was right to form an
institution to keep boys from being etionnals. (Loud
cheers from the toys.) Knowing that the way to get to the
heart was through the stomach, the lads had been colluded
in this manner. It was proposed to induce them to save
their money, improve their minds, gibed them rational
unaseasents, and instruct them in their religions duties.
Oa Sunday the eatholle boys would be taught by their own
clergymen, sad the protestant. by teachers of their own faith.
Upon load and tumultuous calls for Mr. Mackinnon by
Argos boys, that plotless& appeared before them. He
confessed that though the leds of the Argus establishment
were salkiently chirp, he believed them good boys in the
main, not being guilty of any vicious sets. (This 11111011111011.
seat was received with great applause, and " three cheers
for Mr. Mackinnon."

It was then sieved That hie Honour the Chairman,
the Rev. L. Skid, the Rey. G. Ward, Dr. illagoism, and
Mims. Meekinnos, Watt, and Aran the Rev. Mr.
Came the Rev. Mr. Dowell, and Predsieer Wises, be a
miedattes to draw up rules for On seganisalks of the ,
0013:2;zad submit them to a paths sesedag logrearter to
be
Tbe prepeshisa was seeended by the boy James Swift.
Professor Wilson urged the lads to emits is this effort to
protect tbeemelves from themselver, and to suable them-
selves to Ilse la the world. Could they sot get 'Deasy sad
bona gentleman ? (Loud shouts of " Yes, yes.") Ws
want you to save your money. (" They gave It to D. V.
Brooke.") Pet it in the Savings' Back. (" They would
run away with it.") We want you educated. We do not
wont you to cry " News from Ragland " when it is Rowe
from California. (" That's a hist for Mr. Yeekinnor.")
We want you to owns here steadily every (" We'll
ell owner
no Rev. L. tibial delivered a very *emelt and sifts.
donate address. He told the lads that their business made
them too sharp ; that money made them worse then they
otherwise would be, and that they were surrounded by bad
examples. He urged them to thoughtfelness and reform,
and promised that their religious Wends should be pre-
Tided for sad protected.
Dr. Macadam had kaown throe fa similar institutions to
this rise to distinction. Re developed some of the popular
objects of the amociattea. Thais were to be orsasional se-
clusion on Saturday &harness', pomade exercises, ke.
Re promised them a lecture, with many Pee experiments,
ores a fertalobt. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. CI. Morrison explained the messing of the word
association, and exhibited the advantages of rash a society
as this.

Mr. Boatel& having glanced over dm entry-book of
members, had collected the following informatics :—Tbere
wets among the lads 64 Catholic. and 43 Protestants. Of
these, 33 were without fathers, and 9 without mothen. Not
less than 19 were wholly ignorant of reading, and 24 read,
but with great diffmalty. As to their birth pieces, 20 were
from Ireland. 18 from England, 13 from Beotlaod, 9 from
Tasmania, 7 from Bydasy, and the rest born in Victoria.
Of thou present, 26 sold fruit, 3 pastry, 13 fruit and news-
papers. Their weekly earnisgs averaged as follows :-1 ex-
ceeded 805.,10 above 40e., 32 from 30s. to 40..,28 from 20s.
to 305., and the net, about agouti', below 20e. Yr. Bost-
wick expressed his 'standee of following Mr. Macedenes
example in gidag ocessiosal Lectures.
The Rev. Mr. Dowell having bzeily addressed the boys,
The Chairman appealed to the lads., loth. but speaker
they would ham. The you gentlemen, who were realis-
ing is various eau attitudes, burst into loud cells for Mr.
Meeklanoa aad Father Ward, with interludes of "Harp.,"
" lisiboiross Punch," as., aad respectful requests that the
Argue might be supplied to this henceforth at two bobs a
doses.
Mr. Mackinnon rose to propose a vote of thanks to this
chairman. Bat Mr. Watt's motion for another half hour
met with the clamorous approbation of the young men.
Tbs Bev. J. Weld now addressed the muting, and re-
commended that principle of obedience which ha had
practised in rising at their call. He expressed his confidence
in the association. Hs did not know that he wu not then
eddrestiog some future judge of the colony, sod Mamma
the rise of Curran boa the streets u a ragged boy. The
following questions were then put by the Immoralist
speaker : 1 see you are preoy keen for money ; de you
approve of saving it ? (" Yes.") Will you put oat your
mosey at five or tee per cent. I ("No; thirty.") Will
you abide by the weasels of the socciatioe ? (" Yes.")
Will you improve your minds ? ("Yes.") I mean learn
to read, writs, and cypher ? (•• That means 0 and Carly 2.")
Will you attend the 'matures ? ("Yes.')
Mr. Archer referred to the kind promise of Father Ward,
to do his part to mike up say loss sustained by the non-
attendance of the orange boys at the theatre. (Loud cries
for " Oranges.") Mr. Amber urged the lads to mental im-
proveuseat, aid illustrated his remarks, declaring it the
constant practice of his ahureh to look after little children.
He insteneed the benevolent conduct of Daddy John, an old
mama of Besse, 200 peen ago. (" Dos% recollect that.")
/Bebop Gould had requested the speaker to attend that
meeting, sad espies his earnest desire to mid all for the
rumen good. Mr. Anther concluded his remark with •
promise to give occasional lectures.
Mr. Elliott professed his intention to teach them singing.
(Shouts for " A wag.") He would slog another time.
("No, give us a song to night.")
Mr. Watt told the boys that their order was as good os
could have bees expected. Upon his request that they
would sit down • minute, sundry parties rolled off the tables
into their seats, aid quietness prevailed. The good humour,
intelligence, and tact of Mr. Watt gave him great moral
influence. His entreaty that they would go out like soldiers
in file, and not tumble out as • waggon of coals, received
practical attention.
A vete of Unlike to the skeins= was proposed by Mr.
Mackinnon aid seconded by the lad Samuel Gray.
This unitise and suggestive meeting concluded with three
cheers for Judge Pohlman, three for Mr. Maskiimos, three
for Father Sltiel, three for Father Ward, and time LA the
kind-hearted Mr. Watt.

JOHN SADLEIR AGAIN.—We bare received • letter
from a ms cat whose word we cso place ?ammo, that the
ewiodler-seortedrel, John filadlcr, te alive,—thes on the
beaks of the Blemmbidgee, or somewhere else to Ass
traits. We stall give oar eorreepondeat'e letter, cad offer
a few oommeata on the mitt is est nest hiss—Syrissey
Prssasn's Journal.

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