The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVICNING, MARCH 26, 1867.

u completing a contr.tet with a Mr. Watson, oflhorn,
awl lie e,,0hl Hot but feel that such an accusation WS
NC. C:liClattesi to ruin hiui in biz business, and blunt his
character fur ever.

w.,,icceliteil in two sureties of 2:if. each, and the
Prb.oner's nun i❑ double that sow, to answer the charge
A the sessions.

IVESTSIINSTEIt.
.111 F: nit,: 0: GEINIOIN, NI NANCE.

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, an or.taii grinder, was charged with
being drunk and assaulting a gentleman who had rt -
quested a companion of his to move away from the neigh.
bum-hood of his house.

Mr. Thos. C. Seame, residing at 14, Stanley-villas,
ltrompton„ .aid that Mrs. Sucre had been for some time
in a very delicate state of health, and felt much annoyance
from organ-grinders. Yesterday evening one of these
nom came to i the corner of the street opposite a house where
they were in the habit of receiving encouragement,
stn 'Lying. Compla inn lit went out
and told him to desist, and would have given
hint a !fenny had he done so at once, but he con-
tinued playing. Complainant was standing perfectly quiet
a little way off when the defendant, who had an organ at
hi'. hack. came up and add something in reference to the
i.they Mail who was playing, and because he haul not given
him a penny knocked him down in the dirt by a violent
push.
Complainant's clothing was produced covered with mud.
The interpreter having communicated to defendant
what the gentleman had said,
Defendant replied, through the same means, that he was
unk and did not remember what had occurred.
-Although a foreigner be must be aware
that such anti-agoutis conduct as this would not be per-
witted anywhere. 11e is committed for a month.

SOUTHWARK.
I:..BBERY or 1101(sE AND VAN AND 150/. WORTH OF
PR.,PERTI.

Wdlieon Ite,do and George Henderson, lads about 17
years of age, well known to the police, were placed at the
bar char,'''..l with stealing a horse and van and various
articles of grocery, worth LW., the property of Mr. Jacob
Hudson, grocer, Mt, Parker's-row, Bermondsey.
It appeared from the evidence of George Lee, 251 G,
that on Friday afternoon, about half-past 4, he was on
duty near the station-house, King's-cross-road, when he
saw the prisoners in a one-horse van drivin', towards the
railway. Perceiving witness approaching, they drove over
to hint, and one of them called out, " Is this the Green-
yard?' Knowing them to be thieves, he told them that they
knew well that it was not the green-yard, hut the
station-house, and asked them where they got the van
from. They replied that they met a man in Camden-town
who put them in the van and told them to go to Dock-
head. Witness found in the van four chests of tea, three
bags of rice, and large quantities of grocery packed in tins.
I He then took them into custody and at the station house
they repeated their statement. Some time after that the
property wits identified by the prosecutor.
Jacob Hudson, grocer, Xi, Parker's-row, Dockhead, said
that on Friday morning he sent his carman with the horse
and cart laden with grocery for delivery to his customers.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon he returned without them, '
telling him that they had been stolen' and shortly after-
wards be found the property, worth about 150 f., in the
hands of the police.
Alfred Selrose, carman to last witness, said that after
he left his toaster's premises with the load in question, a
man stopped him at Dockhesul, and asked him to give him
a lift :at far as Stamford-street. As be was going that way
be allowed him to get in the van, and on the way the man
told I he was about to emigrate to Australia, and
wanted' his box taken to the docks. Witness consented
to take it, end they went as far us Hatfield-street, when
the man got out and asked him to go with him to fetch the
box. Witness left his horse and van at the corner of the
street, and accompanied hint down a turning,whcn the man
went up a court, telling him to waits minute. The man did
not ret urn, and when witness went back tothecornerof flat-
field-street the horse,van, and all the property were gone.
Witness knew nothing at all of the prisoners. As soon
as he missed the property he proceeded to several of the
police stations and gave information of the loss, and re-
turned home at 4 o'clock. Witness added that he should
be able to identify the man.
The prisoners, who blubbered during the examination,
said that they did not know that the horse and van had
been stolen. A man who was driving it in Camden-town
asked them to get in and mind it, and as he did not return
they were going to the station-house when the constable
stopped them.
The magistrate remanded them to enable the constable
to find the man.

THA3IE4.
SMUGGLING EXTNAORDINANT.

Catherine Bedthr, a Dutchwoman, was charged with
smuggling foreign manufactured cigars.
The prisoner was a passenger on board the Waterloo,
from Rotterdam and upon her arrival here on
Saturday night, Mr. Thomas Smith, an examining
officer of customs, received from another and subordinate
officer a quantity of cigars, which he said he found in the
sleeping berth of a lady. Smith searched the berth and
discovered four large belts, between the bed and the
mattress. They contained cigars of foreign manufacture.
A lady's I tress on the top of the berth was " over-
hauled and rummaged," in Custom's phrase, and the
breast part of the dress was filled with cigars,
which Mr. Smith said would give the wearer of
the dress the appearance of a full-breasted woman.
The female searcher described the prisoner as having
very little bosom. A rush basket was also found in
the berth. It contained cigars. The prisoner came cm
board yesterday to remove her things, and she admitted
that the dream with the " false breasts" in the front of it,
the belts, and the cigars, were her proper ty. Mr. Smith
valued the cigars at 365.
The evidence having been interpreted to the prisoner by
Mr. George Wentjen, interpreter to the court, she said it
was the first time she had ever done anthing in the smug-
gling way, and that an Englishman had' put her up to it.
The prisoner was fined 72a., double the value of the
cigars, and in default of payment was committed to prison
for a month.

WANDSWORTH.
CHARGE OF TRACD.7CURIOUS DISCLOSCRKS.,

Robert Wilson was brought up on • warrant charged
with obtaining the sum of 1/. Is. by false representations.
Mr. Mayo, solicitor of the Wandsworth-road, defended.
Mr. Frank Tait, of the Upper Richmond-road, Putney,
stated that in February last the prisoner called upon him
and produced a circular of the " London, Midland Coun-
ties, and General Trade Protection Society.' He repre-
sented that he was employed as an agent of the society,
and solicited him to become a member. Witness con-
sented, and gave him a cheque for it, Is., which was the
amount of the subscription. The prisoner took away •
form which witness had signed, and said a receipt for the
money would be sent to him from the ofllce. Not receiv-
ing the receipt he s►w Mr. Kemp, the secretary, at the
office in Ironmonger-lane, City, where there were three or
four clerks, and found that the prisoner was not employed
by the society. The witness added that he was not the
prosecutor.

Mr. John Kemp was then examined, and stated that be
was not the secretary. He was the proprietor and manager
of the business represented by the circular. The prisoner
had been in his employment, but he had cease si to act for
the society since the end of November last.

Mr. Ingham—Who is the society?
Mr. Kemp—lt was originated in 1849 by several gentle-
men in Wolverhampton, and it afterwards passed from
two or three hands into my hands about four or five years
ago• . _

Ingham—Then you are really the society ?
Mr. Kemp—Yes, sir.
Mr. Mayo—Then there are no trustees and committee ;
in fact, you are the president, chairman, manager, etc.
Mr. Kemp—There was a committee appointed several
years ago. I have ceased to call it a society during the
present month.
Mr. Ingham (reading the eircular)—lrhy do you use the
word" our ?"

Mr. Kemp—It is a common expression.
Mr. Ingham—Then you are like a royal personage. I
see the circular refers to district managers, agents, and
correspondents. I suppose you are all these gentlemen!
Mr. Kemp—l have agents and correspondents.
Mr. Ingham—Do you suppose that your subscribers
would have paid their money had they known the society
was In reality John Kemp
Mr. Kemp—Yes, sir, there are a great many of the sib-
scribers who know it.

Mr. Ingham—Well, I will ask Mr. Tait. Would you
have paid the money had you known that all this pom-
pous affair was John Kemp.
Mr. Tait—l should not. I paid the money because I
thought it was a society.
Mr. Ingham—l do not think any other human being
would. I believe this is a swindle. For any single indi-
vidual to call himself a society and obtain money by that,
my opinion is that it is a fraud, by which he may be in-
dicted. (To Mr. Kemp)—You deceive the public by this
pompous thing (the circular). It is mere nonsense. (To
the prisoner)—You may go.
The prisoner, who, when he wag first charged, said he
a perfect answer to the cage, was then released froui the
duck, and left the court.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT CAMBERWELL.—Last
evening, Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, held an in-
quiry in the board-room of Camberwell work-
house relative to the deaths of Diana Avery,
aged 26, a nurse in the service of Mr. Hooper, of
14, Brunswick-square, Camberwell ; and Mary Julia Eliza
Fisher, aged 19, also of Brunswick-square, who on Thurs-
day last were knocked down while walking on the footway
in Church-street, Camberwell, by • large coping or cornice
stone which was broken away from over the shop of Mr.
Crswoonr, tobaoconist, of No. 4 in that street, by a person
who was at work there cleansing the gutter. A verdict of
" Accidental death" was returned. At the conclusion of
the evidence, Mr. Isaac H. Crawcour stated to the coroner
that he had received a great number of letters, all anony-
mous, attributing the calamity to his having broken the
Sabbath by opening his shop on Sunday, and asserting that
the affair was " a judgment." As a matter of fact, he
never did open his shop on Sunday, because, although a
Jew himself, be wished to respect the religious opinions of
others ; but the imputations contained in the letters were
under the circumstances most distressing. The coroner
said it was most painful to find Mr. Crawcour had to make
such a complaint. It was much to be desired that the
names of the foolish writers of the letters could be ascer-
tained. There was no ground for any imputation upon
Mr. Crawcour.

STRIKE OF ENGINE DRIVERS
ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

The threatened strike of the engine drivers in the
employ of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail.
way was carried into effect this morning. Up to past
12 o'clock last night a number of the men remained at the
4'omP:o'V's of ice, London-bridge. to consider the proposi-
tion made le. the directors (which we publish below) ; tendon
ultimate separation took place, with an understanding
that they would not return to their duties this morning.
Some of the men, resident at Brighton, sat " in council"
till r. o'clock this morning, and retired expressing
than,-, lves in the same terms. In this emergency
the company have employed every resource at their
disposal for the working of the traffic, the greater portion
of which has been necessarily stopped. Where practi-
cable, the services of station-masters, signalmen, and
others who have at some period acted as drivers,
have been brought into requisition, but the amount
of manual labour has been far from adequate to the
number of trains. Consequently, much excitement
has prevailed at the London-bridge terminus during the
morning, increased by the fact of this being the first day of
the Epsom spring meeting. The ordinary train, adver-
tised to leave London at 6 a.m. for Brighton, did not
start, and the 8 o'clock train was not despatched till past
19, when it was mixed up with the Brighton express.
The time-tables were, as a matter of course, held in
abeyance. and it was only by means of the telegraph that
the authorities knew of the approach of the up trains,
the first intimation of the parliamentary from Brighton,
which was driven by a station master, being made nearly
two hours behind time. Gentlemen residing at Forest-
hill, Sydenham, Anerley, Norwood, Croydon, Lc., and
whose business calls them to the City by early
trains, had anticipated the difficulty, and engaged cabs,
omnibuses, &c., but all this occasioned great inconve-
nience. The Crystal Palace line appeared almost deserted,
two trains only having been despatched for Syden-
ham up to a quarter to 11. Notwithstanding the
caution given to passengers booking for Epsom
as to the uncertainty in the time of starting the
trains, it was astonishing to observe the number
who persisted in taking their tickets—doubtless attracted
by the new station at the course. It was a quarter to 11
before the first special left for Epsom, but at that time
hundreds were waiting on the platform, anxious for the
departure of the ordinary trains. Lovers of the race
were restlessly walking up and down, looking
at the entries on " Dorling's card," and ex-
pressing themselves in tones of loud dissatisfation,
appealing to the officials as to the chance of reaching the
Downs. No one, however, could say, and when our ac-
count left confusion and disappointment were universal.
The superintendent stated, however, that five of the men
had sent in their names as willing to resume their work,
and there is alleged to be a probability of others follow-
ing the example. By the strike the traffic between Lon-
don, lti:ghton, Eastbourne, St. Leonard', Hastings,
Chichester, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Worthing, &c.,
is affected. Up to 1 o'clock the men still maintained their
resolution.

B. T. W.

Nairn
Aherdeen 25.90 43 5.8.14.
Leith
A rdrussan 28.08 44 &M.&
Greencastle 18.74 48 W.N.W.
Valenti& 39.12 47, W.N.W.
Cape Clear 1 —I
Liverpool.— 'VAS 50 &S.W.
Holyhead ^al 47 8.8. W.
relligUlCO 19.41 60 W.&14%
Brcst
Lorient 19.81 52 B.W.
Rochefort —19.80 54 &W.
rlyruouth
Weymouth 1944 49 W.B.W.
Portsmouth 29.44 60 W.B. W.
London
Yarmouth 5948. SAW.
Searborough 411 48 &&W.
Shields .94 49 B.W.
Helder F.

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Atmosphericel pressureiidecreased considerably since yes-
terday morning, but to a much less extent Oil the south touts
than elsewhere. This morning barometrical columns are rishig
on the south waste. Temperature has Increased in the north.
The winds this morning are southeasterly, light to moderate, In
:Scotland ; south-westerly, fresh to strong, elsewhere, Inclining
to S.W.. In Ireland. Last night the wind was strong to a gale
from B.W. on the south coast& Rain has been general

Several additional arrests for high treason have
been made in the county and city of Cork the last two
days. One is a man of position, named Loughlin. Another,
named Savage, has been identified as leading the attack on
the Knockadown Coast-guard station.

FINIANH AT GL cow.—The North British Daily
Mail states that on Sunday morning • body of 25 or 30
Fenianwere *wriest' while drilling on the Glasgow and
Edinburgh turnpike road, between the villages of Holy-
town and Mossend. They were first seen by a young man
named James Ballantyne, volunteer belonging to the
Motherwell Rifles. Ballantyne was returning home from
Holytown to Mossend about 1 o'clock in the morning,
when his attention was attracted by the sharp military
command of a person with an Irish accent, and ad-
vancing with caution along the road, which is very
lonely (there is only one house on the roadside
between Holytown and Woodend), he observed a
body of men drawn up on the footpath in hoe near
Thnnkerton Gates, and going through their " facings "
with a smartness that would have done credit to old soldiers. 1
The commands " mark time," " right turn," and " for-
ward " were given in • clear voice, and the body of men
marched off towards Maslen& In this order they pro-
oeeded without speaking a word until they arrived at
Holytown farm, occupied by Mr. Pollock, when the word
" double " was given, and at once obeyed. Sergeant
M.Naughton, of the county constabulary at Bell-hill,
accompanied by two officers, named Urquhart and Murray,
were on duty in the village of Mowed ; but that locality
being unusually quiet for a "pay night." they were
extending their patrolling towards Holytown. While
proceeding in that direction, they were somewhat asto-
nished to hear sharp regular military steps approaching.
Stepping aside, the officers went into ambush and waited
the arrival of the " Irish troops," as the sergeant at once
suspected them to be. The leader, apparently fearing to
lead his men past any of the inhabited houses, cried
" halt, front," about twenty yards from where the officers
were concealed, and the commander," congratulating
them upon their appearance, dismissed them. The police
seeing the turn affairs had taken, at once darted from
their hiding places, and stationing themselves across the
road, so as to intercept the advancing mob, the sergeant
desired them to " stand." No sooner had the " patriots"
recovered from the alarm caused by the sudden appear
ance of the officers thee they scattered like sheep, and fled
towards Mooned. Notwithstanding the large odds in the
numbers the officers followed. Arriving at Mossend Store
they ran down and made six of the " Brotherhood" pri-
soners. The commander, who is alleged to be a stranger,
effected his escape. Considerable excitement has been
caused by this firs; ' brush" with the Fenian.
The man Winter, who recently murdered his
wife at Norwich, has died from injuries he inflicted upon
himself.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oxi o'er.=

The English funds are steady to-day, at the
cloning prices of yesterday, but home railways have
given way, upon a renewal of speculative sales,
which have been chiefly induced by the strike of
the engine-drivers and firemen on the Brighton
line. The stock of that company iw ex-
tiemely heavy, and has fallen 2i per cent.
Foreign securities show no change t.f im-
portance, but Turkish Bonds are inquired
for, owing to the semi-official announcement that
"neither the French nor any other government
have ever proposed to the Porte the cession of
Candia to Greece." The uncertainty attending the
debate on Reform, and the circumstance that the
fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign stocks
will commence to-morrow, tend to check fresh
business.

The supply of money in the discount market has
experienced a further diminution, owing to the
revenue payments to the Bank. The demand is
good, and the general rate for choice bills is 21
per cent., or only g below the official In
the Stock Exchange short loans on English
government securities are in request, at 2 to 3
per cent.

Consols are now quoted 91 to for money,
and 911 to 1 for the 10th of April, and the Three
per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents.,
891 to ex div.

The foreign stock market is quiet, with little
business. Danubian scrip and Mexican bonds,
however, have improved Ito per cent., and
Turkish securities are in request. Chilian scrip
has declined 1. Turkish of 1865 are quoted 301
to ; Greek, 151 to 1 ; Spanish Passive, 211 to
221 ; ditto Certificates, 141 to 1 ; Italian of 1861,
53;:' to 4 ; Mexican, 17/ to ; Russian Scrip, 2;
to 4 prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 11 to 11 die.; and
Danubian Scrip, 11 to 1 dis.
United States 5-20 Bonds are inquired for, and
have advanced 1 per cent., but Erie and Illinois
Central railway shares have declined 4 to It, the
present quotations being 384 to I, and 781. to 41
respectively.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are quoted
15 7-16 to 161 ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per
Cent. Preference, 3 5-16 to 7-16, being steady.
International Financial shares are quoted
211 to I dis. ; London Financial, 181. to 171
dia. ; General Credit, 31 to 2/ dia.; Credit Fon-
cier, 61 to 6 dis. ; National Discount, 71 to 8
prem. ; and Hudson's Bay, 151 to 161.
The government broker has bought to-day
34,0001. Three per Cents. Reduced, at 89i, ex div.
The Giant's Causeway has arrived from Mel-
bourne with 53,500/.
It is announced that the Comptoir d'Escompte
do Paris has established an agency in London.
The liquidators of the London, Italian, and
Adriatic Steam Navigation Company (Limited)
have declared a dividend of 10s. in the pound, pay-
able on the 30th inst.

The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company will be held on the 24th of
April, " for the purpose of receiving the report of
the affairs of the company for the year ended the
31st day of December last."
An extraordinary meeting of the Panama, Now
Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company is
called for the 3rd of April, for the purpose of
making certain alterations in the articles of asso-
ciation.

From day to day the prices of railway pro-
perty, which are now peculiarly subject to specu-
lative action, are moved up and down by the
variations of opinion as to the prospect of the
Great Western Company obtaining financial assist-
ance, either through the efforts of its friends or the
co-operation of such of the public as are satisfied
with the security of the preference stock now
offered.

' The dividends will be payable to the public at
the Bank of England on Tuesday, the 9th of April.
The half-monthly settlement in shares and
foreign stocks will begin to-morrow ("continua-
tion day"), and end on Friday.
About 4,000 sovereigns from Paris were seutinto
the Bank yesterday.
Thu Asia, from Boston, has brought only 2,0001.
in specie.
The advices from Leeds report the failure of Mr.
Samuel Sykes, flax spinner, with liabilities esti-
mated at about 30,0001. It is stated, however,
that the estate may eventually realise 20s. in the
pound.
The Money Market Review recalls to recol-
lection that on the sth of next month will cease
the "Dead Weight Annuity," which the Bankhas
for upwards of 40 years received from the govern-
ment. The Review observes :—"ln the forth-
coming budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer
will doubtless make a great point of the advantage
gained by the termination of this annuity, which
will place at his disposal 585,7401. per annum,
whilst the loss to the Bank will of course be nil,
due regard having been had every half-year to the
rectification of the Bank's accounts corresponding
with each payment of the annuity now exptring.'
The Committee of Investigation of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway have just issued [the
annexed circular to the holders of the company's
securities: