The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-19 00:00:00

CLERILENWELL

John Leonard, Leonard-square, Shoreditch, a broker was
charged with unlawfully assaulting and beating Ellen Mary
Jackson, of 3, Mylne-street, Claremont-square, on the 9th
of the present month.
The complainant, a respectable-looking young woman, mid
that yesterday week, between the hours of two and three in
the afternoon, a distress for rent was put into the house, and
the defendant and two other men entered. When they got
in, the defendant, who was very much the worse for liquor,
rushed over the house, and made use of bad and disgusting
language. Leonard followed her upstairs, put his arms
round her waist, and said, It was entirely at his pleasure
that was done, and as I let hint so he would do." She then ran
downstairs to where the landlord and a female were. The
defendant and his men, after the landlord bad gone, then
threatened the complainant and another female, and said if
they did not leave the house and give up the keys they
would be pushed out as they were. They then put on their
bonnets, and when outside the house the defendant said he
would let them return, but only on sufferance. When they
went beck, the defendant asked the females to go for some
gin, and when they refused he again made use of very bad
tango .ge. Shortly afterwards, the defendant beckoned the
complainant into another room, and when she went there he
shut the door, polled her acres/ the room, and Mailed her re-
peteadly. When she called out he let her go, and then she
complained to her friend and one of the broker's men. The
defendant also said that if she did not go with him to Kent,
he would at once put the goods in a van and take them away.
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired for the broker's warrant.
The defendant not being able to produce the warrant,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was the defendant's duty to have
brought the warrant, and he did not care one straw about
his saying that he had left it at the complainant's
house. From all he saw to the contrary, the defendant was
in the house a trespasser. Brokers knew what they were
about, end if the defendant did not know his business he
meet be taught.
The defendant denied the charge, and called a man whom
he had put in possession at the time, but who, when he got
into the box, gave a confused account of the matter, and said
that it was a very mysterious question, and one that be did
not properly understand.
7' r. Tyrwhitt said there could be no doubt that the de-
fendant went with an execution to the house very drunk, and
took that opportunity of threatening the complainant and
assaulting her. Ho should order him to pay the sum of 61.
and costs, the full penalty, or, in default, two calendar
months hard labour in the House of Correction.

The prieoner was locked up in default.
WESTMINSTER.

Elie Marker, a wretched looking apparently about 20
years of me, was charged with attempting suicide.
Edward Moreman, 10311, said that late on the previous
night he was parsing through Minerva-street, Chelsea, when
he was attracted by groans, and on proceedingto a secluded
spot from which they proceeded, found the defendant, sitting
nearly double in a door way. He spoke to her, and she was
insensible, and upon partially lifting her up, found an empty
bottle in her lap, marked" laudanum." lie procured weft-
tame, and conveyed her first to a surgeon's in the neighbour-
hood, and subsequently to the hospital, where with proper
treatment she slowly recovered. She admitted that
eke bad taken laudanum, and she assigned as a
reason for attempting to put an end to her existence that
sbe had been seduced, and had been living with a man who
bad represented himself to be single, but whom she after-
wards discovered to be a married man, with three children.
She met him on the previous night, and being in very dis-
tressed eireurnatenees solicited someaasiatence,awben he

brutally struck her, and upon again soliciting aid , from him
he gave her twopence, with which she purchased laudanum.
She was remanded for a week.

BOUTEIWAILK.

Benjamin Bird, a stevedore, in the employ of Messrs.
Silva and Phillips, wharfingers and shipping agents, ()oft's-
wharf, Tooley-street, was committed for trial for committing
a disgraceful assault on Mrs. Elizabeth:White, in a railway
carriage, on the North Kent Railway, while pasting through
the Blackheath tunnel.

COUNTRY SCHOOLS FIFTY ICF.ARS AGO.—The
following amusing sketch is extracted from the Glasgow
Mail: —" After leaving old Nanny' e, I went for a quarter to
Mr. Strap, who practised the trade of a weaver, while he
exercised the profession of a schoolmaster. The oat of my
board was one-half boll of oatmeal, and my school-fees
amounted to the sum of eighteenpence. It was expected that
my aunt, who bad long resided in the city, would see to the
Improvement of my manners, while Mr. Strap superintended
my education. She instructed me to be sure and take off my
bonnet when I went in, and not to say fat (anglia, what)
when I did not hear, but what's tier scull, and not to call the
muter Jamie Strap, but Master Strap. The school-
room was in an old-fashioned two-storied house, in
the gable of which was the school-door. On approaching,
I mold not help admiring it, and thinking to myself what •
difference there was between this grand stone building and
old Nanny's turf hut. We entered without ceremony, and
I was introduced u a new scholar from the country. In the
farther end of the room sat the master at his loom, and in
front of him sat the scholars on forms, arranged the one behind
the other. In another corner was his daughter, a stout red-
haired girl, hearing lessons and filling piens at the same
time. The muter was a little wiry body, with a broad blue
bonnet, which he always wore. He did not wear • coat, but
bad a eleeved vest, long in the body, and striped across.
Hu knee-breeks were of good corduroy, and beautiful rig-
and-fur blue eta-kings adorned his legs. At his
right hand were two nails projecting from the
wall, on which hung two whips, called the long
whips and the short *chops. When he wished to punish
those that were on the nearest form, be used the short
wAsps; those on the other forma were corrected with the
long wAsps. On • shelf were a number of dried rhubarb
stalks—there were the school prizes—and very proud was
the boy who, for diligence or good conduct, got one of
these to make • tootin horn. As soon as my aunt left me,
be called ms up to the aide of the loom to let him hear what
I could do. When I had read a few verses, he said—
' Vara weal, my man; ye're no that ill a reader, but
yer pronounsAiatAnn's no very guid.' I was then sent
to my seat to make room for another. All
the lessons were given individually in the use
manner. The fear of the whips kept us busy in our meta.
Correct pronunciation was what be most prided himself on.
His leading principle was that all words should be pro-
nounced aa they are spelled. The Rev. Mr. Wh—n, of
the Old Kirk, came one day to examine the school, and cor-
rected one of the boys for mispronouncing the the word
through. 'The laddie's richt, sir,' said Mr. Strap, tbroo
may do, but throch's the thing; it spells that, at any rate.'
Ho was quite disgusted with the new-fangled mode of pro-
nouncing Israel and Capernaum. ' It's a great sin, he
said, 'to chip the words o Scripture. !wale and Capirr-
nine dinna pond near sae weal as I.lzrasol and Capirstawns."
FIRE AT MAIDSTONE.—About three o'clock yes-
terday morning a fire was discovered to have broken out in
the premises of Mr. Tendell, Meseham-street, Maidstone.
An alarm was given, and the fire was found to be rafing in
the engine-room of Mr. Tendell's saw-mills. Adjoining the
saw-mills wee • large timber-yard, and to this as well as to a
malthouse in the rear of the premises, and to other neigh-
bouring buildings, the conflagration quickly spread. The
flames rose high into the air. The barrack engine attended,
as well as • number of soldier' who rendered efficient assist-
tance. and the fire was after some hours got under. The loss
is estimated at 8,0001., only • small part of which is covered
by insurance.
Tne LATE FATAL FIRE IN BLSIIOPBOATE-STREET.
—lroacitsr.—An inquest was held yesterday at the White
Hart Tavern, Bishopagate, respecting the circumstances
attending the death of Benjamin Anise), sged 37, who lost
his life the day before in the fire at Devonshire House, Devon-
shire-square. Mr. Thomas Hodsell appeared on behalf of
the insurance companies interested. In the course of the
Inquiry it was elicits I that the basement was occupied by
Mr. nailing, that the fire began in the basement, that there
was a strong smell of turpentine daring the progress of the
fire, that a two-pllon can smelling strongly of turpentine
was found in the basement, and beside it • box containing
felt and shavings. There wee a gas meter in that part of the
premises, and it was on at full force during the fire. The
contents of the house were insured in the names of Schmaltz
and Dallins for 2,4004 The inquiry was adjourned to the
29th lost.

TOR NEW PASSPORT SYSTElL—Acircular letter
has just been issued from the Foreign•olEa addressed to
every lord•lienteeant, deputy-lieutenant, and magistrate of
the several counties in England and Wales, requesing him
to forward at his earliest convenience to the °Motto( her Ma-
jesty's Chief Secretary of State his name and address in
writing at full length, as also a copy of his Tomei autograph
signature, and the imptession of lits meal, crest, and coat of
arms, for registradon there, in order to verify the genuine-
-110111 of applioatices slat in for foreign passports. This pro-
ceeding would oertainly seem to imply that her Majesty's
government do not Intend to allow the want regulations re-
lative to the passport system to deep or to booms by any
means a deed Wu.