The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THlB_ DAY.)

ROW-STREET.
A DRUNKEN PORTER.
Dahid ioroar, in the service of the South-Eastern
Railway Company as a porter in the continental depart-
ment, was brought up in custody of Inspector Parker, of the
South-Eastern Railway police, charged with being drunk
while in his employ at the Terminus, Charing-cross.
The prisoner hail been sent from the Cannon-street
station us special messenger, to convey to the Charing.
moan terminus a valuable parcel, to be forwarded to the
Continent. Having missed the train by which he ought to
have come, lie walked to Charing-cross. When about to
return to 'annon-street, arriving upon the platform, he
loitered until the train started, attempted to enter a
carriage while the trait was in motion, lost his footing,
azuf fell to the ground He got up and was m:kking
second attempt to get into a carriage, when he was pulled
}sick by Mr. Parker, who was alarmed lest he should
incur some injury, more especially as he was drunk. lie
was then ordered to go to the superintendent's office. lie
ut firat refused to do so, but after some little persuasion
was induced to do so. Mr. Richardson ordered him into
custody.
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The prisoner admitted that be was drunk, but said be
was so before he started from Cannon-street. He had no
doubt they had found it out, for when he arrived at
Charing-cross he found the officers in wait fur him, and
the. parcel was taken from him.
.

Mt:. Richardson said he 4va5.... instructed to press the
charge, as this was the second time the prisoner had
been accused of drunkenness. The case was the more
serious, as the prisoner was aware that the oontent4 of
the parcel—articles to be forwarded to the Paris Exhibi-
tion—were of great value.
The prisoner said that in any case he should be dis-
missedfrom his situation.

Mr. Richardson said there was no doubt of that. and
pointed out a cLuse to that effect in the company's bye-
law..

iii. Flowers said that, culpable ss the prisoner's conduct
was, he could not but think the dismissal from his em-
ployment a sufficient punishment. The primmer might
therefore be discharged.

CLRRICENWELL.
EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION BY A WIPE.
A well-dressed young woman, holding a newspaper in
her hands, applied to Mr. Barker to know if she could not
live with her husband whose death was reported in some
of the London newspapers, but whom she found to be alive
and quite well.
Mr. Barker said he did not know how he could help the
applicant without he knew all the circumstances.
The applicant said that about twelve months since her
husband deserted her, and three months after that it was
reported in the newspapers that he was dead and buried.
A few days since she heard that her husband was
alive, that he resided with his father, and that he was
in the habit of going home late at night. She watched
and saw her husband go into the house, and then applied
to her father-in•law to admit her. She was roughly re-
fused and was told that she was mad. On Thursday night
she again saw her husband enter the house in question,
and when he had been there sane little time she by stm-
tegem got admission Loth° house,and to her hushand's apart-
ments, but her husband bearing her voice made his escape
from the windows and over the back walls. Her father-
in-law then made his appearance, abused her, and told her
to leave the house. This ■he would not do, as she bad a
right to live with her husband if she pleased, and to be
with bim wherever he might be, and this she told her father-
in-law, and then he ill-treated her and put her out of the
house. She now wanted an order to compel her husband
to see her and to live with her.

Mr. Barker said he had no power to make such an
order. If the husband had deserted her, she must either
apply to the Divorce Court or to the parish.
The applicant—l have been to the parish, and I think
it very hard that having found my husband, I can't
make him live with me or support me. Can't I have the
summons for the assault by my father.in.law ?
Mr. Barker said the question would be was more violence
used than was necessary to remove her from the house.
She might have the summons, but he would advise her
not to.

Mr. Barker has received from "W. E. I. R.," 2/. 3.,
with a request that its receipt might be acknowledged in
the Express, for the poor woman, Surah Aylmer (whose
ease was yesterday reported), between 70 and 80 years of
age, who was robbed by her landlady and one of thelodgers
of all the money she had saved to support herself.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DARING ROBB/CRT AT A azermixa's.
A man who refused his name and address was charged
before Mr. Knox with stealing a silver watch of the value
of 71., the property of Mr. Civvies Burehett Cooke,
jeweller, No. 72, Oxford•street.
Mr. Charles Cooke, the prosecutor's son, said that about
$ o'clock the previous evening the prisoner came into his
father's shop, and asked to see some silver watches. He
@bowed the prisoner some, and he said he would call
again the next day. Being anxious to do business, he
showed the prisoner another watch of the value of 71.,
and the prisoner snatched it out of his hand and ran out
of the shop. He went after the prisoner and brought him
beck, when the prisoner took the watch out of his pocket
and in a passion threw it against the wall, and it fell on
the floor and was injured. He then sent for a constable,
and gave the prisoner into custody.
Police-constable Malcolm Hunter, 338 A, said that he
was celled to the prosecutor's shop, and took the prisoner
into custody, and on searchimiasum at the station be
found in his possession a shi , a comb, and a large
piece of granite. The prisoner did not deny the charge,
but refused his name and address. He had seen the pri-
soner in company of two other men about the Strand and
Regent-street lately.
The prisoner said the constable had never seen him in
Regent-street or anywhere else with anyone.
Mr. Knox said he would like the prisoner to be well
looked at by the police, as he believed he bad been at that
court before.

Inspector Hubbard, E division, said that should be
done.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

THE EXPLOSION AT STEPNEY.

STATE OF THE SUFFERERS.—(THIS DAY.)
It was stated this forenoon at the London Hos-
pital that the six persons who were burnt in consequence
of the explosion of Chinese firepaper at No. 1, High-atreet,
Stepney, are all doing well. It is now thought that
the unfortunate sufferers, who are all under the care of
Mr. Adams, the house surgeon, are out of danger. Only
three of the persons injured were seriously burnt, the others
being dragged out of a wooed floor window and carried
clown a lamplighter's ladder into the street before the fire
had time to do more injury to them than merely burn their
faces and hands.

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The three parties who were severely inured were—
Charles Wilson, the whipniaker, 33 years. This
man had his ankle dislocated, by lea from the second-
floor window—burns severe.

Amelia Webster, aged 21, shockingly burnt about the
face, hands, and body.
Samuel Webster, aged 18, burnt all over the body. Thu
young man was only kept alive by stimulants. It is now
considered that he is out of danger.
The Chinese firepower that exploded is common tissue
paper, steeped in strong acids and then dried.

INCREASE OF PAY TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
DAr.)—Thin morning an order was read at all the
polite stations in connection with the Metropolitan Police,
signed 5y Sir Richard Mayne, and approved by Mr. Wal-
-1 pole, the Secretary of State for the Atoms Department,
stating that the following partial increase of pay would be
made to the Metropolitan Police. Chief Superintendent
Walker an increase of 1001. a year, making 4251. per year ;
the other superintendents are to be raised 501., making
3001. ; and the commissioners will select from the superin.
tendents 4 to be raised another 251. per year, making 3251.
per year ; 100 inspectors are to receive DR. ss. per year
increase. and for the present there is to be an increase for
the first-clam sergeants, who are only receiving 11.85. per
week ; 200 of the second-clam sergeants are to be raised
from 11.6 x. to U. Bs. The first-class constables are to be in-
creased from U. 3a. to U. 54.; and the second-class from
11. 2s. to 11. 3s. The third and fourth class of oonsteblea
are not to receive any increase. This increase has caused
great dissatisfaction among the sergeants, as the first-class
constable, who has no responsibility, receives within ls.
of what the sergeant receives.

Professor Loomis, of Yale College, says that the
average temperature in the month of February was *even
degrees higher than the average of the same month for 88
=and that it counterbalanced the unusual coldness of
her and January, so that the winter, on the whole,
has been an average one, and spring opens with no back
ammults to make up.—New York Sun.