The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-21 00:00:00

Int Court.

OSBORNE, DEC. 20.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Dowager
Duchess of Athole. and her Majesty walked in the growids
this morning with Princess Christian.
Princess Louise and Prince Christian rode out yesterday
afternoon. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice walked in
the grounds this morning.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. i
Privy Council oat yesterday at the Privy Council-office,
Whitebait, on the subject of quarantine. The Lords pre-
sent were—the Lord l'resident, Viscount Cranboree, the
Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. H. Corry,
the Right Hon. E. Hammond, and the Right Hon. Sir
Stafford ticrthcote. The Attorney-General end Solicitor-
General were also present. Mr. Harrison attended the
committee.
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon.
Privy Council sat yesterday at 'Whitehall on matters re-
lating to the (tattle plague. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alex-
ander Williams attended the committee.

A BRUTAL ACT.
John Phillips, a tall, powerful fellow, who refused his
address, was charged with cutting and wounding George
Chapman, apparently about three months old.
The baby was lying in the arms of the mother, its bead
bandaged and the features very pallid. Complainant
stated--At 6 o'clock last evening I was entenug the
Ten Bells public-house in Spits'fields, when the prisoner,
who was standing at the counter with a saucer in his
hand flung it—l can't my whether at me or the baby in
my arms, or a child at my side, but it struck the baby
above the eyes.
Mr. Ellison—Did it cut the infant!
Mother—Oh, sir, it bled dreadfully. I screamed that
'rue pyre or EDINBURI:II.—GuNTON, Tnuas- he had murdered the child, and then ran to a doctor's,but
star) Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who he would nut attend to the wound ; a second doctor also
has leen passing this week with Lord and Lady Suffield at refused, and I then took the poor little thing to the hos-
pital. I afterwards returned to the public-house; prisoner
Guntonthall, has been enjoying excellent aloft in the was still there, and when I asked if he was not sorry for
noble lord's preserves. A large party of the aristocracy what he had done he jeered at roe, and abused me shame-
are alaying at the hall, and last evening Lord and Lady fully. I then gave him into custody.
Sutticld gave a ball, which was attended by about sixty tntin. 1114 H-1 believe the prisoner was the worse for
ladits and gentlemen. Palming was kept up till two liquor, but lam certain that be well knew what he was
this morning, to the music of Mr. Walter Howlett's band doing.
Prisoner was remanded, a certificate stating that**
trout Norwich, an elegant supper being served about mint \ wound was serious.
night, Among the party s' eying at the hall are Viscount COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THAMES.
Newry, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Leal and Lady ken" I SECOND COURT.. 111411WS DIUIVINI:.—sICRIOUR aceinmer.
aleallaiu, Colonel and Lady Hotly Kingseote, the Hon. ' Sittings at MyhreN in Loadon.—(Refore 11r. Justice . Gower Zeta**, carman lu the employ of Mr. James Stiff,
Mr, said Mrs. Coke, At. The ball last evening was opened : and • see men Jury.) jof the Pottery, High-street, Lauthetli, was brought before
tooter •e. Bk.RTIL Partridge, deuced with furiously anti reeklessly
bY do Dube of Edinburgh with Lady "'Will' Lc" Sur. I This was an action be the Chanties-I:tin of the City of driving a horse and vas, damaging the cab No. 4,147, sad
pout d with Leely Alfred Paget. The duke is et. Loudon to recover prelatic* trout the defendant upon the seriously.injurieg Thomas Chapman, a tab driver.
pouted to leave Guatou on Saturday. t ground that he meted as • broker without haring been ad- ' Last night, a few minutes before 12 o'clock, Chapman
Privies% Teel: and Primaiss Mary Adelaide of Teel suitti-4 1w the Court of Aldermen. wog drtvtug his cab at a moderate pace along the Om-
", i Mr. &breed James, Q.C. and Mr. Archibald appeared arereial-msol, and was about to tura into aloe
the
is
hove returned to Canthridge Cottage, X'em. teach visiting for the plaintiff ; and Mr. It'utler /Salty for the defendant, a southerly aireetioa. when the wiemer, who was
the Duke and Duchess d'Auxuelt at Woodnorton, Woroes- i It was stated that trout tine: ituarentorial brokers in the the Name for liquor, and was driviag a hoes,
tershire, t`ity had learn admitted, sworn, and registered by the Cur and van along the stone tramway at a furious and
The Duke of Hamilton's shooting party at Triton . intiaterebustetheetemateteterdid not whollyilependucerei usage, rec Mesa
_,paceeeaoar,riteu
rem:lett:. ar.iihtlet thdreteethereacuebt both
tof queen Anne and &no of tug wheels on
Park, Suffolk, separated yesterdae. The duke end his ;17th tleo. 111., which regulated the matter. la March down and stunned and the cab was • complete wreck..
friends have had excellent Volt- Severn' thensend heed lest, Mr. Stanley, a man el measly eireutustanees, bought, The prisotter drove on ea if nothing had happened. He
of game were killed in the three tleys' 'bootie& through the defendent, 1,0001. Consols, for the amount, was pursued by polioevergermt Fruston, No. fiS K, who
There tom upon this transaction a hes of 151, ra., which took bins
_into custody. nano° s said the_ prisoner_ was
The Earl and Countess of Durham arrived in
, Mre Stanley's daughter* paid out of their noon" Mr. m04111,10' °IT to Name mot was the wen' for liquor-
to" a fear dace ago hem Larnbt°6 ()lA'''. The °°°ateas Stanley employed the defendant in three other Jeanne- Mr. Partaidge—ls or mpeneetims staked for? A good
and family go toolo or to-morrow to Lembten. The noble titans, which resulted in a leas of 421. 2s. ed. This amount deal of detuage bout been done.
earl will go to Lauffiton Castle next week, . Whs Yet road, and when Mr. Stanley was sued for it his The complainantNo, air; my master will being his
The. Earl of Warwick had a narrow escape whilst ztoileicitrtosr,..eotltmmutcalited with the City Solicitor, and hence actuioec.nifefiage
fined
the
rimier
40s.
for
furious
art
nes- rag,
shooting with a party of friends the other day. His lord- • The foul? contracts Were put in ; they were dated which he paid.
ship's gun exploded as he was in the act of firing it ; but " King-street, London," and proof was given that the de- i
WANDSWORTH.
(although the stock was rent to pieces) the noble earl lendant was
not a sworn broker. ABANIX)NING AN INFANT.
Mr. Butler Rigby submitted that the case was not made Ellen Levitt, who was charged last week withithendesing
escaped uninjured. out, because it lid not been proved that it was the de- her infant, only 14 months old, outside the gates of the
Viscount Hamilton, M.P., has left town to join fendant's general course of business to act as a broker. Wandsworth Workhouse on a cold October morning, was
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the Marchioness Mr. Justice Byles—Have ye ahoi to parliamentshow that a brought before Mr, Ingham for final examination.
of Abercorn and family at Dublin. man who offends against an set of only once is It e ill be recollected that the prisoner was remanded foe
Viscount Castlerosee, M.P., has returned to his excused! lam against you upon that. , the attendance of the woman who picked up the child.
Mr. Butler Rigby further submitted that there was no Jane Collier said she passed a woman in the morning of
seat in Ireland, after a short stay in town. ' sufficient evidence that the transactions in question were the 12th of October, about a quarter of • mile from the
Sir Charles Lennox Wyke has returned to town effected in the City of London. workhouse, carrying something that looked like a eldld.
ustice Byles—You can address the jury upon that Witness asked her the time, and she said half-past 3
from visiting Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., at Norman Court,
if lyiroSjthink you have any chance. My outs doubt is o'clock. She thought the prisoner was the woman. After
Hunts, where there has been • large shooting Party. ' whether the statutes apply to time bargain s such as these, witness had passed on she beard • child 07. Soon after.
We (Sfainfi.rd Mercury) regret to announce that ' or apply only to real sales of stock. : wards she turned back and walked towards the work-
the illness of the Marquis of Exeter took such • serious ~
Clark?!r..aymeit its 4 that point had been sleekly decided in house.she She
got theto
e
turn on Monday last that all the members of the family
Mr. Justice Byles observed that as this was • penal to the gate. She took it into the workhouse. lying
wit-
were telegraphed for, and arrived at Burghley in the course action he would save the points of law for the defendant, ness
explainexpaed her reason for being out so late by stating
of that and the next day. On Tuesday evening a slight if the learned counsel thought he could make anything of that hail • quarrel with her husband, and she
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rusaiingd h,ewiwud
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improvement took place, and yesterday his lordship was them. walked about all night as she was afraid to get home.)
reported to be somewhat better,having passed a more corn- The verdict was for the plaintiff for four penalties-400i.
fortable night ; but he remains in • most critical con- ' I
dition. I , with the child in her arms. The child was very thinly
" mißnuotsrit oll4errio
I clad, and was purple and all sorts of colours from de cold
Lord Areland, whose illness we noticed last • TILE POLICE COURTS. and exitoeure. The child had neither shawl nor bonnet.
week, is, we believe, convalescent. (THIS DAY.) Dr. Counor, jun., who stated that the child was in good
Lord Lytton has left Paris for Nice. "His .11 health, was, however, of opinion that it was not sufficiently
—,,,--- I clothed, and that its life was placed in danger by the
friends," says Galignani," will learn with pleasure that his GUILDHALL. 1 exposure.
lordship's hearing Las been very considerably improved Tilt ROBBERY AT AILKSRB. COOK'S, BT. PAUL'S CHURCH- 1 •DITS. Mensell,. a lady residing in Battersea, came forms Ito 11's
under the care of Dr. Turnbull." YARD. and gave the prisoner an excellent character for being an tary division in Belgium, has just addresso
Lord AdelbertCecil(saysthe Notfin/hom,Tourrini) a ,•' Ch Ors Brown a diminetive lad, was placed at the bar industrious and persevering young woman. She also said of the different corps under his orders a CiffUlsr
....
Wcharged • h deaf-
en remand, before Sir R. .Genders, with that when the prisoner was confined she was in •v IT the legir
has been conducting a series of religions services at Stem. ing two parcels from the premises of Messrs. Cook awd distressed state. She was ready to receive the prisoner
e - has created a certain impression among ,
ford. His lordship having during the last few days left to Co., St. Paul's-churchyard.
- • amain in her employ. officers in the different regiments. Ile writes :
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danger because there was a squabble between the parents. eve Moot.'
rd General Renard, commander of the fourth
Mr. Ingham said the child's life mud not be placed in your officers and tell them that I h
or
Doily
join his regiment, the services are to be conducted in Mr. Lindus, of Cheamide, reminded Sir Robert that the
future by a Scripture reader. prisoner bad been apprehended under the following cireum- several of them, indeed • large number,
stances :—For some time past • set had been made upon Herring reported to the magistrate that the board of
Earl Russell, M. Olozaga, and the Grand Messrs. Cook's premisee, and some well mduehle Parcels guardians left the case in his hands for the law to take its not hesitate in the theatres, pro
•form they wear by no"-
uchess Mary of Russia, were present in the Hall of the bed been stolen from their lack premises. They applied course, as they had been troubled so much with her. places, to compromise the unt
Five Hundred, at Florence, at the opening of the Italian to the police, and James" Henn, detective officer, was
Mr. Ingham said a very serious offence bad been co to females of a certain claaa."
sent. By his direction two dummy" parcels amites, rind he couldwithdraw m- c c. e farther t.
wee placed
chambers.He should send her for trial. the tweet-01,1d sal:
on a hamper near the spot from where tie y had previously hospitals have been made by
A correspondent of the Hants Independent says lost a valuable parcel. The result was that Hann captured I to h,ce si!
! ficent gentleman who is understoo .
''__,rata
that • specimen of the peacock butterfly was caught in the prisoner, but another boy who was with him escaped. ' ".6,000/. for the benefit of the Londe n
1 ' n ibis goo
Stoneham Park last Monday. The police were perfectly certain that the two boys were ACCIDENT AT A MENAGERIE.—A travelling men"- informed that the circumstances .estang
,°...:4.4irwasil
The prize money paid to Federal sailors for cap- being trained by a man to be regular thieves. The psi- „tie was located on the south quay, Ayr,
.for two or three apt' ,_ of
ropristion are thew. The gentleman le
_,..tb
goner had been remanded in the hope that he would have days, at the close of lastweek and
beginning of this weak. memos _a legal pro
the fession, and otos tv.--,--
er of the
tutus made during the rebellion was very handsome in given some information respecting his companion, end the On Monday night two or three boys
many cases. The lured amount paid to one individual man who had got hold of them, but he obstinately refused untie,. between the eneaeanaandni P
had ere t at as in- made it a condition thael ,
one
for the capture of • single prize was 38,318 dole. 55c., paid to say a word about them.
The case could not, therefore, tempt a leopard with hen ' them began t° "ha" p°l"- lieshould t &Part 2-..enni. fcg \
be carried any further. • e. The animal, getting pro_ of success. his client we . in•ls..
too
menatirs or edgy ft,
s
to William Budd, commander of the United Statesl yoked, throat oat its paw, and caught one of its barmen. relations, and that he . art-c 0„,.,„,..
steamer Magnolia, for the capture of the Memphis. After tor's companions—a boy named John IVAditan, about nine for therrtirannek ea_timez...Arataba
and emeen,beirg ;eon
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
CLERKENWELL. years of age—by the free tearing • portion of his nose end eland, are., '"'"°•,`"—, .-- ; i hace been e*." ,jd
paying all expenses of adjudication, this prize netted the
ROBBERY OF OVER 5001. %WHIR OF GOLD AND envzz wins. cheek, but fortunately itiflictieg so other serious injury. fortunes taus suddenly and
thes
handsome sum of 500,914 doll, so that even each ordinary It'd/Met Berm/dr, • wellolrested man, about 28 yaws of Dr. Burns was soon in attendance, and sewed the wounds, puch • =inner as to prove • cures m. ...Joao
seaman realised 1,734 deb. S3c. for his share. admits the
age, residieg at 62, Myddelton-streit, Clerkenwen, was which are not of a dangerous natora.—Ayr Aeleerniser. there is very crest reason to. medico/ jr.o-araril•
nobility of the peoviso.—