The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-06 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

' Maid Drisooll, a pow fellow, a tiskettd-
leave convict, was brought before Mr. Combo, charged with
the following daring outrage and robbery at the Three
Pipet Tavern, Pickle Herring- stairs, Bermondsey.
Mary Jenkins, barmaid to Mr. William Hopis*, the
landlord, said that on Thursday lacindag, shortly after aim
cesloalt, she went from the bar to the kitchen to fetch some
water. On her mars, she Land the prisoner Maids the
bar, about to open the till. She rutted in to mem, Mts.
when he streak her a heavy blow ea the head, nearly
Manning her. He pat kis band I. the till, and helped him-
self twice with mew. She called loudly for eadetame,
and mired hold of his, bat be wee too strolls for her, and
cantered to make his maps from the home Wrote mem
was. She gave itfermstioa to the polio), with a degerip•
dos of the primer, which shortly afterwards mused him
to ha approbeaded.
teaseramniaatioa by the prisoner, IVIIMINS said that
there woe no one sloe in the bar bat her, neither wee there
any one in the teproma. The prisoner woe not in the \ease
when she went Mt* the kitchen, and the never gm Ma
before until she relmemml to the bet. As soon es the SUMP
am Mat, he mode me et a dreadful oath, and dusk her
en the die of the heed with his clenched fist.
Jame &sty, pHeetteestable 168 hi, said that be re.
edged Walmaiiia of the wino end robbery, and about
twe endeek the semi afternoon be took the grimier tato
eeadelp, tbe Lies Head, Today-street. He dialed the
g=ald what wee known of the prisoner
Iry wag Judge, of the Thaws Polio* said he had
karma the prisoner, for pore, se beingconnected with a
peg of thieves, the greater pert of whom were ander•
piss transportation at Norfolk blend. The prisoner was
tried-and convicted at the Central Crimine Court on the 3rd
of Jemmy, 18M.
Mr. Combs fully committed him far Mir! at the nest
Sauey Sodom.

CHAROI OF STEALING A PLOY.-At HaiMato,
them, the Rev. Bit lota Calms Seymour. Bart., and J.
R. C. Beyisovr, Bsq., his eon, were "barged last week, the
former with steaks, cue pinm, valued at Id., and the latter
with dealing two plums, vaned at 2d.. gad °aspect),
valved at 4d.,_ the property of Homy Winebeeter. The
eomplainsat Winehetter unpin a garden attached to Rust
Monet's:Castle ezd visitors are in the habit of fumigating
it to porthole fruit. On the let of September the aloe. Sir
J. &moor and hie an went to this garden, imamate( to
purchase cute fruit. They Gelled for the ge;diier, but he
did not some, sad while they were waiting trey Oohed
dine glens sad me reek between them. The gardener
thee made his sag they wont up to him and'
ststecl thst they pisked stems fruit, and dished to know
bow meek they had to pay. The gardener was very espy
at their picking the fruit without his Inv., and wee tio ex-
cited that he famed to listen to any esplanstion. The de-
fendants assert I his that they some to purchase the fruit,
and had not the elighttet intend= of robbing blast but
nothing would satisfy hies, and he brought Ode charge
splint the defusleata. Re said if they had rung the bell,
same sae would have some to thous. The chairman geld
the bezels quite abeelud the defendants from any intention
of stealing the fruit, but than was a degree of, Impropriety
is their mama In sot waiting until the gardener appeared.
Re should therefore eonvist them Is the penalty of Is and
costs for improperly taking the fruit.

INCENDIART FIRP.e IN OXFORDSHIRE. —No lees
than five incendiary fires occurred fa the neighbourhood of
Bloater last wash, sad, as may be supposed, used nee:-
ampled *Balmy sad distress. The first ocaurred on Its pre-
mien of Mr. Phillips, Master, Lep'. EDO, which consumed
a large wheat risk sad two straw riche, but was fortunately
eatinguieltod before mach farther Amigo was done. Oa
Tared., night the heaven. were illusiaated for atlas round
by the 'seating of ire la four different homesteads assented
by Mr. W. Patten, sea., at Lutgford, where two wheat,
Ile barley, two peas, sad two hay ricks, the whole produce
of the farm, were destroyed : by Mr. T at Caren-
deld—his property destroyed consoled of three wheat Asks,
three barley, one bees, two oats, three bay, and the berm,
which were fall of all lads of grain : by Mr. Lapps', at Us:
mnfield, Oa. Malay risk, which the fire was providatially
confined to : by Kr. Jabs Biog. at Watarloo Comes
more, la which the whole produce of 90 mom of lead has
hiss destroyed, as well as geese, fowl, and a lot of harrows,
as. The ',pimple los is suppooed to be about 4.000 L Mr.
Lappet Is fully issued, and the others to a simaidersble
amount. At a misting at Blunts,, ow Friday owning,
of the Parson' Pyoteatos Pointy, it was tanned to offer
from that body a reward of 601., sad to shalt goveraseat to
add another 1001. to it, for the appnbension of the dastardly
miasmata who calmed sash a wholesale deettnetios of
PPM.