The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THAMES.
This was the third examination into the charge against
Mr. James Ingoll, oil merchant, of Mellish's-wharf, Mill-
wall, for storing petroleum, the igniting point for which
was under 100 degrees Fahrenheit, within fifty yards of a
dwelling-house, iu quantities exceeding forty gallons, and
without license. la umerous scientific witnesses were exa-
mined, from whose evidence it appeared that the vapour
of the petroleum in some cases ignited at 97 degrees, and
others at 100 degrees. It was stated that there were
15,000 casks of oil on the defendant's premises.
Mr. Partridge finally decided the case on a technical
point—viz., that it was not proved there were forty gallons
of petroleum in the cask from which the sample tested by
the witnesses was taken, and he therefore dismissed the
summons. At the same time he seriously warned the
defendant against the danger be was incurring, for if a fire
took place on his premises the consequences might be very
disastrous. All the shipping in the river might be de-
stroyed if the petroleum was ignited and flowed up and
down the Thames.
The penalties sued for amounted to 20/. for each day the
oil was kept on the defendant's premises.
HADIMERSM ITH.
Harriett Morris was again examined on a charge of
poisoning her child, Emily Morris,aged six years, by
giving her oxalic acid. The child, ho had since the last
examination been instructed in the nature of an oath, was
now examined, and stated that her mother took her to a
dark place in the park, and then opened a bottle and
poured something into a glass, which she tried to induce
her to drink. She told her it was peppermint, and would
warm her, and she made her nip a piece of bun into the
liquid, and eat it. Witness did not like to take the stuff,
and her mother at last forced it down her throat. It was sour,
and burnt her mouth. Her mother then went away, and
left her alone in the dark. She was there a long time.
The policeman informed the magistrate that the place
where the child was found was in a field leading to the
Duke of Devonshire's.
The chemist who had examined the child's clothes said
he had no doubt the marks were caused by oxalic acid,
and could not have arisen from alum.
Committed for trial

CORN.-CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 24.-We had a good supply
of wheat and barley, which sold slowly at last week's prices.
Wheat, 48.. to 688. Barley, 40a. to 52e. Oats, 255. to 30s.
Beans, 445. to 54a.
CARLISLE, Nov. 24. -There was an average supply of
grain this morning. 'Wheat met a good demand at an
advance of le. per bushel upon last week'. prices. Oats
and barley sold well, without change in value. Prices:-
- New white wheat, 203. to 275. • ditto, old, 25e. 6d. to
Drs.; new red wheat, 10s. to as. iid. ; ditto, old, 245. 6d.
THE CIRCUITS.-The meeting of the judges, Ito 2,;,,. 64 ; barley, 13s. 41d. to 15s. Gd. New potato oats,
which we announced in our impression of last Sunday, 1 H,,, Its. t;) les. 341.; ditto old, lls. ed. to as. 3d., per
took place during the last week, and we believe that her ' Carlisle hualmel. Flour, 2s. sd. to 2... 13d.• oatmeal, 2a.
Majesty's judges will suggest to the government the fol- to 2s. 21.; ryemeal, Is. 64.; berleymeal, Is. iid. per stone.
lowing plan for the rearrangement of the c•rcuita :-Lan- COLCHESTER, Nov. 24.-A good supply of wheat, a
cashire to become the Lancashire Circuit, with rewires
fair demand at an advance of 2s. The supply of barley
three times a year, at Liverpool and Manchester, for civil a • •
leo eood finest qualities unaltered, intermediate ls. to
business. Yorkshire, and the counties of Durham North- 2.-". '
dearer ; grinding, as last day. Beans and peas main-
umberland, Cumberland, and Wentmorelan•l, to form the •
tamed full price'.
"Northern Circuit." The Midland Circuit to receive back
Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. and to hold assizes
CEILI,FoRD, Nov. 24.-There was a fair (supply of
at Birmingham. The counties of Hertford and Essex I wheat and barley at market to-day. Wheat was in
per qr. upon the mode-
arerates of
to be taken from the Home Circuit and attached
to the Norfolk. The Oxford Circuit is to lose llast week. Barley met a free sale, and the extreme prices
Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, which will forum of last week were readily pabl for fine qualities. Other
part of the Welsh Circuit. In return for this loss spring corn rather dearer. Wheat, 695. to 764.; barley,
the Oxford Circuit will receive 'Winchester. In the future 345. to 525. ;Data, 20s. to 30s. ;peas, 40s. to 425. ;beans,
two judges will travel on the Welsh Circuit. It will thus 44°. to 56..
be seen that the Home and Western Circuits are deprived i LEICESTER, Nov. 24.-There was a fair attendance at our
of three towns, without compensation. The Oxford Cir- j corn market to-day, and for the time of the year the show
cuit will, however, be the most weakened, as an assize at of wheat wax tolerable ; moat of the samples were of the
Birmingham will drain Stafford and Worcester of the new crop. The tone of the demand was slow, at an ad-
greater portion of the civil causes now tried there ; whilst vance of Is. to 2s. per qr. New red may be written at
Winchester will not compensate for the loss of Hereford I stts. to 625. ; new white, 60s. to 65e. ; old red, 60s. to64a;
aad Moomouth. This scheme only Remounts to a reoom- old white, 41415. to 705. per 36 stone. Only a few lota of
mendation ; but if approved of at the Home-office, it can I really fine barley were exhibited, and these were steadily
be carried into effect by an Order in Council. Formerly disposed of at the rates of last week ; coarse sorts were
an act of parliament would have been necessary to effect difficult to quit at less money. Malting, 45e. to 50s. per
any alteration in the circuits, but by the statute 26 and qr. ; grinding, 325. to 36e. per 30 stone. The quantity of
27 Viet., c. 122, this is rendered unnecessary.-Sunday oats at market was again scanty, and business ruled very
Gorate. I firm at rates the turn in favour of the seller ; old, 32.5. to
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-Early yea- 108. ; new, 2l's. to 324. er 24 stone. Of beans there was a
tenlay morning a woman named Harriett Rowe, the wife small supply, and the apemand being active late rates were
of a pointsman on the South Eastern Railway, murdered rather exceeded ; new made 425. to 50.. ; old, 545. to Sex.
drowning him per 38 atone. Fine flour was quoted at Kw. to 475. ;
her infant, a boy of nine months of age,
in the water-butt, and afterwards jumped in herself, but seconds, 44a. per 20 stone.
was rescued. Mrs. Rowe has been in a very low state of NEWCASTLE-ON-TTNE, Nov. 24.-At our market this
mind for some time, and has been under medical treat- morning we had a more liberal supply of wheat from the
meat at the West Kent General Hospital. She states growers, condition very various, notwithstanding which,
that " she went to bed as well as usual, but woke about 5 however, a clearance was early effected at an advance of
o'clock, and then, only partially dressing, she went down 2s. per qr. ; the advance acquired on south country and
stairs, and threw the child into the water-butt, and then foreign during the week being at the same time well estab-
jumped in herself, but she sapposed the Lord did not fished. The granaried stocks having been so largely drawn
think her time had come, and so she was saved." The upon, it seems to us quite self-evident that we must re-
bodyof the child awaits the c mroner'e inquest. I quire more than our ordinary importations during the
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MURDER. -At the winter months to keep prices at their .present level.
County-hall, Nottingham, on Saturday morning, John Scarcely any new south Countryor foreign on sale. For a
Watson and his wife,Mary, were brought up, charged cargo of choice island red Danish we made 6Ss. per 5041b5.
with being implicated in the murder of Mr. Henry Raynor, to-day. Flour fully sustained the advance of the week.
at Carlton, on the night of Saturday week, and re. Choice malting wanted, but for other sorts there is little
mended. inquiry. Malt, unless fine, neglected. Beans and peas
POLICE-OFFICE CoNercrioNs.___Mr. do Meschin, I without change. Oats in good request, at last week's
of the Inner Temple, who cameintocollision with thepolice prices. The arrivals this week are : -Wheat, coastwise,
last spring, and was sentenced by Mr. Mansfield, at the 34 ; foreign, 535. Barley, coastwise, 104 •, foreign, 731.
Malt, coastwise, 39. Oats, coastwise, 3,491 ; foreign, 234.
Marylebone police-court, to a week's imprisonment, has
Peas, coastwise, 20. Beans, coastwise, 25 qrs. Flour,
published a correspondence with the Home-office, arising
coastwise, 1,507 sacks. Indian corn flour. 335 sacks.
oat of that occurrence. He complains that, having made
a written application to Mr. Mansfield's court for the de- I NORWICH, Nov. 24.-There was a very fair supply of
I wheat at this market to-day, and prices must again be
positions in the case, he had been refused. Mr. Wadding-
ton replies that the Secretary of State has no power in the quoted Is. to 2a. per qr. dearer, but the trade was slow at
matter. Mr. de Meschin states that the Home-office has this advance. The supply of good malting barley was
power to make rules for the court, and can therefore make about equal to last Saturday, and the demand continuing
a rule such as would meet his case. " The police court,. active the extreme rates of that day were fully main-
he observes, "is like the Star Chamber, judge of law, feet, twined; other sorts commanded about the same terms as
and penalty ; Englishmen are in this court deprived of of late. Sharp and cutting north winds in the early pert
their ancient birthright, trial by jury, and of their ancient of the week were succeeded by a heavy fall of snow and
common law right, to have the blunders and injustice of rain : to-day the weather is more settled, and the snow has
this inferior court corrected by the Court of Queen's Bench disappeared. White wheat (weighing 621bs. to 631b1.),
by a certiorari ; and to crown and consummate all, a 68e. to 70s. • red ditto (weighing 60Ibs. to 631b5.), 58s. to
metropolitan police magistrate may at his pleasure rm. 64a. ; best ;milting barley (weighing 52ilbs. to 5341b5.),
prison any man for twenty-nine days on any evidenoe, or , 50s. to 525. ; runs ditto (weighing 5111 e. to 521 be.), 465. to
no evidence, whether innocent or guilty, and that mall h/11 ' 43a. ; distilling ditto (weighing 491 be. to 501 be.), 36e. to
Wheat, 2,708 qrs., 565. 11d.; barley, 7,815 qrs., 47e5r.17.-
no appeal or redress." 1 40s. per qr. -Flour, 445. to 455. per sack. Av
There were no deaths from cholera registered in ,1
London on Friday, and but four from diarrhoea. ; NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 24.-There was a fair quantity of
DISPENSARY FOR SIII-N DISEASES, 56, GREAT wheat on offer f rom the growers, and the condition the
MARLBOROUGH-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W.-One hundred grain was better than last week. The demand was slow,
16.44. to 750.; new red, 545. to 62a. per 36 stone. There was
and eighty-seven patients were relieved at this dispose's/7 and any advance in prices was with difficulty made. Old
during the week ending Nov. 21. , white sold at 68s. to 725. ; old red, 58a. to 685.; new white,
DII BARRY'S DELICIOUS RaVALIINTA ARABICA
FOOD cares dyspeptit, iDdlsoodka, COUTIL 'Mona, consumbroe, .n average supply of barley, the quality of which was very
debility.
edbettpdtio tuant.a. aptw. 0,0. 0.. irregular. The tone of the demand was by no means
IWO?, and stomach co,omp/aims. Cure No. tei,418.-" Roma July brisk, but the best sorts were fully as dear, other kinds
"11,0e.11101bw,
in -The health otoetheeriiremedimoly ratberheis
haseseectent„derpohrerefy
net.
perH naltixn,
e4".onisitsssaw.ereperotiquarterly a
mod; grinerstedingsiow3os.antod
setirely to Du Bsrry's Foodi, and his HOHARIS cannot Praha the inquiry proved healthy. Higher prices were as' ked,
and sales sr. er.4 effected at rather over previous rates ; old tt
.. exlioellese.
y.t hood too aleblylitit*-Odszeted. tewdu. Likli-tidd.Dalatilarrete.
ILiand.
lb.. b. 9d. Miss Sli. 499-Idivetbsouit. r" • 31*. to 38a. ; new, 235. to 32a. per 24 stone. There was a