The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
STOPPER AT THE PIM:inHOP.
?lowa Spowrr, assistant in the mantle .leparti,ent at
the establishment of Mr. Leaf, warehouseman, Old-change
City, was charged with stealing a mantle, the property a
his employer.
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The pnwmer went to the shop of Mr. Attealmough,
pawnbroker, :1•l, Adam-street, Strand. and uHere.l the
mantle in pledge giving the name John Fidler. The
pawnbroker's assistant suspected him, and refier.i to ad.
vance any money upon the mantle, but detained it. The
prisoner insisting upon the property belonging to hi., the
assistant said Le bad better fetch a policeman. and
if the latter advised him he would give it•
ur.
Thu prhouer went out and returned with puheecooqable,
F. 96, who on learning that the assistant soaps red it to
be stolen of course declined to recommend its surrender to
the prisoner. The assistant then handed the mantle to
the policeman, and told him to exercise las svp
discretion ill the disposal of it. The comt..ble
then put some questions to the prisoner. alas
gave very unsatisfactory repliea, and ultimately the pairs.
broker gave him in custody. An experienced officer, Ws.
dell, 173 F, was instructed to investigate the tasr, Esl
traced the property to the owner. The prisouer, upon
being confronted with his master, made a eta.
fusion, which, however, could not be mad
evidence, as Mr. Leaf had recommended him to ten
the truth. observing that it would be better for him. lie.
Leaf indeed exhibited some reluctance to press 11,e ray
against the prisoner, and seemed rather reliesed
otherwise ou finding that his cynic nce could tint be used
against tie prisoner.
Mr. Vaughan inquired if the mantle could he iderite.
Mr. Leaf said most of his mantles were made by
.a lady
now in Paris, or under her direction. Probably thu sat
had been made by her ; and, if so, she would no doubt is
able to identify it. She would be in town in a few dap.
Mr. Vaughan observe! that though the confession cosy
not be used against the prisoner, the case might be pens
on independent evidence. He should remand the precis,
for theattendance of the maker.

CLERICENWELL.
CAPTURE OP A OANO OF PICK POCKETS AT nit
AORIC LTC RAL 11 ALL.

47torve Smith, John Hester, and John Anstio,
welt-dressed young fellows, were charged with attemptnz
to pick pockets at the entrance to the Agriculturai.l4
Upper-street, Islington.
}rom the evidence of Police-constables Newbold, 14
N, and Dudley, 47 N, it appeared that last night a. tla
company were leaving the above hall they ma Hunter
walking up and down the avenue and attempting to pick
the pockets of several ladle., He then came out and
spoke to the other prisoners amp a man not is
custody, and Newbold asked one of the ladies whOM
pocket had been attempted, if she had lost anything, And
she said she had not. The officers then followed the
prisoners and saw them attempt the pockets of some
ladies at the corner of Berners-road, but failed to get any-
thing. The constables again followed the prisoners, and
with assistance took them into custody, when they said
they did not know each other, :aid had never spoken or
been in company before.
The prisoners denied the charge, and said that they
were only at Islington for a walk.
Mr. Barker asked if anything was known of the ante.
cedents of the prisoners.
The *mutable, stated that they followed Smith and
Hunter on Monday night, and Dudley took Smith into ens.
tody with his hand in a lady's pocket, but u the holy
would not charge him he was allowed to go with a motion.

Mr. Barker said it was plain what the priso.' tiers were at
the Agricultural Hall for, and sentenced each of them to
three months' hard labour in the House of Correction.

The prisoner were removed, laughing.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTER.V
RAILWAY.

Mr. Humphreys, the *Rutter, held an inquiry at
the London Tavern, relative to the death of Henry Tomlin-
son, aged 29 years, an engine•driver employed on the Great
Eastern Railway.
It appeared that on the 9th January last, the deceased
drove a down goods train from London to *ithani. The
latter station was undergoing repair, and, for the prune.
tiod 3f the workmen, the semaphore signal and the
auxiliary signal, at 1,000 yard', up the line, were placed sr
"stop ;" but deceased, from some unaccountable reason,
took no notice of either, but went into the stout
at full speed. A truck standing on the demi
line was struck by the engine, overturned, and sung off
the line ; the deceased was standing at the aide of lue
engine, and as it went past the capsized truck he aim
struck by part of the latter, and his legs were frightfully
injured. He was sent up to London and placed iu the ho.
pital, where he died on Monday last.

Edward Brooks, a railway pan', said that he was on
the engine with the deceased, at the time of the Evilest,
and be saw the signals agaued the train and called
ceased's attention to them. The auxiliary signal ea, ri4-
hle three-quarters of a mile up the line. Tls dieciad
was attending to the injectors at the side of the engine;
when witness told hint about the signals he Mlle and
turned off the steam, but dinxtly afterwanls he put it so
again. Witness could not tell why he ilhl so ;he ea
quite sober. They entered the station id the rate of For
20 miles an hour. When witness saw the Senile on the
platform waving lamps to stop the train he himself tuned
off the steam, reversed the engine, and applkil the breaks
but it was then too late. The deceased was all the tune
at the side of the engine. The engine was damaged, but
it kept on the metals.
Superintendent Kent said that the printed rules c!..eir•
ally directed engine-drivers to he on the footplate of their
engines when entering or nearing stations.
The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict Accidental death."

THE IRISH MEMBERS AND THE GovERNMENT.-
-It is stated that tae Irish members of the liberal party
held a meeting yesterday to confer upon the comae which
they should take during the present circumstance*. The
attendance was not large, but it was understood that
many who had intended to take part in the proceedings
had not arrived in town. Among those .resent were some
gentlemen who held office under the Imo government.
After considering the intention of the govemineet II
allow the Habeas Comm. Suepencion Act to expire. and
the promise of a good land bill, the bish member, re-
solved, it is said, that they would nut determine also any
course of action in the house until they should ii .1, the
whole ministerial programme respecting [rebind. With
regard to future action. a committee of seven was autho-
rised to call assemblages of the Irish member+ fur the Coll-
xideration of all questions electing the political, social, er
material interests of their country.
The ceremony of launching the City of Dublin
lifeboat took place on Wednesday. It was conveyed a
public prodon from the Mansion-house to the Custom-
house Dock, where it wee launched. There were pretest
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Idemhioness of
Abercorn, the Lord Mayor, and a large number of die
titsguished persons.
hiloCKlNti OccUItRENCE AT KiN.:s LYNN--An
old lady named Ann Watts, within a few months of being
eighty years of age, was killed on Wednesday redline it
her own house, about a hundred yanle only from the polio,
office atKing's Lynn. She was sitting in her own mote
in Queen-street, at about seven o'clock, the only other
present being her granddaughter, and at shout the
poison
named a woman named Pleasance Ketteringh.in
rushed into the house. and, apparently nuoldened by
drink, poured a vale: of abuse on the deceased, and street
her violently on the face with her This blow brought
the poor old lady to the ground, le.r bead catehieg assist
&cupboard door as she fell. She was picked up by her
granddaughter, and knocked down again in the inset
heartless manner by the woman. Her granddaughter
went out and :damned the neighbours, mei prisoner
decamped. On the arrival of the surgeon. Mr. Woodward.
life was extinct, and a poet-mortreu examination showed
death to have been caused by the blow or the fall.
The prisoner was apprehended on the charge of intesice
thin before the discovery wed Ins !e that the Isau ld
woman a-as dead. The prisoner was taken before the
mayor, Mr. J. 0. Smetham, and Mr. W. Moyer, amities
remanded.

Ttle FATAL 110.Vr it'eltot:NT ~Pl' Noturitfl.l tr.
—Yesterday Mr. E. Milder, the borough coroner, hel.l
inquiry at the Town-ball, I 4-.. yrs. jut.. th-• vuvum-
stances attending the late boat scold. tit alt Noretttket• bY,
which the engineers of the cigar.ship
others, in all nine, were drowned a ale 1.
anion boat from the shore to their v. —el. Four "'
those who perished have been I,ick, .1 . Mr. I 'hark-
James Finney, aged ±f, engine. r ;
Thomas Coleman, engineer, aged : m l-a";
fireman ; and Janie' Rutter, :cited 21. bargoirati.
witnesses were examined, lint no 1..0v facts e,.t.r.
sir t,wl,
avid the coroner suggested that, in the .ny
direct evidence as to the cause of tlo: accident. th
vf
should return an open verdict. The in.. "''
)* .'''huglY
returned a verdict of "Found drowne.l.- lutitted. on
the bodies of Bates and l'alematt live Iwon p-i"
Greenhithe and Tilbury, and have kern adionna'i
Mt7ttiteg IN INDIA.---The
iniorta a singular ease of murder 1.11 tor,lllcdin •hoon•
faalca.l some time ago. The ivirtivldv... of the o.to• uo
ollow :—A man who loved a woman of i.-ry r..,sto
Iroisolicil Iris rival in her affections. The si. tin. h.., in;;
come inat.d.ible by the effects of film rig .111.1 c 11,11,1,, ti'd
murderer with the most inhuman Intritrito cut the
into pieces, hoilcsl then, i;r esit:l.lll. pot. a 1.4
tLen
buried then, under the ground. The cloth, of th.•
ceased were burnt to ashes, and not a 411-..,...f l'i"`"1 5114
left on tke ground to show tint such an atrovi y heal c,rr
taken place. The conic' of the dec.-.,,.1. lu.scier.";-1;;!.
the notice of the murderer, Mid nqiin....l„ after wan."'"
for some days in the jungle. to the house of hbunfortia
nate master. This led to the discover' of the erntlr•
search was made by the police in tire house of lb'
and the remain' of the deceased Sere dug
ground. Both the in,,,, 04.1 the woman were
The Criminals have been committed to the sessions rt.