The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

HANBION-HOBBB.
A rather amusing occurrence took place at this court.
A well -dressed man, apparently of the Jewish persuasion,
applied to Alderman J. C. Lawrence for a warrant against
a person who, he said, was continually threatening him
with violence, and who, he apprehended, intended to do
him serious bodily injury. He went into a long detail of
his alleged grievances, and while he was speaking he was
interrupted by another person, apparently a Jew, who said
he wished to address the court. Alderman Lawrence
inquired who this person was, and the first man told him
that be was the man he had been referring to, and against
whom he wished to obtain the warrant. Alderman Law-
rence said as this was the case, and both parties were
present, he would hear what the other man had to ray.
Upon this the man complained of went into s statement
of thltri.tances he was subjected to by the other,
and out that he was the really injured party.
Alderman Lawrence, however, cat them short by saying
that he had heard quite enough to justify him in ooming to
the oonclusion that the best thing to do was to order them
both to enter into a recognisance to keep the peace
towards each other. Both parties accordingly
pelled to enter into the required recognisance, and they
retired amid a good deal of laughter in the court.

MARYLEBONE.
Jas. Jura, 25 living at 3, Haverstook-road,Kentis h-town,
was charged with burg's:lonely breaking and entering the
home No. 2A, Lansdowne-terrace, Camden-town, and steal-
ing therefrom • quantity of silver plate and wearing appa-
rel value 201., the property of Mr. Frederick Stevens,
att!orney-at-law.
Mr. L. Lewis attended on behalf of the prisoner.
On the night of Tuesday, the 4th inst., prosecutor se-
cured all the windows and doors of his house before he went
to bed, and on the following morning, at six o'clock, hews.
awoke by his servant, and on going down to the kitchen he
found the door open (it had been opened from the inside
and by some person who must hav
en in
the house when
Mr. Stevens went to bed). The contents of a chest of
drawers were strewn about the floor, and the plate-basket
nearly emptied.
From inquiries made, prosecutor found that the prisoner
was courting his maid-servant, and was engaged to be
married to her. On two occasions he had seen the pri-
soner and his servant conversing together near the hou. e.
Inspector Nicks (S division) deposed that from informa-
tion received. he, on the night of the Gth inst went to
the beer-house where the prisoner lodged, and took with
him a police sergeant and a constable. They found the
prisoner undressed and in the act of getting into bed. The
prisoner denied all knowledge of the burglary ; but on
searching a box a silver fork was found, which prosecutor
identified as being his property.
Hannah Suriety, proaocutor's servant, said the fork pro-
duced was in use at one o'clock on the 6th inst, therefore
it could not have been stolen at the time. On the night
before the burglarly she saw all the doors end windows in
the house securely fastened, and on coming downstairs the
following morning she found all the windows still fastened,
but the kitchen door was wide open, the plate gone, sr d
the contents of the kitchen drawers scattered shoat the
floor. The prisoner had courted her about six months.
Police-constable Madgetta, 74 S, deposed to finding the
fork in the prisoner's box.
Prosecutor's housekeeper and her daughter swore that
the fork produced was in use several times after the bur-
glary had been committed, and it was pretty broadly
hinted that the constable had placed the fork in the pri-
soner's box before be found it.
Evidence was then given to show that the prisoner had
several times been convicted of felony, and, at the present
time, held a tiket-of -leave. He has a wife and family in the
country. It eras further proved that the prisoner had several
times slept in prosecutor's house when that gentleman
and his family were in the country.
The case stands remanded for a week.

THIS FATAL COLLISION OFF TEE SUFFOLK
COAST.

After our report left on Saturday, the court,
after an hour's deliberation, returned with the following
judgment, which was read by the clerk :—" After
a careful consideration of all the circumstances at-
tending this lamentable collision, and maturely
weighing the evidence adduced on behalf of the re-
spective vessels, as well as the evidence of those wit-
nesses who were not interested in the question, the court
have come to the conclusion that John Boom, the chief
mate of the Bruiser, committed a grave error of judgment
in mistaking the masthead light of the Haswell for the
riding light of a vessel at anchor, as it appears clearly from
the evidence of the mate of the Grenadier that all the
lights of the Haswell were distinctly to be seen at
a considerable distance a few minutes before the
collision. From the evidence of the witnesses of the
Grenadier, in corroboration of the officer on look-
out on board the Haswell, the Bruiser was, no doubt, on
the port bow of the Haswell, and, had a better look-out
been kept, ought to have seen the red light of the Haswell,
if not before, at all events on passing the Grenadier, and
in sufficient time to have ported his helm, and have
avoided the collision. It was contended on the part of the
mate of the Bruiser that the Grenadier might have inter-
cepted the view of the side lights of the Haswell until the
former had passed the Bruiser, and that the mate might
have been confused by the brightness of the lights that
had just been passed. The court cannot assume this to
have been the case, in the absence of positive proof, and it
can only be heard in mitigation of his fault, and will, no
doubt, be taken into consideration by the Board of Trade,
on an •ipplication for a renewal of his certificate, which,
under the very serious circumstances of this case, the court
feel it n , in the execution of its very responsible
ce duty, to ean , and it is hereby cancelled from this date.
The court have no reason to attribute any portion of the
blame of this collision to the officer in charge of the
Haswell, and therefore return him his certificate."
ffir.Trsill remarked that the decision might be considered
, severe, as affecting the chief mate of the Bruiser, but
' having due regard for thecirenmstances of this very serious
occurrence, they deemed it more prudent to leave the con-
sideration of his position to the Board of Trade than to
pass a more mitigated sentence than they had done.
The proceedings then terminated.

THE EARTHQUAKE rig FRANCE.—The Mc
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of yesterday gives some particulars of this pheno-
mena. At Paris the shock was felt most distinctly In
the IGth Arrondissement. In the Rue Holier* the house
No. 4 was so shaken that the residents were suddenly
awakened out of sleep, and fled in great alarm. At
Boulogne and Anteuil the beds were shaken, and glasses
standing near one another on tables and shelves were
heard ringing. At Creteil, Montretout, Ville d' Array,
and Haut &nes, similar phenomena were observed. At
Tours nearly all the inhabitants were roused from sleep. A
correspondent there writes to the Patric that he was rocked
in his bed like a child in a cradle. At one of the principal
hotels of the town a cornice was thrown down, and at one
of the cafés all the beer in the cellar was thickened. At
Limoges a strongly pronounced vibratory movement from
east to south was felt for three seconds. Similar amounts
are transmitted from Rouen, Nantes, Angora, and Amos.
leme. The shock lasted about six seconds and was 'coons.
parried by a dull heavy sound. The barometer fell six
millimetres.
THE HaavEer IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—The harvest
has closed very unfavourably in Linoolnahire. In the
Spalding district a considerablo quantity of grain has not
yet been secured. About Brigg the straw of the last wheat
carted had become discoloured, and many of the ears
which had rested on the ground exhibited sprouts an inch
in length. Floods accumulated last week in the low-lying
district, about lincoln ; much corn will be damaged in
consequence. A good deal of corn is stated to be still
" out" about Alford. In the Kirton Lindsey district,
heavy crops of barley are now much sprouted, and, under
the moat favourable circumstances, the damages, will be
considerable.
THE HARVEST IN THE NORTH or SCOTLAND.—
The Baeffshare Journal gives numerous reports from the
counties of Banff, Aberdeen, Moray, Inverness, and other
northern counties on the state of the harvest and crops.
These returns are all made within the last two or three
days. Their general tenour is that the oat crop is light all
over the north, good crops of grain being the exception.
Wheat and barley, on the one hand, are, generally speak-
ing, food crops, and fully an average. Turnips are very
good in Morayshire and Nairnshire, but in many portions
of Banffshire and Aberdeenshire are greatly affected by
anbury. Potatoes promise nearly everywhere to be more
than an average. There are some manifestations of disease,
but they are as et triffinE—Edtnssirg, Courant.
ESCAPI OF FENIAN FRISONERB FROM CAN
A telegram of the 2nd, from Ottawa, says :—" Ottawa
was startled to-day by the telegraphic announcement that
Mike Murphy, and five of his principal companions, all
Fenian*, had escaped from the at Cornwall, and
made their way across the river to t e United States. The
greatest excitement prevails at this moment. It appears
that the escape was effected last night during a -heavy
rain storm through an aperture made by the prisoners in
the wall of their Dell. There was a whole company of
soldiers on duty around the p which, besides, is con-
sidered the most secure in Carda. A double iillll of
sentinels guarded the prison night and day. A large camp
was in the vicinity, and the gunboat Royal watched the
river. Some are of opinion that there were Fenian among
the guard, and others that they must hays been drunk or
asleep." Murphy and the other escaped prisoners
arrived in Buffalo on the 4th.
GREAT NORTHRItIf HoervraL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD
ISLINOTOIL—Number of patients for the week ending
Sept. 15,1,163, of which 364 -wens new eassa. •