The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-12 00:00:00

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Kr. MoQom solisr villiTrlt wee pliable that the new
mien would be Send bale the Arm stare of thla court P
air C. Creamesil wee reedy net fa a candalcut to say. The
emasermeale elf Se court had ben reads so ea sult, who
r earealease d the civilians
migW be emceed is Ow Orr of Arches and
Court of Admiralty ; sal the that sitting of the
Coen of Mere would Swabia be on Sato:-
day ant. It was pedble that the orders borne
r published before that time ; bat it must be borne
Is aid flat under the act they could not be leaned beim
the mart wee in actual existence ; and it had only coins into
=Alerit the previous day. The court con stged of eight
emely—The Lord Chancellor, the three oldie
pations. the three senior justices, and hicOmelf ; and whether
they would be able to meet and agree upon the orders before
estarity ant he (the learned Judge) was quite unable to
lay.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.
DIBPIItATIIiArtT.

0.24411 ws p.oed at the i;;; Wore Alderman
Nem, charged with the following ameault upon John Holder
Bichardeavirain otasequence Ungerrg out his ur-
eic* the
Her Riebrion std—My reband's some is John
Helder Richeresu and I live et No. 3, Neelleleauiree,
Alderigramtrer Aber three o'clock in the
of the 2ad of Jar, we were ha ear nee with tlrt le
Ilia
miser and Ids ser and two other rear. My haeber
gave the perinea • ihnepany pro le pt some beer, bat be
radar some rime herd. ity Maar end the primate
had rase wade doe it, end the YON this sold he raid
Ire the um away, of be Ear down the heepiany_ pre
my railand pee bin My Leber Odd he ilarl net
lake the rum away, he be wadi reek the lair bat The
Marthen took up the ee my heeler raverel
t him. I the yew ear Milks
Jtale, who was per brehre to pment
a Lisburne', ant he -did se, and the
everially went arias met el the way. My
followed him apish; end I heard him tell for
• light mad, atterunds reirat " He has got • poker," and
in a few minutes my rebind came running down stairs,
bleeding very much at the bor. and he was soon after taken
to the hospital, when he bee ermined ever since.
Wen Joule said—l we. present when Richardson
seed the prisoner to get some beer for mapper, and he
gave him • fourpany piece and lour pennyworth of half-
pence", and the primer said he did not think he could get
say beer, bat he led a drop of rum in his pocket, and ha
manned the bearers to Ric ardson, who told him to p
rdoon and drink IL We all went in, and when the rum was
put on the table, Errors threw down a penny, and said
That will ply mar I'll treat you," but the prieoner took
not the rot and threw down the money, and said he should
Mb the ram raw Richardson, however, said that
es the reve was Sr they would drink it, and rather than
Id 1t ple wadi break the bettle. The prisoner meld if he
did he oar pat Ira up the chimney, and added that
Rierrean had beau not attempt it or ha would be sorry
be it. The prisoner add there had been some animosity
between them • e.gl time, upon which Richardson
took of his coat and asked him to go oat
kr the court with him, but the prisoner ran
to the fireplace ad *hod up the tongs. We got
dim away from him, and I Wad in search of • constable. I
afterwards sow him with the roved, with which he at=
to stub re, but it was tarn from him. Mrs. Ric
and the primer's wife adder him • .sooner) to go up
rim and he did so. Richardson him up, but
dadlag no Exist there he celled for one. He then came down
end went up spin with • light, and I went up with
hint, and he opened the door of the room in which the pri-
soner wee, ani er, " DUI, he has got the poker ;" and im-
mediately afterwards I saw him struck with some weapon
era the head, but I oould not tell whether it wee the tongs
ar • . I heard Richardson exclaim, "Oh I he has
ma." Mrs. Neal ran to Richardson, but the pri-
soner called oat, " Come lack, Ann, for I have done for
him." I went into the room to look for the prisoner,
but could not find him so I went down stairs and detained
Richardson until a policeman came and than I took him to
the hospital.
Alderman Rome said it was a merlons case, se the man we
still in the hospital, and the report of the surgeon appeared
that it would be next to imposer for him to recover.
The prisoner wu thirster, remanded.
LAMBETH.
CANDIDATIA 701 DITOICI CND= Tel NEW ACT.
This morning there were two eandideles for divorce under
the raafsmW rams of the now 111. who sought
the raegkeestes (the lion. J. C. Newton) advice as to how
they "hour Fared to rain rah elder. The first was •
frg man, of respectable eprereate, who said that attar
about five yams ego, bis was and himself
soiled famentiriC Cape of Good Hope, mad daring the voyage
he found that his wife curdled array with a pram an
bard, but an her myrwing much am ftran for her re-
.tract, end solotly promising not to repeat the 011111011,
all finger bac
Yr. Norton—lf that is the only charge you have ardor
your wife, you cannot claim any benefit from the new act, as
you have, what. called in law, condoned the offence.
Applicant—l have other charges, sir. The conduct of my
wife at the Cape, after I forgave her wee anything but pro-
per, end since our return home she has left zee, and is living
with another man.
Mr. Norton—Well, I think that will entitle you to relief,
and as you rem an intelligent person, and r there are
many charges here to be disposed of, I think the beet thing
I can do for you. to refer you to the 17th dames in the ace,
which will direct you how to proceed in the tartan
The applicant reed the clause attentively, and *ankh" the
IListe for his kinder, left the arr.
ot applicant was • wall-Mused yew 1111111 M, who
mid that her husband was in the her of 111-rei and har-
ing her, bat it appearing that she mired ha the di rid of
the llonthwark Court, she wee reined to the meglenale ei
that start.

OIZAT Pill Ar MI ONNIMAIL SLIAM NAVY-
OAYION COMPANY'S roirs.—(THlS DAL)

This morning, shortly before three o'clock, a fire
esteemed at Deptford Creek, in a building about 200 feet
keg belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company.
It le lordly Docossory to state that in an artablialtment of
=eh magnitude property of enormous value was deposited,
sod swing to ite highly inflammable nature, the flames
emended upwards of fifty feet into the air. The firemen
went to work in their usual Intrepid manner, but very few of
the lend engines could be worked, on account of the scarcity
of water supplied by the Kentish pipes; but the Dockyard
mew wee ably manned by 120 soldiers, and the floating
enema of the Delgada were likewise embed. For a long time
they& net semi to mho the least impression on the fire, and
irmirdly the turners' shop; and milatakers' lofts became
ipiliL Myriads of sparks and large pleas of burning
were wafted by the wind a considerable distance,
destruction to every building they fell upon.
Notwithstanding the greet risk the firemen were
11111111111181 te they kept to their posts, and by entering
the deed eesenertmenta of the building, with the
Wee In hood, they were enabled at last to get the fire es-
therdebed, bet the damage done will amount to a eetious
was.- he me whole el the Werlaoollll4 two storeys high
sm last Ise, be levelled with the ground end
the sellneekanf of intiters' shops hare bees &-
temp& Fortueststp the company is Minted In the
Phmeda gasps. The origin of the Mambo la not
al poem' prelim* Imam but it is the prevailing opinion
that it was the result of the spontaneous oombaetioa of
moo of the Mass. A strong body of the R division of
penes was Is aismdeme, nadir Mr. Superintendent Nal-
lass, win logsthsr with the soldiers sad Loess ars do-
meta( of pest plebe he the roam they mired theta-
alms la fllsawariss to sztingnish me a ductal arc

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