The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-04 00:00:00

TEE LATE 7123 dT ORERWWIO
464138 T MB. JAPER.

On Saturday, at the Greenwich Policaceurt, a
thaw nee aids modest Mr. R. Ropes, aura dealen of
Boya-lhill, Gresuerich. of having attempted by hand to
obtain pea= therm of 3001. horn the Rot MAP
RITIOOII
Mr. Ingle appared for the prisoner, and Mr. Stamm
far the teseenisas Ossepesy.
Mr. lissientese.inegising the mei, stand that this charge
eesowe4a the enteeetiaa before the carcome, from which
I 11 ihst tlio primer had insured his furniture,
ilmose, the With, about aim months ago. In
ths soa{3Rd that when he east In kis slum
for that mount, ether the fire which had taken place in
kis home, Oa lemma, aostained a list of amidst which
had best ramoved beim the firs.
The first withers:ad was Dr. Stetheton,n homengtht of
Greenwich, who stared that hi rehired itlethoti ldr.
Baser in Deounber het to Oa thitswesengst him is the
Rea ',Walks. Readied at ids lesiesbalinhVgabsi
hill, whist the ineareacis was in the
tilSmasseltmer —2OOl. on be Meth" Dl. as be
teess laiege, TOL es the nook Ind ulmenk art 101. cm
the mad and loft behind the data' heat • copy ad the
Fay atfanameam wenaaasd, Mara of the algae%
Ilia tad lea droned la the the. The Meek a dation
conehted chide of hay and straw, end the amount of Ina
race was not massive. Witness' thought it probable when
' he celled that he might have talked of landing the cempeny's
avearyar, bat be did no; dad that seosemy. It was only
imatomary to and a surveyor when there ma any doubt as to
extra risk in the eoaumtion of the premises.
Mr. George Allwright, auctioneer end appraise en , me then
examined, end maid that when he heard of the are at lth. Bo-
pees, he oared tio value his goods for the Insarance Wks. Me
Mend Mr. •Moper in s dreeddll state eaaifaosesstt
the loss d his thildria, and when he asked shoat tics 1
of his goods 114. Roper gave him as inventory which
been previously rimmed for effecting the insurimas. %t-
-ams then enumerated a camber of wales Net down le
inventory, and stated that upon examining the roV:
found the remains of the greater amber of them. ,
were eleven articles said to have been Is the aide, mid out
of there he found nine. The amount of stook in trade, as
gtvea by the primmer, omitted of 14 wake of lour, 23 sacks
of peas, eat gmeteet oath tsar quarts of barley, two loads of
maw, ad eight ham aim. He west over the ruins, bath
on the *Aft Torrarff Vullon of 'miff lug
the terwassy, thud the:* the amount of lees far en-
mid the sea be which the thearence wee egad.
Oa the Math" after the lire had taken place he
went to examine the nine. He took with him the la
way gine Mee by Mr. Bear, and verified ft as tar as
kie IMMO MOO the elnita the'boate. Be hand then a
/peg( Mawr at the ankles stated. He ant aide on the
• aft day (Tuesday), for the parpoes of correedag the pita
of ems ot the things to the ismathry, mg also to smith
her • geld watch which was said to have lies last to the
lam The hone art of the house had complst.ly hdlen
to, sea lin heavy articles in the eret leer had lolls tarots
the iseeleg. While Maeda( for the watch he bad three
One of thew contained some taw
4.= children's age, some silk pleostak2lpleila
Waders, thetkeee pate of gotten& The aelalle
el ether two Inge he and not make out, as they sae
it mak leant. There woe ponce.' of children'. 4804
ma peas el five Maisie thee seemed to hams bur
repogibill under
of the beds ; aro prose of oeirmai
y. None these things wen Mended la the claim
ado est_ soden thetaserre serposy.
111 a. Teeth—Yoe went the day aka des be te menthe the
salap lett in the ham, and to verity the inoothey; ash
pa also went again on the fallowing day, to omen souse hi,
gsgrthems. Dein wet ewer to an to lea Or ems ra
Odle of Um anxiety elms?ant Wow that masks wire '
veined at a camidmale stun, since the older be that
sand to es rook se 1 Did you mot id ow surprise
theneuill Sal so polkas of obese seYieey fa dry
peletmty would art bare bees sousing arsersed? hoes
mist have bra visible on the
The alma and be did not go for psmpsw of march-
fag *or ow, parimalor article. He made no examinn
dos kr the swediery ; hada it we. not likely
be data him boa this to lad all the things set
down he the reentry without bather • pea quan.
bethe math& sawed away. Hsi then any of
MAW ad could therefore le what was
....tegosed. He hand a great mar ettiela Wolin
of the otrpa, dining table, leo tate, Norms thietherl
Errieleter, end -Aare, Alas end scroelssides
Mr dries. Heave Ime tbete, but Mel
liedor dare The dop thenag MA nee aim in. 45.
=to the ether wee mealy basket op by
. The ship lade we. suer of rare, eel Mend
ad get inte haat BA wee orb to hes es_ yeders as
to Me stock let to the shop. He saw wee
maim of haw of hey on the door. Upon
litho be awe. est Ms lavatory, and
mat the be *tee whisk ma to be Mirtg oi Le Ma
Mrs= jitenese.rigs:sititabee
arlastdayjulebueri
vibe la sets il Ma. "I haws
yea the ineirary eel din, sad I rot you to
h." A pews named MEM was to the poke at the '
sod penseed that we aria ge to. the Muse, bat
imam said, "No ; tang As and Mk dews Ma."
Tleie was accordingly dam Ik. Maw tbatheold of tha
Wan of the inventory. ai Alba owned peas he
Ind eat the SiIIOWIL Wiwi= odd the rood area
lost pope Mr. Row nab as obsornaks shoat the
see he sot ten wirer, he had sees it or eet.
sariesedthe raid loss, se he salisred it, was MK
Mr. Raw eel stab see aboorretite se ohs .1a
arid wee "Too have any set down W. 10e. be eat dait
of drawers, and I gave more them that kr It." Mita= a.
anvil that it wa of as gnat esnenneeee, sines the easout
of the kat wee in nom of the sum awed.
Kr. Ingle submitted on behalf of the prisoner that the
use say weld te prodeced fa PASCO, and the inventory
eththe ea to be allowed la althea
Xr Teefll sea be could as so on why the invest-
layshould sot be ademeold. The charge was that of
brim obtained money hem the inannaes eampeny by
fraud. wed it might a • very issierial thing to show in what
manner the Lester, wee cameeted. It wee said that than
wu no earths Meat the amount of loos being in moms of
!he intonate, het k meld beta re jag to oppoller whether
the circumstances attending the ins4ft Mt des favi
did or dad not Indicate a nee GMs papaw hi reepede=
dela
Wham then said he took the aloha to dr. Sibley, the
cdker of the issaissos easpeay, Mr the porpoise thee
l asedri, sad whoa he resessi to Ilf. ISt% sae:
Mot thee dr losessersem=y bed hha
ilhe heal rho et the
but wad see slew are des leibr hie stook. I
Whir ble skid Wain Mr. Mega to Id Ma 'Moor was
en do Friday der tits as. As tart he. dr boarglier
they ts woo sisal la the rem Where lb. 8
res shirr new lying bed, sad Mr. Maya
rid she sap; ire Is se peel sew I low Iset mg I
Mr. Bogor end wirer, when he be wet to.'
'hest lie tweestery, led is hid bra reboot erbos
elheisil his. lassresa. U7e sea MM rad
to hi st Ms area ad booboo. sal be tor Mos Y riald
weed 1001. or map Weed diet he our or
in WY* her owe the. Mil Masi. Mr. leriests did
MrMr. sera a berme berms the sarrale
to
Trod arameed hie edam that die wee eato=
assirees, brews it the permor her a rerlairst
II vas very possible ell. this right biro hems sired Illoirandly
for the purpose of Imam it reperei is Ms Amour.
Wheels rid when he wee told abets eb inventory be ma
sand, " Tbat is all right ; mil me to the beet of your reool-
larks what the list was."
Mr. hic=askiet the wham +Mohr his ispeirdes woe
that Mr. wee 'Wei him the troverry mile oat
for ethane isseamme or the earl Ili alto shiny to
the Doses at the time of the re t
The wirer said both The Talsort spas of the Mr
he art le lin in sea musk War lima end that the fr.
aeon wee renoved Our Ma prearebean_ The solder
ailati be bad a the house, bat t
reeWs& he the la
notary, wan the these cense hew end the be forsher.
He took se scene* of table-thou
jobbed-Dna, or dors.
He hed dace seen • doh, fee the
wad wink be Ahead veleebtaitled a U.
twirseited so arena, jewellery, or tha.ne to the
iaventary. He had bona in the poesre's shop bane the
le s, baths war as Sprit of dr wise of the stook. The
asp wee a desualitenteg piece, end sewed to be alive-
Ada with Wag% bat he could say se noradhaik niboeiunk•
was:
Add dowse that the clam wee wrongly
rawer sad awake. New die wan teet ark* she hr.
beseses the steraii. Ines worils aloes iM., all ware set
eload is the Its bat he cosiblesel thenemir et rag
essarqmos hew may wades be isdriel lairs erre,
eince the amount wee in midi is mass at dmo bormare.
After the ant ts of this arm bears the ooreeer
wirer arid uprealloper to brim how an thee

'WOPENCM.

certain stairs of the laretr7 ware ace la the hors at Ma
ties of the are. Mr. Roper rid he bad given the lavatory
se well at be ceeld :saner
Mr. Trail—The WY ground Volt which it Gen be =P-
raer Mere was say reiroaarplion as to the actual
irlery delivered by the prueser, end as to whether It woe
the lid prepared tor ear tag the raurazies, and 1111/ given
by nateske, is the state et naiad in whir the prisoner was at
the lima and that is swearer which the jury will have to
eataider.

The Witness elated, in saswer to further questions, thit he
had himself proposed to Mr. Roper to make an intimate for
him of his furniture, &0., for the insurance company, and
that he did not ask or intend to take any remonmaMon for
doing him this service. He had thought that, being ht the
hahlt of doing this sort of Wainer, he could put ft In a form
by which Mr. Roper could obtain more from the cosspany
than if it was done by Mr. Roper himself. He did not, of
course, know at the time he made the offer, that the loss was
in excess of the amoral insured, Sw that was an event which
wig seidotraoonryed. . . .

gr. Taut esiorheWveld put a her qoeilkse to the witness
es to the castaelos shoot the itiveaftry. 131.
honour that 'eked
.how be cone to let down IW.

se cinaim of the dimwit e—Trvioel
Witness sold, Mr. Roper told blue that was the vane of it.
He siso told him what wee the vane al the tea swath and
the thrift serviot, bat the prisoner did sot tell him that
these &hip were not la the house is the doe ef the fire.
He had boa told by Mr. Roper that then woo about 60
boob to the booth and be asked whether U. would cover
the vans. Mr. Raper maid it would not ; but he set down
only, knowing that there wee an mese over the valua-
tion. The ?womb lamps and globes Mr. Roper told him o 4
bat he bad by mistake omitted theta troth the laveacey, and
we thine wee thwelthetheda as to theta.
Mr. Trill—The dike point wised as behalf ml the pri-
ers, ie that theta thele a falssaalkeseasalag between the
witnesses, Mr. Allwright and Mr. Boger, em to the Inver
tory, Mr. Barer having glees the tamp Cat aloe
mamba belbre, tor the purpose a
beams
the immethos,
end nee fateading it se invoke been et the la
the bowie Mal the of the fire, and Mr. All eI s beitheine
ft to have bow given hlm as the then =Min kawatory.
Now I moot see how such a wlathe could bath omens&
in the tided at Mr. Roper, booths, them several item el
crockery, id glass ware dietfenay etheded to Mr.
Allweightooath,nd the wane of thew was wariga dad end we
down it the time, sad that Ina s descaption insidethe that
might to
have hawed the Mouth to moonset that
the
those particular artioles were not in the house the thee of
am

At the conclurion of this evidence the case wee adjourned
to Thntredey next.
The anspetrate sac/sited bail for the prisoner,' appearance
on that day, himself in 2001., end two sureties in 1001. each.

DRAMA.

PRINCESS'S.
The autumnal theatrical season of London may be
mid to have conmenced on Saturday night with the re-
opening of the Priscees'e Theatre, after a moan's Inter-
regnum. The pieces wen Mr. Mortca's brae ot Dying for
Loa, and the most runt Shakenerla revival, the lferatiost
of Voila. With the exception of the anbetittaka at Illae
Button for Mime Carlotta Leolerog (who is nadentood to
have veered from the stage) to the part of Neese% no change

wee made is the oast of either plea. The boar was well,
sad theeldsring the tens of year bratiantly filled ; each
poradar fathstrits received a hearty weather, and special 00t12•
Aerate Wife paid 10 Mr. end Mrs. Km. The next thrt-
sight mast, however, be only considered as the preemptor
of the regular sauce, which will be inaugurated on the 18th
instant, when the first attractions of the pheasants are begin-
■leg to thda, and when dull weather may be expected to drive
the regular UMW. of the theatre beck to town, by the pro-
log= of /ay John.
The regret with which we announce that this is Mr,
Cheri. Hethe farewell sows as =awe of the Primer's

Theatre, with which establishment his connexion closes in
July next, will be shared by all dames of playgoers ; not may
by those who, regarding the theatre simply as a dEfiersusersi,
•alerefly require the best usinsement that an be given them
ter their money, bnespesially by those who look upon a pro-
perly caltheted Map es a refining sad ennobling media& of
education, sad who are fully disposed to treat its professors
as worthy artiste and gentlemen, if the actors themselves
will oily give them the chanoe. The experience of late
years has suffialently refuted a ones spreading notion, that
she laellefor thistrinel satertainsnente was on the decline ; the

public are am willing es ever to patronise the stage, but vac-
needing yews have brought with them tenser appreciation
and more named taste, and empty benches neurally result
from bad management, and lack of the regulate tact and
experience. It is the completeness of Mr. Kesn's modem.
time that have gained for him him popularity. Not only
are the principal Marsden in the revivals at the Prinoteem
witabehry disci, but the merest eupennunerary, who hem
. . . . .

only two lines so deliver, is &Wad to look like what hs is in-
ftesdad to represent, sod taught to 'peek his isw weeds
sistaselly, sad with stied, while do emery, asthma, sad
. . . . . . . .

appriiirds, la the most minute detail, imbue the picture
erlik Cho neemeeary local colour, sad render the Masks
pia&

MO MG MAY has doss tits drams even greater
MINI, years in prairies sties sierr bras been looked upon
with brings k anegisier. Iw bernashilimatasittwd sad WC"
apposite.. mg DlLlCsenfti sad aennagerial
aorinst bee less So promote this better err of ins a.
A prisseen d siassion, ability, and research, ha has
iambi the ter years d hi. life to the advaneement of his
varies in Qs public estimation ; and that its has no-
omied is pored not ray by the appraolatka of the pablio,
bat by the improvement visible in Ma pared toss of ether
thaatrioal establishmants. No ens in his partition has
doss more for the meal sad intellectual advancement of
ths drama and its profilers, and It Is far this mason that wo
bell Kr. Neu.' retirement from management with nee;
sod look forward with aaxiety to his successor.

NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE.—The engage.
mat et Mr. elm Rims ha vbg terainsid at this hois4 sa
Nuke shasptehse Ow Bailie asimatar et the psefeassmass,
ses
white sesso *MOmat. Ono Aosta will be
rsvived samba (Illoaday), sad Masao Celesta who
has jut nisarsid tram the Condoest, rein play her &vomits
put, Masai.

Tin HAMM BIQUISZ.—N•ardy ten years no
• mated Hardy NM. Milirdwd tar VOl.
appalo,o6o4 to re eorporatioa et ilootheLptat, to
M ansaded is mama to pima* the istdimetmel improve-
ingata w riarrete of ter arm TM wid wor,
dle-
y red dmldom Maims at the Wear
tr ~, sad
W fefewOft ea
_le Me preempt time dethe
Orr et Otramy. he• mad be a erepeare, at the
11001011111.141Ske et the si cat lathier, BOA@
litigors have withhoosz% 22,600/., thus hay-
fag Mar 78,0414 bribe eareedia; but of that ism, bow-
ereoatts, law are Mee to be dithmled. alMaellaito awrysad Orm *My le ~ that
sot the wish d tits terror is
WOK Hoek fifes te dr thee arts,
the arm et Ma dew et Mama* last co
raj hit% tad ib mimes be co no cost of
rear& der is tediesloa the law eirres was wady 1,0001.
112-o,loo=o OF OUT'S HOUMA 01Meit.—After
onierrig ate espies sad
tort
the Mgr of
rofellapier wee oored he Orme Novice
sessoterbehes • Woe sad Miciemble emperolea=
he roar imam amber et the =NEW Fel=
thewhalides; awl the seem' eadteridet et the
The repel bus You psiMyrdasdilled eat eselorbesd, sod
*yam amip our soro7iMpretat oteeral
,IPthre
heals Min he lels ise Oro edirtireleazi:f
the revise—te erepiele Me mask se
mord. The dreeLppet et the ssedpi, Cdr T•
Deem is A, Mehra -tea 1111 k an, ths 100th
Prim with Tellies Tropreift, Met A. Orme pivillley
▪ ths area dm T. Harms HoHttit,
Metea able rad swum nos ada P
edre : The ter sad the .May eye; tics—LW
halt awls both et dor.
THE Nay' Idzsca. Amour scat—on Saturday
the side idler deism Mt ores rto operation. The
eldest sr is le mare "retro replete, redical sr to
hormarli ordidell
he
earrillied preetriment." Thin
▪ AA lei he are law. The solled council te be
styled " Omar ciasang Cared of MAW Edaselisa
Balisimeres et he Vera Kinotioss," is to be Ma.
Masi The weer wrier beitimear le *WOO INSIMMr,
✓ed hr 111 12 Ceased to aosiscar dz. pa ars seer-
imr a oa. Oral Omen is to be Maio horse ratite at
Meer weft heir hem The Hose Oradaryla
the piece et reeriag. Regimen sr le be pad
ararrlar at ea erated armed to carry we sea. All
!Trmarled ma say to be nalmang. TM w arisie"
timPhiet mod amporMetima is to peter • ardor
ems reareererlis Mier with oil& The sel pr-
Mr tot ,oriel order barb cry bale sew eliseme, sad
also reran br dr *Mho at poems he the medial Pm'
Ihmeloa This sit air be reiredsd se the Orr rep rewards
• Mena ta Me avereilmd=asa, NM at retest re patine
from orandel
COMM PAL•oa,-01m2 5r1122110 DAT.—BaTifs-
DAT, OCT. 2..-661111111k111111 MI IMMO% 6,811; dire by
I arca tickets, 2,614 ; toad vireos, 2,026.