The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CASUALS DESTROYING THEIR CU THEE.
Two stout-built fellows, who gave the names of Gees
Brown, aged 38, and Edward ChiZa, aged 27, who said t„
had no homes or occupation, were charged with ,
a • their clothing in the casual wards at
Wo ouce.
The prisoners bat night were admitted to the caved
ward, and were supplied with a bed and some food. The
morning, when the porter went to let them °Mktg° a
breakfast, he found that Brown had destroyed the wlic4
of his clothing and Gibbs hie coat and waistcoat,.
made the usual excuse that their clothes were dirty saThe l
that they could not get work with clothes in such a
The prisoners had before been admitted to
wards but this was the first time they had 0-
clothing.
The prisoners said they had no defence to maks sad
not care what became of them.
Mr. Barker said the prisoners were idle i
fellows and sentenced each of them to be hope
kept to hard labour in the Howse of Comedic* for ,
calendar month.
The prisoners said they did not care for that littis bit
• DRUNKEN CASUAL
Richard Woodnrei. labourer, was charged with
drunk and dim , under the following cirmunstaa
Police-constable hilpot, 122 Y, said that last night
prisoner went to the Somers-town police-station, fad
mended an order of admission to the amid wards(
Pancras workhouse. As he was drunk he was refu
told to go away, but that he would not do. El
put out of the police-station and again told to
but instead of doing so be made use of most Mk
ErgkZ and to prevent a disturbance in the sheet
u.
Mr. Baprker asked how it was that the prisoner
the police-station for an order of admiesion to tie

Polioe-sergeant George Parry, 14 Y, seid that
had, for some time past, been appointed, under&
less Poor Act, ameirtant relieving overseers cl the
St. Pancras.
The prisoner denied that he wu drunk.
Mr. Barker ordered the prisoner to pay a fine d
the prisoner, who said he had no money, was 1r"
default.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SYSTEMATIC SHOPLIFTING BY A MOTH= AEG IN
Nary licking and Moryry eking, mother sad
were charged before Mr. Ty wbitt with the Jr' int
belies, there being little doubt that the elder getwar
been bringing up her clairhter as a regular gingham
Mary Ann Buck, assistant to Mrs. Clisziotis Wr
kins, of 47, Wardouretreet, shoemaker_ sal
primmer came into the shop and looked M
boots. The boota did not suit, and the prisons,
leaving, when she saw the younger prisoner take a m
boots and put them under her arm. The elder paw
seeing that her daughter had been noticed, took la hol
from her, and give her a slap. Witness then sat arms
stable, and give the prisoners into custody.
William Pawson, 121 C, said that Vibe he SS
the prisoners into curtcriy, the elder prisoner bade bit
and in it were a pair of new boots, five yards d sea,
pair of drawers, and • night dress. He went is t
address the prisoners gave, and there found thirteen boa
kerchiefs (elk and cotton) some of them in a Om
a brush, a pair of Mays, a quantity of fund
a leather be; four bracelets, and other wide
all new. The elder prisoner said tat +tte is
band gave her the boots, but the husband, sho
peered to be a very respectable man, denied all MeV"
of them, and also of the uther things
Emily Winter, assistant to Mr. William M_
_may el
15, Old Compton-street, trimming-dealer, idontobi do
Mee: of mohair. She remembered the prisms slim
to the shop to look at some shirts, and the meloir we
taken from the back of the shop where the prisaes, W
been.
The prisoners, who reserved their admit won om
witted for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.
HOT BREAKFASTS ABOUREED.
Eleven casuals, men and lads, were brought tetralk
Ellison, for refusing to work, they being Alea
having capacity to labour.
Dillon, an officer of Shorelitch Workhouse, sakt—Thn
persons were admitted last night, and, after bang tit
fasted this morning, refused to do any work is sta
yard.
Mr. Ellison—For what reason?
Dillon—They said that they wanted the wad hot all
and although I told them hot breakfast. were global
between the Ist of April and the let of Novesalta,
appeared to disbelieve me, and expresed wish tole ti
before a magistrate. Adams was the first who object/4i
work without having something hot, and the rest folk"
the example.
Webb (another of the casuals)—Well, sir, we Ise seal
we have done wrong, but the uigbt before I had to
in St. Saviour's parish. There I had gruel for break*
and thought it only right that I should get it at Shoo
ditch. 1 was very cold and shivering, end *aught!.
hot gruel would do me good.
Mr. Ellison—Did they want gruel?
Dillon—That or cocoa, sir.
Webb—l have heard from Mr. Tamers earn mouthie
we were entitled to hot gruel, and I have read the se
However, if wrong, we are sorry for having Massa

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work.
Mr. Ellison—The officer could not direct what jot is
to have. You might believe he spoke truth.
Adams, Moore, Prenderzast, James, 'rums?, Clei
Owen, Stnilford, and Clements each elpyered mond"
and when Sullivan's turn came he replied-1 sq
other gentlemen have said.
Mr. Ellison remarked that he believed there bad boo
misunderstanding on the part of the men, and broad
their liberation at 5 o'clock.

WANDSWORTH.
tarruse OF A NuTORIOUS BGROLAL
A young man named William Wright was re-mm.l
onPolihace a ce of committimy a daring burglar!.
-rgconstable LonsriZe, of the W miaow
between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning d Salida.
Ist instant, he was ou duty in the Wandsvartlarrif
Clapham, when his attention was drawn to a aais
No. 3, Union-terrace. He saw that the front •,"'
window was open. He looked in and sur t
crouching behind the door in the room. Witmer he
brar
the prisoner if he lived there. The prisoner
16 i
to be asleep, and made no answer. NI Rams got isle* "I
room and Lifted him up. He said, " Whit mars &be' 45
Witness took him into the passage, and called up di ow •""!
pier of the house. On searching the parlour lease toad • t,
on the floor a timepiece and a coat. On search* the
stoner at the station a knife and some matches min
upon him. The knife would go in between thevidadd 4
sashes sou to push back the catch. Witness faudsiS
wood splintered off the window sash near the ere*. r
Charles Woodward said he was a letter earni S 0
, sad Is
aided at No. 3, tinionterrace, Clapham. On 0
morning, the Ist inst., he was awoke by a noes
lower part of his house. He rut of
um stairs sod tram
the prisoner threatening the officer. Witded. r, •
house safely closed on the night bellr• ;:1
the doors and windows were closed snd I
•
When he found the constable and thi fit!
in the house he saw the window orm•
that four plants which hal been left inside bol
removed to the outside ; the coat had been left WA I
on a hook, and the timepiece on the inantelehi
Police-sergeant Gilby, 21 M. said he was primal° r
Central Criminal Court in January, 1860, when
tiro
sonar was convicted of housebreaking, and sen
f or sti,_
four year.' penal servitude in the nau of
Mr. Ingham fully committed the priaoner Rithsil
Vol.

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT oy THE RIFIRIA

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Mr. Richards, deputy-onroUttl.
an inquiry at the Adam and Eve tavern, Lower Howl
touching the death of Henry Close, aged 18 rim
fell out of an outrigger while boat racing on the OS,"
Alfred Board, 2, Austin-street, Hackneyroad.
positor, said that deceased was a warehouseman, li
rot
lt
16, Merrion-street, Hackney-road. On Sunday
last, at $ o clock, he and witness anal four otku 1
men proceeded to Day's boathouse, Les-bridg
arrangements for a race between the as";
and another amateur. They chose gigs l:00
riggers for the race. Witness steered the
boat. The started front Horse-shoe-point to 01
Tottenham-lock. When they had got about lulf4•
the other boat went ahead. Witness said tot
" Have you any wind left'" and deceased air;
" Yes." Witness told him to keep it, anti not 1
himself, as there was a long way to get over still;
_A
that moment witness saw the foremost nos 7i
• crab," or miss the water with
ri t;
his ler,: 10
he said to deceased, " You arc gh losi
caught crab." Deceased, in his esjerw.,_,_,, cos
round to look, and he too caught a crab. 'roe i'"!"11
missing the water with his oar was that he fell sec" 7,
and rolled right into the water. Witness 60,0,
.7g
he would get out again, for he had stated that .nc;
swim, but ho sank, and his body was not rout
quarters of an hour. He was then quite dusd•
The Coroner having summed up, • oda al°
The jury returned a verdict of " Amid lot
through falling out of a boat while racing

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AITEXPTED SUICIDE.— On Sunday last, o."/,,,
o'clock, Miss Henrietta V. Slater, an inmate of 6.00,
House at Hackney, in a fit of temporary 11°111200
herself from the window of a third st
ory. kitr
death was probably averted by her falling uPall_,_ sia
laurel Mr. Hall, surgeon, and Mr. Smith, on°,wlto
ail man, who were sent for, found her thigh 14'''.,.."-
tuna, and a deep wound in the same pot ot te•
mimed by the penetration of a broken part of the
She was removed to an asylum Late in the evening. _lin
The mails from Calcutta, China, and Ausw•-_,,
Ma Marseilles, are expected to be distributed ia to—
cm Thursday meming.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS: —(THIS DAY.)
The Dr.PurT firgagsg took the chair at noon.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. Dowdeswell took the oaths and his seat after his
elation fes West Worcestershire.
POSTMAETER.OILNIKRAL BILL.
Mr DARBY-GRIFFITH moved the second reading of
thy Mil, the object of which is to enable members of the
House of Commons to be postmaster-general.
Mr. CHILDERS observed that the department of the
itetefloe was sufficiently represented in the House of
Commons by the Secretary of the Treasury. He admitted
that the oSice should not be confined to peers, and on
the of government he consented to a second reading.
Aiter some observations from Mr. D. GRIFFITH,
Mc. HUNT said he thought the Postmaster-General-
'hip was a mere sinecure, and might be abolished.
Yr. GRIDLEY concurred in this opinion.
me. W. LIkiLIE would be glad to see the Postmaster-
Gomel in the House of Commons.
Mr. HADFIELD eulogised the manner in which the
Winos of that department was conducted, and expressed
his eatisfaction that the government accepted the ;Im-
o). of the bill.
Sir C. JERVOISE said it had been distinctly under-
go:ol that no revenue should be sought for out of the
rind service.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
understand the introducer of the bill to contend that no
one but a member of the other house should hold the
once of Postmaster•GeneraL He could not admit that
parliament had no right to obtain revenue from the postal
service. In his opinion money obtained in that way was a
very proper substitute for taxation.
EARL GROSVENOR AND THE REFORM QUESTION.
Earl GROSVENOR said he wished to say a few words
on an important subject.
The DEPUTY-SPEAKER—Order, order.
Earl GROSVENOR continued. He did not know
whether he was in order, but he would place himself in the
hands of the house.
Er. CHILDERS rose and made some remark which
was inaudible in the Reporters' Gallery, and the house
then passed to the next order of the day.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
VALUATION OF LANDS AND HERITAGES (SCOT-
LAND) BILL.
Mr. DUNLOP then moved the second reading of this
bill The honourable member explained the object of the
bill to be to have the ordinary deductions on gross
valuations which, were now made in an irregular manner,
made by a public assessor.
The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the bill, on the ground
that there was no substantial grievance under the present
system.

[Left sitting.)

ANNOUNCEMENTS OP "THE OWL."

We believe we are correct in stating that the
Hen. John H. T. Manners-Sutton, at present Governor of
Trinidad, has been offered the vacancy caused by the
mall of Sir Charles Darling from Victoria.
A government messenger has been despatched to order
Mr. Baleen W. Rawson, at present Governor of the
Bahama Islands, to assume the administration of the
government of Jamaica on the return of Sir Henry Storks
to Europe.
Unlike Mr. Gladstone'■ usual habit, there will be no
surprises in this year's Budget, but like his former efforta
it will oontain several small but progressive changes, sweep'
lag away certain minor Customs duties. As is already
known, the timber duties will be dealt with as well as the
duty on wine in bottles ; but, in addition, the anomalous
taxation on locomotion by railway and hackney coaches
respectively will be brought to a uniform level. The in-
come tax will, for this year, be continued at its present
amount. _
" "

The following gentlemen have been appointed to form
the Commission on the Consolidation of Public Offices, to
which we referred in our first number for this season :
Kr. Goinhen, M.P., Mr. Cowper, M.P., Mr. Childers,
M.P., Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Sir Charles Trevelyan,
K.C.8., Mr. Stephenson (chairman of the Inland Revenue
Board), and Captain A. Clarke, R.E.
Various incorrect statements having appeared in the
papers, we may state that another attempt will be
made on Monday to launch the Northumberland.
Beyond applying four additional camels at her stern,
and an increase of the hydraulic power at the bow,
no change in the means for getting off are proposed,
the high tide being mainly depended upon to float her.
We understand that the company are sanguine as to the
success of their arrangements ; but the best authorities are
inclined to think that they will yet have to do what ought
to have been done after the first failure, that is, to relay
the launching ways at the usual inclination.
A marriage is arranged between MissTenison, only child

of Mr. and Lady Louisa Tenison, and the Hon. John Dor-
mer, eldest son of Lord and Lady Dormer; also between
Miss Canning, daughter of Madame de Biome, and Mr.
Pope Hennessy, late member for King's county.
A cabinet has been held to consider the revived question
of an exchange by Austria of Venetia for the Danubian
Principalities. It has long been a favourite idea with
some of the leading members of our government, and
we believe that the proposal, hitherto turned aside, now
meets with a more kindly reception from Austria. The
difficulties in which she is placed would find half
their solution were she advantageously rid of Venice ;
and though she would undoubtedly at first be as much
hated on the Lower Danube as she is on the Po, she may
hope in time to win over the Roumans to be content with
her away, while even she must now despair of Italians.
Italy would make some money compensation which would
be handed over to Turkey, but how Russia is to be recon
cited does not yet appear.

The report of the committee on the meteorological
department of the Board of Tradu, which will shortly be
made public, states that the daily forecasts of
weather published in the newarapers are neither correct
nor useful ; and that of the storm warnings
25 per cent. prove to he wrong as regards the force,
and 62 per cent. la regards the direction, of the wind.
The committee recommend that the system of telegraph-
ing the actual state of the weather at different points,
and also the system of storm warnings, should be con-
tinued, with certain specified extensions and improve-
ments ; that the meteorological department should be
strengthened and developed to an extent which will in-
crease its annual cost from 6,460/. to 10,450 i., and that
the daily forecasts should be abandoned altogether.
The following reasons were assigned by the government
for their mode of procedure by more than one bill on the
subject of reform, to set at rest certain objections enter-
tained by a few members whose support they had a right
to count upon from their position :-1. That statistical
information as to the redistribution of seats could not
be obtained in time. E That. if it could have
been procured, the weight and details of the
measure would be too much for consideration this session.
3. That by keeping the bills separate, the joint opposition
of two sections was avoided —First, those who looked with
suspicion on the extension of the franchise ; secondly, of
those who dreaded that by redistribution the balance of the
various interests would be deranged.
The cost of the Nottingham Election petition is at the
rate of about 3001. a day, or 11. a minute.

WEATHER REPORT.-THIS DAY.)

WIIMICIDAY, A►RIL 11, 8 A.M.

F. • Extreme. i ' 'Sea.
B. T. W. .Ito ,-----,----.,' W. B. :1 to
I F.112. D. I I 19 . ; .
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith '29.67 45 E.S.E. 12 I 2 I N.E. ,ro 0.05 2
Ardroman ;29.61 401 E. 3 3 E. o 0.061 2
tireentaitle 29.58 4.41 E. 2 !
Valentia 2fl 33 49. 5. 1 4 B.S.E, rli 0.09 2
,iipe (Am 29.38.461 B.E. 4 7 S.E. int 0.10 3
Liverpool 29.63 471 S.E. 3I 4 S.E. or 0.01 2
Holyhead - S.S.E. cr 3
Penrance.....29.42 49, WE. 813 S. r 0.32 6
Brat 29.41'521 B.S.E. 5! 6 8.8. W. r 6
'Arlen -
29.53'52.. S. 5, 6 S. Cr 0.08 3
Rochefort._ 91.7352 S. 4I 2 S.S.W. co 2
Plymouth 29.49 S.E. 3I 7 B.E. or 0.16 2
Weymouth 29.59 49 S. E. 4I 0 Z. or 0.06 4
Portsmouth 29.65:48 S.E S: 2 , N. cr 2
NE. ht London .73 47 E.S E. 3! 4 ' o -
41
Yarmouth 29.8246, S.E. 4! 2 1 N.N.W. c— 3
Scarborough 29.76 48' S. 2 2 • N.N.E. mo 0.13. S
Shields 29.7047' S.E. 2, 2 i N.H. lom —1 3
Helder

SFIL'R.SDAT.
E. to S. and S.W.,
strong to a gale,
some rain.
Southerly and westerly,
strong to a gale, with
rain at times.
As next above.

/*Rosaßut
ON N OSMIUM:I /MOAT.
COASTS. S.E. to S.W., strong,
squally, unsettled.

Wssrrau.

B.W. to N.W., strong,
squally, with show-
en.

8001111 RA.

Cldelly southerly and
westerly, strung to
fresh.
As next above.

B.E. to S.W. and back, Morgan.
hash to strong, un-
settled. _ _

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Nerthern--Sentland. Western—lreland, Wales, and adja-
meta. Southern—English Channel and Bay of Biscay.
Eastern—Eastward England and North Sea.