The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

MANSION-ROUSE.

Henry Bends, a man of about 115 years of age, wu
brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with being in un-
lawful poesesdon of 22 (=Mare, cruder the following oir-
.

C. Bak7r constable No. 613, said—From information I
received I fast night accompanied Watkins, another officer,
to the shop of Mr. &loco ns, at No. 7, Roper's-buildings,
Cutler-street. After I had been there about 20 minutes a
eab drove up to the door of Mr. &lemons% and the pritoner
got out of it and entered the shop, taking with him two
bundles, containing 20 carbines, wrapped up separately in
paper. In answer to my inquiries, the prisoner stated that
the carbines were a job lot which he had purchased ; that he
bed given 6s. a piece for them, and had sold them to Mr.
&kenos, for 6s. • piece. I ok him to the station-hones,
end asked him for the invoke, and he said he bad not got it.
He said he lived at 6, Wellesley-street, Boston-square. He
was told by the inspector on duty that hie lodrgs would be
searched, when he produced the invoice. his document
was put in evidence, and from it it appeared at 22 carbines,
amongst other articles, were invoiced to " Messrs. Banks
and Co., of London," by Messrs. Heat Brothers, of Bir-
mingham, at the rate of 10a. each.) I went to the
address he gaire,:and found that he did not lodge there,
but that he rented a front room, which he used as an
office. He refused his real address.

By the Lord Mayor—The room has chairs and a table in
it, and it lute the appearance of an office. The landlord told
me the primmer had rented it about four months.
Watkins, a constable, corroborated the evidence of the but
witness u to what occurred in Mr. flolomons' shop, and pro-
duced a whole heap of letters, envelopes, newspapers, postage
stamps, &c., which bad been found at the prisoner's office,
and which proved that a rather profitable trade had been car-
ried on there, ea the sequel will show. Amongst tho papers
were discovered the railway bill relating to the carriage of
thtterbiaes, IA the invoic?abovereferredto:

Mr. Phili Bolomons—l live at 7, Itopor's-bnildinp, Cut-
ler-strest, Hoaedditch, and am a general dealer. Yes-
terday afternoon, the prisoner came to my shop and offered
me sores government guns for sale. He rid he wanted 101.
a soon far thew, and produced two is a sample. I told him
that would sot do, as it was almost the invoice price of them.
I offend him Is. a piece for th which he agreed to take,
end he left for the purpose of the bulk. I had my
Vesikthat he had not come honestly by the gam,
oommunicated with Baker, the constable.
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you any explanation to
give respecting your posnession of these guns f
Prisoner—Only that I bought them. I paid 10e. each for
them some weeks ago.
The Lord Mayor—Why, the invoice is only dated the hid
of March, and you were taken into custody on the 4th. I
must secertain from Messrs. Heat Brothers, of Birmingham,
under what circumstances you obtained these guns from
them.

Prisoner—These guns originally sold for 17s. 6d., but vs
found them a very unsaleable article, and wanted to get rid
of them. I went to every place I knew of to dispose of them.
The Lord Mayor—Yon oould not have gone to many
=as you could not have had possession of them more
couple of days at most.
Watldna—He carried on business, my lord, under the
name of Basks sad Ainsworth.

Mr. Ilakessone—Yee, and when be brought the gum to
my peenien be bed no money to pay the cab, and I had to
lind him a mown. (Leagiter.)
The Lord Ilayor—l have no doubt, from the bundle of
letter and adeentlmananta produced by the Ohm, that you

Ism Warns* a system of robbery for a lon/time Past
by.oms al siestisunists. It appears that your eft7. rt.
have bees very esoessetol, and that you have received a con-
adorable quantity detain:pa from various pereons. One ad-
vertisement, I see, is this " Toilette requisites for ten
strat—fdixture to whiten the hands ; ditto, to remove
fi • ditto, to remove amall.pox marks ; ditto, to im-
prove the nails ; ditto, to whiten the teeth; ditto, to im-
prove:the complexion ; ditto, to sweeten the breath ; ditto,
for eruptions on the face ; ditto, to dye the hair black or
brown ; ditto, to remove superfluous hair; ditto, to promote
the growth of ditto; ditto, to prevent beldam ; ditto, to
cure chapped hands ; ditto, to use as a fixture for the heir ;
ditto, to stop decayed teeth. Also, for 12 stamps : Invalu-
able remedies for indigestion, heartburn, gout, nervous head-
ache, corns, bunions, weak ankles, strains, coughs, &c."
Here is a whole pile of letters from young ladles who wish
to have the benefit of your advice ; and it appean that for 12
stamps
n you can remedy nearly all the ills with which human
ature is afflicted.

His lordship read amongst several others the following
advertise:mat, which caused much laughter Courtship
made may, or the way to win a lover.—Madame Andre will
feud, on receipt of 24 stamps, to any address, plain direr
Bons to enable ladies or gentlemen to win the affections of as
many of the opposite sex am their heart* may desire. The
proposal is simple but captivating and enthralling, that all
may be married irrespective of appearance, age, or position.
young and old, peer and peeress, as well as the peasant, and
It can be managed with such delicacy that detection is im-
possible. How to make love; the kind of person to made,
lame happy ; hints on love, or private advice to married
ladies and gentlemen. This is decidedly the most fascinating,
interesting and really useful practical work on courtship,
matrimony, and the duties and bliss of married life ever
lamed from the English press. Every one who contemplates
marriage, and wishes for an infallible guide in the selection
of a partner for life, should at once get this great text-book
of connubial felicity.
" Address, Madame Andre, 23, Arthur-street, Bloomsbury,
London, encloeing 24 penny stamps, and full particulars well
be sent in muse of post.
" Madame Andre =thanes to advise on love matters, and
effect r 'conciliations between parties, also on the law of
divorce, &c. Enclose 24

The Lord Mayor observed that another of the 'dearth,-
mento related to the procuring second-hand macho, clocks,
guns, pistols, &a, which were wanted by Banks and Co.,
expect and general agents, 6, Wellesley-street, Boston-
London. His lordship added that he should remand
the er, in order that he might ascertain whether ths
had been obtained from Messrs. Heat end Co., in
the ordinary course of business, or not.

Henry Winter, • cab-driver, was summoned for neglecting
to deposit at the nearest police-station property left in
his cab.
Mr. Francis Webb, barrister, 7, Beesborough-strest, Phu-
800, stated that, on the 17th ult., he name from the country
by the mail train to Waterloo Bridge-station, where he
was taken home by defendant. His luggage consisted of a
portmanteau, some rugs, and a black leather bag. The lather
was 17 inches long, 18 deep, and containined an octavo
volume, another book, • pair of slippers, a travelling cep, a
reading lamp, and some keys. Complainant placed the bag
in the cab himself, and afterwards noticed it while on his
way home, because it fell off the seat where he had placed it
and he picked it up. When he arrived at his house be
took some of the things out of the cab, and the
defendant the remainder, complainant himself carry-
ing all that was taken out of the cab into
the house. Suing defendant with his head inside the
cab, he inquired of him whether all the luggage was out,
to which he replied "Yes, all's right." Complainant con-
'equally did not look into the cab, and having paid the
defendant his fare, the latter drove away omitting to give his
ticket. Directly afterwards complainant mimed the bag, but
defendant was then gone. It was early in the morning when
complainant arrived home, but there was a lamp close to the
cab by which anything could be easily seen. Subsequently
complainant ascertained defendant's number at the railway,
and saw both proprietor and driver; the former assured him
that no leather bag had been brought home in the cab, and
the latter said he had never seen it ; it it had been left in the
cab it must bans been taken away by a gentleman whom be
afterwards drove to the Eastern Counties Railway.
Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that be took the
things out of the cab and put them on the step of the com-
plainant's door, and told him he believed they were all, and
then looked again to make ante After that he drove to
Stratton-ground and left his cab in the street while he went
into a house and had some refreshment ; and if the beg was
in the cab it might have been taken then, sa he left him oat-
riage unattended. He afterwards took a gentleman to the
Eastern Counties Hallway.
Mr. Arnold wu dearly of opinion that a hackney inte-
rim* driver was bound, alter he canted a fare, to look into
attd carefully examine his nib to see whether anything was
left; it was of nsoardty a duty devolving upon a driver; he
was bound to see, and he arse therefore presumed to know,
what was left in him cantege, and be was required by law to
deposit at the nearest police annals.
dant was fined 61. and outs, and in default committed
for a month.

THE MURDER IN THE HATMAIXET.—FtINERAL
OP THE DECEASED.—The femoral of the unfortunate worn.,,
Heloine Thaabut, took ithoeyestarday morning, at the Roman
Catholic Csawitie7, Chelsea. The mourners, seventeen in
number, occu two mourning coaches and a couple of cabs.
A great cm had collected in front of the undertaker's, is
New Compton-street, Soho, to witness the departure of the
mournful cortego. Groups of people bed collected at several
points of the route, to catch a glimpse of the funeral. Upon
the arrival of the body at the cemetery, where a crowd had
trembled, the usual Roman catholic services for the burial
of the dead were read over the body of the unfortunate de-
emed, both in the chapel sad at the grave; after which
garlands of immortelles were hung urn the shrubs adjaoent
to the grave by her fsmaisfrimads. After the funeral service
was over, the mourners, yip were all oreigners, paid a visit
to the grave of N. Charles Lapointe. of French ret, who
wee buried there in the emir part of last year.
liiriovzhattre IN !HE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.
LA very reameosi weedeg of merchants and others wen
id at the Liverpool Cotten galas Room yesterday (Friday),
at which it wee resolved to tales vigorous mesenras to oppose
the bill ler
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ing, bp
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