The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STABBING. _

Emily Bullock, a young woman. wee charged before Mr.
Knox with anaulting Mrs. Anna Tennehi, of No. 25, Graf-
ton-etrest, by cutting her ors the bead with a knife.
The pramsoutrix mid—The prisoner has been lodging
with me for some time. Yesterday 'verde& about half.
past 8, she came in while I was cooking something for
tea, and said " Hays you done my chop r and
ou my saying I bad not, but would, she took
u p a bale from the table and stabbed me once
on the heed and once on the cheek, and then
streak me on the shoulder with the handle of the knife. I
Went to the Charing-cram Hospital to hare my wounds
attended to, and on returning spoke to a sergeant, who
took the prisoner oat of a beerhotue.
The primmer—We had been drinking together all day.
Don't prosecute me.
The prossontrix.—l don't west to hurt you, only I was
obliged to come here.
Agnes Tenucbi, a little eful, daughter of the proilecntrix,
said—l saw the prisoner take up the knife and stab my
mother twice, and then struck her on the back with the
handle of the knife.
Sergeant Leech, 14 C—ln consequence of what the pro-
secutrix told me, I went to a beer-house and took the pri-
soner into custody. On telling her she was charged with
stabbing the prawoutrix, she denied doing so, and stated
that it was the landlord who had done it. Tbe prisoner
was drunk, and always is drunk, and the prosecutnx and
the prisoner are generally drank together.
Mr. Knox—That is no reason why they should murder
each other.
The primmer—Did I not bate a mark on my forehead
wheal you took me into custody.
Sergeant Leech—l did not see one.
Mr. Knox—l shall remand the prisons, and yon (Sergeant
Leech) can make inquiries at the hospital to see if any
elbow is likely to result from the prosecutrix's wounds.

GREENWICH.
ITIVANTS ANDTHIIR TOLLOWNIIB.

Martha Thomas, a good-looking girl of 23, and William
Newsom, 20, 'f 60, Railway-grove, New-crow, Deptford,
werechisrged before Mr. Trull with felony under the fol-
lowing aircunistanote :
It appeared that at a quarter pest 10 at night polio.
constable Moore, 124 R., suing upon information received,
went to the house of Mr. Harcourt, a gentleman residieg
at 14, Limes-grove, Lewisham, where the female prisoner
wee in service, the family being from home. On searching
the house the prisoner Newson was found con-
cealed under the stairs, and the ferrule pri-
soner came forward, sad requested the constable
not to " hue t " him, be having had her permission to be in
the house. The cosstable, however, took him into custody
on a shame of being upon the premises for a supposed
unlawful purpose, and in his possession was fouled a pown.
broker's duplicate relating to the pledging of a pair of trou-
sers sod a silk handkerchief, iden'ified by Mr. Harcourt
as h. property, and while looked up at the police-
station he (Newman) exchanged a woollen shirt
be was wearies with another prisoner, sod which Mr. Her-
court also identified m his property. Rawson accounted
for the poessesion of these articles by wiyiog that Thomas
had given them to him, and by direction of the noigistrate
Thomas, who attended as a witness, was also taken into
custody, end in her possession was also found a pawn-
broker's duplicate. relating to a silk handkerchief, the
property of her muter.
Mr. Harcourt said Thomas had been in his service as
general servant about four months, an excellent cha-
racter having been received with her from a relative
in Bedford, with whom she had previously lived seven
months. She had been left in charge of the house
doriog the Memos of himself and wife and family from
home, and from what he had sines learnt four dif-
Went men bad been admitted into the house, sad a
man and woman had even been allowed to remain there

all night and sleep bed. Re had missed a large bum-
per of articles, ►nd some coiled found at Newson's lodg-
ings belonged to him.
The prisoners, in answer to the magistrate, pleaded
Mr. Treill said the conduct of the prisoners had been
very bad, and they were then sentenced to two months'
imprisonment with bard labour in Maidstone Gaol.

The lose of his neat in parliament by Mr. Fen-
with will in at probsbil ty lead to his resignation of the
post he now holds of rue of the rarmbers of the Nerd of
Adnitalty. Mr. Gladstone, jun., ALP. for Chester, if his
re-4yetion coted be regarded as striate. ham been men-
liana], among others (says the Array and Navy Oaxtte)va
like', t, be the soooessor to Mr. Fenwick.

M. Vyae, of Mountrath, a retired military
officer, wee a rested in the liroyal Arcade Hotel, Dublin,
Go Tharsday evening, for tulips s.ditions lingusge.

AxaRICA ANS FRANCS —And yet, with all this, I nee, under command of Captains Spearman and Merry.
I declare lam all for the Yankee in this Manic= row. It weather, and Lieutenants Warder and Johnson.
is not the justice of the case I want to think of. It is not The Herald says it is important that it should be
whether France has right on her side, and whether this
demand to retire be one of these mandates • high-spirited I widely circulated throughout the county that • dirisi n
nation cannot submit to ;my whole consideration is limited on the Church Rate Bill will eertaioly be rakers on Wal-
t° the fact—here at last the great bully of Europe has met
nesday next, the ith instant.
his match!
Here is • young athletic d.ring fellow ready to I
An American man-of-war entered Kingstown
go into the ries with that finished pugilist that none of us
late courage to fight, and who, even with the gloves on, harbour on Than Isy, end saluted the Royal G. org .w th
doubles us up is a fashion far from agreeable. America 21 guns. The salute was not re'urned till yesterday
dame to bold language to France that all Europe combined morning.
would not utter. There's no denying it ; there's so
qualifying it. If we had • Continental coalition t,-morrow The Nord of to-day says that the feverish anxiety
we could not venture to say what America has just said. of Austria to iretle all subj.-e• of internal discontent gives
What minister of Russia, or England, or Austria would ; rise to the belief that she wishes t r prepare herself for
say to the French Emperor, "We were thinking of some- i energetically resisting the pretensions of Prussia.
thing else when you slipped into Savoy and N ice the other i .
It Is stated that Lord Westbury, who bas been all
day now that oar hands are free, you'll have to go hack
agam." We are famous for brave words in our lionise. the winter abroad, has just purchased for 40,0001. • large
office, but does anyone expect that such • message as this ' estate in Tuscany formerly the property of one of the
will ever issue from Whitehall? We would no more pre- leadingbless of Florence. II is desa.bed as contaioisg
yoke the Tuileries' by an insolent despatch than we would aa ne of shooting, much fins wood, and • Ton-
g° into one of Van Amburah's owes and kick the lion. It , deuce well suited to the tastes of i's new possessor.
Las become • sort of European superstition that France can LORDoN NEGRO AID SOCIETT.—At a meeting of
beat everyone. And I sin downright grateful to the the committee, held hat 'venlig at Aubrey-house, it was
Americans that they don't believe it. I never knew I uothimonaly resolved that, under exist,ag circumstances,
liked America so well till I began to of ena•t• on thiswar,there is no eseessity, and therefore undesirable ti maistain
I never sospeeted that there really was that tie of kindred • distinct organisation, and that the &mistimes of the
which journalist, disparage by that false adulation they members of this society will, it is believed, be more usefully
deal in. I hate all the cant of " cousieship," but call them given by co-operating with the general " Freedmen's Aid'
Our own bone sad blood ; speak of them as a people who Assoolatioo. The society has therefore ceased to exist.
have the name leading trait, as ourselves—sturdy, deter- Tits CAS Phorsurron's Rotas. —I remember my
mined, untiring, unyielding—taking their share of hard worthy friend Biarunei, whose good fortuee is right well
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t•-day with • died resolve to repay them &served, telling rue 01100 that, seeing one of his ears always
to-mamw ; —in • word, of that stuff that makes going empty on a road where he felt there ought to he a
right trusty friends and very terrible enemies- considerable traffic, he bethought him—as the beet mode of
fetard them in this light, and say, if • war should stimulating public opinion on the subject—to stuff an
'meek out between them and Francs*, what aide you opposition ; sad this he did with such admirable secrecy
would like to back. I say, America. I'd lay my bead on that has own drivers never suspected the " ruse: bat
the issue ; and if any gentleman is wiling to bet en equi- actrally came to give him daily reports of all the &mitre
velent--sey ar other crown-ph —I cry "Dose.' and wait they were doing to the rival estaig shmreat, and what pro-
tbe went.—Ccenelins O'Doad, Biastwood'iMegezine for sots they bad to kill every " baste "in their stables.—
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