The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

THE EGRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20; 1866:1.

When he applied he received a letter from her which' he
now produced.
The letter was handet to the !magistrate, and stated
that the material was lad, but that the defendant would
pay the value by instalments as soon se she could.
Mr. Belle—This woman is brought here upon a warrant
in consequence of disobedience of summons. Had you
received this letter, Mr. Hague, before you took out the
summons?
Proseentor—Yere, I bad ; but she promised me to the
last that she would bring the shirts in.
Prisoner—l thought he would have taken the money for
them.
Mr. Salte—How was it yen lost them!
Prisoner—lt was no fault of mine, and I could not help
it. I entrusted them to soother party, and when I found
they were loot I wrote to Mr. Hague.
Mr. Belle—This woman has no right to be here. This is
not • case of detaining.
Procreator—She never returned them.
Mr. Belle—She could not if they were leek The Polies
Act cannel be made to apply to • ease like this, where
there la no evidence to show that the property is in the
puty'm pomendon at the time of grantang the summons.
She is sell rah -ged, and you may sue -for the value.
THAMES
AN BIEENISTE lUD&
William' Ctimes, cook and confectioner, and sae:police
constable, was summoned before Mr. Partridge for refusing
tea:omnibus fare.
Blaker, croactector of a Blackwell asuulus, said
the defendant mounted the outside of his vehicle, in -
Poplar, on Sunday evening last, and rode to the Cannon- el
street-road gate, in the Cominercialeoad, where he alighted. et
He demanded the usual fare, 3d., and the defendant seici"Not a&
a farthing will you get out of me," and walked away es
grinning while he was attending to two ladies quitting the le
Wide of the omnibus. The defendant had served other ,10
omnibus conductors in a similar manner. I
The defendant in reply, made several charges et
against the complainant. This wee all done No
out el spit* and ill feeling. The conductor et
was known to be In the practice of insulting'lA
ladies and children. He was not taken to his place of Lt.
destination, and when he began to remonstrate the °our
ductor seised him, palled him about, and tore his coat.
After that the conductor went to his employer and tried ek,
to get him old of his place. He had been in the polio' et
force 12 years, and every officer of the court could give him et.
•c et.
The complainant made a general and indignant denial to 14-`..
the whole of the charges, and said the defendant 71,.'
rode alongside the coachman in front, and got down when , m„,
he thought proper. He merely went to the defendant's
in master Graeschurchetreet, and asked for the name of I Oa.
his journeyman. et.
Mr. Psi ta:dp believed the conductor, and said the de. 5
fondant would find bis ride to be • very dear one. He or-
dared him to pay 3d., the fare ; 2a. for the summons, and es,
Be. for the conductor's loss of time. et,
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GBEKNWICH. le
FATAL BLOW WITH A HAMM. le
John Jones, of 5, Esplanade-plates, Lewisham, labourer, is
was brought up on remand before Mr. Trail], charged with h
assaulting and causing the death of George Styles by U
striking him on the head with a hammer.
It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were
neighbours. Oa Saturday night last between 11 and 12
o'clock, there was adiaturbanoe between a man and his wife,
relatives of the prisoner. The deceased was at his bedroom
window, undressed, and having made some remark to the I
poisoner asked him if he wished that he should
come down. The prisoner told him not to do so that j
night, but demised dreamed himself and came into
the street. The prisoner's wife then took up a pail of
water and threw it partly over the demand and
another person, afterwards seizing a broom and at-
tacking deceased with it. The deceased wrenched
the broom from her hand., and it was thrown into
• river fronting the houses, the prisoner during this time
coming out of his house and striking the deceased over the
head with • hammer, the blow being described as resem-
bling in sound " the bursting of • paper bag, Fled efth
air. The hammer was thrown away by the prisoner, but
was afterwards found by poliocoonstaMs Finnic', 56 B.
The deceased immediately fall senseless and bleeding, and
was removed to Guy's Hospital, where it was found that
the skull of the deceased was severely fractured
on the left side, a portion of bone being forced
in and on to the brain, and from the affect
of which injury he died on Wednesday. The pri:
Goner, when taken into custody, denied that he had
struck deceased except with his Sat, and maid he bad done
so because the deceased had called his wife an offensive
term.
In reply to the magistrate, :mint Elston, 28 P, said
the coroner's jury bad re rued a verdict of " Man- 11
slaughter " against the prisoner.
The prisoner, in his defence, said the deceased struck 8,81
him twice in the mouth before he struck a blow. li
Mr. Traill committed the prisoner for trial at the next la
Old Bailey sussionli. el
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WANDSWORTH',
EXTRAORDINARY CAR ACCIDENT. If
Alfred Clapham and William% Waiaing,both described asli
eab drivers, were brought before Mr. Dayman on the fol. 11
lowing charges. li
The prisoner Clapham was examined last week rhea it was ri
stated that he was found in Church-road, Battersea, on
day morning in a state of insensibility, • Hansom cab near II
him mashed to pieces, and a lamp-post broken. It also
appeared that he was not the proper driver of the cab, but
he was wearing his badge. He was taken to the station,
where he was examined by a surgeon, who found that he
was not sober. He was remanded for the proper driver,
who was the other prisoner,to be charged, he then being in
a state of insensibility at the Wandsworth workhouse.
Herring, the porter at Wandsworth Workhouse, now
stated that at half-past 4 o'clock in the morning he was
standing at the gate, when he saw a Hansom cob coming
along at a furious rate. A man who was on the box asked
the way to London, and he told him to keep straight on.
The horse went on galloping, and when about ninety
yards further it went on to the path, and
the driver was thrown a distance into the middle
of the road. The horse then bolted and was !li
soon out of sight. He then assisted IVailling, I n
whom he found lying in the road in • state of ineen. I It
sibility, and be was removed to the workhouse. He
(the witness) could not identify the driver, nor did he see I
more thanone man in the cab, but he believed Wailling
was the man from the way in which he was thrown into
the road. The other prisoner might have been on the
springs of the cab on the other aide of the driver. Dr.
Connor was called to Wailling, and said that he had
been drinking and was suffering from a concussion of the
brain.
A person attended for the owner of the cab, which he
said was broken into a hundred pieces, and that the damage
done was 351. He also maid it was one of the evils which
cab proprietors had to suffer by their drivers employing I
" bucks " without their knowledge.
It also appeared that where Clapham was found was a
distance of about two miles from the place where Wailing
was thrown off the cab.
The prisoners denied that Clapham drove the cab. They
said that Wailling had a fare to Wandsworth and Clap.
ham went with him on the springs for • ride with him.
As the weather was cold he lent Clapham his coat to
which hie badge was buttoned. The fare gave them some-
thing to drink, which was supposed to be drugged, and
they lost their senses.
At the request of Wailling, who required time to pro-
duce testimonials, Mr. Dayman remanded the ease for
another week.

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SERIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BT FIRE.—
(THIS DAT.)—During last night and this (Saturday)
morning no fewer than six fires took place in whet is
termed the metropolitan district of the Board of Works.
Shortly after midnight, the premises of Mr. Shelling, a
newsvendorand toy dealer, Notting-hill,were found to be on
fire, and were nearly destroyed. Mr. Shelling was insured
in the Phcenix-fire office. The most extensive fire that
has occurred at the East-end for some time took place in
the range of manufacturing premises belonging to Mr. J.
Cole, a ship chandler, Brunswick-street, Poplar. The fire
commenced in a building 230 feet long, and filled with goods
of a costly description, including sails, hawsers, tar, Ac.
The flames soon reached the premises of Mr. J. Boulter,
a leather-seller, No. 8, Robin Hood-lane, as well as those
of Mr. J. Langley, a brass finisher, No. 14, in the same
thoroughfare, and also those belonging to Mr. Reeves, •
fishmonger, No. 33 ; and it was only by water poured upon
the roofs of the different houses that they were saved. The
report of Capt. Shaw states that the buildings of Mr.
J. Cole, the ship-chandler, of two floors high, and 200 feet
long, are nearly destroyed, and the rest of the buildings and
contents damaged by fire, water, and removal. This suf-
ferer was insured in the Sun, Liverpool and London, and
Globe fire-offices. The premises of Mr. J. Boulter,
leather-seller, No. 8, Robin-Hood-lane a building 18 by
12, partially burnt, and the contents 'damaged. Insured
in the Union. No. 14, Mr. J. Langley, brass finisher, has
the workshops and contents nearly destroyed, insured in
the Sun-office. The stables of Mr. Reeves, a fishmonger,
No. 35, are also nearly destroyed, and he was uninsured.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, OCT. 18.—Notice
is hereby given, that the state apartments of Windsor
Castle will be closed on and after Monday next, the 22nd
instant, until further orders.— Gazette.
YORK, Ot-t. 18.—The second of the great au-
tumnal sheep fairs at York took place to- day, when at
least 60,000 sheep were penned_ There was only a sluggish
demand, and the prices slightly declined, a large propor-
tion of the sheep remaining unsold. For mutton sheep
there was only a very slow sale, light weights realising
7451. to Bd., and heavy weights 6sd. to 7d. per lb. Though
there was • fair show of good-bred English lambs, prices
tended upwards. There were few rams or ewes in the
market, nevertheless rather lower nine had to be sub-
mitted to. On the whole the quality of the sheep ex-
hibited was inferior to that of the previous market.
LONGETITY.—" My attention was lately drawn
to an inscription on a tomb in Mullinacuff graveyard,
Tinahely, which presents thereon:—George Inland, 103
years ; Sarah, his wife, 101; Henry, their eon, 96—total,
NOO. The latter died 33 years since. This centenarian
family resided in a commonplace thatched residence on a
small farm of arable gravelly clay, northern aspect, and
partially skirted by a bog. In the same cemetery, and the
same locality, was interred, last August, Robert Tomkin,
the Let of the yeomen of '96, aged 96 yeah."—Dablia
Evening Post.

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The railway market is quiet but firm to-day.
Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London,
Chatham, and Dover stocks are in request, and have "7
improved per cent. The other leading lines are
also inquired for, but exhibit no variation compared
with the last prices of yesterday. The transactions,
on the whole, are unimportant.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 124/ to 125 ;
Great Western, 531 to f ; Lmdon and North 1.
Western, 118} to f ; Midland, 1224 to 124 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125} to 125 ; South
Eastern, 661 to ; Great Northern, 116 to 117 ;
ditto A, 1274 to 128 • London, Chatham, and
Dover, 181 to f ; attat Eastern, MIL% ;
North British, 36} to 374, ex all ; and
121 f to 122 f.
Lombardo-Venetian and Grand Trunk of Canada I.
Railway shares are in demand, and have improved 1,
be. ; the former are now quoted 161 to f, and the
latter 191 to 201. Other foreign and colonial lines
are inactive. T.

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