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

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
LUXURY IN LOW Litt.
Alexander Taylor, aged 23, a miserable and raggedly
clothed young man, was placed at the bar before Alderman
Abbiss, charged on SURF/Wan ofistealing six dozen of dawn.
pages from the warehouse of News. Hawks and Crawshay,
chain cable and anchor menu! so:Curers.
Mr. Sanderson, clerk to the above firm, said they had
several oases of champagne in the warehouse. On Saturday
morning it was discovered that one of the cases had been
opened,and ► six-dawn ease was missing, the value of which
was 20i. They were safe on Thursday night. There were
two or three broken bottles lying near the case. The wine
had branded aorta.
James Hann, detective officer, said he went with his
brother officer, Badman, to the prisoner's lodgings, No. 2,
Pennyfarthing-rents, Huggin-lane, ,Upper Thamerstreet,
where he found a room where the prisoner had been sleep-
ing, and found a broken bottle in it. The room emelt
strongly of champagne, and the floor and carpet were
saturated with it. On the Sunday Badman found the
neck of a bottle with a branded cork in it in the room.
The brand was the same as that on the corks of the wine
stolen from the wharf. He afterwards took the prisoner
into custody and told him the charge, when he denied all
knowledge of it.
Jas. Badman said that when he told the prisoner about
finding the cork in his room he said that if found
it there he put it there. He had, however, pointed it
out to Lewis, another officer, before he went near it to take
it up.
Alderman Abbise thought he knew the prisoner's face.
Hann said he had been in prison before.
Alderman Abbine remanded the prisoner for further in-
quiries.

PUTTING OCT cream MOMS.
A well-dreesed young man, who described himself as a
surgeon, and gave the name of Brown St. Matthew, of No. ,
43, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-road, was charged with ,
putting out two street lamps in Gough-street, Gray's-inn-
road.
The evidence of the police went to show that this ,
morning they saw the defendant go up a lamp post
and put out the light. He got down, and before ,
the police could get up he put out another, and
WI then taken into custody . The place where
the defendant put out the lights is dangerous without a
light in consequence of the carts of the Metropolitan
Parcels Delivery Company standing there and loading to
meet the early trains. There were three lights in the
street, two of which were put out by the defendant.
The defendant, who treated the matter as a joke, said
that he only put out one of the lights, and that he did
accidentally, when trying to light a cigar. The constable
was clever when he said he saw him put out two lights.
Mr. John Ward, of 2, Granville-square, was called by
the defendant, and said he saw the defendant put
out one of the gas lights, but he could not be certain
whether two were put out or not.
The defendant said he was not in the habit of putting
cat street lamps, and he thought the constable had
behaved in a most unjustifiable manner in taking him up.
He had been out with a few friends during the previous
evening, but he well knew what he was about.
Mr. Barker said that whether the defendant was in the
habit or not of putting out street lamps, it was clear he
had done so. On this occasion he had been guilty of a
very foolish, childish act, for which be would have to pair
! alty of 40a., or in default of payment, 21 days' bard
labour in the House of Correction.
The fine was at once paid.

AN IRISH RIFLE VOLUNTEER CHARGED WITH
FENIANISM,AND THREATENING TO SHOOT
THE PRINCE OP WALES.

BRIGHTON, TOISDAY Ematra.

A most painful sensation has been produced
throughout Brighton during the latter portion of the day,
more especially amongst the volunteers, a large proportion
of whom are members of the London Irish, and who dill
throng the town, that a member of the latter regiment had
been detected with ball cartridge in his pocket at the
review, under circumstances of strong suspicion that he con-
templated the assassination of the Prince of Wales.
The rumour was that the accused, whose name is Patrick
Butler, had on Sunday night, whilst in a state of intoxica.
tion, declared at a public-house where he met his comrades
that, if opportunity offered on the morrow he would shoot
the Prince of Wales. No notice was taken of the
matter ; but some of the other members talking
on the subject, it came to the ears of the officers
and was reported to the Marquis of Donegan, who
directed that no steps should be taken tall the arrival at
the Race-hill. The captain of his company then address-
ing Butler told him what he bad beard, and asked if he
bad any ball cartridge about him, to which he replied ha
the negative, but on being searched 10 rounds of ball car-
tridge were found in his pocket. On this being reported
to the Marquis of Donegan he at once gave him into cus-
tody.
This morning Patrick Butler, who is a private in the
London Irish, was brought up for examination before Mr-
Biep, the stipendiary magistrate, the Mayor, and other
magistrates, having been given into custody on the Ease-
hill by the Marquis of Donegan on a charge of using sedi-
tious I.eguage.
Corporal Cox was the only witness, and it was proved
that the 10 rounds of ball eartridgewere found uponßertke.
It could also be proved that he had threatened to shoot the
Prince, but the witnesses being in London, the inveighs,.
lion was adjourned till this day.

A large portion of the copper ore which formed
the cargo of the Cheshire Witch, wrecked at Torbay in
the great stema of Jammer, bet, how been recovered.