The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

tereup their clothes. They said, because they were old I
I told Eldridge she had no need to have done
re was promised fresh drills; this morning.
Three maths ago she (Eldridge) committed a wimps/
am," ar was forgiven. oourt had been convicted ban
for Noy from dm workhouse. She is a very disorderly
With regard to the man, he was takes into the
Morning, and whilst there he tore up his cloths*.
gre after 9 o'clock. They were all supplied with
ois, sod looked up. Their language was very bad indeed.
Tbe prisoners had nothing to ry, and were each esotroed
to IL der hard labour. and were removed to the rib.
sr. Aosta (the gaoler) oo going to the female's cell a
fort time after, found Eldridge quite naked, she having
tars up every particle of clothing. Is this dilemma,
Amwd had to rod to the workhouse for came Glories
!dor re could be removed to the vao. She threatens she
agar tear them up on the way to Tothill.flelda Hour
adriatio.

WANDSWORTH.
MOM OPINIONS OF WAGISTRATZB Olt THI CAD LAW.
Two cabmen, named Paul Stone and George Hillyard,
ought to recover from Mr. Robert Reeves.' magistrate toe
musty of Clam, residing in Ireland, and at the Cedars,
poesy, the balsams of their fares.
in them cams a very important point arom affectiog
_both
the pall and cabmen generally. The cabs were hired at
;be ewe time from the Easton-square railway station to
*0 defendant's house at Putney. The diet's), exceeded
ova mass, being over six mile. inside the radius and
Geer • mile outside.
The defendant wished to know whether the cabmen were
elided to divide the distance into
Mr. Alamo said they were not, because in some ewes
the Ilea get is. 6d. for a mile, or ;part of a mile, and
Mat dearly was not the intention of the legislature. He
lad always held that a cabman must take the distance
mile by mile. He made the fare 6s. 6d., being for
fetasee Ss. for six miles outside, 2s. inside the radius ;
M. fa extra person, and Is. for luggage.
Stone said the law allowed him to charge 3e. 6d., the dis-
taste Wads base over six miles ; and as the distance ont-
o& the radius exceeded one mile, he was entitled to 2e.
Dm, so that his legal fare was 7e.
The deeedant having proved that Stone was paid Se. 6d.
aad eras afterward, offered another shilling which be
refund to soap; the magistrate made an order is his case
for the puniest of le. without costa.
meee—Are we not to have oar expenses
Mt Nyman—No, because you were offered your right
fore and you refused to take it.
Stone—According to act of parliament the fax is 7a. I
only summoned for la. because I gave in to your opinion.
Mr. Cayman— You are obliged to go according to my
contraction of the law. I must see that the act of parlia-
ment is not defeated. It was never the intention of the
legisisture that cabmen should be allowed to charge
Is. 6d. for one mile.
Stone—lt is allowed in the City but not here.
• Dayman—l am not bound by the City magistrates.
they are not a superior wort.
Sam—Cabmen don't know what to charge.
Mr. Da Yon may have a case for the opinion of the
Court of Queen's Beech. You had better consult your
asthma on the subject, sad have the point settled.
Stone--We go by act of parliament, and there are
thousands who do the same.
• Dalman—No doubt. The question is whether the
City magistrates are right or whether I em.
Is the second cue as the cabman did not carry so many
pirceh be only received Sd. without costs.
It may be stated that Mr. Ingham, Mr. Dayman's
collagne, gave an opinion recently at the Hammersmith
Policireourt on the same point, the very reverse of the
shove decision. He was of opinion that a cabman, according
to the act of parliament was entitled to charge sixpence a
mils up to the redius post, and one shilling for a mde or
portico of a mile beyond. It will be seen that Mr. Day-
ma's opinion is that the shilling a mile does not commence
until the lest mile inside the radios is completed outside.

THE QUEEN'S VOLUNTEERS AT WEESTMINSTER....-.
firms DAS.)—The Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers
during the past year contested at various intervals at the
tide ranges at Wormwood-scrubs for prises amounting in
vales altogether to an estimated sum of 1,00111/., and the
beautiful trophies of their skill are to be distri-
buted at Westminster-hall to-day by Lady Constance
Grosvenor, the wife of the Earl Grosvenor, the colonel of
the 'tarps. The regiment, numbering 18 companies, in-
chid* the St. Martin's and the Pimlico division., is under
orders to assemble at Westminster-hall at half-past 5
o'clock, where, under the command of Major and Ad-
jutant Charles, Captain and Adjutant Tyler, and
the other officers of the regiment, it will be
formed up to receive its commanding officer and the
distinguished company whir& has been invited shortly
before six. Both bands of the regiment are to be in attend-
ance. The ceremony will commence punctually at 6 o'clock
by Lord Grosvenor addressing the regiment, at the conclusion
of which Lady Constance will distribute the prizes.
Upwards of 2,000 tickets have been distributed for the
admission of the general public, and many members of both
Houses of Parliament and officers of the army and volunteers
are expected to be present.
THE DOUBLE SUICIDE IN PADDINGTON.—LATEST
PARTIGULABIL—This morning Inspector Egerton (X Divi-
sion) sterched the clothing worn by Monsieur Ferdinand
de Cdoire and bin, mother when they committed suicide
en last Friday night. In Monsieur's coat pocket he found
an exquisitely painted miniature of a young lady, a purse
I:outdoing 65., and eight pawnbroker's duplicates, and a
parcel, on the outer wrapper of which was written
All good Christians pray for the souls of myself and
my dear mother. I beg that the enclosed may be sent
asopened to their destination." On beiog 'opened the
parcel was found to contain four sealed letters, directed
'lousily to " Madame Eloffe 19, Rue Vrezel, BAtig.
mils Ile Sarno ;" " Madame Seevey, Rae de Parity, 43,
SR Germain". Paris ;" " Monsieur l'Abbe Gay, cher
VicainaGseeral. gnat Voltaire, 191, Puts i" and the other
Setter to the French foreign minister. On Madame de
Cainive were found several documents, showing that she
bad lived with her son, at 30, Lower Marine-terrace, Mar-
gate, and that they had also lived in three different houses
at Clapham. Dr.-Beale has already commenced the feces-
poet-mortem examination., and Dr. Lenkester will
bold an inquest on the bodies on Monday next.
THE CONVICT WINSOR.—This unhappy woman
bad not been restored to the custody of the Sheriff of
Devon up to nine o'clock last night (Thursday). Her at-
einnplice Harris is still in custody ; she will not be sub.
jetted to any further trial The general opinion with re-
lard to Winner is that the sentence of death will be ear-
siel oat as if no delay bad taken Place. —lVestern Times.
A Rrfiturtve MEMORY.—There is at the present
time in St. Mary's Workhouse in Reading an old woman,
Dearly 90 years of age, who is able to repeat the whole
of the wood book of Milton's "Paradise Lost" There are
we should think about 1,200 lines in this book. The woman
of whom we are speaking learnt these lines, at the inst ince
of her mother, when she was a child of 9 years, and has
sot forgotten the lesson since. She is, it need scarcely be
added, a pima of unusual intelligence. —Berta Chronicle.!
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES. THE GAS
Qumtios.—The vestry of St. James's will meet in the
Vestry-hall, Piccadilly, on Tuesday next, the 30th Mat,
at 11 o'clock precisely, to receive delegates from other
vestries and district boards in the metropolis-Ist. To
consider a proposed "Bill to amend the Metropolis Gas
Act, 1860," local and permanent sots relating to the supply
of gas in the metropolis and suburbs, reducing rates for
future supply, Sic. 2nd. To consider Sir G. Grey's letter
to the Metropolitan Board of Works, "inviting sugges-
tion, from that board, on a proposed consolidation of
vestries and district boards in the metropolis," and to epee
upon a joint course of action thereon.
RAILWAY ANECDOTE.—We have just heard the
following:—Ticket inspector, a good-looking Irishman, of
gentlemanly appearance aod in gentleman's clothes—on a
railway station, with a number of passengers waiting for a
tram—addressing himself to one of a family of little girls
after common place observations—" Now, my dear little
lady, I should take you to be as mach as 12 years of age."
Little girl---" Twelve, sir! I was 13 last month."
Inspector- "Show me your ticket?" Which of course
proved to be a half-one for a child under 12. —Herapadh.
PERILOUS POSITION OE A TRAIN.—At Durham,
a min hu been cammitted for trial for an act which placed
in imminent jeopardy the lives of the passengers in a
train on the North Eastern Company's line between
Durham and Sunderland. The defendant, who was in
chugs of a horse and cart, hail taken sufficient drink to
stupefy and incapacitate him. The consequence was that
the animal, being uncontrolled, got off the turnpike
noon an accommodation road which the railway crosses on
the level. Instead of continuing along the accommodation
mad, the horse, probably finding some obstacle in its path,
turned up the branch, which lea single line, and had gone a
distance of two miles before it was observed. A signalman
on duty, expecting every moment the arrival of • train,
was surprised at the unusual noise, and discovering that
it Proceeded from the horse and cart, was fortunately
enabled to stop the train, which was then in sight, and
thin, probably, to prevent • areadfal calamity.—Yorkshire
Gazette.
TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY (LIMITED).—The
directors report the due payment by the lassees of the
Egyptian line of 1,2501. for the half-year ending 31st Db.
eVraber,lB6s, out of which they recommend that &dividend
be paid at the rate of 5 per cent per annum free of income
eat_ The directors express their hope and expectation
that the important object for which the company was
"'road, via, to secure an independent and alternative line
between Great Britain and India, may be accomplished at
es early period. They learn with satisfaction that the
receipts of the Persian Gulf live, with all its imperfections
in the transmission of m through the several inter-
"e„iee states of Europe:4;M upon the expenditure of
'l‘looo4, a percentage far exceeding the moat sanguine
aseetationa They are confident that the experience ob-
Weed may now be made ale of, so as to render the laying
slid maintenance of a properly constructed cable a matter
ot certainty, and that it is only a question of time. The
directors have always urged upon the government the ins-
Psrative necessity for alternative lines, to provide against
thus contingencies which cannot be avoided, and UMW
re,gard the Red Bea line as offering advantagesia all reepsele
ea
to as other, from its sectional short
tad the conmeal importance and returns of ITC:
*bet opened.
A centenarian—Mrs. Mary Moses—has just died
tt tnciagtos, in Hampshire, at the age of 100 years and
9 mastki.