The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,' TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1867.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Mr. Down., the gaoler, informed his worship that the
prisoner was well known, having been convicted of •
similar offence, but be could not recollect the date.
The magistrate observed that had it not been for the
rookie's manner in which tradesmen exposed their goods he
should have severely punished the prisoner. It was really
too bed for tradesmen to continue such practices, especially
at so late an hour of the night. It placed temptation in
the way of people in want as well as confirmed thieves ;
and if they continued to do so they must expert to be
robbed ; on that account he should only sentence the pri-
soner to 14 days' hard labour.

THANK&
Willion Combo, aged 45 years, of No. 57, &entail-
road, Bromley, tea dealer, was brought before Mr. Benson,
charged with stealing from hiswife, Frances Emily Howard
Coombee, who had been granted a protection order by the
Suarez magistrates, the following articles, about the end
of last July, namely, twelve dinner plated forks, twelve
dessert forks, nine dessert spoons, one gold chain, two
brooches, and two knive-rests, the whole being of the
value of 305., at Hove, near Brighton.
Inspector Kerressey, of the K division, said the prisoner
wee given into custody by his wife, who produced a pro-
tection order, to which waa attached a piece of paper with
the words " A plot of land for sale at Layton, apply at
67, Hounton-road, Campbell-road, Bow," written thereon.
The order for the protection of the rife's property was
signed by Arthur Biggs and John Allfree, magistrates of
Brighton. The parties had lived at No. 2, Weston-place,
Hove, and 2, Montpelier-mad, Brighton.
Mr. Benson asked for the prosecutrix.
Mr. Kerreasey said she was not in attendance. He had
particularly informed her the magistrate would be in
attendance at ten o'clock precisely.
Mr. Benson said the prisoner must be discharged.
A solicitor asked the magistrate to adjourn the owe for
a short time. Mrs. Coombs had an engagement with a
noble lord at the West-and this morning, and be expected
her every minute.
Mr. Benson said the sae could be put back till the night
charges were disposed of ; and upon calling it on again the '
prisoner was placed in the dock a second tune. His wife's
solicitor said the charge was withdrawn, and Coombes was
discharged.
Thomas Harty, a lad about 17 years of age, was brought
before
.Mr. Benson, charged with stealing cigars and money
belonging to Mr. Marcus Mumma, his master, of 63, Church-
lane,
Whitechapel.
Mr. Pelham coaducted the prosecuton, and said his client
wee a cigar manufacturer, and also kept a shop. Mr.
Manna had not only missed cigars and tobacco at various
time., hut had also lost money. His lessee had been con-
siderable, and suspicion rested on all but the right person
until a respectable man gave information, which led to
the prisoner being watched. The lad was watched by •
constable, as he was leaving his master's workshop, and
18 cigars, valued at Is., were found upon him.
Mr. Munns said the prisoner had been in his service 18
months, and the robberies had been going on almost con-
tionally for five months at beset.
John Barnard, a le, said from information
received he s the prisoner. Be asked him if he had
anything about , to which he replied in the negative.
He searched him, and found 18 cigars in his pockets.
Mr. Munns maid the cigars were his property
The prisoner said he had never done anything wrong
before, and pleaded guilty.
A respectable man_ whose name did not :•ire, said
that the prisoner had been in the practice of ng home
one dozen and two dozen of cigars at • time, and is father
sold them. There had been disputes between father and
son about the division of the money.
Mr. Benson said the conduce of the father in encouraging
his son to rob his master was very disgraceful, and he
was answerable for the boy's ruin. He sentenced the
prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to har
labour.

BRUTAL WIFE MURDER AT WOLVERHAMPTON.
A woman was shockingly murdered in Wolver-
hampton on Sunday night. Her name is Naomi Neale,
and she is the wife of Thomas Neale, a whitesmith. She
is about 40 years of age, and is the mother of seven chil-
dren, the youngest of whom is not more than nine months
old. From within a month or two of her marriage, the
poor woman had been subject to a long series of brutal
at the hands of her husband, who is of drunken
habits, but is a most skilful workman. His earn-
ings were sometimes nearly 41. a fortnight, yet
he never allowed his wife more than U. a fortnight.
He " made *Anil fortnight" up to Saturday night lest,
and received 3/. 15a. as his wipe ; but of this -he sent
home only what the family describe as " the usual 11."
With the rest he went drinking and came home late at
night. On Sunday forenoon he got up. and upon reach-
ing the kitchen took up the cat, swung it round his head
by its tail, and then brought it down upon the bricked
floor with such form as to kill it outright by dashing out
its brains. Having done this he threatened his wife that
" when night came he would serve her the mine." At
about 9 o'clock another ironworker, named Frank Tipton
(alias Tippos), having heard that Neale had pigeons to
sell, went to his house, called him out, and they went
together to the Plasterers' Arms, kept by Henry Turley,
for whom Tipton desired to buy the pigeons. There 6s.
was gives to Neale for the birds ; and at a little before
eleven Tipton, Turley, and two other men named respec-
tively Abrahams Bowklay and Richard Lisle, went
with Neale to his house to fetch the birds,
which Isere kept in a cote at the bottom of the
leading
and the yard is approached by a purge
out of Steelhouse-lane, in which Neale lives, as
well as by the beck door of his house. As the men passed
down the yard, the woman, who had gone to bed, awoke,
threw on an under ant or two, and ran down stairs.
Her eldest son her do this, and fearing violence
from his father towards his mother, he toe got up,
partially dressed himself, and ran down stairs. This be
said be did because his mother was usually being beaten by
his father when he ran down stain ; the practice of the
father being, when he came home and found by wife in
bed, to strip the clothes from her, throw them down
stain, and beat her upon the head with his nailed boot.
As be dressed he heard his mother say, "They are going
to take the pigeons." He also beard men's voices in the
ysrd. By the time he got down to the bottom of the yard
he found only his mother and she lying dead near to the
dove-wee, "huddled up, and and her head resting with its
right side upon her right hand. Neighbours were called,
the poor woman wee carried into the house, and surgeons
sent for. Three came from the South Staffordshire Hospital
close by. They found an incised wound over each of the eye-
brows, and severe bream upon the facie and head—alto-
gether eight wounds and bruises could be counted. Her
husband wee arrested at a little before 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, when he returned Dome. To Bleaker who took him
into custody he said, " I never struck her. I went to
fetch some pigeons which belonged to me, for to sell. She
name down the yard and tried to prevent me from taking
the pigeons away. We struggled, and I threw her down,
and I left her lying in the yard when we came out." Be-
fore the magistrates he repeated this statement, and
called his God to witness the truth of the asseveration.
Oaly sufficient evidence was taken before the magistrates
to justify a remand, and the coroner's inquest has been
adjourned to afford time for a part minims examination.

Join/ Coors, THE Donsresßrun LABOURER, or
me BAHREUTTCY COURT.—This labourer, who obtained
notoriety some time ago by being sent to prima on the
charge of stealing a hurdle, has been adjudicated bank-
rupt. from his azansiestion before Mr. Registrar Raw-
lins, on Friday last, at Wimborne county court, it ar
C:dthat soon after the public subscription commenced
began, in anticipation of the money likely to come
to him, to be freer in the purchase of food end clothing
far his family, which at the rate of wages he had been
• had been of the scantiest kind. The person who
served him with provisions was a Mr. Jacobs, crow, of
Poole, whose bill was something over 201. The bankrupt
stated that Mr. Onalow supplied him with measly to dis-
charge some previous liabilities, but afterwards sent the
remainder of the mosey subscribed to the Daily Telegraph;
that it was subsequently sent back to Wimborne, and
paid to the Rev. Mears. Pomp and Plumptree and St. John
Coventry, Req., and bad been pat in a Wimborne beak.
When the money was first sent down from the Doily
IWeyrepl office and before it was put in the bank, he (the
bankrupt) asked Mr. Coventry for enough to pay fur the
provisions he bad had, but it was refused. He wished to
have paid what he owed. He had since been told that the
money subscribed had beak settled by a deed, bat he had
never seen the deed, and he had never been asked whe-
ther he wished the money to be settled ; settling it was
entirely against his will. He bad that day ascertained
that the money paid to the beak was 2661., but did not
know before, and had never had any account of the money.
He was told that transferring it from London to Who-
borne met 61. 18s. All he had received since the money
had been sent to Wimborne was 113 e. at one time and
31. 18s. 10d. another, the 31. 10d. he understood was
a hallow's interest. He had been told that the money
was to be for him for his life and afterwards for his
children. His debts were 431. 3e. 10d. He earned on an
average Ila a week ; he had a large family.

NEW Oarterner. Act.— On Tuesday next the
new act passed to remove some defects is the administra-
tion of the criminal law will oome into effect. It wee
framed by Mr. Russell Gurney, the Recorder of London,
and is not to extend to Ireland. The delay and inconve-
nience occasioned by the let section of the 22nd and RIM
c. 17, as to the presentation or the finding of bills by
grand juries are removed. On the acquittal of a person
who has not been committed or held to bail, the court may
order the prosecutor to pay the costs to the accused. Per-
sons may be examined before magistrates for accused per-
sons, their evident,' taken, and their expenses may be
allowed by the court. WLere a person is dangerously ill
the evidence may be taken for or against • perms, and
read on the trial if dead, or if sworn to be unable to attend.
Jams, la civil or criminal eases, make take an affirmation
in lien of on oath. Money found on a prisoner may be
given to the purchaser of property, whole required to make
restitution of the same to the owner. A person in
custody can be brought up from another prison to be
indicted, without the expense of a writ of habeas
Sorra Kamm/ewer( Mossum.—Visitorn during
the week ending Sept. 21, 1867 s—On Monday, Tuesday,
sad Saturday (free), from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m., 11,624 •, en
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission ed.), from
10 a.m. till 6 p.m., rrolurtotal, 12,775 ; avenge of ore-
respondll week in
im11.761 ; total flew the
egwaing the lamears, 8,

BRITISH CORN 17481.

(From the Mark-laws Express.)

• .
The cold north-easterly wind of the past week
baa greatly helped the gatherings in all the late districts,
both as respects cereals and the second crop of hay, which
in some eases nearly equalled the first cut. But in cold
situations, where sunshine and warmth were wanted, not
much progress has been made. Ireland, it seems, has
suffered from wet, and the first reports of abundance as
regards wheat were exaggerated. The orchards this
season, it seems, have been like the eorn-fields, the crops of
both depending on the blooming time. One apple and
another pear tree stand loaded by the side of a blank, ac-
customed in ordinary years to 'bandeau ; but the loaded
trees, like the prolific fields, bear but a small proportion to
the failures. With such extraordinary fluctuations of tem-
perature, it would have been presumptuous to reckon on what
has actually been gathered, and we have cause therefore to
be very thankful it is no Irene. Rome reaction on the
late advance, both here and in name, was to be expected,
farmers in both countries being at any rate anxious to get
into funds for Michaelmas rents ; and so we find • calm
here and some reduction in Paris on the late rates. Bel-
gium exhibits the same tendency, and doubtless last week's
dull advice. hence will have some influence upon remote
sources of supply, and this wilt induce shipments to Great
Britain before the setting in of winter. But Dantaie,
, whence our first-rate millers draw their chief supplies,
fully comprehending our difficulties, shows • rise in fine
wheat of about le. 6d. per quarter. Frosts are said to
have lessened the harvest in the northern districts of
Russia ; though our principal supplies have lately been
from Russian ports, where merchants are keenly alive
to French and British wants. With prices little altered
in New York, some shipments have been made for this
country.
The arrivals off the coast since 13th inst. were 50 car-
goes, of which 31 cargoes were wheat, 9 maim, I barley,
3 beans, and 6 rye. Bunnies was transacted as follows :
-Wheat, 67 cargoes in •B-viz., Ghirka, 56e. Gd. to
63a. 6d ; Marianopoli, 625. to 63e. 6d. ; Cabanas, 58s. ;
Paviowand, 58s. • Polish, 61a. 63. to 635. 9d. ;
61s. 9d. ; SandOnarka, 665. ,• Seidl, 48.. to Ms. ; hard,
595. 6d. ; Banat, 575. to 58a., and f.0.b., 475. to 48a.
Maim, Li cargoes, at 39.. to 41, and 40,000 qr.. for ship-
ment at 32., lid. to 345. lid. Barley, 5 eargoes at 30e. to
34e. Beans, 6 cargoes, at 345. to Ms. &I. Lealih, I cargo,
at 35.. tid. Rye, 3 at 41s. 3d. to 435. White
peas, 1 cargo C%nadian, at Oats, 6 cargoes Russian,
at 225. 9d. to 255. The sake of English wheat nosed last
week were 59,893 qrs. at Me. 3d., spinet 60,328 qrs. in
1866. The London averages were 645. sd. on 4,001 Ira
The imports into the kingdom for the week ending
September 15 were-Wheat, 764,138 awn. ; flour, 33,379
owls. Monday in Mark-lane commenced on moderate
supplies of English wheat, but the foreign arrivals were
very heavy, and chiefly from Russia. The show of samples
during the morning was lees than expected, and of various
quality, with very little really fine. The best picked
parcels went off slowly, at the previous currency ; inferior
sorts hung on hand. The foreign trade, notwithstanding
the large arrivals, found a fair wale, especially Russian,
and in some caws at rather more money. Other qualities
were also firm, though less inquired far. Floating cargoes
sold at full pekes. On Wednesday there were 430 qn.
per coast, 23,390 qrs. hangs. The bonuw then done was
on • limited scale, bet ell fine samples of English wheat
fully maintained Monday's prima. There was • steady
demand also for foreign, without any change of values.
Friday's returns were 1,240 qrs. coastwise, 23,390
qrs. foreign. Very little English wheat was then ex-
hibited. All that was fine-and that was but a
trifling quantity-was quite as dear as on the previous
market. Good foreign also maintained former prices.
The supply of country flour was good on Monday,
and foreign arrivals were improved, chiefly from Feign-
burg and America. The trade in the oeuatry aorta was
very steady, at quite former rates. Fine foreign was also
held very firmly. Town Milk= made no change in the
value of the best dens. On Wednesday there wen 210
auks per coast, 3,060 sacks foreign. No change in value
was then noted in Norfolk. or other country qualities.
Good foreign was fully as dear, and town millers kept the
top price at tiOs. Nay's arrivals were 1,180 seeks coast-
wise, 3,610 sacks foreign. Without any activity in trade,
Norfolks and all country qualities were quite as dear; and it
was the same with every description of foreign flour. There
sou a good supply of maim on Moaday, with • fair inquiry,
at rather more money. The arrivals by Friday wore 9,460
gra, but the trade was about la. per qr.M dearer. Very
little barley came to band on onday, either
British or foreign. Among the new English arrivals
them wens waroely a really fine, which was in re-
quest at full prices, and all doecriptioes of foreign were
fully as dear. On Wednesday there were 160 qrs. per
coast. 920 qrs. foreign. With but little choice, maltaters
then had to pay fully formerrates for all suitable qualities'
and the limited supply of foreign kept prices very high.
Friday's returns ware 270 qrs. ocestwiee, 920 qrs. foreign.
No change could then be noted either in English or foreign
qualities ; but rates were well supported for both. Tbe
malt trade was arm on Monday ; fine parcels brought high
=hNo subimsent change reported. There was a
.apply ofoff eats on Monday, principally Rus-
sian, and the home contributions were unproved. The
abstraction of large quantities for French wants, and the
probable continuance of the demand, gave the market an
unusual start ; fully la. per quarter more was
universally paid, and some factors obtained an
advance of la. 6d. per qr. On Wednesday
there were 10 qrs. per coast, 990 qrs. Irish, 46,010
foreign. The supply being ample, there was •
s ht reaction on Monday's advance in favour of buyers,
an • fair amount of business was transacted. Friday's
quantities wasteriae were 10 qrs., with 1,180 qrs. lrish,
86,090 qrs. foreign. With more order.; from Fresco them I
was again an upward movement, notwithstanding the
supply, and about Gd. per qr. over Monday's rates was
pm& The supply of English beans on Monday was scanty,
but there was • fair supply from Italy. The trade, though
not active, was firmer than of late, both for English and
foreign sorts. Friday's market was unaltered. There
was again • very limited supply of peas, exclusively
Engliah. Boller', being in better demand. were about la.
per qr. dearer ' • and the tendency on Friday was again
upward. The arrivals of linseed were restricted, and
prices both of seed and cake were fully supported.
The seed trade generally was in calm. Nothing
was passing in cloverseed : the English growth was ex-
pected to be fine, if well got in. Tares were dull, and mus-
tardseed rather lower. With fine weather to complete the
gatherings in all late district'', and more wheat brought to
market, prices generally were but feebly sustained, though
at some places the conviction of a short yield emboldened
farmers to demand more money, and this was occasionally
paid. Spring corn generally tended upwards, oats and
white peas being fully la per qr. dearer. In Scotland the
wheat trade was quiet, no change being noted at Glasgow
or Edinburgh ; bet new oats at the latter place declined
Is. to 1 6d. per qr., while beans and peas were dearer at
the former. In Ireland some damage has been done by the
late rains. New oats at Dublin were Is. to 2.. per qr.
lower, sad inferior barley ls. to Is. 6d.