The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GITILDITALL.

John Hammond, of ?O, Newgatc-market, and Centre
(kering, of 1, Itopcmaker-street, two butchers, were
charged with creating a disturbance and assaulting one of
the officers of the Metropolitan Railway Company, at the
station in Little Mooffields.

Henry Clark said he wss one of the constables at the
above station. On the night previous he was cooling up
the stairs when a gentleman complained to him that a
crowd of men had been following and annoying him. He
went to the door, and found the two prisoners inside the
door, with about eight or ten other men. He told the
people they must disperse, for they were blocking up the
door and passengers could not get in, but instead of doing
so Leering challenged him to fight. He said, " I do not
want to fight, and want you to go away quietly;' to which
he replied, "I can soon settle you." He thereupon
caught the witness by the collar, dragged him into the
road, and struck him on the breast. Witness then tried
to secure him, when he was set upon by the whole gang of
ruffians who were with the prisoners, and whichever way
he turned his head he was struck. He got Leering round
the neck with his left non, and then Hammond came in
front of him and struck him a tremendous blow in the left
eye, blackening it very much. Ho did not know who the
others were who struck him. _ _

Alderman Salomons fined each of the prisoners 10s., or
seven days' imprisonment, and bound them over to keep
the peace for lux months.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Sarah Hipgina, the young girl, formerly servant at
No. 3, Bruton-street, Bond-street, charged with stealing a
large quantity of valuable property from a gentleman,
named Benjamin Lewis Franklin, of the County Club,
Albemarle-street, was brought before Mr. Knox for further
examination.

It will be recollected that Mr. Franklin, who recently
occupied apartments at No. 3, Bruton-street, missed a
quantity of jewellery, shawls, dresses, and other valuable
property, a portion of which having been traced to the
prisoner, steel was taken into custody, and in explanation
of the possession of the property, she asserted it had been
given to her by the prosecutor, in repayment of certain
familiarities which she had permi•ted. This defence was
denied fully by the prosecutor, and some additional evidence
having been given, the case was again adjourned.

SCNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY. —A copy of the
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ministers in England and Wales by the Working
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20,000 Post-office officials who are employed in the pro-
vinces on Sundays, we beg to solicit your co-operation in
measures designed to bring about the discontinuance of
the Sunday delivery of letters. In London, with its vast
commerce and 3,000,000 inhabitants, and numerous other
towns and villages in England and Scotland, there is no
Sunday delivery of letters, and there is no good reason
why the same rule should not be carried out in every
town and village in the empire. But we cannot hope that
the Sunday delivery of letters will be stopped until the public
express their willingness to give the postmen the Sunday rest,
by requesting that their own letters may not be delivered
on Sundays. When this has been extensively done we
trust that the way will be prepared for abolishing the
Sunday deliveries entirely. We therefore hope that you
will co-operate in the efforts now being made to induce
persons throughout the country to sign the enclosed request
for the non-delivery of their letters on Sundays. A re-
turn of the number of persons who have signed such re-
quest will be moved for in parliament ; we hope, therefore,
that you will use your influence with your congregation
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letters not to be delivered on Sundays.'

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