The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-19 00:00:00

A CLERGYMAN CAA ROZD WITH DISORDERLY CONDTCT.

fojirsWiffiain Johnson, who described himself as a
clergyman, of 186, St. Paul's-road, Canonbury ; and
Eleanor Brandon, a prostitute, of Suffolk-street, Clerken-
well, were charged with being drunk and disorderly in
Canonbury-park, Islington.
Police-constable George Harvey, 410 N, said that be-
tween three and four o'clock this morning he saw the
prisoners fighting in the streets, one with an umbrella and
the other u.th a stick. He asked them both to go away
but they would not, made use of bad language, and
annoyed the inhabitants, some of whom put their beads
out of window arid asked for the nuisance to be sup-
The woman said that the man had taken her
tfirean.eetnd given her some sherry, and then had fallen out
with her.

The prisoners pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, and
said they would take care not to get in such a scrape spin.
Mr. Barker ordered each of them to pay a fine of 101..
or in default to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in
the Rouse of Correction for seven days.
The fines were paid.

THAktal.
LONDON MILK.

Frederick Aux, aged 29, a milkman, was brought before
Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing half a pint of new
milk, value five farthings, the property of Mr. John Hitch-
man, cowkeeper and dairyman, of 101, Kirby-street,
Bromley.
The prosecutor said the prisoner had been in his employ
one month and three days, and was a very dishonest fellow.
The prisoner had been in the practice of stealing the
milk from his premises, diluting it with water,
and selling it. His reputation was injured with the
customers who thought the milk was in the state it
left tho dairy, whereas the reverse was the case. The
prisoner's wife brought two cans of water to the premises
one day for her husband, and intended to return with two
cans of milk, but her intentions were frustrated, and the
water seized. Thismorninginconsequenceof information he
gave the prisoner into custody and charged him with
stealing a half pint of milk. The prisoner at first deniNl
it, and on it being intimated to him that he would be
searched, he said, " I am very Sony ; I will not do it any
more." He took a sods-., tar bottle out of the vilsouues
pocket. It contained a half-pint of milk.
Mr. Partridge—Unadulterated I
Witness—Yes, sir, quite pure; he would have mixed it
with water and sold it.
The prisoner—l intended the milk for my " babbles."
Mr. llitchman—He has done me great injury by selling
my milk diluted with water.
The prisoner—l plead guilty. The milk is for a " babby"
wota laid up.
Mr. Partridge—Your master's customers have had milk
and water served out to them instead of milk. You are
• very dishonest fellow. You are sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

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HEAVY RAINS AT MILL.—On Sunday and Mon-
day morning Hull was visited by one of the severest rain
storms which has been seen during the late unusually wet
season. Rain commenced falling on Sunday afternoon, and
continued without intermission until an early hour on
Monday morning, falling all the time in complete torrents.
Some of the lower parts of the town were deluged, and the
West District Drainage Works, which are to cost 21,000/„
were completely flooded. The worst results of the storm,
however, were at the new West Dock works. These works
were commenced five years ago, and it was expected that
in the course of about 18 months they would be open for
traffic. The dock and basin are about a mile in length,
and about 120 yards in breadth. With the water space,
quays, and warehouses, the docks are estimated to cost
1,000,000/. Mr. Hawkahaw, C.E., is the engineer, and Mr.
J. M'Corniick, M.P., the contractor. At the last half-yearly
meeting of the Dock Company the chairman stated that
there were employed on the works 1,000 men, 120 horses,
besides several steam engines. All these men arc now thrown
out of work by the accident of Monday morning. About 7
o'clock on that morning a large portion of the coffer-dam,
which extends along the Humber the whole length of the
dock, gave way. In a few moments the entire works, with
a water surface of 20 acres, were inundated. The tide
at this time was rising, and as it flowed it carried away
ton after ton of the embankment, until an opening ex-
tended for a length of fully 50 yards. The water rushed
with great force through this aperture, and in a short time
barrows, planks, and huge pieces of timber were floating
about the dock. A short time afterwards the dam gave
way a little higher up, and inundated a portion of the lock
which had been protected by a large bank. Those who
profess to be judges are of opinion that the delay in the
progress of the works will be nine to twelve months. It is
also estimated that the loss to the contractor will be
5,000/. to 10,000/., while the loss to the company will he,
if the delay should be twelve months, fully 50,000/. The
accident is the result of " fresher" scouring the mud from
the piles of the coffer-dam.
THE DISTRESS IN CORNWALL.—The Western
;Morning News says that the several thousand miners who
have left Cornwall during the past year are the best
of their class, and are the more skilful in their
employment. Seven hundred miners have quitted
the St. Just district alone, and have betaken
themselves to the coal fields of South Wales and
the north of England. More than twice that number
have left the Marazion, Caruborne, and ItAruth
districts for America and Australia. A large number
have gone from the Tavistock district to railway works in
Essex and Kent. Many have emigrated without leaving
a shilling for their wives and families, for the simple
reason that there was nothing to leave. These have had
to depend upon the kindness of friends and the forbear-
ance of the shopkeepers, who themselves have in many
instances been reduced to insolvency through the im-
possibility of obtaining payment from their debtors.
From one savings bank alone, 800!. per month has
been drawn out for about a year. Of the able-bodied
miners who remain in Cornwall some have taken to the
pilchard fishery, some to farm labour. Those who have
continued in their old employments have too often been
earning less than 27. a month. A large number of the
women and girls who work on the surface of the mines
have been thrown out of employ by the stoppage of the
mines, and a pathetic story is told of three young
women who burst into tears of joy when promised •
week's work. Others, less happy. are to be found
breaking stones upon the highway. The small trailers are
suffering nearly as much as the miners. Yet—and this is
significant of the independence of the Cornish people—there
is no great increase of persons dependent upon the rates,
or in the workhouse. And, together with this indepen-
dence, there is great self-restraint. "The Cornish miner
in his distress neither howls like a frantic Irishman, nor
curses with the bitter oaths of the drunken collier of the
black country ; he patiently endures hunger, and cheerily
works on in hope of brighter days." There are two favour.
able circumstances in the midst of all this depression and
gloom. The miners who have emigrated to Australia and
California are sending home considerable sums to their
wives, and dining the past fortnight one post-office alone
has paid 400/. in orders received from miners. The other cir-
cumstance is the important advance which has taken place
during the present month in the price of tin and copper.
This is already producing effect in the increasing number
of hands now being taken on at the mines. So it is to be
loped that the worst is over. It is greatly to the credit of
the Cornishrom that we have not heard until the crisis of
their sufferings is past how grievous those sufferings have
been.