The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THD3 DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
IDLE FREAK OF A VOLUNTEER..
bunk Huglus, a young man of gentlemanly appearance,
ao charged with discharging a rifle at a gas lamp, in
Lkoinsbury-square, and extinguishing the light.
Police-constable Fisher, 32 E, stated that at about 10
Dilute, pest I .o'clock this morning, he was on duty in
Last Suiesellotreet At the corner of Bloomsbury-square
la attention was attracted by a sound as of the explosion
of percussion capein the square. He went to the spot and
as the prisoner and another young man firing at the lights
in tyro of the gas lamps, which they presently succeeded
in oitinguishing. Another constable, Findon, 34 E,
approaching from the other side, the two ran away, but
IM prisoner not seeing witness actually rushed into his
arm& Witness said, " That is nice conduct fora young
nisa like you—firing off powder and putting the lamps
out." The prisoner replied, " There you are mistaken,
it iris only imps." Witness observed twelve exploded caps
on the pavement, six at the foot of each lamp-port. At
the station-house the prisoner said he did not know that
there was any powder in the rifle. He also said that he
bad just returned from Wimbledon, where he bad won a
rue, but he declined to state what company of volunteers
belooged to.
The prisoner warn very sorry, and hoped the magistrate
would look over it.
Sir Thomas Henry could not possibly overlook each an
act of mischievous folly. If every idle young man passing
through the streets at night was to be permitted to amuse
himself by eutting out the lamp light we should Noon have
the streets in darkness. It must be put a stop to at once
for the Protection of the public. He should tine the pri-
soner the full penalty of 40a.
The Prisoner paid the fine.

CLERKENWELL.
MP:CRYPT SEIZURE OP VALUABLE PROPERTY.
Tho.nar Gardner, of No. 14, Short's-buildings, Clerks's.
Rll. a shoemaker, was charged with stealing 7s. 601., the
4011 of Mr. Thomas Alexander, a halter.
The prisoner lodged in the same house as the prosecutor.
The titter for some time has been missing money from his
WI, and, suspecting the prisoner, watched him, saw him
zi to the till and take some money, and be then gave
4s, into custody. On searching the prisoner's residence
Polke.constable Knowles, 200 0, found 144 silk pocket
mllierchiefs, 20 watches (gold, silver, and metal), 30 silver
''"wt, and 30 gold rings, all of which can be seen on ap-
ANtion to the police at the King's-cross police station.
14 Prisoner said all the property was his, and he bad
'""hued it.
rht magistrate remanded the prisoner to the House of
'motion, and refused to take bail.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A PuGILIsr CHARGED WITH A SERIOUS ASSAULT.
rt Ter, rs (better known as 800 Travers), pugilist,
'a brought berme Mr. d'Eyncourt by Dawson, :10 A, on
4srraat, chargvil with violently assaulting Edward Sheen,
to be a betting in in.
lit. Edward Lew s of Marlborough-street, appeared for
tiefendant.
„It the accused being placed at the bar, Dawson said
't tone of the w teams were in attendance, the principal
6454 at Huntingdon Races. He had been to the
....41416.cr05i Hospital morning. and saw the house-
-rm sad received from him a certificate.
officer handed the certificate to Mr. d'Eyncotut,
—.4 was as follows:

" Charing-croem Hospital, July 25.
t&rhi, is to certify that Edward Sheen was brought. to
hospital, on Saturday night last, July 20, suffering
k Wound of the brow, and contusions of the face, eyes,
that he is still an in.pstient, and progressing fa-
-A. H. Buck House Surgeon."
".t.'llyucourt inquired of the officer where the assault
“ok gee.
Itawma said on Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, in
ke's' Idly. The injured man and another were fighting,
tald while the former was lying on the ground the ',dewier
'"`„hest him on the head.
•tr• .I.Eyncourt asked the officer whether he had seen
mitred TAIL
twice sad he had not seen him, but the house-surgeon
he was progressing favourably.
dEyucourt remanded the accused, taking his Pro-
.* to attend on a future occasion.

STEALING A VALUABLE WATCH.
William Baker a lad, was charged with stealing a gold
watch of the seine of 501. from the person of Mr. Corn-
wallis Tottenham, a gentleman at present staying at the
British Hotel, Jermyn-street.
Mr. Tottenham said be was walking in Hanover-square
last night towards the Oriental Club, when the prisoner
Caine up and asked him the way to Brook-street, and while
directing him he made a snatch at his watch, breaking it
from the chain, and made off with it. He pursued the
prisoner calling " stop thief," and he ran into a constable's
arms about 100 yards from where he took the watch.
Mr. George Mermen, of 81, Oxford-street, proved see-
ing the prisoner run from Mr. Tottenham, and said there
was no other boy near.
Police-constable Moore, 187 C, said that he saw two
females pass while the prisoner was running, but he did
not see the prisoner pass anything to them. He had
leached the garden of the square with the constables, but
could not find the watch. _

Mr. d'Eyncourt said it was quite clear the prisoner com-
mitted the robbery, and the best thing he could do would
be to my where the watch was.
The prisoner remained silent.
Mr. d'Eyncourt supposed the prisoner declined to say.
The prisoner said he never had the watch, and, therefore,
Gould not say where it was.
Committed.

WORSIIIP-STBEST.
ATIMIPTED ucanorrs.

Caroline Hall, 50 yearn of age, dressed in respectable
mourning, and described as the wife of Robert Hall, a
brass-founder, residing st No. 1, Libra-road, Bow, was
charged with an attempted suicide on the 18tb inst.
Nutty, 107 K, having deposed to finding the prisoner
outside her own house on the night of the date mentioned
and bleeding from a wound in the throat, added—l did
not then know where she lived, so I took her to the station
house, where when the wound was dressed, she said, " I
would give the world to be sent to the workhouse, so
cruelly does my husband ill-use me." Now I have made
inquiries about him, and can learn nothing of this being
true. He is a respectable man now in court.
Prisoner—No, no ; I don't think I said that. I have been
his wife thirty-one years and borne him nineteen children,
and could not say that of his conduct.
Constable—One of the daughters is also present, sir.
Clerk—Well, well, we need not distress her by
questions.
The husband of the prisoner, however, assured the
magistrate that it was the first time she had ever made an
attempt on her life ; that he was unable to assign any
motive for the act ; but the cause was another matter ; he
feared it to be drink. Aught relative to ill-usage was quite
out of the question.
The constable said he thought her slightly in liquor when
he took her.

After earnest intercession on the part of her husband,
and apparent penitence on her own, he was permitted to
take her home with him.

The Queen's dinner to the Belgians at Windsor,
to which they did ample justice, included, in addition to
the standing joints of beef, lamb, and veal, 750 roast fowls,
230 roast ducks, 250 *Wed tongues, 200 pigeon and veal
pies, 250 lobster a handsome dessert of black and
white grapes, melons, greengsges, strawberries, raspberries,
and 2,600 bottles of Champagne, Mosslie, hock, claret,
port, and sherry.
HEALTH OP LORD FITZRARDINGE.—We axe
pleased to learn, by a letter from Colonel Berkeley, that
the illness from which his father has been recently suffer-
ing is not nearly so serious as our previous informa-
tion led us to believe. It appears that the noble lord,
in consequence of a fall, sustained rather a severe
bruise on one of his elbows, and a subsequent attack of
gout having fixed itself in that particular joint, his lord-
ship was for some days prevented taking his usual out-door
exercise. The gallant colonel assurer us that there was
nothing of the nature of paralysis in the attack—an assu-
rance which, to the many friends of Lord Fitahardinge in
Cheltenham, will be a source of satisfaction.—Cheltenham
Examiner.

THE FAILURE OP THE LEEDS BANKING Coy-
PANT.—MR. GREENLAND RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.—It
will be remembered that, subsequent to the failure of the
Leeds Banking Company in 1864—which failure was alto-
gether caused by improper advances made by the manager,
Mr. Greenland, to people and firms in various parts of the
country that gentleman was prosecuted for making
false returns of the note issue of the bank. The case
against him was opened in Leeds, but in the interests
of justice to Mr. Greenland it was considered desirable
that his trial should take place in London, in order that
no local prejudice might interfere. Mr. Greenland was
accordingly brought up in the Central Criminal Court last
October, and was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment,
the learned judge who heard the case remarking at the
time that had it not been for Mr. Greenland's advanced age
the punishment inflicted upon him would have been one of
a much more serious character. The convict was brought
down to Armley Gaol to serve out his term—the prosecution
against him having been instituted by the Leeds Cham-
ber of Commerce, on the general question of commer-
cial morality—but it soon transpired that strong and
arduous efforts were being made to secure a remission
of his sentence, persons, in mayoral instances, being asked
to sign a memorial with that prayer who had themselves
suffered to a considerable extent by the failure of the bank.
About three months ago, the medical officer to the Armley
Gaol was required to furnish certain answers to a series of
question with regard to Mr. Greenland's health, and yes-
terday morning, • communication was received at that
prison from the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, intimating that Mr. Greenland was forthwith to be
discharged from custody. Imprisonment causing failing
health of the prisoner has been the ground upon which the
memorial has been founded, but it has also been urged, in
the same document, that Mr. Greenland's journeys to
London, in connexion with the trial of Thomas Edgeley,
woollen merchant, bad also had a considerable tendency to
depress his constitution.—Afaneheiter Examiner.
A MAN SHOT BY A VOLUNTEER AT HARTLEPOOL.
—On Tuesday night, about 8 o'clock, two members of
the 19th Durham (Hartlepool) Rifle Volunteers were prac-
tising rifle shooting over • space of ground fronting the
Hough Battery, on Hartlepool cliff. They had erected a
square piece of inch planking, to serve as • target, which
was placed at • distance of about 100 yards. Before they
commenced firing they looked along the sands and coast
to ascertain if there were any boats, or persons, within
range of their fire, and seeing that the mast was clear,
they began their practice. In the meantime the fish-
ing boat, manned by Archibald Hunter, an old man, and
John Pounder, paved unseen close to the cliffs, and when
at a distance of about 400 yards from the battery was
brought to in order that the fishermen might cast their
lines. They had no sooner arrived at the spot before two or
three rifle balls struck the water near to the boat. The
fishermen called out as loud as they could for the riflemen
to desist firing, but their cries had apparently not been
be .rd for some more shots were fired, and one of the balls
that had evidently passed through the target, struck
Hunter at the side of the month and passed through a
portion of his cheek. Three or four more shots were
tired and fell within sight of the boat, and Pounder at last
called out and another boat pulled towards them. Some
of the crew got into the boat and assisted Pounder in
pulling the boat ashore, as Hunter was becoming insensi-
ble from the loss of blood. By the united cries of the
fishermen the riflemen were made aware that an accident
I had happened, and they ceased firing. On Hunter being
conveyed ashore, his wound was dressed by • surgeon.
The poor mar is in a very weak state from loss of blood.

ARTILLERY ACCIDENT AT DOWEL—During the
Bring of the royal salutes from the batteries at Dover at
the time of the Sultan's departure on Tuesday • shocking
accident occurred at the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights,
three artillerymen being blown from one of the guns,
while still engaged in ramming home the charge,
by the premature explosion of the cartridge. The
men are all gunners of the No. 4 Battery, 13th
Brigade Royal Artillery, and are named respec-
tively George F. Tuner, Thomas Lynch, and Edward
Donoghue. The last named was fortunately not seriously
injured. His left thumb was shattered, but beyond that
he was not materially hurt. The injuries sustained by the
two other men, however, are very serious. Turzer'a left
arm was literally blown away, with • portion of the
shoulder, while Lynch's right arm was sadly shattered.
All the men were conveyed to the military hospital, where
the surgeons ,lid all that was possible under the circum-
stances. In the case of Tuner there is scarcely any hope
of his surviving the mutilation he has undergone, and his
friends have been telegraphed for ; but there is some pro-
bability of Lynch going on favourably.
DEATH THROUGH FOLLT.—A shocking event is
reported from West Cornwall. On Sunday evening •
youth, aged 17, named Joseph Wallis, whose widowed
mother resides in the pariah of Paul. Penzance, left the
house to attend service at a neighbouring chapel, but,
shortly returned and asked for an umbrella. His mother
requested him to look for one in a corner behind the par-
lour door, and he forthwith proceeded to the spot. Near
the umbrella was an old gun, which he playfully took up
and pointed at his sister, aged 14, who was laughing on
the stairs. In an unhappy moment he pulled the trigger,
and, to his horror, a charge of shot instantly posed
through the girl's head and killed her on the spot. The
youth ran to her and called her by name, but found her
• corpse, and then fell into his mother's arms and fainted.
He had always been greatly attached to his sister. On
Monday an inquest was held, and a verdict of " Man-
slamhter " returned.
WHAT THEY WOULD LULL—Writing under the
head of " Revision," the CAercA Time! says :—" The
truth is, the catholic party are not satiated with the
Prayer-book or anything like it ; only they do not care to
trouble Comarina But if the matter is to be stirred,
then they will put in a claim to have restored to them
everything of value that was lost at the Reformation,
arid they will never cease the agitation which their indis-
creet opponents have begun till they have gained what
they wish. Amongst these things are the invitateries,
the antiphons to the Psalter, at least on the greater hell-
days, • revised lectionary, fuller and more varied
improved occasional prayers and thanksgivings, rurerseeft
the occurrences and concurrences of holidays, more pre-
cise rules as to vestments, the ancient introits, the nine-
fold Xprrie the old graduals, tracts, and sequences, the
restoration of the canon to something like its ancient
form, the omission of the second part of the words of ad-
ministration, the restoration of the Amu, Dei, weekly
celebration, and a set of votive masses, to say nothing of
a great number of mitten of detail."