The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1867.

hilarating exercise of skating on Lochburnie. Among
three on the ice, a young Iy-skater attracted great at-
tention. She had with her a large Newfoundland dog,
and attached to the collar round the aniutal's neck was it
pair of reins ; these she held in her bands, and the dog di-
recting her course on the ice, she in this way skipped along
in very swift and graceful style,
It may not be uninteresting to compare the intense
cold of yesterday with that of previous records. The
coldest day ever known in London was December 25, 1796,
when the thermometer was Is; deg. below zero. The next
coldest day was also a Christmas-day, that of the year 18E0,
when the thermometer fell in some places to 18 dq., and
in others to 15 deg., below zero—at Torquay, in Devon-
shire, it was 20 deg., below zero. The thermometer marked
4 deg. below zero on the 3rd of January, 1854, and it is re-
corded that quicksilver was frozen hard at blescowJan. 13,
1810. During the hard frost in 1740, a palace of ice was
built at St. Petersburg.

the want of food and clothing. They had no shoes or stock-
ings, and the room they were in was without furniture.
The children had suffered much, and would have perished if
he had not relieved them. The mother of the children aban-
doned them about two months ago; and their father was a
cooperin the Victoria Dock, Plaistow, and earning 284. per
week. They had no clothes or bedding, and althoughPuie
was not destitute or unable to maintain his children, he
had given them no proper nourishment or clothing. lie
never saw children in such a neglected state before, and
they would have perished.
Mr. Partridge said the relieving officer had done right,
and that it was not because the father of the children
had neglected his duty the parochial officers were to neglect
theirs.

Mr. Spratley said he had given the children outdoor
relief, and if he had not done so he was afraid they would
have been starved.

iir:Fart:riTlgel--That is right, continue to administer the
relief, and I will give you all the aid in my power to reach
this man who has so grossly neglected his children. He is
amenable to the law.

Mr. Spratley— The medical officer of the district has
seen the children, and has recommended me to make this
application.
Mr. Partridge said the relieving officer could have a war.
rant against Pine for neglecting to maintain his children.
AdoipA Kroger, alias Groper, aged 47, and Gcorype Tap-
gam., 48, described as natives of Prussia, were brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged with having in their pos-
session 107 five-rouble notes which had been forged, with
intent to defraud the Russian government.
Mr. Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Vining,
Dale, and Robins, solicitors, conducted the prosecution
for the Russian government.
The charge against the prisoners was that they had in
their possession without lawful authority or excuse cer-
tain papers of the Russian government for the pay-
ment of five roubles each, equal to about 10a. British
currency. The notes were forgeries, and were
beautifully executed in imitation of the genuine
ones. This was an offshoot of • gigantic fraud
on the Russian government. A year ago certain
persons, prosecuted by the Russian government, were con-
victed at the Central Criminal Court for having in their
possession a large quantity of similar notes, and according
to the best knowledge and belief of a gentleman connected
with the Russian consulate all the notes were printed from
the same plate. The forged notes had been circulated to a
large extent in Russia, and it had been ascertained that
they had been circulated in that empire and among the poor
to the extent of several thousand pounds per annum. The
prisoners took lodgings at • house in Wlntechapel a week
since, and remained there until Thursday evening, when
in consequence of certain information, the nature of which
it would not be prudent to divulge, the prisoners were ar-
rested, and 107 notes for five roubles each were mired.
Mr. James Heard said he was an assistant to the Russian
. consul, and a native of St. Petersburg. He was well ac-
quainted with Russian money. He had no hesitation in
saying that all the 107 five-rouble notes were forgeries.
All were printed from the mune plate, and excellent imi-
tations of the genuine Russian notes. Any one of them
might easily be taken for a genuine note. All the Rus-
sian notes which were genuine were printed on govern-
ment paper. The 107 notes were printed on a different sort
of paper.
Mr. Sleigh now asked for a remand, and
Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoners for a week.