The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-02 00:00:00

MA.NSION-130D81.

A ore which excited greet mirth mme before the court
on a summona, requiring the defendant to show muse why
she detained seven package', value MI., the property of •
gentleman panted Fairs.
Complidaant Mated that on Monday week he hired apart-
mete of defendant for 275. per week. including attendenek
tang her explicitly that he wee likely to leave tiny day, ea
be was Moray waiting for • ship to carry him
Ausbeila. Or Tuesday morning lea be asked
6r kis bill, Vac* was given him, but finding there
acme overeherics which he conAddered t, be unjesdlakk
be bid her that he should leave next day, and went oat
to look for other lodgings. On returnees b.: found that she
bag taken seven packages oat ea bia apartments
sad locked them up her own room. epee
which he demanded their restoration, at the
raw tier e tendering the money for two days, but she re.
Awed to part with them, tus!eso she first received 275. se
psymeet for the second week in full.
lewd Meyor—Now, Mrs. —, why do you detain this
gentleman's damp?
Defendant—Why, my lord, don't he pay toe my rent.
Lent Mayor—He says he is gaits willing to pay you for
the 0.1,0 lays.
a. , - _

—befendaiit— Oh, but my lord, I only let apartments
shipowners and ship captains, end the custom is
a a notice or • week's rent, therefore I had a
right to a week's notice or a week's rent from him.
And then, for him to grumble at my little extras'. I never
met with such a thing before. But then, to be sure, I've
always had to do with gentlemen ; end he's no gentlecsaa.
(Beers of laughter.)
Lord Mayer—l thought you landladies always considered
Isdut" gentlemen who paid their rent.
ISskndrt (indignantly) No, he's no gentleman, or be
wouldn't cote advantage of an unprotected widow like ems
VI
(Lestrldsrget ). I'm only •• oaptain's widow, and how am I to live
duet my money
Lord Mayor.—He says you hare no claim for mares as be
torgotood to include all extru and that he was to loam 11111.1
Complement-I'es, my lord; and when I got my bill I
lined la. 6d. charged " for Ore to cook in the kitchen "
—(ksighter)—which I certainly thought wee a part ef the
bargain, and Is. 6d. for " boot-chening," which I also
anttil to be included in "attendance" (removed
toe,. and altogether the extras amounted to about Ott
ohuit—No " gentleman" would have disputed them;
for would you, I dare say, if l had not been an unprotected
bode. (Laughter.)
Lord Mayor—Oh, pray Mrs. —, don't talk so. lam
earl you are quite abi• to Feted you:sett
Defendant—l might (looking diggers at complainant), ff
my two toes were her., Bat perhaps your lordship dolma%
know who I sm.

Lad ifay or:No, my rood wawa, I deal. It may be a
misfortune. but upon my word I haven't the bast idsa.
(Loud laughter.)
Defendaat (yompously)—My eon-la-law is consul at
Lord Mayor—Oh, fa he, indeed?
Defeadaat—Yee, he is , sad sleben! I've kept lodsiass
br some years, not bean sataracesei so do so all n
Via

The Lard Mayor—WA Hydrae kept hedging, for s
Wou most know that se et you' right to dates •
e goods for rent ad yet did sad awarding to year
elm risowtag the weed week A ast be due till next Yea-
weyenta west glee ap the pashega•
Of wane I unityleid to your lordship's wipe-
d" judgment, but I've direr thought landledy :night do
as she pleased ln kr ova beam
Lasdlasyor—Ob, tires gime • midair, for If not, you
midi
lembat !If up se Aas Ws poi. (Laughter.)
He Is ad the sra Is his wawa lay violent
Iradoupse klm.l anew yew You amid low ma him push
aids We wok sal the walwwwwa Y Ms Why,
be SIMI bid hi had up= ma. (Haswell
Qty is ea wand le loam qr tb things fa-
dads, spa puma el ; end, Yidlndkis lordship -Good
morning,' la • paeseakiag tray, she tend up her soot
at eseepldrat sad Imp out el court with
7:-.o:reVirtiess of • tragedy gum ta the " Vic."

wiirl L DAUM/2 AND 111111TLD DONISMWENT.
Jane Ageworif wee We day planed ail the bar bedew Kr.
Arnold. ammo% "nib wilfully beadle( • equated Owe-
oelee 31.
A vitas, who me be DMA r name Kbelmair,
Bliss Ilabees, said that oa the peewleas mob& at eines
miaow feet alma, be wee la She Ties d Wale Tama,
Cbehral diming was is the bar sad
oiled tee half • plat et base, elms ea the leadloed re-
hab* brew In; she watt eat lad be eat km lit sr bar
W with a ease be b mad debbaeady bunk • brie peas
fillerie die teat et the Alla, lbw wee am seller.
haillood of tar Puler el Wein, aid he
dill set eleirl 'earisid k the wiedew, bet a line mane
=ill ea the bide directly afterwards. The bee-
we • large spree et plate ems 46 inches hy 44,
and vas awl! wpwardeef 31. eadweleal bale hie be-
sam thell Amber his ehrese she bad her weed with •
pa, sad bed left the bra" bat rberestawhile
bsimeeer="lieed le hr, whoa she Irekiewthe 1".
ale eeWsahlse la dials, we easeadetel
belheirdmid,mecia
e. to the Howe of Cortecaoa4ia &bah of pees
lbe demeig

PROCLINIO DRPLAS'ITT.
Zak/ appal:rattly sot more thaa aixtatot or @even-
tsto_ rem of age, a prostitute, area placed at Um bar, thargad

3Lieh;l JemeWeleh, the Mika of the *id Star and
Crow; Bramimy, Weitsmineter said Mel, 'hardy before
dating ea the previous everass, the deilmismt rem into his
bee" irk nee leg *soldier there WWI bed seem silver in hie
bead, she eadmound to itha to come with her,
bet he 11116A11111 bar atrmlfr, ad, with the miasma of •
civilian, pat her at at tie bees , ea she apportioned Mai my
much. She than took up a Mee ad Mice two pease of
glees, nine 7s. ad.
Police-constable 1$ B, said be took liar into custody,
when she commemed Mag the most filthy ad
language, ad did not coadne it to him, bat stile":=
every one mound all the way to the steam, ad at the
'nation its. Mind the inspector. The language wee of •
met sharking chancier, end witness had never beard worse.
la ',newer to inquiries from the 'utr.t , dishadant mid
that she hired in Orchard-street, and had bars on the streets
eighties months. She bad no Mends.
The police having stated that defendant bad been in prima
before, end was are of the wont characters in Weetniinster,
Mr. Arnold said be bad hardly ever beard of more shock-
ing depravity, sad committed bee for trial.

HOTEL LIFE IN NEW YOEN--In consequence of
the rem dilkery that private familles a:primes In pro-
curing cooks mid bousiesside to • where medal
orrice is considered somewhat beneath lb. dignity of •
rare-born Americen, whirs service le called "help" to
avoid wettish's the essaiptibillty of hes dunes, and left
almost excluaively to negro= imd the newly Imparted Irish,
who too commonly, men especially the hmak portion of
thew, know nothing whatever, or exceedingly little=
kouribold duties, and whoa skill in cookiry soarody
to the boiling of •
a potato, the midrange dim Bee keephig
bowie on tbeir own account bed but an unosinintable lieu la
England the newly married couple labs a bee" hone O.
and bre quietly oleos. la the Steno( Ainerlea—iir thereto
doss not apply to the rare/ diorites—they lake apietisests
at the hotel, and lire in public, too glad to take la
of the ready means whki It Week of escape frcea =
sauces attendant ppm inellkield. Me= Inmallif
service. The young wife lade bison' ion the
cone and mierrise and respoasibillties of end
hes bathing to think of but dram, Aside& aril
amusement. Brides who begin asorrisd Nis fa
often continue In therm trout yes* te metric" sad see,
without poweeing the issettstekie saws*. end laidlee•
of tiny more iecluded brow To those who know
nothing of dam oth aides god to those who its willing to
attend to them, bat most meow proper " help" in raver
household, the bold spina Is equally mall asped. It
seven trouble, sorsopros, and espesse;--bet et what • cost
of the domesticamenttiesl Perhaps set ahem see-half of the
ppeepple who daily sit down to Mawr Is then superb sabab-
heDmenb travellers. The remaleder are perernert
residents— bestrode, wires, and children. To eat ia pal&
sow sad th. n may be desirable bat for ladies to Übe all
their Inger every day, cad all the year sound, in the fell
glare of publicity, to be always fan deemed; to
sesecials daily—almost hourly—with eltiopere heat
every put of Amok* and of the wield; Is be
If young and handsome, the cyanoses el ell Idle
end vagrant eyee, either at the taMs rides sr la the parr
dmiriag-room ; three are certainly sot the esendeas mita
to ea Englishmen's mind are cosdoene to the tree her
=sad charm of wadded life. Lad it is nee oily the
of this stile of 4
things. 7: the husband
wife to which an Englishmen but its influ-
ence epee the young childos, whsjiikr shwa the CC ty4
dare sad halls of such mentions, berme renringly
old ler west et Mob air sad eureka, no oreellewlng hem
the sigorissese they inquire sod 4
therranenessstme le
ssa-
lineci Perhaps ire people tuay mardsr seta e
snots of "ad fogyism ;" per ass. The grim is Ws-
fear tri Anwar, therefore, strike, the attention more
boibly thin if it nen common to the civilised weld.—
Line Men Dr. Mackay to the Illsignesed Lambs News.
LORD MAC.% VLST.—The 27th edition of "Lodge's
Peerent" just rind, rowan the Memo-
bey, Berea (nsomery) Theareasebersa Macaulay,
ham Macaulay ef G. frielsele. ath.
Mimes of the United Kl.gdo /o • Busies of Lin-
coln's-me and High
_Steward of the Derciegh of
Cambridge. Hie Waft distiardied as
p et
nearer, eiessielly bNs papas "His y tma_ ef
ins nenneedin Of Aram wanglaWla
aid le samenrd. Hr Inidelp Is Ile dirt esit ef the
hf.s. rbe fee inie Om Are yaws
hieardittbaMStiiaerns sine lisads3 berm b. WPM
Oil I. DI My, lee, hegira had lease, I. Tbasesi,
Phut lard. 2. Rev. Jolts, mar et
in sad has lens. S. Henry 1111111neWhie
OapTh.747.4eed Urea lltbler., bind; Wage n. 111114
Est. lift, the Ham llsepret Denman. Mb awoken ef
esearm Ist Lard Desnes, ti mime be bad Wee. (Ille
Ina lin Amt.. UK Mined Ovelitee. 11.1 et Irak vase LiverpseL) 4. • doormen. IL Turin,ll."=
Ihr. UM Cronin. lid 7. Wens, Duke perheihm. Town
seeldnise Holly Lodi", Csoptlea-hill, Itsmiaren