The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-09 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Edward Wares, a journeyman harneas•maker, was
brought up in custody of two detective officers, charged with
being concerned in -stealing a large quantity of leather
strap • in the course of manufacture for the Royal
Home AxtMary, the property of Mews. Oastler and
Palmer, government coetractocs and leather manufacturers,
Orsnmemod, Bermondsey.
It appeared, from the evidence of the officers, that Hears.
Nailer had for some time pest been executing large orders
for the Royal Artillery, about to proceed to Chins., and the
leather has been actually mandectured on their premises,
cut up into the regimental lengths, and, ter being
branded, given out to be finished by such mien IS the
prisoner. Recently large qinuititicei have beep missed,
which induced the proorcutors to communicate with the
police. In consequence of that, Scannell and Strickland
received such information as induced them to go to the
shop of Mr. Crowther, saddler, of Wasou-street, Finsbury,
where they found a large quantity of strapping. with the
broods cut off. They were, however, identified by Mr.
Tomlin, the manager of Misers. bustler and Palmer.
Crowther
was taken into custody, and brought to this
court, when he) endeavoured to account for pcssessioa by
saying that he purchased the strappings of a man named
Adkins for 12a, but he did not know where to find him. He
was remanded until Tuesday. Since then the officers have
Eoined that on the day that they woe* purchased the
or carried a bundle of leather strapping' into
in Bermondsey, and cut off the brands on the ends
and burnt them in the tap-room fire. He took them away,
and the bundle of strapping* found in Crowther's possession
were identified as the same. The constables then went in
search of the prisoner, and took him into custody on Thurs-
day last.
In answerto the charge the prisoner said he knew nothing
about the leather ; but
The magistrate remanded him until Tuesday (to-morrow),
when Crowther will be re-examined.

THAMES.
Captain JoAn Robert Bisalair .the master of the ship
reiale Richard Thornton, a peered bapre Mr. Belie to roamer •
charge of marching Brown Monde, steward of the
Name vessel, It a from the evidence of the coin-
plainant, • looking man, that on the 280. of
March last, wen the ship was in the chops of the Chan-
nel, on her return voyage from Batavia, he was dishing up
some soup in the galley, and the ship was rolling very much
at the time and gave a lurch, which caused the thin part of
the soup to go over, leeving the thick at the bottom. A.
seaman, named Holmes, went with the remainder of the
soup to the captain, who wee displeased with the appear-
ance of the soup, and sent for the steward. The
complainant said an accident had occurred, on which
the defendant filled • metal ladle with • pint
of the hot soap and threw it into the steward's
face. It blinded him fur the time. The de-
fendant followed this up by striking the complainant
a blow on the head with the ladle. The blow was repre-
sented to have been given with all the captain's might, and
the complainant bent under the blow. The defendant also
struck the complainant on the side, kicked him, and sent
him on deck.

A witness, who saw the assault committed, con Armed the
statement of Menet.

There was second summons against the defendant for
wages. 141. 21. was claimed by complainant, and only
101. lls. 2d. had been tendered by the defendant.
Yr. Gomm said he would accept the sum tendered by the
captain, and would candidly admit that the complainant bad
been more than once the worse for liquor and turned out of
the cabin, and reduced from the situation of steward to that
of (look.

In the defence it was stated that the complainant was
often drunk, and that he bad attempted suicide by cutting
the arteries of his hand, and bled profuse lT ; and the cap-
tain bound up his wounds, and was very kind to him. It
was also stated that on the day the alleged assault was com-
mitted the steward spoiled the soup. It was black and
dirty, and the captain and officers could not eat it. The
defendant took some of the soup out of the tureen and
" ladled" it over the complainants head, to colour his hair
and grease it, because he was so food of taking the oil out
of the chest in the cabin, four or five times a day, and
•geeaung his hair with it. The soup was, in fact, used as a
• d o hair-dye. The complainant had • profusion of
black hair, a large moustache, whiskers, and beard.
Mr. Selfe thought there was no occasion to dye the
steward's hair in the soup. The assault was made out, but
as it appeared that the captain's conduct to the complainant
was kind and considerate generally, he should order the de-
fendant to pay a fine of 50s. only, and without costa.
The penalty was paid.