The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-10 00:00:00

7HB POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.
Three well-known characters, who gave the names of
Johnson, Jones, and Ward, were charged with the following
robbery.
The officer raid he saw the prisoners in London-wail, on
Saturday afienmon, and witched them as they accompanied
the London Rifts Brigade on its march to Guildhall, where
he saw Johnson take a handkerchief from a gentleman'.
pocket, and alt three prisoners immediately afterward'
plunged into the crowd. He informed the gentleman of him
Wm, and test captured all the primers, and hurried Us=
boo the lobby of this emart,witare Jammu dropped the band-
kerchief behind them.

bfr. Poole identified the handkerchief ma his property. The
dew said all the prisoners bad been summarily convicted,
Johnson having had three motto in Sept., 1867, for a
garotte robbery on a little boy. He saw them try several
pockets on the way to Goildhall.
Sir R. W. Carden then committed the prisoners for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
dos Riley a young woman about twenty years of age,
wee charged with steeling a piece of flannel from the shop of
Mr. Joseph Laws, Higlx•strest, Borough.
(Norge Terry, sbopman to the prosecutor, said that on
Saturday evening he saw the prisoner and another female
loitering about the door, near which, in the Maid.) were
hanging several pieces of flannel and print dresses. Witness
watched them, and shortly afterwards the prisoner came up
and examined the flannel, and, believing that she was not
watched, called her companion, who covered her actions. He,
however, saw the prisoner snatch the flannel, pat it under
her shawl, and walk off as if nothing whatever had happened.
Her oompanion ran off as soon as he came out, but he secured
the prisoner and gave her into custody.
In snawer to the charge, the prisoner said she had been
drinking, end did not know what she was about.
Witness said she was perfectly sober, and he had no doubt
abe wee a regular shoplifter.
Mr. Burcham asked whether she was known ?
Police.oonstable 46 DI replied that ha knew nothing about
her. She bad not been in custody there before.
Mr. Bonham told her that as he had reams to believe it
WVA bar Int offence, he should deal with her leniently. She
most be committed for one month to hard labour.

THAMES.
Richard Iltameare, aged 39, dry-cooper, in the employ of
the London Doak Company, woe chimed with dealing three
smell bodies of salad oil, the Toomey of the oomplay, on
thdr peados'.
Os Seruday afternoon the prismr wee leaving the dock,
and wse stopped by a gate-keeper, named Esenilton, who
asked him if be had any property in his poseassion not le-
longing to him, to which 1111 replied in the negative. He was
transferred to the oesiody of John George. a Linden Dock
wadable, who mareeed him, and found three bottles of salad
oil ha his God peddle. The primmer then implored forgivir
mess, sad admitted had stales the salad oil. •He had been
at work cm the jetty where goocela were landed, sad then
were many ewe oeselad oil there. It was stated that the
prisoner had bees Id years in the employ of the Dock Com-
pany, at a salary of 30& per week, and that he would lose his
situation.

Mr. Yardley laid this was another of these numerous oases
which had cotes before him where pawns employed in the
docks had been guilty of pilfering. He bad fined and impri-
soned many of the duck company's servants lately under
vintner airoanistanoss. It was eery sad—very led indeed.
The prisoner said he was the worse for liquor when be
trek the three bottles of salad oil and pat them in his
Mr. Yardley—A very poor excuse; indeed, no .:ones at all.
The witnesses for the prosecution said the prisoner was
quite sober.
Mr. Yeedley said this was a sad cam. ♦ man who had
been 'employed la the dock sixteen years, upon good wager,
could not lump honest, end he would now loss his situation,
end lose his asmater, and perhaps was Irretrievably ruined.
He fined the prisoner 20s. for the unlawful posmeeks of the
three bottles of loafed oil.
The fine was paid.

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN PORTSEA.—The in-
quiry Into this aw was resumed before the borough coroner
y. Theonly ire portant additional e vides°. sa yet elicited
rit:dildsatifiaatioa of four of the seven toes of the Limerick !
militia now in custody on suspicion of having been con-
cerned In the affray, their names being John Maonamara,
Michael M.Cann, Patrick Madden, and Micheal Connor. A
woman named Poland, living in • house adjoining that in which
the affray cogunsneed, deposed that on hearing a disturbance
she looked out of her chamber window on the third floor, sad
°bogeyed the fatal blow struck by a man dressed in • Olen-
, prey cap and speckled clothes. She had, she said, ample
opportunity to observe the man's drag, bemuse it was a
b4ht moonlight morning, and the occurrence took place
aloes to a lighted pa lamp. On ben sated te p-Int out the
man by his hailing, she expressed bee belief that Connor was
the man. Other witnesses, however, deposed to the fit
that the man dressed as digortbsd was Macnamaca. Tha
Inquiry ties not yet dosed.
THE SUSPICIOUS IIEATII AT WAKEFIELD.—U pto
Saturday evening no identification had taken place of the
body of the man found In the Inge Brook, Wakefield, ea
Thursday last. Tee Inquest wee held on Friday evening, at
the Glaziers' Arms Inn, before Mr. Taylor, coroner. Mr.
E. Walker, jun. surgeon, who had made a pott.morteas ex-
' IlMilildloll of the, body, stated that there wee a wound above
the lift eye, and else • bruise on the forehead. The body
was in a healthy state, and the stomach contained • little
dirty water; but there were no traces of any intoxicating
&pers. He believed the deceased died from asphyxia
produced by drowning. The deceased was last seen
ailve about half-peat two o'clock on Thursday worm-
ing by a policeman, . who met him on the Inge
road, proceeding leisurely alnig; although a man, named
Joseph Hall, stated that about half-past one p.m. of the
mane day be saw three men—one of them resembling de-
emed—apparently intoxicated, laughing and 'muffling on
the bridge, over the hp Beck, and he heard them my,
"God d—thee, we will throw thee over." He thought they
were joking, and panted on. The body was discovered by
a boy about half-past three o'clock In the afternoon. lie
celled the attention of a young woman to it, and she stopped
a conveyance in which were some men; but, strange bo say,
they passed on without taking any notice of it. There were
no marks on the berth of the brook, nor anything to show
bow the deceased came th,re. The landlord of the Sloop
Inn, Hirkgate, recoonised the deceased as amen who was In
his bongs with two others on Saturday morning lea& The
two owe he took to be watermeg. The jury returned & ver-
dict of "Fouled drowned."

SHIPPING DIRAITRIL—Captain D. Mare* minter
of the schooner Royal Charter, of Partmadatt, from Clyde for
Runeaorith Mg from reports Left Deo. 19; at 4 a.m. of
the 23rd observed Point of Carswell light hearing 8. by 8.,
distant about twelve miles; the wind changing to SSE.,
reached toward. Belfast Lough. 23rd,-6 30 p.m., the tide
being low the weather threatening, and the wind B.lt by
8., the ship oast anchor in Beifut Lough, in di fathoms
water, Tray Point bearing 8.5.8. Immediately displayed a
bright light in the fore-rigging. 8 p.m. All hands on
deck, obeerud a schooner under courses moons' towards
the 'ebonite with no side lights visible ; hailed her to
keep away, but reoeived no answer till the stranger
taus athwart the bows, sad struck the Royal
Charter sa the port bow, carrying away her figure-
head, =twain., martingale. and foretopmast, sprung the how-
sprit and jibboom, and carried away much of the gear. Find-
ing it impossible otherwise to get clear, was obliged to slip
the mooed bower anchor with sixty fathoms of chain, and
again came to anchor with the first bower. 2ith.-Buoceeded
in finding the anchor sad chain. The muter boarded the
strange schooner by which the damage was occasioned, and
Maws her to be the Industry, of Workington, John Sharpe,
muter. I requested him to 0011141 on hoard the Royal Charter
end survey the Mileage. Although be promised to mom he
did not do ea, neither would he give me the name of the owner
of hia weasel. Owing to the extant of the damage tuataisoolg
Me Royal Chary, wee obliged to take a pilot on hosed,
and have bet towed to &Mat for repairs." Captain J.
Armn., master of the aohooner Harriet Beecher Stows, of
and for Fleetwood, from Clyde, with pig iron, reports :
" Sailed Dee. 22, N.W„ fresh breeze, Ans. Midnight passed
Mull of Gallowsy, hearing N.B. 234.—At 4 p.m., weather
clear and the wind 8.8. E., pared North end South Lights,
hewing W.; stood about half-se-hoer to the south; read,
and lading the schooner had s a leak, and needs murk
water, hove round end made fur Belfast Louth the weather
then Weenie very rough and squally, with sleet and dense
fog. Kept the men at the pumps; pissed the North and
South Lights again shout 6or 6 p.m., righting what was
supposed to be Doasehades Light at about 6.60 p.m.,
but which moved to be the light of a limekiln at Bally-
welter. The schooner went on shore shortly afterwards,
near Ballywalter. Seeing no prospect of saving the
scbooaer, all hands ahandoeed her, ale the same night she
broke up."—Norhis British Deify Nail.
MAILS TO NORTH AUKRICA.—The steam ship
City of Maachseter will sail from Liverpool direst for New
York on Wednesday, the 11th Met. Letters sad new
which nom be directed "ter City of Manchester,"l=l:i
received at the Liverpool Poet-016os at Wednesday till 12.16
p.m., with a late fee of Id. till 12.30 p.m., and on the leading
stage with a late fee of OM. till 1 p.m.
THE OUTWARD BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAIL'.
—The steamship Olinda, Captain Bevis, left Southampton
yesterday with tee above mails 108 pee engers—among
whom wag the Hun F. H. North—a full cargo, spooks of the
vales of 114,0004., sad jevrelary sad dioramas of the raise of
0.7001.