The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Lads drew was brought up by • writ of habeas corpus
trcen the Quern's Beal Prison. on a warrant issued by the
Lord Mayor, charged wkh skating 50 lbs. at cigars, value
6314 Ur property of Messre.B. de Cuadra and J. Ueene, 10,
tit. dirlibles dans, insrchants.
Mr. Huspbret sppe.red for the proosontios ; and Mr.
Leek (Ely•plate) for the defeats.
Mr. lianaphrtys, hs opening his ease, said the pritontr had
bees is the stryke ot the pre..cstors as cleat and bookkeeper
at • alas, of 1901. or IBOf. • jest LI. shout 7 or 8 year., but
wee dieshsrped is October last. Oa the Mt Jane Ise the
prostontore had broeght b their piece a case of cigars whkh
they had aimed at tse docks, mkt; ditty to tits amount of
7d.orbkh um Mr. Cuadra, levier no isoessity to
we, never dead MI the end of March, or the brghinisg
April last. Upset soloing 1,, however, be wade every
Inquiry withwas bdng able to warble what bed
E4C,11:010 of it, a. there was to sorry of it. sale
In the books, and hie solicitors, Mossa. Mee. Batton. sod

Mir, wrote itreelethers to the prisoner asking for informa-
tion on the reject, without obtaining any reply. Mr.
'rear then went to the prisoner, who was confined is the
Queen's Bench for debt,h and asked f information, wrath,
=declined to give my intern rehniag Mr.
to Mr. Brewer, his soMor, who, he odd, rew aH
about the cigars • bat Mr. Brewer oho refund inkemetits
upon the rat jest. It wad the enceriaked that the Orme
Ind sold the cigars ibr 661. to Mr. Randall, an archNeet, de-
scribing hisorelf in the hfil r helm, agent, V, Ilk
Barlthin'a-lene," that being the office of his employers; sad
the km to which the cigar were contained weavew to court
and weld be produced ; but it would be asro ' after
mud evidence had been riven, that the rroitar should be
seanaudel, inersuch as Mr. /leaden, who purchased the
cigar, wee not then in attendance.
Mr. Lewin said there wee no occasion to produce the box or
anything else, since he wee quite ready to admit all the Ws
as dated, inasmuch as he had a complete sneerer to the tar;
but Mr. Humphreys prefetrel to put in his formal reefs
and cried
Mr.

_ de Coats, who deparod to the facts as _
elated by the learned gentleman himself.
On crone-ezaactuat,on however, the pro wutor admitted
that be bad been reward to sell on his own account ; that
be had 101 l authority to do Do upon mating an entry la the
books, and that be (prosecutor) knew the dim were re-
moved from the office as far beck as July lark although be
did not discover that there vas no entry al tee treneuelon
in the books until the elet ad March or the beginning
.rd
April.
Tha era was iejohnted, leaving the new-ezmuluation
salkdelted, ad the primer wee conveyed beck to theQueea's

Pooirsox.—Reeeired U. la. IL tram a "Faithful Ber-
vaat •' sad for Mary Walsh (whops CON wee manly re-
partee), ea. IL, tram " J. C.'

HARLBOB.OIIOII-iffNEET.
Pietri Ihkardi, an Italian, residing at B.ffron•hill, was
charged with annoying Mr. Chaim W. Day, anther sad
artist, of 62, New Bond-arm; who has on asmeal omissions
hid to complain of the aattoyance he woe subjected** by the
companions oldie primate.
From ths evidence of Mr. Day, who, besides haying the
usual cares and wisdom iiktomies* on his seofetsica as en
artist and author, II la a dillele state el health, it append
that for sone dim ha het bogie wed, enaoysd by orgaa-
pMdors, and on the verb= day thla gdOnlir brgreritr.
Ids tag In front of hoe^ sod is&sel la assist
standing he told his In Delia to do se. He then wont
for a constable, and se soon se on. appeared in sight he
walked off.

11r. Bingham mid he thought they knew how much he
liked quietness, and that they coroamnioated with me another,
with the view of &IV ► of hie wails.
Mr. Dag rid he wind they should not.
Tts cepa grinder call • bey told him to play.
Mr. Singhtsa said that might le, but the order to go pro-
veiled owe dud to play ; sad, with the view of protessies
Mr. Day, he should dne them on every occasion 10s., or
seven dam
'dikes Zes,ratßoven, rose &argot with the knew-
-4.. • derellinchonse.
es that at • little efts men, •
ked hie Attention paid to the pi-
ma* mew .• primmer at the thesaanytag •
lbsadle. end ether • hex. lin wean obtttban. end jeans
t:Xstled rionrieibrncentiltergarotaklit
lead anatizing him near the Uoi
at tyXze, goner
throwhim a china ornament, whichwen
broken Into pie Its. OD soling him where he glottis beadle,
h• mid he picked it op on a door-ensp. lae took hiss Into
osstody, the other mat bards/ surged, sad as searching
him toned on him a box of loci, sod • yes tare.
Mies Harriett Elliottof 6, Hantystee&ehresi, riteroy-
square, said dote tare Is bed at 'six that monkey, she we
awoke by hearing the rustling oft 'admen It her sitting-
room, and au jumping out of lied elm saw the *maw
crawling on his hands and hales towed* the your door. Ms
said, " Who's there?" and the prisoner replied, " It's ell
right, miss." She rang the bell for the laadlord, as she
beard the prisoner shut the street door after him. On exemln-
lag the place she mimed some antique dresses, • ark, sad
other uncle* of the value of about 301., silo moss Aim
ornaments. There were DO marks of violates on the door.
The prisoner put rouse questions to the lost mitoses, but
the only effect they had 111,1 s to strengthen the care against
him.

...—.
Tbe prisoner, to answer to Mr. Bingham, said b. would
mem his defence, and wu committed.

TlikMp.

Hoary Hollis, a taU, WwerfalMan, a sailors' boarding-
house keeper, was charged with committing a violent anima
upon Henry Punk a eanstable in the employ at the Bast
end West India Deck Compeay, and with going as booed the
ship Hotspur without the fees of the commander and his
oftlows, sad in costraventionof the Merchsat Shipping Act.
Mr. C. Young deli oded the prisoner.
Payne stated that the ship Hotspur was being battled Into
the Etat India Dock yesterday afternoon, and a large
concourse of people, as wad, assembled, consist-
Mg of ;ewe, crimp', touters, boarding-hone. keepers,
and other; to solicit the mein of the slice,
end take them away to their loclgtorholumes and shops.
He received orders not to aliow any one to go on board, and
he had much didicolty in keeping bark the crowd, who made
repeated attempts to board the ship. The prisoner eluded
his vigilance, end got into the ship os she was beteg heeled
into the basis, through the bow port. About twenty minutes
sflawards he west on booed, and found the prisoner in the
forecastle, end ordered him to come out. The prisoner re-
fused to do so, and was dragged upon deck and taken into
mainly. He took the prisoner 200 yards along the quay,
when a mob of aimpe and others hustled him, and the pri-
soner made a violent resistance, which continued for live
&sates' end then made his escape. Before the primmer got
away he kicked witness on tho leg, and disabled him for some
time. The primmer was afterwards captured in a public-
home in Nackwall.
Mr. Frederick Smith slid he was Alp. husband of the
Hotepur, sod that very great inconrenieme was caused by
persons boarding ships as they were being hau:ed Into Or
out of the docks. Somethnei Teasels had got into danger in
bad weather by the practice. The milers ducks were elm
taterf..rwl with, sad the greatest oonfewios toot place.
Mr. Young said that hie client went on board the Hotspur
to fetal a sailor's chest and hammock, and that he was en-
gaged for the job severed days ego.
Mr. Set's said be was determined to put the act of parlia-
ment into operation in all eases that might be brought beim
bits. It was a most aborokoable .)stem to board ships before
they were properly moored, and solicit custom of the sailors
He Erd tee pawner 61., and fa default of payment one
mosth's immisonement.

HORRIBLE MURDER, AT LEDBURT.—Yeaterdgy
morning an ar °undies &comity was made by one of the
clerks employed by Mr. QoonpHa tfield, *alio:tor, of Led.
bury, in Herefordshire. Mr. klsset.ld bad gone to London
ha the F"Ti"e day. lesMag his °Mass is the owe of •
mimeo, aged about 60, wham se& we ham not yet tweet-
tahatd. The clerk left at the usual Unseen Tuesday mewing.
end the offices were closed as usual, but during the night
some panton or wrens acquainted with the premises
truire in, and murdered the woman left in charge. Her
body wan found lying on the fl mr, en the middle of Mr.
Meartleld's room. There was a ban.* end • cut urea. bee
feceberal, mark. of strangulation on her throat, and. to odd
to the category of horrors, her clad es and body had bean set
oa tire. The floor of the room and the poor warean's claims
were still burning when the dolt entered, and he WA to
throw water on the mae to extinguish the Are. The middle
of the woman's body was ramose bane It r el.ayeasl. In-
formetion was at once tiers to the polite, but up to the time
our parcel sae despatched no trace of the guilty parties had
been obtained. No eetimation ma be siren of the property
stolen until the return of Mr. Ilsertield, who has Deem
telegraphed for to Leaden. Tha toques& Is to be held this
afternoon.
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-••••-•-e.
A CHILD MURDERED BY ITS SISTER.—An inquest
was held on Tuesday last at the Railway Inn, Bedgley. be-
fore Mr. Phillips, dieted coroner, on the body of a child
aged one year and seven month., named Junes Mater, who
was murdered by an elder Meter, aged seven years. From
the evidenci adduced at the Invert It appeared that on 8on•
day, the Bth brat., the demisted was eutrusted to the care r 4
hie rider, who from some motive threw the child into a large
pot of boding water. It lingered a few days in greet agony,
but died on the 14th fnet. The jury returned a special ver-
dict, the tender age of the slater excluding the law from
taking corn,e time of the off Irv. •
THE ROBBERY PROM GREAT ANCOATS-STREET.
—The robbery of 280/. from Great Anooati.striet, on Mon-
day, has resulted to the capture of the thief at Lie.e A.
He wee taken on Tuesday afternoon by the polio-, and the
greater part of the properly we found upon him.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION AT TUE HOUSRLOW
POWDER iiILLS.-Be.rorly before the Ink was dry that re-
corded the verdict of the jury to the inquiry se to the late
fiarful explosion at the mill, of Meows. Cu, cis end Haney,
wten another cemorred, at the same work., which it 411 math
to be kind will be Weeded with fatal cm/ego:nem Lest
night, at a quarter pest 11 o'cleck, the inhabitants of Twlcken-
ltsne sad the adjacent teighbotrhooil wore greatly alarmed
by a seecemitut of explortone that shook the houses sad
rattled the windows for *rivers! swirls. Upon Inquiry ft
was found that that department of the works known as the
incorporating mills" had exploded. Then reins, four in
number, see situate near the engine-house, to ono line of
building, through which a obeli runs that turn, four pairs of
heavy iron.sego runner., used for griadiug the various
articles together of which the po*der is composed—viz,
saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur. While this process la going
on the empathic:in Is kept ccatinually damp by the appal-
odious of water,and In this state la called " grten charges."
The whole of here have been destroyed, sad eu poor
fellow named Allen has received such injuries that it Is
eoaroely possible he as recover.
THE ACCIDENT AT THE WESTMINSTER PALACE
Horat.—Yesterday afternoon a preliminary inquiry was
gam into alibi Weetroinster Hosided, before Mr. Bedford,
the center, and the former jury, mucking the death of Jolts
Cates, a labourer employed upon the works at tee above
hotel at the time of the accident, and *hues death had taken
plena SiOtt the inquiry on fleturdey last. Bone mere formal
tridents wee takes, and the isgairy was sejoureed till the
23rd threat. The Maned coroner sadbe had thought it
his duty to communioato with the &metal? of State fur the
Homo Departmest oe the subject of the .ent, mad be had
received a reply stating that the government did not deem it
necessary to order any one to attend the prooeedloge on their
behalf. In repty to lequiries made yesterday, elated
that the reirm'e der of the unfortunate sulk rev are going en
fevourebly, w ith the exception et • mu named Cahill, who
not expected to recover.