The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-07 00:00:00

liabilities, under his Spanish bankruptcy, amounted to
roi,ooo/., and the assets wee' expected to prodisce about
Ilk in the pound. The Spanish creditors bad no intention
of taking any part in the proceedings here, nor would
the English creditors be allowed to participate in the
assets in Spain. It was further stated that the order of
discharge by this court would not exonerate the bankrupt
from his responsibilities under the Spanish law, nor
vice versa. The assignees had taken the ease into
consideration, and they consented to the bankrupt
receiving his order of discharge. His failure appeared to
be attributable to inexperience ; the debts proved under
the bankruptcy amounted only to 3,500/. ; the assets had
realised 2,210., and it was anticipated that the English
creditors would ultimately be paid in full.
His Honour, without calling upon Mr. Griffiths, said
that as the requisite information had been obtained with
regard to the Spanish bankruptcy, which it appeared ,lid
not is.terfere with nor was in any way affected by the
proceedings in this court, there did nut seem to be any
TUMIOII for delaying the allowance of the order of dis-
charge which would accordingly be granted.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
REFUAING To PAY ULCERS FARE.

Henry 11. itnris, 20, Waterloo-road, was placed before
Sir Robert W. Carden, charged with being drunk and re-
fusing to pay the excess railway fare from Farringdon-
street to Moorgate-street.
Thomas Ad.un, odd that the prisoner arrived by the
12.37 train (midnight) at Aloorgateatreet, and gave up
a ticket for Farringdou-street. He demanded 24. from
the prisoner, being the amount of the excess faro. He
said he had been to sleep, and should not pay it, and re-
fused to give his name or address. Witness threatened
to send for the police, and Le said he:did not care for the
police, and used foul language both to the collector and
to witness.

The prisoner said he was drunk, and had gone to sleep,
and passed his station. He did not know he had any
money, or be would have paid it. Since he had been
locked up he had found 314.1. that had got into the lining
of his waistcoat.

Sir I:. W. Carden fined him 2s. 61. or three days'
pri.onmeat.

NIsCONIWCT AT A RAILWAY STATION,

Alfred mut Welker Fitch, two brothers were
charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at
the Broad-street railway station.
John Pattison, a constable at the Broad-street station,
said the two prisoners came into the booking-office the
worse for liquor. They wanted two tickets fur Hackney.
A cabman ha l refused to take them because they were
drunk. The hooking-clerk refused to let them have tickets
fur the same reason. Alfred then attempted to block up
the window, and witness was obliged to pull them away.
Alfred then tried to collar him and put his leg round wit-
ness's and they both fill, but %Itch underneath. He then
took them to the station-house.

The prisoners said they were very sorry, but they were
drunk :it the time.

Sir R. W. Carden fined them k. each for being drunk.
IMHBERY 1,11011 A TILL.
. .

Daniel West, who was remanded a few days ago for
stealing some silver in a glass out of • till in Harp-alley.
was again placed at the bar and sentenced to three months'
hard labour as a rogue and vagabond.

BOW•STREET.
311,1:AK EN 11,ENTITY.

Jahn Quinnell, employed at a news agent* in Tun-
bridge-wells, appeared to his recognisance., having been
remanded on bail on the charge of stealing a breast pin,
value 101. the property of Herman Behrman, a German.
Mr. Stevens, front the solicitor's office of the South-
Eastern Railway (on whose line the prisoner's father ix
employed at Tunbridge-wells, attended.
The prisoner's master, Mr. Henry Nye, of Tunbridge-
wells, news ngent, said he had known the prisoner for
about 18 months, and had employed him to fold papers,
commencing at about 90 minutes to 9 o'clock, a.m. He
hail attended every day for the last three months. He
was usually engaged till half-past 10 or 11, He could not
have been absent on the day in question or any
day during the period mentioned without witnesa's
knowledge. The prisoner has a spinal affection
which had is considerable effect on his movements,
so that he found, for instance, a difficulty in stooping, and
certainly could not run as represented by the prosecutor.
Witness give him an excellent character, and said he had
come from Ttinbridge•wells on purpose.
To Mr. N'aughan —The day that the prisoner did come
to town—on which day he was taken into custody—he
had previously obtained leave of witness, who employed a
substitute for that occasion.

Mary Blaver, a married woman, residing at Rustall, near
Tunbridge-v.1:11s, stated that on the morning in question
the prisoner called upon her for the amount of a payment
due to the Royal Liver Society, to which he was collector.
She remembered the date, because on that day there was
a strike of the builders, and the prisoner was talking to
her about it.

Mr. Vaughan felt it would be uselesa to proceed any
further in this cane. Ho had no doubt that the last wit-
ness, who fixed the date by that of the strike, did actually
see the prisoner on that morning near Tunbridge-wells,and
it was impossible that he could have been in town the
same morning. He gave the prosecutor full credit for
sincerity in his conviction that he was the man ; but it
was clearly a mistake, and be must be discharged.

WANDSWORTH.
WHOLESALE NUNDAY TRADING.

James Warnal, the landlord of the Eagle heer-shop,
Park-place, Clapham, appeared to answer an adjourned
summons fur opening his house fur the sale of beer, ire.,
before the hour of 1 o'clock on Sunday morning the lith
ultimo.

The case was heard last week, when police constables
Kempater and Saffill, of the W division proved watching
the defendant's house from 8 o'clock in the morning until
1 o'clock in the afternoon, and counted 77 persons enter
and leave his premises during that time, several had jugs
and bottles, and others came out wiping their mouths.
They also proved seeing the defendant standing in front of
his house nearly all the time. On that hearing an excep-
tion was taken to the summons, when the magistrate de-
cided upon amending it, and granting an adjournment to
allow the defendant an opportunity of meeting the case.
Inspector Abrook then announced that another summons
would be taken out for the following Sunday, and the
magistrate said both cases could be heard together.
On this occasion witnesses were called in the first case
to prove that they saw no Sunday trading, and that the
only persons who went in and out were the defendant's
family and his eight lodgers.
In the second case Police-constable Saffill proved that
between 7.45 and 11.30 on Sunday morning, the 24th ult.,
he counted 72 persons, 6 of whom were females, enter and
leave the defendant's premises. The constable said he
knew many of the persons as living in the neighbourhood.
The defence wiia the same as in the other case. It was
stated that there were eleven lodgers in the house on that
day.
Mr. Ingham said if he had any doubt about the first ease
he had none about the second case, for that he fined the
defendant 54. and 2s. costs.

Notice of appeal was given, when
Mr. Ingham said in that mac he should adjourn the rust
summons.

The defendant was consulted with, and after a short
time the notice of appeal was withdrawn and the line and
costs were paid.

THE LATE OCTAVIIIB OAKLEY.—We regret to
notice the death of Octavius Oakley, one of the oldest
members of the Old Society of Painters in Water Colours.
Mr. Oakley was originally a portrait painter, and acquired
considerable celebrity in that branch of art, hut he will be
beat remembered as a delineator of rustic figures, Savoyard
boys, die., and notably of gipsies, all of which he rendered
with a striking fidelity to nature, and reproducing with
great power their individual characteristics.
EXTRAORDIN•BY LETTER Or A TILL ROBBER
AT SOUTH SH lEI.I..—At the South Shields Police-court
un Monday, W. Franks, grocer's assistant, Market-place,
was charged with having stolen Bs., the property of Win.
Lawson, grocer, King-street, South Shields. Some money
had recently been missing, and on Thursday a few marked
coins were placed in the till, and shortly after Mr.
Lawson missed one of the shillings. He immediately'
charged Franks with having taken it, and after mune
denial. Franks produced the shilling and left the shop. On
the following morning, a letter was received fromhim ad-
mitting his guilt, and on Saturday he was taken into cus-
tody. The following is a copy of the letter received, and,
as will be seen, it is rather a curious document :—" 20,
Market-place, South Shields, March 1, 1867. Respected
Sir,—Tho' tossing in a sea of grief, I cannot allow
the moment to pass without dropping you a line.
I should not for one moment attempt to pal-
liate my tranegression, far otherwise—the more
I view it, the more its magnitude increases, but probably
you may conclude from what has transpired, that I, in
whom you have reposed so much confidence, have Mat all
regard for honour, truth, and integrity, an outcast in
whose word no reliance can be placed. Judge not so
harshly. My estimation of those essentials of character is
at the present time higher than it ever was. Place to my
credit ' truthful speaking.' Tho' I have sinned—sin not
against me by the imagination that I have to any
extent defrauded you. Rest your mind in peace on
that matter. Necessity (which you may think somewhat
strange on my part, tho' not if you knew all .7 little
affairs) is the mother of invention, and that which is a law
unto itself, prescribed the remedy I adopted to-day,
' abstraction.' 'Teas not the first occasion on which I
have transgressed The Eighth. The amount each time
being uniform, but see the P.S. I ask your forgive.
ness. Blast not by Hue and Cry the prospects
which are now vastly circumscribed of your late
unworthy servant, W. F. P.S.-Bs. abstracted, 2s.
I refunded, and Is. returned to day. I had
resolved, when able, not one fraction should W. F. owe
to W. L. Should you feel disposed to pay over to Joseph
the remnant of my 41 days' wages, after deducting the
above and 51d. for goods, it would be very acceptable.
Sir,—l really do think it to be your duty to let the entire
family know the purport of this note." The charge
having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced
to one month's hard labour.