The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

CAUTION TO GRAND JORTIOOT.

The following gentlemen were dned fit. for being absent :
Messrs- Samuel Joyce, Joseph Ricketts, R. Chair), and
George Pearce Pocock, all from the pariah of OamberwelL
CHARGE TO THE GIUND JOST. -121011148/ 01 CAMS LI
TIM COUNTY.

The deputy-chairman, in hiss charge to the grand jury,
deplored the heaviness of the calendar, which far exceeded
the list of prisoners tried at former sessions at this time of
year. There were 71 prisoners on the calendar, consisting
of 56 cases for trial, and probably before they were released
from their duty there would be ten more with those out
on bail. Among the prisoners were 26 for simple larceny,
four for stealing from their masters, two for embezzlement,
two for stealing in the dwelling-house, air for street
robberies, one for assault and robbery, one for rater
log counterfeit coin, two for cutting and wounding,
and four for assaults of various kinds. As he was not
•ware that he should have ti address them until a few
hours ago, he had not time to look over the depositions,
but he did not think there was any rase showing much
difficulty. However, if anything should occur of that
kind he should recommend them to send into court for the
original depositions taken before the committing magis-
trates. He teed hardly tell them that the claim at the
police-courts were barristers of loog standing, and the
magistrates in the country were gentlemen well known for
their legal ability ; therefore it was not likely they would
seed cries for trial unless there were good grounds.. Some
of the prisoners, they would perceive, were committed for
minor offences, and the grand jury might think they could
have been dealt with elsewhere. He, however, was sorry
to say that the majority were old offenders, having been
several times previously convicted ; therefore the magis-
trates were bound to send them for triaL With some
fur iher remarks he dismissed them to their room.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
PALTRY LAIIIOIIIIT.

Three respectably-attired womo who gave the names of
Jane Smith, an ironer, Margaret Stedman, laundress, and
Sarah Grover, laundress, wire charged before Mr. Alder-
man Lusk, M.P., with stealiog a piece of lead pipe of the
valueot 10s., the property of William Joao, from the back
part of the house No. 18, Liverpool-street.
The evidence disclosed that the three prisonm laird in
the house in question. end from time to time the lead
pipiog connected with the cisterns and the copper in the
wash.hoose was messed, and the aid of Detective Hardee,
699. City police, attached to the Bishopegate station, was
called in, sad the result of his iequiries led to the appro.
heesion of the three prisoners, who were found to have
sold portions of the lead at the shop of • marine store dealer
named Hiuds, for petty sums varmg from Ls. to ls. 6d.
at each dealing.
The prisoners were described by the officers as being of
respectable character, sod they expressed deep contrition
for what they hs 1 dose.
Mr. Alderman Lusk convicted them of the illegal pos.
session, and sentenced each to pay a fine of 10a., or seven
days' imprisonment.

CLERIC EN WELL.
ATITYPTID SIIICIDK IN A POLICE CELL

Ellen Sullivan, of 14, Hat and Mitre-court, St. John.
street, was charged wish being drunk, and assaulting Mr.
o*orge Winfield, of 148, St. John-street, Clerirenwell. She
was farther charged with attempting to commit suicide at
the King's-moss-road polies-station.
On Saturday night the prisoner went to the prosecutor's
house, and wanted to go into the 000 cert-room. He refused
to allow her, and got her oat of the house. In about
five minutes she returned, made use of foul language, and
because she was not allowed to force her way up the stale
she assaulted the landlord and scratched his face. She
was tbeo gives iota custody, and she became so violent
that it was found necessary to obtain the assistance, of
three constables to get her to the police-station. After she
had bean placed in the cells the was visited by police-con-
stable Charles, ZM O, who found that 'hiked attempted golf
destruction by tying round her neck a nocket-handker.
chief. She wee black in the face, and had it not bass foe
the promptness of the constable she would have lost her
life.

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The prasoaer said that she wow In the family way by Übe
complainant, asd she struck him became he said he would
kick her and kill his child.

The complainant said there was no truth in these stab-
meets.

if r:Barker asked the prisoner if she had anything to
say in answer to the charge of attempting to commit
suicide.

The prisoner mid she did it bemuse she wan in liquor.
Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner to the House of Doted-
tion fora week.

The prisoner—Then you will sot we me again, for I will
kill myself before that.

MARLBOROUGHSTELERT.
SCAIDALOOB CHAECIL

Betty Gould, W;lTdieseecifem.le, wail charged before
Mr. Trwhili with stealissi a beach of Bowers a the value
of 2<1., the property of Win. &moon", carpenter, who pee
hie address Lupus-street, Pfeifle°.
On the messed boi s. phseed at the bar.
Dieicias, 306 A, said the pima who had charged her was
cot is at•eedsnee.

Mr. Edward Leiria, al Gnat Yarlbaroashwtrtwa, who
appeared for the accused, said the proud tailors Awed

the very limited power given to 1,,„
accused on Saturday night, because
advances of a man, wu give. i.
stealing a bunch of flowers of t
to the station, and kept there till
Re (Mr. Lewis) thought the lee,
diuretioomy power in the hands
(eke or reject such a charge as the
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that had the
all sorts of things might have been
Mr. Lewis said he did not complais
only considered that they ought to b-
to them.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that as there
prosecute, the accused would of conies
more infamous charge and one of a or
bad never heard. It showed what
class of persons were to be found.
Mr. Lewis said the man had gives
The accused was then discharged.
SOUTH WARS.
ninon mums or sy
John Datraon, a journeyman abc
before Mr. Woolrych charged with ,
with • shoemaker's knife m • serious
morning, the 14th tilt.
It appeared from the evidence of
prisoner lodged in the same home w
Waterloo-road, and on the morning
gave him in costa, for steeling
was in bed, and he was taken
Tower-street. The inspector, after
declined to entertain the charge, a'
police-station. The prisoner Win
in a violent manner, and so soon ....
Webber-row the prisoner railed
sharp-pointed shoemaker's knife,
b—, I'll have my revenge, ,
time making a thrust at his neck, thel
his coat, waistcoat, and shirt, slight
Witness got away from him, mid as he wee ate et..
mother thrust at him with a knife a man trip*
sad the knife was taken from him. Wittier hew
knowledge of the prisoner's money, and he did* ilk,
be had any at the time.
' William Hockler said he lived in Weblieremokb,
Sander morning, the 14th ultimo, about 10 o'risek, hi;
the prosecutor running down tine street mod
prisoner, who had a shoemaker's knife in his boa a
made several throats with it at the former, Mk IQ
tripped him up, and took the knife from him
Police-constable 151 L said he took the
custody, and received the knife produced from hetak;
The prosecutor told him he bad been stabled, skit
easurining his clothes he found them cut throsglinsh
toed the shoulder.
Segment Lawscio, the acting inspector, laid be salt
deg at the Tower-strest polies station ea Wank,
sweetion, when the prosecutor was brought is &yam
by Ow prisoner with robbing him of 4!. Aim boot
both sides, he was satiailed that there was ound',
implicate the prosecutor, consequently he &Waal tiat
the charge and they all left together. He bey ibia
Boner threaten the other as they were going ma
The prisoner did not deny stating that the pout
had robbed him of all his hard-saroed mow, ish
never intended to injure him.
Mr. Woolrych committed him for trial.
THAMES.

01111:11-YARD CRAWL&
Two may, earned Edward Holly and Jams Rix*
were charged with being drank and incapable on Sahel
evening. The first, in the employ of Br. Rama*
of Bell House Farm, Romford, lime; warn in clispii
waggon and three hopes. The team was Ulm kb
green-yard in Bow, and Mr. Rain, ekk
deemed his horses and waggon yesterday at isk
warn
charged 245. by the keeper for taking sow ds
animals end vehicle. He wall charged for fear fedi skg
He did not believe his horses were fed at all while is p
1110111/011 of the gmen-yard keeper. Rippingales bane sde
were in the care of the grees-yard keeper from 5 dds
to 12 on Saturday night, and he was charged to 141. I
did not believe that his hone received any prover**
ever.

Mr. Hawes addressed the magic, rate at comihe
lith on the imposition practised upon him. Ike
fend for the boss. in the middle of the day yostalism
he was oompelled to pay 24a. before his waggon WIN
were restored to him. He wanted to know by sl
authority the police removed horses, cattle, and villa
the green.yard, where such cLarges were made.
Mr. Paget had DO authority over the green-yard. I
keeper was self constituted, aid beyond his slabs/fly. I
Gould not take the bills from the green-yard. If Ir.lks
thought the bill was eroessive he had better loth ni
Richard Nevis, the chief commissioner of police, vbsysi
pay every attention to the matter. He &wham' bp
Dopers.

The Caledonian Mercury states that Miss LA
worth will give a reading in the Music Hall, PAiabs•As
the evening of the 16th. "Mn. Yelverton, we isle •
son to know," says our contemporary, " bee oft
plated for a length of time this method dil
mincing her pecuniary interests ; and we ere Mom
to believe she will make an appearance in tar exit
which will prove that she has not overrated bet poi I
plisse. Having been deserted by her husband, ske w•
like a proper spirited lady, to take care of herself ; sal
doubt sot a generous public will give her every
meat and assistance in her effort."

Mr. Baker, the African explorer, has engage&
deliver a lecture at the Hartley Institution, in Son

Mr. Bouchesult's Arrah-na-Pogue is to be p
clued at Paris adder the title, La Nous lrlandesises.

An American correspondent of the Times lip
that the leader of the war party in the Congrms is UM'
arias Chandler, a senator from Michigan, "one ce lass
tall, raw-boned, hard-festered specimens of umbeed is
whom the Western States abound—a mm who is no
later or speech-maker, but whose iron will and mad*
energy and intense fanaticism have for years muted kis
out as a high priest for every Americus cram* MM,
whether it be a crusade against slavery, against Omal
M'Clellan, against Jefferson Davis, or, as now, mai
England or France. Chandler, during the fury of de ur,
was the master-spirit of the famous ' Committee O fin
Conduct of the War' that set up and pulled down gm*
sod was the terror of every army officer from !(Mild
Scott and General Grant down to the lowest cadet k it.
service."

It seems the divided episcopal church 40
United States is at length re-united. Bishop Rh*. d
Georgia, has written a latter to the senior bishop of in
Northern church, the Right Rev. John Henry Baptist d
Vermont, stating that, in response to many fervsettigag
from churchmen in all parts of the South, hs has U'
drawn all his objections to a reunion of the chard, Wit
about to inns a paatond announcing that Georgia lig g;
I united with her Northern brethren. Bishop Wlla g
Alabama, and the Bishop of Mississippi also cortliallT
io the reunion, and diocesan councils have been wiled
all three States to perfect it. These bishops ham ass
take, the steps neoessary to dissolve the council d
Independent Southern Church, and soon there AB I
great protestant episcopal church extending all wit 18
United States.

At a recent hattne in the North of Englana.46ll
pheasants and 5,000 hens and rabbits were slaallit.
It is estimated that the number killed were abate)
third the number reared, an that in the pressrvs gd
must have been 14,000 pheasants sad 15,000 Mee
rabbits. To grow grain for the support of the bird' Peg
regain, the cultivation of 246 acres, and for the hens el
rabbits 1,100 ecru. Four hares are supposed to mg g
much u a sheep, and soiree rabbits eat and destroy u swit
as four hares. It is estimated that about half the laid 4
pheasants consist, of vela and the other half of bunt oil
and eon.

CITY ARABS AT AN EXABINATION.-008
teething in London, and reeding in the Bible sbout"thli
a= chaff," found that Dot one of her scholars Itil;
ma a what &tea was; bet on asking them what"
might be, there was an immediate holding up of bib
in signal of compreheasion, and an unanimous rcpt[
"blunders, ma'am r The dreadful pusubment
11* "chaff" seemed to follow quite unwieldiest
Aziatker lady (as we have told elsewhere) asked bus Ala
L the course of a lecture on "Gratitude," whet Pio.
In the course of the year they imnst thoroughly ma
After a thoughtful pause, the last boy is the claw_
uP and said, with simple candour—"Crickiffn
ma'am.' "Oh, no, 8.." said the lady, " ewe 10
cannot like that cruel sport!' " Yes I do siesn_m
though! there's a pit up by the Black 'Boy " it
asythiog in B—." A similar story is to be hod
as admirable little tract in the sense Odd:more
em Pertitemtiaria, p. 30 :—" There was (at !b•
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school) a hey who' iniariably interinpted ail
heroes sad mists recorded Is Scripture by dispar4oo.l
parboils with Tom Sayers. Noses and Joshes wss
we well,' be would as;, but what was tag t0..,_,-161
liMe chap sotaudin' up as game as a bantam oock on."
that treat thanderio' Yankee, sod a knockin' of him Ikr.
like a aloe*! Blew you, Noah and Abraham sod la
that lot weren't fit to bold a Dandle to him. go
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hero, he war.' A small boy to whom some one bad rirw'
to teach the catechism, obstinately refused to b• A.6:1
anything but the articles of the Orriermas Feat ,
beteg asked for some further explanation, said, A P."'
p_lon, raft' wee the best on 'mu."' On another occerke
Ike writer proposed to a chase of lads of about 16 the 1111
Mae, " Mist was aoasedaseer Immense difficulty,
bustin giving en answer, but eventually the f0110rm,„,...,
bgeetous definition was supplied, " Cooscietice $ •
which a gem'man ars% mot, who, when a boy fin
liandkercher sod gives it bias back, doesn't gill thl
sixpeses.'—Praiser's Magesiat for February.

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