The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

WORSHIP•STREET.

'liarbath Prodt,aleariced woman, was charged with
stealing a war medal.
James Bancroft, a fine, tall fellow, said—l am in the Kr-
vice of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and on
this (Saturday) afternoon, while posing along a street in
Bhoreditch, with some miens in toy head, a man, who was a
perfect stranger to me, knocked some redoes out of my has&
While rentesetrating with him the primmer ems up, end
mid she was his wife, at the same lament I fib her take my
watch from my waistcoat pocket. I got pommesion of that,
and then she snatched a medal from my breast coat. ' It had
four clasps, and I fear it Is lost, for she pee it to a men, who
ran sway instantly. I have been in four t battles,
namely, Alma, laketwasatt, Basilan, and Bsbsetspol. In
the second engagement I was twice wounded. I have a
model for good conduct in the field, and another from the
Turks for bravery. I sl.o produce a certificate of my m-
eter from m whilst. Thu note ran as follows:
Private James Bancroft, of the 3rd cowpony, 3rd bat-
talion, In the Grenadier Guards, at the battle of lekermatis,
when the enemy, ia overwhelming meows, attempted to pos-
sess themselves a second time of the eand•litg Watery on its
right, was the first man who volunteered to meet thorn ; end
with five or six other men succeeded In driving the enemy
some twenty yards beyond the battery. Is this desperate
encounter he was personalty attacked by five ROMISAIS. ail of
whom he brought to the ground, after to:siring a bayonet
wound is the side and mother In the mouth, which knocked
out his teeth. Later in the day, when the colours of the
Grenadiers were cut off from the main body and returning
with much difficulty, two columns of the Russians advanced
to seise them. At that moment Private Bancroft, with a
sergeant of the line (who was killed Immediately) won the
first to obey my orders arid charge the enemy. Wounded
as stated, without ammunition and exhausted, Bancroft
dashed himself against the enemy, and actually, by hie ex-
ample, succeeded is checking the foe, thereby enabling she
'ouloorers' to regain the British liees.-8174 B. _ftaNNAIST,
Captain of the Grenadier Guards —4th ov. 1864."
The brave fellow stated he had hot received a Victoria
medal, but simply a lamas of 61. 6s. He had 'elided for
ten years which time having expired, he retired, having
bed entotigh of soldiering," sad of course was without a
pension.
The prisoner was remanded.

THAMES.
Mr. Siminson, from the Admiralty Sakilor's Office, ap-
plied at the request of Carole Greet, commander of Use
Crocodile receiving ship, off the Tower, for a warrant to arrest
Captain Kennedy, the master of the Brit.!' merchant ship
CoMetnern, whwh left the West lodia Duck on Tuesday
dteratien, and is DOW taking in emigrants at Plymouth. It
that Taman named Marks, belonging to the
=retm, bed al:undated that remelted joined the }Loyal
Navy, et the rendezvous en Tower-bill, having been lured
by the homily promised in the prveausalloo. On Toed.,
afternoon, erhilaghe Coldstream wasbeirig hauled out of dock,
Cutler, the quartermaster of the Crocodile. west on board and
asked for the papers and effect. belonging to Marks, dr no-
moo, to which he was entitled under the elmetteat inuess's
An. Mr. flenttb,lof the firm of Teigh and Smith, Fenchurrh-
street, ens of the owner' of the vase% Too on baud at the
tins, sad egos beteg told what Cutler wanted, he swore at
hint, absent .hita, sad desired him to leave the ship hear
din*. The issetal.k:cri than gashed Lim out (Attie vend.
sad he narrowly drownsg.
Mr. Belle said It le was ten the captain and the owner
of taw rend had acted most impior rly. He did an, how,
wow, like to tale too•It a skewer deep as to inns a wensat ter
the opproheotion Captain Kesordy sad drag Ilia ant at
YU Map, but Le would greet a sonner ns against Mr. Sof*
the owner of the venal, who, legally see ding, had joined la
the assault.

TM aemmeas was gmated.
ree. Marti, • Wimmi, the second meteor the sehooaer
Cum On, Ism Pastleed Bar, Australis, au charged with
commiwing • miss et elol;nt meths ...a an oirplima hay,
tamedlra Evans, lb* ion of en English aohdier who died
ea his my out to the laid ladle,.
The boy's amanita mated greet comeheration
ewe; Mae went twos OS kw wham, =atomises as his hoe