The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUMIL

CLERKENWELL._

Mary dna Barker, Can-
den-tows, surrendered to her tecognmece, before Mr. Con*
ckaarsygedd with murderously assaulting Mrs. Jane Mansell, d
Beyhawatreer, St. Pancras, whereby her life is endangered.
Mr. Thomas Wake Hag appeared for the prosecutiee.
The assault complained of was committed an the lit
beat., the defendant having struck the complaisant a violent
blow, which knocked her down and rendered her insertable.
Sine; that time she has remained in &paralytic state, endives
for same days note:petted to live.
Mr. Wakeling mid his client was ailt in such a bad state
that it would be weeks before she:would be able to attend.
and Its had therefore to oak for a lengthened remand. He
Shea headed in the following certificate :
St. James's-terrace, Camden-town.
.1 hereby certify that Mrs. Mansell in gredually recover-
leg from the serious injury recently Indicted upon her. I
maw her lad aviator, and bond her better, although not yet
ont of danger. Se on use the right side of her body lone-
what better, bat is stillervy much paralysed. Ha memory
IA 11160 slowly reiterate(• bat the state of her mind and body
will not at meat admit at her giving evidence Ina court of
law, and that probably fire several weeks to come.
...10811 C. DAT, M. 8., Samoa."
Mr. Cords said It was a vary bad cede, end he should TIF
mead it fora mouth. He would, however, accept the same
ball as before for the priemer's attendance.
The ball having been pat in, the woman was allowed to
derie•
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _

Elisabeth lilleZistieyonnivWr;;;Vbo was charged
with stealing about 161 ~ the money s of Lord Ebury and
other*, the trustees of the Home for Motherless Oirle, 2,
Ktni-street, Grosvenor-equate, was brought up for Bata
. .

The prisoner was employed as a cook at the Home since
January last, and during the time she was so employed
several small gams of money were missed front a drawer in
the library table. On the Ist of Aprd she left the Hesse
without giving any notice, and after she was gone a 61.
note and other money was missed, the whole amounting to
about 161. at different times. It sloe appeared that, from
the time the prisoner left the Home till she wee taken into
custody, abetted been visiting theatres and riding about in
este, spending about 10s. a day.
Hr. ileadon said ehe woe oharged with stealing a 51. note
and otter moneys, the property of Lord Ebury and others,
ties trustees of the Home for Motherless Olrls ; was she
guilty or not ?
The prisoner said, sobbing, that she was gully.
Ur. Bean said there could be no doubt of it. The note
bad been traced to the shop where she bad porobated a bon-
net and other things. A person from the Bank was present,
and the case woe yaps clear. She had gone as servant to the
Home, and had taken the opportunity of stealing money in
this terrible way—Oral stealing small sums, and ending by
stealing a 61. note. It area not a solitary instance, and dunes
very neoeasery an example should be made of her, and it we.
all the worse as she must hive known the money was for
poor destitute children.
The prisoner wee then committed for six months, with
hard labour, to the House of Correction.
SOUTHWARE„ _

Seery AilAam, • ttouncer, in the employ el Herm
Cory and Boa, the cateueiver cul merchants of the Com-
mercial-ma, Lambeth, nod Charles Haggard, an oetkrorer•
charged with stealing • large quality of horse food, the pro-
perty of blew. Cory.
It appeared from the evidence of police constable 125 L
that be had been for a few days past employ od in private
clothes, to watch the prosecutors' carmen and others
who went out with the coal imams, u • Mat deal of
eon bad bees missed la a very mysterious wsy. He
watched the waggon which the primer Pathan ac-
companied for two drys, sad on the previous morning
he raw him and the carman have the wharf with a wag-
gon load of coals. They proceeded up Kent-street sad
stopped at the Castle pablio-honee, where the carman
entered. Pelham then went to the women and took • sack
acme off and handed it to Haggard, when they both weat
away. Witness, however, followed them, sad took them
Into custody.
Mr. Hooper, firemen and readable in New& Cory's
water, said that Pelham had bees is their employ sweeten
years. Whoa the men went bug distances with • load,
they always took with them an extra quantity dee= for the
heroes. Lasteed of giving it to the home they sold it, sad
so the horses were injured.
Mr. Cory, Jun., who was in attendance, maid that the
robberies were so mysteriously committed that, when de-
tected, they were compelled to prosecute. The carman was
discharged. Although he did not actually handle the awn,
be mud have known all about it.
The ptisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to two
months hard !atone each.

Mei",SCROTA DEATH FROM POl•ON.—Yesterday
evening an Inquest was taken by Mr. Wale* and ft respect-
able jury at the Prince Albert, Princest-reed, neer Primrose-
hill, on the body of Mr. Richerd Preston Prichard, aged 61,
•te:yttleman independeet preperty, reeiding at No. 20,
A reed, who was accidentally poisoned by leadantem.
Ni'. Dodd, .elicitor, attended on the pert of the family. Mr.
W. Taylor Prichard, deceased's brother, paid that the de-
[mead sleep enjoyed • good state of health. He had of
late complained of buffering severely from toothache. Mr.
S. Britton, surgeon, Arcade-reed, stated that on Friday
mortises Lest, about half-past 9 o'cicx k, he was called upon to
attend the decameter), whom he found in a gate of stupor. He
new that he use suffering from the effects of some rarcetle
pawn. Witness attended him .tlll 12 o'clock, when be died.
He used the stomach pump to restore respiration, and gal-
vanism. He had made a pest-mortem examination, and be
attributed death to the swallowing of laudanum. All the
vital organs were perfectly healthy. Jane Morley, • young
women, was examined, and said that the hod been two years
In the service of the family. Oa Tlenredey night deemed
celled her to him, when he asked her for a wine glees. Ohs
tat one up to him. He was then in his bedroom, in bed.
He asked her to put some toed:eine out of a medicine bottle
into the glare. She looked for a bottle, and could not find
one. She told her minter so. He said there was ens some-
where. She again made • search, and found • phial on the
inentleshelf. By the direction of the deceased she poured
the cootents in the glen, end the deceased swallowed them
without staying a void, and lay down. The next
morning ate went to call him, and found that be was
speechless. She celled the cook, when they agreed to send
fur • santeca. On the Friday she found another bottle on
the dressing-table, under the looking glass. (Both pkYL
vete produced; one, which was empty, end which had so
lade on it, had contained landaoum, the other phial had
in it an opening mixture.) Ihe witness did not know what
the colour of laudannro was, end she was not aware that her
motor bad two phials. The jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death, and expressed their opinion that the
anent was not at all ti blame for having administered the
poison, as it wee done entirely by accident.
Letters from Malta announce the tom by founder-
ing of the screw steamer General Williams, Jonathan Peter,
ranter, In lat. 36 10 N., end long. 18 20 8., on the 3rd of
Apeil, when on her voyage from London to the Pireens of
Athens, Stems, and Cona'sntenople. She was laden with a
general cargo, consisting of iron and sundry other merchan-
dna. All hands was raved by being taken oat of the
stoking vessel a quarter of an hour Woes by the French trig
Augustin Bliss, Joseph Anhert, muter, which was fortu-
nately pasting at the lime, and landed at Malta, in all, 42
individuals, including four paesengers, of whom one was a
female. The anduct of Captain Axibert, in nand.
tag by eke sinking versa for several hours, during
which the mew endeavoured to keep the water under,
sad also by subsequent kindness, refining even warn-
soden, maw* be too touch praised.

MABEELS.

COTTON.—Ltumum, Arm 19.—The sales of cotton
today ue estimated at 3,000 bales. A ray quiet market,
at ysetuday's prima

COTTON GOODS.—Nancaorrin, APRIL 19.—Ths
market hes beta esceediagly dot, the lllSOlrtaialy banging
over continestel affairs disposing buyers deli hinds of goods
Ss which there is not a premiss went to defer cpwations se
long as possible. In 'erns then have been offers for India,
bet at rates too low to end mephitic*. For Germany and
the Itediterrenesa the sal. have Data almost stopped the
effected

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