The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION•HOUSE.

A girl, of about 15 years of age, as charged with at•
tempting to defraud an omnibus conductor. The '
after riding some distance in his omnibus, tap him on
the arm, and asked for change for the shilling she had
given him. He said she had given him no money what.
ever. On getting out she declared that she had no more
money. The same trick having been played upon other
conductors, he gave her into custody, when it was found
that she had 10a. ed. in her pocket.
The prisoner was remanded in order that inquiries might
be made.

fIOW•I3TREET.
An elderly man, of gentlemanly appearance and address,
who stated that his name was OWey, and that he was
formerly an officer in the Royal Artillery, applied to Mr.
Carrie for advice under the following circummtaoces
Mr. Ottley stated that he got into the Royal Artillery
School at Woolwich by the isfluenos of the late Duke of
York, and after passing the usual examinations obtained
his oommasion, and served as an officer of Artillery for 21.
years. Government offered at that time, about 20 years
beak, what was called a " bona" to officers who had served
fora certain number of years. The so-sidled "boon" was
the permission to sell their commissions and the pent of a
pieced land in Canada. He accepted the offer, and when
he went out to Canada be found that his property was 15
nines from any human habitation ; that the road to it
lay for the greater part of the year under three or four feet
of snow ; and that the laud itself was perfectly useless to
him, being so covered with timber that it would require
an enormous capital to clear it. The only benefit he ever
got from it was, that be cut down a quantity of the timber,
which he made into two rafts, Boated them down the river,
and sold them. No doubt the property might have been
made valuable if he had had capital to improve it. He
then became manager and editor of the Ottawa Adrertiver
newspaper, after which he removed to Staten Island, sad
became professor of mathematics and military tactics at
Staten Island College. Subeequestly he edited the New
York Picayune for four years, and more recently he became
editor of a newspaper at New Orionis. Bat when thermos%
disturbances broke out be was required to take an oath of
allegiance to the new Southern (Secession) Camfedemcy, and
to abjure his own country. This be refused to do ; but
finding that several persons who had so refused had been
hanged on suspicion of being abolitionists, uud that others
were ignominiously expelled, he was obliged to make his
escape and return to England. After an alemace of 40 years
from London he could find none of his old friends, and
could get so employment.
Mr. Carrie regretted that he could do no more than give
him some temporary assistance from the poor-box, and
hoped that he might get some employment shortly.

WORSH IP-STREET.
Wesley Francis, George May, and George Rawboson.
assietants in the service of Mrs, Ranger W.ldaah, grocer, of
Bridewell.place, New North•rosd, were summoned by the
Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals fur
brutally ill.uaing a dog. They used the poor dog in the
most scandalous and disgusting manner, and so cruel had
been the treatment that the dog was obliged to be killed.
It was a little animal, only six pounds weight, sod so docile
mid good tempered that it had become a favourite in all the
osighhourhood. The osly excuse given by the defendant.
was that the dog had Umpired upon the premises of de-
fendants' mbar?...
. .

Mr. Knox said be had never known a more disgusting
ems of barbarity than this. It was enough to excite um-
venal indignation.
The prisonen were then fined 5/. each, or in default to
be imprisoned two months.

GREENWICH.
Newry Charles Brown. aged 17, wag charged, on remand,
with wilfully setting flre to the of hie employer,
Mr. Potter, landlord of the t Bella Tavern, adjoining
Greenwich church. _

On three separate ocautione mysterious fires had taken
place on the premises, the kat m pnaoner's bedroom, in
which a large portion of the furniture and the paper was
destroyed, and the door charred with the flames.
The evidence was unmistakeable that the fire had com-
mented at the head of the priSODOell bed, for, at examina-
tion. a partially-buret incase match was found in the corner
of the mattress.

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