The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTBLLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

31ARLHOROUU H-STREBT.
CHARGE OF DOG STOOLING.— W. Kedslis was charred
with stealing a valuable terrier dug, the property of May
Ann Wilson. Ho was abio charged with stealing the dog's
conar, vales 3s.
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Barry, 334 A, stated that on Saturday evening be was on
ditty in James-street, Haymarket, when be saw the dog
produced come out from •di airway in that street. At that
time the prisoner came by, and, snapping his fingers, en-
ticed the dog away into Ozenden-street. Witness followed
him,: end saw him pick the eog up and dart into the
Black Hone pubic-house, with the dog in his arms. Witness
followed, sad took him intocustody with the dog in his pos.
lion. On lazing the prisoner with the theft, he replied that
be bad done no more than any wiser man. He ea v the dog
running about, end he certainly picked it up.
Mrs. Wilson proved that the dog wet hos, preying'', and
worth about U. _ _

The prisoner, in defence, made the ulna statement that
be mado to th. constable.

It was intimated to the magistrate that the primmer esnld
be committed at once for stealing the collar, whisk rendered
him liable to transportation.
Mr B:ngaant said he should act upon that, and committed
the prisoner for trial for stealing the deg's collar.

WINDOW TAX.—ft petition in favour of the repeal
of the window tax was unimimously adopted at a public
meeting of the inhabitants of Sionehosise, held at the Towa-
ble., on Friday. The meeting was called at the Instance of
the guardians of the poor.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRlClL—Batur-
day bring the sixty-seventh anniversary of nee establishment
of this excellent charity, the whole of the children educated
end clothed by the society (upwards of 1,600 in number)
were ri pied at the schoolhouse, Stamford street, Black-
friars-road, with a plentiful repent of roast beef end plum
pudding. The anniversary festival, in consequence of the
'mistimed &premed state of Ireland, wee, tor the second
year, abandoned.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—About six months ago
case was re under the head of Greenwich Polio,-
court, wherein it appeared that a publican residing at Wool-
wich, in a large and respectable way of business, together
with his sole, • promising young man, about 24 years of age,
were charged with caning and removing several cart load of
Was belonging to the railway company, and deviating
them on the premises of the father; and after an gau pins.
tioa before the magistrate, they were sentenced, the father
to undergo an imprisonment with hard labour for eighteen
menthe, sad the eon to six months' and hard labour. The
son's imprisonment expired oa Friday last, whereupon he
immediately returned to the inn kept by his father, and re.
soused his avocation of waiting upon the customs n as usual,
sad whilst so doing on Tuesday last, one of them incautiously
made use of the expression, " Hew about the bricks," or
words to that effect, which appeared to have such an effect
upon the mind of the young man, that he immediately re-
paired to a shed at the beck part of the building, and hung
himself by a rose which he attached to one of the mien of
the outhouse, where be eandianed hanging until his family,
miming him, made a seueb, when he was found. He was
immediately cut down and medical assistance promptly
procured, but life had hien extinct for some time. We us-
dentand that the penes who made use of the exptesCon has
been compelled to quit the neighbourhood.
FRAUD 114 OBTAINING A SURGEON'S DIPLOSIA.—.
On Monday lest, at the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh,
Duncan, surgeon, Amble, Northumberland, and
Alexando r Cumming, surgeon and druggist, Broughton-
' street, Edinbengle, were charged with (ornery, sad a eson-
spirsey to procure a diploma from the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh, to enable Wm. Duncan to practise
surer ry and pharmacy without his actually appearing before
e ruminators appointed by the college to take the candi-
dates for diplomas upon trial, by memo( Cumuli., seeming
the character of Duman, and undergoing the nee cry exami-
nation. In furtherance of this design, Cumming obtained
from the conservator of the college a printed form of a
schedule required to be filled up and properly attested by
the candidate, exhibiting the full extent of his professional
education, which he filled up, and appended to it the signs-
tura of " William Dawes," and thereafter delivered it to
the president of the college, pretending that he was the
poison whose signature was attached to the document. Cum-
ming at erwards attended and pawed the usual examination
appointed by the college, on the 4th Deeember, 1344, and by
representing that he was the William Daman repreented to
the certificate, he obtained a diploma in Dancan's name,
qualifying him to practise surgery and pharmacy, which he
immediately delivered to Duncan, to be used by him as a
diploma in his favour, mid which was aceepted by Duncan
for this purpose. The parties were apprehended about the
beginulog of January last. The indictment set forth that
Duncan and Cumsaing. in envying out their eetteptraey.
were both is Edinburgh, but se seldom was addmed to
show that this had been the ease In regard to Dumas, and
he was consequently acquitted. Cumming was found guilty,
sad sestesteed to tae pen Imprikeassi,