The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

William Famed!, a respectable looking man, was placed
at the bar for final examination, charged with embezzling
various sums of money received for end on account of his
employers, Messrs. Silva and Co., Gun and Shot Wharf,
rooky-street.
Mr. Hudson appeared for the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, Mr.
Silva, that the prisoner had been in their employ near 20
years. For morn. time pest ho had been clerk and cashier
at Gun and Shot Wharf, end it was his duty to receive
money, enter it in a cash book, and after deducting petty
cash paid by him, to account for the same to witness or
the superintendent. For some time peat several accounts
appeared to be outstanding which ought to have been paid,
and on making inquiries he found they bad beta paid. The
prisoner had been questioned about them, and he admitted
receiving the money from a number of customers and con-
verting it to his own use.
Samuel Holmes, collector in the employ of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, said that on the
let of January he paid the prisoner 5/. 10a. on Messrs.
Silvis account, and lie gave him the receipt produced.
Janice Baldwin, oilman, said that in December last he
paid the prisoner 21. Vs. lld., and he receipted the hill
produced.
Mr. Hudson observed that the defalcations were rather
extensive, but he thought the above cases would be suffi-
cient to go before a jury.
Police-constable 138 M, who took the prisoner into cus-
tody, said that he exclaimed, " I am glad you have come
for roe, as it has relieved my mind a greet deal"
He was committed for trial
THAMES.

Michael Gannon, William. Gilatant, and John Rorl.e,
pugilists, were brought op on remand, charged with
violently assaulting mid beating Inspector Daniel Taylor,
of tho Themas division of the police, and Conan and
I Donovan, constables sf the same division, at the Thames.
tunnel-pier, Wapping, on the morning of Wednesday, the
22nd of last mouth, under circumstances already fully re-
ported in our columns.
Mr. Benson was of opinion the Thames police had very
properly interfered, and bad a right to go on board the
steamboat, and to warn the captain that he was acting
illegally in taking prizefighters and others to a pugilistic
combat ; and he (Mr. Benson) thought there was some
exaggeration in the statement of Inspector Taylor. He
did not believe any attempt was made to throw him over-
board and drown biro. If there had been he should have
committed the prisoners for trial. He convicted GM=
and 01111110tI of a common assault, and fined the former
20s.fand the other 30e. There were some doubts respecting
the prisoner Roche, and he gave him the benefit of them
by discharging him.
The ease lasted five hours. There was a numerous
attaidanoe of prizefighters, betting men, roughs, and
thieves.

FORTII7IIYO POLICE-RTATIONS. —The government
have it is said, determined to fortify the polies-stations in
London, it being the prenuainaiy step to a scheme of
fortification of all the police stations and barrack,L .-11'hrOl United Kingdom. The head office of the Metro-
politan Police force at Sootland-yard will be the first to be
placed in • state of defence ; and with this object bullet-
' proof iron shutters for the windows of the station are
being manufactured. They will be so constructed that
they can be closed almost instantaneously, and an ap-
paratus adjusted inside which will make them proof
against any inane& of email arms. The doors, it is
surmised. will be similarly protected. When all the sta-
tions in the metropolis and suburban dirtricts are pro-
vided with these shutters, the stations and barracks of
the police in Ireland, it is stated, will next be placed in a
state of defence.

COUILT-MARTIAL OS A FZNIAN SZAIIAN. —The
crour•wwelial on James Anderson, ordinary seaman of the
2nd oleos, was resumed on hoard the Royal Adelaide at
Davenport yesterday. Arthur Blennerhaseet, • seaman,
said the prisoner asked him also to become a Fenian, and
told hint that he bad himaeif taken the oath, but he did
not believe him ;he elver; emaidered him foolish. He
knew him before for seven months oa board the Royal
George, and there everybody thought him silly. The pri-
soner, in his defence, said be was not a Fenian; he knew
nothing about Fenilniam ; the whole story of Allen was
an exaggeration of what the prisoner had meant for a
borax. The court, however, took the matter in a more
serious light, and adjudged the prisoner to five years'
penal servitude.

A man named Lowry and his wife, resident at
Dolphin's Bern-lane, were charged at the head pollee-
raft, Dublin, on Segazday, with hiring weattali
neglected a child fear years of age in such • tanner se
to endanger he Ws. It appeared that the child was
found lying on some straw on • beard is the primmer'
hors, and wee almost destitute of clothing. It had
become MOTO like a skeleton t►an • Bang being. The
AIM wee removed to the Meath Hospital. The prisoners
were regraded.

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