The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

BOVI-STRFJIT.
TROSECUTION UNDER MB PA381310Z2.9 ACT.
.1,.1in Marion Moons ship'. steward, appeared to answer
a summons under the Passengers Act, the 18th and 19th
ic., c. 91, a. 70, at the instance of Mr. Forster, of the
Emigration Ofilee' charging him with having obtained two
swim of 31. and 21.1 N. respectively, from Mary Anne
Jones. on account of payment for a paasage to Australia,
abd not giving her a contract note as required by the act.
Mr. Sayers, from the office of Mr. Lewis, of 22, Great
Marlborough-street, appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Forster, in opening the case, said that Mrs. Jones
was a poor woman intending to goto Australia in the hope
of bettering her condition. She was acquainted with Mr.
Hales, who keeps a post-office, receiving-house, and money
order office in Drury-lane, who kindly got up a subscrip-
tion, by which a sum of about 121. was made up
for the purpose of paying her plumage. The
defendant, .who was acquainted with Mr. Hales
offered to get a " berth " at a cheaper rate than usual,
told knowing him as a seafaring man, with some know-
ledge of the matter, Mr. Hales thought that confidence
ir.i.;ht be placed in him. A sum of 31. was banded
him by Mr. Hales, to make a payment on
:.count. This of course was done with Mrs.
.loues's consent. She afterwards gave him a further
v:in of 2.1. 10e., for which he gave her a receipt signed by a
p r.on named Solomon., promising to got her a passage to
}intimate, in Australia. She had since heard no more of
tie matter, and indeed the passage would have been un-
its- to her if provided, as she wanted to go to Sydney, and
it would be as difficult to her to get there from Brisbane
tt. from England. It was possible that the money might
nave been handed to Bolorcona, but that would not affect
!be charge.
Evidence in support of this statement basin been
given,
fir. Sayer said the defendant acted boni fide, and had
paid the money over to Solomon..
Thomas Henry said, if so, he ought to
Lair called Solomon to prove it. At the same
tuie it could may go in mitigation, as it would not be an
::issuer to the charge. Any person taking any money, no
a-oter how much or how little, on account of a passage,
irls bound to give the contract note at the time, and it
waN no excuse to say that he took the money for some
utter person.
Tin. defendant said he did not intend to do any wrong.
-ir Thomas Henry said that did not matter. He bad
dour her ,a wrong, and the defendant, as a ship's
rtew.trd, must have known that it was illegal. He
have been aware that under the Passengers
Is every person on paying any money on account of a
was entitled to a contract note. His own solicitor
unable to contend against the facts, or to urge a
single point against conviction. It was, in fact, only a
.3..-emn how far he (Sir Thomas Henry) was justified in
t..totting the penalty. The full penalty was 501.,
and he did not think he would be justified
'tt et Oucing it lower than 101. The act
hint to give one-half of the penalty to the poor
...man. and of that power he should certainly avail him-

.. .
He hoped that would be a sufficient compensation
Tto dtrendant said he bad no means of paying the fine.
`.r Thomas Henry said if he did not he would be coin-
d to prison for one mouth.
MARLBOROUGH-MI.IMT.
•s UNEXPICTgIi VISITOR AT A SCHOOL OF AST.

• d N 1144, of No. 51, Cirencester-place, painter, was
at_: -I before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being found in the
.No. 72, Bolsover-street, the West London School of
suppowd for an unlawful pumas.
M. !teeth, of the West London School of Art, said
:Lit on the previous night, about 11 o'clock, while at
b..;per, he heord a noise in the modelling-room, and on
r.o.g down found that an easel on which was
. model bail been upset, and was lying on
floor, and the defendant was lying along-
!Ole of it apparently drunk. He roused the defendant,
:tl ....Iced him what brought him there, when he said he
!:.i toe know, and that he had lost himself. He told the
!••kod.iot that he had better get up, and the defendant
:;.• pii.l that he lived at No. 51 Cirencester-plaoe.
Thinking the defendant's story might be true, and that as
tscs drunk it would be the beat plan to see him home,
u.. a young man to assist him in taking him home.
Tory got nearly as far as L'irencester-place, when the
dr• slant abused him and challenged him to fight, and
t'e3 thinking that perhaps his story might.not be true, he
i..!' .3 a constable and gave him into custody.
defendant said that he had been out with a few
Wok too much to drink, and must have taken the
,• ialetii.M's house for his own by mistake.
31r. Tyrwhitt said the defendant bad repaid the corn-
mint very iB Indeed, and would have to pay a fine
4
'li. M. Heath said that the model, the work of some
;0,, was spoilt. Putting it at the lowest, the damage

Tyrwhitt ftwther ordered the defendant tom a fine
d.. And the Vi.. damage.

IIr.VISIT OF THE PRINCE or WALES TO IRE-
The preparations for the reception of the Prince
1..1 it is now confidently hoped—of the Princess of Wales
I veil vigorously commenced. The State apartments
.1. Castle are beim fitted up in the best style. The
• 1,-,toirtits usually occupied by the Lord-Lieutenant and
family, which open upon the Lower Castle-yard, are
!•• is• set npart for the royal party, and the private
”:.:vg.room will be decorated for a drawing-room.
IL ail titles the interest in the visit of the Prince has
1,•• considerably enhanced by the announcement that the
!•, cm is most likely to visit Dublin, and thM is
• .1411 y manifested in the anxiety to obtain tickets
•..t the grand ball which is to be given in the Exhibition
'••!“.. and for which a committee of arrangement has

••c forum', with the Lord Chancellor as chairman.
A • al. of 2,000 f. has, we believe, been allocated by the
r.l of Works for the purpose of • out the pre-
.r.,tioi.s in St. l'atrick's Cathedra —Du in Evening
TIM NEW CLERICAL PEER. —The Belfast News
". •• says :—" The recent elevation to the peenure of the
V. William O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, the repreeen-
.......i‘e of the old princely family whose name he bean,
net wi.h the warmest approval from the inhabitants
':lnter. At the death of the late j.ortl O'Neill—
.

• i.eLleman who was universally esteemed and endeared
his countrymen by numerous acts of WRNS-
..-cee-- the title bond by this house, so tionspiou-
oi. in Irish history, became extinct. When the pre-
t..t.t nobleman—a desoendant of a collateral branch of the
!..roily of O'Neill—entered into poisonous of the eaten-
.ire estates his claims to be raised to a rank befitting his
iwrition as representative of the family were generally re.
"%deed. The tweet action of her Majesty's &deism in
.eatoring the baron • has given universal satisfaction. The
:errantry upon his lordship's estates appreciate his indul-
gent and generous churs4is as a landlord, and regard the
distinction which has Seen conferred upon him an a mark
of royal favour in which they can share to a great extent."
Vie understand (aura the Surrey Standdtd) that
:he annual meeting of the Sussex Arclunologioal Society,
Low in the twenty-second year of its existence, will take
,dace in the month of August, in the Tunbridge Wells dis-
tiiet, though the exact locality his not yet been deter-
. :nod on. It is gratifying io report that a considerable
..oceraion of new members aim' sew contributors to the
" °Section. " lies taken place, while many of the county
stry base liberally contributed towards the illustration
Vol. XX., now at press. Though so large a number of
ntlemen are lending their aid to the society's snoods,
.t tray not be deemed invidious to openly the individual
slorts of one, who has, first and lad, introduced about
members to the society's roll, Mr. J. M. Richardson,
f Tunbridge Wells. At the quarterly meeting of the
r.,mmittee, held at the Barbican, Lewes, on Thursday,
,th inst., under the presidency of the Rev. Edward
-.lntl-. Mr. Richardson proposed and scoured the deo.
t... 0 of thirteen adherents to the good cause of Sumer
Ali.h.• elegy.
l'aNit• IN a THEATRE.—On Sunday afternoon
:i.e Ler. R. Stanton, an independent minister, delivered
of a course of lectures to the working glasses in
:re Sheffield Theatre Royal The subject was the Ted-
-olden tragedy, and very nearly terminated tragically
" a great number of persona The place was
.Arded to excess. Just before 4 o'clock a ay
'.! Fire was raised, and a scene of the -wildest
ensued. Doors were burst open in all
directions, women and men screamed and &boated,
.t 1 the dense mass began to straggle fierce! y to
Two women precipitated themselves cut of the
into the pit, falling on to the heads of those below
Women and men scrambled out of the pit on to the
4re,imashing the chairs and musiootands in the orchestra
,nd the foot-lights on their way. Others broke through a
!wylight at the back of the stage, and dropped from thanes
•L'o the yard. Others found their way underneath the
`tags, and, pushing their arms through the grating into the
Street, besought those outside to smash the grating and
let them out, as the place was on fire. There wan no Ices
ct life. The alarm of Ire was groundless.
EITUAVADINARY FECUNDITY. Last week a
tc..thclown ewe on the fern of Yr. John Page, of .
"epner, produced five lambs at a birth—four alive, and
ilad.—Sassez Advertiotr.