The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

COURTEL-(T11113 DAY.)

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1„. • 4. dc•cribed as • wine merchant, wait
tt I. 41 Mayor on a warrant charging
. • ~ :4 TekeiTmg a number of stolen cheques.
. ,ttirt conducted the prosecution, and
•.: :411 for the defence.
rn, Mmes. Joseph Barber and Co.,
it., ut Lower Thames-street, and it
. 4. the 2.th September, Thomas Henry
, 1..1., 44 the prisoner, and who was
• .T..1..4111410 in the capacity of b00k-
,..; st Cu paid several cheques which he
, t.. 1 for. On the next day he absconded,
• .4. cu discovered that he had embezzled
it t4ri4ener was a clerk to the Foreign
Oxford-street, and he was seen by
. S.,w‘er. a ;:erk. to the prosecutor. lie then said that
• •• c• 1:441 ph uty of money, and that they need
,44 , t.• s,, loc, again. On making inquiries, it was
i!.s: three of the vtolen cheques had been paid into
1, benking account, and when he was appro.
~ O. 4:44 was a cheque-book found upon him, con-
; zt! .e ,•ounteri, it of a cheque for 104 in favour of
1.; ..r, dated ou the vary day he absconded.
•• t :-.4Lotier was remanded till next Friday.
(RTILDHALL.
•.:1 !NOVO ATIC-111,11tIrr AND litlt OCKITH-IrsTrasx
RAILWAY comrsirr.

in • e suramonses were beard to-day, by Sir W. A.
*,-nun the thivers of three of the vans of the Smith-
y e.• rr. hadway Company, for causing obstructions in
and Itillingsgate-market.
may- 1.. crornbie. of the London and South Wester;
s Company, defended the men.
1-.. ,a.-e was that against Ames Betts.
ur..: Iliseocka Ma, said that on the 21st Sember
...iv tt.- with a three horse van in Lower Thames.

t:‘ c minutes to 10 a.m. He remained there
. nr-.ll::tes loading the greater part of the time. He
.1* w tortirds London-budge, collecting from dif-
• - : to 12.5. i. He was collecting bows of herrings
. ei nuts.
W. A. Rose—He was at work loading the whole
lie Lad in all between 200 and 300 packages.
s: • :titi that be was prepared to prove that
MI d.lll not arrive at St. Dunstan's-hill till half-past
%Len he was occupied 35 minutes in loading3oo
,•: and fromthere he drew into the market,
into Thames-street, loading, as the officer had
„I. the whole time. During the two hours and a
st 1,..t was in and near the market he collected 343
in 2t con,ignments, and it was net an unreason-
ittre for such an amount of work, par-
:.., .1!!y as every yackage had to be checked
wrs.r !Irg to its consignment. The company felt that if
ti rr a ere to be subjected to a continuation of summonses
I to the present it would be a serious question for the
r. ;way c..misinies and the large carriers to consider
vI:-ther they would come to the market at all.
r W. A. Rose said it did not appear to him that
t'-ere had been any unnecessary delay in this case, for
tle =au was at work loading the whole time, and 113 soon
as be had finished he went away. That was
say different to some cases he had bad before
1:m where a portion of the time had been spent in doing
L. thing. He considered the defendant was not to blame,
aid he should therefore dismiss the summons.

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Two other summonses for alleged offences of Ulu eamo
kind were also thsunssaL
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A LOW INJr2ED =Boron TrRIOr

//eery Fow/f. a coachman in the employ of Yr. Ben-
rett, a job-matter. of Seymour-place, Portman-square,
um charged before 31r. Tyrwhitt, with being drunk and
;arable of taking care of hie horse and brougham in
1. _eat-street.

l'ohce—constab:e John Staines. 123 C, maid that about
..'.ree o'clock yetteolay afternoon be was in Regent-street.
0.,n Le saw thr prisoner. who was driving a horse and
I...augham, turn very' sharp out of Regent-street into
l'Addox-street. vim at a furious rate. and a lady who
1..3 crossing the street was knocked down, and both
wheels went over her lowly. On speaking to the primer
1.. found that Le was drunk, and took him to the station.
e-constable James Spencer, 131 C, said that he took
Cs !.,,ly to the Slaldlesez Hospital, where she wss
exar.a,ed, and it was found that one of her ribs was
token. and that she had received other injuries. The
•:y was subsequeutly removed to her home. and on his
-Le n‘table's' calling there that morning, he found
t.st the was oblige,: to keep her bed, and could not attend
we court.

Me primmer stated that he had driven for his master
two years, and. tt was the first time he had met with
IL accident.

Mr. Tyrw hitt remanded the prisoner for a week.

WLUS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Admiral Sir John Burnet Dundee,
Rani, late of Queensberry-villa, Richmond, and Llane
: Carmarthen. proved in London, 'der 50,0001.

rsenalty, by Lady fiundas, his relict, the sole execu-
i:ls, to whom be has left the whole of his property, real
v d personal The gallant Admiral had served with dis-
t netion in the Mediterranean and the West Indies, and
at the age of 74 without issue. The will of Thomas
• eor,re Corbett. Esq. formerly M.P., Deputy-Lieu-
: nu.: for Leieeeterkiire, late of Eltham, near
I -el:. Lincolnshire, and Over, Cheshire. was proved
Li.ndon on the bth ult., under 100,0001. personalty,
the surviving executor, Bartle John Laurie
1 -ere. Esq. The trustees appointed are the Bight
Arthur Earl of Essex, and William Hutton,
I - of Gate Burton, Gainsborough. The testator
rye l Mary Noel, youngest daughter of William,
• hth Duke of St. Albans, and died July blast, aged 72.
-.. 1. will is dated July. 1861. and two codicil 1864-6. The
are directed to retain and pay to his daughter
a: i I.:y child, Eleanor Blanche Mary, wife of Ci:otri
Lr. AAley (eldest son of Sir P. D. Motley, Bart.),
f7'.1:1 the rents of his estates in Lineolashire, an annuity
tilisg. for her life. and after her decease to cm-
t.nue the said annuity to her husband, Colonel A,tley.
lie leaves to the children of his daughter, after her
,Asee, other than the eldest eon, 1,0001. amongst them.
Be leaves to each sen and daughter of the late William
Andrew 4041./. free of duty; to his sitter, Ann Maria Cor-
lett, a year; to his brother, William Corbett, 701. a
year, to (*di ot h/.5 executors 1001. ; to his bailiff, Mr.
exid, 4.W. a year. All surplus rents and income to soca-
r.-..lste for twenty-one years, after which period his
t.si.ghter's annuity is to be increased to B,OOW. The re-
‘ine uf Lis real and personal estate to be invested for the
l•nett of his daughter and her issue. The will of Richard
1 et. M. P., yellow of the Royal Geographical Society,
Ie• •.f head Ball, near Whalley, Lancashire, was proved
under 160,0001. by the joint acting executors,
YOr ••••t Fort, his relict ;E. E. Kay, Esq., G.C. : id Jsmee
1.. to, Leeq. The testator war deputy-lieuienant for
I ELL and high sheriff for the county in 18.54, and
c.td .1 2 last. aged 66. To each of his executors he
I ar• • .egacy of Ad.. free of duty ; to his wife an an-
. .: 2.0001.. and a legacy of 1,0001., and leaves her all
:•.a..ture and household effects, together with his resi-
: • The will of Sir James South, P.R.S. astronomer,
ily president of the Royal Astronomical Society, was
::. the London Court under 4,0001. personalty. The
• : I.f:r.gham Wilson. bookseller and publisher, was
i.nder 4,0001. ; and the will of Henry Groom-
•.puhlither, under 4,0001. Illustrated London

71. AGRICULTURAL HALL.—At the Middlesex
'••• 7,, this day, the magistrates refused to grant a
...•: license for the Agricultural Flail at Islington.
'7.. It ("Award opposcid the license on the ground that
places of this, kind corrupted the morale of the
who frequented them.
WESTMIIibTLE PIER.—The new pier in eon-
,aloti with the Thames-embankment was opened
Hitherto the Woolwieh and Watermen's boats
of worked high or up the river than Hungerford ; they
~w ply from the new pier at Westminster every half

NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—QUite a public re-
..., : was held at Snainton on Tuesday evening, in order
Irate the defeat of theintended sale of cattle at
Nan.' r. --eized under the provisions of the new Highway
A huge bonfire was 'nada in a field, and hundreds
tTA ~;.1.: assembled. Straw effigies of oertain unpopular
c1..m...0:rb were burnt.
Dr.,.-111 OP • LITTLE GIRL IN A FAIR.—An in-
was held on Saturday last before W. D. Creches, Esq.,
;.; r. at the Crown Hotel, Fletton, on the body of a girl
Reed, who on the previous day
.died in the plea-
, ireno.di.sely.after leaving • swing boat in which
been swinging. It appears that the girl was 12
•,! am and was the daughter of William Reed, of
1., limn labourer. On Friday she accompanied her
• •,, tLt fair, and after having partaken with him of
.iuugtes she accompanied an older girl round the
•-:• both got into a boat. Immediately the
rc • set in motion the decewied called out," Oh,
; I ri.u.d die." She was looking 'at that time very
"1"; iv., Her companion called out to the man
„e.pelling the Louts by turning a handle, but the
nu, 'l*" r to hear her, and the brats went round
6•&"`I tin.. stt.r. When it, stopped deceased seemed
12" Oh, my head." She walked
bout 20 4;..1 fell down. A man then took her
r. his '"m's "L'l 'Jr, abr was procured, but she could
drink it, 41'° Ma, ni.rnikled on her face. She was
tbr in"'""w 41;, d 1.41 an hour after being taken
ll ; ;:r.'' two or three times, and tried
• h.. e:, afterwards taken to the tem-
"kr" Folic; ai..l Mr. l'earce, surgeon, was sent
er, who foes.,l L.., 4;1. It appears that deceased had
""""'"t" ,•r .11 M 1,1 lwrt, and from the evidence
whith w „ .
.n the presence of Yr. Pearce, that Na-',f 'I, 'Peed. that the CAW* of death was disease
nu".,'" , ""ut Oa:emetic fever, death heingsecele-
no- soden of the 'winging boat,. and the jury
;i•ir we. view returned • verdict aticortbngly.—Sterre.
lord af„,,,,y.
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