The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

MANSION HOUSE.

Robert dreltar,, an old fellow, who was stated to be rather
in the "dotting" line, was brought before the Lord Mayer,
upon the charge of having hawked without a license.
A policeman mid—l saw the defendant in conversation
with • gentleman In the street, and offering for sale some
come nate. which I suspected were not just the right
thing. The moment be saw me he was evidently
roefueed, and he walked away, but I stopped him,
and Nailing that the gentlemen had purchased a cocoa nut
of him, I spoke to the gentlemen on the subject and asked
whet sort of en article he had bought end what he had
given for it. The gentleman said he had given 6d. for the
nut, belierlng that it had substantial contents, but upon
turning It round he found that there woe a hole in it stuffed
with • pi oe of cork, and that some dirty wen Mined from
it. (Laughter.)
The gentleman who had become the purchaaer said the
defendant bad offered the nut for sale aa a valuable fruit, end
that it proved to be what the officer had doe riled.
The defendant raid he really had been taken in Limed( by
• man who wee selling cocoa-nuts, to whom be paid four.
peace apiece for what he had bought, In the expectation of
making • trifle by the traffic. He wished very much that be
could catch the know who had cheated him, and if ever be
laid bands upon so dishonest a rascal he would make en ea-
rwig of lin. (Laughter.)
Tie Lewd Mayor—The gentleman must have big mosey,
end the polite must watch the movements of the deiantimat ;
but a license is not necessary for a hawker of fruit.
Ilia nut-shells which wary found in the possession of the
defendant, end which were fil'od with the mane soot of
filthy liquor already exhibited, were ordered to be cracked,
end thedefendant was defied to take up a sew trade.
Hear), Davis, who appeared to be about 12 years old, was
charged with bating stolen a beef skirt froze
Iwadaehen-
market.

The foreman to the complainant mid—This boy is
&limp about the market with other young thieves, and
the fart Is, your lordship, that a butcher ought to have eyes
all over Lis body to protect b'm from their clever tricks. (A.
laugh.) One of them get. a el:ck •ith • crook to it, and
poke. out • joint, while another catches It, and away it gore
out of eight, like a pea from a conjorMe cup, and away they
all go after it. (Laughter.)
Howson (the coargetile of the market) raid—l have eased
this bi several times for attempting to thieve in the market
with Wow; hut nothing can keep him minty. He has been
in piens semral
The primmer wan sentenced to impingement la Holloway
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A Moat, Iseemelrelressedl women, who at first declined to
pine het Ems ar oedema, but auheeqnsutly called herself
Ana IMeens, me placed at the tar before Mr. Henry rimmed
with dealing • lady's purls, in an omnibus.
The pmecatrix, Mrs. Speekley. a bidy residing in Alders-
gate.strear, deposed that she got into an omnibus at the
corner of Farringdon.street, on W.doceday afternoon, and
was proceeding along Olfordoitreet, near Bloornabury, when
she felt a tug at her packet. At the same time the prisoner
I left the omnibus. Proeecutrix felt in her pocket, and,
M .. g her pane told the conductor that eke suspected the rady
who had just got out had robbed her. The conductor,
accompanied by witness, followed the prisoner, met raid:—
" This lady accuses you of stealing her puree." The prisoner
replied, " She fa mistaken," and affected Poole indignation at
each en unfounded charge bring referred againet her. She
was naked to return to the ninnibus, and consented to do on
saying, " The lady must have dropped ber pun* order the
mt." The prisoner hurried bark to the vehicle, and got in
!Jest, when one of the inside puentgere raw her with the
parse in her hand, apparently about to drop it at the spot
where the prorecurriv had been sitting.
Mr. Alexander ki Wgi I livray, of Prince's.street, Cavendish-
innate. elepoed that when the (winner and prosecutris had
both left the omnibus, the remaining poasengera looked about
to see if anything of the kind had been dropped. Nothing
wee found, but directly the prisoner returned, witness, who
leeched her movements cloardy, distinctly SAw her dropping
the purse under the mat stein prosecutrtn had been sitting.
Witco. exelaimed, "There it is, in her bend." She was
then given into custody. She refuted to give any name or
address at the station, and told the prosecutris that she was
the mother of six young children. If this was so, the
proaeratris aid she won:d rather not prose the charge.
Mr. Henry—Surely she has been here before on a pre-
cisely 'hailer charge. reenibect her face very well I
Mr. Wank ohid Weer—Yee, your worship; and she told
exactly the same story about her all young children.
Prisoner declared she had not been In cuetudy before; but,
although abs wee as hinonent sa a lamb, she would rather
plead guilty end have the ease disposed of at once.
Mr. Henry—Ne, I shall and the case to the market.

Prisoner—Then I II ithdraw the plat of guilty, for 1 aut
innocent.
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Hr. Hurry—You cen do that if you like. It will not be
recorded ainst
ag you.
Bter was then remanded fur farther evidence.
WORBRIP-STREET.
A NOVEL PLAN TOR 00 8888 V.

Sarah Smith, deseribcd as a taitorees, was charged before
Mr. liannuill with the following scandalous act:
Two ladies, mother and dsughter, name,' l'iessent, residing
at Mile-end, stated that while passing 001 mm-street, White-
s:lmpel, last evening, the prisoner suddenly advanced in
trout of them and rubbed her right hand over
the younger lady'e face, then started off, a mob
gathered round and they had extreme difficulty in emerging
front it, even with the moistener, of the police, who fortu-
nately were near the spot. Miss Plement's appearance was
the occasion of ridicule and mares cats, for her features
were covered with a red powder used in the preparation of
paint, and the front part of her dress also wasimarkad with It.
The prime., prorated that rho was not the parson who
ocannitted this thigrant offence, though she admitted having
witheseed it, but both ladies most positively swore to the
Idenlt further appeared that this novel mode of assault we.,
in all probability, practised fur the purpose of attracting a
crowd to the spot, where the numerous thieves infesting
Whiteehapel would find many victims to their cot:witty.
Mrs. Neuman said that neither herself nor daughter were
robbed, but the officer Creuy, 221 H, was quickly by their
aide. . . .

Kr. Hammill ordered the prisoner to pays One of 205., or
suffer twenty-one days' imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection.

WANDSWORTH.
lARTICI EAR 1111EV6S.

John Lock and James BicLug, two well-known con-
victed thieves, were placed in the dock Odor° /dr. Daymen,
charged on ropicion of being concerned in the following
robberies: . _ .

Maly Young, a married woman, residing at No. 4 Park-
terrace, Cavendish-road, Clapham', stated that on klondsy
night she left a quantity of clothes hanging upon the Fuse in
the garden to dry. About 12 o'clock they were awoke by
themes of "Hop thief " from their next door neighbour.
Her husband jumped out of bed and opened the window,
but meing nothing suspicious he returned to bed. However
the next morweg she discovered the whole of her things
had been itolen.

The gardener to Joshua Field, Erq,, of Ballimm, In the
same neighbourhood, stated that, on Tuesday morning, he
found that Ida master's garden had been entered in the night I
and the thieved had been 'rely particular in what they carried
away. They had got op a tree in • neighbour's garden end
ditnbed over • wall fourteen feet high, and got into the
garden by descending a nectarine tree, which lima now broken
all to pieces. They had been all about the garden, u.iao
ptba:
trees, and oollected some of the beat apples and pears.
that wets not ripe they had throw non one side. They bad
also entered the grape home, but finding that the grape won
rather green they had left them. They deo took away •
large gate bell which was hung in • cage and they had bro-
ken that to pierce to take the bell.
One of the onatable • arked for • remand se he believed be
could prove • came of burglary against the prisoners in the
same ntofhliourhood on the aim night.
The prrooners were then remanded Sur other evidence.

On Saturday afternoon, Sir Charles Wood, first
Lord of the Admiralty, arrived is Hull, sad immediately
after vent on board the Sir Cella Casophen, on a visit of in-
sists-aim to Spam. Sir Charles, war 'official costume,
mud appeared in excellent health ; OD Ittittiog Hull the tight
hoe. borooet repaired to his private radiance, Ilickleton
Hall, near Doncaster.

From a parliamentary return issued this morning
it appears that the number of young men rant from dna
country with appotntmt nta to the Covenanted &Trice of
ladle. between let January, 1847, end let January, 1838,
wee 320. _ _

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It appears, from a parliamentary return issued
this mornWg, that there are 469,868 registered voter for
result:lw in England, 38,120 in Walt', end 50,493 in Scot-
land : making a total of 666,391. In ludiag the uniseraitke
the total number of registered borough voter. in England to
426,377, in Wales, 12,669, and in & °Baud, 60,069: making
a total of 489,119. The total number of registered voters in
Great Britain, therefore, is 1,015,.M. According to the
erns= of l&il the total population of Great Britain waa
21,000,000. There we 98,497 county elector, In England
and Wales registered for property situated within the Hotta
of bocoughs.

SIR JOHN BOWRINO AND THE LORCTIA ARROW.
—This monies wee bawd. in the form of a return to Par-
kland's, a letter from Sir John Dowries, :dated Hong Kong,
Ma S, in which ho reviles to the technical argument•
which were admiced 'gluon lie proceedings, during the
debates in parliament, upon the Chimed question, before the
absolution. He concludes hie latter la the following term,:
I repeat, thee, that whether the Arrow was enti-
tled to protection or not, the Chinese had no juridic-
tics ; and their proceedings were unwsrrantable, and
to be resented. The expiry of the licemre did not make
the Mucha a Chinese refuel, and Bare the Chinese no right
to interfere. except through the CUOMO. She could only be
a foreign cowl in their eyes. The paper*, whether in order
or not, were depoaited at the consubite, end if they had acted
la accordance with the conditione of treaty, and had put
therdelvc in communication with the consul, there would

have been no milli ion. The payers minted were, I contend,
of undouLted validity against any but British authority—the
authority which alone granted, and whieh alone was entitled
to withdraw, protection. If, them, the fart of the expiry of
the lirenm, of the right of the keeha to its renewal. did In
no reepert concern the Mame, hat the British alone, my
imbue wee a necessity—at all events as far as placing the
question in the hands of the naval authorities when I could
obtain no redress."_ _ _

WHOLE/ALE FRAUDS UPON WOOLLEN MANU-
PACTERIES a YORISIIIIII.—At the LIS& Coact UMW,
7esterday, a roma of respectable agpearaset, named Ben-
•tem Itinscliff, who was described as a cloth-dresser, from
Puri.ey, was charged with obtaining woollen goode from
r.rions manufacturers is ths RWbtat, order false pretences.

Mr. Fern., for the premonition, 'etated that the; prisoner
had. within the last mouth, obtained goods from various
email clothiers to the extent of Dearly 2,0001. At present
he only proposed to go into one CAM rut iciently to justify
a remand. The prisoner obtained, a few weeks ago,
woollen clothe Invoiced at IUI. from Mr. Eyre, manufac-
turer, Enleahill, near Bradford, under the following repre-
sentations .—lie first made himself scquointed with the
quality and pattern of Mr. Eyre's goods,as they were exhi-
bited in the White Cloth hall, and he then waited upon the
tor, slated that Marrs. Atkinson,
I Brush and Co.
rllrs:rcesaors to Mesons Henry in Leeds), ns wen want of
• few ends of that partifular clam of goods, end offered
to conduct the bargain with that firm on Mr. Eyre's
'taunt, if that gentleman would allow him to do so.
Mr. Eyre consented, let Hinscliff hare the good.; and
ticketed them at 6s. Td. per yard. _ Not hearing any-
thing of the prisoner for several days after this transaction,
Mr. Eyre came over to Leeds, and waited upon Meson.
Atkinson, Brush. and Co. to sarertain If the ends of
cloth were In their hands. lie found that that firm had
ontral of his pieces in their pomearion, which they bad
plarcbsetd tram the prisoner at 'M. 9d. per yard, or 10d per
yard below the hall quotations and that Hitnoliff had re-
wrested himself as lir. Eyrs's partner. The prosecuti
Mr. Fern. continued, was not quite prepared, oeveral
sew cases having come to his knowledge that day, and be
mat, therefore, ask for • remand. Them was another case,
believer. which he might mention—that of • small clothier,
named William C(4411. slimof Todsey, who had parted
with goods worth 1061. to the primmer, under Mealier frau-
dulrnt representations. This loos, Mr. Ferns added, would
nearly ruin this :pear but industrious man.—Mr. E)re,
manufacturer Eccleohill, gave evidence bearing out the
statement of Mr. Fenn. Mr. row next put in • paper
toted wpm the se leaner, being a memorandum, dated Aug.,
1W
_le the art that they, ismer had sold thirty-two ends
et soak. et the reduced price of be. 9d. to Messrs. Hint and
Ikea% liedderM•ld, fur which cash was to be paid in a
newit.—The pen...tier was then remanded to Saturday.—
AfeweAmtrr Guardian.

DARING S.l( ItILEGE.—The Bristol bench of ma-
giairstea were occupied for some time on Monday morning
in examining two men, named William Williams and John
Hood (the latter a negro), who were charged with a men-
lege, amompuniori by peculiar circumstances of daring atro-
city, at the parish church of St. John the Evangelist, Dard-
ham Down. The poor-box was opened and plundered, and
till the gown', camorke, and surplices of the minister', and
masters and bachelor:: hoods, the communion linen and altar
cloths, rollening platen, &c., were removed from the places
where they were kept, and packed in sacks preparatory to
removal. The prisoner Willisme wee found masted under
rho seat of the churchwardens' pew. On his person were
some pi-iambi and ekeleton keys, and around his body •
curiously-cmndructod rope ladder. While the officers
were engaged in matching the hinde of the mend
some person was heard getting oat of the broken window, and
Hood was afterwards found, without soy shoes, secreted
among tome laurel trees. His shoes were found under the
window of the church. The thieves, while in the church,
had regaled themselves with two bottles and a half of the
sacramental wine, and having, like Lady Macbeth, made
themselves bold, they nit up the registers of marriages (hap-
pily not so badly but that all will be able to be rejoined), end
on the Leek of one of there wrote the following impudent
epietie This is two prigs that has break in hers; God
forgive them, but where is your money gone to. Shred by
two housebreaker.," The pollee hare reason to believe that
the prisoners end some companions were the perpetrators or
a recent extensive burglary at Redland. The magistrates
committed them for trial on both charges.--Both CAroniek.
The North British Mail reports that a boy,
about eleven years of age, son of Mr. Bowie, farmer, New
Coldoch, near Stirling, was aceidentedly killed on Saturday.
One of lbw men wee thrown; a pitchfork to another, when
the boy accidentally , the implement smock him,
entering about the n of the heart, and killed hint on
the spot.
SunnEN DEATH.—This morning, ea Mr. Evans
who ear vied on an extrados bueiness se a Dorn chandler in
Peckham, wee panting the Bricklayers' Arms Tarern, is
the Old Kent-road, he was observed to stagger and fall.
Several persona "mama to his eminence, and • surgeon
was sent for, but before one attended the vital spark was ex-
tinct. Mr. Evans has left a widow and family. Informa-
tion of the melancholy occurrence has been forwarded to Mr.
Carter, the wooer fur Surrey.