The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION•HOySE.,

Antirrel Conti. sn Italian, was brought before the Lord
Mayor yesterday, charged with stealing 61. lOs. and • gold
watch from a cash-box, and • pair of razors and • seven.
barrelled revolver, the property of Niooli Mani, his master.
It appeared from the evidence adduced that the prose-
cutor keeps =I hotel in Ratcliff -highway, and the prisoner
had lived with him for a fortnight as servant in the kitchen.
On Saturday morning last the prisoner was missed, and on
his room being entered Mr. Magee cash-box was found on
the table broken open, and 61. and some silver and a gold
watch which were in it were gone. The box bad been taken
from a drawer in the parlour, where the prosecutor
placed it on the previous night, but forgot to lock '
the drawer. A pistol and a pair of razors which
were also in the drawer were missing. On the
Monday following. Mr. Maui received a letter from the
prisoner, written in Italian, in which he stated that he wee
tired of being treated like a slave, so he had run away,
taking with him I/. Is., which he considered was his, and if
the prosecutor's life were dear to him, to send him 5/. by
the cook, to whom he had written • letter enclosing his
address, and if it were not sent speedily he would shoot
him with the pistol which he had taken from him. He did
not care if he were taken by the police, as he had already
served 93 years imprisonment ; and if even be were to be
sentenced to death, he would have the satisfaction of having
seat one infamous man out of this world.
The letter was shown to two parties by the prisoner, and
he read it to them, and told them he was going to send it to
the prosecutor, and that he had left him bocause he was
such a bad man that be could not live with him any longer.
11 The prisoner, who could not understand English, after
having the evidence interpreted to him, was asked what he
had to say, and replied that the whole evidence was one
tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end.
The prisoner was remanded.

ler, len Brou-ne, a middle-aged woman, was charged before
Mr. D'Eyncourt with having beaten her little girl with a
poker and clothes brush, and otherwise Uniting her.
The complainant, a very diminutive, sickly-looking
stated to be 11 years old, but apparently not half that age,
having been sworn, said she lived with her father and
mother at Hat and Mitre•court, St. Sepulchre's. Her
mother bad been in tho habit of getting drunk and
beating her.
Mr. D'Eyncourt —Does yanr father sanction this proceed-
ing of yours against your mother
The Father—Yes, I do, sir.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—W hat are you ?
Father—l am engaged in the General Post-office.
Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the child)—Now state what you have
to say.
Child—My father told me to mind the clothes and not let
mother take them away and pawn them when she was drunk
and she beat me yesterday and two days before because I
would not let her take away a shirt. She beat me on the
head and beat my had against the wall. She beat me
with a brush on the bead and with a poker across the back.
lam bruised on the beck and head. I cannot comb my hair
for the pain.
Campbell (one of the officers) examined the child's head
and back, and said he could not find any lumps on the head,
but there were two bruises on the shoulders about the size
of • sixpence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, addressing the father, said that no doubt
his wife was a drunken woman, but it was a monstrous thing
for a father to do to place a little child like that before
them as constable over the mother, to prevent her taking
the things away. It wee unkind and unjust of the father,
because the child did sot know who to obey, and the result
was that the poor little thing came in for the beating. The
father himself ought to be punished. The father should
take proper measures himself.
Prisoner said she slapped the child when she gave short
answers, and tried to take the clothes away from her.
Mr. D'Eyncourt fined the defendant ss. for being drunk.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A young woman neatly dressed, who gave her name Emma
Groom, and said she was a servant out of a situation, was
charged with the following attempt to destroy herself.
Bentley, 155, said he saw the defendant sitting on a door-
step in Down-street, Piccadilly, at two o'clock in the morn-
ing, apparently asleep. Ile tried to wake her up, but found
great difficulty in doing so. The phial produced dropped
from her dress, marked "laudanum, poison." Upon this
discovery he lost no time in conveying her to the hospital,
where the house-surgeon immediately attended to her, and
used the stomach-primp. By his direction he left her there,
and called for her that morning. On coming to herself she
gave her address, Ground-street, Bryanstou-Nuare, and said
she had taken the laudanum because she had been wrong-
fully accused of improper conduct ; that she had lived last
in service in Mount-street, and produced letters which she
said she had written to show the act was her own, and that
no other person had poisoned her.
Defendant—l am very sorry, but glad the officer Cllll2O
and found me before it was too late. _ _ _

Mr. Yardley observed he was much pleased to hear her
say that, and hoped her contrition was sincere. He would,
for her owo sake, remand her, in order that she might be
under the care of the excellent prison chaplain, who would
seriously advise and talk with her ; and that be might the
better meei the cam, he should enclose him, with the note
he sent, the kitten she had given up, but which no ono else
should see. . .

The defendant (sobbing) said her character was DOW quite
gone.
Mr. Yardley said be hoped she would find it otherwise.
Remanded fora week.

Alerander Elliott, a tall young man, late hand-master of
the 7th Essex Rifles, was brought before Mr. Woolrycb,
charged with obtaining a cornet, six flutes, and other in-
struments, by means of a false and fraudulent pretence, of
Mr. T. R. Willis, musical instrument maker, of 29, Minories.
Mr. Woolrych asked the prisoner why he gars the name
of William M`Farlane last night.
The prisoner—That is the name of my second father.
Mr. Willis, Jun., the prosecutor. said that the prisoner
I was recommended by him to the 7th Essex Rifles as band-
' muter in May last. and he sent him down to Rochford,
where he was engaged as band corporal by Mr. Blanks on
behalf of the regiment. The prisoner called upon him
several times after be was appointed upon business. On
the 29th of July the prisoner called upon him and said he
wanted a cornet, six flutes, and another instrument for the
band of the 7tb Essex Rifles. He laboured under the im-
pression that the priaioner was still °Meriting as bandmaster,
and delivered the instruments to him. He afterward* ascer-
tained that the prisoner had been discharged from the regi-
ment three days before he called upon him, and that he was
not authorised by Mr. Blanks or any other person to obtain
the instruments... . . .

Evidence was then given that the prisoner had pawned
the instruments, and had sold theduplicates relating to them
to Mr. Smith. a publican, in the Broadway, Westminster.
Remanded for a week.

MARKETS.

TALLOW.—TaueeDAY Evnixo.—The market wee flat
to-day. At the aces the annexed prices were current :
Spot, 45e. to 44e. 9d. ; September, 45e. ; October to Decem-
ber, 455. "seller;" separate months, 455. • January to
March, 45e. 6d. to 455. 9d. Deliveries to last evening,
1,942 tusks ; arrivabi, 1,353 casks.

corroN.—LwEarooL, Ames? 16.—A little better
feeling has been shown in our market today. Prices an-
chao;cil. The sales are 10,000 bales—including 7730
American, 60. to 9ld. ; 2,000 Surat, 51d. to 71d. ;
200 Egyptian, 91d. to I,od. ; 10 Bahia, 8 d. ; and 60 Masan.
ham, agil.—of which 2,000 are for speculation and export.
The week's import is 2,957 bales.

WOOL AND WORSTED. —BEADIMED, Atouer 15.
There have been more inquiries this morning for wool, but
few buyers. There is a dull business at about the currency
of lastweek ; if anything, the buyer has the advantage.
Staplers are willing to quit at old prices, and would not in
most cases hesitate to allow a trifle to secure a large transac-
tion. Very strangely, wool in the country will generally
secure higher rates than can be obtained in this market.
There is little change in either yarns or pieces. There is a
fair demand for both, chiefly for borne wants. There is
also considerable business doing for Germany, especially in
some descriptions of yarns. The American houses are still
inactive.

CORN.—BIBMINGHAW, AUGUST 15.—At this day's mar-
ket there was a moderate supply of English wheat; holders
generally asked last week's prices for old, and very high
rates for the few samples of new, but the sales made were
at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. on good qualities, and
inferior kinds were almost unsaleable. Barley unchanged
In price. Oats about the same. Beans very few offering.
DErffis, AUGUST 15.—Harvest operations being now
generally commenced. and the farmers being busily occu-
pied at home, there was but a small attendance at our
market to-day. Old wheat was in fair supply, but, there
being but little disposition to buy, the trade was dull,
and what sales were effected were at a decline of Is. and
in some instances 2s. per qr. flare was no new barley
shown. Whoa, beet, 48.. to 555. ; middling, 35e. to 48e. ;
inferior, 30s. to 365. Barley, 30s to 425. Oat., Zia. to
335. Beans, 46e. to 50e. Peas, 43. to 465. per qr. flour,
fine, 41e. to 46.. per sack ; seconds, 375. to
MANCHESTER, AUGUST 15.—Our market this morning was
slenderly attended, and only a limited amount of business
was passing. English wheat being mostly of inferior quality
wen almost unsaleable, though offered at la. to 3 per qr.
lees money, and foreign mast be quoted 2d. per 70th.. lower.
Flour sold slowly, and all bat erten sorts of foreign were is
favour of buyer.. Oats and oatmeal were without mate-
rial change. Beans IMO GM, and Indian corn 6d. to IL
per qr. cheaper.

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