The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-17 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

TRAILS&
SINGULAR ARISAULT ON TRANIN ?GLICK CONSTARLIIR.
Jana Cleary, of No.l, Osindord-ooart, Hone
lighternian, aged 34, was brought before Mr. Paget charged
with violently insulting Robert Bruce, No. 104, and
Thomas Abbott, 101, of the Thames division of polies.
At few minutes peat 1 o'clock this morning the cony
plainauts, who were doing duty on the river in their
police (Cloy, saw a barge aground, and is a very
dangerous position on the Limehourt share. They rowed
toward • the barge, and went on board. They found
the prisoner in the cabin feet asleep and aroused him.
Cleary immediately attacked the eonstabies„ he kinked •
lantern out of Bruce's hand, threw him en the floor of the
cabin, and was about to jump upon him when Abbott
interforred and seised the prisoner. • violent straggle
took place and both officers were repeatedly streak. The
violence of the prisoner was 'drone and the constables
were obhged to handcuff him.
The defence of the prisoner was that the barge of which
he had the care was blown on shore by the high wind, and
that he did not know Broom and Abbott were Thames
police *Mears._

Hr. Paget did not believe the Thames polio, constables
were unknown to the prisoner. The only doubt he had is
this ease was whether he ought not to contesit the
prisoner to the House of Convenes and to hard
labour without the option of paying a due. The
reason he did not do so was that he was
in charge of the barge, and his master had gives him a
good character. The Thames police were unrested with
the protection and ,rarity of the dealing property en
the river, and moat be protected. Ho esateneed the pri-
soner to pay a fine of We. to the Queen.
Mr. Chapman, of Tooleyntreet, the primer's employer,
immediately paid the penalty.

New Pssea.—lt is announced that the follow-
ing baronets were recommended by Loed Derby far alma.
tion to the peerage, before the noble lard resigned :
air John Trollop., Sir J. Walsh, Sir Brook Bridges, and
Sir Maxwell Stirling.

Alan' AND NAVY EX PANDTITRI.—Aocording to
a return published this morning it appeais that the nip
required to be voted in order to defray the exams of the
naval expenditure beyond the ordinary Pants for the year
ended on the 31st Yank 1867, is 90,6191. 13e. 9d. ; and
the sum required to make good exeeemm et army expendi-
ture beyond the grants for the same year is 48,4791.
Ba. Bd.

The Duke of Northumberland has left Florence
for Rome.

This morning was published the draft of a bill
having for its object the extension of the law of bank.
ruptoy in Iceland to non-traders. The bill wan presented
by Lord SomerhUL

At Huddersfield yesterday, Mr. Sleigh attended
three meetings, the mod aoliesebb feature in his appear.
and being hie adinimka dot, deo& new an opposed of the
liberal perry, be in 1862 ocatented Lambeth as a radical.
In the eels* be attempted to sddrees a manilas in the
Huddersfield Theatre, and the gathering was one of the
most dieresis* mad Imlay paned reedinp ever held
there. Nam of the imeeksre were beard, sad a seethe
declaring dm Hr. Sleigh was a " fit and peeper' candi-
date, was negatived by a large majority. The nomination
will take place 10-morrow.

The Royal Agricultural Society have entertained
an invitation to bold their Mow next year in South Lanes•
shire or its neighbourhood. The Manebeder and Liver
pool Societyt with ale, of obtaining an eeeepteawe of the
invitetica, bays pared a liberal remintime. AI • meeting
held yesterday, the Nembeeter and Liverpool committee
determined, in me of the Royal Stately corning within
this diatriot, to abandon their show for 1869, to give 5001,
towards the expenses, and to aides is suit* the royal
chow a atom& The Royal Society is left to settle Um
pia., of maeffiefs. _

The first chareh-rata contest took place loot
week at Freshwater, Is the Isle of Wight. A poll we.
*akin, and Us peo-olusohmes party were suosessfuL
A manufaotory tet aelliknal foal is about to bi
selsblished ma the haus et Hooding liarbsar, la the I.
ad Wight.
Four thousand tow 01 ainthirs salt, for sasiccil-
tang purposes, pom mar Ms South Waster lines daisy
the yeer. pi. mime Ala lbw Isla et Wight, altbsegh •
small Woad sad surrounded by Um sea, 0011/I=o% as
mush Droltwiah salt as inland districts of the same Sas.
Balt derived from ssa water is considered superior for
agricultural purposes to rock salt.