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

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TIIW EXPRESIt ViIiTESDAY BYENIN MARCH

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--.—THA'rrslll2, lisncm 2.
In COnsequenee of the difficulties end delays in
currying on the work of fitting the ireorded 'frigate
Hornla, 14, 1,200 horse-power, is Oh buteer, consequent
am therbole of the baud, employed es board, numbering
several hundreds, as well as the ;mannish marred for ass,
having to be conveyed from tt.m. dockyard to bats, U baa
been decided to eonstruet t bridge of boats her the
dockyard to the morel, b 7 tear of which the week of
preparing the Herenles for as will be very plait,
facilitated. It is into:Aka to form the proposed bridge
of the iron mortar •.,,y laid up et this dockyard since
the termination of the meanies war, the whole of which
are well adapted for Ike Navies. By direction of the
Admiralty that portion of Cram harbour between
the dockyard tad Neural, • has been closed, se enable
the bridge of 'boats to be conatrested.

ADDIIBJALTY, MARCH 2.—APPOISTMSNTB.—NaTi-
gating lieutenant Ettrick W. Creak, additional, to the
Fiserd ; Paymaster James H. S. Hooper, to the Urgont ;
Aseastant-Paymasters Amide' Smith to the Victory, as
'open:o2==u ; and Caleb F. A. Broadway to the
Duncan.

ARRIVAL 01 TIM SOMERBETSHIRZ FROM MEL-
BOVIIIa.-11AVO111711, MAWR 2.—Mean. Wigranes screw
steamer Somerset&lre, from Melbourne Doe. 5, passed up
the Channel off this port at noon to-day, with 20 cabin
passengers, and 100 steerage passengers, mails, and
10,000 ors. in gold. She landed the mails and five
passengers here to-night by a pilot boat.
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eippelatansaaggrrosta' ear a spoil elanali; to min In the
conneasalisaties et dm ins Imilasecle
an 'Merit mann the ekliainti 1.4 this eneeemerviase
ilea it was prepped I.Matt tie arisber swiss et quer
titan, ea to lien be oblened Na egmenimmet is wash, and
other question in rennin. MI aggelatmeat of his
brother to the like cake to .nether esumemy, also being
wound up. Them quediess the whams dinned to an-
swer, mad Mr. Cottrell asm sweat that be be ordered to
attend before the special easenser to answer them. Mr.
Southgate, Q.C., sad Mr. Sworsloa, Q. 0., opposed thin
His Leade• said he would tAn, the bearing of the
&in himself, and the emenianite at the vitamin

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Ifesca 2.
(Bakes Mr. Oomisiehoer Window.)
IN ILI PIM. AID CIA ON.
Sr Marks Pato d was for ewe years bikes
the baakruptry is partnership with Mr. Betts, and for
mean vela I aerial 11111 c joint badmen with Be*
and Crseepesa. Our OM ca with the Diadem, Chat
ham, tad Dover Railway was the Waders Extension,'
The mitres! produced, dated 11th August, 1858, is the
oantraet for the Western Rateasioa. We had to perform
the work at scheduled prioss to be paid in shares end
debeatiums, and not in aids. Having regard to that fast
the pries was a fair one. The Metropolitan Batta-
lion lot we poised is August, 1560. I alight have
vasiesally attended before the ooensaittee of the
ut el commove' - the WL I vas anxious that the

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MIDDLDSBI SESSIONS. '

AltisisOveirgi, 'bookbinder, neysebilbshiokiot losal• I
etallaa seek el rind era. sere tie.,
seeesoly el iharel law, sad wader . • .
lib ems a an hem bet seades.
s Nth XMAS debadeL
'De ere eareastar Idea ed Padding*
era Ida plemader wee seeks her thee and received b
the gabeeig whe had ell hie lib bees sa irnpn
ebetemeer.
Therrien's' was found Guilty, and sentenced is six
ummilhe' lispiesement.
Ake Welke., 23, • deaf and dumb was, was indicted
fat resift lbw shirts, • eat, sad ether articles, value
7i.,0110_,V4•144.2 a Airbus Modem
:es sr. Isaimi ehe to the Armistice for
Ai=se.• Dust sad Dumb, ibmpriesii the rider to
the
The priermsr, ea the 14th et Telarry. web into the
mesessese's shop in Hird.street, llseledcee, took up the
wilds, masa is the indielment„ and deliberately walked
a with WM. Mrs. Manton was in the shop et the time,
but before she emikl get round the counter the primmer
was Mr with the property. He wu, however, penned
and taken fists custody in Oxford-street, by Folisecon-
stable 214 D.

Tio;;;Tiound the prisoner Guilt,.
The Rev. Samuel Smith, in answer to the Assistant-
Judge, said be bed two or three times got employment for
the wfitm but he bonnie drunken and dissipated, and
er,
would Dot remain in his employment. He had two or
three times been taken before Hr: Knox, who acted mind-
fully towards him, and relieved him from the poet...box.
On one occasion witness got him a situation with • French
poliibar, and be could earn about 12s. a week, but be pro-
forma port of cadging life in the Haymarket, and had no
ides whatever of working when he had got any money.
He bad been in prima for fighting and drunkenness, and
at the present time was under reangniaances for sir months
from Bow-street for assaulting another deaf and dumb

man
The danlstant-Judp (to the interpreterj—Tell him that
we hear a very bad dierackr of him, and we ere now going
to sentence bias to a term of imprisonment, but if he comes
here sok we shall send him away to be a slave for seven
years. I now sentence him to imprisonment and hard
labour for six months.
This having been oommunkated to the prisoner,
The Interpreter—The prisoner wants to know, my lord,
if you add hard labour.
The Assistant-Judge—Yes.
The Interpreter—He wants to know if I am my you
gold hard labour.
The diaistant-Judge--Yea.
The Interpreter—He does not al all Mu the hard la-
bour. He says it makes the thing very heavy indeed.
(Laughter.)
he
T prisoner was then removed, looking very discon-
'elate.

3, .1868.

and nallh at the llsee ei the P division, charged
on reseed with bibs in posisenten of geld and silver i
watches, sad • Inge menet of property, the proceeds of
several robberies. Hr. D. P. Neale defended.
The whole of the proper taken from the home eses-
pied by the prisoners, No. 52, Duke-street, Watheinsts,
road, remains on view at the Carter-street Poliseifistles,
end hes hem visited by a large number of =5 the
"idles if hi6way robberies sad burglaries. the
=litho have been identified, and it is believed by the aid
ei the prim, as in the ems of the man Johnson, new suf-
fering peal servitude for wholesale nativieg of stolen
goods at his shop in the Mint, that the perpetrators of seve-
red daring robberies will be brought to justice. Amoept
the property still remaining and not identified may be men-
tioned the following: Four valuable lever initchattiregold
and two Sher. Of the former, one is marked " Barraud
and Load, No. 4896," the other "Robinson, Liverpool,
No. 4,328." The silver watches are numbered respectively
19,905 and 2,808. A large quantity of carded See Mul-
-1 ming, Map, and trimmtuseg for ladles' cape and bonnets,
the cards being stem with a ship in full sail, and
marked " 14;23 haw sof new white worsted, • leather
writing cases silver teaspoon with the letter "F" engraved
theressithree travelling rugs a black dress cost, instil
black velvet pants and patent leather boots, sup-1
to be a portion of a theatrical wardrobe, some pocket
kerchiefs,marked "J. Nessus " and a large with-
tity of ladies' and gentlemen's underclothing, he.
Serjeant Pound, to answer to the magistrate, said he was
prepared now to bring forward evidence of two cases of
robbeiy, in which property had been identified.
Helen Dubiety said she was • widow and resided at
Ifo. 8, Birehfietd-eottages East India-40d, Poplar. On
the Bth of January last she'had suasion to leave her hone'
and did not return until the 25th, when she found that the
sisehiar: been entered by thieves, and property amount-
= value to nearly 1201. =Medsince off. She had the
pciwere in =stay been to the Carter-street police-
station
and identified an opera cloak, a black silk velvet
mantle, • Chinese crape mantilla, and other 'Melee of the
value of about 201. Amongst the things missies were
blue, bleat, and green silk dresses ; black and sasses
satii; ditto, underclothing, table and bed linen, gold studs,
eornelian, silver, and pearl brooches, long gold chain,
Albert ditto, gold eye-glass, silver ditto, gold pin, diamond
ditto, silver badge of the " Order of Druids," soldier's
medal sad three clasps, °oral necklace silver snuff-box,
tr of silver buckles, gold locket, he. The majority of
stolen was contained in a lags cedar box.
Vi rilli"PaePhLois, of No. 9, Old Kent-road, said be had
seen • gold link Albert chain at the police-station. It was
his property and was worth et It was stolen from him on
the 19th tams About 6 o'clock in the evening of that
day be had just turned out from the gates of the South
Western Railway into the Waterloo-road, when a young
man same suddenly up, sad Issigidng in his face, said,
" Hew are you r at the same time patting him sharply on
the sliest with one hand, and with the other hand the pri-
me seised his watch chain, and broke it away from his
geld watch, and before he could stop him he made off at •
npea and disappeared down a side street.
st Pound said the chain wee found in the hones
occupied by the prisoners.
After hearing some further evidence, the witnesses were
bound over to prosecute but the magistrate ordered •
further remand, as ho believed by publicity other property
would be identified.
SOUTHWARK.