The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-26 00:00:00

A AILWAY.

A well-drained man, who gave the name of Det.a
charged before Mr. Cooke with attempting to
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...id a watch and chain from the person of David.Gili;on,
..rhecker in the employ of the Great Western Railway
•mpany, at the Farringdon-road station of the Metro-
..aan Railway Company.
Mr. ktekettn, whetter' defended.
Ihr complainant said that between 10 and 11 at night
a, at the Farringdon-road station, and when going
Mt, a train the prisoner went up to him and
•1,1. him on one aide, saying it waa not his
...3 ~,,t.b.es) turn to go. lie persisted in getting
.30.1 the prisoner railed some person from bvhin
•..' qiid he would give him (prosecutor) into custody.
Fri-dier tried to impede his progress; but he pushed
tu. and thnu a t .ah came to his side, and he felt his watch

I”- He did not see anyone take hold of
t watch and chain. He secured his watch and chain,
: and the prisoner made off. The porter
• 1.11) that the prisoner had gone into the next car-
a2,, rind at the next station he (prosecutor) was called
• L'ify him. lie did so, and gave him into custody.
hit Newton, a carman on the Great Western Railway,
. . ssinuel Wilkinson, a passenger, deposed to having
- • the watch chain in the hand of the prisoner, who was
t,, break it off.

At t Ricketts, for the defence, called the attention of the
t t.. the diwreponcies in the evidence. He said his
ttt wt+ a man with a good character, and contending
•.. t jury would convict, asked the magistrate to dui' -
L a: the case.

AIL Coo itremanded the case for further inquiry, but
• .•::trd to take bail, two suretice in the sum o/ 40.*.
nd tho prisoner himself in 801.
1 tic prisoner W5B removed in custody.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

liAtcY OP OBTAINIIIO XOXET BY FALSE ram
&dims a gentlemanly-looking man,
• - rile. d as an author of No. 80, Kennington-rood, was
' ught before lb. Tirwhitt, on a warrant by Batches, a
; 4e. cluthe3 officer of the C division, charged with oh-
*. ,t.ing the sem of 151. by false pretonees from the Lord
A ,yor while Alderman Allen.
\Tth.,N. Pritchard and Collette prosecuted. The prisoner
$., but defended.
t,,,lnrge against the prisoner was that he combed a
• k yUP at Alderman Allen's on the 22nd January, 1888,
at time his moonlit was dosed.

:11,e I:ii;secuThing selieito7l:iTh; wee tumble to go on
s ,th ilk Lord Mayor's case in consequence of his being
t u, town, but he was prepared with another case.
Mr. Reece, of the Medical Hall, Piccadilly said that,
*hit,. the prisoner was lecturing at Chang's Exhibition,
zyptian.hall, in January, 1866, he (prisoner) brought him
heque on the London and County Bank, and believing
• had an account at the bank he cashed it for him. Sub-
- quently, however, the cheque was returned to him
i -irked ./ No acernuit."
The prisoner said be should be able to show that he had
s account at the bank at the time.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for
seek.
The primmer asked that bail might be taken.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he should certainly refuse
' I, as he believed there were other charger apinst the

GREENWICH.
VOBBERT ON Till NITER AND CLEVER cArruns.
,i/• au, Armad, describing himself as a lighterman, was
a gra' with being coaeernod with others not in custody
• -t, :thug ti qrs. of oats from two barges on the Thames,
• property of Messrs. Groves and Sons of Botherbithe.
loq.ortor Fori.ir, Thames division of police, said
•: -it at a quarter to 2 o'clock this morning he was
date on the river, and seeing a lug-boat
• ,ntt taken into Billingsgate dock, Greenwich, he
• aided her, and found the prisoner there. Witness asked
'he prisoner who he was, and where ho came from, and he
tidied that he was a litthterman in the employ of Mews.
Newconihe and Thomp,on, and was taking 8 qrs. of oats
to Bhove dock. Thinking all was correct witness
!t, but had not proceeded far in the galley when he had
.uspiciou something was wrong, and he ordered the gal' • hack and cut.: red the dock, where he found the prisoner
1,4 ~11 board the lug-boat. On again questioning the
,ner. he said that there had already been a Thames
•‘. officer on board, and witnees again questioned him,
Le I eeeiveil similar answen as before, the prisoner
• -':,tact that he was employed by Mr. Syret, the fore-
ato Meters. Newoombe and Thompson. .Witness then
ti,e prisoner whether lushadlaislicense as a lighter-
' 11..1:1 feeeman of the river, and also whether ho hail
• lode for the gate. The prisoner said he
•otl a. a ,ighterman, but had not taken up his
of the river, and that the delivery note was to be
• :a. NV it ess then told the prisoner that he should
• colotables in charge of him and the boat,
• namod The Saxon, while he went to Lnutlon
.I.quiries, and having dono this he &seer-
tho prisoner was not employed
4 t fur Messrs. Newcombe anal Thormoon, but
Lost had been left safe and light on the
•:: :.pant 8 last night. The nat., which were con-
-1., If, sucks, belonging to and marked " Thomas B.
• ",•klyilowns,"lvritneAs had since ascertained had

been otoloi from two barges belonging lo
mist bon. a Itotturbitlte.
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Mr. T. Groves, just, one of the Arm, said the oats were
of Russian growth, and of the same quality as contained
in bulk on two barges, and from which, u aim sacks
marked "F. B. Smith, Horselydown," a large quantity of
oats had been stolen between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. that
morning.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he did not
Fee why all the blame should be put upon him, as there
were three others concerned in the affair, who were on
bard and lying under cover when tho officer find boarded
the lug-boat, and he had the least to do with the robbery.
Mr. Maude remanded the prisoner.
W ANDS WORTH.
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BILL TRANSAOTIONS.
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I.V.,Tord !Carlin, who was described as • bailder, of
Lower Norwood, surrendered to his recognisance, to
ain•wer a charge of conspiring with another man not in
custody in obtaining 10/. from Mr. W. T.sylor, a butcher,
cf li rttcr;sea.

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Mr. Ingham then gave an outline of the ease. The
proheiitor came to him and complained of being de-
t litiNi of le/. upon a bill of exchange by one Swinford, and
said be could prove that the signature of the acceptor was
a forgery. Seeing that the bill was in duo form, he re-
commended him to give the persons into custody. The
prisoner was brought before Trim, but it transpired that
the bill bore his genuine signature as the acceptor. How-
ever, as it was made payable at the Oxford-street branch
of the London and County Bank, where he had no effects,
he remanded the piisoner on his own recognisanees.
Joseph Johnson, a plasterer, living at Penge, said
the prisoner came to him and asked where he
could discount a bill of 161. 10e, that he might
thy his workmen. The bill was dated the
2sth of March, and made payable at the Ox-
foid-stieet branch of the London and County
Bank. It was drawn by Swinford, whom he re-
presented as a carman who had never drawn one
before. The bill purported to be accepted by Witham
Savage, but was endorsed by the prisoner, who said he
knew it would be right, as he had sold a trap to Swinford
for the money.. As witness did not like to see mon nut
Fuld, he wrote a cheque for 101., which he gave him. Ile
bail lent the prisoner 21. previously. When the bill
became due, it was dishonoured and returned to him.

Jame, . Roes, a watchmaker, of itattenica, produced
another bill iirawn by Swintord and accepte I by tho pri-
,aier. A watch north 61. Ilia. Lad ht en obtained on the

Peliec-constable howling. of the P division, said he
apprehended the prisoner and allowed him to go into a
closet nt the Lower Norwood station. He afterwards re-
ceived two bills which had been found in the closet. They
were drawn by Swinford and accepted by the prisoner.
lie had mcde inquiries about the prisoner, and could not
find that he was building houses. lie was living in a back
room. _ _

Idr: Ingham then granted another remand, cad said he
should require two euretice for his appearance.

THE ABERGELE DISASTER.

(MON 017 E OWN OONANWONDENT.)
ABERGELE, WEDIMSDAT Arrzszroort.

The inquest was resumed to-day. At the open-
ing, Lord Farnham, addressing the Coroner, said he, as
spokesman for the relati►es of the dead, had to inform him
that they considered him totally incapable of conducting
the inquest, and that he intended to communicate this
view to the Home-office. The evidence was then pro•
ceeded with, and the property was being identified.

FATAL CRANE ACCIDENT IN MANCHESTER.

Yesterday morning, about 12 o'clock, an acci-
dent, unfortunately attended with loss of life, occurred
at the works of Messrs. Bowden and Edwards, builders,
Brook-street. The owners were fixing • large boiler,
weighing 7 tons, by means of two travelling cranes, calcu-
lated to remove respectively 8 and 4 tone. Fourteen men
were engaged in the work; and just as they were putting
the boiler in its phis* and when it was raised 3 feet from
the ground the gantry broke, which supported the
two cranes, and they both fell, breaking into several
pieces. Seven of the men were knocked down, and
severely injured. fey were immediately ooaveyed to
the infirmary. One of the men, Thomas Murray, suffer.
ins from a severe contused wound of the scalp and frac-
tured ribs, died on the way to the infirmary. Thomas
Cosgrove was severely injured in the back, and is in a
critical condition. George Hunter was severely lacerated
in the lower jaw, and wee also suffering from fractured
ribs. Patrick Berry received a severe contusion in the
chest. Bernard Clarke had his shoulder dislocated, and
Bernard Slaney was severely hurt in the side, and John
Grant in the lower limbs. The larger crane was a new
one, but the smaller one had been in use 14 or 15 years,
and the wood-work was much decayed, which wag the
cause of the accident.--Manchester Araminer.

A " BOLD PEASANTRY."—WhiIat the Queen
of Spain was travelling on the Auleetia road she met
several country people who left their work to salute her
Majesty. Those good people fell on their knees on both
sides of the road, and some of the boldest amongst them
took the end of the Queen's dress between their lingers
and endeavoured to kiss it. Her Majesty, affected by
this demonstration, held out her hand to them to kiss.

The Cork Examiner says that "in accordance
with the spontaneous desire of the respectable portion of
the people of Killarney, religions ceremonies were cele-
brated in the Roman catholic cathedral of that town for
the providential escape of Lord Castle/ease and his three
children from the late melancholy accident in England. In
the family pews were Lord Quitlerosse and his three chil-
dren, and his staff of domestics."
A CRITICAL BURLIL BOARD.—The Burial Board
of Carlisle have refused to allow the daughter of the late
Mr. John Daly, formerly a comedian, and latterly clerk of
Carlisle races, to place upon his tombstone the words,
" not lost, but gone before' The same body some time
ago objected to the words " Sacred to the memory of"
being placed upon the headstone of Dean Close's son.
THE LATE STORM.—LIVERPOOL, TUFADAY.—
The advice* from all the outposts continue to add to the
list of shipping 'disasters, accompanied with loss of life,
which has already been reported. The large three-
masted schooner which went ashore on Sunday morning
is now believed to be the C. C. Colgate, which left the
Mersey on Saturday, for New York. The vessel has
become a total wreck, and the beach at and about Hoy-
lake is strewed with wreck. The name of the large
square-rigged ship which went down with all the crew
on Sunday morning still remains a mystery. In con-
nexion with the foundering of the ship Favourite, the
eaptsin reports that at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday, when
near the south-west end of the Arklow Bank,
he sighted the ship Favourite, of Fleetwood,
with main and mire° masts gone altogether,
the foremast alone standing, though the head was
gone, and the heel of the foretopmast rose through
the collar of the forestay, and the other end apparently on
deck. The two topmast yards were hanging to the head
of the foretepanast,. and all hands on board were em-
ployed apparently in clearing away the wreck. The 1
Vesta stayed by the Favourite for over an hour. Captain
Jelly, of the Favourite, was spoken to by Captain
O'Donnell, and the answer was so indistinct that
the captain of the Vesta again repeated the
question—after steaming round the Favourite twice
—" Will you stick by you* ship l'• " The reply
was" Yes ; till she goes down." The Vesta, after offering
every audetance steered away, the ship at the time
labouring heavily, and evidently sinking fast. A huge
indty of timber and other wreck still covers the beach
shout Anglesey, where it is believed that several inward
bound vessels, from the nature of the wreckage
picked up, have been wrecked. On the Wexford coast
also there are only too visible signs that several large
ship—from the size of the sperms/hod ashore—have been
wrecked, and it is feared great lees of life bad taken piece.
A RAmßritO STEAMER OH PUtE.—The screw
steamer Gipsy Queen, one of the line of steamers that ply
between West Hartlepool and Hamburg, has arrived at
West Hartlepool with her cargo on fire. The steamer
left Hamburg at six o'clock on Friday night laden with
a cargo of ehoddy, fruit, Sic., and 60 emigrants bound for
America. The principal portion of the cargo consisted of
shoddy. About four o'clock on Sunday morning, while
the ship was at sea, a smell of tire was found by some of
the crew which created considerable alarm. It was soon
found that the shoddy packed near to the boilers had
taken ire. Every endeavour was put forth to pre-
vent any current of air getting to the fire, and thus
adding fuel to flame, and the greatest anxiety pre-
vailed on board during the remainder of the voyage.
Upon *serving at West Hartlepool the ship was taken
to the dock, and the passengers and their lug-
gage were at once got on shore. Part of the second
cabin floor was torn up in order that the hose pipe could
play into the hold containing the burning shoddy. When
the boards were lifted, the second cabin was found to
have been nearly burned through, the beams being all
charred. It was with the greatest difficulty that the
remains of the shoddy were got out of the hold, the men
who went down being very much hindered from working
because of the smoke. The men were lot down by ropes,
and one was found to bo in a very exhausted condition
sdk i when raised by the winch on board. Nearly the
.
shoddy has been destroyed. A part of the fruit was
destroyed, and the damage done to the hold of the ship‘
very extensive. It is gratifying to know that the ship
was enabled to reach the port, and that the lire merely
smouldered during the 26 hours of the passage. The ship
and her cargo were both insured.
A COLLIERY PROPRIETOR FINED.—Mr. Edward
Wilson, colliery proprietor, Farmorth, has been sum-
moned before the county magistrates at Bolton, for neg-
lecting to provide sufficient ventilation in his mine. Mr.
Diekiniesal government inspector, and a collier in the
defendant a employ, proved that on the 12th instant there
was black-damp in several places in the pit in such quan-
tities as to endanger the lives of the men at work. The
underleaces excuse was that several " faults " had
taken place in the roof, through which gas had aosumu-
lated. Mr. Dickinson remarked that the matter might
have been easily remedied by bratticing, or by laying air-
pipes to the places choked with foul damp. The magia-
• trates fined Mr. Wilson 61., including costs.

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