The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

VOLICE COURTS.-MILS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
EXPERT ItOBBIMY YROK THE PERSON.
WiniaWs, a prostitute, who gave an address
• . could not be found, was placed at the bar before Mr.
A• :. man Causton. charged with stealing U. 16s. from
s 1011011 of complainant.
11,1s.it Waldron Byrnes said that he was in
••••u-bile about half-past 1 o'clock in the morning,
• when within a few yards of his own house the
4,,c rushed across the road and threw her
round his neck. He threw her off and
1,1 to go away, but she renewed her attack, and he
x her off a second time. In doing so he raised his
• arm from his side, which he had up to that
nt kept pressed down on his breast coat
t, sad he had no sooner done so than he felt
• land in it. She then ran away, and he missed his
-• containing a sovereign, a haU-soverm'gn, and 6e. in
lie pursued her and demanded back his money,
hr struggled to get away. During the struggle he
• lee hand against his coat pocket, and on
• ,r; his own hand into it found his porte-monnaie
• I,.lded the wrong way and empty. The prisoner
• to get away, and denied that she had taken the
v. In her attempts to escape she dropped 23., and at
• it ion-house the female searcher found 4e. more
..I,h 1, but the gold had not been found.
15 A R., who was on duty at the Record-
,'l st the time, corroborated the prosecutor'sstatement,
,lied that at the station it was found that the pri-
i had several false pockets.
11.% further stated that on the way to the court
morning the prisoner offered that if he would not
. the charge against her she would make it all right
him.
lorman Causton fully committed the prisoner for
and subsequently gave Byrum 30s. out of the poor-
;•• make up his lose.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
VIICLLE.IO NUSIC 80018.
Jbwr.i, described as of no home, was charged be-
Tyrwhitt with stealing some music books from
!, •i 4 Mr, Henri D'Alcorzi, music seller, No. 3.51, Ox-

I.m. shopman to Mr. D'Akorn, said that nn
• iniay evening, brtween 8 and half-past, the prisoner
ultra up 1., th, window of the Shop and stood in front
H. (witne•e) turned round a minute
:t and the prisoner took the opportunity
.teal li, - mu-i,• and walk away.
tirinhaun, 132 C, said that on taking
custody he said that he was bard-up, or
' 1.1 have done it. He found on the prisoner two
• n.. i, Idling to bagatelle balls and to two ink-

i.. 1 I.lhrp.a. n asked for a remand, stating that the
VV3. known. Sergeant Hunter added that the
,I. only pun come out of prison for dealing

Tt widit runianded
WORSHIP-STREET.
otnrs CHARON OP ASSAULT IT A roLiciaux.
Myers was charged with having assaulted
.tablva 34 anal 18 H division, in the execution of

• • p-eed that on Saturday evening about half-
on duty in Old Montagu-street, Mild-end
aa. the prisoner wilfully jostled ;against him,
o being remonstrated with called him by a
;whet. and strut* him two blows in the face and
•in the breast, brooking the glom of a watch he
11, also tore the buttonhole of his uniform coat,
• seizing him to take him into eudotly. Pri-
iaked him in the thigh. Eighteen H came to
• .:co. and they took prilioner to the station.
,• Hales, 18 H, gave evidence as to seeing pri-
• ,•!ggling with his brother officer, and added that,
• his aid, be was aim kickol.
••• prisoner said the constable knocked against
' • him, and because be said he would complain,
. 1100 custody.
euaent having been corroborated,
—en was of opinion that there had been an ex-
t in this ease, and disthasged the prisoner.

I .I'lll OF MR. COMMISSIONER GOULDITItN.—
•.;:t el to state that Mr. tierjeant Edward (ioulburn,
••I the cuineniseioners of the Court of Bankrupt,
ibis morning in the b2u.l year of his age.
.lburn was originally appoinksl commissioner
the I•:seter District Court of Bankruptca, in
1. aril two years afterwards, by au order of Lord
'heist, he WAS removed to the Loudon Court
••• he acted until very recently. Mr. Registrar Harlitt,
a, disposed of the business in the Bankruptcy Court
absence of the late commissioner from laths-
. living unable to proceed to-day, such of tbe mat-
. le contested stood over for the attendance of one
•••• • • isimmissioners, or of the new cosi-
• hould one he appointed.
Oi;sEireaTlONS FROM A BALLOON.—in
• h. bon addressed to the Academy of &lett:es, M.
• . n gives an account of the phenomena he ob-
. lc; late eeientilie ascent in all air-balloon.
•• • • ••iiiid. he states that its intensity is propagated
• 0.1.• height iu the atmosphere. Thais, he
' nI.IL of a steam-engine at au altitude of
, • •• . the noise of a railway train passing, at
r. • the I,,irking of dogs, at 1,1400 metres; the
' ' auli• the 'aloe; the cries of a large crowd, the
' • k-.:n.d th. noi.et of bells at 1,000 metres ;
'"'h•• ainl the music of an orchestra at 1,400
••• ' •.; carriage"; on a stone pavement at
..................lean voice at 1,000 metres (1-Bths of
• rer ul frogs at 900; and the chirping of
111,. It is nut so in the case or a tle-
' h'a • for lite voice of the aeronaut at an alti-
••• ih. o, (alinet make itself heard distinctly.
• • 11..1 no impediment to an :mending sound.
• .• per i-i•conil in the latter case is about
'I la pt waters of a lake echo the sound best
• Whi Inc HOGII 1110vC1 iu obedience to the
1.a1,.w sWo•CpS either the earth or the clouds.
.;It biol. but it sometimes happens that,
: tacker spot than itself on the country, it
••
a lin ii ill OUR appiarance. In this case, es-
•h it Is found to consist of a dark
.• Aare:aided by luminous penumbra. On
• ni a yarn it appears yellow. On the
• •• y are t. hate, and at the moment of beating
parr 'dry wali the sun shining, the air hal-
. • •'• •1 del.irted with all its detail., and of a
• •tl-hen it has reached an altitude of 3,000
hv :eine:its dark and impenetrably. in propor-
.
• • .• a duainutiou of moisture. The light of the
• •'11 • o • to pructrate through every terrestrial
..,1 .• •:•• that of the moon, which is always red, seems
4 of et. them.