The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-28 00:00:00

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THE ELEPHANT, tie HORSE, and the DOG—
the Three Prieods of Use. By C. Knorr and W. NAZTUI.
And a aIIISTT on the Mews ot the Borer, by W. YOUil T.
The object of these works Is to fungal complete details of to.
three quadrupeds who have beet the great irtrameoe fandshed by
MMus Provideuse to man, to amble him "iFlarnish the earth sad
subdse It," sod who, by their remarkatde ty, havAlvarious
states el society, deserved King regardel as especial
C. Cox, 12, Willfametreet, Seemed.

Prioe l_
MEMOIRS of a WOMENO MAN. With
Preface by C. Kmorrr. This work shows how a man, through
self-education and salf-government, res
able, and happy, In the humblest walks dab. intelligent, pect-
C. Cog, It, King WI/Ilam-street, Strand.

Price 2a,
-ROMANCE of TRAVEL—the RUT. By C.
Mac Paat•ex.
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datisite edniel AIM= et Yr. Iliareelembettlietele demi
seek :=lr...mrteryar, trcea perdedly *wady
moudrais
C. Cox, 11, 10,6 111111modrest, Mad.

THE ILLUSTRATIONS of the ART-Jot
No. 151, for JANUARY, IBM, mmiet of Os.
milts from the Vernon Gallery :—The Death of t.".,-•
after Sit E. Lindner, R.A., and the trown I
Bourne, after W. P. Witherington, LA., with an oitt,
Monument to the Countess of Leiot,ter, by J. 11.
bee-relief, by J. Gibson, R A.—Tee Hawking r.
LA
by George C. Leighton, from the picture by L.
LA. Among the numerous woodcuts mutant...l thi.:
the Cardinal Virtues—Temperance, by Professor
dorf, and Examples of the Artbts of Germany.
The literary contents are of very varied churn. r, Cr
with fifty highly tinbhed engravings on wood, the foi:cw.
ins subjects :—On the Development of Raphaor.Gcni.,
Anew* upon Art, by Dr. Waagen —Preparation. le
land, and Canada, for the Exhibition of 1101-or. the
of Selence to the Fine and (Ja by Robert
Art Great Great Masters of rfu
Art, l Arts,
No. I.—P. Itembrnit
—The Domestic Manners of the Minn dune the
II
by Thomas Wright, F.N.A., illustrated; and Galant
Epochs, by Professor Heideloff, illustrated; Ind A N
Moritz Rennet, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, illustrated—A
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Terms in Art—Original Design. for Eurnitury,
Mode* by Proferot }Lidded—Art Worionnotip
Ago—Art in the Continental States—The 31inot
Re., Cc.
Publisher, G. Slrtue and Co., 21, Paternoster-I.

BURGLARIES IN NorrINCHIANSIIIRE.—in referee,.
to the many burglaries and robberies that have lately tad
piece in the county, the tio!fs Jouroal says " lioge
Walpole, in his ' Correspondence,' remarks, at the close of
the year 1750, that during the previous 12 moth' mare
burglaries had been committed both in Londen end
prbeotovrieneesßthan y
& iandgulbe
arn tcoheincauedenfocor athveerpyramou.tiLlyeergsbit.re„t
is the very next return of the 50, has likewisz be t 3
torious for the frequent occurrence of this partictUss &al-
tion of crime, the dreadful tragedy at Frimley Wire hoe'
followed up by burglaries of JD equally deuce. aim
various parts of the country. From this epidemic ~tuatin
ham been very far from moping free; as for several mote
put scarcely a weak has gone by without the aortae,
of a burglary of some description or other.
ewer a
fry
quent repetitions of the crime have, 111 a mat
course, produced a considerable amount of fear end Whirls
tion in the minds of the cereal householders of the
town—fear lest their own premises should the art shoos
by the daring gang as the scene of their operations—sO
depletion that the police, who coat them so much in s%
of rates, should, u they consider, have proved so .
and careless as to allow the perpstratore of the arias
robberies to mope in almost every else witholt dettia by
That the police have hitherto been completely maim _
the gang there does not exist much doubt, but we thisheizt
circumstance scarcely prove' the force to be svoesehe,r_f.
iaefficient one, although no doubt some very benene:aute,r_!.
flocs might be made in the:present arrangements. AF.2
these we should suggest that the various beets gau...
re-wrrehited. At the present time we could, see: 's;
safely affirm that there is not a thief in the to"
doe. not know the exact time at which spoliators will%
a certain spot, and from what point end at what tiate,bt...
next to be expected. This, we contend, ought Dot tocb,
cue. The head constable ought to be authorised to hof:,
the beat at any moment, ao that no one but the Pebet,
themselves would know whereabouts their c0mp,„."51.j.
were. If vie step were taken, there would not. we .`"..01
any additional difficulty thrown is the way of boo" are
finding the police if required. The force would be 17
able to hear a shout u they are at present, and it is riol.rt;
that a gang of burglars would resort to the saneni,i3
i a 504
know wereabots their opponents m whether be. 1.4
question for then authorities to decide whether the Pew&
number of policemen might not be advactaitrowiliiElta
The length of the beats would thus be shorten
facility with which one or two active men 110 mould t; a
escape from a house with a quantity of booty, ,
a measure defeated. This, we believe, has been 10(.110
data
in Birmingham and other large towns with cheiT'os.
benefit, and such perhaps
.might be the rebult. e',lo,„e
step were to be takea in Nottingham. It has
ithb;odonnullugw.b:mganeidwdadedelohtmptaotedt atlat;fee:sfiraatriatotljtineriaringddyititkianb.:imogligw.eie;:teace.a‘rued:rpatiarii.g::
boist;
it will have the effect of patting • stop 10 • reetnsight:
has attained, we might alas soy, oat a fib