The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

Kea Nusigen, ► young woman, was brought up before Sri
Peter Laurie, ch►rged with attempting to commit suicide by
drowning, and afterwards by str►ngNog herself at the police
station.

GUILDHALL.

Police-cosatable 709 said :—Titis morning, about • quarter
to two o'clock, 1 wee on duty m Blackfriars-bridge, when I
uew the
_prisoner, apparently in great distress, sitting on the
=ttgl tasked her what she wanted and the said abe wu
for the tido to drown herself. She, however, said
she would go home, but after pr seeding down Ferl-strut
she returned in in. very excited state, and I therefore took her
bate custody.
Sir Peter Laurie—Did she mar attempt this before?
Policeman—l believe ilia is the third time.
Sir Peter Lewis—What is else?
_ .

Prisoner's mother—She is • servant, but she has done this
throwh bar father, who is on his dyinfr bed.
Sir Peter Laurie—When did she but attempt to commit
suicide ?

Iroosur's mother—About sin montha iso, lir, tut then it
us through drink.
. .

Policemen—After she wee locked tap in the cell at the
station she wee found attempting to strangle herself by
tying her bonnet string tight round her net.
The prisoner expressed her contrition for the offence she
had meditated, and promised if she were forgiven never to
retest the attempt on her life.
air NUT Lmie Mud under that promise he would die-
charge her.

MARTLEMONE.
ATTTNIPT TO DEFRAUD ZAILWAY COMPANIES. pt
arid Witham Former of Lampeter, Wales, was charged g•
with attempting to defraud the Great Western Railway Cum- at
Easy of the mum of Is. id., being • eecond-clam
hem Wait Drayton to Paddington, by which ho lie lo
ternslcsig 40s.
superintendent ••
of police to the company, was in
semi* Is port the chars.
It mewed -that the prisoner was • pamenger from Chiford
to west Drayton in a scound•clasa carnage, but instead of
stopping at Drayton, he canto on to London. He was told
that on coming to Slough, he ought to have changed trains. go.
William Baker, a guard, proved having heard the pi- I
sons in conversation with some other paaangere, and that it It.
was observed by one of them that if the primmer went an to IL
London he would not be rent back to Drayton. When the 11
train arrived at the Paddington-station the prMoner was es.
offered by Mr. Collard to be sent back t. Drayton, bat be
declined to asap the offer.
The arbors was lead 20a, or in default fourteen days. M
Tho is wr pit.
AMUR TO =Flit 0 THE roliTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. N
Two anise me • Pole and the other a Hungarian, ware
Weed elk sakmagling to defraud the company, wads tie ui
Ywls, drowNseee : tLi
uppsowl that the prisoner., while in a ',erect at Mast- _IL
WS: hewaht, ea Saturday, two tickets, which were /miss,
liikabbiam eauseuion H. 1.0 fur 7s. They went by s.
lOW London, the far; for which use 23a. Oa this it
ordeal at the terminus they were takea into custody. S.
Mr. Collard said that it wee too ohs the practice of per- le
sees sing by excursion trains to diapose of tickets in the
=doff. ed to, by which the companies wen meth 1,
Broughton thought that the prisonors lasing foreigners ta
acted in *names, and discharged them.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DAZING WATCH 14111111E1M.
Edward lre Ogre as& learkel Williams were placed at the fit
bar bolos Mr. Baden, charged with stealing a valuable EL
- soda from the person of Mr. George Turner, engraver, it
We. 4S, Berwlek-street, Soho.
It aggesed boos the evidence of pollee-conatable 154 C, ki
that Seat *Mt he was on duty in Dean-strit, when by N
WOW we ailed to the two promswho apparel IL
et
bbe Whisethe movoleeste of es promeeter, who was
eulnkgilhass seat Sodas that the latter wee rather
Me MINIM kir Seas he bye Ms eye wpm the poisoners ao-
liss, end st hot the mho rims left the wow, Rai
waist up te thaLomosalue, whom ha deliberately filed 111-
le lisp= a Ail Maw with his 114. Theto
sale kid Ns husk awl they both IL
ran away. WWI, stsagel Ewa buds Wag_ plate el.
and intercoplellbs% sad lii ties Into Way. The pre- ik
senator Mee ems ink awl 'storeyed him that the primmer ft
Mese bad roiled Ms of his watch, which wham saber W
gamy pinked up goat twenty yards from the gook Wk-
nese added that the prosecutor wee nut in attendance at per as,
sot, and, therefore, wished to have the prisoner remandeC
Remanded accordingly till the 17th inst.
SII
LAMBETH. P.

GIN DRILLING. LL
Clarks Caddis.,, and Tletemw, hie brother, the Uttar 14 le
rare of age, were charged before Mr. Elliott with being
MEd "drank and imagabie," in the Crystal Peleee g•
dm ea the day behwe. to
Podia oenembis James Plumble eY P mid that on the I
evening barn be was on duty In the Crying Palace Gardena, _
when his attend= Ins addled to the primate; whom kw
found perfectly drank. with a gin bottle by their Ms, end "'
with moinenne• ha moved them to the police statism.
Mr. Elliott —What have you got to soy to this theme of
Ulm bad iw state of drunkenness9l.
eider Primmer.—We took mote gin with as, sir, to
mho oesedva comfortable with, but we drank it too quick,
end it made us quite drunk.
X. Elliott—lt is • shocking Mate of things to me persons a.
to young s. you are brought hero in • state of helpless I

driakenness.
Beth the prison tre rapeseed their contrition for what had i.
brippeued and declared they should ewer taste a drop of sin a
le
ffibut•
The constable mid he believed the primmer, were respects- it
hie youths, end that they speared to suffer during the Ilti
tiW from their indulgence. IL
SL
)(r. Elliott hoped that thia would be a warning to Mesa IL
ire the future, and discharged the primes re. te
DAItI%O CI,,H WAY ROSIREILY. S
°mfg. Rauch. who has been M custody for some days, on se
• charge of stealing a watch from the person of Mrs. Feebler, It.
in the WalwortMrued, was brought up for final examination ri.
and (tally committed for trial. tin
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SUBILdIINE TILLICZAPH COMPANY.—(THIS
LAT.)

The adjourned haltyearly, meeting of the above ;es
adoray was held this afesnoon. at the London Tavern, Ilte
Sir 2oure CARMICHIEL, chairman of the Board of Mee- Sl•
ears, is the chair.
The Cie &mootmowing the adoption of the
adverted le the igr to
mersat between company ariTtltte'
North of Europe Telegraph Company, for the purriume of IR
the Hasemertaa end Danish toseeftiona. That Lumina Ili
would plans the wires of this company in direct courronai. %-
sake with Hamburg and the &hie states and ports.
The report wee adopted, after which the dividend, at the IL
rote of 7 per cent. per annum, was declared payable foe the a.
pad h. -veer, and the retiring directors sod auditors re-
-41801811. IL
The tmtetig we. then made special for the el I.
agreement for purchasing the grarvelie is
aes= twaareshme. The heads of the seveseseat were
iseL The SIIIITII:Sli concession is for 20 yearn, sad the lg.
Della ennemmlen Cr 26 years, and the agree. IL
ettma MAYS fur the virtual amalgerneeks. of if
rhe helmartne, the North of Europe, and the if
Dail Campeake; bat the cattail ono.. of the three sb
eeeaptmb an to be kept separate. The two latter le.
empewles will have to find the capital, end lay down the
weer aelies. The agreement will not come into operation oh
sal Imo alas art laid down, and in succoodul working 2!
aim, mho split Isaac arrangement will coma into in. rs.
Idea.
♦ rembellen we passed approving of the principle of be IS
agreement, sod the proceedings terminated with the sena Us
N.
1101■011•01411 is the runic urea mei directors. a.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I 1

(wr tiscratc nizoiArs.)
DERBY MEETING.-TRIB DAY.

CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Three quarters of a mile. 66
Mainstay, .Ethos, and Keystone, are here.
CHATSWORTH STAKES. Ons mite and a quarter. *
Fisherman, Fukien, Huntingdon, St. Dunstan, Lord Jar-
say, Leo, and Mattes, we here.

- •
JUVENILE STAKES.
Playas Royal, Casabas:4lo, Woodmits, Babette f, dEtbaa.
Scbt4fenw, Tree, Vulatore, Waterer, Arcb,bold,
Priebe on ion.

CHATHAM MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
The fallowing horses me bete —Madams Barbel, Little la
Robin, Paula Monti, Inspiration, Worcester, The Baker, IL
Triton, Naughty Boy, Stater to El aids, Brunswitk, Adamant,
Lucy Lockit, Earth topper, Merrythought, Rene, Ibex, ..,14
Amelia, Flom Macdonald, Radulphua, Elastic, sad Midnight.
Lk V ECTLD. —WWI.

Fllltn—Yeaterday morning, shortly before two
o'clock, a fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. I.
Owes, • theesentonger, situate at No. 129, lligh•striet,
Petit. Considerable damage was done, not only to the
sleek in trade but also to the building. Insured in the Son
Thie-dlice.—Another fire also took place in the peening of
Mr. IL C. Meek, cora healer, he., No. 8, Gray's-place,
Illimad-pis. It Imps is the hey mid straw some.
The MONO of the lbtlgade were neon in attendance,
awl the Beat Leaks Company's water being elnindant, the
is me mdsed to the lower part of the building. Insured
is the Phew& Threlllce.
Cosoxitat's INCIVEST.—PARENTAL NEGLECT.—
Oa liemlley Mr. Prim held an Willem os the holy of •
ehild ef If sessthe, named Mary Ann Nineteen. The
Wise elder AIM if • wheelwright, residing in Fall-row,
Illeekfrierwreed. Nis wife was in the habit of Ong est
ermilg, middies left the child for the greater pert of the
ary Is the wee elf he deter, a girl of fourteen yews, who,
Weedefrlsdhtgthe child, used to go Ind semi her-
self hi Me strartq braving the child alone. On Saturday the
ebilfl, wide bed bras for some time ill, died. The jury
totoropt 166 Ylewisg verdict : " That the deceased died
hem maimed mom although oast neglect baa been shown
in the part el both the paymes.`•
OBSITAL PAL4OI4. Fin STIILWO DAT.
Witostreas. Sere 9.—namiedose co Orient, 1,336
MN Sy mita dim, 3,60, leta, 4,661.