The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

CLERKESWELL

Dori., a marine-store dealer, ?raiding at 55, St.
John-street, Clerkenircll, IMP ekargt d with having in her
potio.oteion a quantity of haul pipe end solder, of which she
could not give • satit.fautitry 111CC411r1t.
From the atutement of pulice-conatable Henry Greatburat,
2209 Cl, who boa been very active in apprehending thieves
and marine store dealers, it appeared that yeaterdey be met
the prisoner, who has been auspectrd fur sumo time as being
a regular " tree," carrying a quantity of lead pipe and solder,
and upon asking her Where she obtained it from and not re-
wiring a entitfactitty account be lucked her up. Upon
aoirelting her residence be found a valuable "Veer watch,
at iker's name " Henry Jones, London. No. MO ;" a gold
6...neva ve.ocb, maker's name " Rodin, 30,03;," a lady's gold
chain, a gold signet ring, a Loge number of valuable prints,
two publiean'a pots, a very large quantity of ladict,' boots and
altoca in an untlidatted state, and numerous other valuable

flie::ciprisoner. who RIO nothiniz in her defence, was re•
mind. until Thursday next, warn other charges will be
gone into Against her.
WORSIIIP-STREET.
_ _

Joann Lawrenee, landlord of the Duke of York public-
house, Gnft-e-afteet, SpirallylJ4, was charged with unlaw-
fully @erring eviritunu* and fermentod liquors before one
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, by metro of an internal com-
munication between Ids own house and the adjoining pre-
mixes,

---Inepector Griffin scent to the houtte about twelve o'clock,
and heard such a murmur of voices that he naked tt if there
WO& • chapel in the ilvighbourh.vut te" He then proceeded
to the lumber scum, whecc he discovered a door concealed
behind a honed. On knocking at the door he heard a void
. .

ray, That's not the govir-neor'w Aignal," and another,
you - tr.", we have not drunk all the beer yet." On
forcing the door, he found about a bunked people drinking,
who, on his appearance, made their escape by an outlet Lad-
ing to a private house next the tuvern.
The defendiures itolivitor urged a legul objection, viz., that
the communication was external and apart trout the dwelling
hour.

The nmgystette dionissed the st 101,71011; trusting that
proper measures would be instituted by the Excise officers
for the suppression of sus•h practices.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Lost Jam Cre., one of the servants belonging to the re-
tablAment of the Belgian Ambereador, was charged with
&resulting Police Cowtable Dar, C 24.
. .

It appeared that the defenthult was crcatinga disturbance
in the emitpany of disreputable eharactera Lite 'Oat night,
et the center 14 hood-street, and when the constable re-
quired hint to desi.st and go away, he rermied. The con-
table was about to take him into custody, when he seized
him by the throat and would have strangled him bad it not
been for theassistenee of another constable.

Mr. Bingham entail not deal with the mute, as ho had no
hai 6slieti.m over the servants of foreign ambassadors. If he
ad had power he should bare dealt ea severely with the
defendant as he did with some of Lk fraternity yesterday,
who had conducted themselves in a disorderly manner and
assaulted the Hire. He ahould discharge the defendant,
lmt would take care that his Exeelleney the Belgium Am •
Las-odor should be put in possession of all the circumstances
of the charge.
Thome.. Mason and Harriet Jerrie were charged with has-
let': a large quantity of valuable stolen property in their pees
seedon.

lUPPector Mackenzie went to No. 51, New Compton-erred,
and on going into a back room be found Jervis in bed, and
MllBOl2 on the bed dressed. Rebind the door of the room he
found a box (»braining a number of Patin drawo some ex-
pensive euothionp, and a large quantity of bed and other
ling. 'weldor 21 skeleton keys. He took the prisoners into
custody.

The women asserted that s me emu left the property in
her room the same tnerMF. . .

The mole pi her said he wee a dealer, and bad purchased
the good..
It is rupperti-1 that the primness aec connected with rail-
way robberies. ILemended fora week.

NICRDER OF Mn. LlTTl.E.—Contrary to
public expectatinn Sp lien's don wee net produced at the ad-
journed inyestiewtien et Dublin on Thnreday. It is believed
to be doubtful whether hie examination w ill be gone into on
Monday next, on which day it ie euppeeed the ease for the
crown will Is closed and a formal demand made for the com-
mittal of the measured. There were two or three alight links
aided to the chain of eireunistential evidence already in proof
against Spallen, but the num% it meet be admitted, is very far
from being cenplete. The Inquiry was further adjourned to
Monday next, at eleven o'clock.
HoonEnv OF A JEwELLF.R's Snot, AT NiAN-
cif cornea.—During the night of Thursday the chop of Mr.
Omenhelah, eilversmith and jeweller, St. Mary's-pate,
Manchester. wan entered, and property, consisting of gold
and nileer watches, chain., Tinge. brooches, and other arti-
er., to the emount of about I,ooof. was etolen. The thieves
had that entered an unoccupied room over the shop, and
effeeted an opening through the their, from which they de-
(wended into the ',hop by a rope ladder. There it no doubt
IMO they were old and expert hands, for they drilled a hole
through the door of the iron safe half an inch thick, so as to
pick the lock. A reward of 1001. hoe been offered, but the
police have no erne to the perpetrators of the robbery.
THE pursuance of the sentence of a
prrilkon mart•martial held at Woolwich, is gunner of tke
Beyel Artillery named Davie hee leen condemned to undergo
the punishment of 42 day.: imprisonment and to receive 50
lashes for having wilfully deetroyed hip uniform when ordered
to he confined in the retie. The judgment it to be carried
into affect at Fort Clarenee, Chatham, whither the primmer
we, ram-eyed on Thursday loot.
INOVEsT ON ,t Ytrt I,IDT TIVRNT TO DEATIL—
Yesterdmy are/norm an inquest was held on the body of
Pho't,e Sarah Law ford, aged 15, daughter of Mr. Leveford,
poetmneter at the Howe of Commons. Mrs. Lawford stated
that on Settuselsty 1110ening beet ohs woo waked by fteyeame
from her deughterbi bedroom, and on going there found the
deeeaned Mantling in the middle of the room, with her night-
dress, on tire. Mrs. Lawf,ed tore the deem off, but not before
the poor girl had received injuriee whip h shortly afterwards
resulted in death. A gofer of the Oceeseed.who slept with her,
elated that when she went to sleep she left the deceased reading
at a table in the room, and wax waked about half-pea one
in the morning by her eister.e raising hereelf In bed with her
night-dove on fire. A candlestick, with the candle burnt
down to the socket, was found near the bed, and it it supper"'
that the maltreat caught fire and ignited the deceased's dreea.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
As INSANE ARCRITECT.—Onc of the most re-
markable ertielea which constitute the furniture of the board
mem of the Belfast Hospital for the Insane, is a coloured
ground plan and elevation of the building. It to laid down
on a very largo SCRIP, with most eerupulous accuracy of rats-
surement, elaborately finiehed in nll ifs engineering details,
roloured in perfect artistic etyle, and—the work of a chronic
i lunatic! a nailer by trade, and when we met him
quently in the grounde, he was diligently at work in doing a
• neat piece of ornamental paving, with various-coleured
L stones.—Korthern Whig.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—OPERA CONCERT DAT.—sAD-
) IdIfSION SEVEN SHILLINGS AND Sixennea.—FlaneT,
r JI:LT 10.—Admiddlona Gm payment, 1,238 ; 400, by „,„„,
etas% 2,660.—T0tal visitors, 11,1f4,