The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1861.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(TRLti DAY.)

CLERK EN WELL.
(lAMBI-MO IN A PVNIJC•HOCIIII.

Henri.* King William the
Fourth paWie.house„ in the parish of Mt. Lake's, appeared
to a summers charging him with unlawfully and koowiugly
permitting sod sulfering gambling in his house, contrary to
the imomions ~f the act of parliament.
Poliee.sergeant Brennan, 21 G, said that on the evening
of Friday, the Ist instant, he, accompanied by • private
eonstable, went into the defendant's house met maw four
men play nig at cads. There was a cribbage board upon
the table, and the pep were some 0h...L0c0 up the board, as
th, would le Wholl a game was progrmsing. He soul to
the men, " I hope you are not gambling," when • reply was
" No, we are ooly playing for beer."
Police-constable Stanley corroborated the evidence of the
sergeant.
The defendant. in • very excited tone, exclaimed—De
men were not playing, der could not play. I did destroy
de part of 45 pack sonic time before. I did take dem and
tear ,km tiroogir like de. (ttArit4; a piece of pors.r). I kre
were only two men wid the cords and Lot more. I have a
witness._

Mr. inywcourt—Yon are a foreigner, and I wish you
thoroughly to understand that gambling in your house la an
infringement of tie lay: .

Sarieesi:-Me hen, your worahip, been brou;ht
beforeer,igii ii.:1121 lat offence, and on that oocaaion, an he
was a said might have been ignorant of the law,
be was with a caution.
James Gimmock, a frequenter of the house, was then
ealled far the defence, and said—Shortly after 9 o'clock of
the evening in ptestioa I asked "Rho will have a mime at
QM* r 1 WIN 10 my shirt sleeves st the time, and finding
there was au sweet, I took the cards from the cupboanl,
and found they were not perfect, and while we were search-
ing and counting them the °Moors came in.
Defendant—Dere you are. Sow, do you see, de cards
were not perfect. How could dey play' I did destroy a
beep of th.m.
The police stated that they never saw the last witness.
They dul not believe that he was present.
Mr. lillyncourt —lt does not matter whether the cards
were perfeet or lint, the men still could play. A. you have
been previously cautioned on a similar charge, and an I
think the cane proved against you, I shall order you to pay
a penalty of lb. arid costs.
The defaedaet at once paid the money.

The Vocal Association will give their first alib-
i seription concert this 840400 at St. JIMA'S Hall. on Tues-
day evening next, March 12th, when Miss A nibella God-
dard will perform, for the first time, a fantasia on English
air entitled "Albion," comprised expressly for her by M.
Benedict; Osalow's quintet in H flat will alr be performed
by the following eminent artists :—Lsader, Mr. Band° ; 2nd
violin, Mr. Weslake ; viola, Mr. H. Webb: violoncello, Mr.
Bain ; coatis-barn, Mr. Reynolds. Part-sougs by the
choir of MO voices, ander the direction of M. Benedict
LI YEBOAT SERVICES. —THV/1041.A1r. —About half-
paid eleven last night lights were observed on a vessel very
close to the (liners Rocks, near Holyhead. It was blow-
ing. whole gale from N. W. by W., which made this • dead
I los chore. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution
wee immediately manned and despatched as quickly a.
possible, and on proceeding to the spot found that the
schooner Elisabeth, of Bridgewater, had driven close to the
rocks, on which the heavy sea was breaking with tremen-
dous force. The crew had tried to escape by their own
boat, but had failed from the violence of the wind and sea.
They were taken on board the lifeboat, and landed at Holy-
head about 3 o'clock this morning. At early morning
the ochooner's crew, with five of the lifeboat men, were put
again on board the vessel, which had held on, arid she was
brought safely to Holyhead old harbour. PORTNAD.);
THEI/J4DAT NloHT.—There is a end wreck in this locality.
The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution had been
out all night, and again this morning. She is new coming
ashore with a cargo of poor souls. The vessel was talon
with cotton, and of 2,000 tons burden, and was wrecked on
the Sari, near where the Pride of the Sea was brit a year
since. 'All her masts are gone. Seven out of twenty-even
of the crew took to the shore. I am told, at Mockres, and
one wan lost. The others kept to the ship, and are now,
I hope, on board the lifeboat. There is every a nos of
{boa breather,w and last night the wind sounded mum like
.

Larsen.—The Sicilia screw steamer of 800
tam register, and 110 horse power, built fur the London
seal Mediterranean Steam Nevigation Company (Limited)
by Messrs. Richardson, Duck, and Co., of Stockton-on-
Tees, was successfully launched on the 27th ult., and is
now having her engines and machinery, constructed by
Messrs. Stephenson and Co., placed on beard. These are
fitted with Rowan's Patent Expansion Steam Engine, the
advantages of which (the consumption of shout one-third
only of the fuel required by an cedinary steamer) have been
successfully tsted The same company expect early
delivery by the budder', Memrs. Scott and Co., of Cares-
dyke, f:reeneek, of a similar steamer, the Italia, so that
in • few weeks it is expected that both will be placed au
the Italian line, for which they are admirably adopted.
THE INDIAN CONFERENCE AND THE PROPOSED
GCAILANTILE FUND.—TS, following circular is about to be
lewd to Chambers of Commerce and other commercial
bodies, as well as to all the leading merchants, he., into.
rested in the question :—" Chamber of Commerce, Man-
chester, March b, 1861.—Dear Sir,—We beg to leiter= you
that at a special general m ung of the members of the Man-
chester Chamber of Comments,Reid this day, it was resolved
to request the conference lately assembled here on Indian
affairs, afterwards adjourned to London, to Mk, such steps
es may be expedient to bring on a discussion in the House of
Commons on the important questions prominently brought
before the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for
India, is the memorial presented by the confer-
ence on the 21st tilt. ; and a subscription was at
that time set on foot to provide feuds to defray
the expanse aseesserily attending such proondiags. We
wed net, re believe, say anything to you at this
moment of the whim] position of the manufacturing inte-
rests, eommeset ea the existing state of affairs is Ameriy
or of the threatened enatraction of trade with both the
gnat elegem and western markets. The ussnioriel to which
we have referred eelleieatiy indicates the views It is might
to prim wee perfiremat, where it is ho that mess in-
' tame in ladis ie befog excited. Foods, however, me needed
to preemte the important watt= thus raised ; sad we
Man be glad to have your perumaim to add year mate to
the guarantee feed for the sum of 10X. (or say other
amount). A call of 101. per cent is at once payable, sad
no further call will be made, except with the seactice
the subscribers duly memened for that purpose. —We are,
Ise., Edmund Potter chairman ; A. Camels and N. Glad-
moue, treasurers. The appended list of subecriptions shows
a total of 2,400 L in sums of 100/. each ; and we believe that
it includes only the seines given in at the meeting of the
chamber held oe Wednesday.*
DESTROCTIVE FIRS AT LANDPORT. Shortly
after midnight on Thursday • ire broke'out in the Mailbag
adjoining the equestrian establishment recently erected by
Messrs. Cooke in and at the back of Commercial-road,
Leadport. The Circus was entirely burnt down, and eight
of the most valuable horses of the stud were destroyed,
including Mr. Cooke's famed " trick" horse Raven.
Thirtycieven hones and Ponies were eared through great
exerliss. The houses in Boshiestemetreet, adjoining
theater, alright by., sad six of them were burnt through.
sad eight were more or Ism dames ; one was partially
pulled down to slop the team of the lames. The whole
of Mann. Ceske's wardrobe, prepertiee, and °vendee
paraphernalia were entirely ooeeseed. The borough police,
dockyard police, let !attains 11th Regiment, 2nd battalion
1902-Regiment, and Royal Enelseares, with their engines,
were speedily on the spot, sod the lames were subdued at
shout .3 o'clock. The houses were imared in the Church
sad &Me Insurance aim and the Mores adjoining the
Cams in the Sun. Mown. Cooke were uninsured. The
deamp in estimated at about 4,11)01.
RAILWAY AND CANAL BILIA.—The Boar! of
Trade report that the ember of bills relating to railways
in Great Britain and Ireland deposited this session amounts
to OR Of this number, 240 authorise new works.
The permed new works to be authorised by the
340 heferementioned hills, may be clamed as follows :
By new ecespaniee—Enebtad, RI Ulla, length of line,
1,44, mass ; Scotland, 10 hills, 220 miles ; Ireland, 14 hills,
319 miles ; total, 117 hill', 2.015 miles. By existing com-
mune —England, A 4 bills, 414 miles ; Scotland. 17 hills,
67 miles ; Ireland, 12 bills, 121 miles ; total, IZI bills,
1,003 miles. The total length of new lines is, therefore,
2,01 T miles, ansl there are in additimi 52 miles of deviation
lines. A map in appended to the report, showing the
poetics of the proposal metropolitan lines. Five of these
as. understood to have been withdrawn. Their lordships
observe with sleeted to these schemes, that the best mode
of diminishing the great pressure from street traffic which is
sow so freeuently experienced in the metropolis would be,
sot to lead the traffic of several railways to a central
station, but to provide railways for distributing the traffic
intended for the metropolis at a. many points in the me-
tropolis as possible, and for rendering it mammary for the
traffic which is intended to be carried to places beyond the
metropolis from mitering the streets.
THE ORANGE RIOTA.--Fintnuel Tate has been
found guilty of manslaughter at the Armagh Anises. It is
the first time sins the establishment of the Orange Society
that • jury exclusively protestant has imovicted an
Orangeman of homicide in a party riot. William Wight
was tried for an attempt to murder Charles M'Cann at the
muse time and place. The latter was examined as • wit-
ness. The Puy retired at half-pant ti o'clock on Thursday
evening, sad, after two hours' deliberation, returned • ver-
dict of acquittal.
SHOOTING AT THE EAR'. OF LEITRIII.-011 the
16th of September last the Earl of Leitrim was bred at
from • house in the town of Rola, in the county of Leitrim.
The person who fired was at once pointed out by the neigh-
bours and arrested by the police. The crime was euppreed
to be agrarian. It now turns out that the delinquent,
James Murphy, was insane at the time. He is demi:dhoti as
a Ivey id age.e-looking loan, about 10 years age. He
belcepreregasbifamily deeply tainted with insanity, his
mother, sister, and two nephews being lunatic.. It appears
from the evidence on his trial, which took place on St nines.
day, that he laboured ender various delusi ~,, s. Ile was
acquitted on the ground of ins duty, and will be sent to an
asylum.