The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS.

At the Rotherham Conrt-house, on Monday, two
men, named Evans and Lax, *Alien, melding near Barns-
ley, were charged with burglary, and with wounding officers
who were attempting to arrest than. The facts of the
cam am brledy these Thursday eight two of the
West Riduag police-faros, mimed Maerakozy and Bokoe,
were on duty about midnight in the little village of Aid-
=near Rotherham. They heard the footsteps of
men approaching the station, and cm rushing sod-
denly out, found themselves in front of the two prisesses
and a Skied man, sash of whom was mining a large
handle. The damn skipped the MO, and suer some
resietanee had bees Evans was
method the bundle
which the rimier Evans was carrying. and partially
opened It. He maw that It contaiaed a large quantity of
Moth, and be at ones Informed the ma that they must go
to Botherbeen sad amount for the property. The third sea
eau away, sad Evans declared with an oath that neither
they Der their beadles should be takes. He struck Moles-
ting • violent blow on the fee*, and the two immediaostevel
envipsd In limes esniliet. The Firmer wrested the
tremelieca from him, and Week him repeatedly on the head
and isms and threw him down. The officer, however,
imaged to get up again, but the prisoner made another
and more furious attack, and dragged the officer's Whet
from its sheath. Armed with this weapon he non-
tinned to strike at the eller, and mid he "would
have his blood," and Molesbury after receiving
two severe blows, bravely grappled with kis sidewalk%
and they fell to the growth together. la the meantime,
Bolts., who had gone in preset[ -ef Li, returned au hear-
ing his comrade crying out few help ; and me he was ring
back he saw the prisoner striking at Molaabary with the
cutlass. He knocked Evans down, and the officer got up,
but just at that moment the third man struck him on the
forehead with a heavy hedge-stake sad knocked him down
again. Bakes turned apes this assailant, but was so bard
premed that he was compelled to defend himself with his
althea, and then the men took to flight. He then united
his efforts to those of Molesbury, and after a desperate drug-
&Evans was disarmed and secured. Assistance was then
obtained from the house of • gentleman in the village,
who provided a cart and several men to remove the pd.
soner and the wounded officer to Rotherham. A surgeon
was called in, and be found that the officer bad bees
wounded by the cedes in three places on his head, from
which he had lost a large quantity of blood, and was in a
depressed state. The other officer picked up two of the
boodles on the road, and it was found the sad day that
they contained a greet portion of the proceeds of a bur-
glary. The shop awl house of Mr. Nutball, at Stavely,
Derbyshire, had been broken into, and a whole bale of
cloth, several large pieces of cloth, articles of appareolaal
30 sovereigns, stolen. The property recovered by the
was identified by Mr. Mahal. The bench committed the
prisoners to the assizes on the 'bargee of burglary and the
attempt to murder the policemen.

MASON AND SLIDILL.—III case of the American
government yielding the point in dispute, we shall bare to
be magnanimous under a far strooger temptation. There are
thinp to be remembered which Englishmen generally are
not yet sufficiently aware of. Not only must we remember
that the Confederates are fighting for slavery, but that
Mr. Mason, to whom we are compelled to act as protectors,
if not champions, is the author of the Fugitive Slave Law.
From end to end of the kingdom this ought to be told end
remembered, that we may be &Nieto allow for the Federaßate
if they ref use to liberate him, and to sympathise with their
'whop if they submit to the necessity. Under the Fugi-
tive Slave Law many a prosperous farmer has been ruined
for his compassion in aiding the deliverance of the captive
many a citizen has laid down his life to defend
the personal liberty law of his own state; many
• Quaker, who could Dot fight, has borne the
lose of his property, and undergone imprisonment,
sooner than return to bondage the fugitive who cast
himself upon his oompamion. Under that law, the proud
city of Boston has seen chains locked round its court-hmtse,
and casino° posted in its streets, while a negro, long free and
supposed We ostler the protection of the city. was carried
down to the harbour, amidst thonsands of mourning citizens,
and black legs, and balconies filled with women in black,
Intertwine, that the South bad thus got the liberties of the
republic ander her heel. The author of that law is now in
prima I. that harbour, within sight of that court-house and
the wharf whence Burns was shipped ; and we must remem-
ber how keen must be the pang of restoring that man to
liberty on the requisition of anti-slavery England. Anti-
slavery England roust beware of making a hero of the man
she is obliged to protect ; and of condemning too severely
the premature rejoicinp of the people of the Free &dee who
have been betrayed into • false position by the ignorant
audacity of a naval °Ober in whose yaws and professions]
reputation they have naturally placed their coaliassea
Ones a Week

MR. Gloms CRAWRILAT AND HIS WORLIERN.
A few weeks ago (mays the Newcastle Chronicle), we chro-
nicled the interesting proceestiny connected with the
=tion of an address to George eras/shay, Esq., of
—the venerable head of the firm of Meilen. Hawk.,
Crairobay and Sons—by the men employed at Gateshead
Tres Works. The old gentleman was much gratified by
this spontaneous mark of esteem on the part of his men,
and intimated his desire to entertain them at dinner at his
own expense. This, however, was not so easy • matter ae
it would appear. for the firm employe at least thirteen
hundred men, and the largest room in Gateshead will not
accommodate more than one hundred and fifty. The
idea of furnishing them with • dinner all together
had, therefore, to os given up, and 24 of the best inns sad
public-houses were engaged, where the men dined on Tees.
day is batches of about 50 each. The greater pert of the
town of Geteebeed participated in the feetivity, and hun-
dreds of panties had the streets; as the men marched in
protrusion from the works to the Town-hall and dispersed ,
to their respective inns. The older and more elevated eat-
, "loges dined at the Head Inn under the piesidency
of Mr. G. Crawshey, of Tysemouth, 'the vice-chairs being
occupied by Mr. Edw. Crewshay and Mr. Stephen Hawks •
and another important body of the men assembled at the;
Q... 4 Arm, with Mr. Thomas Pringle, managing clerk of
tie engineers departraest, to the rear.
Parties about to make Christmas presents ere
Niamey recommended to 'kit UM extensive Showrooms of
Ideenra Parkins and (lotto. 15, Weed-street, who have by tar
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keiscaillen pentegeneales, scrap-books, fan,. silPerhipmreinled
artistes hr the VTI tine-table : family and pocket Bibles, PM's,
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bindings, from the largest to the smallest sized type. In feet,
at We Zetablishment as Immense variety of useful and elenant
mild= especially adapted for presentation ma be seem to sub
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