The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-18 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

OCTRAOZONI ASSAVLT oxiIOLICIS-CONSTAHLII.—Tir.
Lifter, well known to the police, Wad dually examined,
chanted with assaulting W. Campbell, polies constable &I U.
Complainant, wit se head and fees were ;covered with
bruises, stated that, about hal'-East one o'clock on Sunday
morals', he was on duty is the Borough road, when he saw
two fe..ales Making a disturbance is liartio reset. lie
told them to go home, when the prisoner, who was standing
near them, cams op and struck him suddenly en the head
with loom heavy instrument. He instantly fell on the pays
meat, and became Insensible from loss of blood, and recol.
lected aothirg until about half as hour afterwards, whey he
recovered his senses at the p.lice station, where he was cen-
Toyed by some persons who diuovered him bleeding on the
pavesest. Witness was compelled to keep his bed for three
days, and au still local:able of performing his duty.
The magistrate asked him whether he knew the prisoner,
or em had any quarrel with him ?
Complainant replied that the primer was • notorious
thief, and watt connected with a gang of thieves, who prowled
about the streets all unlit to rob persona under the influence
of liquor Martic—treet was the locality in which they
lived, and he had frequent recisions tt warn the primmer
and his otiociates away. Prier to the asuult being com-
mitted he had no words with the primmer, as he hardly saw
him.
The magistrate committed the primmer for trial.

THE ROYAL M.OL STEAMER AVON left South-
ampton yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails.
She took out nearly seventy pasesngen, while the cone-
spocding ship of tut year only took out between twenty and
thirty. Nearly thirty of the peasengen by the Avon were
bound fee California and five for Callao. Among the Avon's
passengers for California were three foreign noblemen who
have been ruined by the continental disturbtheu, and could
only afford fore-cabin berths.
CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—LetIers
have been received from Captain Austin's Arctic
expedition, dated Stromness, May 13. The It-solute
arrived as the Long Hope, Orkaeys, on the 11th.
with the Dasher and African steamers. The lii-
trepid, enewschooner, arrived on the 10th; Pioneer,
screw-schooner, arrived on the 11th; and the Emma
Eugenia, freight-ship, in tow of the Lightning, steam-under,
arrived on the 12th. They were to start again ia • day or
two; and we may next expect to hear from the expedition
1 from the Whale Visit Islands. The following are extracts
from the letters: " Her Majesty's ship —, off Pentland
1 Frith, Friday. We have been kaoeking about the
1 North Sea ever sines my last, with very un-
pleasant weather, and hies at Let arrived at the
entrance of the Pentlisul Frith. Both tenders have
petted company, and I fear there will be some dit6-
, cull in keeping together. We had • strong gale • few days
since, and the Well t• oder appeared to labour frightfully.
1 As for the sailing vessels they are as easy and as handy as
can be wished. Our crews appear well satisfied, and we
are new beginning to find out what they are made of;
there are lots of good stuff ia them; and, as far as
health is • concerned, no one has been sick as yet,
although the weather has been rather trying. I thick
we ass in very good time, and will be able to afford • few
data for shooting at Whale Fish Is'ands."—" Saturday :
We have just got art Orkney pilot on board, and we are
about to send the steamer to Stromness, and anchor at the
Hope. We are now in sight es John o'Groat's House.' 1
can hardly believe this dismal-looking coast to be part of Great
Britain. 9 p.m. We: are now stancher at the Long Hope.
The captain goes to STTOIReeIII to-morrow, and I believe we
ad on Monday." An aecident, which might have been
attended with fatal coast quenr.es to one of the best petty
officers in the scpadron, took place on board the Intrepid
screw. tender. toe..rge Murray, tee-quartermester, heir g in
charge of the watch at seven, p.m., all hands being sin
played securing the boats and claw-reefing the sails, the
commander remarked to Murray that the lee-boom topping-
lift was unhooked. Not liking to send a man to a place
rather dangerous at the time, Murray went himself. i
He had no sooner pot on the Loom-std than the
man at the helm inadvertently let the vessel come
up in the wind, thereby jibing the mainboom. All
hands immediately ran to the mainsheet, to shorten it
in, so as to steady the boom ; when, in the confasioa, they
let go of it. The boom then swung seven or eight times
aeries the deck and over the quarter, from ringing to rig-
ging, with fearful velocity. Murray still held on by the
topping-lift, until he saw he must either have his brains
knocked out by falling on deck, or be precipitated into the
sea. He thereupon chose rather to run the risk of • watery
grave than to break his neck; so he sprung from the boom
while it was over the quarters, and dropped some twenty
feet from the ship. It was blowing • fresh gale at the time,
arid a heavy cross sea on, so that the ship had little way,
and, being able to swim well, he soon regained her side.
Every effort was made to save his, but the boats were all
lashed for sea service. The captain threw a cork 1.61 buoy,
with • line fast to it, which he got hold of, and was hauled
La by it.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. -- THE BRITISH
ELIICTIUC TiLLOILAPII COMPANT.—Yesterday, on the TO-
assembling of the committee, the Hon. Cornwell Leger in the
chair; present the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Anson,
Mr. Manners Sutton, and Mr. Ewe; after corroborative
evidence from Professor Cooperand others, the oommlttee
declared the preamble proved, and after going through the
clauses, adjourned to the 3rd June, to give time to the Elec-
tric Telegraph Company, the opponents of the measure, to
submit certain claims they require for the protection of
their interests. From the venous drawings that were die
played for the informatioe of the committee, showing the
amount of telegraphic commuaisatioa completed, or being
mutts/40d at home and abroad, it appeared that ia the
United Kingdom the railway mileage open with the tele-
graph is 2,216 miles; open without the telegraph, 3,781
miles; railways making without the telegraph, 1,236 miles;
railways not commenced, 4,796 miles. The number of tele-
graphic companies is America amount to 22, coronas nearly
10,000 miles. The lines of telegraph completed in France
extend over 620 miles, and them ia progress over 899
miles. The total completed line of telegraph in Germany
is estimated at 2,466 miles, and the range in progress of
construction at 1,210 miles.
SELFISH ART.—It is said that Mr. Wyou,
has bees commissioned by the East India Company to pre-
pare • die for a gold medal to be presented to Major Ed-
Sardis, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by that
officer dories the recent war in the East; that as it is in-
tended excelfor the major, the die will be destroyed as soon
as the tends struck, so that no duplicate shall exist. We
bops the baser part of this statement is Moonset, and that
sasisma Reneebelle will, at all events, be permitted to have
impreedms. How much more flattering to the major it
would be le pat his head ea the medal, mad distribute it
pretty extensively, than thus to misapply the process of
medal diresinking.-77m Builder.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Ironmonger, the chief
porter at the Redbridge station on the Londoa and Dor-
chester Railway, was killed on' Tuesday night. He was
getting some waggons into • siding, when he tripped on a
heap of gravel, fell across the rail, and the wheels of sena
waggons west over his bodyLlititmlly cutting him In two.
ILL-TREATMENT OP A PARISH SETWANT.—Daring
the last few datimmaeh mmaation has bean mused in Bille-
ricay, Essex, a sue of ill-treatment of a union girl,
named Sarah At • s, who some tints ago wee engaged from'
the house by a Mr. Boeotian, • farmer, Jiving at
ditch, and his wife, as servant. • lea weeks sines the
poor girl was returned to the union, and a brief examine
Una of her body snaked to show that she had been sub-
jected to cruel treatment. The beard of guardians promptly
iavestigated the matter, sad the result was, that on TWO-
day Mr. Beoeham, the girl's Raster, and hie wife, appeared
beton the magistrates of this division of the amity, who
determined upon seadlca the cam for trW at the next see-
sic., bat admitted the de sate to ball. They an respec-
tably eenaected, and their present positioa has riven rise to
Ito stupries.
THE WRATHIR.—TYLI CROPS.—ThaI weather at
present is flee In the extrema. bat sill it pacemes a degree
of midair whisk is very mama at this seem of the year.
The greeriagesegs, ea the whelke ante perressleg ismorably,
the wheat blast as only trip that is buincisit f bat we
suppose that It is esessioned by the • 6mq Wadeasy of the
air. TM breadth of potatoes pleated he this neighbour-
hood is very large, and should they wear the blight, which
we sincerely hops they will, the supply of that esculent will
amply reward the labourers toll.—Ciesesel Catania*.