The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

divo.ett of was of the or ioary nature.

THE Kum coulters.
leave DAY.)
31 ARLYIIOItOUGHATREET.
COORAOKUVI COMMA'? or A LADY.
Aka LiaoSear, a shoemaker. wia, charged before Mr.
Bruins with attempting to steal a gold watch. of Use value
of 15/ , the property et a young lady named Elizabeth Men-
tos tif 7, Htauttoo-etreet,
Min Masten said she was walking io Oxfordatreet, on
fieturdayafternoon about 4 o'clock, with her mother, when
she felt a tug at her watch chain, and then found
her watch was broke° from the swivel. She immediately
seised the prisoner's ham!, mid though be struggled meet
determinedly she still held line, beitt4 resolved not to let
him eacape. A person then picked up the watch and handed
it to her. A constable came up, and she then gave the
prisoner into custody.
la answer to Mr. Boyden, the prow,ntrir said the pri-
weer had her chain iu his hand wheu -he seized it.
Amadeu, MO A, proved being called by at, omnibus man.
sad told a lady was robbed of her watch. (ha going to the
spot be found the prisoner detained by the lady and two
other peewee. The prisoner made no reply to the charge.
Prisoner pleaded that he hail horn drinking, but this was
denied, and the primmer was committed fur

RETURN 44, MR. RIADO?, THE MENTOR MAGIXTRATE-
nis morel's( 311 r. Hoiden, the eeniur magistrate at this
court, .sat for the use time after his loug alaissice caused by
a painful illness. The worthy .nd mock respected gentle-
man received the warm congratulations of all pencils con-
nected with and haring lownoes‘ at the court.

%V E:iTlif 1 NST ER.
ItTIAORDINARI 1i6HA1.101.11. AT A PARISH (RI NCH.

•—•.••
rh•nattO 0.7),M100, a lahOttreT at gas works, was charged
with the following disgraceful conduct:
Police-constable Joseph Nation, 167 B, said that at a
quarter to four yesterday afternoon be was oo duty in
Hood-street, Chelsea, when be was fetched by
a (mahatma, who informed him that a drunken man had
entered St. Luke's Church, Ch.leea, and was creating a
great disturbance. Witness immediately accompanied the
gentleman to St. Luke's Church, and there found the de-
fendant at the gate, declaring that he had had five
children buried in the ;gonad there, and waat.d
to go and see their graves. Wailes. told him to
go away quietly, and recommended him, if he had
a desire to visit the graven of his children, to do so when he
was sober. Defendant declared that he did not care for
fifty policemen, and would sot go. He then moved a
short distance, and clinging to the rails of the church-
yard, refused to leave, and witness found it necessary to
take him into custody.
',deaden% said he was very sorry, but he was not aware
that he had dome much wroeg.
Witness said he had beau removed from the church by
the beadle after having obstructed the service.
Defendant said as hi. children lay in the churchyard be
thought he would attend divine 'orrice that afternoon.
Mr. Arnold thought be was in a very strange state to
perform his devotions.
Defendant hoped the magistrate would excuse him, but
be really did nut know that he was so muck iotoximted ;
it was not that ho had La so much todrink either, but it
seamed to have inure effect upon him than usual.
The emstable observed that he had a great of trouble to
prevent biro going round the churchyard.
Ili. Arnold asked if anything was known of the defendant.
The pekes replied "
wrtbiag ..
He was fined fie., and in default was committed. days.
THANE&

APPIMIGIRION or II
John Wert,Beeiseria Allen, and Mans, wan-
knows thieves, were brought before Mr. Selle, charged
with being suspected persons, going about with intent to
commit felony.
Robert Franklin, a policc.coirtable, 480 IC, stated
that be mw the prisoner• at half-pod I o'cleek this morning
in Beced.street, Ratelid, and upon observing him they
turned up • court railed the Orchard, and diem,
peered somewhere in an instant. He remained on
the spot when, he first saw the prisoners, 'Aid wa■ joined by
another policeman. While they were talkie( the primmere
mine down Collingwod.street into Brced.street again,
and he took them into custody, and asked them what We-
er" they had in the streets at such an hoer of the morning,
to which they replml that they had been to the taps of
Good Hope public-house, in Linsehouse, to obtain a pot of
beer. He observed th.,t the public.honscs were closed an
Sunday night at It o'clock, and oo beer could be obteieed
afterwards. He took the prisooere into custody. They
bed been all couvicted, and he believed their inteution wu
to commit a burglary this morning. on reaching the
station-bees Wriatit dropped • boo of admit matches from
under bis coal

Xt. WilrW Dean, licensed victualler, the landlord of
the htt's Head public house, Broad-street, 'Menhir, said
hie hones wee twine hurghu•ioutly broken into cud plundered
ia the snosUi of .tugu.t. flu the last occasion the thieve-4
got over a skittle•.;rouoof and outhouse, and broke through
• skylight ; the till w.is cmptied of its contents, and he
lost • coat and other property.
Other evidence woe gone into. and as it was etatml
that more evidence affecting the prisoners would be forth-
comiag, sad that they were suspected of corn:nutting MOTO.
ral torgLities, Mr. dude remanded them until Thursday.

MN AID LOM OP LIPIL--(rels DAY.)

About a quarter paat U o'clock, a.m., the greatest
esciteowat WIN caused in t►e 'neighbourhood of Atepoey
Causeway, by the ontbresk of • are in the premises of
Mr. J. thugs.% let out as • lodging.house to
several persons. As • police-countable of the K
divan.° yam walking put the premium he perceived
smoke pouring out of the ground flour window.
He at ot.ce sounded an alarm, and sent off for the attend.
sacs of the Royal Society's fire encapen and engine,. During
the isderval he made every attempt to arouse the inmates,
end three or four persons escaped by the trap door on the roof,
and were bronghtdown mod, stilled with smoke by Conductor
Hardway. Some other peewee managed to getout at the street
door, but • female, mooned Princes Jackson, who lodged in
the second floor back, who had attained the age of 75, and
who had been blind for 20 years, was not found. The
conductor totted tho smolte in the building so intense
that he was unable to enter the room in
which the poor woman wan supposed to be sleep.
i•g. la order, if possible, to reach her, to.
got • silk handkerchief, and having soaked it in water
and placed it over his face, be entered the apart-
ment, when the flames shot through the flooring,
and ignited the bandage round hie mouth sod eyes.
All further search was at an end. By 8 o'clock the premises
were sufficiently cooled for Hrirdway,the eoudu•tor,to enter.
Upon going into the tint floor he foiled the aged creature,
burnt in an awful manner, and quite dead. The remains
were placed in a couple of sheets sad conveyed to the deed.
house. How the fire originated not the leant information
could be obtained, bat acconling to the statement of Con-
doctor Hardway, w►en he arrived the fire was in every
mow, except the first fluor fond and the second floor.

Arrival for the week endives Set. 10 Let peer. 4,11141 mks,
gad delivery 2,754 asks. The snivels last week earned
1,127 casks froth Petersburg, 214 from AuAtralth, teu tress mouth
Amerka, and 418 trues other places—Total 2,219 casks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
The number of beasts is about the same as on Mon-
day last ; trade is, however, very slack, and prices
on the average are rather lower. We have a larger
supply of sheep sad a small demand, consequently
lISVSIIII remain unsold, notwithstanding a allapcm.
Its. to take lower prices. The lamb trade is worse.
Calves are selling about as on Thursday. From Germany
sail Holland ghere ars 1,150 beasts, 9,140 sheep, and 2.°.
calve Scotland, Yi beasts; Ireland, 600 ; and ;.1,:DO from
the northern and midland counties.

Per Nose of silos. 6 d.
NA Soots, heralds. 4 a
Bed Short-barns
6111t0M1 quaL brook 3 0 S
CAMS
34 4 6
Best Dust Illl.breds 0 0 0 0
blasts 64 raisr4l4, 6,370; ipssei
Pigs. 670.

Per stone of ltbs. a d. a. d.
Bost Dui& Il6bdaBll 4 W 6 0
Boot Longwools 0 0 0 0
Do. Mown 4 S 4 8
Elves & second qua 0 0 0 0
Du. do. Shorn 4 0 4 4
Lambs
sad Lambs. 30,330; Oilves, 207

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
NNW& Pattendoa mid Smith report the arrival of a few
pociketa of the new growth of hope at roarkrt, which have
realised the following prices :-11i.1 Keats, 141. to lb/.
Weald do., 101. to 12/. The accounts on the whole are Riot
quit* so favourable. Duty, 1640001.

We (Lirerpool Albion) are informed that Mr.
Clay, of the Mersey Steel sad Iron Works, is implied in
the manufacture of one of ►is guns, of enormous size and
power. The design awl destination of the gun is not
allowed to transpire, but it is supposed to he made for ex-
perimental purposes for a foreign government, to test the
resistance of battery plates. It is said that the gun is to
thrown shot of 5001b5., and that it will be ready for trial
le two or three weeks. The monster gun made at those
works, and which was lately tested [again at Portsmouth
carries a shot of 210Ibe.

STRAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN JF.IVET AND
TRAWL —Duriegthe present month steamers win run four
times s week between dewy and EL Melo, and three times
weekly between Jersey sad Granville.
Syria:cm-rms.—The medical officer of the Slier-
borne district, Mr. H. White, elated in a note to the rims
presented to the Board of Guardians no Thursday, "This
vowels, E. V., nearly lost her life by taking the following
mixture, which hie' been recommended to her by a neigh•
bouroris., an old horse-shoe, boi:ed in a pint of strong beer."
The tatiest warn suffering (ruin jauudice.—.SAeriorar
Journal.

A SrtAxam AccIDENT.—On Thursday, a ono of
t►e railway written wan puling the Whn .Wine, on the
Otlecleria Railway, ear mule IA rush a• ems, in (rent,
err taught, cud bat lying on the ride of the railway, Irma
the whole four legs.-- °WWI, Herald.

ELM AOR DI %LIT CONDUCT. —For some time Peat
young lady, resident in Leeds, bat been subjected to a aerial
of annoyances, in consequence of her Marl to encourage
the attentions of an artist, and no Friday evening, while
she was stealing near the door of the vestry of
Brunswick Chapel, a pistol was olio-barged at her,
the contents peaking close to her face, though fortu-
nately not indicting any injury. Numerous aconymous
and threatening letters have been sent to her and to her re-
lative, it is supposed by a companion of the artist (the loiter
being at homed, and it not improbable that be is the person
who committed the outrage. The young lady. was greatly
alarmed, and the police ate engaged in investigating the
case.—Malueldester Nzansiner.
ROTA L FEES HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.
The number of patients relieved et this hospital during the
week ending August 31 was 3,607, of which 1,019 were sew
rtes.

THE SAMARITAN FREI HOll/ITAL.—The number
M patients treated at the Samaritan Free Hospital for
Wombs and Children, Edwards-street, Portmeu-01"714
daring the week 'adios August 31, was 886, of which 293
IMO Dew OW&