The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Osileriqt Br')los wen charged with haring stolen a mat-
nein
ks the wire of Mrs. Harris, who keeps a lodging-honer'
th the Detehhoutor,l or I I.unsditch, was walking along the
Mom with her twu.h,i.lr,n, she Pow the prisoner with • Mat.
met °ether nioul.lo, The metiers', being an old acquaintance,
• on, ereflgnied, and the prisoner wee wand by the
—of having st-lon it front as poor a woman as herself.
TM moment the witnem spoke to bar on the subject she
gam the young VIOUIA• • stunning slap in the fete and ran
with the mattress in triumph, but as she happened to be
toy, she ran, or rather, stumbled into the anus of a
pitirsuan.
The Inrd Mayor—Flue Inquiries been made about her
&nen 9
The policeman--Yea, my lord. I bane beard an escallent
ciareetsr of the woman, and she lire. in the same neigh-
hiertood in which the matte, se was stolen. She wee very
tipsy whea she was charged with haring the mattress In her
yenstsion.
Fisoser—l bad some gin, my lord, and, as I saw
ihs mattress lying in the street, 1 thought it was no use
them, so I toed it up.
The Lord Mayor—And you thought yon could not finish
the business properly without ruling to knock down this
pew young wawa..
The prisoner was sentenced to twenty-ma days' imprison-
. _ . .

grey WiWows, a dmhingly-desseed woman,
bee* a child in her as, warn charged withahnancttng robbed
lit Mary Ann flitsemis of silver to the amount .1 between
an and erten shallop in an omnibus.
Wm Stamm rut—When I got into the omnibus, which
sae coming from the Elephant and Castle to Cirsoschnrch-
Must, the Prisoner was mated in it. When we reached
Tendon-bridge I mimed my money, which had been ab-
stracted from my purse the purse rtanainMg in my pocket.
I hit her hand in my pm bet, whi.di had been cat, sad I
thought I saw the prisoner pan assiesUalsg to mother
pram.
la answer to questions from Mr. Lewin Jim, the roma-
nil mid the omnibus elm crowded se the dmie, and nether
me minor. were found spas the primmer.
The Lard Mayor remanded the primmer rrlday.

BOW-STREET.
CAUTION TO 11013811LIIITZSS.

Ma Men' s middle-sped moo, Tbs said he had his. is
the svelte of the Earl of Sheffield sad snail Wm acade-
mia, ewe cheated with stealleg two psi mile bon the
bell of 31, Upper Bedford-place.
Other charges were also preferred seam. Mm.
las Iliad, footman to Mr. F. Cm*e dapand eat the
rimer mum to kW master's residerm. se sem% week,
esked to me .• the housekeeper Wiles. sald, laM
Do
yos teem SarahEtherMidge I.' .ad he replied " Tn."
Weasel them west to the top of the kilrdssa itelm mid
mast up the houeekeeper. But bombs the Min et
beempa, he tweedrotted quickly, sod maw tbe
Imam' oC with is nrople of Ism master's peat oceta.
pawed him lato the street, sad pare him into custody.
la smother case, Borah Blake deposed that shout thaws
elms sae primmer culled at her ureter's, Mr. PIM,
gadeigh.pisee, sod requested to see the hoeseUeper.
Mears weed to fetch the latter, mid when they renewed
nether, they rotted the prisoner had decamped with
mat, sad se umbrella which had been left M the Mil.
Me wee certain as to the nue. idoluty,
L. Mary committed him for trial.

CLERK ENWELL
lITIRLINO ♦

ram • Melia* add 29. who Word her
at the bar Wore Mr. Corr* an nimi
with swills, 'alums Richardson, • erizt

It -b
horn the 'Matinee that the mother of the
dill.llllo WOO in may pao etreurestanone, having to go out
dsuy to work, was it, the habit of entrusting the pri-
mmer with bow latest to tak• care of. About seven months
is• she pm the prisoner her child se steal, but when
Ms west for it is the semis', mho mead th.
Omer bad gime, minas the child and some of
I. aeiber's wesriugoippvel with her. Athougb
wiry aerie Ina made by the pace to trace ato
pkawr, lad to gain lout tidings of the child, nothing
eseemMed until a kw days slam, when the pm
-
swim ins eocidentally met and given tato custody. She
Ha owed dist the chill had bms deed some time, sad re-
ined the felifftl3llll to a surgeon is Bpitebaida, who meted
Set be atrod.l as Infant at the time stabil by a. prisoner,
tml that was all he knew of the matter.

&lone; ticoTtrisowitr,To 'hermit Inipsdist mann, rid
dr bral tar tho child. and that it was sow dad and buried.
no moth. did not case earthing about it, for aka want and
trwl with n strong* ram lb. seat day.
Mt. Cowls soadmitued the primmer for Mal.
WESTMINSTER.

TR! arrrrrrto rtaweß t.r VILSTXIN•TIR.
MN Batter, • labourer. er this morning placed at the
Yr, charged with bents 'Awned with his Ether (now in
AS Hellas of DetesCon, in an attempt to murder or other-
Vile Inflict grievous Weill), berm upon Cornelis, O'Sheen.
Trimmer mid he PAW not in the room at the time, sad was
last to ester into s lessetheaed deem*, when
Kr. Payster tLat, sit in all probabOity he would
Os committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial, he had
Mier for the jin—eti livens what he had le men, ea it
addt be gins in set km, against him ups hie trial.
we imam lel IA a week.

THAMES.
AN I,IPI.DEXT

Ada Greer, bold-looking youth of teventeen, war brought
ban klr. Bulk, charged with attempting to steal limey
la. till.

11114gea Wort. vernal to lira Elise Rieahehreal,
eagiesper, of 6, Queen-week Teo-lefil, wig .he bawd
dr mita( of unary in the till of bee mistress'. shep,
mil epee goiag there ener Llesegwee, wha mast have wept
letc the shop me n C.u, west saweler wkh hie
heal a the till. It we. full may. will& he dievred
elan she auk her appareling. lie Niel pb vise be
mina, to wltith he .' pib. d thee be valid a peony am.
d the [Aire wet _tare do phew ye emiludy.
the "'der of Its omit. odd GA =•••• wad •
Ent Iscorrigible yrung thief, who wed pilfering
eistivw he ri oil ley hte hale ea, sad ha had bees three
law eizsrearth

W. &Ifs I;;Yeelthii7risimer what burials, he bad in
asp
Tb. prisastr—T went to buy • penny egg for my wawa.
Peticecosstatdo Ware, 1711 11, said the pprisoner bad not
bads: In his tockl.t when ha was al, .
The prisoner —1 lost the penny on my way to the shop.
Selfe—You nro • !Wei !Israelisd young thisf. I ham
am you here before unit-r usarly shatter circumstances.
The phoney—l ir obi. hard foe my tieing.
W. scab—No, y. u lon't. You are a thief, and if you are
height Mfare roe agoin I will commit you for trial. You
matsaced to them moults' Imprisonment and bard
Maar.

ISLNDCI..AR AND 1 itergeserso Aecteieyre,—W.
Yoe to seaseerr, with Jeep regret, the lose of one of the
ant empeeted ennoters of the teral pfehilikled WI
by • Ten. rioralar though ekily to bo explained so-
ghat. Mr. Carrillo le. nolo", whose retirement from the
tiliblaP d the Coort of Onsrd an., which he had held
he es king a eriod, WP recently naked, had breakfasted
a his ewe/Who w on Panday omelet(, end efterwards
eat eat to Ink at hi. pigeons, kept in a loft to abide
On, was we.. from Ho lenedry by gladder and a folding
lith-este. Mrs C•artind.te having jut left him to prepare
Ihr worrepanying him to church. A sheet time after, Mrs.
pane: the...ph the laundry, observed kin with
lisCitadttwees the trap.ihrore, and at ant eappoeed that be
sae limes* to the p prim bat a. he did ant answer she
kr warn, ahem to M r horror, .be lotted him i=
token the tile of the trap door, lowing either loot
lettlegin
pa the 'older front the trap-door kiting unexpectedly,
et be ned one the Ahura.. open himself is COMM-
IOW. Wise hi. 1,0th01.1. Men Cambridge and her w-
rest, is their mita, ,a, se, re nubile to extricate the Minn
WY. hat IX alarm siren it was taken down, end found
lite quite deed. We I rely renew lied that Mr. Cambridge's
oresexea with our porn his) agars was distinguished
II WA careful avoulaue if litigated); sad this kaourstge
ball war tepecially noticed by the rooters se having marked
Yemeni prertime Mr. Cambridge was In the 72nd year
ells.—deny awl ihertetrA Bat.
IMAM or Tin Rev. lICGIT POLLUX() WILe
"eellte.—On Ifraidey of teat, Mr. William Payee,
rase ler the ehr of 1041.11,11, held an inquest in the
hatainsas ef Berhthrtn the holy of the
Rub NW T:illirectity. Lied The unfortunate
Mikan ma took? of Air H. P. Willoughby, sad bee
ales as inmate in ft.. shine hospital ender the following
Old Baile
ditlift.llls.l the Tine 1844. is the wares of a WWI at
le y, the do-rased pentad in laterrupting Mr.
What eh, wee aldreinino the nowt, end he wee ordered
ins malady, bat ultimately liberate,. The deceased after-
wide eartess.l to *boot the came icerned deeding= (Mr.
Oded). he which be w le tried, and weinltted on the mend
*sky Mr. Willnu,,diy was enordingly removal to
seamen ifnepi•al, when. he bee ma-mined up to the time
ef bra desk. 'IT• ontologist., gentleman received the na
LL
stratims while in e cflnerucat, hot, Awldwhandeet,
Ith loath gate env, and he gradually sank sal dad was
Sp. The tee.evi achloced 'at the *sky wee ef
Inapt. chewier, sod jory returned • verdict of sake
„ea awl,. The do-. wed was formerly rector of Durthorps,
tnoncutembire, sad of Staab lialdon, Oxon.
Clletell HATT CONTese AT GRIF.NWICII.--411
Pinommai of a (fernied male at • vestry oscine of the
Parities., of Greenwich, held on Friday, the Pah
detwrsinote wet pl tr, enM..,4.yend yesterday, Ow the purpose
raother ne lint a church retied ens may Is
Ilk• Plead abonlit be crowed, te. vestry havteg chided h
y yimmobile unjonty :aim rats ! the . The pill was brought
• ekes last mating at mew o'clock, .ben the Rev. W,
heetweallar vicar, ansounced that the makiag of Ike rate
at teareinend by • ji.ciiy of the somber, being. fee We rata, ; aga,aat 3m. The oppatenie of the rimer
;ftee kely the validity 01 the rate, notwithstsorline the
r"ltty thee otoeirerl, eon tomes of the rev. cheirman
""hil'eftwal •mi • thin for the adjournment the
"111 be week,tto;l of
1.• Minutes to be emended.

=1 NOI7NUNDERLAND AND DURUAX
DlitrAICT BANNING ODAVANT.

Yesterday the Lord Chancellor Word an order
directing that all parties roe:tiered in the case of the
rs
r winding up the bank, jut prevented by Yamsltidoer,
titille and Tucker. on behalf of Mr. E. Bourne, of Mende;
College, Blackheath, do attend before him on Friday, 16th
January. The petition states that the bank was Matted In
1836, and the capital fined at 600,0001. in 69,000 abates of 101.
each, end had otticea at Newcastle, and branches at Sunder*
Lind, Durham, Alnwlek, South Shields, North Sklaida,
Bizeich, Ilmham, sad Morpeth. That petitioner is boar if
20 shares, on which he paid 200 L, the full amount thereat.
From 1837 to 1857 the duectors convened meetings yearly,
and disidends of 6 per cent. and recent]) of 7 per NEL we
declared every half yew, with a twoslde,ablo rum en each
occasion to the contingent account. Deports were nerd by
the directors, but the information in them was IMONSty
Lod meagre as to the reel condition of the eta-
pany. The directors in the net report in February, 1867,
stated that the Luainese during the preceding year had fully
enintrered their expectatkas, that there was a nett profit,
attar all eapenere, of 70,2601,, giving • dividend of 31. 10a. bm
the halt-year ending lam, end that they proposed to declare
• like dividend for the December half.yoar ; leaving a surplus
of 23,8411, The Matemint with the report showed, on the
debit Ws, that the prayetetors' capital, paid up, amounted to
653,4911., the &pant and credit Wanes. to 3,379,8161., end
the guarantee fund to 90,8741. ; and ria the credit side of the
account the cash ban, notes, debit balance*, and other se-
rarities, amounted to 4,152,0651., and the value of the bank
premiere at Newcastle and torso branches 21,1651, That
dues the stoppage of the hank petitioner has dismayed
that included se the 4,162,0851. representedas invested on
security, was • very large 'urn advanced by the directoee
on mortgage of certain mineral properties in which one or
more of the dirertonwem letterset:ad personally, and which fact
was wholloncealed from the shareholders It now further
appeared tint in August last, when the bet half year's divi-
dend was declared, the bank, to the knowledge dills dime-
tors, was hopelessly insolvent. At • meeting on the 29th of
November last the shareholders were for the Int time made

aware of the alarming position of their affairs ; that theameta
were insufficient to moseggi debt, end lia6illtlea ; that net
only was the mid. up capital of lOC per share lost, bet that
the liabilities would require a further contribetion of U. per
share, which was made in the shape of a cell, but red re-
sponded to. That the diremors advanced conaiderable ems
of money to one another on inadequate security, end Immo-
videatly ferreted it In epsentatlvetrentreetions. The total leas
of the capital was concealed from the knowledge of the share-
holders, and the company rommented min a flourishing Kate.
That the debts and liabilities of the bank amount to several
millions ; that the shareholders are liable ; and that there is
no other equitable method of dealing with the lank end it,
=barrage:Dents but under the winding-up jurisdiction of the
Court of Chancery ; It being =dented that any call mad*
by the directors is invalid on the ground that the &arm have
been tally paid up, and that therefore the directows have no
power to oaks a further cell. Petitioner, In ociaeladon,
alleges his belief that the committee appointed to cook, settle
and seat the threeton are pommel hie& and maw the
influence of the latter.

" Mr. Wright, the new minister of the United
Stales at Dade," gays a letter from that city, " has caused
sense enrioelty seams tho diplomatic body from being a
rasabor at the temperance eocioty, and rigorously conforming
le Ye rubs At the defense dinners to which be has Invited
Ws digkeestic colleagues, wines sad spirits have been COM.
pioNly excluded. As a set-off there are a number of different
ails prepared from main, and which are specially lean-
made' by tha statutes of the society."

A letter from Honolulu, capital of the Sandwich
Islands, 'Won that tha King had become a Pramual.

M. Jacquet, a large builder and contractor of
Namur, who recently died, has left his fortune, eetimated at
300,000 ft., for the foundation of an asylum for nnesarried
men, not ecelerieerti, who have attained the age of Ifty-
a... N. ha. regulated by his will all the conditiese for the
managesnait of this establishment which is to have lessened
over the gateway the wort "liaison d'Asile de Francois
J•cquat."
FUNERAL Or TILE LATE MR. ARCHIBALD PRIN•
rica.—Yeetaday mewing, the remain. of the lad Mr.
Prentice were interred in the Rualiolme Road Cemetery.
The funeral was attended by Mr Thomson (from Scotland)
sad Dr. Wend, so add =oared.; the Mayor of Man-
chester (Ivie Mackie, Fen.), Alderman Sir John Potter, '
M.P.; r. l. Heron, the town-clerk; Mr. 0. Wilson, the
Rev. Dr. WlCerrene, end a deputation from the Manchester
sad Wadi Temperena. League (of which Mr. Fresno. was
the %nailer and manner), consisting of Mr. William
Morris, the president ; Alderman Heywood, the rid-
preeident ; Mr. J. Witlf.dale and Mr. J. Hearken,
the secretaries. The procemion left the reddence of the
deceased, in Plymouth Grove, at eleven o'clock, end ar-
rived In half an hour at the cemetery, where the mournful
cortege was joined by upwards of • hundred old reformer.
end men with whom the late Mr. Prentice worked during
• the agitation for the repeal of the corn law.. The funeral
advice no. conducted by the Rev. R. Scott, minister of the
Presbyterian Church, C-uplzatt-ttleet. Oftenheye' which
Mr. Prentice woo. in the habit of attending. A short address
was delivered by the officiating eninieter at the grave Oa
Monday night. et a eperial meeting of the council of the
Manchester and Salford Tamper .raw League, It was rdoldd
to resod en addreeo of condolence to Mee. Prentice. It
Embus beautifully enzrotred on vellum, by Mews. Hind
and blush, and will be predated in the 00'611110 of this wink.
—Jfeerkester Oeardiae. _ _

iiiiliTiATitANT—somewhat formidable pre-
writing's am being male for resuming the launch of the
Leviathan towards the elves of the week. Portion, of the
greys aver which the ship has travelled have been taken up,
and several fresh buttress,. erected nearer the cradles for the
rune to act against. Altogether there will be no ferret than
IS primate lietiught to bear on the ship, ens of which is of
considerable power, and was used at the raising of the tubular
bridge over the Menai Straits. The metal oft he cylinder I.
13 inches thick, and it is staled that it can accomplish a pre,-
sure equal to 1,200 lona although not near her full poser
will be simile!, the buttmeerx not being equal to the re-
sistance. This monster ram weir,hs 30 tons. and has been
placed on the forward and of the after cradle. The other
preemie are 12 inches In diameter. The hydraulic power that
will be applied will be mare than double what has previously
been put on. The mooriona of the hauling chains have elm
been strengthened. Mr. lbobert Stephens. M.P., paid his
second visit to the building-yard this (Tuesday) zooming,
and, accompanied by Mr. Brunel, inspected tbe arrangements
and position of the mina The ship remains in a fair and
even position on the ways, end door not exhibit the least per-
ceptible deflection. Amongst the visitors w. aoticed
Baldwin Walker and movers' ofEcta/a Crum Woolwich Dock-
yard.—Shipping Gruals.
REDUCTION OF THE SHIP LETTER RATE OP
PosTAGR.—Oa the let January nest 'ad thenceforward, the
British rate of postage upon 'etas despatched from say
port of the I;nited Kingdom by • private ship, whether
steamer or sailing resit, will be reduced to sixpence, the
half-ounce, in sU mere where it now eaceede that sum. The
charge ureic letters above half-an-ounce in weight will in-
crease according to the wale for charging inland letter.
Letters conveyed by private chip from this country to France
or Belgium will cantieue liable to • combined British and
foreign rate of 4d. the half-ounce ; and letters conveyed by
private ship to Holland, Hsmburgh or Bremen, will WM be
charged with • combined British and foreign rate 4111. the
half.ounce, as heretofore. By command of the riminzaerer-
General, Bowl-eau Hut, Secretary. General Poet-oMoz,
Dee. 26.

ATTEMPTFD ASSASSINATION.—The Opinion. of
Turin has the follower's from Count Brent-
tali, of Bergamo, wee on tho 19th corning out of • howls
situated in the quarter of Ben Damian*, at Milan, he sud-
denly received • blow free behind on bee hat, by which it
woo treed down over hie ryes, be then got a stab in the
seek with a Juliette,. and a blow with a loaded blruidgeon on
hie Ade, obi, h lemught on a discharge of blood from the
month. The /respite fled without attempting to ride the
pork.* of MN victim, wheal Crits *,on hr.usht people to his
senotanoe. Vp'rn examination it woo found eLat the stiletto
had iofficted but a slight wound, owing to the protection of
the heavy whiter garment. worn by the mount. The police
have arrenevl some perm* on enapicion."
STATE Or TRADE IN FILANCE.—TI2O report of
emaniereial afain for the peat week may be regarded aa
rather more aatinfactory. In Tails a very fair amount of
Annear has ben done daring the week, and the small
dealers alone the beulevards already seem tolerably well
*Ogled, which implies that they must hove weld a large
quantity of their warm. At Marra the demand for ("Sion
has been active, the sake of the week amounting to 6,500
balm, and the IllTiVat. to 7,500. The Mock of cotton now on
head 'swede 81,100 bale., being 33,700 more than at the
inneepandinr mind of hut year. rriSCII b., undergone
bat a very train= alteration since the last replt. Several
perchers al printed calicoes have been wide at flours fur
abet:we4 kat the prices have been generally rather low.
Bann* at Idolhautea shows some tapprovonient, several
ardent Rom the math having bees received; prkas woes
becoming arr. At Ronk**, haft= err oleo era mew%
end sere cenelderable parches*, had hoes toads. At Lyons
the demand for silk goods shows a derided oreprovernent, sad
=lnge. are entertained that a favourable readies in
is om the ere of taking plvie.—Gekreems.
OXFORD, WoRer4TER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON
RAILWAY.—Tha receipt. of thin, company, including the
Ilhintbridge Extension Canal. for the 1...A.12%14 ending Ds-
ember 20, have been 14.0011. to. 94., whilst throe for the
earreepmeling period of 1866 amounted to 7,8371. Oa. Id., sad
the expenditure, also including that of the Mourbridets
Extension Canal, 3,8921. 2s. Od., lain: at the rate of 48.80
pis cent., whilst those for the corresponding period et
leaf antounted to 3,11751. Id., or at the rate of 49.31 per
mat. The sum of 103,2861. Sa. 3d., being rveeipta fee the
Mat eleven fortnights of the half your, added be the
8,0031. Os. 9d. as above, makes a total mei* of
111.2591. he. 01, as against 100,3771. Os. 6d. for the wenn-
pandieesievta fortnights of the previous year; sad the seta
of 46,6061. 4e. lit, being ex e. for the drat dens thee
nights of the half-year, added to the 3,8921. 2a. Od, as
above, makes a total expenditure of 49,4901. dr. Id., being
at the rate of 44.47 per sent. ma against 60,0711. 7.. 7d. for
the correspoediog eleven fort:nicht. of the previous year. or
at the rate of 49.93 per mot (Note—The tondo of compiling
the account. &Mere from that in operation lam year. Year
the pupates of compariam, the corresponding foe tnight in
1366 is dealt with wording to the present system.]