The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Mr. Starling, aurora broker in the City, waited yesterday
upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of making the fol-
lowing statement.
Mr. Starling rid that that morning he maw several powerful-
looking labouring men going about different parte of the
City begging, and several poisons gave them money. He
spoke to the men, and told them that if they were really
in distress, if they applied at the Mansion-house they would
obtain relief, and they said they had done so, but could not
get anything. He suspected they were not speaking the
truth, and watched them for some time, intending to give
them in charge, and upon their observing that he was doing
so they dispersed. lie had no doubt thsg these men were
importers, as he bad ascertained that they had not made
any application for relief at the Mansion-house ; and his ob-
ject in coming to the court was to caution the public not to
give money indiscriminately in the streets, as every real
case of distress was sure to meet with prompt attention.
The Lord Mayor expressed his thanks to Mr. Starling for
coming forward to make the statement, and mid he thought
it was quite right that the statement should be made public,
and he had no doubt this would be done through the medium
of the puma The distress at this time was undoubtedly
very great, and it was to be feared that unprincipled persons
took advantage of it to endeavour to impose upon the
public. His lordship added that it would be well for the
public to be cautious bow they give money to persons beg-
ging in the street, no matter what might be their apparent
state of destitution, as advantage was taken of a time like
the present by dishonest persons to impose upon those who
were charitably disposed.
John Edyar, a private in the Grenadier Guards, wu
charged with the following outrageous conduct :
It appeared from the evidence of Mary Anne Dean and
her husband that while they were passing along Hounds-
ditch, on their way from chapel, the prisoner, who was very
drunk, threw a piece of a glass at Mrs. Dean, and when
she remonstrated with him he dealt her husband a fearful
blow iu the face, which made the blood flow immediately.
Henry Baldrock stated that he saw the prisoner pushing
the passengers about and striking several women, and be-
having altogether in a very disorderly manner. He stepped
before him to obtain a view of his facie, when he struck at
him with a tumbler, which he, however, warded off with
his arm. The glees was broken by the blow, and the wit-
ness then saw him throw the foot of the tumbler at the
female and strike her husband, after which be ran away.
The Sergeant-major of the regiment stated that the pri-
soner's character was fair, and he was very seldom in
trouble.

The Lord Mayor said it was well for him that he bore stoler-
ajitmyAood character ; and, under those circumstances, be
sentence him to a lighter sentence than he should
otherwise have done, viz., seven days' imprisonment.
JoAn Wilson, a private in the Fusilier Guards, and Mary
likaspoon, were charged with assaulting Thomas Laurence
and Elizabeth

It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Laurence that the
previous night at about 11 o'olore he was standing at his own
door in ITpper Themes-streak wishing his sister and her
sister-in-law good night, when the two prisoners accosted
them, asking for a halfpenny. The witness told him he did
not feel inclined to give him one, and told him to go about
his business, as he did not want to be interfered with, upon
which Wilson struck the sister-in-law, while the female
prisoner flew furiously at his sister, knocking her down, and
tore her clothes all to pieces. (The bonnet and dress were
here produced, and the dress appeared to be torn into
shreds, while the bonnet, which it was stated had only been
worn twice, was most woefully battered.) When he (the
brother) interfered, the soldier assaulted him in a very vio-
lent manner.

Both the prisoners it appeared were very drunk, and
The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner Simpson Br., the
value of the bonnet, or in default seven days, and the pri-
soner WiLmn he sentenoed to seven days' imprisonment,
without the option of a See.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Henry, Wise, appreutise to Mr. Smith, engineer, of 69,
Prinota-atreet; was charged before Mr. Beadon with oom-
mittiog a violent assault on another young man in the
same employ, by striking him on the head with a heavy
hammer. . . . . . .

The complainant said that about nine o'clock that morn-
ing he was in the top shop of the works Axing up a shelf,
when the defendant came up and asked for the hammer he
was using, when he told him he could not spare it. Upon
this the prisoner tried to wrench it out of his hand, and
having done so, struck him two blows on the head with the
hammer, rendering him nearly insensible, cutting his bead
severely, and causing great loss of blood. He (defendant)
then went down Main and left him.

The defendant said there was a scuffle, and the omnplainant
was struck by accident.
Robert Crane, pattern-maker in the same employ, was
called and proved seeing a muffle between the complainant
and defendant, but his evidence,given reluctantly, only went
to show that the complainant was struck.
Another witness wad wiled, and he add that all he knew
was that "somehow or the other" the complainant was
struck.

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Mr. Beaton soil that any one could see that complainant
had been struck • severe blow with a heavy hammer, and
tined the defendant 3/., or one mouth.
Joise Leary, an inmate of St. Georip.'4 Workhouse, was
charged with a ruffianly tumult on John Patfield, also an
inmate of the hours.

The comphimant, a poor paralysed nun, said that on the
previous morning, just after breakfast, the prisoner came
up to him and told him to move from the place where he
wee in, and because he could not move quick enough for him
the prisoner said, " If you don't move I'll give you some-
thing." and then he struck him two severe blows—one on
the nose and one on the head. . . . . .

The assault baying beou confirmed by another inmate of
the home. Samuel Menem).
Cartwright, one of the officers of the house, said the pri-
soner was a very bad fellow, and had been guilty of several
assaults, sad was once charged with knocking • poor old
mar's teeth down his throat.
Mr. Beadon asked the officer whether he had any reason
to suppose the prisoner was Dot right in his bead, and hav-
ing received an answer that there was no reason to suppose
anything of the kind, after some remarks on the prisoner's
conduct, fined him

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TALLOW.—The tallow which was pressing on the market
last week for cash down having been sold early in the
week, the market improved 6.1. to 9d. per cwt. for inithe.
diste delivery and for March. To-day there is not a greet
deal doing speculatively, and the demand on the spot is
rather quiet. Our quotations are :—Spot, new, 60s. ; old,
595. 3d. to 6d. ; January to March, 605., sellers ; /larch,
60s. 6d. ; April to June, 58s. Bd. ; Oct. to Dec., 575. Gd. ;
South American, 59e. 6d. ; Odeon sheep, 60s. 6d. ; beef,
58s. 6d. to 595. Town tallow is scarce, at 59e. 3d. net
cash. Cocoa-nut oil quiet; Cochfii, 51s. 10d.; Ceylon, It..
to 5%. 10d. ; Sydney, 51e. to 50s. Palm oil, 475., fine
Lagos.-(From the circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles,
dated Monday evening.)

CATTLE.—Lrrnitrooc, JAN. 2l.—The supply of beef and
mutton wag smaller than hat Monday ; demand very
good for each, and prices higher for every description of
stock.

COALS. —LoxDozi, Jas. 2L —Bell's Primrose Goo, 171. fid. ;
Hebei& West Hartley, 17.. 3d. ; Davison's West
17s. 3d. ; Hastings Hartley, 17.. 3d.; Holywell,
20s. ' arl?Toward's West Hartley, 17.. 3d. ; Tani/old M
Bates, 17s. 6d. ; Walker Primrose, 16.. 6d. ; Whitworth
Hartley, 20a. • Walla End Hartlepool, 2b. ; Camay and
Duffers Malting, 34a. 6d.—Ships at market, 92 ; sold, 53.