The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

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NAV-4L AND MILITARY.

CHATHAM, MAT 4.
This morning his Royal lliglinees Prince Adal-
bert, of Prussia, accompanied by other distiuguished
visitors, arrived at this dockyard ou a visit of inspection to
the various establishments. Hie royal highness was
received by Vice-Admiral S. R. Robinson, Controller of
the Navy, Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Cota-
mandcr.in•Chief, and other officials, and buteediately
after his arrival commenced the inspection of the various
departments, and also the ironclad ships, Monarch, turret
ship, and the Hercules, over both of which be was con-
ducted by the officials of the establishment. After 'peril-
ing about three hours in the inspection of the principal
departments at this dockyard his royal highness quitted
the establishment and returned to town.

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.—Last evening
the animal public meeting of this league was held it
Exeter-hall, under the chairmanship of Mr. W. D. Lucas,
Shad well. The large hall was filled to its utmost capacity.
and ou the platform were several prominent supporters of
the temperance movement. Mr. Robert Rae, secretary,
read an abstract of the annual report, which commenced
by stating that one of the indirect benefits that resulted
from the opening of Westminster Abbey in July last for a
temperance sermon was the adoption of a plan fur securing
the delivery of week-night sermons in parish churches,
and thirty-seven sermons bad been preached is
large provincial towns, in addition to sixty-one in
metropolitan churches and chapels, roost of which
were attende4 by large oongregations. Three con-
ferences had been held with metropolitan schoolmasters
and schoolmistresses, many of whom had agreed to afford
facilities fur the delivery of lectures or addresses to their
pupils during school hours, as well as to introduce a tem-
ranee class book into their schools. Three conferences
ad been held with Scripture-readers and City mis-
s onarim in the metropolis, one of the practical results of
which was that several missionaries at once commenced
temperance work in their districts. Select marning meet-
ings for the purpose of influencing the middle and hijjher
classes of society, followed by evening public meetings
of a more popular character, had been held at
Colchester, Canterbury. Ramsgate, Torquay, Plymouth,
Exeter, Ipswich, and Birmingham • drawing-room
meetings had been held at Tottenhaln and Reigate ;
special public meetings had been held at many
other towns ; and several agents bad been actively
emploTed during the pest winter in visiting the rural dis-
tricts in the immediAte neighbourhood of London, where
several new societies had been formed, and many old
ones had beau stirred up and revived. The League 'm lec-
turers and honorary deputations had delivered upwards of
1,400 public addresses during the year. Numerous meet-
ings of a special characterhad taken place in Landon,
including thirteen meetings for ladies on Thursday after-
noons ; 22 meetings of the Young Men's Mutual Improve-
ment Society ; 20 at the Lambeth Baths, where
360 persons had signed the pledge ; and 15
at Burdett-hall, Limehouae. 30,692 persons attended
the last annual fete at the Crystal Palace ; and there
was a numerous attendance at the New Year's festival in
Exeter-hall. Ths League's missionary to sailors had,
during the past year, paid 4,688 visits to vessel. in the
port of London, bad addressed numerous meetings on
board ship, visited 175 families of seamen. and enrolled
406 names in his pledge book. He had also sold a large
number of temperance books and periodicals, and had dis-
tributed 14,000 tracts. The total income of the League
for the year had been 3,8021. lls. Old.; and the expendi-
ture, 3,6011. 16s. 14d. The amount received in subscrip-
tions and donations was 1001. greater than in any pre-
ceding year. The adoption of the report having been
ageed to, several addresses in furtherance of the objects of
the meeting were delivered, and the proceedings, which
wore throughout of a most enthusiastic character, ter-
minated with the usual compliment to the chairman.
CRUeLTY •ND SUPERBTITION.—One of the most
cruel acts that has been heard of for some time has occurred
at Preston. On Saturday evening a woman, named &rah
Salisbury, residing at 64, Atkinson-street, went to the
Preston police-station. and reported that she had been in-
formed by • militiamen, named Reed, that be had bought
a dog • day or two before for a shilling ; that he kia4
skinned it; that the landlord of the Ring o' Bella
beerhouse, Highmtreet, had cooked it for supper ;
that a sweep, named William Reed and • man,
named Sharpies, had eaten the dog ; and that
the man EMerples had been ill in consequence,
Since then two police officers have inquired into the cir-
cumstance, and have learned that a dog was killed at the
beerhouse in question, and stewed in the oven. The men
Sharpies and Reed went Nate the house whilst the dog
wig cooked, and they were in the act of taking it
out of the oven when the landlady told them not to touch
it, as it was a dog, but they did not believe her, and took
no notice of Isar remonstrances. It has been alleged that
the dog was cooked for the purpose of getting the grease
out of it to rub oa the arm a • young girl who had met
with an accident the mine afternoon ; there being an ha-
red= amongst her friends that it would operate as a
complete cure."
PAIMIT-ORTIOR MITSRITN, Soma ICRINSINGTON.
Number of Melton for the week ending May 2, 2,915;
Toed number aineellb92%
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gith May, 1666),

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driPellodn (444H001. dtantma, acktitr, bead-
ecbe hinder* lies, sleeplessness, awful,.
asthma, fever; comeamptlon, low aphita. 40,040
eases --Ale* rotated an medicines, Including that of Wa
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dlta—llse. PIM ; 1141 b., Ka, or fd. owl
Alto the iteraleste Chocolate rover r, man Uwe
cancentasied beet —Da Berry andoo., TI, Eagentai Len-
ten ; alm loriniun and X Piccadilly, and et 411,
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amyl& ; SS sad 140, Oilardaireet.—(Adrer-
lieemeatj

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,

Alin PhiJlipe, e respostable-larking man, surrendered
so take hie trial for ualawfully pabl ig a false and
defamatory libel onionralag ea. Jooseespph Urlioe , he well
kaowing at Use time be wrote and pahliehed the end libel
that the mutest, were false.

Mr. F. if. Lewis and Mr. Warner Sleigh oondueted the
proem/Won: Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Montagu Williams
appeared for the defendant.
The prosecutor in this ease had curled on the business
of • clothier in Newington Causeway, and it appeared that
be had formerly been • rag merchant, and had had
badness dealings with the prisoner. The libel that
wee the subject of the prosecution was contained in an
anonymous letter, addressed to Mr. Rabbit's, boot and
shoe manufacturer, carrying on business at Newington,
and which imputed to the defendant that he had eight times
set fire to his house, and had robbed different insurance
offices to a very large amount, and that be intended very
soon to set the to the house where he then resided,
and his neighbours were therefore cautioned to be careful
or they might be burned in their beds. It appeared that
the prosecutor had bad the misfortune to have his pre-
mises burned down on several occasions, but in every in-
stance the insure:toe-office paid him the full amount for
which he was insured without any demur, and
his having so many fires was accounted for by the fact
that the rag business was one of • dangerous character, as
the old rags were very liable to ignite from spontaneous
ornbustiou, mid this was statid to be so likely an occur-
rence that, from a recent period, fire-offices will not un-
dertake the tisk of insuring premises used for this trade.
On the part of the prosecution a great many witne-ses
were examined, who expressed their positive belief that
the libelous ktter in gustation, and another of a similar
character sent to a Mr. Still, were in the handwriting of
the prisoner, and the only answer to thecLarge was that
these witne•tcs were mistaken, and that the libels were
not written by the defendant. Nine witnesses were called
on behalf of the defendant, all of whom expressed a con-
fident opinion that neither of the anonymous letters re-
ferred to was in the handwriting of the defendant, and
the evidence with regard to this point was of the most
conflicting character. _

Tho jury retired to deliherate opon their verdict, and
after being absent about 20 minute., they re urned into
court and found the defendant !.o( Guilty.
James Thomas Bron-I, Is, engineer, pleaded guilty to
three iudi..tinenta charging him with forgery.
Mr. Metcalfe conduckd the proilecutMn ou behalf of the
Post-olllee ; Mr. F. H. L?wis wee counsel for the defence.
A person named Blakey, it appeared, had a sum of
money depoidted in the Gray's•inu-weil Port-office Savings
Bank, and the prisoner, who was acquainted with him, by
some means or other obtained possession of his deposit
hook, and gave three separate notices for the withdrawal
of the stun of la/. He produced the book and the
amounts were paid, notwithstanding, as it appeared, that
there was some diasimilaiity evident between the ge-
nuine signature of the depositor and that given by the
pi ironer. . .

The Recorder sentenced the pr:Emer to 13 months' hard
labour.

77.•apgs Ailen,2A, a post-office letter carrier,
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing post letters that had
been entrusted to hint for delivery, and he was sentenced
to five years'penal servitude.
The Common Serjeant and Mr. Commicd,ner Kerr fiat
in two other courts and disposed of several cases, but
nothing of public interest transpired.

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW•STREET.

Edward Barry and 11/iei.eri ts'Alr,•e were brought up on
remand before Mr. Vaughan on the charge of having a
qu.ilitity of combustible matter in that possession, for the
supposed purpose of cointnitting a felony.
Mr. Poland, the banister, instructed by Mr. Pollard, of
the Treasury Solicitor's office, appeared for the crown.
The pi beners ware defended by Mr. Louis Lewis, of 23,
Great Marlborough-street.
Mr. Poland Paid that since the last examination the
police had been engaged in makiug inquiries as to the cir-
cumstances of this case. There could, of course, be very
little doubt that this considerable quantity of phosphorus
in quite an unusual form was intended for an unlawful
purpose. Still, it was possible, and even probable, that
OQ this occasion the prisonirs were only removing it from
one hiding place to another ; and after the inquiries
already alluded to, the police were not in a position to
Lr iug forward any evidence tending to prove that any sue.
cific act of felony was immediately contemplated. As he
interpreted the section of the 24th and 25th Viet., under
which these proceedings had been instituted, it wasincum-
bent on the prosecution to show that there was some
such design. Under these zircuiustances he must with-
draw that charge. There was a further charge against
the prisoners of hating assaulted the police while resist-
ing apprehension. But considering that they had been
nearly a fortnight in custody, he would submit to the
magistrate that they wero sufficiently- puni:hed for this
offence, and aLould therefore ask that they might be dia.
charged.

hlr. Louis Loris, for the defence, said the prisoners had
been charged with a eery serious offence, and although
that was now withdrawn for want of proof, they would
not be content to let the proceedings terminate without
protesting in the strongest terms that they were in no
way connected with Fenicidsra. In support of this
assurance Le might mention that they lxid been con•
fronted with all the informers—Massey. Corydon,
Deeany, 'c., net one of whom could identify them as
having been iu any way mired up with the conspiracy.
They were honest working men, and could have good
characters from their employers.
Mr. Vaughan said that though the circumstances under
which the prisoners were apprehended, the resistance
they offered to the police, and especirliy tLe incredible
statement which they made at the time, tended to make
further inquiry necessary, yet be was glad to find the
prisoners so far exonerated that it was now his pleasing
duty to discharge them from custody.