The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Joan Ler, a working awn, was charged with rescuing
from custody a man who had committed a robbery.
The complainant, Philip Blowey, a warehouseman,
said that on Friday evening, while pawing through Fish-
street-hill, be saw the prisoner with emend other men,
one of whom went up to a woman who was carrying a
child, ani took her purse oat of her pocket. Complainant,
who saw what was done. caught hold of the man, when
a number of rtughs got round him and rescued the thief.
The prisoner was with the others, and held up his fist,
and threatened to strike complainant if he did nut let the
man go. Law was afterwards taken into cust ply at a
public-house in the neighbourhood.
Evidence was given to show that the prisoner was a
workman in full employment, and had been ten years
with Messrs. Filcher, but when he got drunk, as he did
upon this occasion, he was a great fool, and did nut know
what he was doing.
The prisoner said he did not recollect anything that bad
occurred.

The Lord Mayor lined him 20s. for using threatening
language.

GUILDHALL.

Margaret Dui ns, domestiic ;;;Tni, in the employ of Mrs.
Lazarus. a carpet bag manufacturer, of 65, Fore-Areet,
was charged with stealing a large number of carpet bags
and a quantity of other property belonging to her mis-
trees ; and Bridget Keough, of Cumberland-street, Shore-
ditch, wu charged with receiving the same, knowing them
to have been stolen.

ITtirrisl;cll;;;Tit months in prosecutriz's service, ands
quantity of articles had been missed during the time ; at
length suspicion fell upon her, and she was followed one
evening to the house of the other prisoner, and a policeman
was called in. She was accused of robbing her mistress,
when she went below, and attempted to cut her throat
with a knife, but was prevented, and was then taken into
custod . She admitted taking one bag. Keough's house
was a searched, and a number of carpet bags and
other articles taken from Mrs. Darns were found, which
she said bad been brought there by 13urne.
The prisoners were remanded.
SOUTHWARK.
_ _ _

George Sydney 5018a.64 wee charged or:drehactird with
as-
saulting Charles Bingham with a poker, and
seriously burning his hands and arm.
The prisonerwestwho lived in the same house with the
prosecutor, wto the latter, and asked him to vote for
Alderman Cotton sad the comervatives. Witness told
him he would not support either, and the primmer there-
upon took up • red hot poker, and attacked him with it,
and witness was severely burnt in the hands and arm.
Several medical men who had seen the prisoner, now
stated that he was decidedly out of his mind, and not
accountable for his action'. He was particularly violent
on the !subject of polities.
Burcham directed that he should be confined in •
lunatic asylum.
WOBSITIP.STRErT.
Somme: Benjamin, 31, woollen warehouseman, of Union-
street, Spitalllelds, was charged with having stolen pro
perty and money amounting to between 2,00ur. and 3,0001.
The prisoner. who was in partnership with • Mr. Cohen,
had upon the departure of the latter from town oom-
menwd selling off the partnership stock, which was
valued at 2,40 W. He made extensive sales, and received
payment in cash or open cheques, sad having realised all
that he could, was arrested.
He was remanded, and bail was refused.

Icrygnim. 181 T TO QUIZ' IIiABELLA.—Thu
lotperor, Elope as, and Primes bawls! paid • visit on
Friday to Queen LAM* at the Motel du Pavillon de
Bohan. About three o'clock their Majesties arrived,
accompanied by two chamberlains and as many ladies of
honour. The Empress wore a dress of black velvet,
the Emperor and young Prince both wearirng the
Grand Cordon of Imbecile the Cutholie. At the
foot of the staircase the Queen, King-Oonecet, and
Prince of the Asturias with their suites received the
visitors. The Queen bad on • Maga ificent dress :V.
satin, with long train, and a black m antilla. The king
and his eon wore the grand cordon of the legion of
honour. The whole party at once proceeded to the
Spaniels apartment% the 'king Oring his aath to the on-
pos, Napoleon 111. to the queen, and the toe primes
behind. The visit lasted about three-welters of
an hour. On the Emperor and Rowse with-
drawing, the Spanish sovereigns °molested Ibele visitors
to the boWee of the shims& When lidtefer down,
his majesty of France stepped, end rid le 110 Gum,
..I.heeeeth ion to come no further. Bet her
and even went to the door et the
Tinlalialereedite Elise, soddenly advanced :rd.. and,
embeeettehse, sell, "A Dears linden r Meetl7
I,aftee the Brendle party returned the vial at the Nadas.
Qwlrr Purim:M.—Tie Roxburgh Caddie (ono
of Mmes. Green's beet) has ug arrived ived after estaspr-
dinarilyfaskpeasokinOwlnchjdikykesa Iladrebaehainor
stay- at tow . •vas ally 41days.

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Aaii..Tialeaad half arla:llelrtronteeltaredl'te
do the meet ter hrelv raWiess al basset sad
that be made it Mesa millirem with the cowpony at
Dailies's dashiki:Wks *Wig that be had le provide
tar
awl74.7.thm."l""aatetadoaCirleotowlibtreottbehe 4=l
would afterwards teleaborse the 'names the amount of
as error he had made to hie eabialatioaa The witness
said mussel of the We directors ad the Bel PaWie
Works Cawyyaaoo7 baster at the eablemee of the era.
beet Aadwitness said he would same Albert Cheat sad
Heritage among °then who knew cd the welead.

Jekallmith.the engineer whose name was es often
called into question at the trial, was new tolled. La
answer to questione he mid he had ben iraseiregated by
the Jaed'lmetrastiee, ae a we. belayed he was Mail.
petal with theta/ardent Damara ia minima satime. In
rasped to the history of the amitaase ha mid that several
centreatere had "put in" to to bodies Iffentkia.
X the witness said camel le tie the work at
12,600,0001., and at the dammed of Dealt= mode the
tender 1h,000,0001., Dealtanwaatiag the extra 2,600,0001.
to pay for the wale of abiding the ecincemion. Owe of
the case eadmeleee whe tenimall was, whams said,
grey, the Leaden ea trael and the tame of ten-
der amounted to MINK 111011 red 11100111., and
this was accepted ea behalf of Bressey by Mr. llsossafs
representative, model the reserve that the oaatmel should
be approved by the priori*, who, however, wield not
accept the naked. The amanat was Visa amide with
Mealiest for MOM (16,000.11101.), thee providlig for
the pebtie-vis to 113eolbsa of 100.0001. (3,100,0000
The presidisig Jodie asked—Do you know bear the pot-
de-vin was be be paid?
The wages replied—Tea The ticatrad was made
with Maim ea the base 01 1100,0001 ; but this was
let per seal holler than the bet elatimet, mad the differ.
awe woe to Is remithill thseuifft=iffi to Donna*.
It did eoi,Nsi through my budgie
The J —Ahraye to Ihralteat Witness--Always.
Is reply farther quo the voltages said the con-
tract of reply
fire to pay the }sr sent. ea the 000,00 W.
was mode in Doulton's aloe and the Mlles of the cam.
=Terßrands ; but the contract for the 000,04101 was
by Doulton to London, where it was signed by the
directors. Donnas had received about 160,0001. of this
Int per sent., bat of the 10,000 shares of 10/. each which
Doukas was also to have, Doulton bad received but
6.400, Orant and the Cr4dit Ponder taking 3,000. Being
questioned as to the reason of the difference in pries
offered for the works by Brasecy as against Mention, the
witness raid the Belgian eontracton could afford to do
the work for lees, as they would not be exposed to the cost
and trouble arising frem carrying on work, abroad; and
besides, they had a reputation to make, while the Eng.
lichwati had achieved that. The witness raid he wrote the
21 million pot-do-yin contract in Doulton's office at
Moulton's regard, and the contract made by Mention with
the company was al,o written at Moulton's place in
Brussels.

filelvAnew, Mention wen re-called, and raid he had ad-
vanced his contract from 12,600,4100 francs to 16,000,000
franc: at the request of Smith and Docltan.
The willies!. Smith declared that he had never seen the
first contract. _

The Procureur-General then addressed the court on the
evidence given that day and at the trial. The charge
against Doulton was that of committing a swindling act,
and though the charge had been complicated in • variety
of ways, at was clear that Doulton bad brought himself
within the toils of the law applied to swindling, he having
on Belgian soil swindled to the extent, definitively, of
148.000 francs. The Procureur-General, in proceeding to
give • history of the cane, dwelt upon the facts which
had been proved es to the manner in which Doulton had
all through avoided coming Los to face with justice. In
May last, when called upon to appear, a statement was
made on Doulton's behalf that be was at the
point of death ; yet a few days after that date
be was in his seat in parliament. (Laughter.)
At the date of the court re-assembling, the 9th of July,
the report of • physician was given in, stating that Doul-
ton had • grave liver complaint ; but be had been seen by
witnesses who knew him well to be in good health, walk-
big about the streets of London, and it seemed as if the
physicianhad been shown some sick Englishman who was
nnaottDenham. (laughter.) Then it was requested that
the case should be adj
ourned dill longer, as its hearing
might prejudice 's position as a member of par-
liament, and it was adjourned on condition that ha
appeared on the =id of October. The condition was
made, and still Doulton did not come ; and he did not
even present himself to this court when be had the
interest in defending himself. The Proenreur-
General Isolated oat that the pot-de-vin contract,
under which Doulton obtained the 148,000 Liana,
was made before the company was formed, and
Doulton, in showing the contract of 15,000,000
francs to the company, said not a word about his
having made a contract for himself of two and • half
million francs. Moreover the contract made by Doulton
to the company was that the coneeeion was to be free of
all charges to the company on the payment of the Aside
and the presentation of 10,000 deferred shares; and it was
only after, when the demand of Clench was made, that
Doulton, fearing the pot-de-Tin would come to light, ob-
tained from the company a letter to make " arrange-
ments with the contractor," " arrangements" which had
already been made, with the avowed purpose of meeting
demands. dide. Having gone on to Speak of Grant, the
Procnreur-General concluded by declaring that the charge
of swindling had been made out against Doulton, who
had offended against both the old and new penal codes
of the kingdom, and called for the punishment of the
offender.

The Presiding Judge said the court would take time to
deliberate.

COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR ROTIIERHAI4.—FouR
Hewn= Max laramorm.—The Holmes Colliery, near
Rotherham, was on Friday the scene of an accident,
which resulted in the imprisonment in the mine for up.
wards of 12 hours of nearly 400 men. The workmen
descended the pit in the weal manner at an early hour in
the morning, and all went on smoothly until about a
quarter to 9 o'clock, when from some misunderstanding or
other, the cage containing several come of cool
was drawn too far above the pit mouth, and coming in
context with the gearing aear the pulley wheel, one
of the cores', with He contents. was upset, and fell
down the shaft. At first there was great alarm and con.
fusion at the pit mouth. With as much promptitude
as possible the damaged pulley-wheel and its surromid.
fags were removed and replaced by other apparatus
of • similar character which wire upon the pecouses.
This, however, was a seesmarily slow process, but
when it was at length found redid' to descend the
shaft, several ant at case proceeded to ascertain the
extent of the damage in the shaft. In the miss there
were nearly four hundred miners, who were deprived
of their means of exit from the pit. The shaft, which
has two divisions, in order that one cage may ascend
as the ether amends, Is about 360 yards deep, and it
was Nand that the wive had stuck fad shout 60 yards
from the bakes, totally blocking up one-half of the shaft
and se injuring the other that the exploring party were
unable to demo& further. The next biumneas was to
hates the ecrve, in order that it t not fall to the
bottom of the shaft and cause further This hav-
ing been done, it became necessary to repair the other half
of the shaft, is which the wooden framework for
guiding the cage bad been damaged. To accomplish
this required much time and patience, as the workmen
were in the midst of a deluge of water, and had great
difficulty in keeping their lamps alight. In the mean-
time the friends and relatives of the imprisoned miners,
bearing of what had occurred, hastened to the pit
mouth bringing with them ample supplies of provisions,
in the hope of being able to communicate with the un-
fortuaatc workmen. It was not until • quarter to 9in
the evening, however, that the bottom of the shaft was
reached, and then a large quantity of bread and cheese,
provided bythe proprietors of the colliery, was at once
lowered. Had no accident occurred many of the men
would have left of work at 11 o'clock in the morning,
but meth of them would have ascended at between 2 anal
3 o'clock. some of them having ocesnienced their duties as
early as 2 o'clock in the morning. During their impri-
sonment the miners congregated near the bolt of the
shaft, and spent the weary hours as beet they could—
some singing, and others amusing themselves is various
ways. Mealy of the men suffered much tom sold, end
those who bed been in the ph the longest 156 th,...!.=
of hunger before rebel male. Adosithe
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