The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-28 00:00:00

TEE POLICE COURTS.

(THE DAY.)

TEI LASE ATTEMITRE MURDER AND BURGLARY A 7
ISLINGTON.
Frederick Strugnell, who sand. charged with felonioof,
cutting and wounding Mary Ann Redkuou, with intent u
murder her, and George Quitter and William Kiwi, with
feloniously stealing • box and the sum of 1001., the propenyit
Mr. George Higgins, butcher, of 47, Chapelatreet, Liverpow
road, were again placed at the bar for re-enaminatioe.
Impostor Judge, N division, *
said that he had seen.
Hill, the boners-surgeon of the Royal Free Hospital, Crave.
=quad, that morning, and that gentleman had infornel
him that the unfortunate female was not so well that mom.
ing, therefore he had to ask for a remand. During the
week several pieces of bone had been removed from her
head, and as more would have to be removed it would he
neoeoary that a further remand should take place.
Mr. Harker said that he was very Barry to hear such an
unfavourable account, sad remanded the prisoner' tot
another week.

Inspector Judge said that from what be bad baud, he
did not think the poor girl would be enabled to ahead to
a fortnight. She appeared very depressed in spirits.
Mr. Higgins, the prosecutor, said that he had seen the
young woman, who was his servant at the time, and the
was very bad, and appeared much mine. The womb 61
been opened that morning.
The prisoner Strucnell during the statements of Yr.
Jhalrksprriff down his held and buried hie face to ha

MARLBOROUGH-SMUT.
THI OAT TO PUNISH A HUMAN.
Hugh Murphy, a tall surly-looking fellow, was (bumf
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with assaulting in an uapn,v. ied
manner • young man, named Thomas °iglu, .Luil alu
Young woman, named Ellen Capron.
The complainants were walking along Orforlstreet, Der
Charles-street, arin.in-arm, when the prisoner without :he
least provocation struck the young woman Capron a serer
blow on the eye, and afterwards knocked her commove,
Thomas Organ, down, and a fellow who was in maim/
said be would "do for" the young woman and three be
down.

Prisoner, in a morose tone, denied ever seeing the con•
lainants at aIL

Capron said the prisoner also used abominable languor.
Yr. Tyrwhitt said it was perfectly unaccountable that
• man should assault persons in such • way, and loth=
provocation. It was a great pity the prisoner was Da
punished on the spot. It would have beet the best vir
with a bully like he was. A good man would have doe
the prisoner up in three minutes. He should fine the In.
sonar 40s. or • mouth for the assault on the Wolllatt—,ao
must on all occasions be protected—and :fisi. or 14 day. for
the assault on the young MAU, who seemed too deka, to
protect even himself.

THE FORTHCOMING FIGHT FOR THE CITANIFI,.S.
snit.—The 18th of June next has at length been 6554
faxed upon for deciding the respective claims of Huottis
"Staleybridge Infant," and Mace, the victor in the late rc-
liatic contest with Brettell, of Birmingham, to the coeval
honours of the championship. The principal portion .`rte
money for which the men am about to contend has ire
placed in the hands of the stakeholder, and a find .',exiX
of 35/., ranking the total amount 400/., is to be la...cited
on the 6th of June. It is rumoured that a countrmia
and pupil of Heenan has arrived in London from Ar.rs,
with the intention of challenging the compieror iu tnexi-
preaching contest. Ha to represented by the wle:tirw
who have had an opportunity of witnessing a display ..His
powers, to be a perfect athlete, 24 Years of age, qt. les.
in height, and possessing extraordinary development
muscle and sinew, and whose "science" mid pugilisnois*
11 Sties have been 04 favourably tested—Post
ikiVisTieslooB Ronegoigis AT THE GENERAL
OFYICE.—M, an early hour yesterday morning. ems its
clerks, sorters, and other Acers of the general i'mt-As•
in St. Martin's-le-Grand, arriving to commence des
" morning ditty," it was discovered that not fewer thee**
of the drawees in the receiving aloes of the Circa''*
Department had been forced, and various amounts in ulna
and stamps abstracted from the tills. There appears fobs
no doubt that the robbery was effected in the mined
Sunday, when several labourers anal others were empl,wl
upon the premises in various occupations, most of 114
necessarily so in consequence of the extensive altentAl
taking place in the office. The circumstance has arsel
great commotion in the department, this heirs- 5
repetition of the offence of flee Sundays ago, when upsinie
of 51, in silver aid other property was similarly alstratel
from the tills. The authoriti;e yesterday morning co"
tuenced a most rigid examination of the parties enip',.4
both on Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday eight, uPSS
the time of the commencement of duty yeeterdny motmW
THIRTEEN PERSONS STRUCK sr Linutsts...-•
A storm of peculiar severity visited part of this •e 5
(says the Essex lirra/d) on Thursday evening, and we reP5
to say it was attended with disastrous, though not WO
fatal, consequences. The growling of the thuuder
to
heard, and the vivid flashing of the lightning
in Chelmsford ; but the storm took a sel":"
easterly direction, and its principal fury Ml4l
to have been felt at Rettensloti and Battles
about nibs, miles distant. It raged there from.
to nine o'clock, and so violent I. storm Dot to
collected in that neighbourhood, it created great :•1%.$
amongst the villagers, who were induced to herd tecet,-
as if safety was to be found in numbers. in
house of William Born, three families re4ling
were all assembled in one mom, together with four e
persons who had sought refuge there, when the lightr:
struck off the top of the chimney and descended nit.
apartment, prostrating the whole :3, awl nerieudr •
juring two of them, named John Havens and Eint
Both of them were very severely burnt, the young -
remaining insensible for twenty minutes after she
struck ; aod the undendothing of both of them waS
full of small holes, as if it had been penetrated II 4'
They still lie in a very ,angemus auto, though beget ,
entertained of their recovery. The boot was cut complete,
off the foot of another little girl named Itx
but the other ten persons sustained little or 00 it:
beyond the effects of a sudden prostration and the MAI
The oottage clock, close to which the two injured per..
were sitting, was greatly damaged ; its chains apieo
have exercised an attractive power over the electric
alt
as its most deadly force was 'Tent io that direction.
which it escaped by the window, in which seven) pules
•
glees are broken. There is also a Lime hole in the end
the house, and it is otherwise very much shaken awl
malted. Several trees in the immediate neighlourho
were also struck. in the adjacent parish of Rath
fall of hail was fearful, the stones being en beery as
to W
large birds on the trees. One man states that he picket.
twenty dead rooks, and could have picked up a hundred
the distance of a Toile.
MUSEUM OT PATENTR, SOUTII
Number of visitors for the week ending May 25
Total number sinew the opening of the museum free
(May 12, 1858), 369,305.

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