The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

L.tbIBETIf.

Two journeymen mueslis, William Grunt and b'eorge
Hald•xnrlh, isbo are out on strike, having neglected to
appear in discharge of their bail to meet a charge of making
use of threats to, and also bolding oat inducements to the
men in the service of Messrs. Myers and You to induce them
to leave their employment, Mr. Norton, on the evidence
of the necessary witnieses. granted currants for their appre-
hension.

From the statement of Mr. Pomeroy, the foreman of
Mean. Myers, it appearel their workmen were satisfied to
work and get paid he the hour, and by the rate of wages
they were enabled to care in the usual title of ten hours a
day no lees than :Vs., irrespective of overtime, and this
regulation left them at liberty to take a half-holiday on
lleturdar if they thought proper.
Mr. Norton observed, that if this did not satisfy the men
it was ditheult to say what would, and granted the warrants
as requested.
THAMEM.

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Lewis Sord;:, the master of the Spanish ship India,
Ding in the St. Katharine 's Dock, appeared before Mr.
Melte, to answer a Cmtuc•houso information, which coo.
tamed two count• ; the first charged him with secretly con-
veying away certain stores after they bad been marked and
sealed ; and the second count, with wilfully opening and
breaking the seal placed upon the mid stores, by which the
defendant had incurred a ienalty not exceeding 101., upon
each count.

Mr. Richard Beverley, from the Customs Solicitor's-office,
conducted the presecut..ria on the part of the crown.
It appeared from the evidence given by Mr. George
Haniv,a Customhouse officer, that on the 3rd of Juno last,
on the arrival of the Ind.. in the St. Katharine 's Dock, be
made the usual examination of the vessel, and put the
stores under lock, mark, mud seal. The Custom seal was
also placed on the door of the cabin in which the stores
were. There were three casks containing about Ili gallons
of wine among the stores. The defendant had no right to
make free with the stores until the vessel nailed again,
without the permisaiuo of • Customhouse officer, but it
appeared be broke the seals nod drank the wine.
The defence am that the captain waited three days
without seeing any officer, and wanting a draught of
wine he broke the seals. Mr. Hardy said if the prisoner
had Minted the dug of his nation he (the officer) would have
on hoard and permitted him to have some wine. The
defendant, however, Mu) secretly conveyed the stores away,
contrary to the act of parliament.
Mr. Selfe said the foreigner drank his own wine, and
secretly votive) ed it out of the ship in his own stomach.
Considering the but weather he thought great allowance
wan to he made.

lir. Beverley said great frauds would be committed on the
revenue if captain., of either English or foreign ships were
allowed to break the Customs te..all without perrui...ion.
The d Pendant said be warted a day and no one lime.
He then hoisted his flag, and the signal was not answered.
He could not do without his wine.

Mr. Hardy said he w■s never ont of the tit. Katharioe's
Duck until the scab. were broken.

Mr. S,lfe said he WAS obliged to convict, and imposed the
mitigated penalty of 5/., which was paid.

GREENWICH.
Like Williams, a woman about 40 years of age, and well
known to the police, was charged with stealing a silver
watch and guanl, the property of John Johnson.
The prosecutor, who is a Greenwich pensioner, said that
about three weeks since be was waiting at the pay-office of
Greenwich Hospital for his week's money, when the pri-
mmer tame up to him and asked him to give her a pint of
beer. He told her he hail no money then, and she replied
that she would wait until he came from the office. She dal
so, when he took her into his cabin at the hospital, gave
her something to eat and drink, and then allowed her over
the establishment. The prisoner afterwards told him
she had mote to Greenwich to look for a furnished
lodging, and having had two pints of porter at a public-
house, he accompanied her to look fur lodgings, which
were taken for one week certain. He entered the place,
and complaining of headache the prisoner advised him to lie
down, previous to doing which he put his watch and guard
on • table, and on awaking about half an hour afterwards
he found the prisoner was absent, and that the watch and
guard had been stolen. He saw nothing more of the pri-
soner until Friday, when be met her again in the hospital,
and accused her of having robbed him of his watch and
guard three weeks previously, when she denied having seen
him before.

boatswsin of prosecutor's ward, iden-
tified the prisoner as having been in company with the
prosecutor at the time stated in his berth, and that they
left together.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of the prosecutor
or his witness, and said they were mistaken as to her
identity. . . .

Biekle•, the gaoler, proved two previous conviction■
against the prisoner for felony, ►nd Mr. Traill fully coin.
milted bar for trial at the next Old Bailey sessions.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN HORIVSEY-FIELDS.

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Brent, deputy coroner
for WeA Middlesex, opened no inquiry at the Railway
Tavern, Hurosey, into the circumstances nonmetal with the
death of John Morley. aged 56, until recently a warder in
the House of Detention, whose lifeless body was found in a
ditch, with a wound in the throat. . . .

It appeared that on Saturday host the deceased left his
borne, \o. 21, Poulton-terrace, Berosbury.rosd, and was not
again heard of until the Monday, when it was discovered
that he had been wandering about the paths in the
neighbourhood of Honesty each successive day until the
Tunday, being sem by a woman sitting at the top
of "Cut-throat-lane." On the Wednesday he did not
appear; but on the Thursday he wee found by a labourerappa-
featly sitting asleep in •• ditch, running through a meadow,
with his bead resting OD the bank. He shouted to him,
but could not arouse him, and at length told n person
whom he observed in an adjoining meadow, and both the
men went to wake him up. No notice, however, being
taken, the hat of the deceased was removed, and a fright-
ful spectacle presented itself, the bead being covered with
• moving masa of gy-blowe. Mr. Crouch, the coroner's
officer, was then waited on, and on his examining the body
after its ramovial from the ditch be found a wound in the
throat, which was not expected, owing to there being
but • very slight appearance of blood. A search was then
made for the weapon, but nothing that would Whet a
wowed could his found. Oa searching the body an empty
tobacco-box, a tobacco-knife, and two pencils, were found, and
in a thick black silk neckerchief, which was round
the deceased's neck, there was • small fancy pin.
Some difficulty arose as to the cause of death, whether it
was the result of the wound in the neck or not. The jury
haul no evidence as to whether it was a thrust or incised
wound, or whether it was probable that it had been self-
Maimed or otherwise. Mr. Crouch, in reply, said be did not
call in • medical man, believing it was • death from a
cut (Mad.

N'ith reference to the state of mind of the deceased, the
wife sad sou deposed that the unfortunate man had been 14
years warder at the House of Detention, where he bud satis-
factorily performed his duty until the change of gust' uttr-
ship, when present governor continually compbuoed of
his being unfit for duty, and that he was taking the county
emery for doing nothing ; also that the cook could perform
his duty. This preyed upon the deceased's mind, and he
frequently mid he thought he should be compelled to re-
sign. He did so about five or six week. since,
and was then attended by Mr. Moat, surgeon, of Wakefittld.
terrace, ( 'aledocian.road: The deceased, sauce his departure
from home, had had a pension for servitude hued
upon him. The family had found out where he was
wandering and had settnisod fur hits night and day, actually
pussies the spot within a few hundred yards where he was
lying dead.
The deputy coroner remarked that they were now without
evidence es to the cause of death ; but if the jury thought
it would be advisable to return an open venlict, or adjourn
the inquiry. ho was prepared to follow either course they
thought tit to adopt.
The jury, after a short consultation, preferred an adjourn-
ment, in order to havo it toeiliesl examination ; and also for
the evidence of Mr. Scott, the List medical man who at.
tended the deceased.

MANOIESTER SHEFFIELD, AND LlNeoLNslilltE
Gital expenses nt thu company's railways,
including rents, tolls, duty, le., from July 1 to .lugust
IS, 1861, amounted to 44,791/., as against 44,4811. for
the corresi hug period of 16110. The poportion of the
South Juuction receipts accruing to this cs.mploy from
July 1 to August 18 •mounted to 4,6261., as against
4.171/. for the oorrespouding period of 1860 ; and the
expenses to 2,1471., as against 2,1141. The total reaxipbo,
Maiming rents, &c., for this company's canals, from July
1 to July 31, amounted to 6,2171, as against 6,308/.
for the correspoodiog period of 1860, and the expenses to
4,448/. as against 4,9131.. leaving • balance of net profit of
1,769/. as against 1,363/. for the correspouding period
1860.

Action, action, action, was the Creek orator's
role for a young spnker who desired to produce an effect on his
audience. According to historlacs, some of the orators of an.
dent days carried this rule to such excess as to walk up and
down while they spoke sal • speaker of this kind was tauntingly
asked by the Athenian •! Mr. Punch; "How many ralks have
you declaimed to-day r One (and we here cone:tide the story by
Mr. Punclia request of them, whose walk ass regularity itself.
before replying to that immortal genius, turned to the clepsydra
standing nvor, to observe the time he had In-en thus engaged,
when, lo' thin water hid all run through, and the machine had
Mopped. Pity that in those days there sits no Athenian Mr.
Denson. such as he who now modes at Ludotte.hlll and
to have surprised and delighted the scientific Greeks with those
splendid timekeepers with which he has made us modems so
familiar, and for whose exact performance he enjoys so high a
reputation. To thou of our readers and who does not read
" Punch"? who do not rejoice In the possession of one of them
nestling watches, we hereby commend, nay, command, a peru-
sal of the Illustrated Pamphlet. which Mr. Beason will send
theta free for two Amapa --(advertisement.]