The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

THE oliixo

A sufficient number of gentleman having answered to
their names, they were sworn by Mr. Rumbolow, the
officer of the court, as the grand Jury, and, after a very
brief address from the A,,sistant Judge, they retired to
their room.

POLICE COURTS.-aIIIS DAY.)

M A RLBOROUG H-STREET.

CONVICTION OF A VOLUNTEER FOR ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE.

Frederick 0~11, an engineer, residing in Broad-street,
Golden-square, and a driver in the 3rd Middlesex Artillery
Corps, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting
Police-constable Ldwards, 224 C.
Edwards said that at 2 o'clock the previous Sunday
morning while iu Cambridge-street, Golden-square,
ho saw the prisoner, who was in the uniform of the 3rd
Middlesex Artillery Corps, go up to some persons
who appeared to be strangers to him and interfere with
them. Seeing that the prisoner was drunk, he persuaded
him to go home. The prisoner followed him into the
road and caught hold of him and threw him, and in falling
his shoulder and arm and face were injured, and ho had
to go to the divisonal surgeon, and still felt pain. Assist-
ance came and the prisoner was taken to the station.
The defendant said he war first assaulted by the wa-
dable.

Mr. Knox mid the officer was simply doing hie duty,
and he therefore gave the prisoner the option of paying a
fine of 51. or going to prison fora month.

SOUTHWARK.
ROBBERY AT ♦ RAILWAY WATSON.

ElkabelA 34, who gave her address Id, Valen-
tine-place, Blackfriars-road, was placed at the bar
charged with stealing a purse containing some silver and
a railway ticket from the person of Frances Goldson, at
the Brighton and South Coast Railway terminus, London-
bridge.
The proeceutrix said that on Tuesday afternoon she
arrived on the platform of the railway at London-bridge,
and while waiting for the train a man came up to
her and asked her what elms carriage she wanted.
She did not tell him, bat walked to the end of the
platform, where she stood a little while. She then
telt a tug at her dress, and on looking round saw the
prisoner in the net of twisting her purse out of her poAet ;
she seized hold of her, but the man ran away. Witness
took the purse from the prisoner, and as soon as a con-
stelae came up she gave her into custody.
In answer to the magistrate, witness said that while
she was taking her ticket the prisoner and the man were
together.
Thomas Richards, an inspector in the railway company's
said he knew the prisoner as being connected with
a giuly of railway thieves.
The mug,istrute committed her for trial.

SI'DDEN DEATH.—On Friday morning, shortly
after 11 o'clock, a lady and two daughters were being
driven by their coachman to the Cryetal Palace, and as the
carriage reached that part of the Vauxhall-bridge-road
which leads to Upper Tachbreok-street, one of the young
ladies asked the coachman the way ho intended taking.
No answer being returned, the question was repeated
with the Fame result. The ladies got alarmed, and the
carriage was stopped, when it was found that the coach-
man was sitting on the box in an almost insensible state.
He was taken down from the seat and carried to •
chemist's shop, and medical assistance being obtained
every attention was paid to him, but after lying there foe
nearly two hours he was removed to St. Oeorge's Hospital,
where he died soon after being admitted.
DEATH OF A ROYAL PAO2.—Mr. Batobolor,
late page to her Majesty, expired at his residence at St.
Albans-street, Windsor, on Wednesday, in the 83rd year
of his age. The deceased gentleman was well known by
a large circle of friends and inhabitants of Windsor. Mr.
Batchelor entered the royal household in the reign of
George 111., and was page of the backstairs to George
IV., William IV., and her present Majesty. He retired
from the service on a pension in 1861. Her Majesty
dune Mr. Batchelor's illness sent from Balmoral ra-
inquiries after his health, and called to sea him on
Wiresday, the day of her return from Scotland.
The race-horse Blair Athol, which arrivod from
Rockhampton last Monday morning by tho steamir Jams*
Paterson, is now the property of Mr. T. Ivory, hav'ng
been dispecil of by Mr. Wes for 800 guituAs.—Silery
lioritiuy ,•01,1.
THE DERIN SCANDAL.- -A fund has b'on com-
menced in London and other places to indemnify Admiral
Boas against any lees in defending the threatened action
of Mr. Day, the trainer.