The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

Napoleon Bartlett, described ea a labourer, wee charged
with bring coneerned with another man, not in custody, in
ideating from Michael Keep a tin hex, containing 141. in
gold, &certificate of die/charge, and a Baltic medal.
The prosecutor, a weatherbeaten tar, deposed that on the
preview day he had been paid off from 1C M.B. Cosesek, at
Sheerness, receiving front his captain 171. 10a., which he pot
carefully into a tin boa, together with his certificate of &e-
-choer and a Baltic medal, end took purge in the steamer
Sea Swallow for London. He, however, bad plenty to drink
on the way, and when he got to London-bridge was quite
drunk, but remembered meeting two men and being in a
public•houae with 151. in his pocket, and then hn recollected
nothing more until be found himself neat morning at the
police-station with all his money gone, as well as his shoes
and his jacket, and nothing left him but his troueers and
shirt.
A polimman deposed that upoll seeing a great crowd col-
lected in Thames-street, he went there, and found the pri-
soner dead drunk, with nothing on but his shirt and
women. Upon getting sober, he stated that he had been
robbed of ISt. and hie medal; and wither, from information
ho received, went after the prisoner, sad apprehended him.
He, however, denied all knowledge of the robbery, but the
medal wee found upon him, which be said ho had picked up
in Little Swan-lane.
There was no direct evidence to prove that the prisoner
had actually been with the presectitor, and se the letter we.
too drunk to recollect anythidg positively, the Lord Mayor
discharged the Kimono, sad gave 10e. to the sailor, as he said
he had been robbed of the antis, wages of a 13 months' cruise.

Wee. Jones a respectable looking man, about 45 years of
age, was pissed at the bur before Alderman Wire, charged
with steeling &quantity of bills of exchange to the value of
about 1,00 W., two coats, a clock, and a great number of
cheques, letters, and memoranda, under the following curious
chenzastances
Willie= Palmer, metropolitan police-constable, 128 L, said
—About half-past three o clock on the previous day, be saw
the primer coming out of a pawnbroker's she in the West-
minster-read, with a cluck under Lie arm, which he said
hs had been trying to raise money upon. Witnees asked
him whore ho lived and he gave the dress of 8, York-
road; but upon taking ad
the prisoner there, witness found
it incorrect, and thereupon took the primmer into
custody. At the elation he gave another a4drese,
at 19, King's Bench-walk, and wane.* found the
prisoner'. mother living there, but also said she had not seen
anything of him during the last nine menthe. Witness
then returned to the staticei' and the charge was entered foe
the unlawful pearieesion of the clock; but upon 'marching
the prisoner, he found a great quantity of memoranda,
letters, end cheques, two pocket-books, two mate, eleven
office and street-door keys, and a silk handkerchief.
Alderman Wire asked if he found anything else on the
primmer?
Witnees said he did. He found a great number of bills of
ewtatth!tnoVdesreidTZinegnakut on. tohl. Tetvtealreue, at". 4. ynedsd'elttehnen-
Nears, but not finding the gentleman at home, be returned
la the City. and went to 12, Copthall-aairt, where be found
the office of Mr. Wood bad been entered, and the property
found on the prisoner stoke therefrom.
J. W. Falk. a City .mutable, 112, said ha received infor-
mation on the previous afternoon, about half-past two
o'clock, that a robbery bad been committed at Mr. Wood's
°Mee, 12, Copthall-court, end at the same time Mr. Wood
gave him a coat which the thief bad loft in exchange for
those he had taken. The bills stolen amounted to about
1,0001.
It farther appeared that Mr. Wood left his office for a
short time, and affixed a notice to the door, " Back in
half an hour," but he elan placed the key over the door,
within view, so that ne difficulty was experienced in ob-
taining an entry. When Mr. Wood returned, he found
the atlas bad been ransacked.
The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of Mr.
Wood.

1101111ERY OP LEAD AT TIIN ORIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
Maas Smirk, aged 17, No. 7, River-terrace, York-mad;
AA* WO'7l aged 27, of 3, Upper Wincheater-street, Agar-
town; end nom, Beralett, 30, of Wellington-drest,
lelmg-
toe; were plead at the bar, charged with stealing from the
premiers of the Great Northern Railway Company, King'.
mar, a quantity of lead piping, of the mites of 30e., the pro-
perq of the ooreesusy.
- Kr. Winking, the superintendent of the line, attended to
watch the ems.
From the evidence of the several witlesnas, it appeared
that yesterday afternoon, Green, ono oftrni detective officers
' Judie employ of the railway company eaw the prisoner Smith
going out of the yard with something heavy in his pocketa,
and on going up to him and caking kid what he had
got then, he said —" Oh, for GA.,. sake let me go,
and do not say anything about it." Finding that the con-
stable would not do that the prisoner pulled hens histaicket
a number of pieces of teed pipe, and mid ho was to
take them to the other peewee, who were in a neigbrag
public-house waiting for him. Green then took the prisoner
to the Ration, upon which Smith said that he bed borrowed
• saw for the other's, and that they had got into one of the
water tanks, and having cat up the pipe threw it
down him to . Upoother n apprehending the men,
they did not dopy the charge, but merely re-
marked that they wanted a few halfpence for some beer,
and had therefore taken the lead. For some time past the
rotes of the sheds of the Great Northern Convent have
been stripped of all the leaden pipes and gutters, but the
thieves had managed to avoid detection.
Yr. Wilikune applied for a reamed, and. Mated that the
-. were labourers employed by the merchants in the
potato market.
221elirisoners, who did not deny the charge, were re-
until Wednoeday neat.

William ThoonpioN, a young fellow about twenty years of
age, Was placed at the bar, charged with committing a most
violent assault on Agnes Tarlton, a prontitute, rending at
27, Charlaratreat, Hatton-garden.
From thsevidenco of the complainant, who appeared in
the witarkes with • very bad black eye, it seemed that,
last sled, do was walking along llpper-etreet, Islington,
when dui delliadant pulled her into • doorway,
atria most beastly proposals to her and because
des wadi eat empty with hie request, he struck
hag • ailing Wow in the face. She then went
sew, bet dr iambs' followed her, made use of the
arm searea 11E014116.,
_Land then struck her in tho eye,
Wl= pelitioteisiAle 116 N took the man into custody the
ma= bissfkando• the nose.
ataglatratas the parties to go out of court and
nettle the natter for a few shiLluige.

WESTMINSTER.
uo RRRRR DT A SERVANT.

This day Honera Demkw, a middle aged female, was
charged before Mr. Paynter with stealing tiro gold studs,
aome brsoolots, and • quantity of wearing apparel, the pro-
' pony of Miss Elisabeth Arnold, a young lady, residing at
No. 41, Grove-place, Brampton.
It appeared from the evidence that the complainant was
livthg at No. if., Stanley-street, till Thursday last, on which
day ale removed to No. 41, Grove-place. She obtained
the ambiance of the prisoner, who was a servant of
the family in Grove-place, to pack up her goods.
On arriving at Grove-place, the complainant mimed
Ave gold stud., a gold bracelet, • dress, and
various other mimcs. Information wan given to the
Felice, when B 60 was employed to trace the property.
After many inqniries, ho discovered that the Ands were
Weat a pawnbroker's shop in the Fulham-road. He
ek the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Soma, pawnbroker, produced the studs, which be
stated were pawned by the prisoner. She said that they be-
longed to Mr. Burnett, Mentpefter-equare, who wanted 31.
upon them.
Police-oonstabb Peachey, B 60, who had the
in custody, produced an unmade dress, a gold
with varlets other articles, which he found at the prisoner's
latrArnold identified all the articles as having hens in
bar (ormaisinsat's) posseseim on Thursday. The 00111.
tiabnat said tics no& wars worth U.
TIN prisoner was wasoltesd.