The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-29 00:00:00

THANES 007812VANOT.

The following is the general report of the pro-
ceedings of the conservaton of the river Thames, appointed
by awl under the powers of "The Thames Conservancy
Act, 1857," from the lit day of January, 1860, to the 31at
day of December, 1860 :
"The navigation of the river Thames between Staines
and Yantlet has been superintended and regulated by the
conservators, with the 'instance of their harbour masters
and other officers, during the year ending December 31st,
1880. The attention of the conaervators has been directed
to the improvement of the banks and sea walls of the river;
nob es are under their charge hive been Improved as much
as was practicable, and those forth' repair and maintenance
of which landowners and others are responsible, have, at the
request olktheconservators,been greatly improved during the
year. The public moorings in the river have been kept in an
efficient state, and additional moorings have been laid
where they were found to be necessary ; and with the view
of improving the navigation and affording additional con.
veniences to vessels engaged in the coal trade, the contr.
waters have made arrangements for laying down moorings
for 125 coal ships in Bugeby's and Callion's Reaches. The
public landing-plane, steamboat piers, locks, weirs, arid
towing-paths, have been repaired and maintained. Two
new steamboat piers have been constructed and opened
for public traffic—one at Wapping, near the Thames
Tunnel ; the other at Lambeth, opposite Lambeth church.
The important duty of deepening the river, and removing
shoals below Londombridge, has been persevered in, without
intermission, during the year. The following are the re.
suits :—The outer part of the shoal off Charlton has been
removed to a depth of 14 feet at low water, where there
was only about 9or 10 feet. The shoals which obstructed
the general navigation of the river in Bugsby's Reach, off
the Victoria Dock', Bow Creek, and Blackwell, have been
dredged to a uniform depth of 14 feet at low water, where
before there was not niers than from 8 to 10 feet.
The Limekiln Shoal, referred to in the last report, has been
entirely removed from a depth of 7 feet to that of 14 feet at
low water. The removal of the last-inentioaed shoal, which
was greatly in the way of the navigation, was a won of
considerable difficulty, owing to its extent the peculiar
hardness of the material of which it was composed. Dune(
the year siety•two vessels have sunk in the river, all et
which have been raised and removed from the wig,'
the. Battersea and Putney bridges still rennin 55•
rims obstructions to the navigation, rendering it both
difficult and dangerous, and altogether exclude from
the river vessels of sufficient size for the existing traffic to
the Brenthool docks. There have been 18 grants made for
embankments, and 33 for jetties, piles, and other accomor
dations. Every exertion has been made to prevent pascal
from illegally passing poisonous and offensive matter, from
chemical, gas and other works, into the Thames ; sad the
conservator' believe that their efforts have, to a considery
hie extent, been successful ; but whilst persons are Pl'
milted, unchecked and with impunity, to pass filth of owl
noxious kind into canals and watercourses, which disthor
into the Thames at every tide, anything like a pure date cd
the river near the metropolis cannot reasonably be everts'.
The fisheries of the river have been carefully preserve!
for the reasonable use and recreation of the !milk. By 5
recent judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench it has ben
decided— That the powers of imposing penalties 00, awl
' procuring summary convictions against, persons tramper
Nag the rules and bye-laws made for the due preeervatios
of the fishery, and which powers were panned by the
corporation of London until the fishery was transferred to
the coinervators, have not been pissed to them hr
act of 1&57 ; it is therefore important that they should
invested with these powers as soon as possible, and they
trod that parliament will Reaction some measure for thet
purpose.' The conservators have met for the despatch of
business 132 times during the year, and have wade S.! yistll
of inspection on the river."

The Paris correspondent of the Tinto states that
the French cabinet ministers were, with one exception. "d
opinion that Prince Napoleon should ' call out' the Dab
d'Aumele, by reason of his position in the army. One a
the ministers was charged, or undertook the office of bil
own motion, to draw up a letter to be submitted to the
prism, and addressed in his name to the Duke d'Aumale.
When the letter was submitted to the prince, he at oils
wrote to the Emperor. He declared that lie was by no
means unwilling to call the Duke d'A umale to account, ant
he would readily have done so had it been so decided by the
ministers immediately after the publicity given to the
affront ; but as meaty days had been allowed to elapse bo•
fore that opinion was come to, he submitted that if be were
to do so now it would be attributed to pressure exercised
on him by the government and by public opinion. For be
part, 'he bad preferred from the beginning that the late
d'Aumale's pamphlet should be considered as • nolinol
demonstration, to be met merely by the free exercise of
every mans privilege of replying ; and he at the same time
repeated hie protest against the seizure of the penlPhilter
the prosecution of the printer, on the principle of allosioS
free discussion to all parties.' There, I believe, the matte
ended, so far as the prince is concerned."
A despatch dated Singapore, March 23, receiced
in Liverpool on Warder, by the China mail, states:—The
captain and aver of' the bremen schooner Willriudt'"
on the 11th inst., reporting the total loss of vessel

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

coCRT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

~inge in &IWO in Easter Term.—(Before Lord Chief Jun-
eve l'ockl,uro, and Justices Crompton, Hill, and Black-
)

/lit iii.rce 0. ("TTREL AND plot.--11ABIAN CORPUS.
Mr. Russell morel for an attachment against Mary Am
I well, the wife of Chas. Cottrell, for not making a return
t a writ of hahesa corpus. tin the 111th of the present month
3 habeas corpus was issaed, directed both to the husband
sod wife, lirecting them to bring up the body of Kate
an illegitimate child, between 14 and 9 years of
aje The writ was obtaraed on the application of the
e,thcr of the child, and the allkhorite showed that the
chid nes placed with Mary Ana Cottrell loon after ita
birth. for the purpose of being toned, soil had remained
aitli her op to the present time, the mother paying en allow-
ance to hence her trouble. Oe the Rah Apnl the writ
lino served OM Mrs. Cottrell, but the person who served it
enin+ set able to ascertain where the Mahood 11/616 to be
fund. He. left a copy of the writ with the wife
fee her husband, and also a notice directing the child to he
bromOt se at the judge's chambers on the 16th. On the
beet of that day the attorney for the mother received a
Inter from the attornies for Mrs.Cottrell, rNsestiog the case
tole oll.mrnol until 2 o'clock on the lAth. nis was done, but
~s thAt 'lay they again wrote, and maid they had sot seen
Mr. Cottrell, nor received her intonation*, and that they
sot intend to appear as appointed. At 2 o'clock the
appli,aat's att. reey Weeded at chambers, sad the hothead
appeared and oaks return to the writ. Mrs. Cottrell did
sot appear but from bet husband's return, it
reined that ea the night betas the 15th she took
the child away to Richmond, and that he bad
seen neither her SOt the child since. The matter remained
in that elate until the 27th, when oa search being made at
the frown-ogre. it was found that no return had bees
made to the writ.

Mr. Jaetir An you raided with the lambaled's
reline ?

bilr:Misessß-11 seam to be made heal fide.
Mr. Justice HM—The wit., in goisig away with the
child awl refusise to they the writ, is guilty o fostems
.1 court. Does the biashand r 7 that is dose without his
privity
Mr. Rss —Yes.
al
_ _

Mr Justice Crompton eared if as v inquiry hyl been
mak sseertaio the trot► el the husband's statement.
Mr. Rumen replied in the negative.
Mr. Justice Crompton—The husband may be privy to
the mutter, Rad endeavour to shield himself by throwing the
whole blame oo his wife.

The twart gnaw' a ;ale Obi, with au intimation that it
Amid be properly served oe the wife.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THUS DAY.)

BOWOTBEET.
Tit MILT AGAIN.
Jowl ll'enrmark, • militiaman, and Julia Domains •
prostitute with whom he cohabited, were pitted at the tar
on the follow* charges
Polios-toestable 142 1, deposed that he we es duty in
flighotreet, Be. Oitees, at half-pest 12 this ssersim when
the female prisoner was given into his centedy by • mss
who charged her with having robbed him of Is. Me IN/
sober, but the male prisoner wee rather the worse ler drink.
As witness was pro Boding to take the charge, the Role pri-
soner pounce.' upon the prosecutor, and threatened to kill
him if hr preseed the charge against the woman. Witness
ordered him off. but he refused to go. and • coatlict betwees
them we. the consequence. The disturbance attracted

other esostables tritia web. sod Misses row the male
=.strike them with brit sad kick them. Ho bed
rll kisg slightly, bet dm what he was "hod.
Plelleressetabla 140 0 slaved that he west to the mid
some of the his mitoses and woe "moulted by WOrimmek ;
sod two other coostahle_
_iispeesd to the same sleek age
ashissisip ebbe&
el them isovisg bus lischsid in the face by him. He we.
Hoory—is the prosecutor who charged the Melia
Wield
The Ant witness said he wu not in attendance.
The temete primmer via about to make a statement in
bar ddroos• hat was informed that, the prosecutor being
Amt. she mot he discharged.
!rearmed' Meted that the police commenced the assaults,
sail the trollomod he experienced from them wu much
wane thus the somata Indicted by him in self defence.
mMr. Ilary—What right had you to interfere with the
hos at ell
Deloodsist mods so soserer.

Wilmer elated that Le had fregendly sees the prisosere
is ooswy together.
Mr.Heap—Tbe charge vying the woman fails, owing
to the absence of the complainant ; bat the other prisoner
V convicted of a series of amanita, for which be is committed
to ate month's improosniest.

SOUTHWARK.
MR. R/TRGION AND YRS 011111311C11 DRITERS.
The driver of one of Mr. Wood's emailiness, ruining be.
tweed the lileptuust and Cade ad iLlegelasebpie, was
summed by the paha° foe aalawfally carrying mon
premiere than 'Maid so by the Ike a%
Police coeirtable 130 11 said that on Sunday afternoon, •
little after 1 o'clock, he was es duty near the Alfred's
Head, opposite the Micheat and Castle, Newinsto• Owe-
way, whoa he ay the isfesdaa's melba leave for Kap-
=await with and he coasted alivesteee
NV saes riled the Mead's ei the driver to the
drearianele, and he add he sad not help it.
Delheihnd said that he add set help it as the eireiheatir
IMstlbe Ihe
weft wrogerrwase opsed without hie Ineowledot He malt to
nedoleede theoght es leg bet the law west aphid
the Mar, end he weiled reeponeible. He asked the wa-
ded. hew say elire were aimed maids
The amedahle Towees. Nei twelve inside.
that at the time it was imponable to
=the pinata= from evieweedine h6math%
foe leadjeasorisisd at Mr. 'a Tabeniecle,
eed the sedlesee embed ewe red got es Ile oasiiboe, ea-
wlthardlog the alarlhasese of the eciedartor. In fact,
tiff seed soll awed it
The sada%aid it was quite tree about the people
teals hem Mthrageire's Tabernacle, sod the/ 6Usd the
swim he% balks ind Weide in . mines, Ho did sot
Mink Met the endealer eat driver could help them elves
The megleade said dee Ihire was no excuse far over-
awing eadbiew as the asholhat and coadoster said
We shad %awed es_ Moe *sea with eo may pa.awe% Re des% sell %MS my pushy this tiese, hat
aid the &Main te veg the ado.