The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-11 00:00:00

LORD R.ANELAGR AND THE GREEN RAILWAY.-CRAROS OF ASSAULT. At the Greenwich Police Court, Lord Ranclagli and Mr. Rewind were charged on Monday last with as saulting one of the aervants of the Greenwich Railway during the crush that took place at the terminus on the previous evening. The evidence wee reported in the Daily News, and it was stated that Mr. Trail.' diamiseed the ease on account of the conflictinx nature of the evidence. On Saturday the charge was again heard before Mr. Seeker, Lord Itanelagh having laid en information against certain persons connected with the railway, and the solicitor of the railway having obtained a =UMW against his lordship and his friend. It was agreed that the latter should be heard first. The care, so far as it was proceeded with, occupies' the court for six hours. Mr. Bodkin was for the railway company, and Mr. Ballantine for the inculpated lord. William Price and Widdows recapitulated the evidence as to the assault which they gave on a previous day, adding that Lord Ranslaah made use of disgusting language when they resisted his Wirt% to paste the barrier. Mr. Walter E. Jackson .aid-1 came down by tbe gnarter pact ten o'clock train on Sunday evening last. I saw l'rice, and he was struck by Lord Itandagly Price was trying to close the gate, and received a blow on the fate. Ptier then collared Lord Itandagh. I saw Sergeant Carpenter tome to the eminence of Price. After Carpenter arrived, Lord Itanciaeh called them vagabonds and scoundrels, and used other bail expressions. Cross-examined —Should have thought that Lord Rane lagh had had a team of wine too much. At the ration, a charge was made for assaulting Prima I signed the police sheet. 11is lurilehip held his tilt up to l'rice, and said Car pentsr had done It.. duty. 1 considered l'rice did his duty with fortearanee . Carpenter took held of Lord Itarielagh by the collar. Mrs. Maria Jackson deposed, that she was with her hus band on Sunday, and saw a female fainting. Saw Lord Itanelach strike Price on his face. She did not ace any ono lay held of Lord HUI( high, who was without the barrier. John Patrick Tracey, enginennui to the Greenwich Rail way Company, said: I was at the terminus on Sunday. Price was there. I saw bias struck by a gentleman (point ing to Lord Itanetigh, who sat on the bench). l'riee seised him by the collar with both hands. Lord Itanelagh was very violent, and said, "Scoundrel, let one go." A man came up, and said "1 sot a police-constable, don't strike." I saw only one blow. I went with the parties to the station house. Lord Itanclagli shook his cane and railed Carpenter names, and said Peke: had done hi. duty with forbearance. Several other witnemesr having confirmed this evidence, Colonel NPlnniall, 2nd Life Guard., deposed: I had been dining with a party at the Trafalgar tavern — Lords Rene lagh, Churchill, and several other iriends. We gut to the rail way terminus ti little post ten. Wu were all perfectly sober. Several ladies were of the party. Lord Itunclagh had Cap tain Jennings', wife on his arm, and when we got there the avenues were quite full. I was pressed forward by the crowd. Lord lianclugh was in front, and pressed forward through the barrier. I saw a lady and gentleman pass through also, Mrs. Jennings holding his lordship's arm. Windows, the potter, put his hands over the harrier and seised Lord Itanelagh by the collar. The constable got ever, and held his lordship by the collar also. Iles lordship did not strike a blow then, or I must have seen it. They pulled him through, Mud let go the gate, when hundreds of people rushed on. Lord Handsel' did ant make use of the filthy exprcaeion attributed to him. Mr. Rowland was charged at the station for attempting a rescue, and Car penter said to him, " You are my prisoner." Win. Lowther, a yuutli u'aout 12 years old, said—l saw Carpenter take hold of Lord Rauelugh. I raw Lord Ranclagli strike tin one. The railway attendants shouted to Lord Itandagh, and were very angry. Ili. lordship had a stick, but did not use it. The pressure was so great that the policeman could not close the barrier, and he pulled Lord Itaral.ish through. Mrs. Florentina Jennings, wife of Captain Jennings, and said to be a Spanieli lady, gave ber evidence in good English. She said that she entered the railway terminus, having hold of lord Itainhigh's arm. 'there was a great crowd, and she was carried away by numbest , . W hen 411 C reached the barrier, the porter wanted to close the gate before she had time to pan. She was balding Lord 'Lander/Ws left arm, and he hail a cane in his right hand. Colonel M`Doliall was nn before, with Master Lowther. The porter and railway policeman collared his lordship. Lord Itanclagh said, " Let me go," and hi. lordship did not strike with a stick. She went to the police station. Nu bail words were used by Lord It:t ad:telt. lie did not strike Price, and he was no: angry. Lord Alfred S. Churchill deposed that he was dining at the Trafalgar, and afterwards went with Lord Itanciagla to the railway station. Lord Itanelagh had Mrs. Jennings under his care. '1 he gate was half closed, and a great body of persons was pressing on Lord Itandagly The lady trying to pars the gate Price attempted to prevent her. Some one struck him, but lie could nut say attn. Carpenter came up whilst price and Whitlows held Lard ltaiiilagh against the wall. Ile separated them and took his lordship into custody. Ile could swear that lord Itanelagli did not use the the gusting words referred to. Ile did appear excited and angry. Ile said " d —," or something of the kind. Ile might hare said "scoundrel." Could nut swear his lord ship did not use abusive language. Captain It. 11. Jennings corroborated generally the last witness, and said that Lord Itanclugh dill not use bad lan guage. At the station he was excited and very angry. Frederick Swinliurn, of 22, 'huh-lane, City, drysalter, said lie went by the last train on Sunday night. Ile was carried through the barrier by the pre sure. Saw Lord Ranelagli and a lady trying to get it.. No blows, that he (witnese) saw, were given. Mr. Seeker, after adverting to the amount of evidence, said the Mete were in a narrow comp . ase. Ile had been called upon to convict two passengers f or obstructing and assaulting two railway servants in the ilieeharge of their duty, lie considered that the paesengers had a right to expect from railway companies security of their persona and proper in. stress and ranee. In this case, it appeared otherwise. In the glee of Lord Ranelagh and Mr. Rowland he was of opi nion that the servants of the South-I.:waren Railway Com pany were not in the proper execution of their duty, and he shofild therefore dismiss the SWll[llOll3. The cruse summons of Lord Ranelagh and his friend Mr. Rowland, againet the railway policeman and porter, was, after a limg conversation between coun-el, ordered to stand over until nett Wednesday ' • and a charge against Sergeant Carpenter, for exceeding his duty under the Police Act, stands also for that day. After a good deal of discussion between the counsel on both eider, it was arranged that the case against Sergeant Carpenter should be proceeded with on Wednesday nest, Lord Itanclagh recurring to himself the right to adopt any course lie thought proper with regard to the charge against the railway officials. The proceedings did not terminate till a quarter to Rye O'clock. ATTEMPTED Ass.iSsINATION.—A deliberate attempt cat assa‘sination was committed on Saturday evening at the London-bridge Fresh Steam Packet Wharf, by an American on a French merchant. The person who attempted the act is named henry Page, aged 30, a ItatiVe of the United States. A few months ago be arrived in London from Southampton, and took l od gings at the house of Mr. Una worth, known as the Continental Eating-house and Cafe Francais, 37, Fish-street-hill, near the Monument. His re duced circumstances having come to the ears of the land lord, Mr.Unsworth, that gentleman felt an interest in his wel fare, and, finding him well acquainted with modern tongues, entered into an agreement with him for his services as as interpreter. After is few weeks, it was noticed that Page seemed to pay inure than ordinary attention to Mr. Una worth's daughter, who appeared to regard his advances favourably. In the meantime, Monsieur Francis Ilache, a French merchant, took up his quarters at the same house, and soon he was attracted by the charms of the lady. She then exhibited some coolness towards Page, and eventu ally desired him to break oil the correspondence that exuded between them. Page, in consequence, became much excited, and his conduct at length was so violent, as to induce Mr.Unsworth to forbid him the house. He con tinued, however, to address letters to the daughter, which were taken no notice of. lie then threatened M. Hache that he would do him some mortal injury, and on Friday forwarded a letter to the daughter, which, had it been opened at the time of its receipt, might have averted ulterior con sequences. Unfortunately it was not, and the letter re mained sealed. For several hours on Friday night Page was observed by the police loitering about Mr. Unsworth's establishment, and on Saturday morning he was again seen. It is conjectured that he continued loitering about the whole day until six o'clock in the evening, when observing M. 'lathe come out of the house and proceed down the bill towards Fresh Wharf, he followed him, and on M. Hach° arriving a few yards within the front gates in Thames-street, be stooped to pick up something which he had dropped. At this moment, Page, who was not more than half a dozen feet from him, suddenly drew a pistol from under his coat, and presenting it at H. Ilache, fired. Luckily for M. nacho rages hand cis was observed by a man standing by) vio lently shook from agitation, atal the ball passed through his coat and lower garment, without doing has person the slight est injury, end lodged in the brick wall. Page having dis severed that he had missed his object, became desperately excited, and with the butt-end of the pistol endeavoured to beat his brains out. lie was instantly seized by a policeman, who was on the opposite side of the way, and removed to the Fenehureh-street station, where he declared that he had determined to die for M. Haehe, and all he was sorry for was that he had not shot him dead. Two bullets were found in his possession and a quantity of powder. The charge having been taken against the prisoner, he was in stantly conveyed to the reserve City Police-station in Bow line, where he was confined until this day for examination at the Mansion-house. About two hours after he had been locked up, one of the officers, on going to his cell, dis covered that ho had made an tempt to destroy himself. He was found hanging by his braces to the gratings of the evil-window, and was instantly cut down. ROTAL COLLEGE OF BERGEONB.—At a meeting of the council on the 7th inst., Messrs. Peter Redfern, of ' Aberdeen, diploma dated August 18, 1843, and Edward Smith, of St. John's-wood, formerly of Birmingham, May 10, 1841, were admitted fellows of the college. The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of tbo college, at ' the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the Bth inst. : blesses. J. B. Posnett, Belfast ; M. J. O'Connor, Morpeth, Northumberland; C. W. Dennehy, Cork; W. A. Bridge, Nicaragua, Central America; H. Oemge, Kitten Lindsey, Lincolnshire ; J. Dickson, Charleston, South America; H. B. Leverton, Truro, Cornwall ; J. A. Brown, Surrey again, Old Kent-road; and C. Rothwell, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. At the same meeting of the court, Hr. R. C. Bcott passed his examination for naval surgeon; this gen tleman had previously been admitted a member of the col lege, his diploma bearing dateAugast FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT BEDMLN -1 STER, NEAR BEISTOL.-FIVE LIVES LOST. BRISTOL, SATURDAY EVININO. Another of thaw terrible accidents which, from time to time, occur in the working of coal mines, took place this morning at the Malays Vale works, in the parish of Bedminster, near this city, and has lost to society, and to those more immediately dependent on them, five valuable lives. _ Intelligence of the catastrophe first reached Bristol as early as six o'clock in the morning, and upon my proceeding to the spot I found the colliery surrounded by a large crowd it men and women, chiefly fathers and mothers, wives, brother, sisters, or children, of the colliers who were known to be . down the pit, all of them influenced by the most ag al feelings of suspense and alarm, and some of them Tent to their feelings in cries and supplications, and lye in imprecations on the parties connected with the executive department of the works, which it was truly heartrending to hear. A little alter three o'clock, one of the working parties having come out of the pit, ten others entered the bucket or cart, and were lowered down the shaft, which is upwards ate ! 240 fathoms in depth, to replace them. The work of lowering proceeded without the occurrence of anything unusual until the cart had reached to within a very few feet of the bottom. Upon its reaching to the depth of the first vein, somewhere about 200 fathoms, five of the men got out of it. and proceeded to their work in that part of the colliery, and the cart, with four men end a lad, was then lowered towards the bottom vein, and had, as before re marked, de-elided to within a few feet of the bottom, when the rope, 011 its passing over the second wheel immediately above the mouth of the shaft, suddenly parted, and in the fare of the terrified vanger, the mass, which with the cart arid bonnet must have weighed three or four tons, was pre cipitated to the bottom. The utmost terror immediately prevailed among those above ground, and the heavy intelligence of the accident, and the probable bite of the unhappy beings, was spread with astonishing rapidity throughout the district. Those in charge of the works sought to give temporary comfort to the afflicted by suggesting that as the cart was su close to the bottom when the rope broke, the inmates might have escaped without considerable injury ; hut to those censer- mint with the matter it became at once evident that their i lives were sacrificed. The iron bonnet which was suspended above their heads by the tension of the rope, must upon the parting have fallen upou thin, as likewise the rope itself ; hut besides these there was depth of several feet of water at the foot of the shaft unprotected by any stage or covering into which they would have been precipitated. 'The prenarationsfir the descent of the pit being perfected an empty bucket was illuminated with candles, uud in order to see that all worked properly, was lowered to a con , siderable depth, and agaiu rahed. Two men, named John Reynolds and Henry Lovell, then entered the bucket, and were lowered down the shaft, searching it carefully as they went. After the men had descended about Me) fathoms, the signal for raising them W 3.4 given, and they were hauled up and stated that, owing to the twisting of the round rope, it would be impossible with solely to make a descent with it. They further brought with them a confirmation of the worst fears of those above respecting the five unhappy beings who had descended in the bucket. They stated that they had reached sufficiently low to be heard by the men in the but ' tom vein, from whom they had learnt that the poor (enures, were lying dead in the water at the bottom of the shaft. ' This melancholy intelligi nee it was deemed right, in the I excited sate of those around the pit, to confine to the ma- Inager, and it was some time before it became fully known. A ...Tend flat rope was now procured from the old com pany's works, and it having been spliced to the north side rope, the descent was again made at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock, and it was past 3 o'clock before the men came up again, when they brought with them the bodies of two of the suf ferers, Richard Moffitt (who has left a wife and seven or eight children) and Phillip l'ring (who has also left a young family and u widow advanced iu pregnaricy ) The bodies exhibited marks of violence, as if they hail been struck on their heads with the iron bonnet, and one of them must have had his neck forced against the sharp iron rim of the bucket, as his throat was partially divided in front, and the back of his head was mu:h injured. The other bodiee were subsequently brought up : they were those of William Smith, Thomas 1 and William Webster, a lad. All the men in the veins came out safe. The Coroner commenced an inquisition on the fivebodies, but the act of parliament requiring that notice should be given to the Secretary of State, he took no evidence beyond that of identity. The learned officer directed that the rope should be impounded by the police, in order to its being thoroughly examined by some person competent to judge of its efficiency. There is great excitement in the pari.h, and some of the principal residents think of addressing the Secretary of State so as to ensure the presence of an inspector. We have been requested to state that Mr. Powell of 3, Lower Park-row, Bristol, has had a contribution forwarded to him to form the nucleus of a fund fur the relief of the many surviving relatives of the deceased men, who live in a very poor neighbourhood. COLLISION WITH AN EXCURSION TRAIN ON THE °KEAY WrIATEIIN RAILWAY, NEAU. BRIAIrOL.—A rail way collision, which, although not attended by fatal conse grammes, created a good deal of alarm and consternation and ' iuries to iipwards of twenty of the travellers by it, occurred, yesterday morning, to a down excursion train • by the Great Western Railway. The train was one of those undertaken by the Bristol Association, for the purpose of conveying persona of the initiate and working classes, at cheap rate., to and from the metropolis, so as to extend the advantages of the Great Exhibition of Industry. The fares being low—somewhere about a halfpenny a mile—so many persons availed themselves of it, that on their being de spatched from Paddington, on the return trip, the train a-as divided into two parts. The first 'a as despatched more than an hour before the other, and got down without mishap, and the second attained and passed Bath without anything occur ' ring beyond a very lengthened and blameable delay at Swin don, where they were detained, say some of the passengers, for a very blameable period. At length, after the down mail had passed, they went on towards Bristol, passed through Bath, taking in water there, and steamed on very slowly so far as Fox's Wood just before the entrance of the No. 3 llrislington tunnel, where, either through the want of coke, or some mishap M the engine, the train broke down and came le a standstill: It must unfortunately happened that there was a return engine and tender coming from ' Bath, and after the train had been standing for about ten minutes, this engine, which was seen approaching by some of the passengers, ran into it from behind. The collision is described as having been a very violent one ; the passengers were thrown forcibly against each other, receiving blows and contusions, and were besides greatly alarmed. Among some eighteen or twenty more or less injured were several respectable tradesmen of Bristol, but it is gratifying to be lieve that there were no bones broken, and that as all the parties were able on reaching the terminus to proceed to their homes no serious consequences will result. Three or four of the carriages were very much broken. The engine driver states that he was coming slowly from Bath, but did not anticipate any obstruction, and that he was prevented from seeing the train till too close upon it to avoid running into it by a dense fog rising from the river which runs alongside of the rail. The engineer and stoker of the return engine and the policeman on that portion of the line have, we understand, been given into custody, to await an investi gation of the matter. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN.— Another accident happened on Friday night upon the South Western Railway, which, although it did not terminate in ism of life, was of a most serious description. A train left Waterloo station at half-past 10 at night for Twickenham Mmsposed of about seven or eight first and second etas; inirMges. The train had proceetlesl without hindrance to the commencement of the Junction of the Southampton and Richmond lines, and had gone by the pointmars's box, when, in crossing the bridge which carries the railway over Falcon-lane, a division of the train suddenly took place— one-half the train adhering to the engine, and passing on to the Richmond line, whilst the other portion was literally dragged in a parallel line across the Southampton rail, and lodged on the very brink of a steep embankment, at least twelve feet deep. The rails were ploughed up, and the strong round iron poles of the buffers were broken off. A heat-class carriage was literally turned upside down, and the 'mates, ladies and gentlemen, had to be taken out through the window, and one carriage was, by the force of the elowassion, driven on the top of the one preceding it. Ne Woe but those that were present could describe the con fident and alarm that prevailed, and several of the passengers mishred severe contused wounds. Mr. Woodhouse Young, emietant manager of the traffic, was either in the train at arrived momentarily afterwards, and showed the greatest anxiety for the passengers, and sent for cabs, flys, and other vehicles to carry them to their respective residences. FIRE AT TILE DC KE OF CAMBRIDGE'S, COMBE Royes.—Early on Saturday morning a fire of an alarm ing character took place in the rick-yard of his Royal High ness** Duke of Cambridge, Combs House, near Wimble ikm owl New Kingston, Surrey. The ricks and stabling stestAisi en the property were destroyed, to the value of 2,011 L Red the wind been in the torth west the mansion mast lave been consumed ; on the other hand, the damage would have been considerably less had a sufficient supply of mile been obtainable for the use of the engines which speedily arrived. SUICIDE IN HORNSEY WOOD.—YesteTday morning, some youths who had entered Ilornsey-wood for the pur pose of nutting, observed the body of a man suspended to the branch of a tree. They informed the police who cut down the unfortunate man, and removed the remains to the =wood tavern. From the marks on the tree, it is that the deceased clambered up and fastened the fatal nom, and then threw himself off. The body is that of a man about 30 years of age, dressed in black coat, light vest, and Tweed trousers. His shirt was fastened with silver studs, marked R. L. A., and some documents were found on him, inscribed John H. Nelson. A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER TOOK ri-tcv A FEW DAYS ago between the crews of • Greek ship and an Austrian ship which were moored in Newport Dock. The two vessels were lying alongside of each other, and through some min. understanding, since Sunday the crews had been continu al!! qoane/ling. On Monday they met in Pillgwenlly and hell swag fight with long knaves. The police and in hibitions, haring such deadly weapons, were reluctant to interfere. After fighting for some time, and cutting each ether in a dreadful manner, Superintendent English arrived, with assistance, took 28 into custody. Four of the eembeianta were severely stabbed, and a fifth is not imputed to live, as he received a dreadful Cut in his bowels dividing the intestines. The men in custody ap peared before the magistrates on Wednesday, when two wen fined 40s. each, 19 fined 104. each, and seven dis- Charged.—Briseel Mercury. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1851. IRELAND. DCBLIN, Acorn 9. Perhaps the very best example that could be given of the tone which it is attempted to give to the pre sent religious agitation in Ireland is to be found in a letter published in the Freeman and Tablet this morning, by the ltev. Dr. Cahill, the well known Roman catholic controversialist. A religions agita- tion it seems unfortunately , we must have. Accord ing to the present aspect of things it seems inevitable. At Limerick, last week, we had a specimen of it, and it will not be the fault of those who will assemble on the 19th at the Rotunda if the same sort of feelings which were brought into operation at Limerick be not spread and deeply rooted over the length and breadth of the land. The Itev. Dr. Cahill, whose letter I now allude to, is by far the most popular clergyman of the ltoman catholic church in Ireland. His sermons arc listened to by thronged audiences, and his epistles read with the utmost avidity by the people. Some curious proceedings have taken place on the Cork and Bandon Railway, and been brought under the cognisance of the judges now on circuit at Cork. It appears that the public opening of the line was to have taken place on Thursday, and that the occasion was to have been celebrated by an excursion trip and the usual festivities. Owing, however, to some cause not sufficiently explained, but which is supposed to be the non-compliance with certain pecuniary de mands, the parties representing the contractors took measures to obstruct the line, and prevent the open ing from taking place. When the directors attempted l i to pass over the line in an engine the preceding even ing, they found it blocked with trucks and heaps of stones. Men were sent to remove the obstruction, but they were prevented by those in the employment ! of the contractors; a struggle ensued; some men ' were knocked down by the engine which was driven agairst the trucks, and the next day the obstacles on the line were increased. Both parties then appeared' by counsel before the judges of assize. - Bench warrants were issued; bills of indictment have been sent before the grand jury, and those against the contractor's party were found yesterday, so that the parties are amenable for trial at the present assizes. The fetes which are to take place on the Queen's Island. at Belfast, in commemoration of her Majesty's visit, are fixed for the first week of next month. Ai " Crystal Palace," which is described as a beautiful copy, on a reduced scale, of the great prototype in I lyde-park, has been erected in the island, and will be finally completed by the time mentioned ; and various arrangements are on foot to celebrate the occasion with popular festivities on a scale altogether unexampled in that part of Ireland. The exportation of pauper emigrants to America and elsewhere is now curried on on a large scale by the guardians of the Clare Unions. SPORTING. LEOMIXS rElt RACES. 111111.1'011DaiiiitorNTnaI;OIl0so;seach, h ft; and 3 only if declared with 30 added, 2 miles. (8 subs., 1 of whomdeclared.) Mr. Ileib art's Spot, S yrs, Oat ;lb (91y, jun.) 1 Mr. Barnet's tiackton, I yen, 74 12Ib (James) 2 Mr. bilea'a Gaffer (hers. aged, tat Illb (Wells) S 51.tinr.tr PLATE of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 saes each. Heats one mile and n half. (7 subs.) Mr. Lusicw'sCilaylad, 5 yro, Sat Rub ... (B. Ply, Jai 1 1 Hr. Aasten's Ml.. Thlbat,3 yrs, Go t 71b (Clement 0 2 Mr. Anne's, Gamecock, S )re, 94 (Edward", 2 3 Mr. Tloompacm'a laardwada. I yrs, 9st 4lb (Stevens) 0 0 Mr. Lt. Laud'. General, aged, toot lib (Maw) 0 • Mr. G. 'a Intehouat'a maaulary, 3 yro, 7a. 311, (Wella) 0 0 Mr. Sitwe'l's Nancy Imanon. 4 yln. Sat Ilb ... . (Jameso 3dr The first heat was won by a neck, and the second by half a length. SELLING STAKES of 3 Bore each, and 20 added. Heats, 1 mile and a quarter. Mr. Tel y's Gienlymi, 5 y es, Bet 13Ib (80 ornm).„(Boyee) 4 1 1 Mr. Ward's slow.the.Way, S yes, Oat (W)) (Clay) 1 2 3 Mr: Buriord'a llowsmore Gam, 4 yes, 66.131 b (20 won. (Clement 3 4 2 Sir. Sitwell'a Nancy Dawson, 4 yrs, 74 31b (SW.) (James) 2 3 4 POLKA STAKES of 7 POTS each, 4 ft, and 1 only if de clared, with 25 added. Heats, 1 mile and a quarter. (11 subs, 3 of whom declared.) Mr. Keila'a Theorem, 3 yea, Sot 121 b (Well 1 1 Mr. 0.. lierb lea Sir itobeet, 4 yes, Pet Slb (S ly 1 2 Mr. Gimes Gaffer Green, aped, 7w YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1851. . DONDAS STAKES of 50 son., added to a handicap sweep stakes of 6 goes. each.—Radulphus, aged, Bst 121 b ; l'ust Tempore, 5 yrs, Set Sib; Mark Tapley, 4 yrs, bat 71b; Sweep, I yrs, Svt.; Velox, 4 yrs, Ist 12lb ; Oxford Blue, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b; Tordesillas, 4 yrs, ist 71b; Lucaria, 6 yrs, Tat 71b ; England's Glory, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; lioneerford, 3 yrs, 7st 416; lanthe, 3 yrs, let 41h; sister to fencer, 4 yrs, ist 21h ; Deceitful, 3 yrs, ist 21b ; Tonic, 3 yn, 6st bib ; Saxon, 3 yrs, Est slb ; Sledmere, 3 yrs, 6.t 4lb ; Follow-me lads, 3 yrs, .54 12th ; Mrs. Birch, 3 yrs, sst 121 b; Crook shanks, 3 yn, syt 21b. PL.trit of 100 son., for two and thr!e year olds.-11 c Worcester, 3y n • br c Peppermint, 2 r. ; b g Deceitful, 3 ers ; b e Conrad, 2 yrs ; br f . lrou , stau, 2 yr. ; ch f Fi nt:sye, by Sleight-of-hand, clam Pharsalia, 3 yn; ch f Maid of Lincoln, 2 yrs ; Miss Funny, by lied Deer out of Eva, by Lottery, 2 yrs; Captain Flash, 2 y rs; br f The Shadow, 2 yrs; Flora Macdonald, 2 n; Miss Sarah, by Jerry, 2 yrs; b e Cleveland, 2 yrs; b f Evadne, 2 yrs ; br c Emery stone, 2 yrs; br f Palmeres, 3 yrs ; b f frarestie, 2 yrs ; irr c Darker, by Lanercost out of Miss Etty, 2 yrs ; eh Bess of Ilardwick, 2 yrs; br f Rose, by Arundel, 3yn ; Grey 'foamy, 2 yr.; M. Ifoudin, 2 yrs ; b f I'luuntead, 2 yrs ; b g Flirt, 2 yrs ; Sister to Coryphce, 2 yrs; b f by Touchstone, out of Che shire Witch, 2 yrs; Vivandiere, 3 yrs ; Augur, 2 yrs ; Golden Age, 2 yn; br c Dalton, 2 yrs • la c by Melbourne, out of Sally urfoot, 2 yn; ch fby Velocipede, out of Fleur-de-Lis, by Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs ; Paddy Bird, 2 Consultation (late Dringhouses), 3 yrs ; br or bk (Pinch, 3 yrs ; Agnes Wickfichl, 2 yn; Merlin, 2 yrs; br f Imagina tion, 3 yrs; b f Equal, 2 yrs; b f Barbuta, 2 yn; b c high Sheriff, 2 yrs; Tragedian, 3 yes ; b c Jack Robinson, 3 yn ; b f Sister to Thringarth, 2 yrs ; br f Fancy (late Madame Warton), 2 yn; bk fby Velocipede, dam by Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs; b f Euphony, Yuan CUP of 200 BOVP, in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 BOYS., h ft.—Aaron Smith, 3 yrs (250 goys.) ; The Saxon, 3 yrs (250 sore.) ; Knook Knoll, 3 yn (5110 son.) ; Ihe Italian, 4 yrs (250 son.) ; Snewstorm,s yrs rado sous.) son ; Mark Tapley,4 yrs (2.50 sins.) ; l'avetta, 3yn 500 .); Vatican, 5 yrs; Clincher, 4 yrs (00 son.) ; ulphus, age.l (250 son.) ; Follow-me-lads, 3 yrs (250 soya.) ; Water fall, 3 yrs (250 son.) • Cossack, aged ; Post-tempore, 5 yrs (2.50 says.) ; Border boy (250 sore.); Unity, 3 yrs (2.50 soya.) ; Oxford Blue, 4 yn (250 son.) ; Lady Hylds (250 sore.) ; Tragedian, 3 yrs (250 sees.) ; The Sweep, 4 yn (250 son.) CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOS. THE WEEK. TIM DILL - The day and to-morrow *SI"; occupied at Canterbury with the Kent and Englnd mach. Wednesday, should that match be inisbed on Tuesday, will see I Zinpiri In all their pudy drama com peting with the Gentlemen of Ken; and ihurnay, Friday, and Saturday, will be engaged be the Litter Eleven, who will give their annual meeting to the Gentlemen of England. The eleven' wined for the two matches are as follow : KIST T. Exakels.—Kent. —N. Pen, A. Upon. Eve., Adana. Clifford, liillyer, Holland', Martinet, Pike, W. niels, Wen. Wiltdiire. EngLnit.—W. Nkoleon, El., Dos, Cady*, Jelin Coen. Chatter. tae, Ceske Deea, Grandy, Oay, Parr, Wades. OINTLIMISII or HOOT v. GENTLICIFILN or ENOWll4—Kent.—W. Andrews. Esq.. H. Brenchiey, Esq., Captain Dickens. N. Fein, Esq., Y. Fredericka, Pet, A. Myna, Esq., Captain Norton, W. Norton, Eel., Ceptain Menden, H. Peel, Em., 8. limith, Esq. Engend.—lloa. N. Crimean, Hon. 8. POF.O•blt Bloye k Ewt, J. Chitty, Era.. H. Fellowee, Esq., E. Hamm% Esq., C. one, Esq., W. N/Oholaoc, Esq., E. Bonn, Fag., C. Truk:roil, Esq., 0. Toine, At Canterbury.—Kent v. England. At ihrminghatn.—Eirrainglum, with Arnold, v. Banos, with v. Peckham Rye. en.—Robln Hood Club v. Pied Battalion of At Ke en nW New Scotch Feathers. To.roanow. At Cantettiory.—The above match cotebnied. At litnntngham.—The Owe snatch conttnued. At the Oral.—Surrey Coke v. Blackheath Pandat. At Stannove.—Stantaore v. Harrow Town Club. At Bradford.—Bradoed v. /Webley. At Beale, Keeth.—Braley v. Lewisham. At Narthanaptow Arma—aty Club v. Streatham Club. At Wood Omen.— Poulterer, v. rubtoongera. WILIMISDAY. At Canterbury.—l Z lurid v. Gentlemen of Kent. At the O.J.—Surrey Club v. Carlton. At &mu Wm—Vino Club v. West Kent. At Walttun.green.—United Citizens v. Butchers' Club. At Tarnham-green.—Turnbatuirreen v. Hounslow. At Eton.—Eton Junks. Club v. 'Lupton Junior Club. _ TUMMY. _ At Canterbery.—GettGeme;:flfm;;;.. Gentlemen of ruined. 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TboThill, Wreak. iribra/rlh YNDLT. At Caateltr7.-214 slim 'Utak iiadmeL At Haadaitim—The Awe nab tonlimel. iiMPIIIAIN At Natonmf.—TY• Om usielt soilaimL At llitatiogisr—The arm malt ilmiold. Rain Intelligence. EQUITY COURT.—SATURDAY. limas VierW7naxcat.toa Ilisneer Baum Ea FIAROOS O'CONNOR, IN THE MATTER OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY, AND OF AN ACT TO DISSOLVE THE SAME, AND IN THE MATTER OF THE WINDIVI-UP ACM •• _ _ ..... . This was the petition of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, late of Notting-hill-terrace, but now of No. 16, Great Windmill street, stating, that in 1815 the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was projected, and was provisionally registered in 1846, under the statute 7th and Bth of her Majesty's reign, under the title of "The National Land Company; " that by the deed of settlement of the company the object was declared to be the purchasingof land in various parts of the United Kingdom, and erecting thereon dwellings to be al loted to the members, and the raising of a fund out of which sums of money should be paid to the members, being allot• tees of land, the capita of the company ; that the capital should be 130,000/., in 100,000 shares of 11. 6e. each, which was atterwarde expressed to be 195,0001., in 150,000 shares of the above amount each ; that by the act which received the royal assent oa Thursday last, the 7th of August inst., the company was absolutely dissolved : and it was thereby enacted that the Court of Chancery should, on the petition of Mr. Fergus O'Connor, his heirs, executors, or adminis trators, or of any subscriber to the company, or any claim ant against its assets, make an order absolute referring it to one of the masters of the court to wind up the affairs of the, company; that no advertisement but one similar to the one required by the Winding-up Acta should be necessary. The petition then stated that Mr. O'Connor was desirous that the affairs of the company should be wound up, and prayed the some accordingly. Mr. W. 11. Bennett supported the petition, and requested that the reference might be sent to the vacation mashy . . His Honour made the order. The sitting of the court was in the private room, the learned judge consenting to take all such matters as were unopposed and of a pressing nature, the delay in hearing which until after the vacation would have occasioned very great expense and other inconvenience. JUDGES' CIIANIBERS.—SATURDAY. Burma Ms. acmes, Carmen.. SIIECCARD r. Stu DEOROE DE LA POZR BEAUFORT. DADC-OrEItATION OP VIE IRISH INSOLVENT LAWS IN ENG/ANIL-IMPORTANT DECISION. This was an application for a discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Middlesex, upon the ground that the de fendant, Sir George de la Peer Berestord, had been dis charged from the debt for which lie had been arrested by the Insolvent Debtors' Act in Ireland. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who applied for the discharge, stated the facts. fhe defendant was a prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff of Middlesex, having been arrested upon a ca. sa. issuing out of the Queen's Bench, for a debt of 1,4261. The defendant had been a prisoner in the gaol of the Four Courts Marsha lsca iu Ireland, and while there he had filed a petition in the Insolvent Court in that country, on the 7th Sept., 1813, and having been three times before the court, was opposed by the present detain ing creditor on each occasion, hut was finally discharged on the Uth May, 184.5. Ile then came to England, and for the most part since and during the last fifteen months had resided in this country, during which period he was again arrested by the plaintiff, who believed that the discharge in Ireland could nut protect the insolvent debtor in England front a judgment obtained iu au English court upon the same debt. Mr. Gibbons, for the plaintiff, referred to the clause in the Irish act, which declared that it should not extend to England or Scotland, except where otherwise declared. Mr. Lewis said that there were express decisions on that point. Mr. Justice Patteson, after looking into the cases, ob. served that the question was whether the Insolvent Act in Ireland did not discharge the defendant from this debt. If that court (the Queen's Bench) did not discharge him, no one else could. Mr. Gibbons contended that the Irish act merely applied to Irish judgments, and the defendant being a prisoner in Ireland had been duly discharged from that judgment but the process under which he was now in custody was issued out of an English court at Westminster, which the Irish Insolvent Act could not touch, as its operation was expressly limited to Ireland, except where otherwise expressed. Mr. Justice Patteson, after looking through the act, ob served that it vestal the English property of the defendant in the Irish assignees. Mr. Gibbons contended that the benefit of the act to which the insolvent had been declared entitled in Ireland only applied to the Irish judgment, under which he could not be arrested in England. The " benefit of the act " sig nified protection from arrest in the country in which the process could be enforced. There was not a single word thatshe should be 'Protected from process upon an English judgment. The debt was not extinguished by the discharge, but merely the operation of the law suspended in Ireland. After some further discussion, Mr. Justice Patteson said it was clear that the Irish In solvent Debtors' Act vested all the defendant's property in England in the Irish assignees for the benefit of the cre ditor=, and it would be monstrous to suppose that when all Isis English property was taken away that he was not to be protected here. If the act was permitted to operate upon Irish property only then he could understand why he should not be protected in this country. Ile (Mr. Justice Patteson) was obliged to act as the statute directed, that if the insolvent was arrested he should apply to ajudge of the court out of which the process issued. The defendant would therefore be discharged. An order was accordingly made out for the defendant's liberation from the custody of the sheriff. COURT OF BA.NKRUPTCY.-SATURDAY. tl~:rose Me. C0N111.610,1111l Fu.eucoct. IN ILE BAVIN.-FORCED SALES. This was the lia4exattinaiiOnnCetingiiithe case of J. Basin, draper, of Wisbeach. The report of Mr. l'ennell, the official assignee, showed that the bankrupt had commenced business at Brandon ' in September, 1848, with a capital of 8511., vouched by his banker's b ook. On the Ist of September last he sold the whole of his stock in trade, book debts, furniture and ha wses at Brandon fur 2,20 61. 14s. Gd., and removed to Wis beach, where he continued till the bankruptcy. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Mackillop and Young, of Bashwhall-street, commenced on the Bth of September, 1813, with the above capital of 8511. ; the unsecured credi tors amounted to 5,3181 .; the profits were, at Brandon, 5631. ; at Wisbeach, 5801. The assets consisted of—Cash given up to the official assignee, 981. • good debts, 307/. ; stock in trade, furniture, & e. (realised) 2,4171. ; freehold house and cottages at Northwold, 745/. (mortgaged for 6621.) The expellees, partly vouched and partly estimated, consisted of—Business and domestic expenses, 1,6851.; ditto, at Wisbeach, 1,0611.:; loss on sale at Brandon, 1881. ; ditto on forced sale of goods through Oliver and Thomas, 021. ; ditto on sale of freehold house and cottages atNorthwoltl,277l. ; ditto on sale of property by the assignees, 9981. The assets given up amounted at cost price to very nearly 15s. in tha pound. The assignees were however very dissatisfied, as the bank rupt, by not keeping proper books, had rendered it impos sible to test the accuracy of his accounts, particularly his profits. There was nu cash-book and no ready money takings book, except from November 1850 to Msy last ; during the rest of the time the takings were kept on sheets of paper which were not forthcoming. The bankrupt had also been in the habit of sending goods for sale to a Mr. Burton and others, but there was no entryin the books of the goods so sent, nor of the sums received as the proceeds, the amount of which was estimated in the balance-sheet. Mr. Linkleter supported the bankrupt. Mr. A. Turner (of the firm of Sole, Turner, and Turner) for the assignees, opposed his passing, on the ground of the imperfect nature of the ac counts, and said he was prepared with evidence to show that the bankrupt had carried on the system of forced sales to a great extent in many cases obtaining advances beforehand. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Burton, auctioneer and valuer, of Broadway, Lud gate-hill, deposed that in November last ho began to have dealings with the bankrupt. Had first met him at East bourne, where he had gone to buy a drapery stock, of which the bankrupt bought part. He afterwards sold some of this stock for the bankrupt. Had not kept the letters that passed between them. Ile got the goods by rail from East bourne. Afterwards be found that a lot of goods which he had bought of Mr. Oliver, the accountant, belonged to Barbi. Ho bought those goods at 42 per cent. discount, the purchase money being about 1001. His next trans action was for 1291. fly. 7d., goods sent up to him for sale from Wisbeach. Bankrupt attended the sale. No instruc tions were gives. Had not any of the letters ; he never kept any; they were of no use to him; was in the habit of tearing up or burning his letters. If an invoice came it was kept to ace whether the goods corres ponded, and then destroyed; they :were of no good to him. When the goods came from Wisbeach they were in trusses. Would swear he bad no invoice of those goods. In one of the trusses ho found an invoice of one of the wholesale houses, and sent it back. lie thought that very singular, but could not infer that the goods had never been taken into Bavin's stock. There was a differ. ', ence in the mode of packing. The sum total of his transactions with Ravin was 1,6251. 105.71. That was the amount realised. Ile hail received no invoices, except a bare statement of the number of yards or so on, without any price. He sold for the best price he could get. Many drapers sent up stocks to him in this way, but he never kept their letters. The goods, on arrival, were en tered in his sale-book, the prices at which they sold were afterwards added, and an account sent to the party send ing them. Had been summoned to this court before in the case of Swan, of Camden-town—a very bad case. Had bad transactions with Gerald Burton, but did not come before the court. Had seen the bankrupt twice or thrice since his failure. He called on witness about a fort night after. He asked bow much witness had sold for him, and was told 1,508/. ; but the real amount was 1,6'25/. This was a mistake. Had had no conversation with the bankrupt about his letters. He once asked, "Did I ever send yon any accounts ?" and witness told him the only accounts he had sent were of the quantities of the goods. The general tenor of his letters was—. I send you two trusses, or a box, or a parcel." The goods came to him from Wisbeach, but would not swear some of them did not come from New York. Could not swear they had ever been in Bavin's shop. He never inquired of the carriers where they came from. He paid the carriage without inquiring where it was from, as it was a matter of indifference to him. The bankrupt's name had been erased from some of the trusses, but he could not tell from that that the goods had never been unpacked in his shop. The Commissioner—What was your impression? Witness—l never thought about it. Tho Commissioner—Then you are a very thoughtless person. You might run the risk of getting kohl of stolen goods. Witneaa-1 regarded Mr. Flavin as one of the moat re spectable men in Cambridgeshire. I advertise for drapery stocks for sale. Mr. F. W. Thomas, auctioneer and valuer, Leadenhall street and Welbeck-street, deposed that he made advances on all kinds of goods where the parties were respectable. Had never been summoned to that court before. Had had two transactions with Bavin, on the 26th and 27th of March last. He called on witness in Leadenhall-street. Gocds were sent by rail from Wisbeach, in a box ; a second parcel, be thought, came from London. On the arrival of the first goods be made an advance. No price was sent, only the quality. After the sale Basin said there had been been a profit of 17/. or 18/. ; he attended the sale. Witness's com mission was 71 per cent., including the interest on the ad vance. The first transaction was 2311., the second, 2541. 1 The latter was a job-stock, bought of I'arrinton and Lad bury ; they were not new goods ; some were about 30 years old. The first were new, they consisted of silks. Witmer ' advanced 1501. on the first lot, and paid the difference by cheque. He regularly made advances to drapers, some times before receiving the stock, to wholesale as well as to retail houses. Occasionally he made advances on bins of sale and warrants of attorney. Letters might pass between him and Basin; but unless there was any thing special he should not keep the letters. The general effect would be " Please receive herewith a certain quan tity of goods." had heard that the bankrupt bought the' second lot of goods at 62 per cent. discount, but did not know the profit arising on the sale. Mr. Turner asked for an adjournment, stating that the balance-sheet was very imperfect, that additional goods accounts were required, and that some of the boas and papers, including the letters to Burton and Thomas, were not forthcoming. There had been one adjournment at the expense of the estate; this ought to ix , at the bankrupt's expense, as he must have known that these accounts would not be satisfactory. He only estimated his profits at per cent. upon transactions to the amount of 13„0001. Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, urged that the accounts were sufficient. His Honour thought the bankrupt would not like to go to the et rtiticate meeting with such a tend uncleared up. The bankrupt was then examined. In answer to Mr. Turner, he said he had kept a day book, bought and sold ledger ' banking book, cheque book, and daily takings book. Had k ept no cash book, as lie paid and received everything by . cheque. The books given up did not disclose may thing as to his receipts, except the daily takings in the shop, and some of the bills. lie kept other books of receipts, little sixpenny memorandum books, which he kept in his cash-box, and entered the money he put in there. When one of them was tilled, he saw uo more of it. They were put its a desk, and the lad took them up stairs. All was given up except these hooks and some letters. Had been in business at Itr.uulun before going, to Wisbeach. Had not taken stock at the latter place. The letters from Mr. Burton and Mr. Thomas could not bo found. The goods he had sent to Mr. Burton for sale had not all been into his stock ; perhaps about 2001. worth had not. The goads had been bought, but not for the pur pose of getting an immediate loan en them. Ili• he lieved those that went unpacked to Burton were bought from Jones Brown and Co., of Manchester. Never sent any of the invoices of wholesale houses to Burton that he knew of. Tlio accounts rendered to him by Mr. Burton were not forthcoming. The money he received from Burton and Thomas went into the bank; a great deal of it he never touched. The account of goods sent to Burton, as well us the account sales, had been mislaid. About three weeks be fore by bankruptcy an accountant was sent down by Messrs. Bradbury to take his stock and ascertain how he stood. Had paid 1001. of the money he had received from Mr. Burton to Messrs. Butcher and Bard, of Ely. Ile had sold stock to the latter !MUM, to the amount of 256/.; had also sold them a horse and gig shortly before the bankruptcy. His Honour said lie dig not Svc how the bankrupt could pass his last examination ' tin many important papers being lost, and the transactiunsbeing such as to deraand the fullest investigation. Mr. Linklater said Ito would not oppose an adjournment, but thought the bankrupt was entitled to an allowance. Ile had given up a great amount of property ; at first three guineas a week had been allowed; it was discontinued at the last meeting, because the accounts were not ready. His Honour said a small allowance might be nude, two guineas a-week, without prejudice as to Mr. Commissioner bioulburres ultimate decision as to the allowance, the case being one in Iris court. Ultimately the examination was o,djourned until the Bth of November. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CaorDoN, Auc usT !). BGENOLI LORD CHIEr JI:NTICA JVRVIA AND A COSIMoN Jt us. lit *it AND AND ANOTHER r. 1101. T. _ This was an action to recover the amount of a lawyer bill. The defendant pleaded that he ',lad paid the bill, and that he won not in debt. ..... Mr. Chambers said that the plaintiff in this action (Mr. Husband) sought to recover the amount of his bill for pro fessional services rendered to the defendant in 1813. At that period Mr. Husband was in partnership with a gentle• man named Wyatt, and although the partnership had since been dissolved, inasmuch as all the partnership debts had been made over to the plaintiff, it was necessary on the present occasion that the action should he brought in the name of the firm. It appeared that at the period he had mentioned Mr. Holt was the proprietor of the .4ys newspaper, and be was indicted for a libel ; and it was for defending him against this proceeding that the casts in question were incurred. The bill was originally of a much larger amount, but upon a taxation by the officer of the court, owing to the absence of vouchers which Mr. Husband could not obtain possession of, the amount was reduced to 321. is. Id., which was the' amount that was now sought to be recovere d. Mr. G. Benbow, clerk to the plaintiff, proved that hr was in the service of Messrs. Husband and Wyatt from the commencement of their partnership in 1814 until it was dis solved in 1850. They were counsel for the defendant in the indictment against him for libel, and he knew that all the bushiest charges! in the bill hail been p. , rformed. By Mr...llllllC.4.—Tlie defendant saw Mr. Husband occa sionally, but his business was chiefly conducted by Mr. Wyatt. The endorsement to the cheque for 401. now pro duced was Mr. Husband's handwriting. Mr. Traill, an attorney, proved that he received a sum of 301. of Mr. Husband on account of Mr. Holt. This was the plaintiffs case. Mr. James, fur the defendant, said he felt satisfied that when the jury had heard this case to a conclusion they would be of opinion that Mr. Husband had done himself little credit by bringing it into court. In the first place, he would beg to call their attention to the fact that the plaintiff now sought in 1851 to recover a bill for professional services rendered in 1813. The original amount of this bill was 1331. 13s. Id., but it had been reduced by taxation to 411., and according to the rule of court regulating such matters where more than one-sixth was struck off such a claim the parting claiming had to pay the costs of taxation, and this reduced the amount to the sum now sought to be recovered. Mr. Holt declared that the whole of the claim the plaintiff had upon him had been discharged, and if he proved this bethought the jury would agree with him that Mr. Husband had disgraced himself by bringing such a case into court. The circumstances under which the claim arose were these —lt would be in the recollection of the jury that, some years ago, Lord W. Paget brought an action against the Earl of Cardigan for criminal conversa tion with his wife. The case was tried by a special jury at Guildhall, and, after a careful inquiry, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and he believed he was correct in saying that the action which was brought appeared to be little more than a conspiracy to lix Lord Cardigan with the criminal act charged against him. The facts connected with the trial appeared in the Age newspaper, of which, at that time, Mr. Holt was the proprietor, and he was indicted by Lord W. Paget for a libel. At this period the act of parlia ment, which enabled a defendant to plead a justification in such cases, had not passed the legislature, and as the defendant was therefore unable to justify the publication, be was convicted. It was for the costs of the defence in curred in this proceeding that the plaintiff had a claim against Mr. Holt, and he should state the circumstances on which he relied to show that the bill had been already paid. It appeared that Lord Cardigan thought it right, under the circumstances, to come forward and assist Mr. Ilolt in his defence, and his solicitor, Mr. Powell, handed over a cheque for 401. to Mr. Husband on account of Mr. Ilolt, and it was clear that Mr. Husband had received that amount, as it was now produced, and was proved to have his endorsement upon it. An attempt had been made to show that 301. of this sum had been paid to Mr. Traill, when Mr. Husband knew perfectly well that this sum was paid from a totally different source. The learned counsel then read a letter from Mr. Wyatt, the plaintiff's partner, dated August I, 1845, and addressed to Mr. Holt, in which he stated that he was no party to the action, and referred to certain sums of money that had been received on behalf of Mr. Holt, and also to a sum of 301. from himself (the defendant), which had been handed over to Mr. Train, aad the letter concluded by stating that Mr. Holt had paid all that was due from firm on account of the defence to the indictment, andl[that if the accounti were strictly looked into it would be found that there was a balance of 211. due to him. The learned counsel concluded by declaring that the present action was a most disreputable one, and said that it was such proceed ings as these on the part of attorneys which gave people grounds for saying that the law was only another name for spoliation and chicane. The learned counsel then put in the letter and the cheque, which were read. _ _ _ Mr. Chambers, in his reply to the dcfendent's case, said he was extremely sorry to see that his learned friend hail thought fit to introduce matters into the present inquiry which ought long since to have been forgotten, and to have ceased to offend the public car. Whether Lord W. Paget or the Earl of Cardigan was in the right had nothing whatever to do with the present inquiry and clearly ought not to have been introduced into it. The real facts were, that the defendant had been convicted of libel, and the plaintiff, Mr. Husband, now sought to recover the costs of the defence to that indictment, and this being the case, the defendant had thought tit to instruct his counsel not only to slander the plaintiff, but also to slander Lord William Paget, and in fact repeated the libel of which he had been convicted. What object there could be in raking up these matters he could not possiby understand, except that it was to divert the attention of the jury from the real ques tion in the cause, and he could not refrain from publicly denouncing such a course as most unjustifiable and improper. lie then proceeded to comment upon the con duct of Mr. Wyatt, who, he said, wu evidently on friendly terms with the defendant, and urged that it was a most un justifiable proceeding on his part to assist the defendant in defeating the claim of his partner. lie called upon the jury not to give effect to the letter of Mr. Wyatt that had been produced, on the ground that it was not a genuine document, but had been written solely for the purposes of the present action, and he said that the appearance of the document confirmed this view of it. The paper, it was true, bore the water mark of 1845, but, instead of being an ordinary sheet of paper, it had evidently been torn from some old account book, as a portion of the ruled lines still remained upon it. The learned counsel concluded by re• minding the jury that it had been clearly proved that every atom of the work charged fur had been performed, and he said that the evidence in support of the plea of payment was such as no jury ought to give effect to to de feat a just claim. Lord Chief Justice Jervis, in summing up, said that un doubtedly if the jury should be of opinion that the letter written by the plaintiff's partner, Mr. Wyatt, was a ge nuine document, it established pretty clearly that the bill had been paid. It was contended on behalf of the plaintiff that this letter was not genuine, and that it was net writ ten at the time it bore date, and the character of the paper and other circumstances had been mentioned in support of this supposition. Ile must say, however, that they should not forget that Mr. Wyatt was an attorney and a man of experience in the affairs of the world, and if he really in tended to commit such a dishonourable act as that imputed to him, it was not very likely that he would do it in such a clumsy manner that the very first person who looked at the document could immediately detect the imposition. Tho learned judge then called the attention of the jury to the other facts in the case, and left it to them to say which of the parties they thought entitled to the verdict. The jury almost immediately. returned their verdict for the defendant. OXFORD CIRCE:fr.—MONMOUTH, AUGUST 7. The commission w•as opened here yesterday by Mr. Baron Martin. The Crown Court WWI opened for business to-day at 10, and the Nisi l'rius at 12. AVM 'S? S. CHARGE OF WILFI'L MVILIIPAI AGAINST TWO IRISHMEN. John Mnrphy, aged 27, was climzed r. ith the wilful mur der of Thomas Dowd, on Easter Monday, at the parish of Welles, Newport ; and John Keyi , , was charged with abet ting him in the murder. Several witnesses were examined, whe proved! that Murphy, in the course of a sensele , s and unmanly row in a b.m.r house, inflicted, with a chirp knife, the wound on Dm deceased, which caused his death, and that Keefe at the same time aided in the attack. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against both prisoners, and his lordship sentenced Murphy to be trans ported for life, and Keefe for 14 years. GLorcEsTEic, Art:. 9. The commission for this (shy was opened this evening, the judges being Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Erie. Busiuess will coiumenee nn Monday; Mr. Justice Erie sit ting at nisi prin., and Baron Martin in the crown court. The calendar as unusually light for a Gloucester assize, but there are two prironers charged with murder; two with manslaughter; two with rape; and several with burglary, forgery, and highway robbery. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—CARLISLE, Am T. N. pile. COCIIT.-14101IS Ma. Justice WILLIAMS. PERCIVAL V. NANRIEV Avis OTHERS. In this case Mr. Watson, Q.C., Mr. Temple, and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, QC., Mr. Hill, Q.C., Mr. Manisty, and 3lr. Hodgson for thu defendant. This was an action of trespass for pulling up some nets and stakes on the border of the Solway Frith. The de . f ndunts justified, as the servants of the Earl of Loosdale, who they said was seized of the lands where the nets and stakes were put down by the plaintiff in his demesne as of fee ; they also pleaded that they had a several fishery there, which pleas were denied. These issues lying on the defendants to prove, the learned cour..el fur the defendants stated the case. it appeared front tit: opening that the Earl of Lonsdale was substan tially the defendant on record. The plaintiff was a shoemaker thing at !lowness, on the south side of the Solway Frith, and the question in dispute was whether the Earl of Lonsdale was the rightful possessor of that shore of the Frith, and hail a right to commit the tresspass complained of'. The Solway Frith commenced where the rivers Eden and. Esk joined, although the river was popularly called the Eden for several miles from the junction of the two rivers. The Eden and the Esk were tidal riven, and when the tide was up they formed a large expanse of water, which was the natural boundary between England and Scotland. When the tide was down there was an extensive shore, which was used for the purpose of staking down fishing nets; and the place where the alleged trespass was com mitted was immediately opposite Downes', between high and low water marks. The plaintiff ban applied to Lord Lonsdale's agents to be allowed to set a trap met there and had been allowed to do so, for a mere nominal rent—a a-year. But, nut satisfied with that payment, he had unfortunately come to Carlisle, where he had got what was called legal advice, the result of which was the present lroceeding, which, however, it terminated, must entail arge costs on the substantial defendant, and could, in reality, confer no hcactit on the plaintiff. For tho plaintiff it was contended that the place where the stake nets were driven being between high and low water mark, that property belonged to the crown, and did not belong to the lord of the manor. Formerly this property belonged to the lords of DAM ; but that family becoming attainted, the property was granted by the crown to thu parties under whom the defendants claimed. 'flue Earl of Lonsdale was now the lord of the manor of Drumbis , :; Bown , s, where this shore was , and by an ancient survey of the time of Elizabeth of the shore in question, the rights now claimed were found to belong to the lord of the manor of Drutuburg ; and since that period they had claimed all wrecks and royal fish east on that shore, and hail made a charge for the anchorage of all vessels upon it, and the right to do so had been acknowledged in the act of parlia , went granting power to mike the port of Carlisle upon this shore, and where an anchorage charge MAI now mule by the lord of the manor. Proofs having been given of thew facts, this was the ilif,ralatitti . For the plaintiff it was contended that the defendant had not sufficiently made out his title, and that there was nothing whatever to show the defendant's right to thu fishery. . Ilislordihip, in summing up, left it to the jury to say whether they were sati,fied that the plea or the defend ants was established, that the soil was Lord Lonsdale's ; aud, secondly, whether they had sufficiently made out grant from the crown to Lord Lonsdale's predecessors of the right to the fishery between high and low water mark. The jury, after an hour's absence, found a verdict for tho defendant; At the first and second issues ; the effect of which is to establish Lord Lousslale's right to the sail, but not to the fishery. WESTERN CIRCEIT.-11t000mATEn, Auo. 8. Lord Campbell, in his charge to the grand jury, congra tulated them upon the decrease observable in crime, tho prisoners being fewer by 131 than in the preceding year. Nos Paws. FRANCIS y. LEACII.—(SPECIAL J eay.)—ACTION FOR NEU- LICENCE AGAINST ATTORNIP.S. This was au action brought by a surgeon, residing at Beliester, against a legal firm at Martock, for damages sus tained in consequence of the negligence of the defendants as his professional advisers. Mr. Crowder in stating the case said the defendants, Messrs. Robert and John Leach, were attornics and solici tors, carrying on their professional avocations in the town of Manua, and they had acted as the professional advisers of Mr. Francis for a considerable number of years, having commenced to act for him at a period when he was under age, awl continued to du so down to a very recent period. In 1828 Mr. Francis, who was then about six teen or seventeen years of age, was in North America, and at that period a Miss Mary Bonilfield, who was a rela tion of the plaintiff, had made a will leaving nearly the whole of her property to Mr. Francis. It was important that they should note that that will was prepared by this defendants, who were left trustees and executors. Among other property she devised to them fur the benefit of the plaintiff an estate at Stoke-under-llain, of the value of about 8,0001., out of an intended sale of which, this action arose. On the 2nd of June, 1828, however, Miss liondlield, in order to make the property more secure, suffered what in law was termed "a common recovery," thereby revoking the will which she had made in plaintiff's favour, but not with any intention of disposing of her property otherwise than she had already done. In the course 01 the year, however, she became deranged, and in 1829 a commission of lunacy was issued, which declared her to have been deranged since the November preceding, leaving there fore the revocation of the will valid, and leaving affairs in that position, that if she had died at that period sho would have died intestate, awl her property would havo descended to her heir-at-law, a person of the name of Hor sey. in the month following the declaration of lunacy, however, Miss Woodfield recovered the use of her reason, and being of sound and "disposing" mind, she republished her will. In 181., the plaintiff, Mr. Francis, came of age. The defendants were still acting as his solicitors, and being the devisees in trust under the will, and being also con cerned in the making of that will, there were probably no persona so well acquainted as themselves with every circum stance connected with the property. In the very next year there was some question which made it necessary fur them to advert to the peculiar circumstances under which the dis position of this property was made, and the defendants ap plied to the then heir at law, Mrs. Horsey, to join in the conveyance of a small portion of it—an application which Mrs. Horsey declined to accede to. It would, there fore, appear clear, not only that the defendants knew Os indeed they could not have failed to do) the peculiar eu , cumstances connected with the will, but that their atten tion was specifically directed to it. In 1848, in consequence of an embarrassed state of his pecuniary affairs, Mr. Francis was advised to sell his property, and the defendants were employed to dispose of it by auction, and in this it was charged against them that they had been guilty of what appeared to him to be an extraordinary act of negligence, knowing the fact of the commission of lunacy having been issued against the testatrix, of the revocation of the will, of its subsequent republication in a lucid interval ; these gentlemen totally omitted all mention of these most important particulars, both from the conditions of sale ' and front the abstract of title. The estat e w as put chased by a Mr. Chaffey, whose lands adjoined, for 7,3501., upon which sum he paid down a deposit of 61. per cent. When the abstract of title was sent in Mr. Chaffey had a strict inquiry instituted, and his attention being called to the lunacy of Miss Bonfield, he declined to take the land unless the validity of the will were established by a suit in equity, or unless the heir-at-law joined in the conveyance. The heir-at-law was asked to join in conveying the property, but ho (as his mother had done before) declined. Negotia tions were entered into, and it was proposed on the part of Mr. Chaffey that he should take the property with she ob jectionable title for 0,0001. This the plaintiff would not consent to, and he was advised to institute a suit in equity to perpetuate the testimony. Messrs. Leach applied to by Mr. Francis to file is bill ?,4 • w i as hel alr d ea ce d h y a ind ed ebt tl .4 • alleging is eim p t u h rpo e De piainti bu s i • • •• • tn 77 -(2'.• ;. 4 7 `t .*t