The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

John Day, a detective, who WII examined on a former
occasion, deposed to hurling a printed paper, similar to that :.'4;
already put in in evideueeon Lord Prankfort'etalile. Three
of thus printed papers, containing grog. libels, were found u
on his lordships table. This was on the 30th of July.
(The papers were put in and read.)
Cross.examined by Mr. llearsley—lt woa on the 22nd of e
July that the woman was taken into custody at the Poet- '•
adios. The pepen were Was lonely as Lord Frankfort's
table ; there wee Es areeselmeet *beet It. Lewd Frankfort tit

was absent when the papers were taken.
Joseph Clayton, newspaper agent, of 16.1, Strand, said 10
that in connelion with the newspaper business ho carried 1,
ou that of a printer. The paper just handed in was sent to
his father to be printed, but it was declined, and eventually it.
it was handed over to the man who printed their news. et.
paper covers; and when anybody came from Lord Frankfurt et.
tor copies thy were handed to them, as Lord Frankfort k.
was known to the firm from the first hour the bill came t
into their hands. let
Cross-examined by Mr. Dearsley.—Never saw Lord q'
Frankfort about the matter ;in fact, never saw his lordship to
in his life. 11
Robert Whatton, a messenger, residing at 31, Short's- S.
gardens, said he had acted in that capacity as messenger to st.
Lord Frankfort until about nine months of this time. Had it
gone to Mr. Clayton's from Lord Frankfort fur printed 23
papers. He fetched them for his lordship once, and or- IC
tiered the remainder to be aunt. lie did not see the papers lo
41.
when they were sent, hut frequently saw them afterwards,
having been entrusted with the distribution of some thou. 60
sands of them. By distrihu:ing them he meant giving its
them away openly in the streets to any persons pawing by. It
Ile did that in dernayn-street, and also in Buckingham- •t.
street, when Lord Frankfurt removed to that neighbour- 8$
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hood. /St

_Cross-ezamined by Mr. Dearsley—Witness was messenger I,
to anybody who employed him ;he got his living by that lee
means. It was before Christmas that he last delivered bills en
for Lord Frankfort. It was within the last nine months. ZS
Ile was nut discharged by Lord Frankfort, for he was only
employed occasionally. His lordship found fault with wit- g.
nen sometimes, but so he did with everybody else. The 30
papers he distributed to persons is the street were those ea
which had been read to the mart.
Mr. Deanley said that he regretted that the noble lord 8
should have been the subject of so disgraceful a charge to
as this, and in appearing on his behalf lie should hare 10
very few observations tooter. He was instructed to say by to
the noble I,rd, that if there was any evidence to show that et.
Lord Frankfort was at all connected with this matter, it Ilk,
might be Bent to a higher tribunal, for his lordship had .4
nothing to do with it. As it appeared to him (Mr. Dears- ao
ley), thi re was scarcely a reasonable suspicion to connect Is;
Lord Frankfort with this matter -at all. A woman was
proved posting some letters, the police took the letters from lel
the woman. and those letters contained the libels cons- .„8“
plain's' of. There was nothing to connect Lord Frank-
run with it in the slightest degree, the woman being
the only person implicated. It was true that the woman se
went afterwards to the house of Lord Frankfort, when it et.,
was clear that Lord Frankfort was sot cognisant of what SI
had taken place. If he were cognisant of it, the evidence "
would no doubt be strong, but i• was evident that when
the woman arrived at Lord Frankfort's house, his lordship to
knew nothing of what she had been doing any more than
any person in that court. There was not a tittle of evil- MP
dunce to show that his lordship knew what offence the ..2'
woman had committed, or -why she was charged by the
pulite. It appeared to him (Mr. Dearaley) that that part 35
of the case fell to the ground entirely. Looking to le,
the evidence, he was prepared to say that there was
no particle of evidence to justify a supposition that Lord s,
Frankfort admitted the woman into the house with a con-
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victoria of her guilt. That he acted unwisely and incau-
tiously in admitting her to his house under such dream- ail
stances, he did no' pretend to deny. He did not think the
magistrate would be able to make anything out of the en Si
dense that day, for the distribution of the bills by the man
did not at all connect his lordship with the libel. But, if sei
the magistrate should feel that anything like a ease had
been made out, ho begged that the matter might be referred tri
to a higher tribunal.
Mr. Henry inquired if Mr. Deareley had Leen supplied
with a copy of Mr. Macbcath's evidence, as he bad not made R.
any allusion to it.
llearaley said he hail. Mr. Maebeath had said he had os
received letters from Lord Frankfort, and he believed that
the envelopes containing the libels were in his lordship's
hand writing, although it had been greatly disguised. Who ty
could not swear to almost anything in such vague terms as so
that ? al,
Mr. Henry.—lle distinctly swore that to the beet of his
belief the envelopes were in Lord Frankfort's hand writing. DI
Mr. Deanley was satisfied that if this were a criminal
case—forgery fur instance—this would not be sufficient 10
pros( of the hand writing of the accused. Mr.
Macbeath was a person complaining of the libel, 23
and no doubt was very naturally suffering under wounded
feelings. In so disgraceful and painful a case he expressed Vol
a hope that, unl' is there was sufficient ground for be-
lieving that a conviction would follow, no farther proceed.
inp would be allowed. That the libel had been published
by some one there could be no doubt, but it was evidently It.
the production of some person who was insane. Lord 13
Frankfort denied that he bad anything to do with the tl
ease, notwithstanding that appearances were against him.
Mr. Henry.—l think there is sufficient reason for sending to
the case to • jury. 1 will not prejudice the case by detail-
ing the reasons I have for coming to that conclusion. tf
Mr. Manley then applied that the case should be sent to 4'.
the Middlesex sessions, and not to the Old Bailey.
Mr. Henry.—lt is a case that most be sent to the Ceatral
Criminal Coast. The only question is, whether it is to be 111.
tried this session or nest. Is the defendant prepared with 5
hie sureties, two of 2001. each. at
Mr. Dearsley.—l was about to say, perhaps you will be
satisfied with Lord Frankfon's personal assurance. el
Mr. Heary—No, I will not. I must have two sureties.
The magistrate then stated to Mr. Ilusahhries, who at- S 4
tended for the prosecution, that if he wished to get the case
tried this session, he had better proceed about it at once, ~11
or the geed jury would be discharged. Is
Mr. Humphnis then retired for that purpose.fr
Mr. Finch, tailor, and Mr. Duff, hair-dresser, both of
Clifford-street, Bond-street, having satisfied the magistrate
of their eligibility to become sureties, were duly accepted, is
and the witnesses were all bound over in the usual manner.
The proceediogs then terminated. 111
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THUNDERSTORM AT BRISTOL.—A tremendous
thunderstorm, attended by most disastrous consequences,
occurred at Bristol on Fndey night, committing great ra-
vages in the distriek near this city known as Redhill, Con-
grobury, Clutton,thew Magna, and intending to Weston-
super-Mare. The weather throughout the week had been
very unsettled, but on Friday night, shortly before ten
o'clock, the heavens assumed • very black and threatening
aspect. Shortly after vivid flambee of forked lightning illu-
mined the horizon, accompanied by loud peals of thunder.
For three hours the storm gradually increased in violence,
torrents of rain pouring down the whole of the time. About
one o'clock it attained its height, and the scene then
was most appalling. The lightning and thunder were
incessant, actually shaking many of the houses in the
villages abovenansed. At Col gresbury, the river over-
flowed its banks, and such was the force of the torrent that
a large stone wall, six feet in height, near Mr. Danger's
tan-yard, wan swept away, and great damage was done. At
Itedhill, a large piece of wheat which was in shock was
completely swept away. The roads between these two
places were flooded, sod a horse was carried off its legs and
drowned. At Clutton, the water on the roads between the
embankments was four feet in depth, and inflicted serious
damage on the cottages and other houses in the neighbour-
hood. At Chew Magna, so loud and incessant were the
peals of thunder, that they could only be compared to the
motional discharge of beasy pieces of artillery. Many
of the inhabitants rushed from their houses and congre-
gated together as if for protection. Great fears
were also entertained lest the large reservoirs of
the Bristol Waterworks Company should overflow,
or their embankments give way, in which case a large
destruction of property, if not of life, would have en-
sued. Fortunately, however, owing to the solidity of the
works, no such accident occurred. The farmers from nearly
the whole of the surrounding district attending market on
Saturday complained of the ravages committed by the storm
among their cereal crops. A great deal of wheat having
been cut, it wu washed away or rendered valueless, and
great anxiety is expressed to receive the account of the full
amount of damage done, which cannot be ascertained for
some days. It is known that much of the barley and oats
have been laid, and the potatoes materially damaged al-
ready by the incceesion of thunderstorms during the week.
At Shepton Mallets a violent thunderstorm swelled the
river which ruses through the town to an alarming height,
tilled the adjacent houses with water, and in man, cues
entirely washed the crops out of the gardens. A high pop-
lar tree standing in the lawn of Mr. F. Berryman was
blown down, and the lawn for yards torn up by Use wind.
The weather still continues very boisterous.