The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1852.

IS years ad, Daniel, II yaws silk and J 4 years old.
La November, UM, the weber Coe. The Daatel
and jagnaa, being destitute' sad mad. to support does- '
mime, mid having no relatives be This amientry meta Otis'
deposiest.were placed in the workbonossfik.ltary,lambetb, '
end same time in IMO Daniel woe apprantind to a best and
she. maker, with whom he still reamicied. Deputies
' puss& war down to the tines of their elsoth, Renee cr
thaw. sag jepwat woe &show that her abler Janina
Amid be brought up sod dedp imtissibil in the ration of
her pelmets, and she had an opportunity of photo& for in
en whirs devoted to the ears sad almonds& of llamas Ca-
tholic female orphan., wider the sopsrialsnisems of • ter-
tans sisterhood of nuns, raddhip hewripime homely karRA
as the Park Hotel, at Norwood, the sonnet mad ap-
probation of her said sister. In the month of February
last deponent caused an applicatiom to be mods to the gau-
diest' of Ms poor of 81. Mary, Lambs* &be beg or or.
numod to have the ear., government, sad sontrol of the
said infant eetablishment at Nomad, to permit
her to remove her mid dart thseotesom In answer to
this application, the follovittag
_eammisasation woo sent :
" Lambeth Workhouse, Fab. 11,, 1562.
Sir,—Your application foe Jearndrion se remove
Joanna Connell from the Lunbeth Indio! Notablldesmat at
Norwood to the Catholic Orphan &Won woo oensidared
by the Board of Guardians at their moth& molooday, aod
I em directed to acquaint you that your request sawed be
complied with.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
" John Soott, Em." " W. T. Looax, OWL
In coatinuation, the affidavit expressed the belief of the,
deponent that the refusal to permit her sister to quit the
mid Infant Establishment at Norwood was dictated solely
by a desire to prevent her being brought up in the Roman
catholic religion. The learned counsel submitted that suf-
ficient was shown in the affidavit to entitle him to the
writ, for he was not aware what right the guardians
had to detain the child under the circumstances stated.
The Chief Justice could not understand what the guar-
dians had done to require this writ to be issued.
Mr. Scott—They had refused to:allow the removal of the
child.

Mr. Justice Cresswell—What authority wu there to re-
move her? lle did not catch anything to show that oho wu
detained against her will.
The Chief Justice—ft would not do for any one to volun-
teer an application, and say " Bring up this child and see
whether she is or is not improperly detained ; " but some
ground must be stated to show that she was involuntarily
detained. _ _ _

Mr. Scott—lt was stated that the deponent caused an ap-
plication to be made in February lest, which was refused.
The Chief Justice—The whole thing might have changed
since that time, And the child might have altered her mind.
They must not construe afildavite of thi. kind very strictly,
but they must expect some grounds for granting the appli-
cation to be given.
Mr. Scott—The written refusal to let her out was before
the court.

Mr. Justice Cremwell—But they had not the application
that waa made.

The Chief present thole was no foundation
for this application.
Rule refined. .

Mr. Scott his intention to renew the applica-
tion upon better materials.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER—YrsTrADAT.
BUSINESS O► THE COVET.

IS WAS announced that the arrangement pursued last
term, by which one of the learned judges sitting in bane°,
and not the judge at nisi print, should proceed to chambers,
and which was found to conduce so greatly to the despatch
of bu.inesa, would also be acted upon this term.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YESTUDAT.
_ Darns Ida. CuIIIIIMO/1111 Iroasiayam _

Ix AZ FRAIIIiii-iNT-Li-o-HIPOOT:LiELTINiTTI- FAILIII3

IN VIZ EAST INDIA, TILDE.
The bankrupts, Alexander Bristow Fraser and Charles
Lightfoot, were East India merchants, of Lime street. This
was the meeting for the last examination.
The balance .sheet extends from September, 1848, to the
2nd of March last, and contains the following items :—To
creditor', 54,964/.; ditto holding security% 8,2421. (deduct
estimated value of property. in their possession, 8,04014,
2,2021. ; to creditors for freight 'secured on goods consigned,
1,8991. • liabilities, 2,8251. By good debtors, 8711. • others
estimated to produce 1,2911. ; property, 931.; goods con-
signed, 2,937/. ; ditto subject to liens expected to realise
21,2071.; losses by trading, 13,1711. • bad and doubtful
debts, 0,3331.: trade ears uses, 3,7601. : drawn out by A.
B. Fraser, 3,7591. ; by C. Lightfoot, 3,8901.
Mr. Lawrence said be appeared for the bankrupts in this
ease, who ha/ carried on an estensive business as East
India merchants. Their assets consisted entirely of
balances expected to be received on certain consignments
on which there was a large balance ; and if this were
realised, it would produce a very respectable dividend.
The assignees required about two months to ascertain what
returns they should get from the several consignors; and
the application was not unressonable, conudenng that all
the assets were abroad.
. .

Mr. Reel, iir sweesse4,ltia=alheal require a
little more time than dot. Wei* be in a
!minion to toosider the loollir;ptig balanee-theet until they
received annanicstioas from India. It Um welted for

replies to letters now to be written, four =Oaths would
not be too long; but as it was possible they might receive
information without writing directly for it, they were eon•
tent to take an adjournment for two months, with the
understanding that a further adjournment should be ordered
if the information received was not such as to Imlay the
assignees.
Mr. Linklater said he appeared on behalf of certain cre-
ditors, on behalf of whom he had intended to examine the
bankrupts; but he now thought it would be the more
convenient course to await the result of the adjournment.
An adjournment was then ordered on the conditions
above stated.

--.- ----.
Mr. Lawrence asked for en allowance to the bankrupts.
Mr. nerd said there were at present no meets, out of
which any allowance could be made.
The question wee stdererd to stead over.

MIDDLESEX

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ea itaawrearea, aT etaaasawn.c.
The coed sat today to hear appeals against rehab is
renew old er ta prat sew Harem to sell ezeissekla damn
ander the 9 ties. rlf.“l. 61. Than were sta 9a the
David Yu Zeman appealed war the referd
of the justices otMuylslone to reasw a limes le the hew
I known u the Perms Venn, is OxfordrereeL
Mr. I'. N. Laurie el Med that IMP *tier ',add ad op-
pose the grant of this Mesas% u they der that Ito imalees
which led to ita stuuradea would at seer soda, mid this
the suspension had be.. a sulkier punishaseee.—Lisses
granted.
Jame Test mule s similar appeal with redeem M the
Swan, seer Felhembdolp. Tie same coarse wee rhea
is this Gad the Venn weiv=legrited.
Joseph arida whist the Merl a the
jostles et dr Is reams a Irmo he*, pre-
amble dews as the ANSI, ParlreaA.
M. DWI& F= the maewell. The premele ea which
his eller Ohs ) had made the relrirel wens that the
bones wee dile slat of thieves, prostiress, sad dreamers
of the went possible description, sad *at the police,
lammed of Wei aided, had been obalineted by the land-
lord when Is the it of penes* charged with robbery.
Hvldeese el this was grew
lit. Olediser, at the applied, said he lead not resist
Ibe evlileses, hug bed to appeal to the "meet es behalf of
perms wits had it la the peC but who
were ase kr, se espdesat dr mode in
whisk the home had bona madeeled. He the court
wereld poet dr Hems, hat Melba it math • peeper and
mold he pal la preemie et the
be, by wad meees leameat perdue might be saved
from ruin. _ _

—FM liniment J mid that was an appeal which should
be mode to the amartlelow.
The Meo wee menlme m utip meased, with 101. costa.
Cherie Linisep swede& whist the refusal of the
judge of lit Jamonlreelmbrier, to great a new license
to premises mews es die Quediseat Hotel, in Air-street,
Piteedllly
TM Met bed been in the service of the Earls of
, Ilehrienr, and Star, es home steward, and had
tabs the premien la question he the purpose of esavert-
atria late a emceed-rate bellis sad it was egged IS
end milmie givea is elm, that the eeseemeda-
Yea of a Imo of eat eras* was wait needed la the
leaseedide aeliehlestoised. sal *bat Mr. lasisere
I pre-
Woes ewe yelselatell se the Madam
The email=feei mew that lbws wee ea
e'lmr Vibe deseelpeisa austiesel ekeedy is tbrabasimies aelik
boluiseed. _ _

istassL
Jones lissebes signalid spinet the relied of the Jus-
tine st do
lispield.ssid.
Tome Asides pant a limo is a knee and
premises in
This was opposed es the posed that an addidonal house
was not ?Noised hi the solebbeisitiood.
The lisease was reaped.

The maw of Jobn Williams dean not appear therein, but
the air of Francis Bolton, la which name the prisoner
made application to me a few weeks since for a register
ticket when I detected him to be John Williams, 'deserter
from tier Majemys /eerie', does. In cessequesee ofhh bad
character he ens refused to be spin ',rewired in the navy.
Mr. John H. Brown, shipping muter for the port of
Loudon, maid—The prisoner applied at my °files to he ,
shipped. He pradosell his register ticket and the dorm-
meat prodowd, knowing it to be a forgery. I Dont him to
Mr. Coleuses be preseestion, aorotdteg to my directives
from the Demi ef Trade._ _ _ _ _ _

The peasaart iiiimivie4gal that he had eteninitted the
berm bat twaseed MINA that, as the ation was so
sesurobo es set te dome the name of forgery, the offence
was et se art se hipseteeee.
Mr. Oakum begged to all his lordship's particular &t-
-enths te the settees nal likely to spring treat such a
seam as that parated by the phew.. Masters of vessels
gasseally sopped scene& apse the faith of the characters
sad eeibreasee at anises dim predated • end, if they were
iespeesti the share of the leassapeient person's work
would be theswa apes the rewalader of the wow, cresting
see only diaseatent„ bat preleMy eadeagerieg the lives of
these on hosed and the peopeety orbosted to their case.
The prisoner's character woe let ordy bad, but he held
is lie patersios smother eabeseas Mdirmatsr, which re-
Masse had been dropped by bias what he was taken into
geseedy, end whisk was eke a forgery.
The Lord Mayer—Thoefenee of which the prisoner has
bees guilty is meet a eery serious character, indeed, but
I will not take ..the of the reference to character which
be is said to haw dropped, as it has not been thought proper
to produce whims, of that offence.
Mr. Colrain said the previous punishment the prisoner
had undergone ter desertion had evidently had no effect
upon him. The pablie were aware of the great mischief
arising from the inspechilas practised by domestic servants
to procure situations; bet in the ease of seamen the evils
to be apprehended diem forged characters were more dan-
gerous, arising ham the impossibility of getting rid of the
offenders immediately upon detection.
The Lord Mayor—As this is the first case that has been
brought before a magistrate since the passing of the act, I
shall adjudge the prisoner to a punishment light in com-
parison with the aggravated nature of the offence, but I
wish it to be known by all persons that any future delin-
quents who may be brought before me, shall feel the weight
of the law much more heavily. His Lordship then sen-
tenced the prisoner to pay the penalty of 405., or to be
imprisoned for the period of 21 days.
The prisoner was then committed.
William Barton was charged with baying committed a
most desperate assault upon John Cork.
The complainant had gone into the prisoner's house and
claimed a pocket-handkerchief, which he accordingly put
into his pocket. The moment the set was performed the
defendant seined the unfortunate man by the neckerchief,
and twisted it with such violence round his throat as to
cause blood to issue from his eyes, nose, and mouth. It
was stated by a person who ran to save the complainant
from being strangled that a few seconds more of such savage
treatment must have been attended with fetal effects.

Alderman Wire, who very closely investigated the case,
said it was one which ought to be sent to the sessions, in
order that punishment proportioned to the atrocity of the
offence might be inflicted upon the perpetrator. As, how-
ever, the poor complainant was unable to bear the expense
or inconvenience which must attend a prosecution, the
heaviest penalty in the power of a magistrate to inflict
should be substituted. _ _ _ _

The sentence upon the prisoner was that he pay a fine of
St , or be imprisoned for two months.
The brutal fellow was then committed to prison.

MARLI3OROUVH-STREEf.

Mr. Parry 7iPici;elViii7llareleVelefm a summons
against a solicitor under the following circumstances. (On
Wednesday, • similar application was made to Mr. Bing-
ham, who declined to accede to the request) He appeared
on behalf of Henry Broome, • licensed victualler, in the
Haymarket, front whom three bills of exchange had been
improperly obtained; and also on behalf of John Broome,
a publican, in Air-street, now under prosecution for an
alleged cheating transaction at cards, who had also given
bills of exchange to a certain party, who threatened in case
of refusal to transport one of his two clients, and who had
promised in cue of compliance to forego the prosecution at
the Lewes assizes. The hills of exchange were three in
number, two for 1201, each, and one for 2401. His
clients had resolved to put a stop to this system of ex-
tortion, and having consulted their legal adviser, he had
been instructed to apply for • summons against the
person who had obtained the bills. He grounded his ap-
plication on Sir John Jervis's act, and the charge he should
make was fur unlawfully obtaining from John Broome and
Henry Broome certain bills of exchange for the purpose. of
compounding a case for trial at the Lewes wises against
John Broume, and for the purpose of impeding the matte
of justice.
Mr. Hardwick, after some discussion, thought the appli-
cation ought to be made to his colleague, Mr. Bingham,
who heard the fiat application, or that the prosecutors
should give the accused at once into custody.
Mr. Parry thanked the magistrate, and then left the
court.

Henry Sidney was charged with creating• disturbance at
No. 8, dermyn-street, where • betting list is kept.
George Davis said the defendant had made a mistake
about some bet he made, and demanded his money back.
Complainant told him to go to the party to whom he paid
the money, upon which the defendant became violent and
proorede.l to pull down the lists and to cause a mob of per-
sona to assemble. _ _

--7 The defetTiGit said ho had won IW. on a race, and when
he applie.l for his money at the office where be had made
the bet, No. 8, Jerroyu-street, the office-keeper refused to
pay the leas.
Mr. Hardwick said these betting list shops were a grow-
ing nuisance. The town was infested with those infamous
establishments, and his regret was there was no law by
which to suppress those places, which were merely esta-
blished for gamblinv and swindling purposes. As far as
the charge of creating a disturbance went that was proved,
and, a. it,. public, peace must M. pnwrvad, he mild order
the defendant to find one surety to keep the peace. If he
had any legal claim he must establish it by resorting to the
proper course of law.
LAMBETH.
_ _

Francis Sterne and tc (Irons, operative engineers,
and members of the Amalgamated Society, were charged
with having assaulted James Goodman, one of their own
class, in the employment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field,
Minters, of Lambeth.
James Goodman said—l am en engineer in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field. On Saturday last,
the 10th instant, I left my work at four o'clock, and went
dela to the Tower public diouse. After I had been there
ant ten minutes the two defendants came in together,
and others accompanied them. The defendants asked
If there were many at work at our place, and I replied
there were a great number of them. TheT I sup-
'kcTleee u Rtallerdsierat addressedthe
declarationms anldtlisenrefdlidedea
that we had a great Number at work, and that a great
many others would like to come, too, if they bad a chance.
They then called me a .• Knobstick," and ill-cased and abused
me. A friend of mine, nanwd Cumming, wee protest, and
addressing them, said, Why don't you let the young man
alone 1" Up to this time I bad not spoken to them, but
they immediately began coning and swearing at me as hard as
they could. The witness here corrected himself, by saying
that Om alone had used bad language to him. He pro-
ceeded: Cumming then went for a policeman, end the
defendants followed him out, and I walked behind. I then
saw two friends of the defendants' os the opposite side of
the way. All four came across the road and ran after Cum-
ming and struck him. Orem struck first. I received
several blows on the nose, and while striking me the
defendants made use of a bed expression, saying, " You
are one of them." (The witnessexhibited marks on his
face.) In erose-examinatioa the witness said, I am not
and never was a member of the Amalgamated. Society;
but I did receive eighteen-peace from them for eight days.
I am not a working-engineer, but an engineer's labourer.
There were 7 or 8 people in the barof the public-house. I will
swear that before any words were spoken by the defendants,
neither Cumming nor,the others:present, nor myself nor any
body in the employment of Messrs Maudslay began shaking
our pockets, and ringing our money. I will swear that I
did not see any money shown to the defendants. I did not
hear anybody present say to the defendants, You poor
Amalgamated wretches." No threats were used towards
them. I did not hear the defendants say. "We don't want
to have any words with you—we will leave." The defend-
ants walked straight to the Crown public-house, where the
committee of the Amalgamated Society meet. I went a
little beyond my direct turning, perhaps ; bet I don't
know that it is mach further than any other route.
Mr. Norton—Surely, we cannot go so far as to circum-
scribe the limits within which any person must confine
himself.

Crose-e ;Lamination continued—l did not ass Cumming
strike Orem ; but I cannot say whether he struck him or
not,

—iir. Norton—Do you feel intimidated by what they have

Witness—Yes, Sir, I do, indeed.
James Joseph Cumming, an engineer's Lamm in the
employ of Namara. IlleuMay and Field, oorrobonited the
greaser part of the statement made byrbe last seltzer. Ile
also aid that be bad himself been violently reaulted by
the defendant Orans, and that he had gone to the Tower-
streetpoliee station, and gave information of what had w-
eaned._ _ _

--"Mr. Nocten.—Did either of the defendants use any
threats to you or Goodman ?
Witness.—Yee, sir, they threatened to give ua something
sot pleasant, because welted signed the declaration—tame
was the grievance.
Mr. Maim—From what thee said do you go in fear ?
Witness.—Yes, most decidedly.
la Ids craseezmainstiou this witness said be never be.
iseged to the Amalgamated Society, ballad reasived 8a341,
;
ail the dins he was " oat." He led never ap-
06ttilbit society to support him. He made mo direct ap-
plisation to the society, let undersn~hat the com-
mittee were sitting st the Crown pithease ho went
there, sad received to. oat of desations resolved at two
pubileAssees, and, altogether, slily gee lb. id. Would
swear mast positively that as the day ar Ow assault he had
net rattled weary la his peelest, wee had Ito dew any single
we with the WNW= ofr inwalthig or elesillas the defer.
amts. He ..weld hew attacked before, mg was In ha
the defendants' nsadust would he repeated.
A third witness was wiled Is support se the amp, and
OD behigfet Ohs dellawdents woe eselowdMl dist et*
dews we wog wllloisat to siminia • Wimp et intimidattow
or wee w swifts sees& _

aged, who
QtiteTete emed Woes Swab. we abe
Isle be aiir mpisleaate era deireduse earadlei war
fie eta et ateetweeed ea the day is *min. kens' la Iheir lima le their peeks% ad kept Wake
alter the tato Pot they had away la this. • see

lbws teemed, but it was very soon over. This witness
denied being a member of the Amalgamated Society,
though he as aowh dged receiving money from the society.
Stephen Shorthouse, a blacksmith who was in company
with the last witness, completely corroborated his evidence,
mid added that the ecimploinants put their Angers to their
noses, and pointed towards the defendants. fhis witness
admitted being a member of tho Amalgamated Society, and
reoeiviag pay from it.
Mr. Norton said it was clear that the evidence of the
oomOainanta did net being the Noe within the terms of the
ComNaadea see, and he was inclined to think that they
had is a gnat aemeare provoked the treatment they had
experieseisd, by reason of their having called after the de-
fendants, and acted offeaavely towards them after having
parted peareably. He should mot, therefore, mend the ease
to the session, but impose a foe of 20 shillings each, and
the meta of tie warrant, or, in default, to stand committed
to orison for 21 days each.
The tines were immediately paid and the defendants
discharged.
THAMES.

IriNow Cobb, a respectable looking mao, aged 60, who
has been for 17 years warehouse foreman in the East and
West India Docks, was charged with plundering the Dock
Company of a large quantity of property.
The prisoner, who appeared overwhelmed with shame
and grief, was senteaeed to 2 months' imprisonment with
hard labour, for unlawful possession of the property.