The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1863.

TICKET-OF-LEAVE PRISONERS.
Mr. BUTLER salad the Secretary of State for the Home
Department when it would be convenient to present to the
home the return ordered by the house on 3rd July, 1862,
relative to ticket-ofleave'prismiers ; and, whether he
object to lay epee the table • list of the cases in which the
conditions of the tackee-of-leave bad been dispensed with,
and the grounds for dispensing with such conditions.
He would also ask whether the convict Iter;path had been
liberated under a ticket-of-leave, and if so under whet cir-
cumstances, and she whether he could, by permiasion of
the colonial authorities, return to this country.
Sir G. GREY said the return referred to would he laid
upon the table that evening. As to the second part of the
question, he would inform the hon. gentleman that the con-
odious were not revoked in cases of trilling importance, and
in cases where the convicts had only a short period
to serve when liberated, and where the expenses
of removal would he great if they were sent
on their second conviction to the original convict establish-
ment. As to the convict Redpath, he was not sentenced to
penal servitude, but to transportation for life, before the
act of 1857 ; be warn meat out to Western Australia in the
autumn of 18.58, sod he had there received a ticket of leave
under the regulations which had been made in that colony,
and which were not in form here. Redpath could not re-
turn to this country dating his life unless he received a free
pardon from the crown, which was not very probable, and
therefore he would never return. (Hear, hear.) [The
right hon. baronet was as usual almost inaudible in the

lab) intelifynct.
COURT OF QUKEN'S RENCK—FRI. 12.
After Tarn Sittiap at Wastantaatar.—(Batont Load Chief
Justice Cookbara sad a Spacial Jury.)
JUNIN r. TEE !..&11 PULL INSURANCE 0011PAIrf.

(Concluded from yesterly'si-xprae—.F.
The learned counsel addressed the jury on behalf of their
respective clients.
The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up,t said that the
question for the jury was whether this was a fraudulent
claim made by the plaintiff upon the company for the pur-
pose of recovering more than the value of the goods that
ware destroyed. If a man made out a claim knowing
it to be fraudulent, then the policy became void. lle was
awry to hear that unworthy motives bad been attributed
to the eopa, because he thought that when a com-
pany suspected that they had a fraudulent claim sent in
to them it was their duty towards the shareholders and
the public in general to resist the claim. This imue was
of the (most vital importance to both parties, and he
called upon the jury to give the case their utmost atten-
tion, and he left it to them to my whether this was an
honest or a dishonest claim.

The jury, after having been locked up about au hour, re•
turned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages 9811.

COURT OF EXCHEQUIR.-Fa 12..

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Sitting. at Nisi Prim at Wast3tiadia.—(Befori
Baron Martin sad • mamma Jury.)

BeLai= V. COLCB.—msca or PllO3lliL

This was an action for breach of procaine.
The defendant pleaded that he did not make a promise.
Mr. Pearce was counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. M.
Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdaswell for the defendant.
From the opening of Mr. Pearce, it appeared that pre-
vious to April last year the plaintiff, Mrs. Belcher, a widow,
was housekeeper to a gentleman residing at Bennington, in
Oxfordshire ; and the defendant, Mr. Thomas Coles, wu •
draper, carrying on Prosiness in that town, and having
another shop at Dorchester, in the same county. Mr. Saun-
ders died in March, 1862, but Mrs. Belcher remained a
week afterwards in the house until the sale of his property
wu over, and during that interval Mr. Coles, the defendant,
frequently called upon her, and formed that intimacy which
ultimately led to a promise of marriage. At the sod of the
week Mrs. Belcher returned to her father's house in Lou-
don, where she was again visited by the defendant, who
was introdnoed and treated aa her intended.

Mn. T. bad just presented Mr. T. with a fine daughter.
Is one letter be said, " Geed night, my dear ; pad blew
you. You are ever micro la heart, al lam ever yours affee-
tionMely —Tilos. Cobra."

Mr. M. Chambers did not call any evidence for the de-
fame, but nude an amusing speech on the misfortune of en
old gentleman like the defendant being entrapped by •
buxom widow of 36, with a legacy of 501., into writing to her
the letters of an affectionate lover. He said this was not •
ma of a youthful heart broken and sensitive feelings in-
jured, and that in a pecuniary. point of view the plaintiff
bad lost nothing by not marrying the defendant, as he was
only in • email way of Inaineas, and the result of thin action
in any case would be his ruin.
The jury, after having been absent nearly an hour, re.
turned a verdict for the plaintiff -damages 801.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—F . 12.
(More Mr. Cpmmierioner Holroyd.)
ne Z HAP/Knit

The bankrupt, Archibald Campbell Doug's' Hawkalsy,
was described as of the Dell, Englebeld-green, neer Windsor,
not a trader. It appeared that the bankrupt had been en-
gaged in the breeding and training of race-horses. This was
the tilting for examination and discharge. The acoounta,
prepared by Messrs. Brown and Dubois, show unsecured
debts of 12,5751. ; creditors bolding security, 4,4531. The
ameta and property held by creditor. are stated at about
10,0001. The bankrupt's expenditure in the last two years
is returned at 1,1001. to 1,2001. The list of creditors em-
braces a number of tradesmen, whose claims are for small
amounts, from 501. or 601. down to a few shillings. There
are fire or six large creditors, chiefly for money lent, in-
chiding Mr. Webb, of CLdcpn-➢lace, Chelsea, for 5,6001. ;
Mr. H. Fisher, of the Boeing Timer office, 9691.: Mr. R.
Morris, of BsehllL•ekeet, LOCO& • and Mr. H. Padwick,
of Hill-street, Berkeleretmet, 1,1851. The secured credi-
tors are—Mr. T. Cliff, trainer of race-homes, Cannock,
1,7231. ; and Messrs. Cox and Cs., army agents, of Craig's-
°°!!"72s!. . _

ipimaring that the account, had only jwst bees bled, an
adjournment wee ordered.