The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

slat eiruuntawnee Ina primmer was now in wort, be having
already been committed to Newgato on the coronet's war•

nat.
Mr. Hardwick said his answer to that was that the prisoner
was !eget y before him. It wes true that the prisoner had
been committed on the 'a warrant, but it had since
been thought that Justice would be furthered if the prisoner
were esamined further at that court. The prisoner was at
that court by virtue of a habeas corpus granted by the
Queen's Bench, and all he had now to do waa to deal with
the ease in the usual form.
Mr. Le Breton contended that such a course of primed-
ing was entirely without precedent, and referred to " Cook's
Reports " to show that similar case* had hitherto failed.
Mr. Haidwiek considered it was unnecessary to look into
the authorities on the subject. All he had to du was to
deal with the charge ea it effected the prisoner, who was
legitimately before him.
Mr. Le Breton complained of the publication of letters
found on the prisoner, as calculated to prejudice the pri-
sonar's ease.
Mr. Hardwick—This was highly reprehens'ble, if true.
Mr. Jarman said the letters in question bad been embodied
in the evidence.
Mr. Hardwick remanded the prisoner for a month.

CROWN INFORMATION AGAINST AN EX7EN
SIVE SHIP-BROXING FIRM IN LIVERPOOL.

On Friday week an information was preferred by
the Crown, before Mr. Mansfield, the magistrate, against
'tie firm of Bahr, Behrend, and Co., of Cable-street, Liver-
pool, merchants, shipbrokets, Be., for fraudulently obtain-
ing a British register of a Russian vessel, called the Atlantic.
ar George Ste phen, in stating the ears for the prosecution,
said that on Noveiab-r 10, 18.53, a Russian ship, reported
as the Atlantic, of 400 toes, arnved at Liverpool from the'
Static. She had 16 foreign seamen on board, and George
Hutt was master. When she arrived, Messrs. Bahr,l
Behrend, and Co., were the agents who discharged her
cargo. She maintained the above character, remain ng in
W port until the 19th of January, 1804. In the interval,
however, she was chartered by H. C. Smith and Co., mer-
iimats, New. quay, from Messrs. Buhr, Behrecd, and Co.,
se take a cargo of coals to Monte Video. Hult was at this
Mee still represented se the master. After some delay in
getting the bills of lading signed, Messrs. Smith aad Cu.
wire tulii by Messrs. Bahr and Co. that it-would be neces-
sary first to change the ownership of the vessel
Oa the 19th of January the ownership was accord-
ingly represented to have been changed, and a new retest. r
was obtained. The hills of lading were then delivered to
Messrs. Smith, and a memorandum prepared b. them was
signed by the defendants, to the effect that a change of
ownership having become requisite to enable the ship
Atlantic to proceed to sea, anti for the protection of her
astiro and interests, the flag had been changed from Russian
to Bcglish. The Atlantic went to Monte Video with a cargo
of coals, and returned to Leith. On her arrival there lice
bad still a Russian crew on board, and she was there seized
upon suspicion of being a Russian ship, by the Customs
authorities. Certain papers were found on hoard, which
were consistl red by the government indicative of Mr. Tot-
' tenheim still having an interest in the vessel, and that
Messrs. Bahr, Behrend, and Co. did not consider themselves
the real owners in fact ; but that the only relatien in which
'they held the register of the vessel was as trustees for Mr.
Tottenheim. It wes also contended that a sum of 2,5004
deposited at a Liverpool banking-house by defendants was
returned to them, when the ship was condemned, and that
in fact it was a mere colour of a deposit, in older to sustain,
possible, some chum and some pretences to the vessel be-
longing to them. The defendants of course maintain that
the sale of the vessel was bone fide. The Cu. his been
twice investigated, and stands for a fresh hearing this day
(Monday).—Abridged from the Liverpool Journal.