The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BEnroaD, JuLs 14.
The seattniaelon was opened yesterday. This 'amiss
Bares Aldersoa toot his seat in the Crown Cone, and
Baron Parke presided at Nisi Prins. The calendar con-
tained way eight ewes.

Indb, egad 19, was charged with the manslaughter
of William Webb.
The primmer sad &owed were amens; they worked foe
Mr BrimLey, a farmer, at Williston, sad, in the meath
of May, were gamed with seem ether, in lesdieg manure
in the tars yard. They 'greed to him same beer, end
primmer found the money, but after tbe bear bad been
drunk there was a dispute as to the mama for it, and the
two Webb, quarrelled. Josiah bit doomed Int, and they
had a fight for a few miente., bat deviled m me of the
labourers interfering. The deaeeeel immedietely sow
planed of a pie in his side, sad maid met le to dinner
whoa the rest did, but lay down la the elleMe for ea hour,'
after which, lading the pain still eentiumik be went home,
sad died that evening, ao medical meletease having been
sought for. Dr. Barker wee called in Aar death, sad, ea
mantiaatica of the body, found that the @pima had been
ruptured, which, in his opiates, mull net have takes plum
without great mines.
On beheLf of the prisoner it was attempted to be shown
that no great Menem had been mod by the prisoner, Is&
deist to have amounted for so carious an injury, and, there.
fore, that the mass of death remained a mystery.
The jury retuned a verdict of Guilty, but added their
opinion that it was ea unlucky blow, and that primmer bad
no imitation to baba serious injury. The judge said be
thought so too, and, therefore, should peas the light sentence
of me day's Imprisonment.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Wmanans, JULY 14.
Eli /111176 0091M-MOlllll ■t. MITICII WILLIAMS.
WATLING MID 01110111( O. MUMS. (S. 0-IMPORTANT TI

In this came Moan. Watling and Osborn, shipoware, of
Great Yertaosth, were the plaintiffs, rod Mr. Robert
Mises, shipowner, and =eager of the Slams Tug Twin
Company, at Southamptos, wee the deleadest.
Mr. Butt and Mr. Hairston gondol** thepleisdillt am ;
Mr. Mosta/as Smith and Mr. Sewell that erste de silent.
The issues placed before the jury were, lisel"4hat • skip
belonging to the plaintiffs had stork oa a imed-besk ; that
they had employed the defendant to eig mil that he
had failed to do from aot nen, the estaille 41161111111/2
sad secondly, that by miaregressatedens to the pleklidh'
agent he had induced them to sell her at a lose sod eased
them damage. To the fist ion the defeadrahlti al Mat
he
had toed all the endeavours to et the ship whisk be
was bend to see by his contract with the and le
the rood he pleaded not guilty.
'1 he ease, as shows by Mr. -Butt for the *Milk was,
that ors the 23rd of August last their brigantine, the John
Watson, Captain David Put*, was ea her voyage flan
&Monad to Southampton, with a cargo of mai, she
missed stays sad went aground on a sandbank, ealled the
Bruables, between Southampton cad Cowes ; it was blowing
hard at the time, sad the efforts of the crew and of the
pilots who came to their assistance were unavailing to get
her off. Two steam tugs, with the detention on board,
cams don from 8 outhampton late in the evening, and
tried to get her off with a cable, bat without memos. The
vessel filled, and the captain engaged the defendant as agent
for the owners, to clear out her storm for a sus of 261.,
which he proceeded to do, and took thus up to Southampton
Books. A telegraphic mwags was seat to the °wawa, and in
the course of a few hours • Ittr. Teesdale arrived boa Great
Yarmouth on behalf of the owners and of the saderwriters,
the Mutual Insurance Club. Mr. Teesdale agreed with the
defendant that be should try to get the vowel off,
and an agreement was drawn up, in whir the de.
tendert bound Muesli to use his buoys, sad the
other means at his Magma, for the nest three
high tides, and for that he was to receive 601., but if
he succeeded is going her off and towing her into dock,
211. more. Defendant proceeded nest morning to the vessel,
Om did little towards riling her for the drat tide; on the
11101164 ebb defendant caused some holes to be cut in the
ha by which he found that she was built of good sound oak
cad net el fir. Oa the third ebb the buoys were shackled
te the vessel, end when the tide dosed she wee rem oat of
her mad deskaass*mr 4 ft. 6 ; the Ana tug whisk
hod beau in before was then at Sesthiriptlin
sad set et head is w the vessel off the bank, mod as of
the wiemems, a workman, stated that the delssient
knocked of the Mashie pin ea the larboard ids, eel
ordered the ether beer be be let go sad the vessel mink
again dress tae the sr& The witness mkt es ahr
defendant Se gat bee of for 101., if he west allow them the
use of the tog, and it should be " so roams, se pay."
Defeatist mil, " Pooh, pooh ; nosesses ; she is set worth
61., and left the vessel. Nest day be Feminists/ to Mr.
Teesdale Mal he bed performed hie emeleein wMk blast
meld set get her of, but that as the mated & he
her wage them he would ley ease more; he
Mr. Tomlin to think he boil dose so when he saw his
again, elthwegla all that he had doss wee to
take away the materials. He repreesated to the asset
that the ship had broken her beak, that she wee of WI in,
sad thee be bed bitter sell her. Coos these npresealatime,
• sale We plass ea the Bth of September, when the dens&
aut. threugh his father, poroltased her, with the two lower
note reatiag, f.. 4 211. He also purchased a considerable
part el be, does, which woe sold at the same auction.
Two days due the sale the agent, Mr. Teesdale. was
seoridted to as the Jobs Watson safe and apparently %a-
niseed is the Southampton Water, bevies bees get ratio
very day after the sale. However, aothin modem thee,
repreesting that by en 'unordinary high tide
lobed bees maitre to get her off. Some thus after, from •
eammialeadis made he the swans by am of the am
tr: em-
ir the dehodelft beanies were instituted, whish
sll* mesas
at Ilia, and brim the mood berg a good one, valsed
roared for 86111.
Mr. M. Smith, by his statement, and the evidesee be pro.
dual, showed that the egrament smite which the dread.
ant misers& le armpit to get oaths oriel woe • untidy
&laid mod spiral me, sad had been faithfully ear.
dad sett that the ilidiadaat had offend to Ist
the moat have his boom and that they were not
amend. Mr. Teesdale mil he would set espied mere
apes the vessel than to make her a teal lees, that sie was
rash Mehra, and that he had • mark spirt her an the
Innesese Cosh. The del aslant only agreed to um hie
buoys ma sash other seem as he had at his own disposal
foe the three essoteding tides ; that the lost ebb they hied
to ow melee her with • chain, but the mod well aseeiew
thous t that She hales were made in bee net seem whet she
was mar 54 halm than if she wee Wow semgh M boo
therned the hasp ;as the hone welt OM is the mopes
of bas all he
dose then ana be l dean end
that en Midohm
high tide, by seam of the huge, shrifts
Imeght Men ems keel, bat then wee set wart ansegh
aimed her Mellow her to be got of; Gartland bees soloed
wesid have Mee gime fee the tog se muse,whish itesalliem
ease is half otiose ; that the inmost bury broke away *so
the Main plate, sad thee the vessel howl mai& fate bee
lest midis, mod that be hued ft impossible to get Me of
at diet time. Mr. Teesdale peeper to sell the marl by
modes, sad Mat was dam es the he of ileptendier=
in thedeelMehre bbyein=dvertised, sad the
was mode wily t's father ; alp Mir
some of• asap is the wild mese days be
=
semi was frittered away does the wool, sad ha IMO
to raise her and tow bar of thesestrisy, after patting • large
sambee if seelo Ire her, mod that he heil to expend upwards
of NU apes her Mina she midi for as sills.
Hi mil ihie wee • very onions sense. The
Ins sew. go gimp" she defendaat with wilful fraud
I. sat ueler the oadremme he eve bound to do to raise the
vend Mil gee ler ern end is MO emend he wee 'barged
with raki, frendulest gagresietatigase sad srVt sa tlo
eels et the void, to set km ter his ON/ OW Mrs the
ramie wee so sediellog he woe glad a jog, end sot

himself, bad to doable a bat it is the morass of their duty
%boy was to dhows the ovation et dups, than must I
he 6wd am tho vase of the ship so she arm the
&web it Boothosptoo, loss the rtes paid to dm hohadssit.
Tailory, attar mooLsty, soosaltattoo, total o medial Ise the
PlairAn os bodi issou—dsosseso 11501.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-0X70111), JULY 14.
cows COVEIN-111170111 COMP ZOOM IPOILLIKK.
Milieus Non*, aged 23, Jain Charm, 23. and Jew
Cherry.l7. were lised for raleetouly assaultiag Bliss
Watts, ea Cowley Marsh, sear Weed, ea the 26th of March
lest.
Mr. Huddlestoa sad Kr. ebony prostrated; Mr. Wil-
liams deteaded.
The ease aeoupled enema Mara.
TM Jury retired from the mart, and were linked up for
upwards of an hour. Oa their Tenn, they prournseed a
verdict of Geary egotist all the prisoners, sestrary to the
sante, up and &religion of the judge.
The judos, without soy further remark, told the orismien
that after rush a verdict he hod so alternative bat to ma•
tease theta to traseportarlow for Wt.._