The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-19 00:00:00

in Ilay, lett at a seethe( of tiVlCaogrristional Board oft
re. There were otreular• Met an the am part hy
Mr. fle.bell, Mr Ihrliopf, Mr. Jour, and the sew. Mr.
FJniter; Do the other by the 1t... Dr Tidinan and Mr.
Prout. I smutted • mew imr of the rib t 1 board,
I think oa (Do 19th of May. DM. Wheli the matter was
hrooFfht under the murtiorattim of OA board, wbon Ifr.
Siamese& reported Moe OS SOMlNlittet CUIII4 101
Thum was another mommillto sppriaard, ridd-
rasa sad Mr. Pmt rafted M littned. That temmitte•
was held o• the Nasky 'lima bad Ina • board
meatimg ea the Tuesday, tod ea Saturday owning I
culled so Mr. Davies is sumpsay with Mr. Forster, •
smother of the brand. I saw Mn. Davie, there She was
not in the room whoa I west M. I asked Mr. Davide to let
issue the Wellinghosoosh letter. He did so, sad I moth
at the window. 1 believe Mrs. Davies was set in tie PIM
whim 1 road it. I 'skid to see her, es I had • Width to
pat to her. Is aossequento of what I mid she homed Mies
past of letter. I said, "Made. will you awl= •
me same of your hasbeiml'a letters." She ismailately
headed them to use, and I mid " I would morn to leak tats
say gilne of them." I ham Mum read, I think, 116 letters
from Mr. Devise to M. Davies—every word of thous. I
looked iato about 13 of them before I published my
pamphlet. After the last moo bad bear before the arbitrator
for semen der s 1 retired hone the mateet.
Serjaost Wilkins-10 that all you ask ?
Mr. Ballantine—Tbat balL
&timid Wilkina—Then I du mat ask Mr. Ainslie s gam-

Boa.
Mr. Ainslie—l am sorry for it ; I should like to have told
the whole truth.
Mr. Ballantine—Then, wait • moment. Having con-
tented your defence of the action up to that point, what
inclosed you to retire?
fiesjeaut Wilkins I object to that question, and I
have a right to object to it ; but I will not object if I re-
ceive an 'solicit assurance from eke other side that y
humid friends on my right (Mr. lames and Mr. Hawkins)
will be permitted to give a full explanatios of say natters
arising oat ..f this collateral issue.
Mr. Ballaanst—Certainly if in any statement which
Mr. Ainslie may make the or-es of those gentians& ars
sunned, I shall °ire r no objection to their bong called.
Bodeen% Wilkins—Not only if their names be mentioned,
bat If any statement is made affecting their thinner as
coastal. We know what was stated the other day, oa
which Mr. Beale thought be would be rather jocose la
my absence.
Mr. Ballaatio•—l hairs no reason to imputes that say-
thing will be said by Mr. Ainslie reflecting on the abstracter
of the leaned gentlest's; bat, if so, if shythise eia:eiroakil be
seta is the slightest decree refuting oa their di
es the character of say one else, them or
sot only that I should offer
that it would bs most desirable that then theeld be se
ample opportunity of explanation. If Mr. fierjeutWOhns
should. under any circumstance", wish to ask Mr. 15...
say questinns during the coarse of the cue, I shall make
no objection to hie doing so. I shall take no Urbana ob-
jection.
Borjeant Wilkins (to the arbitrator)—Sir, on reflection, I
object to the question altogether.
Jir. Ballasts's" proceeded to argue that the question was
one which could be legally out, an attempt bevies been
made to rove that Mr. Ainslie having undertaken Mr.
Duke's defence had abandoned it becauso he believed him
guilty. lie submitted it was fully competent for him to
rat say questions the answers to which would disprove
that.
The Arbitrator did not see how they could eater ea this
winters! issue. He was most anxious to give the labia
latitude in a nu of this nature, but when a formal ohilas•
tire was made to a quietists he was bound to see if it MOM
be lsgaliy put. He held that it Gould not.
Mr. Ballantine said he wished to put one voodoo le
Mr. Media, as Mr. Brown, who had been his solicitor is
the tete ease, was not proud. Whoa Mr. Amiss
pealed him and Mr. Brows to Witnesing% hiedi ba
placed bimetal under their direction ?
Mr. Ainslie—Perfectly so. Be did whatever Mr. Brown
desired him.
Mr. Ballantine—Tbst Is the plaiatiff's ease, sir.
Serjuat Wilkie" this requested an adjotuseseat, as Ls
Gould aot possibly mimes* his address that day.
Mr. Ballantia• laud on adjournment for an hour or so
would enable the hemmed serjsest to do so.
Serjoest Wilkie =plied that wee impossible, for his ad-
dress would probablzemespy an satire day.
Mr. Ballantine said bib Mint was meet eosins@ that this
matter should be tonaiwitad, the espresso were vary lame,
and he was ill able to Maw them He trusted, therefore,
the Art *rater wadinane hemaresor.
ffeejeaut is suns sett be eseM sot possibly he Meant
denim the neat two days.
The horsed Arbitrator seld he felt the importune of ems-
alutlinc the inquiry as ems as peseible, but he could sot in
tars time resist the appliestians ef Isereed gentlemen who
had other prifiesissal dudes Is &Mead to.
The procesiisp wars Uwe adjourned to Monday.

BAIL COURT.-Ltx.lB.
amino' iw WICO.-111703.1 ILL ATRICI COLUIDOL
IN 11 WY. 01113NWOOD.—HAIL!_COAPVII.

Mr. Bsrjeant Wilkins moved fora writ of habeas eorpus,
directed to Wm. Pinder, the keeper of a lunatic. asylum,
halms as the " Retreat," to bring up the body of Mr. Wm.
Gereaweed. The party on whoee behalf the application
wee made was a maa of property, formerly residing at Tod-
madam, is Yorkshire. and although he was 66 years of age,
it was sever hinted that he was insane steal the 2nd of
Oriesber tut. The learned counsel said he had 20 or 30
elidavits, some of which were by medical men who had
beta in the habit of attending the applicaat for 20
years, and they all set forth that there was not dm
slightest realms to suppose this gentleman insane. The
medical attendant to Kr. Greenwood swore that his ine
with him until the very day he was taken away, sod that
there was only a slight decay of memory, and lees pbgg
activity then the party had formerly evinced.
volition= had visited him in the asylum, end had WWI
every means to test his sanity, and they agreed in sayisgl
there wee no ground for his being considered out of hts
Riad, er confisea, which confinement, they agreed, vomit
impair his health and shorten his life. It addition, them
were the affidavits of gentlemen who had knows the appli-
oat for 30 and eves 00 years, and who had seem him up
le a short period before his confinement, and they said
his eoadect MID always proper, and his conversation Ira"
timed, he stating to them that his cousin John Butwood
yes going to drive him to Stogy burst College, at
whisk he seemed mash pleased ; but instead of this it
was stated the cousin drove him to the lunatic asylum,
and coefined hint there without order or certificate. After
heavies him for sometime he was sent to Blackburn, a die
tease of 20 miles, before two medical men, who had never
tow him previously, although there were four surgeons in
Toinerdea. As taw end certificate were obtained, and
be was seat bestial', asylum. An investigation bad been
held be ere **Aide. jesting, but neither the supposed
bogie hie ea*or was allowed to be preseat, and his
witnesses wets net totosteed, and they came to the conclu-
des that there was no reams for his being released. The
btsraed seijeaat said the feats of the case were, that this gen-
demo MO worth about 16,0001. a/ear, and certain parties
VON "seem to pay Mr. Pinder 1001. a year for his
sus 11SON re The party was • bachelor, but bad
metes el ohibissehipes vas of whom he had ezpressed his al-
ludes eteettlaghls propeety, ea he had been attacked with
WEIL Soma deer the expression of tnis determination,
to the astonishment of the whale country around, it was
diseovered that he had been confined in a lunatic asylum.
Nething had been said about his insanity until this
disposition of property bad been mentioned. Vp to the
time of pis being confined in the asylum, the gentleman had
regularly presided at farmers' diapers and parochial meet-
ism and no one had for • single instant questioned his
amity. A few days previous to his being taken away, the
patty had renewed the lease of a farm on his estate, and his
Wallow acknowledged that in the transaction he bad made
• limy sharp bargain.
His Lordship said the learned serjeant bad stated enough
to entitle him to a nil, nisi, and inquired where It should
be made returnable, as there would be a necessity for a
medieal RM, chambers woad be preferable to the open
court, and some time should be filed.
Mr. Berjeant Wilkins suggested a week.
lib Lordship thought, from the voluminous nature of the
affidavits, that • week would ant be long though.
Bale nisi granted.

COURT OF COMMON 121.RA13.-7AN. 18.
UMMISII TN 11.111,00.-11111101111 CUM nines sum, 101. IWYICI KAM.
■4 81J1111C1 C•>rw • UM VI. !MIR WILWWNIL