The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

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OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Woaciurrea, MAaca &
lacwwia Ms. Jeri= lanwrauia.
COMMIS OW blonunn AT Satrarott on fieonn.
Arthur nelossead was indicted under the coroner's war-
rant for baiting wilfully murdered David Saadford, on the
31st of Comber, at the above town.
On the in question, the primmer went to the Black
Bev by' by • man amen Kiteley, who is
elm
of ass et wenwads
wen 121.1 up at the door,
the souseat and the bladders
pricked or sat. Constable Mamie% who wes in the
bourse, imimated that the primer LA taken the can.
This eemewet irritated him, sad on floalfori soloing in
M able led inquiring what writhe matter, were sensed
botorosa it and Townsend. partly ationwartio, the
pri-
ssmar owl Sandford left the home, het Sandford, who was
all odor at the White Hart, ruturied M the hones to light
• NM& in his lantern. He again left in a few minutes,
mai directly after a noise was heard in the street. Churchlry's
am west out and saw the prisoner and Sandford fighting.
The prisoner, with an oath. threatened Sandford if he
struck him again he would stick him, and immediately
afterwards stabbed him in the bowels with his pocket-
knife. Sandford died in three days afterwards, and it was
proved that death was caused by the stab.
The prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter, and sen-
tenced to fifteen years' transportation.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BEDFORD, MARCH 8.
Barons Loan ems Jew tee Carnes.
SHOOTING A 0
Joseph Brice, 2.5, was indicted for having feloniously
shot at Thomas Worker, with intent to do him some
grievous family harm.
The-prisoner, in company with two men named John and
William Devereux ((who were convicted last wises sad
transported for the offence), on the night of the 2.ith De-
cember, 1830, went armed into Caindoe Park-wood, a pre.
servo belonging to Earl de Grey, to shoot pheasants. The
prosecutor, who was one of his lordship's gamekeepers,
was watching, in company with a man named Case.
About ono o'clock an the morning, they saw
the prisoner and the two Devereux come along a riding
in the wood ; the prisoner and William Devereux had guns,
and John had a fold-stoke. 'Pine keepers came to them and
they struck at them, but kept retreating towards a gate at
the end of the riding. Tho men with the guns guarded
their companion ; and when they came to the gate William
Devereux accidentally slipped down; he Instantly turned
on his back, clapped his gun to his shoulder and fired at
the keeper, Worker, who was within a few yards of him,
and called to his companions to shoot the other, but no
other shot was fired. William got up, joined
his companions, and they made their escape. Worker
was terribly wounded, the whole charge of the
gun having entered his right cheek. For several weeks
he win in a dangerous condition, hut eventually
recovered, his face, however, bearing terrible icon. The
brothers Devereux were some months afterwards captured,
tried, and transported ; but Brice remained at_ large until
January last, when be was apprehended is 14111dee.
On the part of the prisoner it was shown that he bad been
drawn into poaching by the others ; that this was the first
night he had started ; and that when called upon to :fire at
the other gamekeeper. Case, he had refused to do so. Ile
expressed great sorrow that Worker bad been hart. Ile
bore a good character in his neighbourhood. After the
jury hail been addressed at some length by Mr. Worlledget
they returned a verdict of Not , to the surprise of
many in the court.

THB POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL _ _

Leon Joseph Net:ln-kr, importer of foreign lace, carrying
on business at 49, Great Portland-street, was charged with
obtaining, by means of false pretences, and within three
months of his bankruptcy, goods on credit with intent to
defraud his creditors.

Mr. Reid, who conducted the case on behalf of the cre-
ditors, stated the amount the prisoner had (ailed for to be
24,000/. ; but, as prisoner was desirous of settling with his
creditors, and also anxious fur a remand, he would only
give sufficient evidence to satisfy the magistrate, and jus-
tify him in remanding the ease.
James Johnson, a messenger in Mr. Commissioner Hol-
royd's Court of Bankruptcy, produced the proceedings taken
in that court, and stated that he apprehended the prisoner
at Amsterdam. The date of the fiat was the IGth of
January, 1852, when the prisoner's petition was, on the
same day, adjudicated upon by Mr. Commissioner
Fane. Extracts from the examinations of the pri-
soner, on the 3d and 4th of March instant, were then read,
showing that prisoner, upon his own admission, had ob-
tained goods of various parties on credit, and disposed of
them to a man named Hart, who always wanted such goods
as he (prisoner) hail not in his possession, and never had
any use for those goods he (prisoner) had by hint: the con-
sequence of which was, that he (prisoner) was compelled
to make very considerable abatement in the price of all
goods so sold to Hart. Prisoner had not had a real sale
within the last three months preceding his bankruptcy, and
those sales that did take place were made, some within an
hour. and others within two hours and three hours of his
obtaining the goods, and in no instance did they remain on
his hands longer than three days, and if he had failed et
any time storing that period, be could not have given up
more than 7001. to his creditors. . _ _

Bad was then fixed in two sureties of 2501. each, and
prisoner's own reeognizances in SOW., and the case was
remanded.

Mi. William Wirtb;l;l.;:iiiiionW,Of Iledfortrow, was
charged with 'tinting a barge number of valuable books and
briefs, connected with a suit in Chancery, the property of
Mr. William Dimes, an attorney in Austin-friars.
Mr. Dimes, who was examined by Mr. DaDentine, said
that he had known the defendant for Nome time, since 1841.
About the year 1840 he had got into a controversy with
Lord Cottenbam, the then Lord Chancellor, and was com-
mitted to the Queen's Bench Prison for contempt of court.
At that time be occupied the ground floor of some chambers
in Redford-row, and the defeudantlived in the upper part.
When he was committed he left in his rooms some valuable
papers connected with the well-known Chancery case of
o Chambers and Waters," and while in prison the defendant
gave him warning to quit his chambers on Midsummer-day,
1840. Ile got ecleasetl from prison in July, 1850, but did
not miss the papers connected with the above case until
some time afterwards, he having gone into the country for
the benefit of his health. Having received information front
a Mr. Pierce that the defendant was making use of
his papers, he wrote to him, and sent messen-
gers to him, but did not receive papers from
him. On Friday night he went, in company with
Inspector Field, of the detective force, and asked defendant
for his papers, when he said that he had not any, but after-
wards corrected himself, and said he had a few. Upon
making a search, several papers were found belonging to
the prosecutor, but none of any importance. Upon cross.
examination the prosecutor stated that he had not employed
the defendant to conduct the business of " Chambers and
Waters," although he had been engaged in several cases for
him. Mr. Waters, his client, died in 1848. The case was
begun in 1807, and is still going on, there being 60,000 J. in-
volved in the settlement. He thought the only way of get-
ting out of Chancery was by the parties dying. (Laughter.)
He wanted the papers to make out his bill of costs, which
amounted to many thousand pounds. There were some
accounts between him and the defendant unsettled. The de-
fendant bad received considerable sums of money on his ac-
count, but the helium was in his favour.
Mr. Dallantine said he could, on a further occasion, pro-
duce evidence that would fully bring home the case to tho
defendant, and asked for a remand for that purpose.
Mr. Wontner objected to • remand. His client was a
most respectable solicitor, and could fully deny the charge.
The magistrate remanded theism for • week, but admit-
ted the defendant to baiL

TUE FRENCU CONSULATE IN JERSEY.—M. Lau-
rent, • principal clerk in the London French Consulate
General, has arrived in Jersey, and commenced his toffieild
duties es vice-consul for France in the Channel Islands.
Mr. Simon, who has been vice-consul for France in Jersey
for 2.5 years, has been superseded. The reason given by
the French government fur superseding Mr. Simon is as
follows, via.; "The imperative requirements of the service,i
and the need which was felt of having in the Norman isles
an agent who was • Frenchman, and who as such could
thus perform those civil and notarial acts for his country-
men which they had fur a long time desiderated." M.
Turgot, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, in dismiss-
ing Mr. Simon from his putt, Suds no fault with that gen-
tleman; on the contrary, he praises him highly. The con-
duct of the French government in this matter has caused
the utmost surprise and displeasure in Jersey.
TUE NIZAM'S DEBTS.—ANOTIIER KOU-I.NOOR.—
The Calcutta Englishman has the following from a corres-
pondent at Ilydrabad The ?Gum bar contributed •
largo rough diamond, weighing seven tolahs, towards
the payment of his debt to the Company. The diamond
was consigned to the Minister the day before yesterday,
and was yesterday brought to the Resident, at is 'nip-
piest, as part payment of the debt, and I hope it has
been accepted. Taken in round numbers, the dia-
mond weighs 400 carats, and is the largest diamond next
to the Brasil diamond. The Koh-i-noor, I have heard,
weighs hut 300. The diamond of the Nissan will not per-
mit its being cut into a perfect brilliant, and I therefore
presume that the cutttng being adapted to its shape, it need
not lose more than one-fourth in the operation ; if, then,
this diamond be the second ur even third or fourth in sin
that is extant, the Nixam, whose mind must place a high
value upon these thinas, could nut more evince his desire to
discharge the debt than by the sacrifice he has made. This,
I trust and believe, will procure hint consideration from
the government of India. I hope it will do more, and
dispose it to receive the diamond at its full value-
tine by jewellers' computation, and not according to
the reduced price of the markets of the present day. In
former days, though not taken from the enemy, it might
have been a trophy, added to Lord Dalhousie's fame, that
he had given to England the second and third largest dia-
monds Intent in the world. I question whether, even now,
in the age of science, of arts, and manufacture., Russia will
not envy England the glory of possessing two such dia-
monds. It must have been • bitter moment to the Nimes
when he parted with it, and the sacrihee deserves consi-
deration from Lord Dalhousie. I come to the conclusion
that the Ninon has not large treasures in specie. If he
should happen to possess 40 or 50 lace, we can hardly think
of dispoesessing him of such a small resource to meet a sud-
den exigency ; it is almost • contradiction in terms, be-
lieving the Nimes to possess 40 or 00 lees only, to say he
has treasures, or so believing, to prow upon his with any
animosity to give it up. To receive the diamond in liqui-
dation of the debt would be a graceful disposal of • qua.
Use which has massy harsh datum In it."