The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-28 00:00:00

THE LEIGH MATHIEU(' CASE

The secretary of the Defence Fund replies in a
lead journal to the letter of Mr. the Meek to the
magistrates, which appeared in the Yipew a few days
Riau It is not without regret that I observe
is the letter many mivotatements. Now, at the caret, may
Is not mama* ask why, in a ease so rare, and under •
hiw so obsolete, were those poison. not warned before they
were punished Ana if punishment was at all,why
should not • email member have Leen se (thirtv-ene
were, I believe; rimemori), when sorties and Mamas
would have made the peniabmeet • lasidesark—for ex-
ample, Mr. Marsh himself ? And I ask Mr. Marsh, the justices'
dark, who writes to you thus meetimoniously, whether
in the years 1861 and 1862 he did not get in hie own bay
enthe Sunday ; and I further Melte him to coetradict, rf
he can, my oration, that in the present year. 188$ (us the
very Sunday preceding that fat which these poor mem were
puniabed), die bay was actuaget from his own fields,
end io his own presence, on thus Day! These fact. are
notorious is the district, and =soot be denied. They were
know, to the magistrates; they were Jigsaw, to the police;
and with that knowledge nos in the last stags of indium*,
who acted in unselfish sada their usighbours, were ocievieted.
Further than this, it is equally sidevioiss that workmen
in the employment of some of the justices might have
bun equally punished, but that no prosecution was poi,
mated to touch them. Mr. Morels to that is the fields
of each of the defendante the pane found sue la a state
a intoxicates. This is simply estrus, and no such evi.
duos was gives bare the magistrates. Will Mr. Mush
have the 'goods's, to explain, if he can, why the persons
who were drunk were Dot summoned? and will be, if be can,
same any one of the defendant who wu is • stateof
*iron. Mr. Marsh states that the wenthee was settled and
fair. This is equally estrus. There was mle in the morning.
There was rain late in the evening, sad this was stated
in Mr. Mush's bearing upon the trial. I shall not follow
the attoroey's verbiage with which Mr. Marsh fills his
letter, but I have shown its werthlennes by his own acts.
The magistrates seem heartily disgusted with their peel.
tioo, and now put their clerk forward as their speaker and
their seepsgeat. The whole thing was wroog. Many such
wrongs have pared without ourineent. Here the weight of
public iminuatioa had fallen, end it has stud the eaten.
scan of the isjustice. The magistrates threatened the poor
hauler weavers and labourers with the stocks. Will
they execute their threat sad re their clerk and their col.
leagues escape ? I say no more then that with the aid cf
the public this strange ad bush proceeding will be further
tavestigated and its distally pearled."

MusD= ay • S•aos.—At the Liverpool police-
wart oa Saturday, • sailor named Jobs Boutin wee brought
before the preeidieg megistratee—Mmera. Osaka Jain sad
Botighton —*barged with the seeder of seedier seaman,
eased John RothwelL The facts of the ease were these.
Os the 10th of Jest last both the deceased and the simmer
were at Ottilegeay, near Buenos Ayes, haw* gate on
shore from the barque Leone. Whilst there the boatswain
sod the captain quarrelled with the prisoner for haviug
taken away • hose and compelled them to walk. The
boatswain struggled with the primer, and Roth's!) cedes-
soured to separate them, whereupon the primmer became
very aogry and stabbed him is the groin. There was some
doubt ea to the jurisdiction of the court, mid the cue was
therefore remanded until to-day (Bdoeday), in order that the
opinion of Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate, might be
obtained.

THZ CONTROMION or CHILD Moans.—At the
Hull Police Court, on Friday, earalt etas Lee, the young
woman who wee charged. on ber own coefeariow, with the
murder of bar child at (theftld, in May, 1862, was again
brought up, and information having been obtained from
Sheffield to the effect that there was no truth in her story,
As was discharged from custody. The prisoner loft las
wart with her sister.

DARING CAB 6 or HOSTRIARZAKINCI IMAR BRIMOL.
—Oa Sunday eveuiog two well•known thieves, earned James
Towosesd sad William Moorland, effected an entrance into
the house of Mr. J. Baker, who reeides near St. Michael's
Church. Horfield. It oppress that Mr. Baker, who is serve.
Lary to the Clifton College, and had been attending Divine
service, foiled os going home that Lis house had beau broken
into, He ironsechstely alarmed the coogregatros who were
leaving Si. Michael's ; they surrounded the house eked esp•
lured the thieves. They have silos been coommitted for
trial ; they were both members of a moll•known smug of
burglars who have loug infested this city, mid each of them
had been already transported. Shorlaud having undergone
seven years and Towneend tout yeme'penal esrvitade.—Bris-
rei Mercury. _ _

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THE DE►ALCATIONS AT THE HEREFORD OLD BANE.
—Robert Wiest Fryer, the ehief clerk, was on Friday
brought before the msmstratee for further examination oil
the charge of defrauding the beak. The followiog letter
from the primmer was put is :—"Olorreester, It. 2, Q.—
Sir. I fled that I cannot say what I would, therefore I ma
only say I ant the villaio is the Old Beak. I mod the key
of my desk. You will dad only 00/.-1 believe so. I have
is m► cash amount robbed you of 1,210 f. Caa I hops for
forgiveness? in the nest world Ido yet hope fait. lam
prepared to make over all I mums he you. I have writers to
Mr. Adams to say so. This is 0111 eu do.—B. W. FEM.*
The ems was maim adjoorued.

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