The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

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THE • EXPRESS;i FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, ISM.

NAVAL AND MILITARY,

MALTA, Ocr-_IL

The United States have three men-of-war cruising
In the Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and Algiare. They
could of the Macedonian and Constellation, sailing frigates,
' and the corvette St. Louis. These are to he immediately
'lengthened by two screw gunboats. The Hearsege, SWIM
gunboat, is cruising off Brest, watching the Florida.
On the 27th the Greek frigate, with King George on
board, escorted by her Majesty's ship Ranger, with the flag
of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, and the French screw liner
Alegre', with a rear-admiral oa board, put into Messina.
The King took a short drive, end then proceeded with hie
esoorte to Athens. They had seen nothing of the Russian
lase-ofwar that were to form part of the *wet Her
Ifafesty's ship Revenge had to reduce her speed to enable
the other vessels to keep up with her.
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Her Majesty's ship thial;ticlear proceeds to Athens to-
day with the mails for the fleet. It is understood that her
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Nijasty's ship Marlborough, with the

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Tratelpr, St. George, eml4iuseu, will shortly leave Green
for Melts, arriving at the bitter place about the 14th
November.

Her Majesty's ship Icarus having bad a colliaion at sea
with a French steam transport, by which elm lost her
mlua•mut and damaged her stern, will be detained about
six weeks at Malta for retain ; abs will then proceed to Eng-
land to be paid off.
Malts grown cotton baa been sold within these few days
is the Wend at 264 scndi the carte, say 224 for 1751 b.
Eoglish.
Tho parsnip!" from Egypt state that the Nils is rapidly
'abiding, and islands can now be aeon that very bray were
ander water.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 5.
The Empress, Captain Ellis, a fine vessel of
1,313 tow, belonging to thews. Homan., Leadinhall-saavei,
arrived off the Royal Arend this day from the Victoria
Docks, having beam taken up y the War Departmt for
the con of the 4th batbtalion of the Ilifilmy Train
Cory@sad • largo amount of war storm to New Zealand.
The force, which tampion 11 officers and 287 rank and
file, is under orders to embark to-morrow afternoon after
the viand has bees finally impacted by the conunandant,
Major-General Sir R. J. Dame.

Tax Swarm CAlllOY.—The Board of Trade
Japery relative to the ion of the ship Seiselisa Cabot was
resumed yesterday at the Liverp polies-court Two
witssems, Thames Hopkimos, the sou of the captain, and
an able seamen, named Conyers, deposed that the captain of
the Astrologer was drunk when he came on board the
Mullen Cabot, and that Captain Hopkinson did every-
thing ponaible to save his ship. The inquiry was &kayoed.
ROYAL NAVAL Revs,—On the 31st October
19,199 applications had bees remised and 16,647 volunteers
metalled in this morn.

MO IntlMenlo.

0017R+ bi QIIIIIBN-11 =NCH. —Nov. 5.

Milo lu Brarn—Okfcce Lord Cbid Justice Cockburn
sad Judo= Wightraan, Blackburn and 11•1100
rola= V. HOOPZIL-1113 1310011•111IINCII WI THE LAW

Mr. linddlestoe, Q.C., acid this was an action for negli-
Sao* liMoinst an a, tried before . J ogles
at the kat Guildhattorneyll sittings, when theme jury returned Mellor
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verdict for the plaintiff, damages 491. 19 a moved for a
rale for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was
wind evidence ; far misdireotioo, or to reduce the
on leave reserved. The negligence complained of wtmsaX:
the attorney had failed to give the tiff proper infor
motion where hie cense was to be tri and in consequence
of this he and his witnesses not being present when the
fame was called on he was nonsuited. The cause was for
trial in the Overt of Exchequer, and the attorney had
written to the plaintiff stating the trial was to come on in
that court.
The Lord Chief Justice—Could he not find the Court of
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ExflirTuddleston—No, not the Nisi Prins Court which
at the time (it being one of the in term eittings) was sitting
in the Exchequer Member.
The Lord Chief Justios—l don't wonder at anybody's
falling to find so otecore • pleas.
Mr. If uddleeton said be held a commentary in his hand
which truly said it wee difficult to find accommodation in
any of the courts in Westminster-hall.
Mr. Justice Mellor—The plaintiff and his witnesses were
satin in the large court when the cause was called on in
the other court?

71[r.Eltuctieefee—Yes, believing that was the court where
hi ogee would be tried.

---Mr:illetioo iiiiihtman—He thought he was in the right
Oboe?
Mr. Ruddlestoo—Yes, but it proved he was in the wrong
box. After the loomed counsel had elated the facts,
The wort panted a rule fora new trial as against evi-
dam or to rodeos the damages.

shanties of the date, so as to get the document
stamped within 21 days, and save the gushy
of W. Bishop altered the date. Wastes did not
re-ezeoute the bill of sale. When he complained that the
natal was tiatrae, the plaintiff said it must be in that form,
or be should be obliged to have it replayed. Witness's
object was top it and keep it a private transaction,
and he acquiesced in it. The picture was afterwards
seised by the sheriff fora debt due to a person named
Bream..

Crowzamised—He hod tiled a bill in Cliaaess7 spinet
the plaiotiff. His swearing in his affidavit that he signed
the bill of isle on the Lt December, the date it bore, was
an
he had doe oversighs
so. t. He had only known within a few days that

Evidinoswas then given to prove that the first check was
given in November. _ _

Bishop, tie plaintiff's clerk, was then pre.
pared the bill of sale, and dated it 26tNovember, be-
lieving it was to be executed on that day. Is was not
executed till the Ist December, when he altered the date
bdore it was signed. He had no recollection of the 01:111VOT.
*Won sworn to by Armitage relative to the alteration of
the date. He said nothing about the payment of IW.
'mushy. The date was not altered after its exeentkia.
Cross-examined—He acted under the plaintiff's utskroc-
!ions ; he knew nothing special about the November date.
Eventually the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.

SHOCKING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.

A shocking murder wan committed at Liverpool
on Wednesday, the victim being a Mr. Henry Tresly, a
Custom officer at that port, and the mem of the enrage
being near Sheiletreet, Smithdownlase. The deemed,
whose Min hours each day morally terminated at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, left his alto. a little after that hour for the
purpose of going home, his midden being No. 6. Pon.
wood-street, Windsor, in the immediate neighbourhood of
the murder, and nothing was seen or heard of him after be
left the office until his body was found by a policeman Dear
Sheil-street. Medical mistime was soon procured, and on
examination it was found that death had resulted from
strangulation, as under nab ear there were black marks
while blood was leak' out of his nose and mouth ; there
was a deep cut over the left eye and a 'man_ punctured
wound on the forehead, over the nose. The clothes of the
unfortunate man were not much disarranged, though there
was some mud on the knees of hie Wonsan, and his shirt
collar and neckcloth were somewhat "crumpled." The
object of the murder was no doubt robbery, as whim the de-'
mend lett the Custom-home it is entertained halted about I
275., a silver watch and gold chain on his person, but when
foetid, his peahen had been rifled end his watch and chain
were gone. Previous to leaving the dike Trimly locked up
in • drawer about 141., which had been plead in his hands
for the purpose, we mainland, of paying some out-door
I °Moen of the Customs ; and it is therefore otejectured that
his murderers bad some knowledge of his having received
this mosey, end expected that he would keep it on his per-
son. The deceased was only 35 years of age, and leaves
behind a wife and five children, the eldest of whom is
hardly ten yeas old. He woe mob liked among his
brother °Mears, and was known to be a very quiet and in-
offensive man ; and what has ensued murk excitement is,
that the murder should have likes plies about an hour
after he left the Canterhoses, and in a well-frequented
neighbourhood. An inquest was commented yesterday, but
at the request of the jury the maw adjourned the investi-
gation of the case until today.