The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

S £.IIL

PATENT OF PRECEDENCE.

Mr. Eferjewat Bassin" haviog bad conferred 00 bin a
patent of procodeoce was eallad by the Lord Chief JustiLt
within the hat, and Loh his seat aocordiugly.
LOW r. _ _

Mr. Pearce said this w en toterpleader Wine tried
before Mr. Justice Blackburn, at Westminster. He moved,
by leave of the learned judge, to enter the verdict for the
plaktiff, on the ground that he was the bone fide
owner of the goods. The plaintiff bad advanced
• saw of money to a person named Todd, for
which he took a bill of sale en the goods. The defendant
was the execution creditor of a Mrs. Thornton, Todd's
sister. They resided together, and she wee aware of the
bill of sale to the plaintiff before she gave a bill of sale ne
the same goods to the defendant for money advanced to
him to her. The learned counsel contended that whatever
interest she might have had in the furniture was a party to
Todd's melon:mat, and that therefore she had no property
hi them when she mooed them to the defendant.
Reds granted.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER..
Mims J.ord chief Itarou Pollock,

tUct Bones idartio, Chinos and Pigott.)
Mitt= it LONDON AND NORTH W1:111.211, RAILWAY
COMPANY.

This was an astiou for damages for bodily injuries mond
to the plaintiff by r railway oxidant, in which the verdict
was for the plaintiff—damages, 1,2001. Yesterday Mr.
Edward James, Q.C., moved for • rule to reduce the da.
mega& or for • new trial, sod the court reserved judgment
ants/ they bad coosulted Mr. Juitece Williams, who tried
the cane at Liverpool.
Mr. Befell Martin now said he bad miss Mr. Justice
Williams, who stated that be bad no doubt the damage+
gives by the jury were enhanced by maxi of the plainti:l
having a fit—not an &Doomed, but a real one—during tte
trial, sad that he would have been better satisfied if the
homages had not been so large. Under these circumstaucti
the wart would make the rule &Lactate for • new trial tulles
the plaintiff aired to accept a verdict for 1,000/.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.)
IN RC J. A. COMT. -

The bankrupt wit;describeine--aninnufactuting and cot.
suiting sugioesr, of I'rovidenc►row, Finsbury. This VW
the sitting for examination and discharge. The total
babilities are 17.4i5/. ; warn about SCOI. The bankrupt
states his expenditure at 3304 I. each of the two years per
oohs( the bankruptcy.
On the applacetton of Mr. 0. E. Lewis, for the enigma
an adjournment was ordered for additional account..

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

AB.LBORIDIJOH -STREET.
THE ►RACDCLSMT TRADEMAHILIS ACT.

Mr. Bradlaugh, from the once of Mr. B. Lemma, St.
Heisn'aplacs, City, applied to Mr. Tyrrwbitt for aum•
ancsmet under the above act, just come into operatics,
spinet two auctioneers, for exposing for mle pianoforte
bearing names which bed boss forged, and for refusing to
give information from whom they were obtained. For el.
posing she pianos for sale the auctioneer was liable, wilder
the 4th section, to ► Sue of 51., and if with a guilty know-
ledge (wider the 13th section), it was a misdenteanoar, and
punishable by tine or imprisonment, and Use reining to
give information respecting the article rendered the auc-
tioneer liable to a boo of 5/. (under the 6th section). Mr.
Bradlaugh stated that one of tisa auctioneers told him tlut
be ought to go against others as well as him, as there were
plenty of others dole; the runs thing—namidy, selling
pianofortes with forged makers' names upon them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the summonses.
WORSHIP-STREET.
lIIIINGOLAN CASS 01 I RimY AND ANSAULT...
. .

Tkonaal7;;l7, a;e4;etablelTuicizTi man,described is
• Weber in the Cambridge.roed, Milemod, was charged
before Mr. Leigh with an assault upon Mies Elizabeth
Premier, sod also with stealing her muff.
The peosountrit, who is a pretty-looking girl about 14
yens of age, stated that shermidcd with her parents in W.
mottmtreet, Milemod, sad that she wes retuning hems
company with • ferule faked the peeress night. Th 9
primear who had followed them until they termed the come
et the Leedom Hospital, • somewhat retired part, end
denlvetyarell his arm round her waist and flung her to the
at the same moment she observed her muff. .o
which as &shot balmy she had both her hands. M Si
pommies. When able to rise she followed him, but hi
eips.M due he down, end • polioemosseable corning no et
iM imeask she gave the primmer into custody, out
=to , the muff had not bees seen by her since.
lay
nos a to be iatezieateL
Either Dodd, the companion of presecntrix, complete!!
corroborated this statement ; and the 000 stable in charge
of the cam mentioned that prisoner, when given into ha
custody, wished to prefer one against the young women foe
annoying him. He had been drinking. but perfectly well
knew what he bad been sayieg rad doing. Kim Proms,
toe, said something about au indecent assault.
ILr. Leigh remarked that it was elegalar the muff had or
hems rowevered. There wee so charge of indecent auaut
Miss Dodd believed that primmer threw away the pm
party at a &stews. She °burred him in some stub act.
Primmer broadly declared that gross perjury had beet
sworn against him by the witness. He was set in bur
nem himself, but could have *sty of work.
Mr. Lideth said be believed that at least an wrath tan!
base committed, and be should order for that offence tal.
wheat el Sus. lee, sod 10a. mete, or in dofault, an inspriem
most of 14 days.

■

Doemwei-eninsr, JAN. 12—The Queen has bre:
=.lte appoint John Fester Gresham, Dirt.. to be e.
7netiree at the Island at Grenada ; and William Alt,
ander Gawp Young, Esq., to he Colonial Siscraim7 for to
Island of Veseonver. —Gazette.
DEIRIURNMIRI MACHINERY AtvlDENT.—Yestr7
day eviniesi Dr. Birt Davies. coroner at Birmingham. beta!
an bqaby into tbe circus:etagere attending the death of ,
man named William L.*. 56 years of age, an ostler. 0!:
the afternoon of the 51', alt the deceased was with s Ta,:
mewed Mathews is a stable engaged is chaff Gutting. Tb
reeeltine was worked by owe horse power, the berm atom;
in a circle. As the knives of the macbinea wasted Amore
lag the bores woe stopped. sad without unhooking the taiga
the demand barna sharpeeingtbe knives with a tile the ma
Mathews beim engaged le filling the box of the metier
Whilst the demand was engaged in sharpening the kiwi'
a man named Robertson earns to the door of the
*able, mad marking to the demand. mid, "The hors
seems to go hotter to-day.° He had hardly spoke the
words whim the bone moved about one foot. The arm d
the deceased was at the time between the knives, sod the
victim of the haw brought one of the knives on ow e!
hie arose, which it cat severely. He was reheard from the
mashies avid talon to tbe General Hospital, when he .0
toned to have sustained a weer, cut oo the arm. The
wound was dressed, hot pyemia supervening, the drown
gradually sank and died on Friday last. TM dersool
bed boo often cautioned by his to not to sharpen t/'
knives of the chaff-cutting mochias without unbool
the horse. A verdict of " Accidental death" was recluses
by the Farr.
RZLICIL—Among the curiosities on exhibition at
Use Sanitary Pair is Banco are numerous relies of Wirt
=r.: sash, saddle, epaulettes, cane, with nod
and letters; bronze jar from Shamble. l"'
thoessaed years old ; sword of Miles Standish ; lock of
.t.ltt
pa whisk killed King Philip, of Mount Hope, is 16',
and a wander' bowl taker, Sr.. Philip's wigwam; ; a bib
printed in Viejo, In 14Th, before printing was ietrolarel
into England, sad samisen maze and penis, saltines
sad lettere. There are also exhibited the shoes wort b!
the royal family of England, and a pair of shoes parebt`di
0•014 t tv• a loan lay who arrived in Ilostos last Sat'
day. sheds ere Name an Rey roma( lady would
wear here. sad eve lased 44th white cord. Yet the
*d forty dollen fee thew, and refused to sell thew fe,
Atty.—Bestow (U.S.) paper.

Till: "FLOWERY LAND" PIRACY•

ENLISTMENT IN LIVERPOOL FOR THE
CONFEDERATE NAM

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

PROSECUTIONS BY THE TREASURY,
(From tie Liverpool Courier of the day.)
The Liverpool magistrates, Its are informed, have
boned linllllooll9Bl spinet three person in this town on the t
Marge of =Mai 'absentee far the naval service of the Con-
federate Seem owatrary to the proviskas of the Foreign En-
listment Ad. Thisumoseasew had Mee granted on the infor-
mation of Mr. William Oaady Lateen, local agent
of the solicitors to the Treasury in Loadon, and are
regulable at noon on Friday next before the borough
instieee. Two of the defendants are gentlemen who
loamy on business se ship-store dealers and chandlers, and
the shied s a clerk in their employment. The information,
we believe, charge the defeodants is MI4OOI forms with viola-
time of the statute 59 Geo. lIL, cap. 69, and the ease will,
most probably, lead to inierestfegrevelatiorte as to the name
by which the different Confederate misers have obtained
their crews ; but we will not at present publish any state-
meets on the subject, lest they should prejudice the adminis.
Maim of justice. We will therefore Gandy add that the three
defendants are charged with having, is March, 1963, in
Liverpool and elsewhere, endeavoured to procure Jobs
Stanley, France Glimbrook (or Francis Rivers), and
Benjamin Coo*, or one or more of them, to be
engaged in the sea service of the so-called Cos.
ledemaa Staten of Amelia, contrary to the prohibition
contained in the statute 59 Geo. lIL , cap. 69. In another
form the defendants me charged with having endeavoured to
procure the above men to p and embark from Liverpool for
the purpose of being engaged ce employed as aforesaid, con-
trary to the statute. A third information alleges that one of
the defendants did, in April, 1863, on board the British ship
Japan, endeavour to prows John Stanley, Francis Glam.
brook for Rivas), and Benjamin Cooolly, or one or man of
them, to be engaged as *forma ; and a fourth that the
parties mestiosed had wombed to procure the men men-
timed for the afccesaid service. The whole case will be
heard at the pollee-some ea Friday next, and it is scarcely
wormy to add that much public interest will attach to
the investigation.

This being the day appointed for the further
beefing of the charge spinet the ten seaman for piney
eel murder oa the high seam, a crowd assembled all the
merlins in treat of the coart to await the snivel of the
owns, who ie pining from the prima van to the deer
of the court were hissed sad honed by the people. At
o'clock the case was nailed on,
yr. Washy organ prosecuting for the Treasury ; and Mr.
Bend. intruded by the Spanish consul, appearing for the
prim:men Williams, Santo, Lopez, Lyons, Blanco, and An-
tonio Donnie,. The other three were undefended.
Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, reed over the evidenoe of
Jams Early.
gr. Webby raid he would cal one witness to a formal
point, in order to let him leave.
Mr. Strugnell wee then called, and Mr. Rosenberg was
sworn to interpret his evidence into German, and Mr.
raskiewitch to interpret it into Greek.
Mr. Webby observed that the prison's who were un-
defended were two Greeks, Carlos and Witter, and an
Austrian (Radack, aline Powell). As all the Spaniards
were represented by Mr. Beard, • Spanish interpreter
would not be required.
Mr. !titrugnell deposed—l am clerk in the °Moe of
me Registrar for Sesame, and produce • copy of the
register, which is kept in the office, under the direction of
the Haydn Trade, whisk I am not at liberty to leave. I
moan the register of the ship Flowery lend, owner
William Wemyes Kerr. (This was trandatated to the
pitioners io Greek and German.)
Mr. Henry thee instructed the Greek interpreter to ask
Curios and Wetter if they wished to put any question to the
iltllesA.

k*.trlne asked when he should make his defence !
Mr. Henry told him in dna course he should have • fall
opportunity, but that would be alter the case was completed.
The prisoners said that they had no questions to pat to the
witness.

Mr. Strugnell also produced • certified copy of the ship's
article', in which the names of the prisoners appeared,
though some of them not exactly as they were afterwards
known by them.
Taffir deposed—l am • &otchmaa, and shipped
on board the Flowery Land as boatswain and second mate.
We left Loudon on the 28th July. John Smith
wu the captain, and his brother George Smith was
a passenger going to Singapore. The first mate was
John CanwelL The steward was a Malay named Abe,.
The cook was a Chinaman, and so was the lamp trimmer.
He was • man. Ido not know their name*. The
lamp trimmer was called Cusp. The carpenter
was named Michael Anderson, and there was a
Frenchman named Candereau, an able seaman. The
ten prisoners were all seamen, able or ordinary.
There was some grievance on account of their not
being qualified to do their duty. I never saw him use •az
violence to them. I have beard him call them "Coolies
and "Sons of bitches." I have heard them complain of not
having water enough.
Mr. Weisby—Who was the spokesman?

Witness—Frau:Me Blanco, once oily.
Mr. Welsby—Were those complaints attended to?
Witness—Yes. About the Ist September Cosies was
wanted on deck, but be west and turned into his bed. He
said he wanted his watch below, and be wee not very well.
All the watch, seven in camber, then refused to
come on deck. They were George Carlos, Marco Wetter,
Marcellino, Ronda. Blanco, and three others whose
names Ido not positively know. I sod the chief mate.
Mr. ()unwell, came down to Carlos and told him to mate
on deck to his duty, which be refused to do, saying that he
was sick. The mate took hold of him and pulled him out
of his bed, and gave him several blows with his fists. He
was made to go on deck. but he would not turn to. Th
mate ordered me to make him fast to the rigging. I did
so, and he remained bound about eve minutes. The
captain came oat of the cabin and told me to loose him,
which I did, and the captain gave him some medicine,
and he went sad turned in. A few days al terwarda
Francisco Blanoo and Carlos ware fighting. The
mate and I interfered to atop them from
fighting. The mate took hold of Carlos sad
struck him I believe. Os the night the captain was
killed I had the first watch from Bto 12. The mate re-
lieved me at 12, end I turned in. There was a house on the
desk, is which there were four compartmenta. On the
port aide forward these ten men lodged together inane com-
partment. Oa the starboard aide forward, lodged
the carpenter, the witness Early, and Condemn;
on the starboard side, aft, was the cook's
galley, sad the other was the boatswain's store. Below on
the port side of the companion the first berth was that of
the mate ;next to that the captain's brother, and next mine,

and the captain had all the starboard aids to himself. The
main cabin was beton', witha skylight opening on the poop. 1
About 3 echoic a.m., I was awakeeed by • noise on deck as if
people were heating oa the companies with handspikes. I
ran up to try to get on deck, but I could not get up for a
person lying is the companioo, on hie face, with hie heed
in a parallel with the top steps, and • number of persons
besting him with handepikee. I doe% know how many. I
recognised oee—Francisco Blanco. I heard his voice, sod
looked up. It was pretty dark, but I could see hie face.
I got a blow with a capstan bar. I tried all I could to
draw the man down from the ladder but could not move
him. I called to the captain for help but got no
answer. I went to his berth. He wee sot there,
I cams back to the main cabin and found
him lying deadjin a pool of blood on the floor. I trimmed
the lamp as the light was dim, and saw that his shirt wee
cut with knives. He was in his night dregs. I west to his
brother's' berth and found him gone too. I them west to the
companion and found that the man lying there
was the captain's brother. I went, to my berth awl
shut myself in. The noise continued about 10 minutes.
I remained there about three-quarters of an hour. I heard
some one during that time singing out to me to toms on
deck. Then a number of men came down to me—about
sight that I saw—John Lyons spoke, Francisco Ethan,
Marco Wetter, Chances or Lopes, Menhirs Darning Gasp
Carlin Brasilia Lee Santos. I closet rsinenther any
°then —Marcellino, I think, but am sot sore. Lyon.
spoke in English. He called me to come oat.
He said, "Come out of your berth, we want to speak to
you." I said, " What are you going to do with
me! Are you ping to kill me" He said "No."
I came out then. He said, "We have murdered
the captain and the mate, and the captain's brother
has got away somehow, f don't know when he in goes. We
wish you to navigate the ship to some place, so that
we can get on shore." The prisoners were igoorant of navi-
gation. The others were present sod heard all that he
said, George Oman, Marco Wetter, and Chances. I asked
when they wished me to go, and Carlos said loess
where sear the River Plate. I agreed to do that.
The ship was thou 19 deg. South, 36 deg. West. Carlos then
proceeded to throw the body of the captain overboard. I
asked them to atop and let me nw him up in imams, for I
did not like to see him go overboard like that. I thee west
to my berth. Witness went as to describe the enbeequent
proceedings of the sea, how they rummaged the
captain's effects, sad took his money, compelling
witness to than the latter amongst them in seinoteeo
parts. They then plundered the cargo; they subsequently
sighted an English ship and got the longitude from it.
Acting under compulsion he described their ship as the
Louisa. In October they arrived at Moete Video, sod it
woe here that the steward min with his fate. The ship
went down fast as they got into the boats, and
they landed es the shore of the River Plate.
A day or two attar they got ashore witness and another
stole away, and communicated to the people what had
happened, when the prisoners were taken into custody.
iThe witness was under crcesAmamioation when our report
left.

SCAPTATILD POISONING AT BIRMINGHAM. —A t the
Birmingham Public-office, yesterday, before Mr. T. C. 8,
Kynneraley, the atipeodiary magistrate, a young
named Charles Edward Eyre, described as a chemist, 1.4 t
twetity-ormi years, was brought up as suspicion of havusg
caused the death of his wife, Soo* Eyre, by giving her
poison. Polies-cotistable Clifford said that be was as his
beat in Great Cliarlerstreet, at shoot 3 o'clock that
morning, when the prisoner, who lived there, ran sot of
house is a state of greet excitement, sad said to him,
" Run for a doctor, my wife has poisosed herself." Wit-
ness did se he was told, and in a few labiatsa returned with
a medical man. lo the sitting room of the prisoner's boom
they found cleceseed is violent coovuleime. Oa the table
was • small bottle, about half full of strychnine, sad
several empty glasses. Judging that the woman had taken
strychnine, the doctor administered sulphate of zinc, bat
this had no effect, sod the woos', was removed to the
General Hospital, where abs died about twenty minutes
after her arrival. The prisoner said that be sad his wife
and a lodger had been drinking beer until nearly 3 o'clock in
the morning, that the lodger had then gone to bed, that his
wife took out of his pocket • bottle of poison he always
carried with bim, sad that, nehmen so him, she must
have put a portion el it in her glees and swallowed it. This
story was felt to•
he exceediegly improbable, sad the officer
arrested him ma • charge ot murder. The primmer was re-
manded to await the result of the inquest.

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1864.

MONEY

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