The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-16 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, MONDAY -,EVENII4I3, MAY 16, 1864.

NAVAL AND MILITARY. •

ADMIRALTY, MAY It —PROMOTIONS AliD AT-
rouTecYTß—Oommreder D. Walker, to: be inepeatieg
commander of the Comet Guard, vie* Commander M. E.
Smithett, whose period of service has expired.
Neater 1). Fermat, to the Cossack.
Sseosd Buten to be Masten—W. H. Ad/am, of the In-
vestigator ; W. G. Atkiesoe, of the Sparrow ; G. Christie,
of the Cando: : A. F. Gibbose, of the Trams ; J. L.
Cavenaugh and S. Y. Spry, of the Dasher; C. Wotton, of
the Steady ; F. C. Corbel, of the Minted& ; 8. S. &idea, of
the Ceetear ; and T. lf 'ChM Bridges.
&neat W. Smith, M.D.. to be surgeon superintendent of
the Merchantman 0031iCI ship.
Seasid Heaters—J. P. kl•Eireil, to the Investigator ; J.
Riches and A. C. Dowdell, to the Dasher; J. Falser, to
the Sparrow ; W. T. Tregidgo, to the Oaradoe ; A. S.
Bradley, to the Steady; C. Smith (acting), to the
Triton.

Naval Carleta—W. A. /animate, to the Wolverine ; W.
G. Carrow, to the Duncan.

WOOLWICH, MAT 18.
The Admiralty steam vessel Black Eagle, Staff-
Commseder T. J. Whinier, which aocompaMed the Aurora
to Haligolead, to observe the =remain' of the German
squadron, has returned to Woolwich,and resumed her moor-
ings is the harbour.

THE INTLRNATIONAL DOG SNOIN.--Eaturday wall
the last day oo which entries for the mantis. laternational
Dog Show at the Agricultural-hall wee teamed, sad the
demands were so great that the .amber wrosidsealaly
en-
oeods 1,000. The kennels for fox hounds, bantam
and other sporting dogs, to be exhibited is peeks,
are being erected opus en unproved ',dodo's, so
as to accommodate all the animals of that class in the base-
ment of the building. The Prince of Wale' and most of
the noblemeo and gentlemen' competing have appointed
their ova hangmen to superintend the arrangement and
look after animals, whilst the directors of the Agricultural
Hall Company have commissioned some two or them
eminent veterinary gorgeous to ensure their health and
comfort. The coaveriesoe of visitors has been another
essential point to which &neatest has been seseeislly
directed, and there wiU be improved vemtiktlom of the
hall, and a constant .apply of water. any available space
will be appropriated to stalls for the male of fruit, &c. The
judges will make their awards on the morning of Friday,
the 27th Met.. and after two o'clock the public will be ad-
mitted at the charge of half-maroon, and at the same price
on Saturday. the 28th. Oa Monday, the 30th, the show
will be opened at one shilling to the general public, and
continue so till Wednesday, Jane 1.

FATAL Boum. EXPLObIONA. —Boiler explosions
have lately been happily rare is this district On Friday,
however, two of these unfortunate catastrophes took plant
both of them, we regret to add, being &Um:oda with fatal
results. The tint was at the W Iran Waits, the pro-
perty of the Jarrow tree Company, sad where one of the
stokers, a young map named Forster, was killed upon the
mot, while another, William Stony, sustained very severe in-
juries. Still more disastrous wee the sicced accident, whiah,
somewhat singularly...mem to bar* bear aimed sinsultamons
in its occurrence. The some was Kepler Orange Colliery,
about a mile and a half east of the city of Dinitara. Here
the gremaa, Ratios, and two boys, named respectively
Graiager and Hiller, met with their death, three ether
children being at the rime time much scalded ; and had the
pit been at work the consequeocen would inevitably hays
been still more serioua. The destruction of property has
also beep beery. Is neither ease has the cause of the ex-
plodes bees &fishily eicertaised.—Nriamfle

80111417fA111'9 TRA is choice and strong, moderate
la prior, and wholesome ro ono Thus advaatmaas bays wand
for Uri' to a general prefinuos. It II roirl In ?scuts uss

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Sitting dap appoyrd for is weak.
Wormatsria, May U: SSW
U; lia;varediteaday. 18: Tlisiday, 19.
Portlasd•romd.—Walatalay, Niq IS; net&
tkia: Prtday,
d napalm Marylaboaaroad.—Wodaraday, May. 19; Thum
rii =llO.
Great Prareottabost —Wednesday, May 16:
Thmiday, 19.
Sommtrasi, lwan-serast.—Tbursthp, May 19 . Friday, N.
Larairs, Caralarwea-new•road.—ThasEay, May 17; Wad.
assday, 18.
WANDOWORTIE, Scalb-arreall—Thuraday, May IS.
Crrr or LONDON, Gulldhodl-bulldhap. —Thursday, May 19 ;
Saturday, IL

COURT OF QUEER'S BRNOH.-MAT It

Attar Tam Nia Prime &Map at Oaldiell.—(E
illation Ctomptak sad a Spada Jury.)

JONES AND ONEIDA IA PARRY.-111Z GANA? WSW &GAIN.
This was ea latarliseder Wow to try whether certela
sisres. Inviter% es beard the Great Fastero,
wereezramt=ilthe yisiatiffs, as spinet the dateodeet,
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Mr. Mathew was sowasel to the plaintiffs; Mr. Watkins
Williams for the dallsodant.

lir. Mathew, in stating the ease to the bay, mid ha
hoped this was on cif the last of the beg series [of suite
and adieu that had followed the safvetuneee Gnat
ranters from her launching up to the gemeat paled. The
present action arms between the martgemen having a lest
charge on the ship and the defeadeat, who was aa anodise
creditor. He had obtained • judgment sad enestios, sad
under that he seised all the monad= as hard the ship,
sad the question was whether they were covered by the
mortgage previously executed by the eempsay to the plain-
tiffs or not. A mangey wee negated by the Greet &WU-
ship Conway at the lfek Sept., 1862, in favour of the
three plaintiffs, who were is fast the truetees of a nit
number of the esepaay% creditors, who bad advanced suss
amounting to 100,0001. on debenture" The wr
in the ordinary tams of a mortgage oaln:dlZ7 and
conveyed the ship, boats, guns sad munition,
small areas, ad appiunneacen When the mort-
pge was executed the Great Eastern was egad
prusapally as • panseger ship, and far that purpose eke
I had on been • vast quantity of f unitise of all kinds. The
mortpme was aooompsaied by a declaration of bast, which
stated that the three plaintiffs wen to hold the
greit steamship ou the es suet for the bowl-
holders, and is the registered ded ef Iron it was stated
the ship, with all her freights, pimp mosey,
chertswparties, lie., insurance", stores, coal, provisions of
all kinds, and all fonittire, plate, lines, beldam, lie. ; and
the question thetedore wets whether there wasanythiag on
board the ship which saguantion creditor could come mend
seise as the property of the Great Btesamhip Company.
The workmen did not atter ino till October,
1863, though the deed was is December,
1862. The defendant, it appeared, bed • subsequent
for 5,0001. kw a debt incurred by the compasy
for the of the ship, upon which be got • judgment.
and honed enmities on the 29th September, 1563, which
he pet to fora the following day. W Inn the defendant
levied he found the skip had bean seized by the Court of
Admiralty for damages in cosseguence of her coming into
collision with another vessel, and • further seizure from
the Court of Aden/ally on the part of a attain, and pro-
°amino bad been takes to wind up the concern. The first
mortpgess took possession of the ship as the Bth October,
and in eassequeoce of that the parties nut beton • learned
judge at chambers, who directed this intspleatier 'nue.
'answer to questions from the learned judge, whether
it would not In boiler to turn it into • speciel we, as it was
principally pont" of law that wen Myeloid,
Mr. W. Williams stated that the mortgage deed sad the
deed said to accompany it were said to have been given by
the directors ultra Thee, the directors having no power to
enter into them.

Yr. Want maid the ship bad betnally bent mold and dis-
pond of under them, sad so question had hese ratted
upon it.
Mr. W. Williams maid it was also disputed that anything
but the bull al the dun paned under the pin:dire mam-
ma. There was also a quietism vino the acerwapanying
deed. whisk profaned to wafer additional dello apes the
nodose. which U goad would pass things iok were not
in the ship whoa the deed el mortgage was ghee.
Mr. Junin Oromptoa maid it bad bets ream* desided
is Chimney that future aeon coatengdated at the time.
might past is law.
Mr. Mathew maid time were womb la the mortgago to
meet it.

ma said he lassait b *MO& the
accompanying deed to the martpse. Wlies that deed was
executed the ahip was mid to be at New York, is which
ore refietiatiou was sot required, and it would to yeti&
but if it was *mooted, aa ko coataded it we., cm the god
of A4ail whew the ship was at Liverpool, it was assessary
that at Wahl be reeMored, sad tart sot having bees dose
it was void as maim* the dateodaat's claim.
Ultimately it wasernaced betimes the puttee to maks it
• •P•tial sue for the *Maim of the tall court.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—May 14.
Sittings at Niel Prim is Lordas.—(l3efore Lard Chief
Justice Ede sad • Commas Jury.)
KAMM V. 11.78T.--11111)0011011.
This was an adios to mower dumps for seduction.
Mr. Seriesat Senior sod Mr. Williams appeared for the
plaintiff ; end Mr. limps Lloyd for the Weirdest.
The plaintiff had bees for eleven years • widow ia humble
circuessmoosa. She resided at Creseogrove-terrace, Hol-
loway, and the &deeded was a oceememeal traveller, in the
employ of limes. Thompson mid Oa. 'OM Villehallig, of
Liverpool. She hod two sous and two daughters, of whom
the pleietiff, Emily, was one. In Jssuary, Ida, she was
in the employ. of • firm of shawl iniumfacturers is the (Sty,
and one in that mouth, when she was walking home
from work in company of • female frilled, the defendant
&aoudad them in the seighbcorhood of Finetarymaseze,
sod walked with them talking odd they came NNW the
Grads Theatre. At hie solitetios they went into
that establishment, sod after rem/zing im hour
and • half be moompanied sack of them
to her horse is • ask The plaintirs
orto meet him the following week sear the Queen's)
idd ,in Aderepterstreet, where wee staying. She met!
him, and they went to s place is Le=rra...ebural
they had sapper end some wine, sadweek
to another dem in the same locality, where the il—drendent;
effected her ruin. The acquaintssee onstiimed, and Mier
oorrespooded by letter. The Weeded is kis epistles ad-
dressed bet "My dear Emily," and slimed Memel, " With.
kind bee, believe me, dearest, yours siseady." The other
parts of the letters were also °couched is affectionate terms.
In me he said, " 1 ea is receipt of your hied leder, sad I
am sorry testy I mead avail myself of the pleasure of your
society until evening, when I trust you will be able to meet
me at the Poet-office. I trust you reached home in time, so
as not to muse my little pet any nominees of mind. Do'
you know, darling, I long to see that pretty face of yours
again." Writieg about the time of the Prime of Wales's
marriage, from Portsmouth, he said, " I should ham an-
swered your kind letter me this had it sot been
such a spewing week. I trust my dear little pet enjoyed
herself. Dear Emily, I shall be in Loudon on Monday ;
end meet me, darlim at the same place se before.' Va-
rious meeting took *oe, but in Jose the defendant fold
to keep an appsintramt, and the plaintiff sewer sow him
again. At this time she was preened, end on the 3rd of
March she was eirelsed of • daughter, who was still tide&
During prego•ocy she wrote several times to the defend-
ant, who, however, did not smear her letters.
Emily Huber wee called as • witsem to prove the above
facto She also stated that in the refreehroest.house is
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Iwicedr-egeere the defsadant told her that he wr a wine
merchant, and showed bee a Omni with hie mime cm it. He
said that he loved her very much, be would make a say
bright woman of her, and that he would marry her. Whoa
they left the refreshment bowie he said he was going to •
friend's beam, but when they got indite it appeared to be
an hotel. The defendant took her upstairs, and showed
her Into • room which turned oat to be • bedroom. During
their acquaintance the defendant introduced her to several
of his friends, who were his costomers.
In croasoutninatiou witness deaied that she bad eon.
nexion with the defendant the first time she met him ; but
she admitted that the defendant had on three of the occa-
sions when he met her gives her mosey—lialtainversiga,
a sov and five shillings.
The defendantereign himself wan and he said that on the
first night be saw the plaintiff they went first to • public-
house and bad some drink ; and afterwards west to the
Creel= Theatre. Tbisearne night be west with her to
Oxford-street in a cab, and on that occasion he had one-
nezion with her. She made no difficulty about tie mar,
or about receiving money afterwards. He never told kw he
was not married, nor promised to many her. It was • fact
that be was • married man.
Charles Cariuninge, a person who bad been • police officer
and had been employed by the defendant in this cue, said
that the plaintiff bad offered to settle the affair for W. or 101.
The jury found • verdict for the plaintiff —damage, 501.
INCHBALD T. Till WISTIAN NAILOIWIRT 001711, TEA,
AND caniczon. CONTALNT (LTWITT.D).—CONTIACT TO KM.
PLOT • 6TOCILDDOILEN.

The piWittiffiiithreWase was a stockbroker, and having
been introduced to the defendant company • !moieties
was come to that the plaintiff should be appointed stock
broker to the company, epee the tones than he should be
paid 100/. down, and 4001. in addition upon the allotment et
the sham. The mammy was to acquire an estate in India
belonging to Mr. Duce Use, sod which estate that gentle-
man's father had arreoged to sell to the company. Mort of
the shwas were allotted ; but it turned out that Mr. Lagoon's,
junior, declined to give his seriotton to the aceemrt which
bit father bad entered into ; emosquently (emetics of
the company wee sot persevered to, sad the many which
had been paid upon the allot:meets was retuned.
Some evidence wee giro, and cm the pert of the defer
dents it was said that Mr. Lamellas, motor, had
taken to !adorned: the company 'pipet liability in the
mot of his sae not coeirmieg the agreemsot, and there-
fore that Mr. Lascrilles dem wee responsible. The plaintiff,
however, stated that be knew nothing of this arrangement.
AHr some tlimussien it was arraaged that • verdict
should be &stored for the plaintiff. sabre* to the °pities
of the full mart epee a question of law. ft wee also ar-
ranged that tier court should, if nocemery, anent the moult
far whiek the pleintiff should lave • verdict.

ILLI/ r. DAVTION.—A JIM NT A DOG.
The plaistif was a shoemaker at Charlwood, In Surrey,
sad is Use way a/ Isis beldam be aped spas 611114stesdsat.

• Seutheeesw Whig et Lineols-hrige, Horsley, in November
hat. Varlet speaking to the defendant's servant • del
beluesbg to ties doteedant bit the plaintiff in the ask*
and, erysipelas having sat in, be was Laid up for two er
three reasehe.

"Igideatie wee &as that the dog had !Atka other persons
before. apd that as the asoasims of that very day it had
trite' a female " tramp."
The ilialhadaat maid that the dog was a favoarite of the
hum*, and played with the ohileiren ; that it woe not
videos, and that ha sem knew it had bitten any one
Wan.
His ladship laid that =leas the defeadaat knew that the
dog sea aoeo toned to bite people ha was not liable in this
The Ivy found faiths dritadaat.

COURT 07 /1101111QUKR.-MAT 14.

3ittiap at Nil Trios, at Guildhall. —(Brlar• Mr. Berea
Chanson, mad a Commas Jury.)

uine T. TOOTH.

Tide was as whirs to wieWSeiiliffiTapon a oesinent is
deed. The delesdent pleaded that tie deed was sot
hie, that it bad bees obtained from him by fraud, and that
it bad bees altered without his catiseet.
Mr. D. Seymour, C., end Mr. Ciededeu, were oeinwel
for the plaintiff ; aod Mr. Huddleeton, Q.C., end Mr.
Griffite for the deleadsiet.

The plaintiff's ease was this: A gentleman, named
Rumba, who vu engaged I. working patents of various
kinds, sales= into she. • u with the defendant, Wiltias
Henry Tooth, f purpose of carryiag oat • patent
which the ddssdaat permemed far pdliag iro• by
machinery. Henley =varied him large same of money
from time to time, sad Waned to lead him any more
=lea be gave some acknowledgment in writing. Ulti-
mately, the deed in gush= was executed. It wee dated
the 18th May, 1851, sad the deleadmat eminent= to pay to
Hoary John lame, the phiatiff, a sum of 301., ad all other
moneys he might adman le him. As the deed stood mai-
sally, the defendeat orausested to pay the money to Ilea key,
' but AO same of Leas had been entemtitated, and according
to the plaintiffs evidence tide had hese done with the know-
ledge sad 000 seat of the delendect, Manley being desirous
that Lau should sot se a kid of Imam for Mtn is the
treasection. The deed bore a se. stamp, which severed only
=moms up to 1001., sad that wee the meson why the
action had not been bronot for the whole amount ad- I
=wed. It appeared that Lane was the am veyanciog clerk
of Mr. Meckensie, solicitor, of Graham-hoe= who lad
prepared the deed. Both the plaintiff and fampeon,
another clerk of Mr. Mookessis, swore distisetly to the
Literati= of the name being made ia the dud when it was
executed by the defendant. Mr. Mackenzie gave maim-
story evidence in regerd to tune other part of the transectioo,
and said that after the executioa ci the deed the defendant
woke to him about the SIIIIIMMOII, sad ailed to know
whether both Lone and Hanks, would have a claim upon
him for the matey.
For the defence an entirely different vend= of the trans.
action was given. The defeadeat mid that he agreed to
sell to Hanky one sixth share in his patent for 50W. to be
peid in cash and Mk in shame of a °company which wee to
be formed, on the usderaanding that Hanky should pay
all the =gum in carrying it out. He denied positively
that anyt wee ever maid about =hesitating Lane's for
Heakey's same is the deed, and swore that before be slowed
the doom:meet he reed it over carefully, and that the alters-
lion is question lad not been me&, On a eakesquest
occasion—viz., on the let of June—he went to Mr.
Mackenzie for a further loan, when he law the plaintiff,
who offered him some money and produoed the deed, ass
asked him to write I• receipt upon it. He then taw that
klaakey's same was altered, and on making the discovery
mid la was so indignant that he threatened to knock the
plaintiff off hie stool. He reused to take the mosey or
write a receipt, end immediately left the aim
Mr. Wm. Bates said he accompanied the defendant to
Mackenzie's aloe is the Ist of June, as a kind of denier
rem = fora loan in time erect of Mackenzie refusing to lead
any more money. He knew nothing about the previous
traneactions between the parties, but on lase madman a
paper, • row was kicked up. The defendant complained that
the dud had been tempered with, and mid something
about an alteration, and he refused to take the mosey which
Lane offered. The defendant asked witness if he would
lend him mosey to pmmy the wages of hie men. and on
replying in the aßineative the defendant declined to sign
any receipt oath. document sod they both left,
The jury faced that the document was a valid one, and
Mara= • verdict for the plaintiff, demegee 601.