The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

THE TELVERTON CASE.

The respondent has addressed the following letter
to the Dublin Freeman :

"Sir,—Will you allow me the medium of your widely-
circulated journal to dispel some illusions which may
here bees causal by the late expreesioe of opisiou by
three of the law lords who have judged my OP" and
to ask of those ausseeties kind Irish Meads who so
warmly and generously supported me through one of
the greatest trials which ever took place I. Ireland, not
to believe Mies jostles bee been entirely defeated! The
Scotch law, however twisted and misinterpreted, canoot
by any stretch be made to affect the verdict of aa Irish
sicaultitelhudgmen. deliver
rend we oefd.biyief:trilrinh jedga
I shall nLad, what.
ever be the consequence is Scotland, where proesediop are
stall subjudiet. No amount of mptilication sad esernietry
has hese able to obscure the question put in the souorous
voiced the Lord chief Justice Monahan to a special jury
of Irish geotlemea
How my you, gentlesneo—wee there a &eta see.
slue!—Yes, my lord.
And was there an Irish marries* '—Ti., my lord.
" 'Thee you believe the defendant was not a protestast!
—So we believe, my lord.'
"And I. with all my beast, repeat the weeds uttered by
moos that remarkable sight to uaudience el fifty thou.
mad people That verdict make' it. an Irishwomen by
affirmies me the bagel wife of so Irishman.'—l remain. sir,
yours truly, " TH r1323A YELVIIITON."

In Japan, office holding le so unprofitable and
aedadrable that even the vassal prime', who might be sup.
posed to be independent in their amities, resign in favour
of their sous at the earliest opportunity. It Is ore of the
laws of the empire that when an odiee.liolder accumulates
mere messy than is thought good for him, it is confiscated
far the imperial treasury, ee the theory that be most have
Oradea it by Pomo dishonest courses which cannot be
proved os Lira.—New Pori Paper.
INDIAN STRATLOY.-006 of the Fourteenth New
York Artillery-4i SllOOOll Indian—undertook on a wager to
bring le alive a rebel sharpshooter, who was perched in •
tree in frost of our line, considerably le advsoce of his own.
Procuring a quantity of pine boughs, be enveloped himself
with them from head to foot, attaching them securely to a
branch, which he lashed lengthwise of his body. Wham
completed, he was indistinguishable to a eared cheerier
from the summed* foliage, and resembled a trees. closely
es
it was pcesible for his really artistic efforts to render him.
Thus prepared. and with musket in heed, concealed like-
wise, he stole by almost imperceptible oximisreste to beneath
the has where the sharpshooter was lodged. Here he pa-
tios* waited until his prey had emptied his pima at ono of
ear sees, when he suUsely brought his musket to bear
epos the " nth," giving him no time to reload. The sharp-
shooter was taken at a disadvantage. To the demand to
eerie down he readily absented, when the Indian triumph-
antly marched him a prisoner into camp and won his wager.
—Amer.-on paper.
Tea POISONING or SZAMl37.—Anotlaer telegram
from Spain which has arrived is Sanderiand, moonset.
that the cook of the ship Odes, who wee charged with veil.
fully earning the death of throe of the crew of that vessel
by potting poison into their ratites, has been acquitted by
the authorities of Son Roque, me the men had bees SON.
&litany poiessed. The mirage did not mention how the
poems got into their food, but there is um doubt that very
bad meat is ohm put on board ships in the &redeem ports
for the moot' the crew. The impostor of meat at Sunder-
land has meetly died at that place, of foyer, produced by
the @Mariam from some auks of provisions which he *mind
before they could be rot on board a vessel.
Tern ALLIVID EIA)PZYZNT 01 A CLIZOTHAN'II
Wire.—The Western Daily ?termry has given publication
to a detailed statement of the elopement of the wife of a
elerryman, named Pluswellia, with • man servant of the
family, named Johns gutters. The "Ciergy List" dose
sot contain the name of Yr. Floserollis, wither does
"Crockford's Directory.' Upon bosky it Puss out that
the parson deserted by his wife is a delryroaa, who mem-
them enlightens the people of haunt Radioed, war
Easter, oe religiose settees. Ir. John Mettles, ballad
cs being the deug‘atisl butler is amine at the family
ie the perms who and to carry eat the alb Ile Yon
eaatoassiv.

in the next

toPtaial
saxist-y well
should to well
repressated7aad be hoped, therefore, they would all listen
patiently sad atteatively lie the speech which was about to
he delivered. The mutts' held at the Belvedere
Tams • short time age was realest of • private
nature, being attended by mem from various
parts of the bercegh who were desirous of ascer-
taining for themelves the mature of Mr. Torreses
political opinions and sentiments ; bat after what occurred
dm he could mimesis no doubt as to the reception which
Mr. Terms woad mesh with that evening.
' Hr. Tomes than posessiti be Mime the meeting. He
eicesameed by abeire list, hawing sow made, with the
essisteaco of his Meads, what might be termed an taped-
menial canvass at **borough, he must say that the manner
la which he had been weary where received far exceeded his
impertations ; and bewould take that opportunity of express-
=patinae far such kind sad medial support. He had
Wee met in cm or two quarters with the objection
that Ids eudidature was premature ; but his answer
was, that when others were canvassing daily throughout
the borough he bad no choice in the matter, unless, indeed,
he was to abandon the field altogether. (Hear, hear.)
Moreover, he mud lay that be thought Fissbery owed it
to itself to deliberate well beforehand on the question upon
whom it should devolve the responsible duty of represent-
' lag it in the ensuing parliament. (Hear, bur.) No length
el time scarcely could be too great for such • purpose, see.
lag that the orestitmey comprised 24,000 electors, who
meht to exercise • powerful influence over the legislation
el the comity. A great borough like time should be ro
preempted by men who would not be mere voting ens-
adage ; but, with political experience and training
to guide them, would calmly weigh the various questions
time ems under consideration sad piey • woeful part in the
legilistue. The pluton wanted cambers who would be
ate guardians of their interests, their homer, and their
eddy—men who would think ahead and speak ahead ;
end it surely beeline them to make • sober, intelligent, sad
deliberate choir* of the man whom they sent to take pert
tin the councils of the greatest stenos in the world. (Hear,
bear.) In such • cm it wee important to consider, ace
oily what was to be dope, but bow it was to be done ; and
beano they wanted! men who ware capable of discussing,
if not framing, the technical clams of statutea, so that,
be cite the words of Swift, they would mot catch
the weak flies and let all the hornets go free.
Now within the last two years the metropolis hod bees, be
would not say invaded, or gutted, or pulled to pieces, but
he would my made the field for a description of enterprise
which was totally new and unprecedented. In that neigh-
bourhood they saw the devastation which had been crested
by railway works, the object of which was to carry people
from a deduce into the heart of the City. The man who
would set, lbeself entirely against midi enterprises would
be • Utopian conservative ; but his complaint was, that
the interests of tradesmen, of professional men, and of the
poor, had been neglected in parliament, and that the inhabi-
tants st the localities which had saffered had not been com-
pensated for the less sustained. (Hear.) He pledged himself
to deal with that question in • practical manner if he were
returned for Finsbury, As regarded private and local bill
legislation, be was in favour of substituting for the present
double committee system a sort of mixed jury *proposed of
members of both home, who should be assisted by • wei-
rdest judicial officer) and he thought that, there should be
records of decided pante, which would hays the effect of
greatly reducing the expense of such legislation as well u
of substituting rule and system fur chance and uncertainty.
(Hoer, hear.) For dealing with questions of that
kind • mere voting reschise would be of no
use. There mast be • heed to think sod • heart to feel ;
there must be • love of work as well for work's sake as for
the good that it did ; sod • man who had such qualities
would be a better representative of Floshwy than a floe
gentleman who would bow end serape till he was
and then think no more about the electors.
As regards imago slain, he motored that be was no advem
cate for indifferentism. He did not believe • system of
halation was any better for • nation than for ea
individual, and he agreed with that great thinker,
John Stuart Mill, that this country should be the
standard.beerer of freedom among nations whisk
were like themselves in their love of freedom,
and this it weight be without interfering in any way with
the domestic comma of other countries. (Hear, hear.)
Hs was en advocate for an extension of the suffrage to those
intelligent isdastrial dames who did not sow poems
and whose very forbearance with regard to their rights in
that respect meditated an additional claim. (Cheers) He
thought, too, that the purer of voting should be vested ks
those who occupied oily portions of home. At prima
the fact of there being only use common sonams to • house
deprived lodgers of the right of voting ;so that it wee the
hall door that had the feseekise. (Laughter.) The Agee-
lion that the lodger did not pay rates might emir be no.
moved, as it was in the ease of bosses, with
regard to which it bad been decided that the man whe pold
rates by his landlord paid them by himself. (Hear, bear.)
He bad always been of opinion that se intelligent 'dim
was • much more iudependeat eau than the aglow
tradesman in a falling trade or • sinking tows, who was
secretly in the power of another. (Obeers.) A 61. heachise
was open to the objection that no figure could emirs
Hear,
; that amount would be universal suffrage is tae
od sno extessioa of the suffrage whatever in amebae.
Heri;, hear.) Le his opinion every man who amid his
bread by trade On industry, and bad dwelt for • ear-
tan time in • locality where he paid taxes
or rates ; every professional man, every man who
paid home tax, and every man who fell under the cate-
gory of thrift, respectability, or intelligence, ought to be
legally entitled, as be was morally, to ezerciss the frau.
able*. He did Dot tau uy mmorkal amount would be
as goad sa the multiform tremolo ujoyed by ear fore-
fathers; and he believed that the brat step towards
obtaining a bettor system of representation was for coast-
tueocies like that of Finsbury to take are to seed men to
parliament who would properly represent them and urge
their views in en effective maser on the at-
tention of the legislature. (Hear bear.) He straggly
objected to the exclusive compOrition of the go-
rammed of the country, more particularly of the cabinet,
sad contended that the great offloss, instead of being
*mined toe few sristecutio families, should be epee to
succiLdmiresestatives of large coustitosocies so were quisling
toperform their duties. (Chun.) As illiedrations of the
exclusive Donau which regulate appointments at preemie,
he observed that some years am an officio connected with
the tesde and Urinary of the couotry having become vacant,
be was asked by the enisistsr of the day whether he wow
dorsi Lord So and So or Sir Something Somebody meet
fit for it, and that when be replied that, with
greet submiesioo, he thought neither was so,
and suggested that the poet should be offered to
the late Sir William Brown, who then represented Luca-
shoe, and, being a very eminent merchant, was constantly
consulted by the goverameht ea ammonia questions, be
was met with the answer, •• 0 dear, the thing is without
any proseient !" They wonted, he said, lima is the govern.
meet to carry out the principles which were prehessi ea
the lutetium, and happily then bad been • begianiag made
in that direction, though the coasumeatios eseeislat
distant. For himself, be mould declare that be would
be traded by his fellow-citizens than hold any office in the
government ; bat he thought the people ought not to be
affronted by the exclusion of the men of their choice from
all the highest posts of power, honour, and emolument
colluded with the admiaistntion of public affairs.
(Cheers.)
In reply to questions, Mr. Totowaqutions, declared himself is
favourof the abolition of capital punishment, eves, as an
experiment, in MN of murder; of vote by ballot, COM-
heed with a large extension of the suffrage ; ad of the
abolition of the rate-paying clauses in the Belem Bill,
Mr. J. !lentos thought that Mr. Torres' bed mani-
fested that mains qualities which fitted has to represent
Fiedler, is parliament. (Cheers.) He had shown that he
could speak as well as vote; sad that, knowing what
was owned, he could also embody his opinions in
deer and forcible lampsege. He begged, there-
fore, to move the foliating moieties : " This
muting, having heard an exposition horn Mr.
Terms of his political *aim and seatimests, con-
siders him to be an eligible candidate for representing the
borough of Finsbury in parliament ; sod believing that the
opinions and sentiments so expressed by Mr. Terms w-
ooed with these of a majority of the inhabitants, earnestly
invites • cordial and united ociperation of the alums to
secure his return at the next election." (Cheers.)
Mr. J. WALKER, in seconding the resolution, observed
that it bad tau bees objected that some of the metro-
politse members were not what they ought to be, but he
hoped that the borough would now do something to relieve
it from such • oprosoh.
Hr. G. TATLOII, in supporting the resolution, iairioned
es the meeting the desirableness of returning Mr. mess
without eating him to any usseoeseery expense. (Hoer,
bear.) Elam elegies expenses, be remarked, tended to
drive away ell the best meditates from the comediennes.
(Her, bear.)
The resolution was thee pat and carried uceuicumely.
On the motion of Mr. JOHN LLOTD, seconded by Hr.
Corn; a committee of electors far the parishes of St.
Andrew's, Hakim, and ht. °urge the Martyr, was
appointed to further the object of the media& with
power to add to their number. This committee iscluded
Mr. W. Slim, of Bedford-row, and the chairman.
On the 'notice of Hr A. HOLDEN, someded by Mr.
Rico o. the latter of whom said he trusted that
after the speech of Mr. Torreon that eves*, the beavaik
would, in all events, be resoled from the dispose of being
modeled ridicules' in the legislature, • medial vete of
thank" was given to the chairman.
The meeting then separated.

A PRIESITT TOE THE SOLDIERS. —The steamer
Relvadee, st the foot of theirspetraet, Ranh River, hes
is beard 1,000 keels of osier sad Wier emetabise ft
distribatice moo, the army et the Rearm -a gift oce-
tribute! by marchauto mad ethers at sheet spike. Parssis
ma be seat ce board up to 10 o'clock this motaisg. Every
Mad el vegetable is morptable, hat seism ars
LIMA because they are aattecorbutie, mesh Mtbdir‘Vy the
seldlopy acd p further than orrythise abe.—ailwricen
Pepin •

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bean Mr. COMMiIdOINI. OciaThan.)
IN NZ RICHARDS,--APPLICATION FOR ILILWIL

Mr. opposed
r. Cox
for
release from custody, on behalf of sir. Cox and
other creditors, who were trustees under a mar-
riage settlement. The bankrupt had takes forcible
pousselon of some property at Bamford, and dale
sate of ownership; he was taken before a ouigiatrate
and fined. Afterwards an action was commenced for the
keeper ' • the title bad been armed, and the plaintiffs had
been pat to ooste of 1801. liotwithetanding this the bank.
rapt 000tinued his eggraions on the property, and was not
stopped natty an order wee obtained for immediate execution
spinet him. The court was now asked, in the exercise of
its dim:retina. to refuse the release.
Hie Honour doubted his power to punish the bankrupt
for defending an action which involved a question of title.
Had it been for malicious trespem the wan would have had
a right to refuse the release.
Mr. harped mid it was an extremely bard case on the
part of the owners of the property. They had been put to
pint expiate by getting out some 30 or 30 persons, who
had been put into posseesion.
His Honour being informed that assignees had sot yet
been chasm, said he should not entertain the application
until after the sitting far choice.

1.8411
pm tES lON OP lINSBURY.
bitten* evjning number of the
slain 4 !isobar, slownbing nil the Talbot Town,
Girsp'e-inweled, to her ma Main from Yr. Torres', is
Item? hit claims to moment the bacon in the nest
Th=orituan (Yr. P.S. It Hopwood), is °posing the
proeestisp, rid be wee sere that s general anxiety pre
veiled smog the electors that that borough should bowell