The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-19 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OP LIEU AGAINST A

CLi*QIM47.

The Rev. Thomas Richardson Birch,
with publehise a libel Mr. Folk FrodorkiichT.AZ,
apposed Wore Yr. for farther mamirdise yeelor-
day, et Me Westminster Polissmiert.
As belch Mr. Pawls, of the dna of Pawls sad Loewy,
New Us, preseceled ; sad Mr. C. P. *mit, of Resa,
defends&

Yr. Barrett, *amain the magleirate, said that he had
been good earresh to postpone the case HUI that day In eon-
miquesee of his bowleg bees so rearstly sod imperfeetly to-
' Proceed in his divot's ease whew he betas appeared. Having
now had time he sequels. himself fully with the Reticular.
of the Hee, he thought it would he Sweet in hiss, mein
that the magistrate had decided to mod She matter
before a j to abstain from fully entering into
a defer* , be felt it hie ashy to his
onset to taw, at the moment, a eletemmat axisanatioe
of the charge yarn hire. He would armanisece with the
aaonymous letter of the 15th of October, epos which the
promicatioa wee grounded, and which was slated to be ia
the handwritiag of his client. The Rev. Mr. Birch posi-
tively, ampharnially, and distinctly denied that he ever
wrote that or any other anonymous letter in his life.
All., other remarks in defence of the defendaat Yr.
Barret said be would s t that to settle all matters is
difference the are ehc d be no further proceeded witlti
but should be referred to the respective friends with • view
to a satisfactory adjustmest. He was not disposed farther
to gratify the morbid appetite of the 'abbe for matters of
this sort, but would prase earnestly epos the other aid* the
advaits which would result from the adjustineot he bad
and thought that the ends of justice would be
113017aa".' tiffilled by boob a course. In ease of a differ's°e be-
tween the resve frieods he would suggest that the good
cßoss of the %Hp of Oxford should be entreated, with •
view of putting an mid to the feeling which unhappily
existed between the parties and be entertained but little
doubt that hie lordship would kindly interfere to promoy se
desimble an med. Such spokes' as were rs3Oisife might
be thee made and justice doss. He threw this entertains
out for the sake of peace, and having a regard for Mr. Tay-
, let as well so for his client, be hoped that some terms
Weld be some to. He thought every right-mieded man
would depeecate the matter being carried farther if it pee
cihlHold he prevented.
Aft. Pawls said he had only one duty to perform, which
was to ea that the come be sent for bid. He had, before
prosodies with this ease, intimated that 11r.11irlor was sot
ealnated by any vindictive motives, and was not eazions to
prosecute it met by the other aide with good feeling, but
the other party bad not Hailed tbemeebos of the oppor.
i tunity thus afforded of aa adjustment, and Kr. Taylor now
felt it • duty to himself and to his family, as well as to the
public, to prosecute this can taint Ware mother tribunal.
/It Peelle further observed that is the MOW letter writ-
' tee by Hr. Birth it wee stated that when be was elected
Hart pistol chaplain to the Ewe Union, the chairman in full
board expressed his regret at the relation in which he totted
hint with regard to Mr. Taylor. He (Mr. Yawls) bad two
of the members of the board of guardians preesot who would
now prove that there wee not one word of troth is this
assertion, and it was but just to the complaisant to slate
that fact. He begged, while speaking, to correct an error
he bad Wien imbeds the hot tiocasios. The Rev. Mr. Birch
was chaplain of the Hos, not the Wieder, Unica.
The depositions having been read over, the deteedeat was
committed for trial at the Osotral Crumbled Ooert, bail to
the menet of 801. being put is for his appearance,

"Tits Quarie v. Warnatriar."—This long-
pouting case will shortly be judicially disposed of. It
steads seemed on the hot of nit pries awe for the after
terra Attar, which commence ea Thumdmy, the Mb Met.;
bet as the tint case has bees settled, that of Whlteiterst
MN steed at the bead of she list end be the lost tried. -

THe COLLIZRY STRIKE IN ma NOWIL —By the
renewed evictions which have taken piece at Bannybrow, it
. la to be feared that a prolonged lease of mistimes has beau
imparted to the strike which has already cared too mat au
amount of =bevy in that district. About forty more families
were on Tuesday mercilessly expelled from their booms,
and exposed to the inclement elements of the seise% the
harsh order having, we regret to say, hems coned out la a
maaear little calculated to rob the trial of its sting. Never-
theless, the Dever. ordeal was submitted to with remarkable
quietism sod compeers ; sad it is gmtifying to know that,
through the exertions of the union, the majority of the
ejected parties have exchanged their temporary " lodgings
oo the cold ground" for comfortable io-door quarWre at the
adjoining village of Willington. It mod scarcely ho said
that, hi the present aspect of affairs, the prospect of • set-
threat of the unfortunate dispute is u remote m ever.
Newyork C7tronide.
BOIL= EXPLOSION AND Lora or Lira.—Yeator-
day morning, about seven o'clook, a boiler expkoion took
place at the creosote sod alum works of Yr. John Bethel],
situate in the Greenwich marshes, by which Williern
the ingioeer, was instantly killed, sad four other men were
severely injured. The utmost alarm naturally prevailed on
the implosion being heard, the boiler Wag Idtad from its
polities and carried a distance of twenty yards, the frog.
masts dyke in all directions, some of the bricks harem
been carried over the rigging_ of vowels lying ia the
river. The alarm emeid by the explodes was
still further iscreassd by the timbers of the keg Doe
of sheds is which the bomber was canted as taking
iltzsa:d aotwithdeadiag the arrival of the Deptford floating
and that of the perish the Wilding wee entirely
destroyed. Two of the aulemes, John Donovan and John
,ay *ere go severely majored that they were removed to
Ilare Hospital, were they mode with but slight
lopes of resevery. • third sefferar, Willis= Faulkner,
was taken is board the Dreedereglit beeped ship, sed
hi. brother, who was Ws lejered, wee oonveyed to his
Donee. The body cl Awes whoa eatrketed from thernine
presented a frightful spectacle, and was removed to the
parish died home. to await sa ingest& The cease of the
ii=is aeirsowa.
ietaluiga•atharrava CoarretrilLturreD).
Trails ireeelphitse the week emillimiNer. 15,